United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Shale Oil Development Corporation Act - Declares it to be the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of shale oil as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program jointly managed and funded to demonstrate commercial methods of producing environmentally acceptable fuels from shale oil. Establishes the Shale Oil Development Corporation. Provides a nine-member Board of Directors for the Corporation. Makes it the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing a syncrude from shale oil. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof. Provides that the Corporation shall make available, by license or otherwise, on a nonexclusive royalty free basis without territorial limitation the use of any patent obtained by the Corporation under any law of the United States or any foreign country for or with respect to any invention made in the performance of any activity conducted pursuant to this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, the sum of $5,000,000, and for each of the next seven succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to fund basic and applied research related to energy in support of the objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Coal Liquefaction Corporation - Declares the findings of Congress and states that it is the policy of the Federal Government to develop coal liquefaction processes by establishing a Government-industry program to demonstrate commercial methods of producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal. Establishes the Coal Liquefaction Corporation and details the composition of its Board of Directors and their compensation. Provides that it is the function of the Corporation to (1) select the two or more technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal; (2) design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration facility for each such method selected to determine its feasibility; and (3) if the method is feasible for producing synthetic liquid petroleum from coal on commercial scale, to construct a commercial-size facility. Sets forth additional authorities conferred on the Corporation. States that on or before the expiration of twelve years the Board of Directors shall dissolve the Corporation. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, $7,500,000, and, for each of the next eleven succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to fund basic and applied research related to energy in support of the objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
National Energy Research and Development Policy Act - Title I: Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to establish a national program of scientific research and applied technology adequate to meet enumerated objectives, including: (1) to develop the technology base necessary to support development of options for future energy policy decisions; (2) to formulate policies for the conservation of present energy resources; and (3) to promote research and development of adequate energy systems to support essential needs. Establishes an Energy Research Management Project to be composed of specified officials, including the Director of the National Science Foundation, who shall serve as Chairman. Provides that the Management Project shall have an Administrator who shall also serve as the Staff Director. Directs the Management Project to: (1) formulate a comprehensive energy research and development strategy for the Federal Government; (2) utilize the funds authorized by this Act to advance the energy research and development strategy through specified means; (3) identify opportunities to accelerate the commercial application of new energy technologies; and (4) establish procedures for periodic consultation with representatives of science, industry, and environmental organizations, who have special expertise in the areas of energy research. Prescribes the priorities which the Management Project shall follow in evaluating and undertaking research. Provides that where a participant in an energy research and development project holds background patents, trade secrets, or proprietary information which will be employed in and are requisite to the proposed research and development project, the Management Project shall enter into an agreement which will provide equitable protection to the participants' rights. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to fund basic and applied research related to energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Directs the Administrator to keep the Congress fully and currently informed of all of the Management Project's activities and submit to the Congress an annual report. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 annually for the administrative expenses of the Management Project. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $800,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and, subject to annual congressional authorizations, $800,000,000 for each of the four following fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this Act relating to the advancement of energy research and development. Title II: Declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring the resources of technology to commercial development by establishing a Government-industry corporation jointly managed and funded to work in conjunction with the Energy Research Management Project created by title I of this Act. Establishes the Energy Research Management Project Corporation. Provides for a Board of Directors and President of such Corporation. Makes it the function of the Corporation, on the basis of the research programs established by the Energy Research Management Project, to construct demonstration-type facilities in order to determine the environmental, economical, and technical feasibility thereof. States that energy produced by such commercial facilities shall be disposed of in such manner and under such terms and conditions as the Corporation shall prescribe. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, $6,000,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Coal Gasification Development Corporation Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of Federal Government to bring technology to commercial development as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program, jointly managed and funded, to demonstrate commercial scale methods of producing substitutes for natural gas. Establishes the Coal Gasification Development Corporation. Provides for the appointment of the members of the Board of Directors for such Corporation and sets their rates of compensation. Provides that it is the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods of manufacturing substitute natural gas from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to construct and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof. Provides that if the method demonstrated is feasible, the Corporation is authorized to construct, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to manufacture substitute natural gas from coal. Directs the Corporation to make available on a nonexclusive royalty free basis without territorial limitation, the use of any patent obtained by the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to transmit annual reports to the President and the Congress detailing its operations. Provides for the dissolution of the Corporation on or before the expiration of ten years. Enumerates disposal procedures for physical facilities of the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to procure the services of experts and consultants without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, $6,000,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to fund basic and applied research related to energy in support of the objectives of this Act to support the new energy technologies under development by the joint Federal-industry corporation established by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Geothermal Energy Development Corporation Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that the Nation is currently suffering a critical shortage of environmentally acceptable forms of energy and that the development of geothermal resources, fostered by Federal financial assistance, offers possibilities of process energy and other nonelectric applications. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to fund research related to energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Establishes the Geothermal Energy Development Corporation. Creates a Board of Directors for such Corporation, setting forth the composition and compensation of the Board. Empowers the Administrator of General Services to enter into contracts with private entities agreeing to join in organizing industrial participation in the purposes and functions of the Corporation. Directs the Corporation to select sites for two or more demonstration installations to develop technologies for the generation of steam and electric power from geothermal resources. Requires the Corporation to make available the use of any patent obtained by theCorporation with respect to any invention made in connection with activities conducted under this Act. Requires the Corporation to transmit reports to the President and Congress annually. Provides that on or before the expiration of fifteen years following the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall take action to dissolve the Corporation. Authorizes appropriations of $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next fourteen fiscal years such sums as may be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation Act - Establishes the Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation. States that the function of the Corporation shall be to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing electricity at high efficiencies using advanced power cycles with minimum adverse environmental impact using coal. Provides that, after selection of such methods, the Corporation is authorized to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each method selected in order to determine the technical and economical feasibility thereof. Stipulates that if, on the basis of the operation of each such demonstration facility, the Corporation determines the method so demonstrated is a technically, environmentally, and economically feasible method for producing electricity from coal on a commercial scale and at appreciably greater efficiencies than conventional means, the Corporation is authorized to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, a full-scale commercial-size facility to produce electricity from coal by such method. States that electric energy produced by such commercial facilities shall be disposed of in such a manner and under such terms and conditions as the Corporation shall prescribe. Provides that, in the disposal of such electric energy as shall represent the Federal interest in the costs of the Corporation, preference shall be given to Federal agencies, public bodies, and cooperatives. Provides that all revenues received by the Corporation from the sale of such energy shall be available to the Corporation for use by it in defraying expenses incurred in connection with carrying out its functions under this Act. Requires the Corporation to transmit to the President of the United States and the Congress an annual report of its operations, activities, and accomplishments under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, the sum of $6,500,000, and for each of the nine suceeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
Establishes, under the Legislative Reorganization Act, the Office of Congressional Ombudsman. Directs the Ombudsman Board to investigate at the request of Members of Congress, actions and operations of agencies of the United States Government. Provides for the utilization by the Ombudsman of the Congressional Research Service and the General Accounting Office in carrying out his duties under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Interstate Environment Compact - Grants the consent of Congress for any two or more States to enter into the Interstate Environment Compact. States that the purposes of the signatories in exacting this compact are: (1) to assist and participate in national environmental protection activities involving surveillance and monitoring, data gathering and data sharing, the planning, construction, financing, and operation and maintenance of treatment facilities, as set forth in Federal legislation, and the regulation of land use not inconsistent with the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, or other Federal law; (2) to promote, through interstate agreements, intergovernmental cooperation and coordination in such activities by the signatories and the Federal Government; and (3) to preserve and utilize the functions, powers, and duties of existing State agencies of government to the maximum extent possible consistent with the purposes of the compact. Authorizes signatories to jointly participate in cooperation or joint undertakings for the protection of the interstate environment with the Federal Government or with any intergovernmental or interstate agencies. States that signatories may enter into agreements for the purpose of controlling interstate environmental pollution problems in a manner not inconsistent with applicable Federal law. Recognizes all existing interstate and Federal-interstate compacts directly relating to environmental protection. Provides for the allowance of future multistate commissions, interstate compacts, and supplementary agreements not conflicting with obligations under this compact or supplementary agreements. Authorizes the Chief Executive of each State to negotiate supplementary agreements for the signatories and renders the agreement, upon his official signature, binding upon the signatories. Provides that the legislative body of any signatory entering into such a supplementary agreement shall have approved or conditioned the agreement of that signatory by appropriate legislative action. Provides that nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit the right of Congress by Act or law to disapprove or condition a supplementary agreement. Declares that nothing in the compact shall be construed to restrict any power or authority constitutionally possessed by any signatory within its jurisdiction. Provides that any person may commence a civil action on his own behalf against any signatory or any common or joint agency established by supplementary agreement to enjoin any violation of this compact or of any supplementary agreement. Gives the U.S. district courts jurisdiction over any such action. Requires a public hearing before any decision can be made by an agency created under this compact or any supplementary agreement. Declares that no provision of this Compact or a supplementary agreement shall be construed as invalidating any provision of law of any signatory. Provides that the provisions of this compact are severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact or a supplementary agreement is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any signatory or of the United States or is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this compact shall not be affected. Provides for withdrawal from the compact by legislative act, to become effective one year after written notification of withdrawal to all signatories. Reserves the power of Congress to withdraw or condition its consent to the compact. Requires that advance notice be given to the President and Congress regarding the commencement of forced negotiations by signatories on any proposed supplementary agreement or amendment thereof. Requires certified copies of supplementary agreements or amendments thereof to be filed with the President and with the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives. Establishes rules for the consideration and debate of such supplementary agreements and amendments thereof by the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Federal Disaster Insurance Act - Creates a body corporate to be known as the Federal Disaster Insurance Corporation which shall be an independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government. Provides that the management of the Corporation shall be vested in a board of directors, which shall consists of nine members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Defines the term "natural disaster" as meaning any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, drought, fire, avalanche, landslide, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which is determined by the President to be a major disaster for purposes of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, or which is otherwise determined by the Federal Disaster Insurance Corporation to be actually or potentially of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant coverage under insurance made available pursuant to this Act. Provides that the Corporation shall have a capital stock of $1,000,000,000 which shall be subscribed to by the Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United States. Provides that payment upon such subscription shall be subject to call in whole or in part at any time by the board of directors of the Corporation. Authorizes to be appropriated, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000,000 which shall be available for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury for capital stock of the Corporation. Directs the Corporation to carry out the purpose of this Act by providing, to any citizen or resident of the United States who makes application therefor and qualifies in accordance with this Act, insurance against damage to or loss of property due to natural disaster. Creates in the Treasury of the United States a National Disaster Insurance Fund which shall be available to the Corporation without fiscal year limitation: (1) for making such payments of insurance as may from time to time be required under this Act; (2) to redeem stock issued under this Act; and (3) to pay the administrative expenses of carrying out the program, including the costs of processing applications and servicing claims.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to conduct research and development programs to increase knowledge of tornadoes, hurricanes, large thunderstorms, and other short-term weather phenomena, and to develop methods for predicting, detecting, and monitoring such atmospheric behavior. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to conduct research and development programs to increase knowledge of tornadoes, hurricanes, large thunderstorms, and other types of short-term weather phenomena, and to develop methods for predicting, detecting, and monitoring such atmospheric behavior.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Grants the consent of the United States to the Arkansas River Basin compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma. Creates an interstate administrative agency to be known as the Arkansas-Oklahoma River Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Makes inapplicable to the aged, blind and disabled the existing provision of the Social Security Act limiting to 10 percent the portion of the total amounts paid to a State as grants for social services which may be paid with respect to individuals who are not actually recipients of or applicants for aid or assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Schoolbus Safety Act - Authorizes, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, safety design standards for schoolbuses. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish safety standards for schoolbuses. Requires the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate schoolbus accidents.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Establishes, under the Legislative Reorganization Act, the Office of Congressional Ombudsman. Directs the Ombudsman Board to investigate at the request of Members of Congress, actions and operations of agencies of the United States Government. Provides for the utilization by the Ombudsman of the Congressional Research Service and the General Accounting Office in carrying out his duties under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Establishes an independent establishment to be known as the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration to coordinate, to facilitate, and to aid in the scheduling of events, activities, and projects of local, State, National, and international significance sponsored by both governmental and nongovernmental entities in commemoration of the American Revolution Bicentennial. States that the Administration shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President within sixty days after the effective date of this Act by and with advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the administrative functions and duties of the Administrator. States that any property acquired by the Administration and which remains upon its termination shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Interior for use by him under this Act, or shall be disposed of by the Secretary as excess or surplus property as otherwise provided by law. Provides that whoever, except as authorized under rules and regulations issued by the Administrator, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, or uses any logos, symbols, or marks originated under authority of and certified by the Administrator for use in connection with the commemoration of the American Revolution Bicentennial, or any facsimile thereof, or holds out to the public objects in such a manner as to suggest any such logos, symbols, or marks not officially authorized by the Administrator, shall be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than six months or both. Establishes an American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Council to be composed of twenty-five members appointed by the President, no more than fifteen of whom shall be appointed from the same political party. Provides that the Administrator shall: (1) provide for the bicentennial master calendar or register of programs and projects, and in other ways provide a central clearinghouse for information and coordination regarding dates, events, places, documents, artifacts, and personalities of bicentennial historical and commemorative significance; (2) coordinate, facilitate, and aid in the scheduling of events, programs, and projects of States and private citizens, and national and international programs, which commemorate the bicentennial; and (3) develop standards for, and evaluate the feasibility, relevance, status, and desirability of various programs and projects associated with the bicentennial commemoration, acting in conjunction with the Office of Management and Budget in cases where Federal department or agency activities are involved. Authorizes to be appropriated annually such sums as the Congress may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that an annual report of the activities of the Administration, including an accounting of funds received and expended, shall be furnished by the Administrator to the Congress and a final report shall be made to the Congress no later than June 30, 1977. Provides that the Administration and the Board shall terminate on June 30, 1977, or on the date of the filing of the final report, whichever is sooner. Authorizes the Administrator to use nonappropriated funds to carry out a program of grants-in-aid in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the guidelines for such grants. Establishes the American Revolution Bicentennial Board. Sets forth the membership of such Board. States that it shall be the duty of the Board to make a continuing study of the activities of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Provides that the Board shall, from time to time, but not less than every six months, report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and to the Senate and the House of Representatives concerning the results of its studies, together with such recommendations as it may deem desirable. Makes conforming technical amendments consistent with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants in the amount of $500,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $500,000 for each of the four succeeding fiscal years, to the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States, located at Westminster College, Fulton Missouri, for the construction of educational facilities at such memorial and library to honor Sir Winston Churchill.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, because of natural disaster to a farm or portion thereof, to transfer land alloted to peanut acreage to another farm in the county when each crop cannot be timely planted or replanted in such year. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer all or a part of the rice acreage allotment for any farm in the county or adjoining county affected by natural disaster.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Provides that if the total budget receipts for any fiscal year do not equal or exceed total outlays, no allocation or payment shall be made under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 to any State or unit of local government for any entitlement which begins in that fiscal year. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the general fund of the Treasury all amounts which are not paid out of such entitlement period by reason of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
States that no provision of law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act authorizing or otherwise relating to the collection of special recreation use fees for the use of sites, facilities, equipment, or services furnished at Federal expense, shall have any application to public recreation areas located at lakes and reservoirs under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Consumer Protection Act - Finds that the interests of consumers are inadequately protected within the Federal Government, and are essential to the fair and efficient functioning of a free market economy. Creates the Office of Consumer Protection, independent of the President and of the executive departments, and under the control and direction of the Consumer Counsel of the United States. Directs the President to appoint the Consumer Counsel and his Assistant, each with the advice and consent of the Senate, to hold office for a term of 15 years. Gives Congress the right to remove the Counsel or the Assistant at any time by joint resolution after notice and hearing when either has been inefficient or permanently incapacitated or guilty of neglect of duty, or for cause. Requires the retirement of the consumer Counsel or the Assistant at the age of 70 years. Allows an annuity after serving 10 years in office. Forbids any employee of the Office of Consumer Protection from engaging in other business inconsistent with his official responsibilities under this Act. Outlines the general authority of the Consumer Counsel, and makes him subject to the Civil Service and classification laws. Directs each Federal agency to make its services, personnel and facilities available to the Office of Consumer Protection and except when prohibited by law to furnish information to the Office. Directs the Consumer Counsel to transmit to Congress and the President an annual report each January. Outlines the functions of the Office of Consumer Protection, with its primary function to advise Congress and the President as to matters affecting the interests of the United States, consumers, and to protect and promote these interests. Provides that the Consumer Counsel, as a matter of right, may petition for, initiate, appear, or intervene in any investigation, complaint, action, appear, or other proceeding before any Federal court or agency in behalf of interests of consumers. Permits the Counsel to intervene in proceedings or actions before State or local agencies and courts if not inconsistent with law or agency rules. Outlines the protection of consumers interests in administrative proceedings and requires every Federal agency to notify the Office of all its actions which substantially affect consumers. Directs the Office to receive, evaluate, act on, and transmit consumer complaints to all appropriate Federal or non-Federal entities. Directs the Office to maintain a public document room containing an up-to-date listing of all signed consumer complaints for public inspection and copying. Directs the Office to gather and disseminate to the public information concerning: (1) the functions and duties of the Office; (2) consumer products and services, and (3) problems encountered by consumers. Directs the Office to encourage public and private testing and research activities to improve consumer services, and to make recommendations to Federal agencies con- cerning this research. Directs the Office to periodically review products which have been tested. Directs the Office not to disclose to the public any information which would reveal trade secrets or other information which is privileged or confidential or under special protection of the law. Directs the Office to act under procedures of fairness and to provide all interested persons a reasonable opportunity to comment on proposed release of product test data, prior to release. Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to release restrictions on the use of specified public land conveyed to the city of Camden, Arkansas, for airport purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Establishes an Institute for Continuing Studies of Juvenile Justice to serve as a coordinating center for the collection and dissemination of information in the field of juvenile delinquency and control, including comparisons and analysis of State and Federal laws and model laws and recommendations designed to promote effective and efficient systems of juvenile justice; and as a training center for representatives of all levels of government who are connected with the treatment and control of juvenile offenders. Provides that the Institute shall be under the supervision of a Director, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who will supervise the staff, faculty, and administrative personnel necessary to the Institute's functioning. Gives the Institute powers to carry out the objectives of this Act. Creates an Advisory Commission to design a curriculum for the Institutes enrollees and to supervise the overall policy and operations of the Institute. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 5041-5048)
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Extends the authorizations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965: (1) grants for public works and development facilities; (2) public works and development facility loans; (3) technical assistance, research and information related to public works and development facilities; (4) financial assistance for projects in economic development districts; and (5) supplemental funds for Federal grants-in-aid programs for economic development regions. Provides that no area designated as a redevelopment area for purposes of the Act shall have such designation terminated or modified before June 1, 1974, unless the qualified local governing body of the county specifically requests the such action.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Requires the advice and consent of the Senate for appointments to Director of the Office of Management and Budget under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. (Amends 31 U.S.C. 16)
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any trademark licensing contract or agreement for the manufacture, distribution and sale of a trademarked food product shall not be deemed unlawful, provided: (1) that such product is in free and open competition with products of the same general class manufactured, distributed, and sold by others; (2) the licensee is in free and open competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 41)
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Provides, under title XVIII (Medicare) and title II (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that qualified drugs requiring a physicians prescription or certification shall be included among the items and services covered under the hospital insurance program for the aged at a specified amount of payment. Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a Formulary Committee to compile and publish a Formulary listing the drugs deemed qualified for benefits under this Act, together with maximum allowable costs and additional information concerning such drugs. Makes provisions for selecting drugs for the Formulary.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Provides for the preservation of historical and archeological data. Extends coverage to all Federal and federally assisted or licensed programs which alter the terrain and potentially cause loss of scientific, prehistorical, historical or archeological data. Directs Federal agencies to notify the Secretary of the Interior if in their operations archeological or other scientific data is revealed or threatened. Provides that whenever any Federal agency finds or is made aware by a responsible authority that its operations in connection with any Federal, federally assisted, or federally licensed activity or program affects or may affect adversely significant scientific, prehistorical, historical, or archeological data, such agency may request the Secretary to undertake protection measures, or may itself expend program or activity funds for the recovery, protection, and preservation of such data (including preliminary survey, analysis, and publication) and shall provide the Secretary with appropriate information concerning the project and the investigation. Provides that the Secretary shall keep the responsible agency notified at all times of the progress of any survey or other investigation made under this Act, or of any work undertaken as a result of such survey, in order that there will be as little disruption or delay as possible in the carrying out of the functions of such agency. Provides that the Secretary in the administration of this Act shall: (1) accept and utilize funds transferred to him by any Federal agency; (2) enter into contracts or make cooperative agreements with any Federal or State agency, any educational or scientific organization, or any institution, corporation, association, or qualified individual; (3) obtain the services of experts and consultants or organizations thereof; and (4) accept and utilize funds made available for salvage archeological purposes by any private person or corporation. Authorizes such appropriations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in carrying out the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, to make payments or grants of other aid to agricultural producers, including tenants and sharecroppers, in an aggregate amount not less than the sums appropriated therefor during the year with respect to which such payments or grants are made and measured by: (1) their treatment or use of their land, or part thereof, for soil restoration, soil conservation, or the prevention of erosion; (2) changes in the use of their land; (3) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the normal national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption; (4) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption and exports adjusted to reflect the extent to which their utilization of cropland on the farm conforms to farming practices which the Secretary determines will best effectuate the purposes of the Act; or (5) any combination of the above. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 590h(b))
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Repeals the legislation establishing an emergency agricultural and rural loan program under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, for disasters occuring after June 30, 1971, and before July 1, 1973. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans in any area designated by him or by the President as a major disaster area: (1) to qualifying farmers, ranchers, or oyster planters who are citizens of the United States; and (2) to eligible private domestic corporations or partnerships engaged primarily in farming, ranching, or oyster planting. Establishes a 6 percent interest rate on emergency agricultural loans. Increases from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000 the limitation on loans made from the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Provides, under the Rural Electrification Act, that the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration is directed (presently "empowered") to fully obligate funds made available for each fiscal year for rural electrification programs provided for in such Act. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 901, 902, 904, 922)
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act - Authorizes an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year 1973 of $1,800,000 for an additional amount for operating expenses for the national industrial reserve established by the National Industrial Reserve Act of 1948.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1973
Provides for the construction of a highway bridge across the Norfork Reservoir in Arkansas by the Chief of Engineers Department of the Army. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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