United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Requires under the Social Security Act the continued application of the 8 1/2 percent nursing salary cost differential which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the medicare program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Requires under the Social Security Act the continued application of the 8 1/2 percent nursing salary cost differential which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the medicare program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Requires under the Social Security Act the continued application of the 8 1/2 percent nursing salary cost differential which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the medicare program.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1975
Nuclear Energy Study Act - Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to undertake an independent comprehensive study and investigation of the entire nuclear fuel cycle as specified in this Act. Requires that all government agencies cooperate to the fullest extent with the Office. Requires that the Office provide annual reports to Congress and the public on the progress of the study. Directs the Office to submit a final report to the Congress and the public five years after the enactment of this Act concerning the safety and environmental hazards of nuclear fission power plants and the nuclear fuel cycle. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for each of the first five fiscal years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act to fund the investigation and study.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1975
Extends the life of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention and the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention indefinitely. Redesignates such Office as the "Office of Drug Abuse Policy". Reduces the number of assistant Directors of such office from six to two. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972. Provides that at least two former drug addicts or drug abusers shall be members of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Prevention. Prohibits hospitals receiving Federal support from refusing admittance to drug abusers suffering from any medical conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Metric Conversion Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to plan and coordinate the increasing use of the metric system of measurement in the United States, and to plan and coordinate the voluntary substitution of metric measurement units for customary measurements units in education, trade, commerce, and all other sectors of the economy. Establishes a United States Metric Board to implement the policy set out in this Act. Directs the Board to: (1) consult with and take suggestions from various groups regarding the conversion; (2) encourage activities of standardization organizations to develop or revise as rapidly as practicable engineering standards to a metric measurement basis; and (3) assist the public, through information and education programs, to become familiar with the meaning and applicability of metric terms and measure in daily life. Lists the powers of the Board, including the powers to accept gifts and to employ staff. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Comprehensive Right to Privacy Act - Requires that any organization of State or local government maintaining an information system that includes personal information shall: (1) collect, maintain, use, and disseminate only personal information necessary to accomplish a proper purpose of the organization; (2) collect information to the greatest extent possible from the data subject directly; (3) maintain information in the system with accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and pertinence as necessary to assure fairness in determinations relating to a data subject; (4) make no dissemination to another system or any individual other than the data subject without specifying requirements for security and the use of information exclusively for the purpose set forth in the notice required under this Act; (5) maintain a complete and accurate record, including identity purpose, and date, of every access to any personal information in a system by persons or organizations not having regular access authority; and (6) collect no personal information concerning the political or religious beliefs, affiliations, and activities of data subjects maintained by any government agency unless expressly authorized by statute. Prohibits any State or local government from requiring individuals to disclose for statistical purposes any personal information unless such disclosure is required by a constitutional provision or Act of Congress, and the individual is so informed. Requires any organization maintaining or proposing to establish an information system for personal information to: (1) give notice of the existence and character of each existing system once a year to the Federal Privacy Board; (2) give public notice of the existence and character of each existing system each year; and (3) assure that such public notice specifies the categories of data maintained, and the categories of all information sources, a description of types of use made of information, and the procedures whereby an individual can gain access to such information and contest its accuracy and the necessity for its retention. Requires any organization maintaining personal information to inform an individual asked to supply personal information whether he is legally required, or may refuse, to supply the information requested, and also of any specific consequences, which are known to the organization, of providing or not providing such information. Permits data subjects who dispute information about themselves to have such disputed information noted as being disputed when such information about him is disseminated. Requires, upon request, corrections in information to be sent to past recipients of information. Directs organizations maintaining information to inform, within two years and each year thereafter, individuals on whom data is stored of its content and where a copy of such data may be obtained. Sets forth exemptions to the provisions of this Act. Makes it unlawful for any organization to require an individual to disclose or furnish his social security account number, for any purpose in connection with any business transaction unless the disclosure or furnishing of such number is specifically required by Federal law. Establishes the Federal Privacy Board whose five members shall be appointed by the President. Directs the Board to: (1) publish an annual Data Base Directory of the United States containing the name and characteristics of each personal information system covered by this Act; (2) make rules to assure compliance with this Act; (3) upon the determination of a violation of a provision of this Act or regulation promulgated under the Act, and after opportunity for a hearing, order the organization violating such provision to cease and desist such violation; and (4) conduct open, public hearings on all petitions for exceptions or exemptions from provisions, application, or jurisdiction of this Act. States that any individual or organization or responsible officer of an organization who willfully: (1) keeps an information system without having notified the Federal Privacy Board; or (2) issues personal information in violation of this Act; or (3) solicits, uses, or otherwise acquires information in violation of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 in each instance or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Provides that any person, system, or agency which violates the provisions of the Act, or any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, shall be liable to any person aggrieved thereby.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1975
Title I: Revision of National Heart and Lung Institute Programs - Authorizes research and training in the use of blood products and the management of blood resources under the National Heart and Lung Institute programs. Authorizes the use of funds under such programs for the prevention and control of blood diseases. Title II: National Research Service Awards - Makes such awards available under Federal programs and extends the authorize for them through fiscal year 1977. Title III: Disclosure of Research Information - Provides that, subject to specified exceptions, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not disclose any information contained in a research protocol, research hypothesis, or research design obtained by him in connection with an application or proposal for a grant, fellowship, or contract under the Public Health Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1975
Requires, under the Rules of the House of Representatives, that all committee meetings, including the mark-up of legislation, shall be open to the public, except when the committee determines in open session by roll call vote that the disclosure of the matter to be considered would endanger national security or violate any law or rule of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
Establishes in the Office of Education a National Student Financial Assistance Data Bank to assist students in identifying public and private sources of financial assistance for higher education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to (1) collect and assemble all available information pertaining to scholarships, loans, grants, and other financial assistance, and (2) disseminate such information without change to individuals applying to data bank.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975
Provides that any grant funds under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which were withheld from allotment by Presidential direction for fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975 shall be alloted among the States by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with a specified formula. Revises the distribution of such allotments to the States for fiscal years beginning with 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
National Health Education and Promotion Act - Title I: National Center for Health Education and Promotion - Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the National Center for Health Education and Promotion to consist of not less than the following four divisions: the division for research in health education and preventive medicine; the division for community health education programs; the division for communications in health education; and the division of Federal programs. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Center, to develop a national health policy, including (1) formulation of a national strategy and national goals with respect to health education, health promotion, and preventive medicine; (2) incorporation of appropriate health education components into every facet of our society, especially into all aspects of health care and educational programming; and (3) increasing the application of health knowledge, skills, and practices by the general population in their patterns of daily living. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct specific programs consonant with the purposes of this Act upon determination of relative research needs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for continuing surveys of such needs. Specifies application requirements for health care facilties for grants, contracts, or payments under the Public Health Service Act, the Community Health Centers Act, and the Social Security Act to insure that programs under such Acts provide consumer health education. Provides for dissemination of data on health information and education programs through the division for communications in health education. Establishes an interdepartmental committee on health education and promotion to coordinate Federal activities relating to health education and promotion. Establishes the Health Education and Promotion Advisory Council to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary on matters of general policy with respect to the functions of the Center. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the activities and policy recommendations of the divisions of the Center. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to carry out this title. Title II: Institution for Health Education and Promotion - Authorizes to be established a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Institution for Health Education and Promotion with the following functions the purposes of which are to facilitate the development of a health education and promotion strategy for the Nation: (1) consensus building and policy determination; (2) national strategy design; (3) health education advocacy; (4) technical assistance to national, state, and local health education groups; and (5) evaluation, testing, and demonstration of health education programs and technologies. Directs the Institution to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for the expenses of the Institution for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1975
Nuclear Energy Study Act - Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to undertake an independent comprehensive study and investigation of the entire nuclear fuel cycle as specified in this Act. Requires that all government agencies cooperate to the fullest extent with the Office. Requires that the Office provide annual reports to Congress and the public on the progress of the study. Directs the Office to submit a final report to the Congress and the public five years after the enactment of this Act concerning the safety and environmental hazards of nuclear fission power plants and the nuclear fuel cycle. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for each of the first five fiscal years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act to fund the investigation and study.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1975
Metric Monitoring and Assistance Act - Sets forth congressional findings and policy, and defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes a United States Metric Monitoring and Assistance Board. Makes it the duty of the Board to formulate and recommend planning, assistance, and public education programs designed to promote the use of the metric system in the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Food Research and Development Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to fund new research for the purpose of assisting the development and utilization, in the United States and other countries, of (1) new low-cost foods of high nutritional value, and (2) improved, low-cost methods of food and animal feed production, fertilizer production, and irrigation which make maximum efficient use of energy, land, water, and protein resources and promote the preservation of environmental quality. Establishes a Food Research Advisory Committee within the Department of Agriculture. Sets forth the membership of the Committee. Directs the Committee, in accordance with this Act, to (1) determine specialized research areas; (2) accept evaluations for research grants from review boards appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (3) make recommendations to the Secretary. Establishes within the Committee a review board for each specialized research area with regard to which the Committee makes recommendations for the purpose of awarding grants under this Act. Requires each review board to recommend to the Committee applications on the basis of the scientific merit, feasibility, and significance of the research project proposed in the application and on the basis of the competency and facilities of the applicant to perform the project. Provides that grants shall be made to approved applicants for the purpose of financing research projects which are designed to develop new, low-cost foods of high nutritional value and to improve methods of food and fertilizer production through making maximum efficient use of energy, land, water, and protein resources while promoting environmental quality. Stipulates that not less than 10 percent of the sums available for grants shall be served for applicants from agriculturally underdeveloped nations. Establishes a Special Food Research and Development Fund, to make research grants under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act, and such sums as may be necessary thereafter. Specifies that at least 85 percent of such appropriations must be appropriated to the Special Food Research and Development Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Federal Trade Commission Act - Declares it to be the intent of Congress to assure, through a uniform national system, meaningful disclosure of the annual operating cost of specified products and systems, so that consumers can readily compare them and thereby avoid purchasing those which unnecessarily waste energy. Directs the Federal Trade Commission, within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act and after consultation with the National Bureau of Standards, to: (1) define average use cycles for household products; and (2) devise procedures by which the average-use cycles of such products may be simulated and by which the energy utilized during any such cycle may be measured or calculated. Provides that the Commission shall direct each manufacturer and importer of applicable products to conduct tests in accordance with the procedures established under this Act. Directs the Commission to develop and maintain information on the estimated average-use cycles of each household product. Directs the Commission, within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act and after consultation with the National Bureau of Standards, to establish model calculation procedures for use by suppliers in determining the estimated annual operating costs of climate conditioning systems. Sets forth annual estimated operating cost disclosure requirements for suppliers or other persons who sell or offer for sale any new major energy consuming household product or climate conditioning system subsequent to the adoption of procedures provided for under this Act. Makes unlawful the advertisement of such products for which procedures have been adopted unless such advertisement states the estimated annual operating cost in accordance with rules established by the Commission. Declares that the violation of any disclosure provision of this Act shall constitute an unfair or deceptive practice and shall be subject to proceedings under this Act. Allows the Commission to bring actions in U.S. district courts without regard to the amount in controversy. Permits a person to commence a civil action on his own behalf against: (1) any supplier who is alleged to be in violation of this Act; or (2) the Commission where there is an alleged failure of the Commission to perform any act or duty which is not discretionary under this Act. Declares that it is the intent of Congress to supersede any and all laws of the States or political subdivisions thereof insofar as they provide for the disclosure of energy consumption, or the annual operating cost of any new major energy consuming household product, or climate conditioning system if there is in effect and applicable a Federal disclosure requirement with respect to such product or system. Requires the Commission to submit an annual report to Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, not to exceed $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Metric Conversion Act - Establishes a United States Metric Board to implement the change of the United States to the metric system by devising and carrying out a program of encouragement, coordination and public education. Requires the Board to consult with industry, commerce, science, consumers, engineering, education, labor, State and local governments, foreign government, and such others as are deemed appropriate in carrying out its duties. Directs the Board to submit conversion programs approved by the Board to the President who shall within 60 days approve or disapprove the program. Provides that, upon approval, the President shall forward immediately the conversion program to both Houses of Congress on the same day and to each House while it is in session. Directs the Board to implement such program after sixty legislative days followig the date of delivery to the Congress. Authorizes the Board to hold hearings and enter into contracts. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Provides that corporations, labor organizations, and specified Government contractors which make unlawful political contributions shall be fined in an amount equal to the amount of such contributions. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 610)
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Electric Vehicle Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of electric vehicles for urban individual and business use, and to encourage research and development in new technologies for electric vehicles with wider applications, in order to promote long-range conservation of liquid fuel and reduce environmental pollution. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to initiate and provide for the conduct of research and development in areas related to electric vehicles. Directs the Administrator to enter into such contracts as may be necessary and appropriate for: (1) the production, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, of significant numbers of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which have electric propulsion systems on conventional chassis; and (2) for the production, within three years after such date, of significant numbers of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which are specifically designed for electric propulsion as the primary power source. Directs the United States Postal Service, the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other Federal agencies to arrange for the introduction of electric vehicles into their fleets as soon as possible. Authorizes $40,000,000 to be appropriated to the Administrator for each of the fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
Provides that whoever robs any pharmacy of any narcotic drug shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than twenty years or both. Provides that whoever, in committing or attempting to commit any such offense, assaults any person, or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by the use of a dangerous weapon or device, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than twenty-five years or both. Provides that whoever, in committing or attempting to commit any such offense, kills any person shall be imprisoned for not less than ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
Makes the stealing or breaking and entering with the intent to steal a controlled substance from any establishment authorized by the Attorney General to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance a Federal crime punishable by imprisonment of up to 5 years, or a fine of up to $50,000 or both.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
Prescribes penalties for the use of firearms in the commission, and carrying firearms during the commission, of any felony with respect to which United States courts have exclusive and original jurisdiction. Prescribes penalties for the use of carrying of any firearm transported in interstate or foreign commerce in the commission of any crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year upon conviction in a State court. Provides a sentence, in addition to the punishment set forth for the commission of such felony or crime, of a term of five to ten years imprisonment. States that in case of a second or subsequent conviction, such person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years, or to life imprisonment. (Amends 18 U.SC. 924(c))
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
Creates a select committee in the House of Representatives with authority to conduct a full and complete investigation of the problem of United States servicemen missing in action or known to be dead whose bodies have not been recovered, as a result of military operations in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Provides that such investigation shall include an examination of the need for additional international inspection teams to determine whether there are servicemen still held as prisoner of war. Authorizes the Committee to hold hearings, issue subpenas, and maintain a staff as necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this resolution. Directs the committee to report to the House the results of its investigation no later than one year after adoption of this resolution. Provides that the committee's authority shall expire 30 days after the filing of such report. Directs that the expenses of the select committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Health Manpower Act - Title I: Extension of Current Authorization Through Fiscal Year 1975 - Extends the authorization for specified trainee, construction, loan guarantee, interest subsidy, special project, financial distress, and scholarship grants, under the Public Health Service Act through fiscal year 1975. Title II: General Provisions - Establishes minimum requirements for the training of physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and expanded function dental auxiliaries to extend one academic year and include supervised clinical practice and at least 4 months of classroom instruction. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex by schools training students in the health sciences. Defines acts constituting discrimination. Requires assurances that such schools or entities will not discriminate as a condition of any financial assistance under the Public Health Service Act. Requires financial assistance recipients to maintain records of the disposition of such assistance. Provides that active service of commissioned officers in the Public Health Service shall be accorded the same status as active military service under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940. Title III: Assistance for Construction of Teaching Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for grants for the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel. Specifies ceilings for the amounts of such grants. Title IV: Student Assistance; National Health Service Corps - Provides that student loans under the Public Health Service Act may not exceed annual tuition costs plus $2,500. Increases the interest rate on such loans from 3 to 7 percent. Authorizes $30,000,000 to be appropriated for distribution in the student loan funds by participating schools for each of fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to schools of public health for traineeships to train students enrolled in such schools. Authorizes grants for the continuance of scholarship payments to public and private health profession schools through September 30, 1978. Establishes the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program. Specifies requirements for participation in the program by eligible institutions and students (including required periods of public health service for participating students). Authorizes grants of up to $25,000 under such program. Revises the National Health Service Corps Program (1) to provide greater financial incentives for physicians and dentists to deliver health services to medically underserved populations, and (2) to insure greater cooperation between State and Federal authorities in the administration of health programs to medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress concerning the effectiveness of such programs. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for the revision of the National Health Service Corps Program. Title V: Grants for Health Professions Schools - Authorizes grants to be made to health profession schools in amounts determined by the number of full-time students and the type of training afforded by the school. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Specifies application requirements for the awarding of such grants, including assurances of improved quality of training and increased enrollments by prospective recipients. Entitles eligible public health, veterinary, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry schools to start-up grants under the Public Health Service Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations under such Act for financial distress grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Title VI: Special Project Grants and Contracts - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to provide financial assistance to promote (1) residency programs in the general practice of dentistry and (2) with respect to schools of medicine and osteopathy, provision of clinical instruction in family medicine. Broadens the assistance program for financially disadvantaged students, and authorizes appropriations for such program for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for project grants and contracts for schools of optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry to assist these schools in cooperating with other health profession training programs and institutions. Provides for the education and training of United States students returning from foreign medical schools with deficiencies in their medical school educations. Authorizes the Secretary to expand the overall program for training of physician assistants and expanded function dental auxiliaries. Title VII: Public and Allied Health Personnel - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for (1) institutional grants for graduate programs in health administration, hospital administration, health planning, environmental health, and preventive medicine; (2) grants for traineeships to train public and community health personnel for which the Secretary determines there is unusual need; (3) project grants and contracts for the education, coordination, and management of allied health personnel; and (4) grants for advanced training of allied health personnel. Title VIII: Medical Residency Training Programs - Restricts the number of first-year positions to be available in medical residency training programs under the Public Health Service Act. Requires the Secretary to establish a medical residency training program accrediting agency for accrediting such programs for which first-year positions may be designated. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to contract for a study of the current and projected geographical distribution of physicians by specialty and subspecialty. Directs the Secretary to arrange for studies (1) to classify allied health personnel according to activities, to identify education costs in each classification, and to identify classifications in which personnel shortages are critical; and (2) of funding alternatives for health professions education.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1977; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner, when requested, to render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Medical Device Amendments - Revises the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the safety and effectiveness of medical devices intended for human use. Establishes classifications for such devices based upon their safety and effectiveness. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to classify all such devices. Authorizes the Secretary to establish panels of experts for the purpose of securing recommendations with respect to such classifications. Provides that, based on new information respecting a device, the Secretary may, upon his own initiative or upon petition of an interested person, by regulation: (1) change such device's classification; and (2) revoke, because of the change in classification, any regulation in effect with respect to such device. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a performance standard for those devices for which reasonable assurance for the safety and effectiveness of the device cannot be made. Sets forth criteria to be followed in establishing such standard. Directs the Secretary to provide for periodic evaluation of performance standards established under this Act. Establishes procedures to be followed by the Secretary in developing and changing such standards. Provides that the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice inviting any person, including any Federal agency, to submit an existing standard or an offer to develop such a standard. Requires the Secretary to obtain from the offeror such information concerning the offeror as the Secretary determines is necessary to disclose potential conflicts of interests. States that if a standard or offer to create a standard is submitted to the Secretary which he does not accept he shall publish in the Federal Register notice of that fact together with the reasons therefor. Authorizes the Secretary to accept offers to develop a proposed standard for a device. Allows the Secretary to contribute to the offeror's cost in developing a proposed standard. Makes provisions for the development of performance standards by the Secretary when no other means are available. Requires premarket approval for medical devices for which insufficient information exists for the establishment of a performance standard and which are purported or represented to be for a use which is of substantial importance in supporting, sustaining, or preventing impairment of human life. Establishes procedures for premarket approval of such devices. Sets forth criteria upon which the approval or disapproval of such devices shall be based, including a lack of showing by the applicant of reasonable assurance that such device is safe for use under the conditions prescribed in the proposed labeling. Allows the Secretary in specified circumstances to withdraw his premarket approval of a device. Sets forth procedures to be followed for the withdrawal of such approval. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt from the premarket approval requirements established by this Act devices which are intended solely for investigational use for the purpose of developing data relating to the safety and effectiveness of such devices. Authorizes the Secretary to ban devices intended for human use if he finds that: (1) they present substantial deception of a substanital risk of illness or human injury; and (2) such deception or risk could be eliminated by corrective labeling but the manufacturer does not do so. Sets forth procedures governing the banning of such devices. Authorizes the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to hear appeals of any person adversely affected by a decision, rule, or order, of the Secretary under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to require manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of medical devices, and health professionals utilizing them to participate in a process of notification to users of those medical devices which the Secretary determines present an unreasonable risk of substantial harm to the public health. Authorizes the Secretary to require a manufacturer of a medical device intended for human use which (1) presents a substantial risk of harm to the public health and (2) was not properly designed or manufactured, to repair, replace, or refund the purchase price of such device at no cost to the person using it. Authorizes the Secretary to require that a device be limited to sale or distribution by prescription of a licensed medical practitioner. Authorizes the Secretary to establish mandatory manufacturing methods for medical devices. Sets forth procedures controlling the establishment of such methods. Requires manufacturers of medical devices intended for human use to register with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and to provide specified information concerning such devices. Requires every person who is a manufacturer, importer, or distributor of a medical device intended for human use to establish and maintain such records as the Secretary may by regulation direct. Makes conforming amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Extends specified sections of such Act relating to labeling, inspection, and seizures to medical devices.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1975
Provides that not less than 50 percent of the food commodities budgeted for Cambodia shall be made available in Cambodia for humanitarian purposes. Directs that such food be administered by voluntary agencies already established in Cambodia.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Provides, under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, for the extension of specified provisions for an additional 20 years. Makes permanent the ban against requiring compliance with tests and devices as a prerequisite to voting.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Directs the officers of the House of Representatives to conduct seminars for freshmen Members of Congress. Provides for the curriculum and expense reimbursement for such seminars. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes each freshman member to employ an interim staff between election and the next regular session of Congress. Authorizes expenditures for stationary during such period. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary for such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975
Provides that time spent by American civilians in enemy prisoner-of-war camps and similar places on or after December 7, 1941, shall be creditable (as though it were military service) toward pensions, annuities, or similar benefits under the Social Security Act, the Railroad Act and other specified Federal retirement programs.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975
Provides hospital and medical care to members of the armed forces of Poland or Czechoslovakia who participated in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States during World War I or World War II, and who have been citizens of the United States for not less than 10 years. Provides that such hospital and medical care shall be available to the same extent as if such service had been performed in the Armed Forces of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Health Revenue Sharing and Health Services Act - Title I: Health Revenue Sharing - Special Health Revenue Sharing Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to State health and mental health authorities to assist in meeting the costs of providing comprehensive public health services under State plans approved under this Act. Sets forth the required elements of the content of such State plans. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $110,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to make grants pursuant to this title. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and the same amount for fiscal year 1977 for payments under grants for establishing and maintaining programs for the screening, detection, diagnosis, prevention, and referral for treatment of hypertension. Title II: Family Planning Programs - Family Planning and Population Research Act - Authorizes appropriations for the family planning and population research programs of the Public Health Service Act for the fiscal years 1976 and 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct, make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private entities for projects for research in the biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral and program implementation fields related to family planning and population. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976 and 1977 to carry out such research. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Secretary to Congress. Permits local and regional governmental entities to apply for and receive directly such grants or contracts. Title III: Community Mental Health Centers - Community Mental Health Centers Amendments - Presents the finding of the Congress that: (1) community mental health care is the most effective and humane form of care for a majority or mentally ill individuals; and (2) federally funded community mental health centers have had a major impact on the improvement of mental health care; and (3) there is a shortage and maldistribution of community health care resources in the U.S. Provides that the comprehensive mental health services which shall be provided through a community mental health center under the Community Mental Health Centers Act shall include: (1) inpatient-services, outpatient services, day care and similar partial hospitalization services, and emergency services; (2) detoxification and referral services for the treatment of alcohol abuse, alcoholism, and other drug abuse and drug dependence problems (including narcotic addiction); (3) consultation and education services for health professionals, schools, State and local law enforcement and correctional agencies, public welfare agencies, health services delivery agencies, and other appropriate entities; (4) assistance to courts and other public agencies in screening residents of the center's catchment area who are being considered for referral to a State mental health facility for treatment to determine if they should be so referred and provision, where appropriate, of treatment for such persons through the center as an alternative to treatment at such facility; and (5) provision of followup care for residents of its catchment area who have been discharged from a State mental health facility; and (6) other enumerated programs and services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to carry out projects to develop community mental health center programs. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for fiscal years 1975 and 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private community mental health centers and other entities to assist them in meeting their costs of operation during the first eight years after their establishment. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for fiscal years 1976 and 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to any community mental health center for the costs of providing consultation and education services under this Act. Sets forth criteria for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for fiscal years 1976 and 1977. Sets forth general regulations governing grants made under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the operation of community mental health centers which are under financial distress. Sets forth the eligibility criteria for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for the fiscal years 1976 and 1977. Directs the Secretary to pay the Federal share of projects for the acquisition, leasing, and construction of community mental health centers, and for the acquisition of initial equipment for such facilities. Defines "Federal share" with respect to such projects. Sets forth the procedures for approval of, payment of grants to, and allocation of funds for, projects under this title. Establishes within the National Institute of Mental Health the National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out through such Center a study of specified issues involving rape; and to assist community mental health centers and qualified public and nonprofit private entities in conducting research concerning the control and prevention of rape. Authorizes to be appropriated $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to support such study and research. Defines the terms used in this title. Sets forth general regulations with respect to the administration of this title. Title IV: Migrant Health Centers - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to assist in the establishment, initial operation, and continued operation of migrant health centers serving high impact areas. Defines "migrant health center" as an entity which provides health services to agricultural migratory workers and their families. Defines the terms used in this title. Sets forth health services to be supplied by migrant health centers. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and private entities, in areas in which no migrant health centers exist and which are not high impact areas, to provide health care to agricultural workers and their families. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for fiscal years 1976 and 1977. Directs the Secretary to appoint and organize a National Advisory Council on Migrant Health, to advise, consult with, and make recommendations on matters concerning the organization, operation, selection, and funding of migrant health centers. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of (1) the quality of housing which is available to agricultural migratory workers in the United States while away from their permanent abodes; (2) the effect on the health of migrant workers of deficiencies in such housing; and (3) Federal, State, and local government standards respecting housing conditions for such workers during such period. Sets forth the reporting requirements for the Secretary for such study. Title V: Community Health Centers - Defines the term "community health center" as meaning under the Public Health Service Act an entity which provides primary health services, referral to providers of supplemental health services for all residents of the area it serves and other services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to plan and develop community health centers which will serve medically underserved populations. Requires primary health services to be available and accessible in the area served by the center promptly, as appropriate, and in a manner which assures continuity. Provides that the governing body of a community health center shall have at least a majority of its members as being served by the center and who as a group represent the individuals receiving services from the center, shall meet at least once a month, shall establish general policies for the center, shall approve the center's annual budget, and shall approve the selection of a director for the center. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to assist in: (1) the establishment and initial operation of community health centers which will service a medically underserved population; and (2) meeting the cost of the continued operation of such centers. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of grants under this title for fiscal years 1976 and 1977. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the study of specified diseases including those borne by rodents. Authorizes to be appropriated $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for home health services, as defined in the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Committee on Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly. Directs the Secretary to establish a temporary commission to be known as the Commission for the Control of Epilepsy and Its Consequences. Directs the Secretary to establish a temporary commission to be known as the Commission for the Control of Huntington's Disease and Its Consequences. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities for projects for the establishment of comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and treatment centers. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities for projects to develop and expand existing blood separation centers. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Title VII: Extension of Current Authorities Through Fiscal year 1975 - Authorizes the extension through fiscal year 1975 of specified Public Health Service Act and Community Mental Health Centers Act grant programs due to expire in 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Establishes a national adoption information exchange system in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to aid in the placement of children for adoption. Authorizes $1,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 1975 and such sums as may be necessary for succeeding fiscal years, to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Requires, under the Gun Control Act of 1968, that whoever during the commission of any robbery, assault, rape, burglary, kidnaping, or homicide (other than involuntary manslaughter), use any firearm which has been transported in interstate and foreign commerce shall be imprisoned (1) in the case of his first offense, for not less than ten years; and (2) in the case of his second or subsequent offense, for not less than twenty-five years. Stipulates that the execution or imposition of any term of imprisonment imposed under this Act (1) may not be suspended; probation may not be granted; and (3) may not run concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed for the commission of any such offense.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
National Science Foundation Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1976 for specified programs and activities. Directs the National Science Foundation to conduct a Comprehensive Assistance to Undergraduate Science Education program (CAUSE). States that the purpose of CAUSE is to strengthen the science education capabilities of undergraduate educational institutions through awards to four-year colleges, two-year colleges, the undergraduate component of advanced degree institutions, and to groups of such institutions. Authorizes appropriations of up to $18,000,000 to be made available to CAUSE. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to keep the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate fully and currently informed with respect to all of the activities of the Foundation.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Provides for a sentence of not less than five nor more than fifteen years for the commission of a felony with a firearm in addition to the sentence imposed for the commission of the felony. Provides for an additional sentence of from ten to thirty years for the commission of any subsequent felony with a firearm.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Authorizes the President to annually issue a proclamation designating the second week of April of each year as "National Medical Laboratory Week". Urges the President, Governors and mayors to take further action during that week to impress upon the american people the importance of laboratory services.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the provisions of title XII of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, creating a National Commission on individual Rights, be immediately implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975
Emergency Health Benefits Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Public Health Service Act, to enter into agreements with insurance carriers to provide health insurance benefits to persons unemployed, where such individuals were covered while employed by their previous employer. Requires the Secretary to enter into agreements with appropriate State agencies for purposes of determining the eligibility of individuals in the State for such benefits, and for the purpose of making payments to carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits as prescribed in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Authorizes, under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, the donation of surplus Federal property to child care centers. Defines the term "child care center" for purposes of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Directs the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to establish a National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape. Directs the Administration to conduct a continuing study and evaluation of rape including the adequacy of existing Federal and State laws dealing with rape. Requires a study of the treatment of rape victims. Makes it the duty of the Center to: (1) develop and transmit to Congress annually specific recommendations for legislation dealing with the prevention, control, and treatment of rape; (2) develop guidelines for the operation of projects by private and public agencies dealing with the prevention, control, and treatment of rape; and (3) develop recommendations for legislation which can serve as a model to the States and localities in the reform of existing laws dealing with rape, with the goal of encouraging uniformity in the laws of such States and localities. Directs the Administrator, through the National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape to make grants to private, nonprofit organizations and public agencies (determined by the Administration to be qualified) for the purpose of conducting model projects designed to prevent or control rape, or treat the victims of rape. Provides that such projects shall include, but not be limited to: (1) special rape investigation units established by State and local police departments; (2) special units for the treatment of rape victims in hospitals; (3) preventive programs, including public education on rape prevention and self-defense courses; and (4) rape crisis centers. Makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for up to one year, or both, to disclose records maintained under this Act without the consent of the individual to whom the record pertains. Defines the term "rape" as including any intentional, nonconsensual, criminal sexual assaults.
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