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United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Prohibits the exportation of fertilizer from the United States until the Secretary of Agriculture determines that an adequate domestic supply of fertilizer exists.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Authorizes the President of the United States to declare the fourth Saturday of each September "National Hunting and Fishing Day".
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Federal Paperwork Burden Relief Act - Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the reporting requirements of Federal regulatory programs to determine the extent to which these requirements may be revised to lessen the burden upon small and independent business establishments. Requires the Comptroller General to report the results of such study to the Congress one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Trade Sanctions Act - Requires the President to make a list of countries which, as a punitive step against the United States for its foreign policy toward Israel, are curtailing export of oil or oil products to the United States. Grants the President power to select any country from the list and prohibit or curtail foreign assistance or export of articles or technical data to such country. Provides that if the President takes such a step and then a third country passes on such articles or data to the country under the prohibition or curtailment, the President may terminate provision of those items to the third country. Allows the President to expropriate property or currency of countries on such list. Terminates Presidential power given under this Act within a year of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily suspend motor vehicle emission standards until such time as the increased gasoline consumption due to emission control devices is consistent with the availability of gasoline in the United States. Directs the Administrator to temporarily suspend any prohibition against removing motor vehicle emission control devices under the Clean Air Act or under any applicable State plan.
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 · 25 October 1973
Extends for three years the District of Columbia Medical and Dental Manpower Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1973
Extends the provisions of the mechanic's lien law of the District of Columbia to subcontractors. States that any such subcontractor otherwise entitled to a lien shall be entitled to such lien only if he, prior to filing a notice with the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, serves a copy of such notice upon the owner of the premesis upon which the lien is claimed. States that, after notice has been filed as specified under this chapter by any person entitled to a lien under this chapter, the owner shall return out of any subsequent payments becoming due to the original contractor a sufficient amount to satisfy any indebtedness due from such original contractor to such person secured by such lien, otherwise such person shall be entitled to enforce a lien to the extent of the amount so accruing to the original contractor notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. States that the proceeding to enforce the lien hereby given shall be a bill in equity. Establishes a penalty for any contractor or subcontractor who misappropriates any funds paid by the owner of the premises, pursuant to a contract, to any such contractor or subcontractor.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Establishes as an agency of the District of Columbia government a Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse which shall have as its head a Director who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Requires the Director to secure, administer, and coordinate all public and private resources available in the District of Columbia for the protection of abused or neglected children, and children in jeopardy from their home environment. Requires the Director to develop, organize, and maintain as a part of the Center multidisciplinary teams of experts, one such team to assist on each case of child abuse or neglect brought to the attention of the Center. States that each team shall include, but not be limited to, a physician, an attorney, and a social worker. States that any medical personnel and certain persons in child care in the District of Columbia, having reasonable cause to believe that a child under his charge or care, under the age of eighteen, or brought to him or coming before him for examination, care, or treatment, has in his opinion had physical, mental, or emotional injury or sexual abuse inflicted on him by other than accidental means, or has suffered physical or emotional harm due to neglect, or whose safety, health, or welfare appears to be in jeopardy from his environment, shall report such injury or harm in accordance with provisions of this Act. States that whenever a report is made under this section to a member or officer of the Metropolitan Police force, such member or officer shall immediately notify the Director. Provides that upon receiving a report made under this section the Director shall promptly make a thorough investigation, the prime purpose of which shall be protection of the child. States that if, before the investigation is complete, the opinion of the investigator is that immediate temporary removal is necessary to protect the child from further abuse or neglect, the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall issue an order for immediate temporary removal and custody. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Pollution Control Facility Loan Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make loans to finance projects within eligible areas for acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or improvement of a certified pollution control facility. States that such loans shall not exceed 65 percent of the aggregate cost to the applicant of the project. Establishes a revolving fund in the Treasury for making such loans. Authorizes an appropriation of $750,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Provides that the special cost-of-living increase in social security benefits enacted by Public Law 93-66 shall become effective immediately.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and to promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protect against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless the financial records are described with particularity and : (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act; (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide to a Federal agency or employee, or to any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Provides that a customer may authorize disclosure if he or those seeking disclosure furnish to the financial institution a signed and dated statement by which the customer: (1) authorizes such disclosure for a period not in excess of one year; (2) identifies the financial records which are authorized to be disclosed; and (3) specifies the purposes for which, and the agencies to which, such records may be disclosed. Requires the financial institution to keep a record of all examinations of the customer's financial records and to notify the customer that he has the right at any time to revoke any authorization of disclosure and to obtain a copy of the aforementioned record of examinations. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas and summons, and judicial subpenas. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring an institution to maintain financial records or to transmit reports on customers, unless such records are required by a supervisory agency or the Internal Revenue Service. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. Provides for injunctive relief for persons aggrieved by violation or threatened violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that no Federal Agency may inspect any income tax return except upon an order of the President which identifies by name the person who filed such return. Makes it an offense to make unauthorized disclosures to divulge or publish any name, address or occupation.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 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 · 26 July 1973
States that on or after the date of enactment of this provision no television broadcast licensee, network television broadcast organization, or cable television system shall perform or otherwise carry out a contract, arrangement, or other understanding, express or implied, under which such station, network, or system is prevented from broadcasting or carrying the home games of any professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey teams when tickets for admission to such games are no longer available for purchase by the general public forty-eight hours or more before the scheduled beginning time of such games.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
National Diabetes Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to expand the authority of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases in order to advance the national attack on diabetes. Authorizes the Director to the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, with the advice of the National Advisory Council of the Institute, to develop a plan for a national diabetes program. Sets forth general guidelines for such program and provides that the program shall be coordinated with the other programs conducted or administered by the research institutes of the National Institure of Health. Provides that the plan required to be developed by this Act shall be developed within two hundred seventy days after the effective date of this Act. Requires the Director of the Institute at the end of each calender year, to prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress a report on the activities, progress and accomplishments under the progrom during the preceding year and a plan for the program for the succeding five-year period. to establish programs as necessary in cooperation with other Federal health agencies, state, local and regional public health agencies, and nonprofit private health agencies, in the prevention, control diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, appropriately emphasizing the prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment of such diseases in children. Authorizes to be appropriated $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $35,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for the purpose of establishing such programs. States that the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases may provide for the development of not less that fifteen centers for basic and clinical research into, training in, and demonstration of advanced diagnostic, prevention and treatment methods for diabetes prevention. States that support of such a center may be for a period of not to exceed five years and may be extended by the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases for additional periods of not more than five years each, after review of the operations of the centers by a scientific review group established by the Director. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Diabetes which shall be responsible for coordinating those aspects of all Federal Health Programs and activities relating to diabetes.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Provides for the investigation by the General Services Administration of various problems involved in providing toll-free telephone numbers for incoming calls at each regional office of most executive agencies. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Authorizes the transmission, without cost to the sender, of letter mail to the President or Vice President of the United States, to Federal executive departments and agencies, or to Members of Congress. (Adds 39 U.S.C. 3406)
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to reimburse each Member, from the contingent fund of the House in an amount sufficient for each quarter of each calendar year, solely for the payment of basic monthly charges for toll-free telephone service for telephone calls from the congressional district in the State from which such Member is elected to any office of such Member in the congressional district which he represents.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels be at least 25 per cent after June 30, l975, and at least 30 per cent after June 30, l977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241))
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Provides that no court established by or under the Constitution shall have jurisdiction to order the transfer of any student to carry out a plan for the desegregation of any public educational facility if such facility is operated in good faith, on an open enrollment basis by a local educational agency which operates its system of free public education or an exclusively open enrollment basis.
United States · United States Congress · 19 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 · 19 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 · 21 May 1973
Authorizes the employment of student congressional interns, by Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners of the House of Representatives. Provides that the sum of $1,500 be made available to each member out of the House contingent fund to pay for the salaries of such interns.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Prohibits the inspection of income tax records by the Department of Agriculture. Allows limited information from such records concerning farming operations to be furnished to the Department. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 36103(g))
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 · 11 April 1973
Authorizes the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of specified parcels of land in the District of Columbia to be used only as a hospital, clinic, rehabilitation center, medical research institution, or domiciliary care institution.
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
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 · 9 April 1973
Lowers the age limit under the Gun Control Act from twenty-one years to eighteen for purchasing any firearm. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 922(c)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Authorizes each Member of the House of Representatives (including Delegates and Resident Commissioners) to hire for two months during the period from June 1 to August 31 inclusive, each year during the Ninety-third Congress, one additional employee to be known as a Lyndon Baines Johnson teacher congressional intern.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Provides that, beginning one year after enactment of this Act, no law enforcement grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 will be made to State and local governments unless these units of government have instituted a law enforcement officer's grievance system and have enacted into law a "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights" which will cover all law enforcement officers in the States. Declares that this Bill of Rights shall provide law enforcement officers statutory protection for certain rights enjoyed by other citizens. Requires the bill of rights to provide, at a minimum, the following: (1) law enforcement officers shall not be prohibited from engaging in political activity, except when on duty or acting in an official capacity; (2) when an officer is subject to an investigation that could lead to disciplinary action or criminal charges: (a) the investigation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably while the officer is on duty, (b) the investigation shall occur at the office of the investigating officer or at the precinct where the incident occurred, (c) there shall be one interrogator asking all questions to the officer and the names of all investigating officers shall be known by him, (d) the officer shall know the nature of the investigation and the names of complainants, (e) all civilian complaints must be duly sworn to before an official authorized to administer oaths, (f) interrogating sessions shall be of reasonable length, (g) the officer under investigation shall not be subject to abuse or threats, (h) all interrogations shall be recorded, (i) if the officer is to be placed under arrest, he shall be fully informed of his rights before interrogation, and (j) the officer shall have a right to counsel who shall be present during any interrogations dealing with the officer's continued fitness for law enforcement service; (3) citizen review boards having porportionate police representation; (r) law enforcement officers shall have recourse to civil actions for damages suffered or for abridgement of their civil rights arising out of the performance of official duties; (5) financial disclosures shall not be required unless obtained under legal procedures or there is evidence of a conflict of interests; (6) notice of and reasons for all disciplinary action is required; and (7) no officer shall be disciplined or discriminated against in any way by reason of his exercise of these rights. Establishes in each State and unit of local government a law enforcement officers grievance commission composed of an equal number of governmental representatives, law enforcement officers, and members of the general public which shall have the authority to receive, investigate, and determine complaints and grievances arising from claimed infringement of rights of any law enforcement officer. Allows employee organizations to act on the officer's behalf, at his request, regarding any complaint before the commission. Permits certified employee organizations to initiate actions on behalf of their members. Provides that, in addition to this grievance procedure, law enforcement officers may institute a civil action for redress of the grievances.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
National Child Abuse Prevention Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, to make grants to specified State agencies for developing and carrying out child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention programs. Sets forth the definitions of the terms used in this Act, including "child abuse", which has such meaning as given under State laws; except that in any case it shall include the physical or mental injury, severe abuse, or maltreatment of a child under the age of eighteen by a person who is responsible for the child's household, occurring under circumstances which indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for each fiscal year, l974 through l976. Specifies the requirements a State child abuse prevention plan must meet to qualify for assistance under this Act, including: (1) that such plan is in effect throughout the State; (2) that a designated State agency shall make reports to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; and (3) that the State has adequate child abuse laws or is initiating a legislative program of such laws. Sets forth the procedures a State must meet for the reporting of child abuse or neglect cases by doctors, schoolteachers, social and welfare workers. Provides that specified actions shall be taken when such report is submitted to the police, social service administration or judical authority, including the forwarding of the report to the appropriate State agency and to the Social and Rehabilitative Service in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Designates specified lands comprising approximately 343,850 acres National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, as wilderness.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Eliminates the recordkeeping provisions under the Gun Control Act regarding name, age, and place of purchaser's residence with respect to ammunition. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 922(b)(5))
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Provides that whoever: (1) uses a firearm to commit a felony with respect to which courts of the United States have original and exclusive jurisdiction; or (2) uses a firearm transported in interstate or foreign commerce during the commission of any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year and is convicted of such crime by a State court; shall, in addition to the punishment for such crime, be imprisoned for not less than five years, nor more than ten years. States that upon a second or subsequent conviction under this Act such person shall be imprisoned for not less than ten years, or to life imprisonment. Provides that such term of imprisonment shall not run concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed for the commission of such felony or crime. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 924(c))
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Prohibits the inspection of income tax records by the Department of Agriculture. Allows limited information from such records concerning farming operations to be furnished to the Department. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 36103(g))
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that dividends received by a corporation from insurance companies shall not be considered as income from sources within the District of Columbia for purposes of the District of Columbia Revenue Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the power of a State or of the Congress to declare the punishment of any crime shall include the power to impose and provide for the carrying out of the death penalty.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the period from October 12 through 19 of each year as "National Patriotic Education Week".
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Forestry Incentives Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and carry out a forestry incentives program to encourage the protection, development and management of small nonindustrial private lands and non-Federal public forest lands. Provides that the Secretary shall share up to 50 percent of the cost of forest practices on non-Federal public lands and small nonindustrial private lands. Provides that no private forest landowner shall receive cost sharing under this Act in excess of $2,500 in any one fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to cooperate with local associations or groups of nonindustrial forest owners, and to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of manpower, equipment, planting stock and other materials required to carry out essential forest management practices. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize the services of State and local committees established under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Sets forth factors to consider prior to the distribution of funds under this Act. Provides that Federal funds may be allocated for cost sharing on a bid basis with priority accorded landowners contracting to carry out approved forestry practices for the smallest Federal cost share. States that the Secretary shall consult with the State forester or other appropriate official of each State in the conduct of the forestry incentives program provided for in this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall coordinate the administration of this Act with other related programs. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $25,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Omnibus Fire Research and Training Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to develop and carry out a comprehensive fire research and training program designed to provide more effective measures of protection against the hazards of death, injury, and damage to property resulting from fire by the widest possible use of new approaches and improvements in fire prevention and control. Establishes, within the Department of Commerce as a part of the National Bureau of Standards, a Fire Research and Safety Center which shall provide additional scientific and technical knowledge applicable to the prevention and reduction of fires; conducting medical research aimed at improving the performance of men in fighting fires and at the healing of victims of fires; and in the operating of a comprehensive fire data and information system. Provides that the Director of the Center shall perform studies into the operational and managerial aspects of fire departments and services using quantitive techniques, including operations research, management economics, and cost effectiveness studies. Establishes, within the Department of Commerce, as part of the National Bureau of Standards, a United States Fire Academy which shall advance the professional development of fire service personnel; and conduct such development, testing, and demonstration projects as are deemed necessary to introduce new technological standards, operating methods, command techniques, and managerial systems into use in the fire services of the nation. Authorizes the Academy to conduct courses and programs of training and education in the basic techniques of fire prevention, fire inspection, firefighting and the administration and management of fire departments and fire services. Provides for the education and training of local fire units and departments, state and local governments, and private institutions through the establishment of fire training courses and programs in fire engineering at junior colleges and universities. Provides for the inclusion of fire prevention and detection technology and practices in the education and professional practice of architects, builders, city planners engaged in the design and planning affected by fire safety problems. Provides that the Superintendent shall admit to the Academy individuals who are members of the firefighting forces with due regard to an adequate geographic representation. Authorizes the provision stipends to students attending Academy courses and programs in amounts not to exceed 75 percent of the cost of attendance. Authorizes the Superintendent to make payments to institutions of higher education for loans to individuals enrolled on a full-time basis in recognized undergraduate or graduate programs in fire research or engineering not to exceed $2,500 per academic year for any individual. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a 12 member Board of Visitors to the United States Fire Academy to review annually the program of the Academy consisting of two members of the Senate, two members of the House of Representatives, and eight individuals designated by the Secretary from persons representative of the fire service community. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 to establish the Academy. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 278g)
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 · 12 March 1973
Makes it the sense of the House of Representatives that should United States gold be offered for public sale, the sale of such gold must be restricted to the domestic market and American citizens for a period of 30 days before being offered on the world market.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
District of Columbia No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to establish in the District of Columbia a system of first party, no-fault insurance for victims of motor vehicle accidents. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides that the right to basic reparation benefits exists: (1) for every person suffering loss from injury arising out of an accident occurring in the District of Columbia; (2) for basic reparation insureds and their survivors suffering loss from injury arising outside the District of Columbia; and (3) for the driver and occupants of a secured vehicle (other than (a) one used in the business of transporting persons or property and (b) one owned by a Federal agency) for injury arising outside the District of Columbia. Sets forth the priority of applicability of security for payments of basic reparation benefits. Abolishes tort liability relating to accidents occurring in the District of Columbia and arising from ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, with specified exceptions. Requires that every owner of a motor vehicle in the District of Columbia provide security for (1) the payment of basic reparation benefits under this Act and (2) for payment of tort liabilities arising from maintenance or use of the motor vehicle. States that security be required for registration of a motor vehicle in the District of Columbia. Prescribes the obligations of an owner of a motor vehicle owner upon termination of his security. Specifies the minimum amounts required for tort liability security: (1) $10,000 for bodily injury sustained by one person, with an aggregate minimum amount of $20,000 for all bodily injury damages; and $5,000 for all damages arising from destruction of property. Permits reparation obligors to organize an assigned claims bureau and to adopt rules for operation and assessment of costs on a fair and equitable basis. Sets forth provisions regarding the time for presenting claims under this Act, attorney's fees, settlements, and judgments for future benefits. Provides for the equitable allocation of burdens among insurers until this system is established. Makes the effective date of this Act January 1, 1974. Prohibits from coverage under this Act all accidents occurring before this date.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Toxic Substances Control Act - Provides that if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency finds that testing of a chemical substance in accordance with a test protocol for such substance is necessary to protect against unreasonable risk to health or the environment, he may, by rule: (1) prescribe a test protocol for such substance; and (2) require one or more persons connected with such substance to perform the test called for in such protocol. Provides criteria from which the Administrator shall determine the need for a test protocol. Permits those persons connected with the substance to designate one or more of their members or a qualified independent third party to perform the required tests and share the costs of such tests. Authorizes the Administrator, if those persons connected with the substance can not agree on a designee or if the designee is unacceptable to the Administrator, to designate one or more of those connected with the substance or a third party to perform the required tests and require those connected to contribute to the costs of the tests. Authorizes the Administrator upon receipt of the test results to promptly publish in the Federal Register, the test data, the intended uses of the substances, and the nature of the tests. Directs the Administrator within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act to, by rule, identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of chemical substances which the Administrator finds pose or are likely to pose substantial danger to the health or environment. Prohibits the use of a substance which has been listed by the Administrator as dangerous or possibly dangerous for a new use unless at least 90 days prior to such manufacture or distribution, the person intending to manufacture or distribute the chemical substance for such new use makes application to the Administrator to manufacture or distribute such substance for such new use and submits test data which shows the intended new use safe. Provides that a chemical substance listed as dangerous or potentially dangerous by the Administrator that has not been produced or distributed in commerce prior to its listing may not be produced or distributed unless application is made to the Administrator as outlined above. Provides that if no test protocol has been prescribed for a chemical substance which has been listed by the Administrator, the manufacturer or distributor may make tests sufficient to show the substance's safety or petition the Administrator to develop an adequate test protocol. Authorizes the Administrator, upon a finding that a chemical substance is dangerous or potentially dangerous, to prescribe rules to: (1) prohibit the manufacture or distribution of a substance or limit the amount which may be produced or distributed; (2) prohibit particular use or uses of such a substance; and (3) require an adequate warning with regard to the use or disposal to the substance. Provides the Administrator with criteria for formulating and promulgating such rules. Permits the Administrator to formulate quality control rules if he has good cause to believe processing or manufacturing permits or causes dangerous adulteration of a chemical substance. Provides that the Administrator shall conduct hearings to determine if quality control rules are necessary. Provides that the Administrator may file an action for temporary or permanent relief in a U.S. district court against an imminently hazardous chemical substance for its seizure or against any person who is a manufacturer, processor or distributor of such chemical substance. Authorizes the Administrator, by rule, to require reports of all manufacturers and importers of chemical substances where appropriate to ascertain the nature, quantity and uses of substances produced. Prohibits the Administrator from taking action under this Act if any risks to health or environment could be prevented by employing existing Federal Law. Establishes in the Environmental Protection Agency a Chemical Substances Board consisting of twelve scientifically qualified members. Directs the Administrator to appoint eleven members to this Board from a list recommended to him by the National Academy of Sciences and the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to appoint one from whatever source he desires. Directs the Administrator to refer all proposed rules to this Board to prepare a report. Permits the Administrator to inspect any factory, warehouse, or other premises to verify records and reports. Requires the Administrator to designate officers for such purposes who will enter with appropriate credentials and a valid administrative warrant. Provides that this Act shall not apply to any chemical substance which is to be used solely for export from the United States. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse entry into the United States of any chemical substance or article containing such substance offered for entry which fails to conform with rules promulgated under this Act. Provides that all information reported to, or otherwise obtained by, the Administrator or his representative which contains or relates to trade secrets shall be considered confidential. Makes it unlawful to fail or refuse to comply with any provision of this Act or any rule promulgated under the authority of this Act. Provides a $25,000 a day civil penalty for each day of violation and a criminal penalty of $25,000 a day or imprisonment not to exceed one year or both in addition to or in lieu of a civil penalty. Authorizes the U.S. districts courts to exercise jurisdiction over such cases. Provides that any interested and adversely affected person may commence a civil action for injunctive relief on his own behalf against any person including the United States. Provides for judicial review by the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia of any rule promulgated under this Act. Authorizes total appropriations of $29,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1974-1976.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Extends the authorizations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965: (1) grants for public works and development facilities; (2) public works and development facility loans; (3) technical assistance, research and information related to public works and development facilities; (4) financial assistance for projects in economic development districts; and (5) supplemental funds for Federal grants-in-aid programs for economic development regions. Provides that no area designated as a redevelopment area for purposes of the Act shall have such designation terminated or modified before June 1, 1974, unless the qualified local governing body of the county specifically requests the such action.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that: (1) the President vigorously press our NATO allies to assume a greater proportion of the cost of their own defense; and (2) the President, as Commander in Chief, take whatever steps he deems necessary to implement this burden-sharing concept. Declares that no action taken pursuant to this resolution should weaken either our resolve or our ability to fulfill our commitments under the North Atlantic Treaty.