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Bill· HRH.R. 17164 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to require that the value of maintenance and support furnished an individual by a nonprofit retirement home be excluded from income for the purpose of determining eligibility for supplemental security income benefits under such act.

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1974

Requires, under title XVI of the Social Security Act, that the value of maintenance and support furnished an indivudual or his eligible spouse by a nonprofit retirement home be excluded from income for the purpose of determining eligibility for supplemental security income benefits under such Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 17163 (93rd)referred

Older Americans Home Repair Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1974

Older Americans Home Repair Assistance Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to promote work opportunities for unemployed or underemployed persons who are at least fifty-five years of age and who have poor employment prospects and to assist eligible homeowners to repair their homes. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into contracts with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations for the conduct of home repair projects by eligible individuals. Specifies the criteria to be met before the Secretary enters into any contract under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria designed to achieve an equitable distribution of assistance among the States and between urban and rural areas under this Act. Limits Federal financial assistance to any program carried out under this Act to not exceeding ninety percent of the cost of such program. Provides that the Secretary shall consult and cooperate with the Administration on Aging and any other related Federal agency administering related programs, with a view to achieving optimal coordination with such other programs and shall promote the coordination of projects under this Act with other public and private programs or projects of a similar nature. States that such Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary in disseminating information about the availability of assistance under this Act and in promoting the identification and interests of individuals eligible for employment in projects funded under this Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1386 (93rd)referred

Resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding the halt of U.S. economic and military assistance to Turkey until all Turkish armed forces have been withdrawn from Cyprus.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 16735 (93rd)referred

Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974

Cost-of-living Adjustment Act- Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for automatic cost-of-living adjustments, based on the Consumer Price Index, in: (1) the income tax rates; (2) the amount of standard deductions; (3) the amount of personal exemptions; (4) the amount of depreciation deductions; and (5) the adjusted basis for property. Makes cost-of- living adjustments in specified United States savings bonds and certificates and on other obligations of the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 16556 (93rd)referred

Fiscal Integrity Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974

Fiscal Integrity Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that allowing the continuation of policies which lessen the fiscal integrity of the Government is detrimental to the general welfare of the people and ought, therefore, to be ended. Title I: Revenue and Budget Outlays Control - Establishes for each fiscal year a revenue and budget outlays limit for the Government. States that no appropriation shall be made for any fiscal year by the Congress in excess of the revenue and budget outlays limit for such fiscal year. Provides that if the revenue of the Government exceeds the limit established, the excess shall be used for the payment of the public debt of the Government. States that the revenue and budget outlays limit shall be derived by multiplying the estimated aggregate national income for such fiscal year by the Federal revenue factor. Defines "Federal revenue factor". Title II: Monetary Supply Control - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to insure that any rate of increase in the amount of currency in circulation and demand deposits is not greater than 1 1/4 percent per quarter fiscal year. Title III: Fiscal Disclosure - States that a bill or joint resolution introduced in either House of Congress or received by it from the other House shall be printed only when there appears at the bottom of the first page a fiscal note. Requires such fiscal note to state the amounts estimated to be the direct and indirect costs likely to be incurred or the direct and indirect savings likely to be achieved in carrying out the provisions of such bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year in which it is introduced or received and in each of the five fiscal years following such fiscal year, or for the authorized duration of any program authorized by such bill or joint resolution if less than five years, except that in the case of measures affecting revenue, the fiscal note shall state only the estimate of change in revenues for a one-year period. States that a copy of each such bill or joint resolution shall be transmitted immediately to the instrumentality of Government which will carry out its provisions.

Bill· HRH.R. 16519 (93rd)referred

A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972.

United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974

Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1281 (93rd)referred

Resolution to create a Select Committee on Aging.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974

Establishes a Select Committee on Aging in the House of Representatives. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of any and all matters pertaining to problems of older people, including, but not limited to, problems of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding retirement activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, of assuring adequate care or assistance. Directs the Committee to report to the House from time to time the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1222 (93rd)referred

Resolution providing for the consideration of House Resolution 988.

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1974

Provides that immediately upon the adoption of this resolution the House shall resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 988), a resolution to reform the structure, jurisdiction, and procedures of the committees of the House of Representatives by amending rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the resolution and shall continue not to exceed three hours, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Select Committee on Committees, the resolution shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Stipulates that, at the conclusion of the consideration of the resolution for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the resolution to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

Bill· HRH.R. 14898 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-597, 86 Stat. 1319) to expand and make permanent the Youth Conservation Corps and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974

Establishes within the Departments of Agriculture and Interior the Youth Conservation Corps, consisting of youth from 15-18 who may be employed, without regard to civil service or classification laws or regulations, for developing or preserving lands and waters of the United States. Limits service in the Corps during any year to 90 days. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to determine hours, pay, and subsistence for Corps personnel. Allows for contracting with public and private nonprofit agencies for operation of any Corps project. Provides for grants to States to assist in Corps projects on non-Federal lands. Authorizes appropriations of up to $60,000,000 each year for purposes of this Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1131 (93rd)referred

Resolution to condemn terrorist killings of schoolchildren in Israel.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism in the Middle East; (2) the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to (a) call upon all governments to condemn this inhuman act of violence against innocent victims; and (b) strongly urge the governments who harbor these groups and individuals to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terrorism and senseless violence; and (3) the President should request the American Ambassador to the United Nations to take appropriate action before that body in order to have introduced a Security Council resolution condemning this brutal act of violence.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1105 (93rd)referred

Resolution to urge expeditious action on fiscal and budgetary reform measures.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the conferees now reviewing the Congressional Budget Act expedite reporting out a strong bill which will mandate an overall spending limit as well as provide the necessary committee structure, staff, and resources by which Congress may review and control expenditures and thereby control inflation.

Bill· HRH.R. 14742 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Par Value Modification Act.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1974

Provides that specified sections of the Par Value Modification Act relating to dealing in gold shall take effect immediately upon passage of this Act (formerly to take effect when the President finds and reports to Congress that international monetary reform has proceeded to the point where elimination of regulations on private ownership of gold will not adversely affect the United States international monetary position).

Bill· HRH.R. 14691 (93rd)referred

Special Unemployment Compensation Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974

Special Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that each State which enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to which it makes payments of special unemployment compensation, shall be paid by the United States such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Act in the State. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation or waiting period credit with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and subsequent to a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this Act if the individual meets the specified requirements, including the exhaustion of all rights to compensation under all State unemployment compensation and other laws. Provides for the periods of time to be covered by special unemployment compensation under this Act. States that a special unemployment compensation period shall commence in an area designated by the Secretary with the third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator for such area, and shall terminate with the third week after the first week for which there is an "off" indicator for such area. Provides that no special unemployment compensation period shall have a duration of less than 13 weeks. Sets forth the criteria for establishing "on" and "off" indicators. Prescribes the calculations to be followed in determining the weekly amount of special unemployment benefits and sets maximum benefit amounts. Empowers the Secretary to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1004 (93rd)referred

Joint resolution designating the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974

Designates the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide for the care, maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the official residence and grounds. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that living accommodations, generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided for the Chief of Naval Operations. Repeals the Federal law authorizing the planning, design, construction, furnishing, and maintenance of an official residence for the Vice President of the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 14426 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to provide seminars to freshman members of Congress, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974

Provides seminars to freshmen Members of the Congress. Requires the Librarian of Congress, acting through the Director of the Congressional Research Service in consultation with senior specialists and other staff of the Library of Congress, to prepare a curriculum for the series of siminars conducted under this Act. Provides for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in travel to, attendance at, and travel from such a series of seminars to those eligible for the seminars. Authorizes each freshman Member to employ an interim staff during the period beginning on the day such freshman Member is declared elected and ending on the first day of the next regular session of the House of Congress to which such freshman Member was elected in the last general election prior to such session. States that the total salaries paid such interim staff during such period shall not exceed one-half the clerk hire allowance to which such freshman Member would be entitled by law if such Member were a Member of the Congress. Authorizes expenditures for stationery in the interim period up to one-tenth of the allowance for a regular session of the Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 14168 (93rd)referred

Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974

Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act - States that the Congress finds that it is desirable, appropriate and in furtherance of existing Federal law that the revenues of the Federal Columbia River Power System and the proceeds of revenue bonds be used to further the operation, maintenance, and further construction of the Federal transmission system in the Pacific Northwest. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting by and through the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, to operate and maintain the Federal transmission system within the Pacific Northwest. States that if the Administrator, after good-faith negotiations with a utility in the Pacific Northwest desiring to provide all or a part of such facilities, retains an item in his budget for a transmission facility, such utility may bring suit in the Federal District Court of Oregon for the purpose of determining if the Administrator has complied with the provisions of this Act. Provides for the establishment of rates and charges for the transmission of electric power over the Federal transmission system. Establishes the Bonneville Power Administration Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Specifies the sources of revenue for the Fund, and authorizes expenditures from the Fund for any purpose appropriate to carry out the duties imposed upon the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration. Authorizes the Administrator to issue and sell revenue bonds in the name and on behalf of the Bonneville Power Administration, the aggregate principal amount of any such bonds outstanding at any one time not to exceed $1,250,000,000.

Bill· HRH.R. 13744 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase the amount of outside earnings which (subject to further increases under the automatic adjustment provisions) is permitted each year without any deductions from benefits thereunder, and to revise the method for determining such amount.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974

Increases, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance), the amount of outside earnings which (subject to further increases under the automatic adjustment provisions) is permitted each year without any deductions from benefits. Revises the method for determining such amount.

Bill· HRH.R. 13654 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide for the compensation of innocent persons killed or injured or whose property was damaged in the course of the occupation of Wounded Knee, S. Dak.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974

Establishes the Wounded Knee Compensation Board in the Interior Department to compensate losses arising from the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota between February 27, 1973, and May 8, 1973. Provides the payment of compensation: (1) for personal injury and property damage; (2) to designated persons in cases where other persons have died; and (3) for anticipated loss of future earnings or loss of support of the victim for 90 days or more, or child care payments. Requires claims for compensation to be filed within six months of enactment of this Act. Establishes a fund in the Treasury for such compensation and authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000 and other necessary sums to the fund.

Bill· HRH.R. 13634 (93rd)referred

Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Commercial Demonstration Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974

Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Commercial Demonstration Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate and support basic and applied research relating to geothermal energy development. Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate and carry out commercial demonstrations, research, and development in geothermal energy technology. Provides that the Administration shall dispose of, by sublease or otherwise, all projects undertaken under this Act. Directs the Administration to assure the protection of the environment, persons, and property in projects undertaken pursuant to this Act. Requires the Administration to report to the Congress and the President every six months on the progress made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for six fiscal years of $80,000,000 to carry out programs under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 13425 (93rd)referred

Head Start Extension Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974

Head Start Extension Act - Title I: Program Authority and Requirements - States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may, upon application by any agency which is eligible for designation as a Head Start agency, provide financial assistance to such agency for the planning, conduct, administration, and evaluation of a program to be known as "Project Head Start" focused on children from low-income families who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance, which: (1) will provide such comprehensive health, nutritional, education, social, and other serivces as the Secretary finds will aid the children to attain their full potential, and (2) will provide for direct participation of the parents of such children in the development, conduct, and overall program direction at the local level. Authorizes to be appropriated for carrying out the purposes of this Act such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and the two succeeding fiscal years. Provides for the allotment of such funds, setting limitations on the extent of assistance. States that a public or private nonprofit agency which (1) has the power and authority to carry out the purposes and functions of this Act within a community, and (2) is determined by the Secretary to be capable of planning, conducting, administering, and evaluating, a Head Start program, may be designated as a Head Start agency. Enumerates the required functions of Head Start agencies. Sets forth the procedure for submission of plans to state Governors. Title II: Administrative Requirements and Standards - Requires that each Head Start agency observe standards of organization, management, and administration which will assure that all program activities are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Act and the objective of providing assistance effectively, efficiently, and free of any taint of partisan political bias or personal or family favoritism. States that no financial assistance shall be extended under this Act in any case in which the Secretary determines that the costs of developing and administering a program exceed 15 percent of the total costs, including non-Federal contributions to such costs, of such program. Directs the Secretary to revise annually (or at any shorter interval he deems feasible and desirable) a poverty line which, shall be used as a criterion of eligibility for participation in Head Start programs, with specified exceptions. Requires each recipient of financial assistance under this Act to keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe. Directs the Secretary to provide for the continuing evaluation of programs under this Act. Title III: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Sets forth labor standards, comparability of wages and nondiscrimination provisions relating to the operations of this Act. States that no individual employed or assigned by any Head Start agency or other agency assisted under this Act shall, pursuant to services rendered in connection with this Act, participate in the conduct of any unlawful demonstration, rioting, or civil disturbance. Provides penalties for criminal violations under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 13342 (93rd)open

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments - Extends the coverage of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act. Increases the amount of insurance coverage required of a farm labor contractor who engages in the transportation of migrant workers. Provides sanctions for failure or refusal of a farm labor contractor, when acting in that capacity, to present his certificate of registration. Requires one engaging the services of a farm labor contractor to first observe such certificate. Gives the Secretary of Agriculture the power to subpoena testimony and evidence with respect to investigations of possible violations of this Act. Increases penalties for violations of this Act to not more than $1,000, imprisonment for six months, or both. Provides a course of legal action and penalties for discrimination against any farm worker who has, with just cause, filed any complaint or instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act. Provides for civil actions by private parties under this Act. Provides that any person aggrieved by the violation of any provision of this Act may file suit in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties without respect to the amount in controversy or without regard to the citizenship of the parties. Provides for the awarding of damages up to and including $500 for each and every violation.

Bill· HRH.R. 13108 (93rd)referred

Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974

Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Sets forth the findings of Congress and declares the purposes of this Act. Title II: Control of Environmental Impacts of Surface Coal Mining Operations - Provides, as an interim regulatory procedure, that on and after 90 days from the date of enactment of this Act, no person shall open or develop any new or previously mined or abandoned site for surface coal mining operations on lands on which such operations are regulated by a State regulatory authority unless such person has obtained a permit from such regulatory authority. States that within 60 days from the date of enactment of this Act the State regulatory authority shall review and amend all existing permits in order to incorporate in them the interim surface coal mining and reclamation performance standards of this Act. Sets forth the interim surface coal mining and reclamation performance standards that shall be applicable to surface coal mining operations on lands on which such operations are regulated by a State regulatory authority. Declares that not later than the end of the 180 day period immediately following the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate and publish in the Federal Register regulations covering a permanent regulatory procedure for surface coal mining and reclamation operations setting permanent surface coal mining and reclamation performance standards, and procedures and requirements for preparation, submission and approval of State programs, and the development and implementation of Federal programs under this title. Provides that each State in which surface coal mining operations are or may be conducted, and which proposes to assume State regulatory authority under this Act, shall submit to the Secretary, by the end of the twenty-four month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, a State program which demonstrates that such State has the capability of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Establishes the procedure which the Secretary shall follow before approving any State program submitted under this Act. Directs the Secretary to prepare, promulgate, and implement a Federal program for the regulation of surface coal mining operations in any State which fails to submit a State program covering surface coal mining and reclamation operations by the end of the twenty-four month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act; resubmit an acceptable State program, or portion thereof, within sixty days of disapproval of a proposed State program, in whole or in part; or adequately implement, enforce, or maintain a State program approved pursuant to this Act. Declares that the Secretary, and, in the case of national forest lands, the Secretary of Agriculture, shall conduct a review of the Federal lands and determine areas or types of areas on Federal lands which cannot be reclaimed with existing techniques to satisfy applicable standards and requirements of law. States that permits for surface coal mining will not be issued to mine such areas unless it is determined, with respect to any such permit, that the technology is available to satisfy applicable performance standards. Provides that in no event is an area to be designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations on which surface coal mining operations are being conducted on the date of enactment of this Act, or under a permit issued pursuant to this Act, or where substantial legal and financial commitments in such operations are in existence prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Enumerates the permit application requirements. Declares that each applicant for a permit shall be required to submit to the regulatory authority, as part of the permit application, a surface coal mining and reclamation plan. Directs the regulatory authority to notify the applicant for a surface coal mining and reclamation permit within a period of time established by law or regulation, not to exceed ninety days, that the application has been approved or disapproved. Provides that after a surface coal mining and reclamation permit application has been approved but before such a permit is issued, the applicant shall file with the regulatory authority, on a form prescribed and furnished by the regulatory authority, a bond for performance payable, as appropriate, to the United States or the State, under an approved State program, and conditioned that the applicant shall faithfully perform all the applicable requirements under this Act. Makes provisions for the release of performance bonds or deposits. States that during the term of the permit the permittee may submit an application, together with a revised surface coal mining and reclamation plan, to the regulatory authority for a revision of the permit. Provides that any permit issued under any approved State or Federal program pursuant to this Act to conduct surface coal mining operations shall require that such surface coal mining operations shall meet all applicable surface coal mining and reclamation performance standards of this Act. Lists the general surface coal mining and reclamation performance standards that shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations. Lists the mining and reclamation performance standards to be applicable to steep-slope surface coal mining in addition to the general performance standards required by this Act. Provides mining and reclamation performance standards for surface operations incident to underground coal mining. States that the Secretary shall cause to be made such inspections of any surface coal mining and reclamation operations as are necessary to evaluate the administration of approved State programs, or to develop or enforce any Federal program, and for such purposes authorized representatives of the Secretary shall have a right of entry to, upon, or through any surface coal mining and reclamation operations. Provides that if the State regulatory authority, if one exists, fails, within ten days after notification of a violation of this Act, to cause that violation to be corrected or to show good cause for such failure and transmit notification of its action to the Secretary, the Secretary shall immediately order Federal inspection of the surface coal mining operation at which the alleged violation is occurring (unless the information available to the Secretary is a result of a previous Federal inspection of such surface coal mining operation). Allows any person having an interest which is or may be adversely affected by a notice or order issued as a result of the above inspection to apply to the Secretary for review of the notice or order within thirty days of its receipt or within thirty days of its modification, vacation, or termination. Provides a maximum civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation of this Act, and a criminal penalty, for willful and knowing violations of this Act, of not more than a $10,000 fine or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Makes provisions for the applicability of this Act to Federal lands. Title III: General Provisions and Administration - Declares that in carrying out his responsibilities under this Act the Secretary shall: (1) administer the State grant-in-aid program for the development of State programs for surface coal mining and reclamation operations provided for in this title; (2) maintain a continuing study of surface coal mining and reclamation operations in the United States; (3) assist the States in the development of State programs for surface coal mining and reclamation operations which meet the requirements of this Act; (4) publish and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; and (5) conduct hearings, administer oaths, issue subpenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and production of written or printed materials as are necessary to carry out his duties under this Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct a full and complete study and investigation of the practices of backfilling all coal mine wastes and coal processing plant wastes in mine voids or other equally effective disposal methods and the control of subsidence to maximize the stability, value, and use of lands overlying underground coal mines. States that the Secretary shall report to the Congress the results of such study and investigation no later than the end of the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to any State for the purpose of assisting such State in developing, administering and enforcing State programs under this Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 927 (93rd)referred

Resolution disapproving the recommendations of the President with respect to rates of pay of Members of Congress transmitted to the Congress in the appendix to the budget for fiscal year 1975, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974

States that the House of Representatives disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to rates of pay of Members of Congress transmitted to the Congress in the Appendix to the Budget for the fiscal year 1975.

Law· HRH.R. 12884 (93rd)open

A bill to designate certain lands as wilderness.

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974

Designates specified lands in Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Carolina within the National Wildlife Refuge System as wilderness areas. Designates specified lands in California and Montana within the National Forest System as wilderness areas. Provides that all primitive area classifications of areas herein designated as wilderness are abolished. Provides that the wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be goverened by the appropriate provisions of the Wilderness Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 12894 (93rd)referred

Internal Revenue Commission Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974

Internal Revenue Commission Act - Establishes an independent commission to be known as the Internal Revenue Commission, the principal office of which shall be in the District of Columbia. Provides that all the functions with respect to the administration and enforcement of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 which, immediately prior to the date that this Act takes effect, were performed by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or any other officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury are transferred to the Internal Revenue Commission. Provides that the transfer of functions under this Act shall not affect any act done or any right accruing or accrued before such transfer. States that so much of the positions, personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, and records of the Department of the Treasury which, as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, were employed, held, used, or available or to be made available in connection with the functions transferred by this Act shall be transferred to the Internal Revenue Commission.

Bill· HRH.R. 12775 (93rd)referred

Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974

Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act - States that, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, each county shall elect whether it wishes to proceed under the terms of this Act to receive payments from the Federal Government equal to the real property taxes otherwise due from public lands within such county, or to continue to receive whatever payments such county is entitled to receive under any existing applicable Federal law providing for Federal payments for such county similar to those available under this Act or for payment to such county of part of the revenue derived from such public land. Establishes procedures for the appraisal of public lands. Provides that when any county within a State has elected to proceed under the terms of this Act, there shall be established for that State a State board of appraisal appeal. Provides that each board shall consider and decide any appeal from a county within the State relating to the appraisal of public land within such county. States that decisions of the board shall not be subject to judicial review unless arbitrary or capricious. States that, begining in the first complete fiscal year after the acceptance of such appraisal by both the county involved and the Administrator, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay annually to the State in which such county is located an amount equivalent to the State, county, and local real property taxes on public lands within such county, based on the tax rate applicable to similar private lands at the value arrived at under the appraisal conducted under this Act. Stipulates that nothing in this Act shall interfere with the right of State or local governments to levy possessory interests taxes on private owners of improvements made by private users on public lands. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to administer this Act and to make the payments authorized by it.

Bill· HRH.R. 12726 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 in order to expand the basic rail passenger transportation system to provide service to certain States.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to designate an extension of the Basic National Rail Passenger System, established pursuant to the Rail Passenger Service Act, to provide adequate intercity rail passenger service to the major population area of each of the continguous forty-eight states which did not have any large population area previously provided with intercity rail passenger service.

Bill· HRH.R. 12672 (93rd)referred

A bill to temporarily suspend required emissions controls on automobiles registered in certain parts of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974

Suspends emissions controls on motor vehicles and engines in the continental United States except vehicles registered to residents of designated air quality regions until June 30, 1977, or sixty days after the President determines there is no significant shortage of petroleum fuels, whichever is later. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate, subject to the limitations of the Act, geographic areas of the United States in which there is significant auto emissions related air pollution. Provides that each State shall, not later than sixty days following enactment of this Act, submit to the Administrator a plan for implementing the Act. Provides that if a State fails to submit a plan under the Act or if the Administrator determines (after notice and opportunity for hearing) that such State is not adequately enforcing such a plan, then such State shall lose its entitlement to, and may not thereafter receive, any Federal grant or loan assistance under this Act or under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Declares that willful and deliberate violation of any provision of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, or imprisonment for up to one year, or both.

Bill· HRH.R. 12566 (93rd)referred

National Homestead Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974

National Homestead Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to compile a catalog of all unoccupied single-family dwellings in urban and other areas within the United States which are owned by him or his Department, and which would be suitable for occupancy and rehabilitation by qualified low and moderate-income families. Requires the Secretary to take such steps as may be necessary to assure that the residents of each community or area in which any such dwelling is located will be fully and currently informed of the existence, nature, and location of such dwellings. States that an applicant is qualified, for the purposes of participation in the program under this Act with respect to any dwelling, only if he or she: (1) is eighteen years of age or older; (2) is the head of his or her household; (3) is a citizen of the United States; (4) has not previously participated in the program; (5) is not the owner of any other real property; and (6) possesses the financial, technical, and other resources which are necessary to rehabilitate such dwelling. Requires each applicant to enter into an agreement that, among other things, he or she will reside in the dwelling for a period of at least five years and will during such period rehabilitate and maintain the dwelling so that it satisfies all of the requirements of applicable State and local law. States that the conveyance of any dwelling to an applicant under this Act shall be made on a conditional basis, in return for the payment by such applicant of the aforementioned agreement. Provides that upon any material failure by the applicant to carry out his or her agreement entered into under this Act the conditional conveyance of title to such applicant shall be revoked. States that after the applicant has resided in the dwelling for the required five-year period and has rehabilitated and maintained it and otherwise complied with the terms of his or her agreement throughout such period, he shall be granted a fee simple title to such property.

Bill· HRH.R. 12516 (93rd)referred

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments - Extends the coverage of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act. Increases the amount of insurance coverage required of a farm labor contractor who engages in the transportation of migrant workers. Provides sanctions for failure or refusal of a farm labor contractor, when acting in that capacity, to present his certificate of registration. Requires one engaging the services of a farm labor contractor to first observe such certificate. Gives the Secretary of Agriculture the power to subpoena testimony and evidence with respect to investigations of possible violations of this Act. Increases penalties for violations of this Act to not more than $1,000, imprisonment for six months, or both. Provides a course of legal action and penalties for discrimination against any farm worker.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 792 (93rd)referred

Resolution declaring the sense of the House with respect to a prohibition of extension of credit by the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974

Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.

Law· HRH.R. 12165 (93rd)open

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act - Title I: Programs Downstream from Imperial Dam - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with a program of works of improvement for the enhancement and protection of the quality of water available in the Colorado River for use in the United States and the Republic of Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to construct, operate, and maintain a desalting complex, including: (1) a desalting plant to reduce the salinity of drain water from the Wellton-Mohawk division of the Gila project, Arizona, (2) the necessary appurtenant works including the intake pumping plant system, product waterline, power transmission facilities, and permanent operating facilities; (3) the necessary extension of the existing bypass drain to carry the reject stream from the desalting plant and other drainage waters to the Santa Clara Slough in Mexico, subject to arrangements made pursuant to this Act; (4) replacement of the metal flume in the existing main outlet drain extension with a concrete siphon; (5) reduction of irrigation return flows through acquisition of lands to reduce the size of the division, and irrigation efficiency improvements to limit return flows; and (6) regulation of Gila River floodwaters entering the division, including possible acquisition of private lands above Painted Rock Dam in Arizona. Provides that the desalting plant shall be designed to reduce the salinity of approximately one hundred and twenty-nine million gallons a day of drain water by a membrance process using advanced technology commercially available. Requires that the Secretary shall use sources of electric power supply for the desalting complex that will not diminish the supply power to preference customers from Federal power systems operated by the Secretary. Authorizes the appropriation of $153,500,000 to accomplish the purposes of this title. Title II: Measures Upstream from Imperial Dam - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the salinity control policy adopted for the Colorado River in the "Conclusions and Recommendations" published in the Proceedings of the Reconvened Seventh Session of the Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming, held in Denver, Colorado, on April 26-27, 1972, under the authority of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $121,200,000 to carry out this title.

Bill· HRH.R. 12184 (93rd)referred

Federal Paperwork Burden Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974

Federal Paperwork Burden Relief Act - Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the reporting requirements of Federal regulatory programs to determine the extent to which these requirements may be revised to lessen the burden upon small and independent business establishments. Requires the Comptroller General to report the results of such study to the Congress one year from the date of enactment of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 11752 (93rd)referred

Trade Sanctions Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1973

Trade Sanctions Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to prohibit the shipment of certain goods and materials to those Arab nations which have restricted or stopped shipments of petroleum to the United States. Imposes an embargo upon shipment of the following: (1) certain agricultural products; (2) all medical and pharmaceutical supplies; and (3) certain industrial and manufactured products . States that the restrictions herein described shall be imposed upon the described goods and materials to the following nations: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Algeria, and Qatar. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to monitor all shipments of goods and materials herein described to all nations to determine which nations, if any, are aiding in any evasion or mitigation of the effects of this embargo by funneling restricted goods and materials to the Arab nations listed in this Act. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress continuing reports on such activities with recommendations of what further trade embargos would be necessary to eliminate or minimize such activity. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to place into effect and maintain such trade restrictions.

Bill· HRH.R. 11732 (93rd)referred

Energy Reorganization Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973

Energy Reorganization Act - Title I: Energy Research and Development Administration Establishes the Energy Research and Development Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President. Describes the functions of the Administrator as including: (1) exercising central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all energy sources; (2) undertaking research and development in the extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources; (3) participating in and supporting cooperative research and development projects which may involve contributions by public or private persons or agencies, of financial or other resources to the performance of the work; and (4) developing, collecting, distributing, and making available for distribution, scientific and technical information concerning the manufacture or development of energy and its efficient extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization. Transfers to the Administrator all functions of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Chairman and members of the Commission, and the officers and components of the Commission, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and officers and components of such department: (1) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Coal Research; and (2) as relate to or are utilized in connection with fossil fuel energy research and development programs and related activities conducted by the Bureau of Mines. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the National Science Foundations as relate to or are utilized in connection with: (1) solar heating and cooling development; and (2) geothermal power development. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Environmental Protection Agency and the officers and components thereof as relate to or are utilized in connection with the development and demonstration of alternative automotive power systems. Title II: Nuclear Energy Commission - Provides that the Atomic Energy Commission is renamed the Nuclear Energy Commission and shall continue to perform the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Chairman and members of the Commission, the general counsel, and other officers and components of the Commission, which functions, officers, components, and personnel are excepted from the transfer to the Administrator by this Act. Grants the Nuclear Energy Commission licensing authority as to the following facilities of the Administration: (1) demonstration liquid metal fast breeder reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system; (2) other demonstration nuclear reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system, except those in existence, under construction or authorized or appropriated for by the Congress on the date this part becomes effective; or (3) facilities used primarily for the receipt and storage of high level radioactive wastes resulting from activities licensed under such Act. Allows the Nuclear Energy Commission to engage in or contract for research which the Commission deems necessary for the discharge of its licensing and regulatory functions. Title III: Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions - Provides that except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever all of the functions or programs of an agency, or other body, or any component thereof, affected by this Act, have been transferred from that agency, or other body, or component, the agency, or other body, or component shall lapse.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 838 (93rd)referred

Joint resolution authorizing increased production of petroleum from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve for national defense purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973

Authorizes increased production of petroleum from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve at a rate to help insure that the needs of national defense are met, but not to exceed the maximum efficient rate in accordance with sound engineering and economic principles. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of the production herein authorized by means of sales effected by competitive bid. Provides that full and equal opportunity for acquisition of the oil shall be accorded to all interested companies, including major and independent oil refineries alike. Establishes the Naval Petroleum Reserve Account. States that funds in the Account shall be available for the expenses of: (1) production, including preparation for production, as authorized by this resolution and as may hereafter be authorized; (2) all capital costs necessary for facilities both within and outside the reserve incident to production and delivery of crude petroleum; and (3) exploration, prospecting, conservation, development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.

Bill· HRH.R. 11660 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage greater conservation of energy in home heating and cooling by providing an income tax deduction for expenditures made for more effective insulation and heating equipment in residential structures.

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1973

Provides an income tax deduction for expenditures made for more effective insulation and heating equipment in residential structures. Defines qualified insulative materials and heating equipment.

Bill· HRH.R. 11618 (93rd)referred

Freedom of Access for the Elderly and Handicapped Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1973

Freedom of Access for the Elderly and Handicapped Act - Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code, a deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 189)

Bill· HRH.R. 11619 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage greater conservation of energy in home heating and cooling by providing an income tax deduction for expenditures made for more effective insulation and heating equipment residential structures.

United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1973

Makes provisions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for the encouragement of greater conservation of energy in home heating and cooling by providing an income tax deduction for expenditures made for more effective insulation and heating equipment in residential structures. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 189)

Bill· HRH.R. 11615 (93rd)referred

Homeowners' Energy Conservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1973

Homeowner's Energy Conservation Act - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development a direct low-interest loan program to assist homeowners and other owners of residential structures in purchasing and installing more effective insulation and heating equipment. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 11549 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide tax incentives to encourage physicians, dentists, and optometrists to practice in physician shortage areas.

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973

Excludes, under the Internal Revenue Code in the case of a physician, dentist, or optometrist who engages in the practice of medicine, dentistry, or optometry, respectively, in a physician shortage area the gross income at the election of the taxpayer of the adjusted gross practice income from such practice in such area to the extent of: (1) $20,000 during the first taxable year of such practice; (2) $15,000 during the second taxable year of such practice; (3) 10,000 during the third taxable year of such practice; (4) $7,500 during the fourth taxable year of such practice; and (5) $5,000 during the fifth taxable year of such practice. States that such exclusion shall apply to a physician, dentist, or optometrist with respect to practice in a physician shortage area only if he continuously engages in such practice for at least 2 years, commencing with the day on which he first engages in such practice. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, on or before November 1 of each year (beginning with 1974), certify the physician shortage areas (if any) in each State for the following calendar year.

Bill· HRH.R. 11388 (93rd)referred

Community Mental Health Centers Extension Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973

Community Mental Health Centers Extension Act - Declares the finding of Congress that community care is the most effective and humane form of care for the majority of mentally ill and retarded individuals. States that it is the Federal Government's responsibility to insure the expansion of the community mental health center concept. Authorizes appropriations for grants for facilities of public and nonprofit community mental health centers. Provides for grants for specified portions of the costs of operation of such centers, under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. States that where an application for a grant is made, the applicant must provide specified assurances, including that specialized services will be provided for the mental health of children and of the elderly. Sets forth requirements for an applicant providing programs for alcoholism and drug abuse. Limits the amount of appropriations which may be used for the evaluation of programs under this Act. Distinguishes, for purposes of granting assistance, between community mental health centers serving poverty areas and those not serving poverty areas. Provides for grants to community mental health centers for consultation and education services. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for funding such grants . States that no individual, especially alcoholics, narcotic addicts and other persons with drug dependence problems, shall be made the subject of any research carried out with funds provided by specified portions of this Act unless such individual explicitly agrees to become a subject of such research. Repeals specified provisions of the Community Mental Health Centers Act.