United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that in investigations, carried out by Federal agencies, there shall be notice given to persons from whom information, records, papers or other matter is sought that such person has the right to refuse to provide such material, and has the right to have his attorney present at the subsequent discussion with a Federal officer or employee.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Metric Conversion Act - Establishes a National Metric Conversion 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 governments, and such others as are deemed appropriate in carrying out its duties. Requires the Board, within 12 months after the appropriation of funds to carry out this Act, to develop and submit to the Secretary of Commerce, for transmittal to the President and Congress, a plan to convert to the metric system. Provides that such plan will be implemented within 60 days unless disapproved by Congress. Authorizes the Board to hold hearings and enter into contracts. Provides that an executive director shall be responsible for carrying out the Board's duties. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Energy Conservation Research and Development Act - Establishes the Energy Conservation Research and Development Corporation, having a Board of five Directors, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. Provides for the appointment, terms of office, and rates of compensation of such Board members. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation, from moneys available to it in the fund established by this Act, to conduct research and development in, and contract with any State or political subdivision, Federal agency, or private corporation for the conduct of research and development in, areas which offer substantial potential for the conservation of energy resources, including: (1) improvement in materials for, and design of, buildings to conserve energy resources; (2) urban area design; (3) improvement of transportation vehicles, with emphasis on small cars and alternatives to the internal combustion engine; (4) improvement in design of transportation systems; and (5) improvement in the energy-utilization efficiency of industrial processes. Provides that, in utilizing the results of such research and development, the Corporation shall have authority to exercise enumerated powers, including: (1) enter into arrangements to utilize, on an experimental or demonstration basis, the results of activities carried out pursuant to this Act; (2) make recommendations to appropriate Federal agencies and departments, including regulatory agencies; and (3) provide energy conservation information to any Federal or State executive or legislative body. Requires the Corporation to transmit annual reports of its activities to the President and the Congress. Provides for the dissolution of the Corporation on or before the expiration of ten years. States that the Corporation shall not extend any assistance, financial or otherwise, or enter into any agreement unless a State first agrees to establish an Energy Conservation Council whose functions shall be to: (1) coordinate energy conservation efforts on a State level; (2) disseminate the results of energy conservation activities carried out under this Act; (3) provide advice to State and local governmental units and private industry on energy research and development, including consulting and technical services; and (4) advise the Corporation with respect to areas the State deems to be of high priority for research by the Corporation. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the Energy Conservation Research and Development Fund. Provides for the crediting of specified monies to such Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund, for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next following nine fiscal years, such amount as is necessary to make the income of the fund $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $500,000,000 for each of the next following eight fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Environmental Research Centers Act - Allows the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide financial assistance to enable any State, if such State does not participate in a regional environmental research center. Establishes prerequisites for the designation of such State environmental research centers. Allows the Administrator to provide financial assistance to enable two or more States, if none of such States has an environmental research center, to establish and operate a regional environmental research center. Establishes prequistes for the designation of such regional centers. Establishes eligibility requirements for enviromental research centers. Declares that the functions of each State and regional environmental center shall include: (1) the planning and implementing of research, investigations, and experiments relating to the study and resolution of environmental pollution, natural resource management, and other local, State, and regional environmental problems and opportunities: (2) the training of environmental professionals through such research, investigations, and experiments, which training may include, but is not limited to, biological, ecological, geographic, geological, engineering, economic, legal, energy resoruce, natural resource and land use planning social, recreational, and other aspects of environmental problems. Authorizes $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1975: $3,8000,000 for fiscal year 1976: and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to be disbursed in equal shares to the environmental centers, except that each regional center shall receive a number of shares equal to the number of states participating in such regional center. Authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 to be allocated to the environmental centers on a proportional basis determined by population, land area, severity of the environmental problems in the areas served by the centers, the presence of areas of high environmental importance, and the ability and willingness of such centers to address themselves to such problems. Establishes the Environmental Research Centers Research Coordination Board for the purpose of assisting the Administrator with the development and operation of the program. Requires the Governor of each State having a State environmental research center, and the Governor of States participating in each regional environmental center, to appoint an advisory board to advise such centers of the efforts of Federal, State, and local governments and private industry relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment. Requires the Administrator to report, on or before January 1, of each year to the President and to Congress regarding the receipts and expenditures and works of all State and regional environmental centers.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Requires each judge of each district court of the United States to be approved by the inhabitants of such judicial district who are qualified to vote for a Representative to the Congress for the continuance in office. Provides that such approval, in the year of the sixth election of Representatives to the Congress after the appointment of such judge, and in the year of each sixth such election thereafter, such election shall be necessary for the continuation in office of each such judge. Provides that, with respect to each such judge holding office at the time of the adoption of this amendment, the first such approval shall be necessary for the continuation in office of such judge in the year of the sixth election of Representatives to the Congress after the appointment of such judge, or in the year of the first such election after the adoption of this amendment, whichever is later.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Supreme Court of the United States shall not have the power to decide that an Act of the Congress or an Act of a State legislature, or any part thereof, is invalid because it is in violation of any provision of this Constitution, except upon the concurring votes of two-thirds or more of the Justices thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no person shall be a judge on the Supreme Court or an inferior court of the United States unless he is a natural-born citizen of the United States who has attained at least thirty years of age and has earned a law degree at an accredited school of law. Provides that the judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior until attaining sixty-five years of age and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment- Provides that the judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, except that each judge shall be approved by the voters in the fifth year after his appointment, and if not approved, shall no longer hold his office. States that if the judge is approved, he shall hold his office until the expiration of a term of ten years from his appointment.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the continuance in office of each judge of each court of the United States created by the Congress with general original or appellate jurisdiction of cases and controversies arising under the U.S. Constitution or laws enacted or treaties adopted pursuant thereto shall be approved by the inhabitants of the judicial district for which such court is created who are qualified to vote for a Representative of the Congress. Provides that approval for each such judge holding office at the time of the adoption of this amendment shall be necessary for the continuation in office of such judge in the year of the sixth election of Representatives to the Congress after the adoption of this amendment, or in the year of the first such election after the adoption of this amendment, whichever is later.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the House Judiciary Committee to make a continuing study of the fitness of the judges of the Federal courts for the performance of their official duties, and, from time to time, to report the results of such study to the House with a view to its consideration of impeachment proceedings where appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
States that effective from January 3, 1975, the expenses of the investigations, studies, and oversight responsibilities and functions to be conducted pursuant to rule X by the House Committee on Science and Technology, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, not to exceed $426,000 including expenditures for the employment of investigators, attorneys, individual consultants or organizations, and clerical, stenographic, and other assistants, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Provides that not to exceed $25,000 of the amount provided by this resolution may be used to procure temporary or intermittent services of individual consultants or organizations thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation, under the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, to establish a program of research and development in the production of synthetic liquid fuels in the United States. States that such program will be designed to test the methods and feasibility of producing synthetic liquid fuels on a commercial scale. Authorizes such sums to be appropriated as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of S. 1769, to reduce the burden on interstate commerce caused by avoidable fires and fire losses.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) all military, economic, or other assistance, all sales of defense articles and services, all sales of agricultural commodities and services, and all licenses with respect to the transportation of arms, ammunitions, and implements of war (including technical data relating thereto) to the Government of Turkey should be suspended on the date of adoption of this resolution; and (2) the provisions of this resolution should cease to apply when the President reports to the Congress that the Government of Turkey has withdrawn all of its armed forces from Cyprus.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1974
Authorizes the President to reduce Federal expenditures for fiscal year 1975 to $295,000,000,000. Provides that in making reductions in amounts appropriated in order to reduce budget outlays to such amount, the President shall not reduce the amount of an item of appropriation: (1) if that appropriation does not exceed an amount equal to 95 percent of the sum requested in the budget for that fiscal year, unless (A) the President transmits a special message to Congress stating that he proposes to reduce the amount appropriated for such item and the sum by which that appropriation is to be reduced, and (B) neither House of Congress passes a resolution, during thirty calendar days of continuous session occurring immediately after transmittal of the message, stating in substance that it disapproves the reduction; and (2) in the case of any other item of appropriation, by more than 15 percent of the amount appropriated.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project's activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1974
Provides for the election of the following Members of the Majority Party to the House Committee on the Budget: Al Ullman, Oregon, Chairman; Jamie L. Whitten, Mississippi; Richard Bolling, Missouri; Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Massachusetts; Martha W. Griffiths, Michigan; Jim Wright, Texas; Thomas L. Ashley, Ohio; Robert N. Giamo, Connecticut; Neal Smith, Iowa; James Burke, Massachusetts; James G. O'Hara, Michigan; Robert L. Leggett, California; Brock Adams, Washington; and Parren J. Mitchell, Maryland.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Instructs the Chairman of the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program. emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Chairman of the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technological means for securing and utilizing the solar energy resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after fiscal year 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project's activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project's activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project's activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project's activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1974
Veterans' Housing Act - Authorizes increases in the amount limitations of the veterans home loan programs, and eliminates those provisions automatically guaranteeing dormant farm and business loans. Repeals the restriction on the guaranteeing or making of loans by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs for the purchasing of mobile homes or mobile home lots after July 1, 1975. Authorizes the Administrator to make expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects in mortgaged homes with respect to any property improved by a one-to-four family existing dwelling as to which the Veterans' Administration issued a certificate of reasonable value.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1974
Exempts from the child labor provisions of the Fair labor Standards Act individuals under age sixteen employed at public sporting or recreational events for not more than forty hours per week while school is not in session, and not more than thirteen hours per week while school is in session.
United States · United States Congress · 3 July 1974
Increases from $17,500 to $20,000, the maximum amount of Veterans' Administration assistance payable to seriously disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing. Provides for annual increases in such maximum amount of asssistance to reflect the average percentage increase in house construction costs. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 802)
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1974
Earth Resources Survey Systems Act - Title I: Short Title; Declaration of Policy; and Findings - Sets forth the policy and findings of Congress, including that earth resources management is a pressing area of public need and more effective utilization of new technology is both desirable and feasible. Title II: Amendment to the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 - Provides for the establishment of the Office of Earth Resources Survey Systems, to be responsible for: (1) consultation with all interested agencies, to ascertain the needs for information on the quality and quantity of earth resources; and (2) planning, research, design, and development of earth resources satellite systems. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title III: Authorization - Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for use by the Office of Earth Resources Survey Systems for research and development, $50,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1974
Earth Resources Survey Systems Act - Title I: Short Title; Declaration of Policy; and Findings - Sets forth the policy and findings of Congress, including that earth resources management is a pressing area of public need and more effective utilization of new technology is both desirable and feasible. Title II: Amendment to the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 - Provides for the establishment of the Office of Earth Resources Survey Systems, to be responsible for: (1) consultation with all interested agencies, to ascertain the needs for information on the quality and quantity of earth resources; and (2) planning, research, design, and development of earth resources satellite systems. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title III: Authorization - Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for use by the Office of Earth Resources Survey Systems for research and development, $50,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1976, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1976, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1976, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1976, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1974
Authorizes the appropriation of $41,700,000 to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development relating to a seventh applications technology satellite.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1974
Small Business Solar Energy Development Act - Title I: Installation Incentives - Establishes a program to be administered by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to provide financial incentives for (1) the installation of solar heating and cooling equipment or systems in any industrial or commercial structure, residential dwelling, or other structure; and (2) the conversion of any such structure to provide for the use of any equipment or system. Provides that incentive grants under this title may not exceed $1,000. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 to carry out this title. Title II: Objectives and Goals - Establishes a program to provide incentives to small business concerns for the commercially applicable development of solar heating and cooling equipment or systems, and for the development of programs and techniques for solar energy use. Provides that the amount of any incentive which a small business concern may receive under this title shall not exceed $25,000. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 to carry out this title. Title III: Authorization of Administrator to Provide Incentive Payments - Authorizes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to make such payments on such terms as shall be warranted under the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1974
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director, to utilize the services of patients and members in Veterans' Administration hospitals and domiciliaries for therapeutic and rehabilitative purposes, at nominal remuneration. Provides that such patients and members shall not under such circumstances be held or considered as employees of the United States for any purpose. Directs the Administrator to prescribe the conditions for the utilization of such services. Authorizes the Administrator, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director, to obtain work or work projects from non-Veterans' Administration sources, and prescribe terms and conditions for the participation of patients and members in Veterans' Administration hospitals, out-patient clinics and domiciliaries, in such work or work projects as part of their therapeutic or rehabilitation program. Authorizes the Administrator or his designee to enter into contracts to obtain work or work projects suitable for the compensated work therapy program, which shall not be subject to the Federal Property and Administrative Service Act of 1949. Directs the Administrator or his designee to pay out of the Veterans' Administration Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Activities Fund, established under this Act, moneys to patients and members participating in the compensated work therapy program authorized at such rate as he shall determine. Provides that for the purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 any remuneration received by patients and members participating in the compensated work therapy program authorized under this Act shall not be subject to Federal employment taxes or the income tax withholding provisions of such Code, nor shall any Federal, State, or other taxing authorities levy any tax on such earnings as income. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund known as the Veterans' Administration Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Activities Fund for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $5,000,000 for the establishment of such Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Title I: Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project - Establishes the Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project, which shall have responsibility for management and coordination of a national geothermal energy research, development, and demonstration program. States that such responsibility shall be carried out in cooperation with the Interior Department, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, and National Science Foundation. Directs the Project to explore and assess national geothermal resources and to identify promising areas for industrial exploration and development. Directs the Project to initiate a research and development program to resolve technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of geothermal resources, including: (1) development of effective drilling methods; (2) development of methods for converting geothermal energy to useful forms; and (3) development of improved methods for controlling emissions and wastes from geothermal utilization. Directs the Project to initiate a program to design and construct geothermal demonstration plants, including design and construction of plants to produce electrical power and large scale production and utilization of useful byproducts. Title II: Loan Guarantees - Authorizes the guarantee of loans by financial institutions for commercial development of geothermal resources. Limits such loan guarantees to 75 percent of the project costs. Requires repayment of such loans in 30 years, and limits such loans for any project to $25,000,000. Authorizes the payment of the interest on such loans by an agency designated by the Project chairman if the borrower is unable to pay the interest and such payment is in the public interest. Establishes the Geothermal Resources Development Fund in the Treasury to carry out the loan guarantee and interest payment provisions of this title. Title III: General Provisions - Requires that activities under this Act shall not endanger persons or the environment. Requires semi-annual reports to the President and Congress on the progress of activities under this Act. Provides for the transfer of functions of the Project upon the establishment of a permanent Federal energy agency. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,500,000 to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal year 1975 for research, development, and related activities, funded by it under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000,000 each year to carry out the loan guarantee provisions of title II.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, that any State with a statewide Professional Standards Review Organization shall be established, upon the request of the Governor of such State, as one area for which a Professional Standards Rivew Organization may be designated.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Title I: Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project - Establishes the Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project, which shall have responsibility for management and coordination of a national geothermal energy research, development, and demonstration program. States that such responsibility shall be carried out in cooperation with the Interior Department, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, and National Science Foundation. Directs the Project to explore and assess national geothermal resources and to identify promising areas for industrial exploration and development. Directs the Project to initiate a research and development program to resolve technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of geothermal resources, including: (1) development of effective drilling methods; (2) development of methods for converting geothermal energy to useful forms; and (3) development of improved methods for controlling emissions and wastes from geothermal utilization. Directs the Project to initiate a program to design and construct geothermal demonstration plants, including design and construction of plants to produce electrical power and large scale production and utilization of useful byproducts. Title II: Loan Guarantees - Authorizes the guarantee of loans by financial institutions for commercial development of geothermal resources. Limits such loan guarantees to 75 percent of the project costs. Requires repayment of such loans in 30 years, and limits such loans for any project to $25,000,000. Authorizes the payment of the interest on such loans by an agency designated by the Project chairman if the borrower is unable to pay the interest and such payment is in the public interest. Establishes the Geothermal Resources Development Fund in the Treasury to carry out the loan guarantee and interest payment provisions of this title. Title III: General Provisions - Requires that activities under this Act shall not endanger persons or the environment. Requires semi-annual reports to the President and Congress on the progress of activities under this Act. Provides for the transfer of functions of the Project upon the establishment of a permanent Federal energy agency. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,500,000 to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal year 1975 for research, development, and related activities, funded by it under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000,000 each year to carry out the loan guarantee provisions of title II.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974
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 at a schedule provided in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974
Geothermal Energy, Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Title I: Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project - Establishes the Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project, which shall have responsibility for management and coordination of a national geothermal energy research, development, and demonstration program. States that such responsibility shall be carried out in cooperation with the Interior Department, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, and National Science Foundation. Directs the Project to explore and assess national geothermal resources and to identify promising areas for industrial exploration and development. Directs the Project to initiate a research and development program to resolve technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of geothermal resources; including: (1) development of effective drilling methods; (2) development of methods for converting geothermal energy to useful forms; and (3) development of improved methods for controlling emissions and wastes from geothermal utilization. Directs the Project to initiate a program to design and construct geothermal demonstration plants, including design and construction of plants to produce electrical power and large scale production and utilization of useful byproducts. Title II: Loan Guarantees - Authorizes the guarantee of loans by financial institutions for commercial development of geothermal resources. Limits such loans guarantees to 75 percent of the project costs. Requires repayment of such loans in 30 years, and limits such loans for any project to $25,000,000. Authorizes the payment of the interest on such loans by an agency designated by the Project chairman if the borrower is unable to pay the interest and such payment is in the public interest. Establishes the Geothermal Resources Development Fund in the Treasury to carry out the loan guarantee and interest payment provisions of this title. Title III: General Provisions - Requires that activities under this Act shall not endanger persons or the environment. Requires semi-annual reports to the President and Congress on the progress of activities under this Act. Provides for the transfer of the functions of the Project upon the establishment of a permanent Federal energy agency. Authorizes the appropriation of $300,000,000 to the National Science Foundation for fiscal years 1975-1980 for research, development, and demonstration projects funded by it under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000,000 each year to carry out the loan guarantee provisions of Title II.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974
Geothermal Energy, Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Title I: Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project - Establishes the Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project, which shall have responsibility for management and coordination of a national geothermal energy research, development, and demonstration program. States that such responsibility shall be carried out in cooperation with the Interior Department, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, and National Science Foundation. Directs the Project to explore and assess national geothermal resources and to identify promising areas for industrial exploration and development. Directs the Project to initiate a research and development program to resolve technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of geothermal resources; including: (1) development of effective drilling methods; (2) development of methods for converting geothermal energy to useful forms; and (3) development of improved methods for controlling emissions and wastes from geothermal utilization. Directs the Project to initiate a program to design and construct geothermal demonstration plants, including design and construction of plants to produce electrical power and large scale production and utilization of useful byproducts. Title II: Loan Guarantees - Authorizes the guarantee of loans by financial institutions for commercial development of geothermal resources. Limits such loans guarantees to 75 percent of the project costs. Requires repayment of such loans in 30 years, and limits such loans for any project to $25,000,000. Authorizes the payment of the interest on such loans by an agency designated by the Project chairman if the borrower is unable to pay the interest and such payment is in the public interest. Establishes the Geothermal Resources Development Fund in the Treasury to carry out the loan guarantee and interest payment provisions of this title. Title III: General Provisions - Requires that activities under this Act shall not endanger persons or the environment. Requires semi-annual reports to the President and Congress on the progress of activities under this Act. Provides for the transfer of the functions of the Project upon the establishment of a permanent Federal energy agency. Authorizes the appropriation of $300,000,000 to the National Science Foundation for fiscal years 1975-1980 for research, development, and demonstration projects funded by it under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000,000 each year to carry out the loan guarantee provisions of Title II.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Provides that any member of a Regular or Reserve component of the Armed Forces who is retired and is receiving from the United States retired or retirement pay and other benefits incident to his retired status, and who is required by provisions of the Constitution or statutes of a State to resign his military commission, terminate his retired status, and forgo receipt of retired or retirement pay and other benefits incident to such retired status, in order to be eligible to accept elective or appointive civil office under the said State, shall, with his consent, be reappointed by the service Secretary alone to the grade and position on the retired list which he held prior to his resignation, effective the day following termination of his State civil office, and as of such date be entitled to resume receipt of the retired or retirement pay and other benefits incident to his retired status to which he was entitled prior to his resignation. Provides that if such retired member is participating in the Survivor Benefit Plan established by Public Law 92-245, at the time of his resignation, to accept a State civil office, he may, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, continue to participate in the plan as if he had never resigned by depositing in the Treasury each month thereafter the sum of money that otherwise would have been deducted from his retired pay for the month under the plan, and if the said retired member should die while holding State civil office his beneficiary or beneficiaries under the plan shall be paid the annuity authorized thereunder as if the said member had died while in retired status.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Allows a deduction from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code for social agency, legal, and related expenses incurred in connection with the adoption of a child by a taxpayer. Defines, for purposes of this Act, the term "adoption expense". (Adds 26 U.S.C. 219)
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to adjust administratively, consistent with the increases authorized by this Act, the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for their suvivors.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Geothermal Energy, Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Title I: Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project - Establishes the Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project, which shall have responsibility for management and coordination of a national geothermal energy research, development, and demonstration program. States that such responsibility shall be carried out in cooperation with the Interior Department, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, and National Science Foundation. Directs the Project to explore and assess national geothermal resources and to identify promising areas for industrial exploration and development. Directs the Project to initiate a research and development program to resolve technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of geothermal resources; including: (1) development of effective drilling methods; (2) development of methods for converting geothermal energy to useful forms; and (3) development of improved methods for controlling emissions and wastes from geothermal utilization. Directs the Project to initiate a program to design and construct geothermal demonstration plants, including design and construction of plants to produce electrical power and large scale production and utilization of useful byproducts. Title II: Loan Guarantees - Authorizes the guarantee of loans by financial institutions for commercial development of geothermal resources. Limits such loans guarantees to 75 percent of the project costs. Requires repayment of such loans in 30 years, and limits such loans for any project to $25,000,000. Authorizes the payment of the interest on such loans by an agency designated by the Project chairman if the borrower is unable to pay the interest and such payment is in the public interest. Establishes the Geothermal Resources Development Fund in the Treasury to carry out the loan guarantee and interest payment provisions of this title. Title III: General Provisions - Requires that activities under this Act shall not endanger persons or the environment. Requires semi-annual reports to the President and Congress on the progress of activities under this Act. Provides for the transfer of the functions of the Project upon the establishment of a permanent Federal energy agency. Authorizes the appropriation of $300,000,000 to the National Science Foundation for fiscal years 1975-1980 for research, development, and demonstration projects funded by it under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000,000 each year to carry out the loan guarantee provisions of Title II.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Authorizes the President to proclaim the seven-day period, beginning on Monday, that contains the July 20 date of each year as "United States Space Week".
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act - Makes appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act - Makes appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management.
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