United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Provides that, notwithstanding the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, applications for grants for construction of treatment works under such Act may be filed with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency until December 31, 1973. States that funds available for reimbursement shall be allocated pro rata among all eligible projects for which applications have been submitted and approved by the Administrator. Increases the amount available for reimbursement from $2,000,000,000 to $2,600,000,000. Requires that in no event shall any payment exceed the Federal share of the cost of construction incurred to the date of the voucher covering such payment plus the Federal share of the value of the materials which have been stockpiled in the vicinity of such construction in conformance to plans and specifications for the project.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 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 · 17 October 1973
Imposes, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a tax on every new automobile manufactured, produced, or imported based upon its fuel consumption rate. Requires the public disclosure of the fuel consumption rate of every new automobile. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 4064)
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 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 · 16 October 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 · 16 October 1973
Allows a 3-year amortization tax deduction for pollution control facilities under the Internal Revenue Code (now 5 year amortization). (Amends 26 USC 169)
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 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 · 10 October 1973
States that regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 206 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, be set aside in order to provide equitable funding for all publicly owned sewage treatment works constructed during the period from June 30, 1966, through July 1, 1972, regardless of whether such works received any Federal assistance at the time of construction, were eligible for Federal incentive grants, or were supported in whole or in part by a State matching grant or loan program.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 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 · 3 October 1973
Menominee Restoration Act - Provides for the repeal of the Act of June 17, 1954 which terminated Federal supervision of the Menominee Tribe. States that as soon as practicable the Secretary of the Interior shall establish a membership role of the tribe which shall include all members listed on the final 1954 role who are still living on the date of enactment of this Act and all descendants of persons listed on the 1954 role if such descendants have at least one-quarter Menominee blood. Provides that all persons on the membership role shall be eligible to receive all Federal services furnished American Indians because of their status as Indians. States that subject to the approval of the Secretary the tribe shall organize a governing body for the tribe's common welfare and shall adopt an appropriate constitution and bylaws. States that subject to the approval of the shareholders as required by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the board of Directors of Menominee Enterprises Incorporated shall transfer to the Secretary all assets held by such corporation. Provides that such assets shall be held in trust by the Secretary, on behalf of the United States for the tribe. Provides that this Act shall reinstitute all, and shall not abrogate any, water, hunting, fishing, and trapping rights or privileges, and any other rights and privileges of the tribe enjoyed under Federal treaty or otherwise. Authorizes the Secretary to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 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 · 2 October 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 · 27 September 1973
Provides that the benefits provided under the public assistance provisions of the Social Security Act to provide that benefits thereunder (including supplemental security income benefits) shall be made available and financed in the case of Guam and the Virgin Islands on the same basis as in the case of other States.
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 · 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 · 20 September 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 · 13 September 1973
Land Use Planning Act - Title I: Assistance to States - Sets forth the findings of Congress and policies of the Federal Government. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make annual grants to any State which has: (1) established an eligible land use planning agency, and (2) an intergovernmental advisory council to assist in the development and administration of a comprehensive land use planning process. Defines the elements which constitute a comprehensive land use planning process, including provisions for: (1) public involvment in the process; (2) coordination of land use activities of all State agencies; (3) consideration of esthetic, ecological, recreational and geological needs; and (4) environmental policies. Describes the factors to be included in any methods of implementation employed by a State in carrying out its land use planning process. Provides for interstate cooperation in coordinating land use planning. States that prior to making a grant to any State, the Secretary shall consult with specified officials and shall ascertain that land use planning criteria have been met. Prescribes an appeal procedure for States found ineligible to receive grants. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate any financial assistance whenever the land use planning process is determined not to meet the requirements of this Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Acts. Title II: Assistance to Indians - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make land use planning grants to any indian tribe to assist in developing a land use planning process for Indian reservation and other tribal lands. Sets forth the requirements of any such land use planning process and the eligibility factors to be met by a tribe. Title III: Public lands - Requires that each public land management agency head prepare and maintain an inventory of all public lands and other resources under his jurisdiction. States that in the development of public land use plans, specified considerations and priorities shall be taken into account. Title IV: Administration - Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Land Use Planning Administration. Enumerates the duties of such Administration, including: (1) to administer the grant in aid programs established under this Act; (2) cooperate in the development of standard methods of land use information collection; and (3) provide administrative support for the Interagency Land Use Policy and Planning Board. Establishes the Interagency Land Use Policy and Planning Board and enumerates the duties of such Board. Provides for the appointing of the members of the Board. Directs the Council on Environmental quality to issue guidelines to Federal agencies and States to assist them in carrying out the requirements of this Act. Requires the Secretary, through the Office, to investigate the need for and form of stating national land use policies, taking into account specified factors. Calls for the Secretary to issue a biennial report on land resources, uses, and problems. States that, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Secretary may hold hearings, take testimony and receive evidence. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior of: (1) $100,000,000 for each of the eight fiscal years for grants to States under title I; (2) $6,000,000 for each of the eight fiscal years for grants to Indian tribes; and (3) $10,000,000 for each of the three fiscal years for administration of this Act. Provides for the allotment of such funds. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Provides that the two Houses of Congress shall adjourn on Thursday, November 1, 1973, and when they adjourn on that day, they stand adjourned sine die.
United States · United States Congress · 11 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 · 6 September 1973
Establishes the Big Cypress National Preserve in the State of Florida. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $116,000,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands, and an amount not to exceed $900,000 for development.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Designates a segment of the Delaware River flowing between the State of New York and the State of Pennsylvania as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
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 · 26 July 1973
Increases the percentage depletion rate of coal and lignite for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code to fifteen percent (presently ten percent). (Amends 26 U.S.C. 613 (b))
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
Provides that in case of coal converted to low-sulphur synthetic fuel, the treatment processes considered as mining shall include any treatment process necessary to such conversion for purposes of a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for mineral depletion. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 613(c)(4)(A))
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Veterans Housing Act - Authorizes increases in the amount limitations of veterans home loan programs. Eliminates specific provisions pertaining to dormant farm and business loans.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Authorizes the establishment of the Big Thicket National Biological Reserve in the State of Texas. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Deepwater Pool Facilities Act. Provides that no citizen of the United States may construct or operate or make any significant addition to a deepwater port facility without first receiving a license from the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary to issue to any citizen of the United States a license to construct or operate a deepwater port facility if he first determines that: (1) the applicant is financially responsible and has demonstrated his ability and willingness to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and license conditions; (2) the construction and operation of the proposed deepwater port facility will not unreasonably interfere with international navigation or other reasonable uses of the high seas, and is consistent with the international obligations of the United States; and (3) the facility will be located, constructed, or operated in a manner which will minimize or prevent any adverse significant environmental effects. Directs the Secretary not to issue a license in any case where the President determines that it would be contrary to the national security of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to issue reasonable rules and regulations governing application for and issuance of licenses and the construction and operation of deepwater port facilities under this Act. Declares that an application filed with the Secretary for a license under this Act shall constitute an application for all Federal authorizations required for construction and operation of a deepwater port facility. States that any person adversely affected by an order of the Secretary granting or denying a license may within sixty days after such order is issued seek judicial review thereof in the United States court of appeals for the circuit nearest to wich the facility is sought to be located. Directs the Secretary to prescribe by regulation the procedures, including appropriate charges, for the submission and consideration of applications for licenses. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides that whenever a licensee fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any rule, regulation, restriction, or condition made or imposed by the Secretary under the authority of this Act or fails to pay any civil penalty assessed by the Secretary except where a proceeding for judicial review of such assessment is pending, the Secretary may file an appropriate action in a United States district court to (1) suspend operations under the license or (2) if such failure is knowing and continues for a period of thirty days after the Secretary mails notice of such failure by registered letter to the licensee at his post office address, revoke such license.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer the Big Thicket National Biological Reserve in Texas. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Provides, under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act's black lung benefits provisions, that "widow" does not include a surviving divorced wife who is married. States that no person shall qualify as the widow of more than one miner. (Amends 30 U.S.C. 902 (e))
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1973
Veterans Health Care Expansion Act - Title I: Hospital, Domiciliary, and Medical Care Benefits - Extends the definition of "private facilities" for which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs contract in order to provide hospital care to include facilities for the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, pemanent in nature, resulting from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Includes in the term "hospital care" mental health services, consultation, professional counseling, and training of a veteran or dependent, or survivor if the veteran has no dependents, as may be necessary or appropriate to the effective treatment and rehabilitation of such individual. Adds home health services which the Administrator deems appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of a disability of a veteran, or dependent, or survivor, to the definition of the term "medical services." Extends to all veterans hospital or nursing home care if such veteran is unable to defray the expenses of the necessary care. Allows the Administrator to furnish hospital or nursing home care to the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, permanent in nature from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Permits the Administrator to furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis for persons already described in this Act and to any veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at eighty percent or more. Provides that any veteran entitled to a prosthetic appliance shall be furnished such fitting and training in its use as necessary. Authorizes the Administrator, under such regulations as he might prescribe, to reimburse veterans entitled to hospital care or medical services for the reasonable value of such care or services for which such veterans have made payment from sources other than the Veterans' Administration. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 628) Authorizes the President to assist the Republic of the Philippines in providing medical care and treatment for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts under certain conditions. (Amend 38 U.S.C. 631) Provides that the President may authorize the Administrator to enter into a contract with the Veterans Memorial Hospital, with the approval of the appropriate department of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines under which the United States: (1) will pay for hospital care in the Republic of the Philippines, or for medical services which shall be provided either in Veterans' Administration facilities, or by contract, or otherwise, by the Administrator in accordance with the conditions and limitations applicable generally to beneficiaries under this title for commwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator in accordance with the conditions and limitations applicable generally to beneficiaries under this title, for service-connected disabilities; (2) will pay for hospital care at the Veterans Memorial Hospital for Commonwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator to need such care for non-service-connected disabilities if they are unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care; and (3) may provide for payments for nursing home care for any Commonwealth Army veteran or new Philippine Scout and for payments for hospital care and for medical services consisting of medical supplies and equipment. Provides that the total of the payments authorized under this section for Philippine veterans shall not exceed $2,000,000 for any one fiscal year ending before 1978. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year ending with 1978, $100,000 to be used for the education and training of health service personnel at the hospital, and for the upgrading of equipment and in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of the Veterans Memorial Hospital. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 632) Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a comprehensive program providing sickle cell anemia screening, counseling, and treatment and to carry out research and research training in the diagnosis, treatment, and control of sickle cell anemia based upon such screening examinations and treatment. Requires the Administrator to include such information in his annual report to Congress. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 651-654) Title II: Amendments to Chapter 73 of Title 38, United States Code Relating to the Department of Medicine and Surgery - Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a major program of recruitment, training, and employment of veterans with various medical military occupation specialties in order to provide a complete medical and hospital service for the medical care and treatment of veterans and to assist in providing an adequate supply of health manpower to the nation. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4101(b)) Establishes pay schedules for Assistant Chief Medical Directors, physicians and dentists, and nurses. Provides criteria on which nurses are to receive additional compensation for holiday and overtime work. Enumerates restrictions on physicians, dentists, and nurses, including requirements that no such person may: (1) assume responsibility for the medical care of any patient other than a patient admitted for treatment at a Veterans' Administration facility, except in those cases where the individual, upon request and with the approval of the Chief Medical Director, assumes such responsibilities to assist communities or medical practice groups to meet medical needs which would not otherwise be available for a period not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days, which may be extended by the Chief Medical Director for additional periods not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days each; (2) teach or provide consultative services at any affiliated institution for the benefit of such institution, or for his personal benefit, or both. Provides that temporary full-time appointments of personnel, other than physicians, dentists, and nurses, shall not exceed one year. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4114(a)(3)(A)) Provides that the Administrator may contract with one or more hospitals, medical schools, or medical installations having hospital facilities and participating with the Veterans' Administration in the training of interns or residents to provide for the central administration of stipend payments, provision of fringe benefits, and maintenance of records for such interns and residents by the designation of one such institution to serve as a central administrative agency for this purpose. Permits the Administrator to pay to such designated agency, without regard to any other law or regulation governing the expenditure of Government moneys either in advance or in arrears, all amounts to cover the costs for the period such intern or resident serves in a Veterans' Administration hospital. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 4114(b) (2)) Title III: Amendments to Chapter 81 of Title 38, United States Code, Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domicilliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply - Requires the Administrator to provide for sufficient operating beds in Veterans' Administration Hospitals to accomodate eligible applying veterans and to report annually to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and operate not less than eight thousand beds for the furnishing of nursing home care to eligible veterans over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001(a)) Requires the Administrator to appoint an Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Veterans' Administration Facilities to advise him on all matters of structural safety in the construction and remodeling of Veterans' Administration facilities. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001(b)) Title IV: Miscellaneous Amendments to Title 38 United States Code - Specifies certain miscellaneous amendments to title 38 of the United States Code. Title V: Effective Dates - Specifies the dates on which the provisions of this Act shall become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Indian Tribal Government Grant Act - States that it is the policy of the United States to promote Indian self-determination and to achieve to the greatest possible degree, consistent with the United States trust responsibilities, control in the planning and administration by Indian tribes of federally funded programs serving their reservations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants from the funds of Acts authorizing appropriations for the administration of Indian affairs upon mutually agreeable terms which will accomplish the general purposes for which the funds were appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to tribes under this Act for: (1) strenghtening tribal development; (2) developing natural resources, and constructing community facilities and other public works; (3) economic development, employment assistance, work experience, and job training, including youth programs; and (4) land acquisition in connection with the above purposes. Sets forth provisions governing grants under this Act. Requires records, audits, and reports of funds appropriated under this Act. Provides for the reduction or termination of funds granted to a tribe for failure to comply with the provisions of this Act, and authorizes judicial review of a final order. Requires laborers on construction assisted under this Act to be paid wages at prevailing rates. Authorizes the payment of relocation costs for those displaced by development activities under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Surface Mining Reclamation Act - Title I: Findings Purposes and Definitions - Sets forth the findings of Congress and the Act's purpose. Sets forth definitions of the terms used in this Act. Title II: Existing and Prospective Surface Mining and Reclamation Operations - Provides that within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Interior shall develop and publish in the Federal Register regulation covering surface mining and reclamation operations for coal, and shall set forth in reasonable detail those actions which a State must take to develop a State program and otherwise meet the requirements of this Act. States that not later than the end of the twenty-four full calendar month period following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in accordance with the purposes and requirements of this Act and procedures set forth in this section, shall develop and publish in the Federal Register proposed regulations covering surface mining and reclamation operations for other minerals, and shall set forth in reasonable detail those actions which a State must take to develop a State program and otherwise meet the requirement of this Act. Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement which shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions and responsibilities of the Director. States that the provisions of this Act shall apply to all surface mining operations although the regulatory authority may exempt specified operations. Provides that to be eligible to receive financial assistance provided for under this Act and to be eligible to assume full control over surface mining operations for coal and other minerals on lands within any State, a State shall submit a State program in accordance with the requirements of this Act. States that the Secretary may prepare, promulgate, and implement a Federal program for a State if such State: (1) fails to submit a State program covering surface mining and reclamation operations for coal within twelve full calendar months after the promulgation of the Federal regulations for such operations; (2) fails to submit a State program for surface mining and reclamation operations for other minerals within twelve full calendar months after promulgation of Federal regulations for such operations; or (3) fails to enforce its approved State program as provided for in this Act. Provides that no State law or regulation in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, or which may become effective thereafter, shall be superseded by any provision of this Act or any regulation issued pursuant thereto, except insofar as such State law or regulation is inconsistent with section 101 of this Act. Provides that after the date of enactment of this Act, and within 12 full calendar months after promulgation of Federal regulations for surface coal minig, no person shall open or develop any new or previously mined and abandoned site for surface coal mining operations on lands within any State, unless such person has first obtained an interim permit from the appropriate State regulatory authority. Permits the State regulatory authority to issue such interim permits upon application made by the operator. Requires applications and permits to be in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Prohibits opening or developing new or previously mined sites on Federal lands or Indian lands unless such person has first obtained an interim permit from the Secretary of the Interior. Provides that after the expiration of the twelve full calendar months following the date of promulgation of the Federal regulations for surface coal mining, no person shall engage in or carry out on lands within any State any surface coal mining operation, including exploratory activities, unless such person has a valid permit from the regulatory authority pursuant to an approved State program or Federal program for that State. Sets forth the requirements for surface exploration and surface mining and reclamation permits. Sets forth the criteria for State and Federal programs as to surface mining and reclamation operations. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to each State for the purpose of assisting the States in the devlopment of a State potential surface mining areas review process capable of making objective decisions based upon competent and scientifically sound data and information as to which, if any, land areas of a State are unsuitable for all or certain types of surface mining operations. States the necessary findings which must be made prior to approval, revision, or renewal of a surface mining and reclamation permit pursuant to an approved State or Federal program. Requires the applicant, after a surface mining and reclamation permit application has been approved but before such a permit is issued, to file with the regulatory authority on a form prescribed and furnished by the regulatory authority, a bond for performance payable, as appropriate, to the United States or to the State, under an approved State program, and conditioned that the operator shall faithfully perform all the requirements of this Act. Sets forth bond release procedures. Provides for the revocation or suspension of permits upon notice of violations. Permits under specified circumstances Federal enforcement of this Act. Permits citizen suits of a civil nature under a specified procedure. Directs the Secretary to promulgate and implement a Federal lands program which shall be applicable to all surface mining and reclamation operations taking place pursuant to any Federal law on any Federal land and Indian lands. Requires the Federal lands program to at a minimum, incorporate all of the requirements of this Act and shall take into consideration the diverse physical, climatological, and other unique characteristics of the Federal and Indian lands in question. Title III: Abandoned and Unreclaimed Mined Areas - Creates in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund initially the sum of $100,000,000 and such other sums as the Congress may thereafter authorize to be appropriated. Permits the Secretary to acquire by purchase, donation, or otherwise, land or any interest therein which has been affected by surface mining and has not been reclaimed to its approximate original condition. Sets forth the condemnation procedure to be used in this Act. States to acquire abandoned and unreclaimed mined lands within their boundaries and to donate such lands to the Secretary to be reclaimed under appropriate Federal regulations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants on a matching basis to States in such amounts as he deems appropriate for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title but in no event shall any grant exceed 90 percent of the cost of acquisition of the lands for which the grant is made. Title IV: Administrative and Miscellaneious Provisions - Directs the Secretary to appoint a national advisory committee for surface mining and reclamation operations for coal and a national advisory committee for surface mining and reclamation operations for other minerals. States that each advisory committee shall consist of not more than seven members and shall have a balanced representation of Federal, State, and local officials, persons qualified by experience of affiliation to present the viewpoint of operators of surface mining operations subject to this Act, consumers, and persons qualified by experience or affiliation to present the viewpoint of conservation and other public interest groups, to advise him in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to any State for the purpose of assisting such State in developing, administering, and enforcing State programs under this Act. Provides that such grants shall not exceed 80 percent of the total costs incurred during the first year; 70 percent of the total costs incurred during the second and third years; and 60 percent each year thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with and provide assistance to any State for the purpose of assisting it in the development, administration, and enforcement of its State programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary $5,000,000 annually for the purposes of research and demonstration projects. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary for administration of this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, the sum of $10,000,000; for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $20,000,000; and $30,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Deepwater Pool Facilities Act. Provides that no citizen of the United States may construct or operate or make any significant addition to a deepwater port facility without first receiving a license from the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary to issue to any citizen of the United States a license to construct or operate a deepwater port facility if he first determines that: (1) the applicant is financially responsible and has demonstrated his ability and willingness to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and license conditions; (2) the construction and operation of the proposed deepwater port facility will not unreasonably interfere with international navigation or other reasonable uses of the high seas, and is consistent with the international obligations of the United States; and (3) the facility will be located, constructed, or operated in a manner which will minimize or prevent any adverse significant environmental effects. Directs the Secretary not to issue a license in any case where the President determines that it would be contrary to the national security of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to issue reasonable rules and regulations governing application for and issuance of licenses and the construction and operation of deepwater port facilities under this Act. Declares that an application filed with the Secretary for a license under this Act shall constitute an application for all Federal authorizations required for construction and operation of a deepwater port facility. States that any person adversely affected by an order of the Secretary granting or denying a license may within sixty days after such order is issued seek judicial review thereof in the United States court of appeals for the circuit nearest to wich the facility is sought to be located. Directs the Secretary to prescribe by regulation the procedures, including appropriate charges, for the submission and consideration of applications for licenses. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides that whenever a licensee fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any rule, regulation, restriction, or condition made or imposed by the Secretary under the authority of this Act or fails to pay any civil penalty assessed by the Secretary except where a proceeding for judicial review of such assessment is pending, the Secretary may file an appropriate action in a United States district court to (1) suspend operations under the license or (2) if such failure is knowing and continues for a period of thirty days after the Secretary mails notice of such failure by registered letter to the licensee at his post office address, revoke such license.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) take action with respect to specified leases issued pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in the Santa Barbara Channel, offshore of the State of California; and (2) explore Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide interpretive transportation services for visitors within the District of Columbia, and within Federal areas, including the Mall, the Ellipse, the National Visitor Center, the Kennedy Center, and East and West Potomac Park.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Provides for the establishment of the Cuyahoga Valley National Historical Park and Recreation Area between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire necessary land, and to administer the park. Establishes the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Recreation Commission to assist the Secretary in his responsibilities under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as necessary to carry out this Act.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Extends eligibility for coverage under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance to: (1) a person who volunteers for assignment to the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service and is assigned to a unit or position in which he may be required to perform active duty; (2) a person assigned to the Retired Reserve of a uniformed service who has not received the first increment of retirement annuities or has not yet reached 61 years of age and has completed at least 20 years of satisfactory service creditable for retirement purposes; and (3) a member, cadet, or midshipman of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending field training or practice cruises. Provides that an insurance policy for a member of the Ready Reserve shall cease 120 days after separation or release from such assignment unless on the date of separation the member is totally disabled, or has completed 20 years of service creditable for retirement purposes. Continues the insurance policy of a member of the Retired Reserve until such time as the member receives the first increment of retirement annuity, or the member's sixty-first birthday, whichever occurs earlier. Makes provisions for the conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance following termination to a policy with a participating life insurance company. Provides for the payment of premiums by a deduction from the pay of a member of the Reserve or Ready Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, to allow a member of the National Guard who is not on active duty to make allotments from his pay for the payment of premiums under a group life insurance program sponsored by the military department of the State in which such member holds his National Guard membership or by the National Guard Association of such State. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 765-771; Adds 37 U.S.C. 707)
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Provides that the recommendations of the President transmitted to the Congress under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (relating to salaries of members of Congress and certain members of the executive and judicial branches of the Federal government) shall become effective at the beginning of the first pay period which begins after the first period of thirty calendar days of continuous session following the transmittal of such recommendations, unless there has been enacted into law a statute which establishes rates of pay other than those proposed by all or part of such recommendations, or unless between the date of transmittal and the end of the thirty day period either House adopts a resolution disapproving all or part of such recommendations. Provides that if the Committee, to which a resolution has been referred disapproving the recommendations of the President. Provides that the House has not reported the resolution after ten calendar days, it is in order to discharge the committee from further consideration of the resolution. Directs that such motion to discharge may be made only by an individual favoring the resolution and debate thereon is limited to not more than one hour divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. Directs that the motion to discharge may not be renewed, nor may another motion to discharge the committee be made with respect to any other resolution concerning the same recommendations. Specifies that when the committee has reported, or has been discharged from the further consideration of such resolution, it is in order to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. Stipulates that such motion is not debatable and may not be amended. Limits debate on the resolution to not more than two hours to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. Provides that motions to postpone, motions to proceed to the consideration of other business and appeals from the decisions of the chair shall be decided without debate. Authorizes any part of the recommendations of the President, in accordance with express provisions of such recommendations, to be made operative on a date later than a date on which such recommendations otherwise are to take effect. (Amends 2 U.S.C. 359)
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Lead and Zinc Act - Title I: Lead and Zinc - Establishes criteria for determining quotas on lead and zinc imports, and for ascertaining when such quotas shall be effective. Bases the use of the quota on zinc on the prevailing market price of Prime Western Grade of zinc as well as on the tonnage per quarterly period. Sets forth the criteria for the determination of such market price. Prescribes a formula for determining the quota on lead. Title II: Manufactured Lead and Manufactured Zinc - Defines the terms "manufactured lead and manufactured zinc" for purposes of the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Establishes criteria for determining quotas on manufactured lead and manufactured zinc, and for ascertaining when such quotas shall be effective. Title III: General Provisions - Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall administer this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make such rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Land Use Policy Act - Title I: Findings, Policy and Purpose - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national policy to encourage and assist the several States to more effectively exercise their constitutional responsibilities for the planning and management of their land base through the development and implementation of State land use programs designed to achieve economically and environmentally sound uses of the Nation's land resources. Title II: Administration of Land Use Policy - Establishes, in the Department of the Interior, the Office of Land Use Policy Administration to maintain a continuing study of the land resources of the United States and their use and to develop and maintain a Federal Land Use Information and Data Center. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Advisory Board on Land Use Policy to provide the Secretary with information and advice concerning the relationship of policies, programs, and activities established or performed pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the States to coordinate land use planning, policies, and programs with appropriate interstate entities. Title III: Program of Assistance to the States - Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to each State to assist in developing and administering a State land use program meeting the requirements set forth in this Act. Establishes requirements for the continuing eligibility of State land use planning programs for grants provided for under this Act. Provides that in the event that the Secretary determines that a State is ineligible for grants pursuant to this Act he shall notify the President, who shall order the establishment of an ad hoc hearing board. Requires the Secretary to specify in detail, in writing, to the hearing board his reasons for considering a State ineligible, or for withdrawing the eligibility of a State for grants pursuant to this Act. Directs the hearing board to hold such hearings as it deems necessary to determining whether a finding of ineligibility would be reasonable. Provides that Federal projects and activities significantly and primarily affecting the use of other Federal land including but not limited to grant, loan, or guaranteed programs shall be consistent with State land use programs. Stipulates that no Federal agency shall approve any proposed activity which it determines to be consistent with a State land use program. Title IV: Federal-State Coordination and Cooperation in the Planning and Management of Federal and Adjacent Non-Federal Lands - Authorizes the Secretary, at his discretion, to establish an Ad Hoc Federal-State Joint Committee or Committees to review and make recommendations concerning general and specific problems relating to jurisdictional conflicts and inconsistencies resulting from the various policies and legal requirements governing the planning and management of Federal lands and of adjacent non-Federal lands. Requires the Secretary to report biennially to the President and the Congress concerning problems in and methods for coordination of planning and management of adjacent non-Federal lands, together with recommendations to improve such coordination. Title V: General - Requires the Executive Office of the President to issue guidelines to the Federal agencies and the States to assist in carrying out the requirements of this Act. Directs the Secretary, with the assistance of the Office and the Board to report biennially to the President and the Congress on land resources, uses of land, and emerging problems of land use. States that annual grants to States found eligible for financial assistance pursuant to this Act shall be made in amounts not to exceed 90 percent of the estimated cost of developing State land use programs for the five complete fiscal year periods occurring immediately after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes methods of computing and paying amounts to eligible States pursuant to this Act. Provides that for each of the eight complete fiscal years occurring immediately after the date of enactment of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for grants to the States not more than $1,000,000,000 annually to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that for each of the five complete fiscal years occurring immediately after the date of enactment of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to the Secretary to be used exclusively for the administration of this Act. Title VI: Second Home and Subdivision Regulation - Second Home and Regulation Act - States that by the end of the third complete fiscal year occurring after the date of enactment of the Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act, each State shall, in order to be eligible for further grants pursuant to this Act, establish a permit program to regulate the subdivision of land. Sets forth the requirements of such programs. Provides that any person proposing a development, after the date of establishment of the permit program, shall file an application for a permit with the State land use planning agency and the permit authority, if the State land use planning agency is not so designated, and with all local governments in whose jurisdiction or within five miles of whose jurisdiction any part of the development will occur. Requires each to contain, in addition to appropriate administrative information: (1) a comprehensive map of the development setting forth the proposed lot lines and the proposed improvements in the development; (2) a schedule of completion of all improvements and sales; (3) a comprehensive statement of the potential effects of the proposed development upon the environment and public services; and (4) such other information as the State land use planning agency and the permit authority, if different, may require. Sets forth standards for the review and enforcement of such permits.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Indian Financing Act - Declares it to be the policy of Congress to provide capital on a reimbursable basis to help develop and utilize Indian resources, both physical and human, to a point where the Indian will fully exercise responsibility for the utilization and management of their own resources; and where they will enjoy a standard of living from their own productive efforts comparable to that enjoyed by non-Indians in neighboring communities. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to service loans made or guaranteed under the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer franchise fees received from concession operations at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in the States of Arizona and Utah, to the Navajo Indian Tribe.
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