United States · United States Congress · 18 June 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 · 18 June 1973
Authorizes the establishment of the Ohio and Erie Canal National Historical Park in the State of Ohio. Authorizes to be appropriated sums necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973
Telephone Privacy Act - Prohibits the making of unsolicited commercial telephone calls to persons who have notified their telephone company that they do not wish to receive such calls. Prescribes a $1,000 fine and/or thirty days imprisonment where at least ten written complaints of violations by any person have been received by the United States attorney in the judicial district.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973
Environmental Protection Act - Declares that each person is entitled to the protection, preservation and enhancement of his environment. Establishes the right of any person to maintain a judicial action for declaratory or equitable relief, either individually or in behalf of a class of persons, without regard to the amount in controversy, to protect the environment or public trust from pollution, impairment or destruction which results from or reasonably may result from any activity and such action for relief constitutes a case or controversy. Provides that complaints in such actions shall be supported by affidavits of at least two technically persons affirming that the defendant's activities damage or reasonably may damage the environment. Prescribes various judicial procedures and standards which are to govern the administration of this Act by the courts. Grants the courts authority to provide declaratory relief, temporary and permanent equitable relief, or to impose conditions on the defendant's operations which are required for the protection of the air, water, land from unreasonable pollution, impairment or destruction. Provides that the act shall be supplementary to existing administrative and regulatory procedures provided by law and grants the court authority to remand the parties to such procedures. Provides that nothing in this Act shall prevent the granting of appropriate interim equitable relief to protect the rights recognized under this Act for as long as is necessary. Provides that any person entitled to maintain an action under the Act may intervene as a party in all such administrative and regulatory procedures. Provides that nothing in this Act shall prevent the maintenance of an action to protect rights recognized in the Act where the court finds existing administrative or regulatory procedures to be inadequate for the protection of such rights. Provides that at the initiation of any person entitled to maintain an action under this act, such procedures shall be reviewable in a court of competent jurisdiction to the extent necessary to protect the rights recognized in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Specifies the circumstances under which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may pay for care and treatment rendered to veterans by private hospitals in emergencies. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 625(a))
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing contained in the U.S. Constitution shall abridge the right of persons, lawfully assembled in any public building which is supported in whole or in part through the expenditure of public funds, to participate in voluntary prayer.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1973
Herbicide Export Control Act - Prohibits the exportation of herbicides which contain 2,4,5 - trichloropheneoxyacetic acids or its salts or esters. Provides that any person knowingly violating the provisions of this Act shall be fined $20,000 or not more than five times the market value of the exported substance, whichever is the greater.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1973
Chemical Warfare Prevention Act - Prohibits the exportation of herbicides from the United States to Portugal and South Africa. Sets forth penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to (1) establish, by rule, a list of herbicides; (2) publish such list in the Federal Register; and (3) make, by rule, any necessary revision in such list.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Permits eligible veterans pursuing full-time programs of education to receive increased monthly educational assistance allowances and have their period of entitlement reduced proportionally. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682(d))
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that discharge certificates issued to members of the Armed Forces shall not bear any letter or number or other indicator of any kind whatsoever which discloses any reason why such member was discharged or separated from service; and no information indicating or relating to any reason why any former member of the Armed Forces was discharged or separated from service may be made available to any private person or entity by any officer or employee of any military department or agency. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reimburse specified veterans for costs incurred by such veterans for tuition, for laboratory, library, health, infirmary, and other similar fees, and for expenses incurred for books, supplies, equipment, and other necessary expenses, exclusive of board, lodging, other living expenses, and travel as are generally required for the successful pursuit and completion of the course of education or training in which such veterans are enrolled. Provides that in no event shall payment made to an eligible veteran under this Act for any expense incurred by such veterans exceed the customary amount paid by other students in the same institution for the same service, privilege, material, or equipment; and in no event shall the total payments made to or on behalf of any veteran under this Act exceed $500 for an ordinary school year, unless the veteran elects to have such customary charges paid in excess of such limitation, in which event there shall be charged against his period of eligibility the proportion of an ordinary school year which such excess bears to $500. Provides that no payments for tuition or enrollment shall be paid to any veteran for apprentice training on the job. Provides that payments for tuition and other expenses incurred by any eligible veteran may be made by the Administrator to such veteran under this subsection on the basis of such reasonable evidence as the Administrator may require.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Establishes a number of discharge review boards to be known as Vietnam Era Discharge Review Boards which shall review the discharges and dismissals of Vietnam Era servicemen. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the number of such boards, and to determine their location and when they shall convene. Outlines the membership and responsibilities of such boards in regard to less than honorable discharges of servicemen.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Establishes a Veterans' Administration Task Force to advise and assist in, and to coordinate, all programs pertaining to veterans of the Vietnam era. Provides that such Task Force shall: (1) promote efforts to publicize the skills of veterans and help them obtain employment; (2) encourage government departments in incorporating relevant military experience into apprenticeship programs; (3) help augment military learning with civilian job training; (4) develop programs in business to use the skills of veterans; (5) develop educational programs for veterans; (6) assist in the leasing of the "Guide to the Evaluation of Education Experience in the Armed Forces"; (7) encourage employer-employee programs which give recognition to the experience of military training; (8) promote medical training for veterans; (9) give assistance to programs for the disabled veteran; (10) disseminate information on programs to all Vietnam era veterans; and (11) perform such other duties as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may assign to the Task Force that are consistent with this Act. Establishes an Advisory Committee appointed by the Administrator who shall consult with the Task Force concerning its functions under this Act. Authorizes for each fiscal year sums not to exceed $3,000,000 to carry out this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 4301-05)
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Establishes within the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a Youth Conservation Corps. Specifies that the Corps shall consist of young men and women between the ages of 15 and 19 whom the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may employ without regard to civil service classification regulations for the purpose of developing, preserving, and maintaining the lands and waters of the United States. Outlines the functions of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture under this Act. Provides for a program of grants to the States to assist them in meeting the costs of this Act. Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to prepare a joint report to be annually submitted to the President and Congress. Authorizes the sum of $150,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that in the case of an employer with 50 or fewer employees, old-age, survivors, and disability insurance, and Federal income tax withholding payments shall not be required more than one time. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 6302 (d))
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Provides that under Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 congressional authorization is required for the involvement of American forces in further hostilities in Indochina, and for the extension of assistance to North Vietnam.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Social Security Tax Reduction Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that the tax rate for old-age, survivors', and disability insurance shall be reduced to the 1972 level of 4.6 percent. Reduces (1) the hospital insurance rate to the 1972 level of .60 percent and (2) the rate of self-employment tax for old-age, survivors' and disability insurance to the 1972 level. Provides a reduction for individuals with limited income. Sets forth the computation for determining the amount of such deduction. Provides for a credit or refund for excess withholding of Social Security taxes. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the amounts by which the taxes imposed by specified sections of the Internal Revenue Code are less than the amounts which would have been received if this Act had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Population Affairs to be directed by an Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs. Sets forth the duties of the Assistant Secretary. Establishes within the Department an Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Creates within the Administration a National Center for Family Planning Services, headed by a Director, which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Public information, program planning and evaluation, manpower development and training, supervision of field services, and grants management. Establishes within the Administration, a National Institute for Research on Human Reproduction and Population Change which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Reproductive physiology research, contraceptive development and evaluation, operational research, social science research, public information, manpower development and training, and grants management. Establishes a National Family Planning Services Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Center for Family Planning Services. Establishes a National Population Sciences Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Institute for Research on Human Reporduction and Population Change. Sets forth the functions of the Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such amounts as may be necessary to meet the administrative expenses of the Administration. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit a report to Congress on each January 1 for the five years following the enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1976 for the following: (1) special project grants for family planning services; (2) formula grants for family planning, public health services; (3) manpower development and program planning and evaluation; (4) research grants and contracts; (5) grants for support of population sciences, research centers; and (6) planning and population growth information distribution and educational materials development.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Extends the programs of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration through fiscal years 1974-75. Includes the improvement of criminal justice as one of the purposes of the Administration under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Replaces the two Associate Administrators of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration with a Deputy Administrator who shall perform the functions of the Administrator in his absence. Requires State planning agencies seeking grants under the Law Enforcement Assistance title to include representatives of community organizations, and to hold each of its meetings open to the public. Directs the Administration to allocate a flat grant of $200,000 to each State annually for planning grants, and then allocate the remainder of its funds for this purpose by population. Increases to 90 percent (previously 75 percent) the Federal share of grants for law enforcement and criminal justice purposes. Requires State plans seeking such grants to: (1) provide for necessary fund accounting and evaluation procedures; (2) submit such reports as the National Institute for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice may require; (3) offer funding incentives to units of local governments that coordinate law enforcement and criminal justice functions with other such units within the State; and (4) establish statewide priorities for the improvement and coordination of all aspects of law enforcement and criminal justice. States that each State plan submitted for approval under this section shall be either approved or disapproved within 90 days of submission, and if disapproved shall be accompanied by an explanation of the requirements it fails to comply with. Authorizes the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice to assist in conducting, upon request, programs for the training of State and local law enforcement and criminal justice personnel. States that the Institute shall serve as a national clearinghouse for law enforcement and criminal justice information, and shall report annually to the President, the Congress, and State and local governments on its research and development activities. Increases the amount on loans and grants by the Institute for educational programs on law enforcement and criminal justice. Stipulates that no person in any State shall on the ground of race national origin, or sex be excluded from participation in any program or activity funded under this Law Enforcement Assistance title. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as necessary for this title, but states that such sums in the aggregate shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 annually for fiscal year 1974-75. Directs that any funds made available under this title prior to July 1, 1973, may be used to provide up to 90 percent of the cost of any program or project. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 3701-95)
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Social Security Tax Reduction Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that the tax rate for old-age, survivors', and disability insurance shall be reduced to the 1972 level of 4.6 percent. Reduces (1) the hospital insurance rate to the 1972 level of .60 percent and (2) the rate of self-employment tax for old-age, survivors' and disability insurance to the 1972 level. Provides a reduction for individuals with limited income. Sets forth the computation for determining the amount of such deduction. Provides for a credit or refund for excess withholding of Social Security taxes. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the amounts by which the taxes imposed by specified sections of the Internal Revenue Code are less than the amounts which would have been received if this Act had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Prohibits the importation of Rhodesian chrome into the United States, in conformity with a resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations urging an international boycott of such chrome.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides that each Government agency that maintains records, including computer records, concerning any person which may be retrieved by reference to, or are indexed under, a person's name, or some other similar identifying number or symbol, and which contains any information obtained from any source other than such person shall, with respect to such records: (1) notify such person by mail at his last known address that the agency maintains or has augmented a record concerning said person; (2) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to any other agency or to any person not employed by the agency maintaining such record; (3) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to individuals within that agency other than those individuals who need to examine such record or information for the execution of their jobs; (4) maintain an accurate record of the names and addresses of all persons to whom any information contained in such records is divulged and the purposes for which such divulgence was made; (5) permit any person to inspect his own record and have copies thereof made at his expense, which in no event shall be greater than the cost to the agency of making such copies; (6) permit any person to supplement the information contained in his record by the addition of any document or writing of reasonable length containing information such person deems pertinent to his record; and (7) remove erroneous information of any kind, and notify all agencies and persons to whom the erroneous material has been previously transferred of its removal. Provides that this Act shall not apply to records that are: (1) specifically required by Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of the national security; (2) investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes; and (3) interagency or intraagency memoranda or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency possessing such memoranda or letters in litigation with such agency. Provides that any employee of the United States who under the color of agency authority knowingly and willfully violates a provision of this Act, or permits such a violation, shall be fined $1,000. Establishes a Federal Privacy Board to aid in the administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
States that no funds shall be expended for the conduct of bombing missions or other combat operations in Cambodia or Laos, without prior, specific authorization from Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Clean Elections Act - Title I: Federal Elections Commission - Creates a six-member independent Federal Elections Commission: 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2 members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, and 2 members appointed by the President. Specifies that the Commission shall have full legal powers. Authorizes the Commission to use the personnel and facilities of the General Accounting Office. Requires the Commission to submit its budget directly to Congress along with any recommendations it may have for legislation. Transfers specified functions of the Secretary of the Senate, the GAO and the Clerk of the House to the Commission. Requires each candidate for Federal office to have a central campaign committee through which all reports must pass. Requires the central committee to file its report with the Commission. Specifies that reports contain all contributions in excess of $100 and that cash contributions of $2,500 or more be reported within 24 hours. Requires a financial report to be filed 10 days before an election. Title II: Federal Matching Payment Entitlement Fund - Establishes on the books of the Treasury of the United States the Federal Matching Payment Entitlement Fund to remain available for expenditure without fiscal year limitation. Entitles candidates for Federal office or an official national party committee or an official congressional campaign committee to payments from the fund, during any calendar year, in an amount equal to the cmount of each contribution received by such candidate or committee not in excess of $50. Requires that the candidate or committee submit matching payment entitlement vouchers including the full name of the contributor together with the date, the exact amount of the contribution, and the complete address of the contributor. States that the Secretary of the Treasury shall make a payment from the fund to the candidate or the treasurer of the committee in the amount certified by the Commission. Sets forth the limitations on certification by the Commission. Title III: Limitations on Political Contributions - Declares a limitation on contributions, made by an individual and expenditures of not more than $2,500 in the case of a candidacy for President or Vice President or not more than $1,000 in a congressional campaign. Title IV: Tax Incentives for Contributions to Candidates for Public Office - Allows a maximum credit for a taxable year for contributions to candidates for public office of $50 ($100 for a joint return). Title V: Voter's Time - Provides for a schedule of televised political broadcasts by candidates for Federal office. Requires the television networks to make prime time available to the candidates at roles not exceeding the prevailing unit charge of the station for the same amount of program time in the same time period. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay fully all certified bills for Voter's Time not more than 10 days following receipt from the Registry of Election Finance.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
Provides that no person engaged in commerce in the business of refining petroleum into gasoline and furnishing gasoline to retail distributors of gasoline for sale to the public shall fail to furnish gasoline to independent retail distributors of gasoline, whether or not franchised by such person, at wholesale prices in reasonable quantities as long as he continues to furnish gasoline to retail distributors of gasoline which are wholly owned by him or operated under a franchise granted by him.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Provides, under the Education of the Handicapped Act, that local educational agencies shall not receive Federal financial assistance under authority of the Commissioner of Education, unless they provide educational services to all handicapped children at levels of expenditure at least equal to expenditure for other children.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to establish and conduct seminars for freshman members of the Congress in two similar series. Schedules the first one for November 15 until Thanksgiving in each year that a general election for the House of Representative is held. Schedules the second series for between December 1 and December 15. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress acting through the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare a curriculum for the series of seminars under this Act. Allows each person attending seminars expenses for travel, accomodations food. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
States that, in order to reduce pollution and encourage the use of carpools and other transportation by Federal Government employees, the Administrator of the General Services Administration shall have exclusive power to regulate, maintain, and charge fees for the the use of all parking facilities maintained by the Federal Government for the privately owned cars of Federal employees. Requires that in assigning parking space, priority shall be given to high officials (up to 15% of available space) and to car pools. Requires the Administrator to establish an expanded system of free fringe parking facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Domestic Volunteer Service Act - Title I: National Volunteer Anti-Poverty Programs - Provides for the Volunteers in Service to America (Vista) program of full-time volunteer service, together with appropriate powers and responsibilities designed to assist in the development and coordination of such program. Authorizes the Director to recruit, select, and train persons to serve in the VISTA program. Authorizes the Director to assign VISTA Volunteers, upon the request of Federal, State, or local agencies or private nonprofit organizations. Directs the Director, wherever feasible, to assign low-income VISTA volunteers to serve in their home communities in teams with nationally recruited VISTA volunteers having an appropriate specialty which would benefit that community. Requires the Director to terminate the assignment of an individual VISTA volunteer within thirty days of a Governor's request or within a mutually agreeable time frame. Requires that VISTA Volunteers make a full-time, personal commitment to combating poverty, including, to the extent practicable, a commitment to live among and at the economic levels of the people with whom they are assigned to work, and to remain available for services without regard to regular working hours, at all times during their term of service except for authorized periods of leave. Authorizes a two-year term of enrollment for VISTA Volunteers. States that no volunteer shall serve for more than five years. Provides for the establishment of a grievance procedure for VISTA Volunteers in connection with the terms and conditions of their service. Directs the Director to support volunteers serving under this Act through living allowances, travel allowances, and leave allowances, and through housing, supplies, equipment, subsistence, clothing, health and dental care, transportation, supervision, technical assistance, and any other support which he deems necessary or appropriate for volunteers to carry out their assignments. Directs the Director, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of HEW, the Secretary of Labor, and appropriate State officials, to conduct a special emphasis program by assigning VISTA, UYA, or other ACTION volunteers to departments of corrections in a State, county, city, or public school district in futherance of the purpose of the Act. Directs him to place a special emphasis on the recruitment of rehabilitated criminal offenders as participating volunteers. Provides that the Director in consultation with the VA Administrator, the Commissioner of Education and the Secretary of Labor, shall conduct a program in furtherance of the purpose of this Act, with a special emphasis on the recruitment as volunteers of persons who are Vietnam-era veterans. Directs the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Special Action Office on Drug Abuse Prevention, the Director of the National Institue of Mental Health, and the VA Administrator, to conduct the special emphasis program by assigning VISTA, UYA, or other ACTION volunteers to programs in furtherance of the purpose of rehabilitating drug abusers. Title II: National Older American Volunteer Programs - Provides for the making of grants by the Director of ACTION to State agencies to develop a volunteer service program, limiting those volunteers to individuals over 60 years of age. Requires the Director to coordinate programs under this title with relevant programs in other Federal agencies in disseminating information about the availability of assistance under this title, and in promoting the identification and interest of older persons whose services may be utilized under this title. Title III: National Volunteer Programs to Assist Small Businesses and Promote Voluntary Service by Small Business Proprietors - Directs the Director to consult with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration in order that they may cooperate in the operation of the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) and Active Corps of Executives (ACE) program which provides managerial and other assistance to small businesses. States that the Director shall be responsible for (1) conducting a national publicity and recruitment effort to publicize the accomplishments of these programs and to encourage others to serve in them; (2) providing general budgetary planning for the SCORE/ACE program and appropriate logistical support (including office space and supplies when the SBA has none available to the SCORE/ACE volunteers serving Small Business Administration clients; and (3) expanding the application of the expertise of SCORE and ACE volunteers to other projects and agencies, besides the Small Business Administration, to carry out programs authorized by this act or the Economic Opportunity Act. Declares that such volunteers, while working on SBA projects or new programs under this title, shall be considered Federal employees for purposes of Federal tort claims and compensation for work injuries. Prohibits SCORE/ACE volunteers serving in connection with responsibilities of the Director of the ACTION Agency under this Act from participating in any screening or evaluation activies on behalf of the Small Business Administration in connection with applications for loans from the Administration and prohibits them from providing services to a client of the Small Business Administration with a delinquent loan outstanding except when specifically requested by such a client after the loan has become delinquent. Title IV: Administration and Coordination - Provides the Director with general authorities which are in addition to those given him by other provisions of the Act. Prohibits funds appropriated to carry out the Act from being used to finance political activity or election, and authorizes the Director to issue rules and regulations for the enforcement of these political prohibitions and similar prohibitions in any programs assisted under the Act. Prohibits agencies or organizations to which volunteers are assigned, or which operates or supervises any volunteer program authorized by this Act, from requesting or receiving any compensation for services of those volunteers. Prohibits the use of funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from being used to finance labor or antilabor organizations. Authorizes the Director to prescribe requirements for volunteer service in programs authorized by this Act and requires volunteers and prospective volunteers to provide information concerning their qualifications. Establishes in the ACTION Agency a National Voluntary Services Advisory Council to be composed of not more than 25 members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the President. Provides that the Council shall advise the Director with respect to administrative and policy matters, and at his request, review the effectiveness of the program, operating under this and the Peace Corps Act. Prohibits the Director from providing financial assistance for any program under this Act unless the financial arrangement specifically prohibits discrimination because of race, creed, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, or belief. Provides that the stipend paid to volunteers under this Act shall not be taxed until actually received by the volunteers. Exempts from the income tax the allowance received by VISTA and University Year for ACTION volunteers and volunteers serving in full-time programs of at least one-year's duration under part C of title I of this Act, except for stipends (to VISTA or UYA Volunteers or Volunteer Leaders), leave allowances, and that part of the living allowance which the Director determines is basic compensation. Title V: Authorization of Appropriations - Provides authorization for appropriation for each of the programs under ACTION for the next three fiscal years. Prohibits the expenditure in excess of ten percent of the total amount appropriated and made available for this Act for Administrative expenditures, including the compensation of Federal employees. Title VI: Amendments to Other Laws and Repealers - Supersedes the program and administrative provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 7 relating to domestic volunteer programs. Provides that all official action taken by the Director of the ACTION Agency his designee, or any other person under the authority of such Reorganization Plan which are in force on the effective date of this Act and for which there is continuing authority under the provisions of this Act shall continue in full force and effect until modified, superseded or revoked by the Director. Provides that VISTA, University Year for ACTION volunteers, and volunteers serving in full-time programs of at least one-year's duration under title I of this Act who subsequently become members of the Federal Civil Service shall have their volunteer service time counted as creditable toward civil servive retirement, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia. Authorizes $40,000,000 to be appropriated for the acquisition of lands and waters, and $22,000,000 to be appropriated for the development of the recreation area.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Expresses the opposition of the Congress to the enactment of certain measures for the curtailment of benefits under the medicare and medicaid programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Prescription Drug Patent Licensing Act - Requires that, whenever the Federal Trade Commission, upon complaint made to it by a qualified applicant for a license under a drug patent determines through an investigation and hearing that such application for a license was not granted and that the price quoted to druggists by the patentee is more than 500 percent of the total cost of production, the Commission shall order such patentee to grant an unrestricted license to any qualified applicant to make, use, and sell such drug. States that the Commission may delay such order up to five years to provide a fair return on the patentee's invested capital. (Adds 35 U.S.C. 294)
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Prescription Drug Labeling Act - Requires that in the labeling and advertising of drugs sold by prescription the established name of such drug must appear each time their proprietary name is used.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: (1) shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, substance, or ingredient of any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage; and (2) shall not require a warning label on any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Federal Disaster Insurance Act - Creates a body corporate to be known as the Federal Disaster Insurance Corporation which shall be an independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government. Provides that the management of the Corporation shall be vested in a board of directors, which shall consists of nine members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Defines the term "natural disaster" as meaning any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, drought, fire, avalanche, landslide, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which is determined by the President to be a major disaster for purposes of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, or which is otherwise determined by the Federal Disaster Insurance Corporation to be actually or potentially of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant coverage under insurance made available pursuant to this Act. Provides that the Corporation shall have a capital stock of $1,000,000,000 which shall be subscribed to by the Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United States. Provides that payment upon such subscription shall be subject to call in whole or in part at any time by the board of directors of the Corporation. Authorizes to be appropriated, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000,000 which shall be available for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury for capital stock of the Corporation. Directs the Corporation to carry out the purpose of this Act by providing, to any citizen or resident of the United States who makes application therefor and qualifies in accordance with this Act, insurance against damage to or loss of property due to natural disaster. Creates in the Treasury of the United States a National Disaster Insurance Fund which shall be available to the Corporation without fiscal year limitation: (1) for making such payments of insurance as may from time to time be required under this Act; (2) to redeem stock issued under this Act; and (3) to pay the administrative expenses of carrying out the program, including the costs of processing applications and servicing claims.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Prescription Drug Freshness Act - Requires that over-the-counter drugs whose effectiveness or potency becomes diminished after storage must be prominently labeled by the manufacturer as to the date beyond which the product shall not be used. Requires that similar prescription drugs be similarly labeled by the retailer dispensing the product.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Prescription Drug Price Information Act - Requires drug retailers to post prominently a list of the prices of the one hundred prescription drug products that had the highest dollar volume of retail sales by such drug retailer. Enables any person, including States, to commence a civil action to obtain an injunction restraining any drug retailer from violating this Act. Prescribtion Drug Advertising Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and with the appropriate agency of any State, to establish programs and procedures to implement the advertising, at the discretion of vendors, of prescription drug prices, and to eliminate any legal impediments to such advertising. Defines as an unfair act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act the prohibition or burdening of advertising of prescription drug prices.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Health Programs Extension Act - Title I: Amendments to Public Health Service Act - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Public Health Service Act: (1) health services research and development, (2) national health surveys and studies, (3) public health training, (4) migrant health (5) comprehensive health planning and services (6) assistance to medical libraries (7) Hill-Burton programs for construction of medical library facilities (8) training in the allied health professions, (9) regional medical programs, and (10) population research and family planning. Title II: Amendments to the Community Mental Health Centers Act - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Community Mental Health Centers Act: (1) construction assistance for mental health centers, (2) staffing assistance for mental health centers, (3) alcoholism programs (4) drug abuse programs, (5)consultation services, and (6) mental health of children. Title III: Amendments to the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for construction, services, and planning under the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act. Title IV: Funding Assurances - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for programs under the Medical Facilities Construction and Modernization Amendment of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 18 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 · 18 April 1973
Provides that no funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated shall be expended for the conduct by United States forces of bombing missions or other combat operations in or over or from off the shores of Indochina, including Cambodia, Laos, the Republic of Vietnam, and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, without prior, specific authorization by Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Transfers to the government of the Virgin Islands title to Water Island, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain of the outstanding lease-hold interests in such island. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary for such acquisition.
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 · 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
Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Population Affairs to be directed by an Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs. Sets forth the duties of the Assistant Secretary. Establishes within the Department an Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Creates within the Administration a National Center for Family Planning Services, headed by a Director, which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Public information, program planning and evaluation, manpower development and training, supervision of field services, and grants management. Establishes within the Administration, a National Institute for Research on Human Reproduction and Population Change which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Reproductive physiology research, contraceptive development and evaluation, operational research, social science research, public information, manpower development and training, and grants management. Establishes a National Family Planning Services Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Center for Family Planning Services. Establishes a National Population Sciences Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Institute for Research on Human Reporduction and Population Change. Sets forth the functions of the Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such amounts as may be necessary to meet the administrative expenses of the Administration. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit a report to Congress on each January 1 for the five years following the enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1976 for the following: (1) special project grants for family planning services; (2) formula grants for family planning, public health services; (3) manpower development and program planning and evaluation; (4) research grants and contracts; (5) grants for support of population sciences, research centers; and (6) planning and population growth information distribution and educational materials development.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
First Amendment Protection Act - States that no journalist or news medium shall be required by any judicial, executive, legislative, or administrative body of the United States or of any Commonwealth, territory, possession, or trusteeship thereof, including, but not limited to, any court, grand jury, agency, department, or commission, or by either House of Congress or any committee thereof, to disclose any information or the sources of any information received or obtained while acting as a journalist or news medium. Defines the terms used in this Act.
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