United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1974
Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Provides, under the Freedom of Information Act, that whenever either House of Congress, any committee or subcommittee thereof, any joint committee of Congress, or the Comptroller General of the United States requests an agency or the President of the United States to make available information within its possession or under its control, the head of such agency or the President shall make the information available as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty days from the date of request, unless the information is ordered withheld by the President in a signed statement that the information will be withheld and such statement sets forth the grounds upon which such withholding is based. Provides that whenever such a request for information has been denied and the same requesting body determines that the information requested is needed for the exercise of a valid legislative or investigative function under the Constitution and that the national interest outweighs any possible jeopardy to the need of the President or agency head to obtain candid and forthright advice, the House, committee, or joint committee may pass a resolution empowering the committee counsel or other designated counsel to file a civil suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to compel the agency head, the President, or the witness to supply the requested information or testimony. Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia of any complaint filed by either House of Congress, any committee thereof, or any joint committee of the Congress pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the retention of counsel by either House of Congress, any committee thereof, or any joint committee of Congress for purposes of this Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, of any other law, or of any Executive order, no officer or employee of the executive branch may withhold any information from either House of Congress or any committee or subcommittee thereof if the information requested is relevant to any proceeding connected with the impeachment or subsequent trial of the President, Vice President, or any other civil officer of the United States. Provides penalties for willfully and knowingly distorting or concealing information properly subject to disclosure under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973
Emergency National Maximum Highway Speed Limit Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to refuse approval of Federal funding of specified projects in any State which has (1) a maximum speed limit on any public highway within its jurisdiction in excess of 55-miles-per-hour, and (2) a speed limit other than 55-miles-per-hour on any portion of any public highway within its jurisdiction which had a speed limit of 55 miles, or more, per hour on November 1, 1973, and (3) maximum speed limits which are not uniformly applicable to all types of motor vehicles using a highway, except that a different speed limit may be established for any vehicle operating under a special permit because of any weight or dimension of such vehicle, including any load thereon.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973
Energy Reorganization Act - Title I: Energy Research and Development Administration Establishes the Energy Research and Development Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President. Describes the functions of the Administrator as including: (1) exercising central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all energy sources; (2) undertaking research and development in the extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources; (3) participating in and supporting cooperative research and development projects which may involve contributions by public or private persons or agencies, of financial or other resources to the performance of the work; and (4) developing, collecting, distributing, and making available for distribution, scientific and technical information concerning the manufacture or development of energy and its efficient extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization. Transfers to the Administrator all functions of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Chairman and members of the Commission, and the officers and components of the Commission, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and officers and components of such department: (1) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Coal Research; and (2) as relate to or are utilized in connection with fossil fuel energy research and development programs and related activities conducted by the Bureau of Mines. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the National Science Foundations as relate to or are utilized in connection with: (1) solar heating and cooling development; and (2) geothermal power development. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Environmental Protection Agency and the officers and components thereof as relate to or are utilized in connection with the development and demonstration of alternative automotive power systems. Title II: Nuclear Energy Commission - Provides that the Atomic Energy Commission is renamed the Nuclear Energy Commission and shall continue to perform the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Chairman and members of the Commission, the general counsel, and other officers and components of the Commission, which functions, officers, components, and personnel are excepted from the transfer to the Administrator by this Act. Grants the Nuclear Energy Commission licensing authority as to the following facilities of the Administration: (1) demonstration liquid metal fast breeder reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system; (2) other demonstration nuclear reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system, except those in existence, under construction or authorized or appropriated for by the Congress on the date this part becomes effective; or (3) facilities used primarily for the receipt and storage of high level radioactive wastes resulting from activities licensed under such Act. Allows the Nuclear Energy Commission to engage in or contract for research which the Commission deems necessary for the discharge of its licensing and regulatory functions. Title III: Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions - Provides that except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever all of the functions or programs of an agency, or other body, or any component thereof, affected by this Act, have been transferred from that agency, or other body, or component, the agency, or other body, or component shall lapse.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Presidential Protection Act - States that Federal departments and agencies shall assist the United States Secret Service by: (1) providing, without reimbursement, personnel, equipment, or facilities on a temporary basis for a period not to exceed two weeks at any one location in any one year; (2) providing such facilities, equipment, and services as are required by the United States Secret Service to secure no more than one property not in Government ownership or control, such property having been designated by a President, President-elect, former President, or any other person entitled to protection; and (3) providing such facilities, equipment, and services, as are required by the United States Secret Service to secure any other property not in Government ownership or control to the extent that such expenditures do not cumulatively exceed $5,000 at any one property owned, leased, occupied, or otherwise utilized by persons entitled to protection by the Secret Service. Provides that no payments shall be made pursuant to this Act for services, equipment, or facilities ordered, purchased, leased, or otherwise procured by persons other than officers or employees of the Federal Government duly authorized by the Director of the United States Secret Service to make such procurements. Stipulates that all improvements and other items acquired pursuant to his Act shall remain the property of the Federal Government and shall be removed at the termination of the protective responsibility of the United States Secret Service unless it is economically unfeasible, as determined by the United States Secret Service, to do so. Requires every department and agency, including the Executive Office of the President making expenditures pursuant to this Act shall transmit a detailed report of such expenditures to the Committee on Appropriations and Committees on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on April 30 and September 30 of each year.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1973
Special Prosecution Conservancy Act - Vests the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia with supervisory jurisdiction to issue and enforce all orders necessary and appropriate to insure the integrity and inviolability of all files, notes, correspondence, memoranda, documents, physical evidence, and other records and work product compiled, obtained, or otherwise produced and maintained by the office of Special Prosecutor from the date of assumption of that office on May 24, 1973, until the appointment of a successor Special Prosecutor pursuant to this Act. Vests the Chief Judge of the United States District Court with authority to appoint a Special Prosecutor for the purposes and with the powers set forth in this Act, and to replace such officer only for extraordinary improprieties in the exercise of his responsibilities. Sets forth the authority and responsibilities of the Special Prosecutor. States that the prosecutor shall have exclusive authority to conduct all grand jury presentments and all other criminal proceedings arising from the following acts or transactions: (1) offenses arising out of the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate; (2) offenses arising out of the 1972 Presidential election; (3) allegations of criminal offenses involving the President, members of the White House Staff, or other Presidential appointees; and (4) such other matters as bear a relation to the foregoing and which the Special Prosecutor consents to accept. Sets forth powers of the Special Prosecutor, including: (1) the power to determine whether and how far to contest the assertion of executive privilege or any other testimonial or evidentiary privilege, and (2) the power to decide whether or not to prosecute any person and how to conduct and argue any appeals or petitions arising out of his prosecutorial activities. Authorizes the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to extend the term of the Grand Jury of that Court which was impaneled on June 5, 1972, for additional periods of six months, until the court determines that the business of that Grand Jury has been completed. Authorizes to be appropriated to the office of the Special Prosecutor such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Social Services Amendments - Outlines the objectives to be achieved under this Act, including: (1) the goal of self-support; (2) the goal of family care or self-care; (3) the goal of community-based care; and (4) the institutional care goal. Provides, under the Social Security Act, for maximum freedom for each State to determine which services will be made available, the persons eligible for such services, the manner in which such services are provided, and any limitations on the receipt of such services. Requires that social services to be offered at the option of the States to all eligible persons shall include: (1) day care services for children; (2) day care services for children with special needs; (3) service for children in foster care; (4) protective services for children; (5) family planning services; (6) protective services for adults; (7) services for adults in foster care; (8) homemaker services for individuals in their own homes; (9) chore services; (10) home delivered or congregate meals; (11) day care services for adults; (12) health related services; (13) home management and other functional education services; (14) housing improvement services; (15) a full range of legal services; (16) transportation services necessary to travel to and from community facilities or resources for receipt of services; (17) educational and training services; (18) employment services; (19) information, referral, and determination of eligibility and the need for services, without regard to individual eligibility criteria; (20) special services for the mentally retarded, or special adaptations of generic services; (21) special services for the blind; (22) services for alcoholism and drug addiction; (23) special services for the emotionally disturbed as defined by the State; (24) special services for the physically handicapped as defined by the State; and (25) any other proposed services at the request of a State. Provides that States are entitled to Federal financial participation for the delivery of mandatory and optional social services under the State plan to the extent of the appropriations allocated by the Congress. Requires that State plans submitted with respect to the services program shall contain a provision for a fair hearing, under which applicants and recipients may appeal exclusion from a service program. Provides that State plans shall provide for the establishment of a social services advisory committee, to include members representative of recipients of such services.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Requires, under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the advice and consent of the Senate for future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000, $175,000,000, and $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively for the nutrition program for the aged under title VII of the Older American Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1973
Federal Election Campaign Financing Reform Act - Title I: Board of Elections and Ethics - Establishes the Board of Elections and Ethics which shall have the power: (1) to require any person to submit in writing, within such reasonable period and under oath or otherwise as the Board may determine, such reports and answers to questions as the Board may determine are necessary to assist the Board in executing its duties; (2) to administer oaths; (3) to require by subpena, signed by the President, his delegate, or the Vice Chairman, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documents relating to the execution of its duties; (4) in any proceeding or investigation, to order testimony to be taken by deposition before any person who is designated by the Board and has the power to administer oaths, and, in such instances, to compel testimony and the production of documents; (5) to pay witnesses the same fees as are paid in like circumstances in the courts of the United States; and (6) to initiate (through civil proceedings for injunctive relief and through presentations to Federal grand juries), prosecute, defend, or appeal any court action in the name of the Board for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act, through the General Counsel of the Board. Provides that the Board shall appoint a General Counsel and a Director. Title II: Federal Election Campaign Bank - Establishes the Federal Election Compaign Bank. Requires every political committee and every candidate for Federal office, within a reasonable time after becoming a candidate, to establish an account at the Bank. Requires any contribution received by or on behalf of any candidate for Federal office or any political committee to be deposited in the account of such candidate or political committee at the Bank within a reasonable time after the receipt of such contribution. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Study by Board of Elections and Ethics - Provides that the Board shall conduct a study of the following: (1) the establishment and maintenance of uniform accounting systems with respect to contributions to and expenditures on behalf of candidates for Federal office and political committees, with a view toward insuring an effective monitoring of such contributions and expenditures; (2) the general problem of conflicts of interest with respect to the President, the Vice President, and other officers and employees of the executive branch of the Federal Government, officers and employees of the judicial and legislative branches of the Federal Government, Members of the Congress, and judges of the courts of the United States: (3) ways in which the Board may function in an advisory capacity with respect to problems concerning conflicts of interest of such officers and employees, Members of the Congress, and judges; (4) procedures through which the Board may monitor and review fund-raising and other financial activities of persons holding Federal office; and (5) methods and procedures through which any such conflicts of interest may be monitored, controlled, and eliminated. Requires the Board to, within one year after the appointment of its members, report to the Congress on such study. States that the study shall contain a detailed statement of the Board's findings, together with recommendations for any legislative or other action which the Board deems appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Declares it to be the sense of the House that the President, acting in accordance with the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength, and under existing authority, should continue to transfer to Israel the Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the attack and to offset the military equipment and supplies furnished to the Arab States by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Commerce to study applications of solar energy. Establishes a system of grants for solar energy research. Establishes the Solar Energy Data Bank which shall: (1) compile a repository of technical information, including unpublished or otherwise unreported information, on the development and use of solar energy; and (2) distribute information on various aspects of the development and use of solar energy. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Energy Industry Competition Act - Makes it unlawful for any person engaged in commerce in the business of extracting, refining, marketing, or transporting by pipeline any resources product to acquire any assets of the other three aforementioned businesses. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to simultaneously and independently examine the relationship of persons now engaged in one or more branches of the energy industry. Directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to institute suits in the district courts of the United States requesting the issuance of such relief as is appropriate under this Act. States that any person who knowingly violates any provision of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished, in the case of an individual, by a fine of not to exceed $500,000 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed ten years, or both. Stipulates that the penalty for violation of this Act by a corporation shall be a fine not to exceed $5,000,000 or a suspension of the right to do business in interstate commerce for a period not to exceed ten years, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President of the United States should take action to assure the continued operation of the Schoenau processing center for refugees in Austria.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 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 · 2 October 1973
Housing Secretary Act - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development an office of Security which shall: (1) serve as a clearinghouse for information relating to the physical security of federal and related housing projects; (2) make grants and enter into contracts with sponsors of federally related multifamily housing projects to finance planning and development of a security program for the project, including capital improvements and maintenance of a security force. Authorizes such appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Requires that not later than October 27, 1973, the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Federal Aviation Administration proposed regulations to provide control and abatement of aircraft noise and sonic boom. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1431(c))
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Declares that on and after July 1, 1974, no Federal financial assistance shall be provided under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for the purchase of buses to any applicant for such assistance unless such applicant and the Secretary of Transportation shall have entered into an agreement that such applicant or the publicly owned operator of mass transportation service for the applicant will not engage in charter bus operations in unfair or destructive competition with private bus operators outside of the urban area or areas within which such applicant provides regularly scheduled mass transportation service.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Federal Election Campaign Financing Reform Act - Title I: Board of Elections and Ethics - Establishes the Board of Elections and Ethics which shall have the power: (1) to require any person to submit in writing, within such reasonable period and under oath or otherwise as the Board may determine, such reports and answers to questions as the Board may determine are necessary to assist the Board in executing its duties; (2) to administer oaths; (3) to require by subpena, signed by the President, his delegate, or the Vice Chairman, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documents relating to the execution of its duties; (4) in any proceeding or investigation, to order testimony to be taken by deposition before any person who is designated by the Board and has the power to administer oaths, and, in such instances, to compel testimony and the production of documents; (5) to pay witnesses the same fees as are paid in like circumstances in the courts of the United States; and (6) to initiate (through civil proceedings for injunctive relief and through presentations to Federal grand juries), prosecute, defend, or appeal any court action in the name of the Board for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act, through the General Counsel of the Board. Provides that the Board shall appoint a General Counsel and a Director. Title II: Federal Election Campaign Bank - Establishes the Federal Election Compaign Bank. Requires every political committee and every candidate for Federal office, within a reasonable time after becoming a candidate, to establish an account at the Bank. Requires any contribution received by or on behalf of any candidate for Federal office or any political committee to be deposited in the account of such candidate or political committee at the Bank within a reasonable time after the receipt of such contribution. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Study by Board of Elections and Ethics - Provides that the Board shall conduct a study of the following: (1) the establishment and maintenance of uniform accounting systems with respect to contributions to and expenditures on behalf of candidates for Federal office and political committees, with a view toward insuring an effective monitoring of such contributions and expenditures; (2) the general problem of conflicts of interest with respect to the President, the Vice President, and other officers and employees of the executive branch of the Federal Government, officers and employees of the judicial and legislative branches of the Federal Government, Members of the Congress, and judges of the courts of the United States: (3) ways in which the Board may function in an advisory capacity with respect to problems concerning conflicts of interest of such officers and employees, Members of the Congress, and judges; (4) procedures through which the Board may monitor and review fund-raising and other financial activities of persons holding Federal office; and (5) methods and procedures through which any such conflicts of interest may be monitored, controlled, and eliminated. Requires the Board to, within one year after the appointment of its members, report to the Congress on such study. States that the study shall contain a detailed statement of the Board's findings, together with recommendations for any legislative or other action which the Board deems appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Water Resources Development Act - Title I: Water Resources Development - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to undertake the design, construction, repair, improvement, and modification of specified public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control and other enumerated purposes. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such projects. Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary to conduct, for a period of five fiscal years, a national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program. Provides for the establishment of a Shoreline Erosion Advisory Panel. Sets forth the duties of such Panel. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 per year for construction of such projects. Directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct navigational and flood-control projects on specified public works. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such projects. River Basin Monetary Authorization Act - Title II: River Basin Monetary Authorizations - Authorizes specified amounts to be appropriated for the prosecution of development plans of enumerated river basins. States that such sums shall not exceed $764,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Natural Gas Act Amendments - Provides that the Natural Gas Act and the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission will not apply to a small new producer contract, which is a contract adding gas reserves or acreage to an existing contract and allowing a natural gas producer to take no more than 10,000 Mc.f. per day. Requires all other contracts adding gas reserves or acreage to an existing contract to be filed by the producer with the Commission, which may then approve, conditionally or unconditionally, or disapprove the contract. Specifies that once approved by the Commission, the contract is no longer subject to change by the Commission, except where price increases are concerned. Provides for stoppage of deliveries where a contract is disapproved. Allows deliveries under a contract to commence upon the filing of a contract and pending review by the Commission. Provides that, in deciding whether to approve a contract, the Commission shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determine whether the contract is just and reasonable, is required by the public convenience and necessity, and is not unduly discriminatory or preferential. Specifies that, in making such determination, the Commission shall consider the entire pricing structure, including escalation clauses, and all other terms and conditions of the contract, give due recognition to the length of the contract term for which the reserves are dedicated, and consider the present and future requirements of consumers for natural gas. Forbids the acceptance of a contract for filing if it does not specify a termination time or if it includes: the 'two-party favored-nation clause' under the terms of which the price of the natural gas is or may be increased in event the purchaser shall pay or offer a higher price for natural gas; the 'third-party favored-nation clause' under the terms of which the price of the natural gas is or may be increased in the event some person not a party to the contract shall pay or offer a higher price for natural gas; the 'better market clause' or 'price redetermination clause' under the terms of which the price of the natural gas is or may be increased in the event the average of two or more prices which are paid by purchasers is greater; and the 'spiral escalation clause' under the terms of which the price of the natural gas is or may be increased in the event the resale rates of the purchaser under the contract are increased.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act - Provides that any consent decree proposed by the United States must be filed with the court in which the case is pending and simultaneously published in the Federal Register at least sixty days prior to the effective date of the decree. Provides that the Government must file a "public impact statement" containing the following: (1) the nature and purpose of the proceeding; (2) a description of the practices or events giving rise to the alleged explanation of the proposed judgment, the relief to be obtained thereby, the anticipated effects on competition of that relief and an explanation of any special circumstances giving rise to the proposed judgment or any provision contained therein; (3) the remedies available to potential private plaintiffs damaged by the alleged violation in the event that the judgment is entered; (4) a description of the procedures available for modification of the judgment; and (5) a description and evaluation of alternatives to the proposed judgment and the anticipated effects on competition of such alternatives. Lengthens the present thirty-day public comment period to sixty-days. Provides that the sixty-day period may be shortened by order of court but only upon a showing that extraordinary circumstances require it and that such a shortened time period would not be adverse to the public interest. Requires the United States to file a response to such comments with the district court. Provides that the court shall make a determination on whether the entry of a proposed consent judgment is in the public interest. Lists the following criteria to assist the court in making a determination: (1) the public impact of the judgment, including the termination of alleged violations, provisions for enforcement and modification, duration of relief sought, anticipated effects of alternative remedies, and any other considerations bearing upon the adequacy of judgment; and (2) the public impact of entry of the judgment upon the public generally and persons alleging specific injury from the violations set forth in the complaint, including the consideration of the public benefits to be derived from a determination of the issues at trial. Provides that not later than ten days following the filing of any proposed consent judgment as required by this Act each defendant must file with the district court a description of any and all oral communications by or on behalf of the defendant with any officer or employee of the United States concerning or relevant to the consent judgment or the subject matter thereof. Provides that proceedings before the district court in connection with the decree pursuant to this Act and public impact statements filed pursuant to the Act are not admissible against any defendant in any action or proceeding brought by any other party against that defendant under the antitrust laws or by the United States under the Clayton Act, constitute a basis for introduction of the decree as prima facie evidence against such defendant in any such action or proceeding. Increases the penalties for criminal violations of the antitrust laws from $50,000 to $100,000 for individuals and $500,000 for corporations. Provides that an appeal from any final judgment in an antitrust action shall be taken to the court of appeals. States that an appeal from such a final judgment shall lie directly to the Supreme Court if, upon application of a party filed within five days of the filing of a notice of appeal, the district judge who adjudicated the case enters an order stating that immediate consideration of the appeal by the Supreme Court is of general public importance in the administration of justice.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Army, under the River and Harbor Act of 1970, to waive the required local contribution of 25 percent of the construction costs of contained spoil facilities in the event specified findings occur after non-Federal interests have entered into the cooperative agreement for the construction of such facilities. (Adds 33 U.S.C. 1165(e))
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Provides under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivor's and Disability Insurance) that any individual may qualify for disability insurance benefits and the disability freeze if he has 20 quarters of coverage (and meets the other conditions of eligibility therefor), regardless of when such quarters were earned.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the fourth Sunday of November of each year as "National Grandparents' Day". Calls upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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 · 7 June 1973
Urban Employment Act - Provides a program to assist municipalities and businesses in urban industrial development to prevent the harmful economic consequence of industrial migration from large cities which causes a waste of the economic resources in the cities, serious unemployment in the labor force, and an erosion of the tax base of the cities. Provides Federal Financial assistance including grants and loans directly to municipalities and to private industry to alleviate the wasteful economic disruption and less resulting from the movement of industrial firms away from the cities. Authorizes direct grants not to exceed 25 percent of the cast of the project to any central city with a population of 100,000 or more for the purchase and development of real property within the central city to improve the economic opportunities and expansion of industrial facilities in the area and to assist in the creation of additional long-term employment opportunities. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973 through June 30, 1977, and states that more than 15 percent of any appropriation in any fiscal year be expended in any one State. Authorizes loans not to exceed 90 percent of the cost of any project to assist in financing the purchase and development of real property within a municipality where financial assistance is not otherwise available from private lenders or from other Federal agencies. Provides that no loan shall be made for a period exceeding forty years, that such loans shall bear interest at a rate not less than the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the annual approprations for the purpose of making and participating in loans shall not exceed $200,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, l973 through June 30, l977. Provides for urban industrial development loans to aid in the financing of any project within a central city to guarantee loans for working capital made to private borrowers by private lending institutions. Authorizes the appropriation for this part of the Act of not to exceed $250,000,000 annually for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973 through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Provides that no land acquired by grant, loan, or other financial assistance made under this Act shall be converted or modified from the uses orginally approved by the Secretary without his prior approval. Provides that the Secretary is authorized to make grants, loans, and other financial assistance available to municipalities under this Act in any combination he deems necessary as long as the total amount of financial assistance does not exceed 100 percent of the total project cost. Provides the Secretary with the necessary powers, functions, privileges and immunities to carry out this Act. Allows him to take any actions to assign or sell at public or private sale any evidence of debt held by him to extend the maturity of any loand made under this Act; to employ experts and consultants or organizations; to sue and be sued in any State or Federal district count; and to acquire in any lawful manner any property deemed necessary for this Act. Defines the term central city for pruposes of this Act to be that governmental unit within each Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area designated as such by the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 21 May 1973
Free Flow of Information Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to insure the free flow of news and other infomration to the public. Provides that no person shall be required to disclose in any Federal or State proceeding: (1) the source of any published or unpublished information obtained in the gathering, receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public: or (2) any unpublished information obtained or prepared in gathering receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public. Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 9 May 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 · 7 May 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 · 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 · 16 April 1973
Urban Employment Act - Provides a program to assist municipalities and businesses in urban industrial development to prevent the harmful economic consequence of industrial migration from large cities which causes a waste of the economic resources in the cities, serious unemployment in the labor force, and an erosion of the tax base of the cities. Provides Federal Financial assistance including grants and loans directly to municipalities and to private industry to alleviate the wasteful economic disruption and less resulting from the movement of industrial firms away from the cities. Authorizes direct grants not to exceed 25 percent of the cast of the project to any central city with a population of 100,000 or more for the purchase and development of real property within the central city to improve the economic opportunities and expansion of industrial facilities in the area and to assist in the creation of additional long-term employment opportunities. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973 through June 30, 1977, and states that more than 15 percent of any appropriation in any fiscal year be expended in any one State. Authorizes loans not to exceed 90 percent of the cost of any project to assist in financing the purchase and development of real property within a municipality where financial assistance is not otherwise available from private lenders or from other Federal agencies. Provides that no loan shall be made for a period exceeding forty years, that such loans shall bear interest at a rate not less than the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the annual approprations for the purpose of making and participating in loans shall not exceed $200,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, l973 through June 30, l977. Provides for urban industrial development loans to aid in the financing of any project within a central city to guarantee loans for working capital made to private borrowers by private lending institutions. Authorizes the appropriation for this part of the Act of not to exceed $250,000,000 annually for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973 through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Provides that no land acquired by grant, loan, or other financial assistance made under this Act shall be converted or modified from the uses orginally approved by the Secretary without his prior approval. Provides that the Secretary is authorized to make grants, loans, and other financial assistance available to municipalities under this Act in any combination he deems necessary as long as the total amount of financial assistance does not exceed 100 percent of the total project cost. Provides the Secretary with the necessary powers, functions, privileges and immunities to carry out this Act. Allows him to take any actions to assign or sell at public or private sale any evidence of debt held by him to extend the maturity of any loand made under this Act; to employ experts and consultants or organizations; to sue and be sued in any State or Federal district count; and to acquire in any lawful manner any property deemed necessary for this Act. Defines the term central city for pruposes of this Act to be that governmental unit within each Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area designated as such by the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 9 April 1973
Urban Employment Act - Provides a program to assist municipalities and businesses in urban industrial development to prevent the harmful economic consequence of industrial migration from large cities which causes a waste of the economic resources in the cities, serious unemployment in the labor force, and an erosion of the tax base of the cities. Provides Federal Financial assistance including grants and loans directly to municipalities and to private industry to alleviate the wasteful economic disruption and less resulting from the movement of industrial firms away from the cities. Authorizes direct grants not to exceed 25 percent of the cast of the project to any central city with a population of 100,000 or more for the purchase and development of real property within the central city to improve the economic opportunities and expansion of industrial facilities in the area and to assist in the creation of additional long-term employment opportunities. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973 through June 30, 1977, and states that more than 15 percent of any appropriation in any fiscal year be expended in any one State. Authorizes loans not to exceed 90 percent of the cost of any project to assist in financing the purchase and development of real property within a municipality where financial assistance is not otherwise available from private lenders or from other Federal agencies. Provides that no loan shall be made for a period exceeding forty years, that such loans shall bear interest at a rate not less than the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the annual approprations for the purpose of making and participating in loans shall not exceed $200,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, l973 through June 30, l977. Provides for urban industrial development loans to aid in the financing of any project within a central city to guarantee loans for working capital made to private borrowers by private lending institutions. Authorizes the appropriation for this part of the Act of not to exceed $250,000,000 annually for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973 through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Provides that no land acquired by grant, loan, or other financial assistance made under this Act shall be converted or modified from the uses orginally approved by the Secretary without his prior approval. Provides that the Secretary is authorized to make grants, loans, and other financial assistance available to municipalities under this Act in any combination he deems necessary as long as the total amount of financial assistance does not exceed 100 percent of the total project cost. Provides the Secretary with the necessary powers, functions, privileges and immunities to carry out this Act. Allows him to take any actions to assign or sell at public or private sale any evidence of debt held by him to extend the maturity of any loand made under this Act; to employ experts and consultants or organizations; to sue and be sued in any State or Federal district count; and to acquire in any lawful manner any property deemed necessary for this Act. Defines the term central city for pruposes of this Act to be that governmental unit within each Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area designated as such by the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Excludes from gross income for income tax purposes interest on certain special deposits of prisoners of war and other members of the Armed Forces in a missing status during the Vietnam conflict. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 124)
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
Urban Employment Act - Provides a program to assist municipalities and businesses in urban industrial development to prevent the harmful economic consequence of industrial migration from large cities which causes a waste of the economic resources in the cities, serious unemployment in the labor force, and an erosion of the tax base of the cities. Provides Federal Financial assistance including grants and loans directly to municipalities and to private industry to alleviate the wasteful economic disruption and less resulting from the movement of industrial firms away from the cities. Authorizes direct grants not to exceed 25 percent of the cast of the project to any central city with a population of 100,000 or more for the purchase and development of real property within the central city to improve the economic opportunities and expansion of industrial facilities in the area and to assist in the creation of additional long-term employment opportunities. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973 through June 30, 1977, and states that more than 15 percent of any appropriation in any fiscal year be expended in any one State. Authorizes loans not to exceed 90 percent of the cost of any project to assist in financing the purchase and development of real property within a municipality where financial assistance is not otherwise available from private lenders or from other Federal agencies. Provides that no loan shall be made for a period exceeding forty years, that such loans shall bear interest at a rate not less than the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the annual approprations for the purpose of making and participating in loans shall not exceed $200,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, l973 through June 30, l977. Provides for urban industrial development loans to aid in the financing of any project within a central city to guarantee loans for working capital made to private borrowers by private lending institutions. Authorizes the appropriation for this part of the Act of not to exceed $250,000,000 annually for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973 through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Provides that no land acquired by grant, loan, or other financial assistance made under this Act shall be converted or modified from the uses orginally approved by the Secretary without his prior approval. Provides that the Secretary is authorized to make grants, loans, and other financial assistance available to municipalities under this Act in any combination he deems necessary as long as the total amount of financial assistance does not exceed 100 percent of the total project cost. Provides the Secretary with the necessary powers, functions, privileges and immunities to carry out this Act. Allows him to take any actions to assign or sell at public or private sale any evidence of debt held by him to extend the maturity of any loand made under this Act; to employ experts and consultants or organizations; to sue and be sued in any State or Federal district count; and to acquire in any lawful manner any property deemed necessary for this Act. Defines the term central city for pruposes of this Act to be that governmental unit within each Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area designated as such by the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Emergency Crime Control Act - Title I: Planning and Law Enforcement Grants to High Crime Urban Areas - Provides that State plans for law enforcement assistance that qualify for grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act shall provide that each high crime urban area (of 250,000 population, or more) within such State shall constitute a separate regional planning unit which shall assist in the development of the comprehensive State plan, take receipts from the State planning agency of all Federal funds granted for use in such high crime urban area, and assist in coordinating all law enforcement efforts within such high crime urban area which are in whole or in part assisted by Federal funds under such Act. Prescribes a formula by which such State planning grants under such Act shall be allocated to such high crime urban areas. Provides, under the provision of such Act for disbursements by State planning agencies, that each State planning agency shall make a block grant in lieu of program and project grants to each high crime urban area within the State which notifies such agency that there has been organized within such area an Urban Law Enforcement Council and submits to such agency a plan for the use of such grant. Prescribes a formula by which such State planning agency shall measure such grants to such high crime urban area. Title II: Special Impact Grants to High Intensity Urban Area - Provides that the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration shall make a block grant, to each high crime urban area, measured by $5 multiplied by the population of such area, which notifies it that there has been organized within such area an Urban Law Enforcement Council, and submits to it a plan for the use of such grant. Provides that grants shall be made available under this section for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying out this section.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Eliminates the limitation on the use of Federal funds for social service programs under the Social Security Act whereby no more than 10% of amounts alloted to States could be expended for services to individuals who were not recipients of or applicants for aid or public assistance under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Provides that there shall be adopted regulations governing the implementation of titles I, IV-A, IV-B, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act which shall be consistent with the following model regulations. States that Federal financial participation is available for expenditures under a State plan approved under any of the previously mentioned titles. Requires a single organizational unit, within the single State agency, at the State and local level which is responsible for the furnishing of family services, WIN (Work Incentive Program), support services, and child welfare services. Requires the establishment of an advisory committee on social service programs at the State and local level. Requires the establishment of an advisory committee on day care services. Makes provisions for a fair hearing under which applicants and recipients may appeal denial of or an exclusion from a service program. Requires a State plan to specify how the services will be provided and, in the case of provision by other public agencies, identify the agency and the service to be provided. States that, if a State elects to provide services for additional groups of families or individuals, the state plan must identify such groups and specify the services to be made available to each group. Provides that services to individuals must be in accord with plans developed in cooperation with the individual, be responsive to the needs of the individual applicant, and be related to one or more of the specific goals described in this Act. Defines the term "services" to include chore services, day care services for adults, child care services, educational services, employment services, family planning services, adult services, foster care services for adults, foster care services for children, services to meet health needs, home delivered or congregate meals, homemaker services, home management and other functional educational services, housing improvement services, legal services, community planning, protective services for adults and children, special services for the blind, and transportation services. Sets forth requirements a State plan must meet before it can authorize the provision of services by purchase from other State or local public agencies, from nonprofit or proprietary private agencies or organizations, or from individuals. Provides that the total amount of Federal funds paid to any State shall not exceed an amount which bears the same ratio to $2,500,000,000 as the population of all the States.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Makes the restriction of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 against taking into account for subsidy accounting purposes any salary for personal services in excess of $25,000, inapplicable to operators whose operating differential subsidy contracts terminated within 12 months prior to October 21, 1970. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1173 ut)
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Extends until July 1, 1976 (presently July 1, 1972) the provision under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 requiring a Federal agency to pay 100 percent of the first $25,000 of relocation payments required for a State to furnish real property incident to a Federal program. Extends until July 1, 1974, the provision requiring 100 percent Federal payment of costs resulting from the transfer of real property to a State. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 4627) Authorizes the head of a Federal agency, until June 30, 1973, to pay such sums in excess of the first $25,000 of cost as necessary to a State not in compliance with the Act. Makes provisions for non-approval of grants to the State and for deductions from Federal funds after that date. Provides that whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project, to be undertaken by a person or State agency furnished pursuant to a grant, contract, or agreement, will result in the forced displacement of any person on or after the effective date of this Act, the head of the Federal agency furnishing such financial assistance shall provide: (1) fair and reasonable relocation payments and assistance to or for such displaced persons; (2) relocation assistance programs; and (3) decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwellings to such displaced persons. Provides that no Government agency administering any Federal program shall, for the purpose of assuring compliance with the Act, impose any limitation on the removal of vacant improvements located on real property acquired in connection with such a Federally assisted project.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Directs the Attorney General to furnish the House of Representatives within ten days after the adoption of this resolution, with the following information: (1) the basis of the venue in the northern district of Texas of the present grand jury investigation before which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal Morahan, and Daniel Crawford have been summoned; (2) a listing of any other districts in which the said grand jury investigation might have been conducted, together with the basis of venue for each such district; and (3) whether the said grand jury investigation has been completed.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Trade Adjustment Assistance Organization Act - Title I: Transfer of Functions and Establishment of Administration and Advisory Council - States that it is the purpose of this Act to consolidate in a single agency in the executive branch the administration and coordination of programs of economic development and worker retraining and assistance, and to provide a comprehensive program for the solution of economic and unemployment problems caused by economic dislocation resulting from increased imports. Establishes within the Department of Labor the Trade Adjustment Assistance Administration to assist the Secretary of Labor in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Establishes an Economic Priorities Advisory Council to: (1) advise and assist the Secretary and Administrator with respect to the activities of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Administration under this Act; (2) review and evaluate the effectiveness of programs carried out under this Act; (3) conduct surveys and establish area and industry priorities for the application of trade adjustment assistance under this Act; (4) carry out studies and prepare projections of future areas of economic activity in which the United States can expect to be competitively disadvantaged and identify industries in which economic adjustment assistance may be necessary; and (5) conduct research and propose new measures and programs to provide economic adjustment assistance to workers and firms who may be eligible for assistance under this Act. Title II: Trade Adjustment Assistance - Prescribes the requirements for a firm, individual, or community to receive trade adjustment assistance under this Act. Provides that upon the filing of a petition the Secretary shall determine whether a firm, the workers of a firm, or a community is eligible for economic adjustment assistance under this Act. States that a firm certified as eligible for economic adjustment assistance under this Act may, at any time within 2 years after the date of such certification, file and application with the Secretary for such economic adjustment assistance. Provides that economic adjustment assistance under this Act consist of technical assistance, financial assistance, and tax assistance, which may be furnished singly or in combination. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out purposes of this section. Requires each recipient of economic adjustment assistance under the Act to keep records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance which will facilitate an effective audit. States that the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient pertaining to economic adjustment assistance under this Act. Stipulates that whoever makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, or whoever willfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Secretary under this Act, or for the purpose of obtaining money, property, or anything or value under this Act, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. Authorizes any adversely affected worker to file an application with the Secretary for economic adjustment assistance in the form of readjustment allowances, training benefits, relocation allowances, and early retirement benefits. Provides that the readjustment allowance payable to an adversely affected worker for a week of unemployment shall be an amount equal to 85 percent of his average weekly wage. Provides that payment of readjustment allowances shall not be made to an adversely affected worker for more than 52 weeks, except that, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary: (1) such payments may be made to an adversely affected worker for the entire period of his retraining to assist him to complete the training approved by the Secretary, or (2) such payments shall be made to an adversely affected worker who had reached his 60th birthday for the period of time until he qualifies for social security payments, or until he has been relocated in suitable employment. Requires every adversely affected worker who applies for a readjustment allowance under this Act to apply for testing , counseling, training, and placement assistance. Directs the Secretary, insofar as possible, to provide assistance under this Act through existing programs established by law. Directs the Secretary to contract for basic and supplemental hospital and medical care for persons receiving assistance under this Act under such insurance plans as he deems appropriate. Provides that a relocation allowance may be granted to assist an adversely affected worker in relocating within the United States if the Secretary determines that such worker cannot reasonably be expected to secure suitable employment in the commuting area in which he resides and that such worker: (1) has obtained suitable employment affording a reasonable expectation of long-term duration in the area in which he wishes to relocate, or (2) has obtained a bona fide offer of such employment. Authorizes the Secretary to pay to each adversely affected worker who meets the requirements of this Act, and who files an application therefor, the retirement pay or the benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance provisions of the Social Security Act, in the same amounts, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as the adversely affected worker will receive when he becomes entitled to receive such retirement pay or benefits. Authorizes the Secretary on the behalf of the United States to enter into an agreement with any State or State agency under which such State or agency will receive applications for, and will provide assistance under, the programs established by this Act. Provides that a community certified as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance may, at any time within two years after the date of such certification, file an application with the Secretary of Commerce for adjustment assistance under this subtitle. Directs the Community, within a reasonable time after filing his application, to present a proposal, either separately or in conjunction with a firm or a group of workers or both, for its economic adjustment. Directs the Secretary, upon approval of such application, to provide a community such additional technical assistance as in his judgment will materially contribute to the economic adjustment of the community. Title III: Location of Firms - Requires every firm with plans to relocate faciltites outside the United States to apply for all economic adjustment assistance for which its workers are entitled under this Act and to offer first choice of future employment in the new facilities to individuals employed in the old facilities. Provides that any firm which fails without good cause to comply with the requirement of this section shall be liable to the United States for one-half the cost incurred in providing economic adjustment assistance to its workers. Title IV: Establishment of an Early Warning System - Requires the Trade Adjustment Assistance Administration to undertake to develop an integrated system of foreign and domestic economic statistics, which would provide the data necessary to forcast problems of economic adjustment, and to shift industrial and manpower planning into priority economic areas. Requires each firm engaged in the manufacture, sale or transportation of products in the interstate or foreign commerce of the United States to give the Trade Adjustment Assistance Administration advance notice of decisions to relocate facilities outside the United States, which would cause any total separations, partial separations, or other reductions in their work force. Provides that any firm or individual who willfully violates this section shall be assessed a civil penalty by the Adminsitration of not more than $5,000 for each such violation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Flood Control Act - Authorizes specified works of improvement for the benefit of navigation and the control of destructive floodwaters to be prosecuted by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers. Provides that as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act and at least once each year thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall review and submit to the Congress a list of those authorized projects which have been authorized for at least eight years and which he determines should no longer be authorized. Requires the Secretary to obtain the views of interested parties and of the Governor of each wherein such projects would be located. States that a project on such list shall no longer be authorized at the end of a period of 180 days of continuous session of Congress after the date such list is delivered to it. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to cooperate with any State in the preparation of comprehensive plans for the development, utilization, and conservation of the water and related resources of drainage basins located within the boundaries of such States and to submit to Congress reports and recommedations with respect to appropriate Federal participation in carrying out such plans. Authorizes appropriations of not to exceed $2,000,000 annually to carry out this section. Authorizes specified projects and studies for flood protection in designated areas. Designates the Trotlers Shoals Dam and Lake, Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, as the Richard B. Russell Dam amd lake. Authorizes the Secretary to establish the Big South Fork National River and Recreational Area in the States of Kentucky and Tennessee for the purpose of conserving and interpreting an area containing unique cultural, historical, geologic, fish, and wildlife, archaeolgic, scenic and recreational values. Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish and conduct a five year national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program. Provides that the program shall consist of planning, construction, operating, evaluating, and demonstrating prototype shoreline erosion control devices, both engineered and vegetative. States that such projects shall be undertaken at not less than two sites on the shoreline of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, at no less than one site on the Great Lakes, and at locations of serious erosion along the shore of the Delaware Bay. Establishes a Shoreline Erosion Advisory Panel which shall consist of fifteen members appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the functions of the Panel. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual program progress report, including therein contributions of the Panel to the chairman of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Public Works. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 and for the succeding four fiscal years $6,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to plan and construct projects for the control of streambank erosion in the United States and its possessions.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Provides that, in providing military training within the United States to the personnel of the armed forces of those countries party to the North Atlantic Treaty, the United States shall provide such training only to personnel who are deployed for purposes consistent with such treaty.
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