United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Controlled Substances Trafficking Act - Title I: Increased Penalties - Increases various criminal penalties under provisions of the comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. Title II: Conditions of Release - Directs the judicial officer, in setting conditions of release for any person charged with an offense with respect to a controlled substance, to consider whether the person poses a danger to the safety of any other person, himself, or of the community, or to the property of others. States that where a person is charged with a violation with respect to a controlled substance, a special hearing shall be held by a judicial officer at the time of arraignment to determine whether the person may be released prior to trial. Sets forth criteria upon which the judicial officer shall deny release in the absence of compelling circumstances to justify the conclusion that the defendant, if released, will not become a fugitive or pose a danger to the safety of any other person or to the community. Permits the United States to appeal from orders granting pretrial release. Provides that a person denied release in connection with charges which subsequently result in a conviction for a violation with respect to a controlled substance shall not be released while awaiting sentence or after having filed a writ of certiorari in the absence of compelling circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Automobile Free Trade Act - Imposes temporary quotas on motor vehicles imported into the United States from foreign countries which do not allow substantially equivalent market access to motor vehicles manufactured in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1974
Emergency Fuel Tax Suspension Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for the suspension of excise taxes on diesel fuel and special motor fuels for 180 days. Encourages State and local governments to suspend a portion of diesel fuel taxes. Directs the President to specify a ceiling price for diesel fuel and special motor fuels at levels prevailing on January 15, 1974, less an amount per gallon equal to the amount by which excise taxes were suspended with respect to such products under the Emergency Fuel Tax Suspension Act. Provides that such ceiling price shall be in effect for the 180-day period beginning on the day following the date of the enactment of the Emergency Fuel Tax Suspension Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1974
States the finding of the Congress that: (1) an individual's personal privacy is directly affected by the kind of disclosure and use made of identifiable information about him in a record; (2) a record containing information about an individual in identifiable form must be governed by procedures that afford the individual a right to participate in deciding what the content of the record will be, and what disclosure and use will be made of the identifiable information in it; and (3) any recording, disclosure, and use of identifiable information by an agency not governed by such procedures must be prescribed as an unfair information practice unless such recording, disclosure, or use is specifically authorized by Federal statute. Declares the purpose of this Act to be to insure safeguards for personal privacy from Federal agencies. Requires each Federal agency that maintains records to: (1) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to any other Federal, State, or local agency or to any person not employed by the agency maintaining such record, except: (A) with consent or constructive consent of the individual concerned or, in the event such individual cannot be located or communicated with after reasonable effort, with permission from members of the individual's immediate family, guardian, or, only in the event that such individual, members of the individual's immediate family, and guardian cannot be located or communicated with after reasonable effort, upon good cause for such disclosure, or (B) that if disclosure of such record is required under this section of this chapter or by any other provision of law, including by means of compulsory legal process, the individual concerned shall be notified by mail at his last known address of any such required disclosure, and shall be afforded full access to the records at least ten days before they are made available in response to the demand; (2) refrain from disclosing the records to any individuals within that agency other than those individuals who need to examine such records in the performance of their duties; (3) maintain an accurate register which shall become part of the individual's record, of the names and job classifications of all persons to whom such records are disclosed and the purposes for which such disclosure was made; (4) permit any data subject to inspect his own record upon proper identification at a convenient local office or by mail, or by telephone, and have copies thereof made at his expense, which in no event shall be greater than the cost of reproduction; (5) permit any data subject to supplement the information contained in his record by the addition of any document or writing or photograph containing information such individual deems pertinent to his record, and notify all agencies and persons to whom the records were previously disclosed of the supplemental information; (6) remove from records and promptly destroy all erroneous or irrelevant information and notify all agencies or persons to whom such information has been previously transferred of its removal, and in case of dispute as to what constitutes erroneous or irrelevant information, the issue shall be determined by the Federal Privacy Board; (7) upon written request of any data subject, give notice to such individual, in the event that his record has been augmented, of the contents of the augmentation, the source of the augmentation, and the purpose for which the augmentation is being effected; (8) inform an individual asked to supply personal data for any agency record keeping system whether he is legally required, or may refuse, to supply the data requested, and also of any specific consequences for him, which are known to the agency, of providing or not providing such data; and (9) assure that no use of individually identifiable data is made that is not within the stated purposes of the system as reasonably understood by the individual, unless, in the case of each use of such date, the informed consent of the individual has been explicitly obtained. Makes exceptions to provisions of this Act for records authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and the disclosure of which would: (1) endanger the active military plans or deployment of United States forces, (2) reveal details about current military technology or weaponry, or (3) endanger the life of any person engaged in foreign intelligence gathering operations of the United States Government. Requires the President to report to Congress before January 30 of each year on an agency-by-agency basis the number of records which were exempted from the application of this Act. Provides that any person who under the color of agency authority willingly or knowingly permits or causes to occur an unfair information practice shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year or suspended from employment without pay for not more than one year, or any combination thereof. Provides that any individual who has reason to believe that his records have been, are being, or are about to be disclosed in violation of this Act may bring an action in the appropriate district court of the United States to enjoin such disclosure, and upon a proper showing a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction shall be granted without bond. Establishes the Federal Privacy Board. Requires such Board to periodically publish and distribute through local post offices a Citizen's Privacy Index which shall include: (1) the name and location of every agency data keeping system; (2) the title, name, and address of the person immediately responsible for the system; (3) the nature and purpose of the system; (4) the categories and number of persons on whom data are maintained; (5) the categories of data maintained, indicating which categories are stored in computer-accessible files; (6) each agency's policies and practices regarding data storage, duration of retention of data, and disposal thereof; (7) the categories of data sources; (8) a description of all types of use made of data, including all classes of users and the agency relationships among them; and (9) the procedures whereby an individual can (A) be informed if he is the subject of data in the systems; (B) gain access to such data; and (C) contest their accuracy, completeness, timeliness, pertinence, and the necessity for retaining such data.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
States that the House of Representatives salutes Henry Aaron as an "All-American Good Guy" and extends to him the congratulations, esteem, and affection of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
National Employment Priorities Act - Declares that it is the prupose of this Act: (1) to require prenotification to employees and communities of dislocation of business concerns; (2) to prevent Federal support for unjustified dislocation; and (3) to provide assistance to employees, and affected communities threatened with dislocation. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Employment Relocation Administration, to be headed by an Administrator and Deputy Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that, in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to perform enumerated functions and duties, including: (1) conduct investigations on any proposed closing or transfer of operations of a business concern; (2) provide adjustment assistance to employees becuase of a closing or transfer of operations of an establishment of a business concern; and (3) conduct research into the problems of business closings, transfers of operations, and unemployment. Establishes a National Employment Relocation Advisory Council. Specifies the composition and compensation rates of members of such Council to perform enumerated functions, including to advise the Secretary and Administrator with respect to the activities of the National Employment Relocation Administration and to evaluate the effectiveness of programs carried out under this Act. Requires written notice be given to the Secretary whenever (1) a business concern intends to close or transfer all or part of the operations of an establishment of that business concern; and (2) at least 15 percent of the employees who are members of any labor organization or 15 percent of all employees in that establishment will suffer an eligible employment loss as a result of any such closing or transfer. Specifies the items to be included in such notice. Authorizes the Secretary to investigate a proposed closing or transfer of operations under specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary to establsih a program of adjustment assistance for employees suffering an eligible employment loss. Provides that such adjustment assistance shall include: (1) income maintenance payment; (2) Maintenance of pension and health benefits; (3) job placement and retraining benefits; (4) relocation allowances; (5) early retirement benefits; (6) emergency mortgage and rent payments; and (7) food stamps and surplus commodities. Directs the Secretary to make every effort to place each employees for substantially equivalent full employment in accordance with their capacity and prospective employeent opportunities. Provides that a unit of local government is eligible for assistance under this Act upon determination by the Secretary that the closing or transfer of operations of business establishments has contributed substantially to an unemployment rate within such jurisdiction exceeding 8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis. Enumerates the types of assistance available under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a retraining program for employees who will be required to acquire new or additional skills as a result of the economic adjustemnt assistance proposal. Provides that whenever the Secretary determines, after an investigation conducted under this Act that: (1) the closing or transfer of operations of an establishment or a business concern was not justified; or (2) if the transfer or closing could have been avoided if the business concern had accepted assistance under this Act; or (3) the eligible employment loss could have been avoided except for the failure to file a notice of intent to close or transfer, or because of some other unreasonable delay, bad faith or misrepresentation on the part of the business concern; or (4) the transfer of operations is to a new location outside the United States while other alternatives to such transfer of operations exist, then such business concern shall be ineligible for specified benefits under the Internal Revenue Code, for a period not to exceed 10 years. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
Food Program Technical Amendment - Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall use specified funds, including stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to purchase agricultural commodities and products to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs, including school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, and disaster relief distribution. Authorizes the Secretary to administer a food stamp program at the request of any tribal government of native Americans to provide eligible households with an opportunity to participate in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to pay a tribal governments 100 percent of the costs for administration of food stamp programs on Indian reservations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Economic Stabilization Amendments- Revises the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 by stating that the objectives of this Act are to reduce inflation and unemployment. Directs the President to impose economic controls if he finds that the absence of controls would result in inflation and unemployment at levels in excess of the objectives stated in the Act. Sets forth the standards governing the imposition of such controls. Establishes the Economic Stabilization Administration within the Executive Office of the President. Provides that the President shall not delegate powers under this Act to any agency other than the Administration and shall take steps promptly to transfer to the Administration the functions heretofore exercised by the Internal Revenue Service under the Act. Sets forth additional duties for the Administration under the Act. Provides that whenever the President takes any action under this Act to impose controls he shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President pro tempore of the Senate a report setting forth the controls imposed. Sets forth the procedures by which Congress may disapprove the controls imposed by the President and by which it may direct the President to act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
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 types of short-term weather phenomena, and to develop methods for predicting, detecting, and monitoring such atmospheric behavior. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Provides for the expansion of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Increases the membership of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Home Health Services Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the establishment and initial operation of public and nonprofit private agencies which will provide home health services in areas in which such services are not otherwise available. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants: (1) to meet the initial and expanding costs of such agencies; and (2) for programs for the training of professional and paraprofessional personnel to provide home health services. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 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.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1974
Extends for three months (until July 1, 1974) those provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 which relate to the date before which a State under such Act may provide its determination of the existence of an "on" or "off" indicator for the purpose of measuring extended benefits periods.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to reimburse the States for all unemployment compensation paid to individuals whose unemployment is attributable to the oil crisis. Establishes on the books of the U.S. Treasury a trust fund known as the "Oil Emergency Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund" for the making of payments to the States.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1974
Title I: Special Unemployment Compensation Program - 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 in accordance with the provisions of this title and the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under this title, shall be paid by the United States from time to time such amounts as are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Labor to carry out the provisions of this title in the State. Provides that special unemployment compensation may be paid to individuals only pursuant to such an agreement. States that an individual shall be eligible to receive a payment of special unemployment compensation with respect to a week of unemployment occurring during and after a special unemployment compensation period in accordance with the provisions of this title if the individual: (1) has exhausted all rights to regular, additional, and extended compensation laws and as otherwise required under this title; (2) has no further rights, with respect to such week of unemployment, to regular, additional, or extended compensation under any State or Federal unemployment compensation law; (3) is not receiving compensation with respect to such week of unemployment; (4) becomes totally or partially unemployed on or after October 1, 1973; (5) has met any waiting period requirement of the applicable State unemployment compensation law; and (6) has met the qualifying employment and wage requirements of the applicable State unemployment compensation law in a base year which, notwithstanding such State law, shall be the 52-week period immediately preceding the first week in which the individual files a claim under this title. Extends eligibility to payment to individuals: (1) totally or partially unemployed, and able to work, and available for work, within the meaning of the applicable State unemployment compensation law, and is not subject to disqualification under that law; (2) who have filed a claim for compensation or waiting period credit under this title; (3) who were last employed for at least one week before filing an initial claim under this title for compensation or waiting period credit, a special unemployment compensation period is in effect with respect to such week of unemployment; and (4) who were last employed for at least a week before filing an initial claim under this title for compensation or waiting period credit and have an agreement with the Secretary of Labor which is in effect with respect to such week of unemployment. Provides for the periods of time to be covered by special unemployment compensation under this title. Provides 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. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to designate eligible areas for the special unemployment compensation program. Defines the term "rate of insured unemployment". Provides a formulary of the amounts of special unemployment compensation to which individuals covered by this title shall be entitled. Sets maximum benefit amounts payable under this Act. Provides for a termination date for benefits under this title. States that no payment of such benefits shall be made to any individual with respect to any week of unemployment beginning after December 31, 1975. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Program - Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Amendments - Extends the authorization under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 for Federal payments to the States. Revises the formula under such Act for the determination of a State "on" indicator for the purposes of such Act. Title III: Transitional Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Program Amendments - Provides, under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, that effective with respect to compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning after April 1, 1974, and before January 1, 1976, a State may by law provide that the determination of whether there has been a State "on" or "off" indicator beginning or ending any extended benefit period shall be made in conformance with this title.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1974
Energy Emergency Employment Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to detect unemployment and underemployment as a result of the "energy crisis", to provide workers with assistance to return workers to employment; and to provide areas with particularly heavy energy related joblessness special employment assistance. Title I: Energy Emergency Employment Board - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Energy Emergency Employment Board, consisting of five private members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and two "ex officio" members: the Director of the Federal Energy Office and the Secretary of Labor, who will also serve as Chairman. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to: (1) oversee the implementation of the energy emergency employment programs authorized in this Act; (2) recommend programs that will return persons unemployed or underemployed, as a result of the energy emergency, to productive full-time employment as rapidly as possible, (3) develop an early unemployment warning system; and (4) undertake manpower planning projects to estimate long and short term energy emergency related employment trends. Requires the Board to make reports to the Congress and the President. Title II: Energy Emergency Employment Opportunity Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with public service employers in order to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing employment opportunities, particularly for persons who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency, in jobs providing needed public services. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be met by applications for financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out a public service employment program under this Act. Provides that the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall be allocated by the Secretary in such manner as prescribed by the Board. Provides that 80 per cent of such amount shall be apportioned among the States in that proportion which the total number of persons underemployed or unemployed in each such State bears to such total number of such persons, respectively, in the United States, and the remainder shall be available to carry out a special Energy Emergency Area Employment Assistance Program. States that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that specified critera are met, including that the program: (1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available; (2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers; (3) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and (4) will not substitute public service jobs for existing federally assisted jobs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a program of incentives to private industry to hire, and train if necessary, persons unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Energy Emergency Employment Assistance - Provides that any person unemployed or underemployed as a result of the energy emergency may file an application with the Secretary for economic adjustment assistance provided under this title. States that economic adjustment assistance under this title consists of: (1) readjustment allowances; (2) training and counseling benefits; (3) relocation allowances; and (4) health benefits. Prescribes the requirements to be met by an adversely affected worker before readjustment allowances will be paid. Provides that payment of readjustment allowances shall not be made for more than twenty-six weeks, unless upon application to the Secretary for extension, that proof of a good faith effort to attain employment has been made, in which case one additional 26 week extension shall be allowed. Sets forth the qualifying requirements for relocation allowances and health benefits. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including "adversely affected worker" and "unemployed or underemployed person."
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for reductions in Social Security taxes relating to the rate of tax on self-employment income for purposes of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance. States that such reductions shall apply in the case of taxes imposed with respect to self-employment income for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1974, and with respect to wages paid or received during calendar years after 1974. Provides for Federal participation in the costs of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act. Increases the earnings counted for benefit and tax purposes under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Authorizes the diversion and withdrawal of additional water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway. Requires the Chief of Enginers, Department of the Army, to at all times have direct control and supervision of the amounts of water directly diverted from Lake Michigan under this Act.
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