United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1973
Provides that the antitrust laws shall apply to any joint agreement which permits telecasting of professional football or basketball games during periods (Friday nights and Saturdays from the second Friday in September through the last Saturday in March) when regularly scheduled intercollegiate or interscholastic basketball or football games are played. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1293)
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Provides for the addition of the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish Speaking People. Requires the Committee to meet semiannually. Requires a group of fourteen, in addition to the chairman, each representing one of the members, to meet at least six times a year. Requires the Committee to advise and assist Spanish-speaking and Spanish surnamed people in receiving assistance available by law. Provides that the chairman and vice chairman of the Advisory Council on Spanish-speaking Americans shall be designated by the President. Requires the chairman of the Committee to call a meeting of the Advisory Council at least quarterly. Provides that no part of any funds authorized to carry out this Act shall be used to finance any activities designed to influence the outcome of any election to Federal office or any voter registration activity, or to pay the salary of the Chairman or any employee of the Committee after the date on which such persons engage in such activity. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 the amount of $1,500,000 and for fiscal year 1975 for a period ending December 30, 1974, the amount of $750,000, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires at least 50 per-cent of the amount of any funds to be expended for salaries of employees in regional offices of the Committee located outside Washington, District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing contained in the U.S. Constitution shall abridge the right of persons lawfully assembled, in any public building which is supported in whole or in part through the expenditure of public funds, to participate in voluntary prayer.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1973
Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, both interim and final standards of fuel economy applicable to all new models of motor vehicles sold or offered for sale in the United States. States that such standards shall set minimum levels of fuel economy for each class of motor vehicles and apply to any new motor vehicle sold in any State after September 1 of the year in which the regulations are to become effective. Directs the Secretary to promulgate, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, standards of performance which shall be designed to achieve a specific percentage of improvement in the fuel economy of new motor vehicles. Provides that, in setting standards under this Act, the Secretary shall consider all relevant factors, including but not limited to fuels, engines, emission characteristics, safety, state of the art in international automotive technology, initial and maintenance costs to consumers, the effects on fuel economy of accessory equipment such as air-conditioning and radial tires, the amount of energy required to produce each fuel, and in the case of motor vehicles powered by electricity the amount of fuel required to generate such electricity. Provides that any person who may be adversely affected by any rule issued under this Act may at any time prior to sixty days after such rule is issued file a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, or any circuit wherein such person resides or has his principal place of business, for judicial review of such rule. Sets forth the powers of the Secretary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act. States that the Secretary shall study and investigate the fuel economy of any motor vehicle which is subject to the standards of fuel economy issued under this Act. Provides that, upon the basis of such studies and investigations, the Secretary shall, not later than June 1, 1976, and each year thereafter, prepare and publish a schedule of the fuel economy of each such motor model with and without accessories which have a significant effect on fuel economy. States that, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act and from time to time thereafter, the Secretary shall issue regulations to establish test protocols for continuous testing of fuel economy in actual operation in new motor vehicles sold in the United States. States that each manufacturer and dealer shall cause to be affixed and maintained on each new motor vehicle in a prominent place and easily legible and readable form a sticker indicating the fuel economy which a prospective purchaser can expect from such vehicle and the amount of a fuel conservation fee. Authorizes the Secretary, in cooperation with the Director of the National Burea of Standards and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to conduct such research as is necessary to promote the purposes of this Act. States that it shall be unlawful and a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any person (including any partnership, corporation, or association) subject to the provisions of this Act to fail to comply with any requirement imposed on such person by or pursuant to this Act or to violate any prohibition contained in this Act. Prohibits any person from failing to comply with any provisions of this Act or any regulation or order issued by the Secretary pursuant to this Act, and from failing to provide information as required in accordance with this Act. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act such sums as may be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Water Resources Development Act - Title I: Water Resources Development - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to undertake the design, construction, repair, improvement, and modification of specified public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control and other enumerated purposes. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such projects. Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary to conduct, for a period of five fiscal years, a national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program. Provides for the establishment of a Shoreline Erosion Advisory Panel. Sets forth the duties of such Panel. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 per year for construction of such projects. Directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct navigational and flood-control projects on specified public works. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such projects. River Basin Monetary Authorization Act - Title II: River Basin Monetary Authorizations - Authorizes specified amounts to be appropriated for the prosecution of development plans of enumerated river basins. States that such sums shall not exceed $764,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Automobile Driver Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry on a national educational campaign designed to educate drivers, pedestrians, and others with respect to the dangers incurred when driving on or crossing highways. Imposes an additional tax of one-tenth of a cent per gallon on gasoline and other motor fuels, to be paid into the Highway Trust Fund, to pay for the costs incurred in carrying out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Includes as creditable service for civil service retirement purposes service before January 1, 1942, as an air traffic controller in the employ of a State, county, city, or municipality at an airport traffic control tower operated by any government unit.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the United States Navy upon graduation from such academies or colleges. (Adds 46 U.S.C. 1389)
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1973
Provides that specified interests of the United States retained in specified lands heretofore conveyed to the State of Texas, and located in the vicinity of Fort Worth, Texas, shall be conveyed to such State.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1973
Amateur Athletic Act - Provides for the creation of a 5-member United States Amateur Association Board. Specifies that the Board shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Empowers the Board to establish rules and regulations under which a corporation may receive a charter as a United States Sports Association. Provides that such Association shall be the sole sanctioning authority for amateur athletic competition in the United States. Requires that in order to receive a charter an association would be required to meet the regulations and procedures established by the Board and receive recognition by the International Sports Organization governing the sport. Establishes a 9-member National Commission on the Olympic Games appointed by the President. Directs the Commission to review the participation of the United States in the Olympic games and to make recommendations as to whether or not such participation should continue. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Expresses the finding of Congress that an adequate supply of pure, safe human blood is essential to the welfare of the Nation. Establishes the National Blood Bank program within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to perform enumerated duties to assure an adequate supply of blood throughout the Nation. Establishes an Advisory Council to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding: (1) policy goals of the program; (2) motivation and recognition of blood donors; (3) reciprocal transactions between national blood bank systems; and (4) removal of blood purchasing costs from health insurance plan coverage. Declares that only class A blood banks may maintain blood deposit or pledge programs in advance of their needs. Provides criminal penalties for persons violating the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1973
Defines the term "inclusive tour charter trip", for purposes of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, to mean a charter trip which combines air transportation, pursuant to a contract between an air carrier or foriegn air carrier and a person authorized by the Civil Aeronautics Board to sell inclusive tours, and land arrangements at one or more points of destination, sold to members of the public at a price which is not less than the just and reasonable fare for charter air transportation plus a compensatory charge for land arrangements, and subject to such other requirements not inconsistent herewith as the Board shall by regulation prescribe.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides for the repeal of the Postal Reorganization Act and reenacts the former postal service provisions of title 39, United States Code. Reestablishes the former Post Office Department as an executive department of the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Health Programs Extension Act - Title I: Amendments to Public Health Service Act - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Public Health Service Act: (1) health services research and development, (2) national health surveys and studies, (3) public health training, (4) migrant health (5) comprehensive health planning and services (6) assistance to medical libraries (7) Hill-Burton programs for construction of medical library facilities (8) training in the allied health professions, (9) regional medical programs, and (10) population research and family planning. Title II: Amendments to the Community Mental Health Centers Act - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Community Mental Health Centers Act: (1) construction assistance for mental health centers, (2) staffing assistance for mental health centers, (3) alcoholism programs (4) drug abuse programs, (5)consultation services, and (6) mental health of children. Title III: Amendments to the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for construction, services, and planning under the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act. Title IV: Funding Assurances - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for programs under the Medical Facilities Construction and Modernization Amendment of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Establishes a Fire Protection Assistance Administration. Authorizes such Administration to make annual grants to any fire protection district or department for the purposes of maintaining, improving, or expanding its fire prevention and control, rescue, or other related functions. Sets forth conditions of elibility for such grants. Provides for the administration of the grant program. Provides that no annual grant under this Act may exceed $3,000,000. Establishes the National Fire Protection Advisory Council. Requires such Advisory Council to establish minimum training standards for fire prevention and control personnel. Requires such Advisory Council to study and report to the Administration the feasibility and desirability of a national clearinghouse for fire and rescue information. Provides that such Council shall cease to exist on June 30, 1976. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing in the U.S. Constitution shall bar any State or territory or the District of Columbia, with regard to any area over which it has jurisdiction, from allowing, regulating, or prohibiting the practice of abortion.
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 · 10 April 1973
Provides for the issuance of a special immigrant visa without fee, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, to any Vietnamese who has been orphaned by abandonment by one or both parents, one of which is a United States citizen.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Provides that, beginning one year after enactment of this Act, no law enforcement grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 will be made to State and local governments unless these units of government have instituted a law enforcement officer's grievance system and have enacted into law a "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights" which will cover all law enforcement officers in the States. Declares that this Bill of Rights shall provide law enforcement officers statutory protection for certain rights enjoyed by other citizens. Requires the bill of rights to provide, at a minimum, the following: (1) law enforcement officers shall not be prohibited from engaging in political activity, except when on duty or acting in an official capacity; (2) when an officer is subject to an investigation that could lead to disciplinary action or criminal charges: (a) the investigation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably while the officer is on duty, (b) the investigation shall occur at the office of the investigating officer or at the precinct where the incident occurred, (c) there shall be one interrogator asking all questions to the officer and the names of all investigating officers shall be known by him, (d) the officer shall know the nature of the investigation and the names of complainants, (e) all civilian complaints must be duly sworn to before an official authorized to administer oaths, (f) interrogating sessions shall be of reasonable length, (g) the officer under investigation shall not be subject to abuse or threats, (h) all interrogations shall be recorded, (i) if the officer is to be placed under arrest, he shall be fully informed of his rights before interrogation, and (j) the officer shall have a right to counsel who shall be present during any interrogations dealing with the officer's continued fitness for law enforcement service; (3) citizen review boards having porportionate police representation; (r) law enforcement officers shall have recourse to civil actions for damages suffered or for abridgement of their civil rights arising out of the performance of official duties; (5) financial disclosures shall not be required unless obtained under legal procedures or there is evidence of a conflict of interests; (6) notice of and reasons for all disciplinary action is required; and (7) no officer shall be disciplined or discriminated against in any way by reason of his exercise of these rights. Establishes in each State and unit of local government a law enforcement officers grievance commission composed of an equal number of governmental representatives, law enforcement officers, and members of the general public which shall have the authority to receive, investigate, and determine complaints and grievances arising from claimed infringement of rights of any law enforcement officer. Allows employee organizations to act on the officer's behalf, at his request, regarding any complaint before the commission. Permits certified employee organizations to initiate actions on behalf of their members. Provides that, in addition to this grievance procedure, law enforcement officers may institute a civil action for redress of the grievances.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act - Provides authorizations for the interstate highway program through fiscal year 1979 in the amount of $3,500,000,000 for each fiscal year from 1974 to 1978, and $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1979. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make the apportionment for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975, of the sums authorized to be appropriated for such years for expenditures on the National System of Interstate Defense Highways. Makes appropriations for specified highway projects under title 23 of the United States Code for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 including the following: (1) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (2) the Federal-aid urban system; (3) forest highways; (4) specified roads and trails; (5) parkways; and (6) Indian reservation roads. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to forward to Congress, within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act, final recommendations proposed to him by the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration in accordance with this Act. Extends the date of completion of certain highways under title 23 of the United States Code from June 30, 1976, to June 30, 1979. Directs the Secretary and all other heads of Federal agencies involved in the construction of the Federal aid highway system to encourage the minimization of paperwork and unnecessary delays in the administration of the program. Extends from July 1, 1975, to July 1, 1977, the deadline for States to submit plans, specifications, and estimates for the construction of its segment of the Interstate Highway System. Provides that the Secretary shall apportion one-third of the annual appropriations for the Federal-aid highway system to each State in the ratio system to each State in the ratio which the rural population of such State bears to the total rural population of all the States. Stipulates that no State shall receive less than one-half of one percent of each annual apportionment. Provides that an agreement between the Secretary and a State highway department for the reimbursement of the cost of acquiring rights-of way under the Federal-Aid Highway Act shall provide for the actual construction of a road on such rights-of-way within a period not exceeding ten years following the fiscal year in which the request is made. Authorizes the Secretary, after consulting with Federal, State, and local officials, to promulgate standards for the control of highway noise levels for highways on any Federal-aid system, approved prior to July 1, 1972. Authorizes the Secretary to approve any project on a Federal-aid system under these promulgated noise standards, including the acquisition of additional rights-of-way, construction of physical barriers, and landscaping. Allows the project to be deemed a highway project for all purposes of this Act and makes available sums apportioned for the Federal-aid system. Provides that after July 1, 1973, the State highway department shall not erect on any project where actual construction is in progress and visible to highway users any informational signs other than official traffic control devices conforming with standards developed by the Secretary of Transportation. Establishes a procedure whereby the Secretary may discharge any of his responsibilities under this Act relative to Federal-aid systems, except the Interstate System, by accepting a certification by any State highway department that it has meet certain requirements. Provides that when any toll road which the Secretary has approved as a part of the Interstate System is made a toll-free facility, Federal-aid highway funds may be expended for the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of the road to meet the standards adopted for the improvement of projects located on the Interstate System. Establishes standards for the control of outdoor advertising along the Interstate and primary highway systems. Provides that just compensation shall be paid upon the removal of any outdoor advertising sign, display, or device (as required by this Act) lawfully erected under State law. Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000,000 for both fiscal year 1974 and 1975 to carry out the provisions of this section. Authorizes the appropriation of $15,000,000 for both 1974 and 1975 for the control of junkyards adjacent to the Interstate and primary highway systems. States that in order to encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating motor vehicles (other than on rail) on Federal-aid highways for the transportation of passengers, so as to increase the traffic capacity of the Federal-aid systems for the movement of persons, the Secretary may approve as a project on any Federal-aid system the construction of exclusive or preferential bus lanes, highway traffic control devices, bus passenger loading areas and facilities (including shelters), and fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public mass transportation passengers. Provides that whenever responsible local officials of an urbanized area notify the State highway department that in lieu of a highway project under the Federal-aid plan, their needs require a nonhighway public mass transit project (involving fixed-rail facilities or purchase of passenger equipment or both), this project shall be submitted to the Secretary for approval. Deems approval of these plans as a contractual obligation of the United States for payment equal to the Federal share if deemed a highway project. Provides that in any case where sufficient land exists within the publicly acquired rights-of-way of any Federal-aid highway to accommodate needed rail or nonhighway public mass transit programs and where this can be accomplished without impairing automotive safety or future highway improvements, the Administrator may authorize a State to make such lands and rights-of-way available without charge to a publicly owned mass transit authority for such purposes wherever he may deem that the public interest will be served thereby. Directs that the authorization of the appropriations of Federal funds shall in no way infringe on the sovereign rights of the States to determine which projects shall be federally financed. Directs the Secretary of Interior, acting through the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, to carry out projects for the construction of bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, shelters, and parking facilities. Directs that these projects be located and designed to an overall plan to provide due consideration for safety. Prohibits motorized vehicles on any of these bicycle lanes. Specifies the Federal share of the cost of these projects to be 70 percent. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $10,000,000 per year for 1974 and 1975. Appropriates out of the Highway Trust Fund, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for the construction of highways connected to the Interstate System in portions of urbanized areas with high traffic density. Provides that the Secretary shall develop guidelines and standards for the designation of routes and the allocation of funds for this purpose. States that high traffic sections of highways on the Federal-aid primary system which connect to the Interstate System shall be selected by each State highway department, in consultation with appropriate local officials, subject to approval by the Secretary, for priority of improvement as supplementary routes to extend and supplement the service provided by the Interstate System by furnishing needed adequate traffic collector and distributor facilities as well as extensions. Provides that a total of not more than 10,000 miles shall be selected under this section. Authorizes $300,000,000 to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund for both fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the purposes of this section. Directs that one-half of such funds be apportioned among the States on the basis of the latest highway needs study, and one-half be available for apportionment to urgently required projects at the discretion of the Secretary. Authorizes the construction of and the appropriation of funds for specified projects including the following: (1) a segment of the Alaska Highway; (2) bridges over the Arkansas and Tennessee rivers; and (3) the Great River Road. Provides for the development of a national scenic and recreational highway program. Authorizes Federal participation beginning with the construction of the Great River Road, in order to celebrate the tricentennial discovery of the Mississippi River. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria (as soon as possible after enactment of this Act) for location and construction of the Great River Road by the ten States bordering the Mississippi River, with priority given in location to the large population centers. Directs that the Federal share of the cost of this highway be 80 percent. Authorizes the appropriation, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for construction of this highway, of $20,000,000 annually each year for 1974 and 1975, for allocation to the States and out of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 for each of years 1974 and 1975. Directs that all Federal-aid highway funds expended for certain sections of Route 101 in New Hampshire must be repaid before any tolls may be collected thereon. Authorizes the Secretary to make available Federal-aid highway funds to any State which changes any interstate toll bridge to a free bridge on or before January 1, 1974. Directs the Secretary to make a study of regulations governing toll bridges over navigable waters of the United States and a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a national system of scenic highways. States that no court shall have the power or authority to issue any order or to take any action which will impede, delay, or halt construction of the project known as the Three Sisters Bridge. Prohibits further action on Interstate Route I-287 (between Montville and Mahwal, New Jersey), and Corporation Freeway, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) until new corridor hearings are held. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Governor of each State and local officials, to make an evaluation of the 1972 National Transportation Report, pertaining to public mass transportation, which shall include all urban areas. Outlines the essentials of evaluation report, and directs Secretary to give his results to Congress no later than July 1, 1974. Authorizes an amount to exceed $75,000,000 to carry out this section. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make payments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in sufficient amounts to finance the cost of assisting the handicapped in the subway and rapid rail transit system. Authorizes the amount of $65,000,000 to carry out this provision. Title II: Highway Safety Act - Authorizes the appropriation of specified highway safety programs and highway safety research and development programs under title 23 of the United States Code. Directs that each State conduct a survey of all highways to identify all railroad crossings and at a minimum, implement a schedule of projects to provide signs for all railroad-highway crossings. Authorizes the appropriations of $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $225,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings. Directs each State to report to the Secretary of Transportation not later than September 30, 1974, and not later than September 30 thereafter on the progress made in implementing the program. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress not later than January 1, 1975 and not later than January 1 annually thereafter on the progress of the program. Authorizes the appropriations of $225,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $450,000,000 for fiscal 1975 for bridge reconstruction and replacement. Directs that these funds be apportioned by: (1) two-thirds for projects on any Federal-aid system; and (2) one-third for projects on highways not included on any Federal-aid system. Establishes a special pavement marking program and appropriates $125,000,000 for both fiscal 1974 and 1975, to be apportioned among the States in a prescribed manner. Directs each State to make a report to the Secretary of Transportation not later than September 30, 1974, and not later than September 30 annually thereafter on the program's progress. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress not later than January 1, 1975 and not later than January 1 thereafter on the progress of the program. Directs the Secretary to conduct further research and demonstration programs to improve all techniques used in pavement markings and delineators. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out safety research on the following subjects: (1) the relationship between the consumption and use of drugs and their effect upon highway safety and drivers of motor vehicles; and (2) driver behavior research, including the characteristics of driver performance, the relationships of mental and physical abilities to the driving task, and the relationship of frequency of driver accident involvement to highway safety. States that in order to eliminate or reduce the hazards at specific locations or sections of highways which have high accident experiences or high accident potentials, designated by the Federal Highway Administration, there is authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975, the sum of $100,000,000 to be available until expended, except that two-thirds of all funds authorized and expended under authority of this section in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund. Directs funds to be apportioned and states that the Federal share shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost. Directs each State to make a progress report to the Secretary of Transportation not later than September 30, 1974 and not later than September 30 annually thereafter on the program. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress not later than January 1, 1975, and not later than January 1 thereafter on progress made by States for improvements at high-hazard locations. Directs each State to conduct an engineering survey of all highways to identify roadside obstacles which are hazards to the public. Authorizes appropriations of $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975, with two-thirds of the funds to come out of the Highway Trust Fund. Directs progress reports to be made by the States and the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to conduct a full and complete investigation of the use of mass media and other techniques for informing the public of means and methods for reducing the number and severity of highway accidents. Directs the Secretary to conduct an investigation of ways and means for encouraging greater citizen participation and involvement in the traffic enforcement process. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a thorough study of the feasibility of establishing a National Center for Statistical Analysis of Highway Operations designed to acquire, store, and retrieve highway accident data and standardize the information and procedures for reporting accidents on a nationwide basis. Provides that such study should include an estimate of the cost of establishing and maintaining such a center, including the means for acquiring the accident information to be stored therein. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress his findings and recommendations not later than January 1, 1975. Directs the Secretary to make a study of pedestrian safety. Outlines areas for the study including the relationship between alcohol and pedestrian safety. Directs the Secretary to make a report to Congress not later than January 31, 1975. Authorizes an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund for this study. Includes manpower training and demonstration programs that the Secretary determines will reduce highway accidents and death within the funding available for the cost of development of roads and trails. Provides that public road mileage under the territorial highway program be determined at the end of the calendar year preceding the year in which the funds are apportioned, and shall be certified by State Governor and subject to approval of the Secretary. Changes the annual apportionment to each State of Federal funds to aid States to conduct highway safety programs from not less than one-third of 1 percent to not less than one-half of 1 percent. Authorizes the Secretary to make incentive grants in each fiscal year to those States attaining above average compliance with highway safety standards. Authorizes appropriation, out of the Highway Trust Fund, not to exceed $10,000,000 per fiscal year of 1974 and 1975 for such purpose. Limits any State from receiving more than $500,000 in any fiscal year. Allows the Secretary to use funds to make grants to the States or local agencies for: (1) training highway safety personnel; (2) research fellowships in highway safety; (3) improved accident investigation procedures; (4) emergency; (5) demonstration projects; and (6) related activities. Directs the Secretary to conduct research and to make grants or contracts with State or local agencies for projects to improve administrative adjudication of traffic infractions. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress by July 1, 1975, and each year thereafter, for these projects. Specifies several demonstration projects, and changes date of annual report to July 1. Title III: Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 - Increases Federal grants under the Act to 80 percent of net project costs for urban transportation systems. Increases appropriations to $6,100,000,000 for other specified programs under the Act. Title IV: Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Sex - Adds the sex discrimination prohibition to the programs carried on under title 23, U.S.Code.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Extends until November 1, 1978, the existing exemption of the steamboat Delta Queen from vessel laws requiring fire-retardant material to be used in the construction of large vessels. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 369(b))
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Act for Freedom of Emigration in East-West Trade - States that after October 15, 1972, products from any nonmarket economy country shall not be eligible to receive most-favored-nation treatment, such country shall not participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly, and the President of the United States shall not conclude any commercial agreement with any such country during the period beginning with the date on which the President determines that such country: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration, for any purpose or cause whatsoever; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Provides that, before any of the aforementioned commercial agreements are entered into with any foreign country, the President shall submit to the Congress a report indicating that such country is not in violation of any of the requirements of the preceding paragraph.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 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 · 22 March 1973
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: (1) shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, substance, or ingredient of any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage; and (2) shall not require a warning label on any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides for the observance of Memorial Day on May 30 and for the observance of Veterans' Day on November 11 of each year and makes such days legal holidays. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 6103(a))
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Authorizes establishment of the Big Thicket National Biological Reserve in the State of Texas. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Authorizes the President, through the temporary Vietnam Children's Care Agency, to enter into arrangements with the Government of South Vietnam to provide assistance in improving the welfare of children in South Vietnam and to facilitate the adoption of orphaned or abandoned Vietnamese children, particularly children of United States fathers. Authorizes necessary funds to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes additional funds that may be necessary to assist the United Nations or any other multi-lateral or non-profit organization to perform functions which would otherwise be performed by the Agency under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to construct and provide shoreside facilities for the education and convenience of visitors to the United States Ship Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, and to transfer responsibility for their operation and maintenance to the National Park Service. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the planning, construction, equipping, and furnishing of such facilities, such sum to be in addition to the regular budgetary appropriations for the Department of the Navy.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes life imprisonment for persons convicted of illegally dealing in dangerous narcotic drugs in schedule I or II of the Controlled Substances Act. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 845)
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Provides, under the Civil Rights Act, that no State or political subdivision shall enact or enforce any statute, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive whose purpose is to make residency a condition of employment as a member of a fire department. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 2000h-4)
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that gross income does not include amounts received as compensation for service as a full-time law enforcement officer in the employ of the United States, the District of Columbia, a State or political subdivision thereof, to the extent that the aggregate of such amounts does not exceed $5,000 in the taxable year. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 124)
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Provides that under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 amounts paid to related individuals shall be allowable as a deduction under the provision permitting a deduction for dependent care services necessary for gainful employment. (Amends 26 U.S.C. sec. 214 (e) (4))
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Sets forth restrictions on the procurement or instigation of an investigative consumer report. States that a person may not procure or cause to be prepared a consumer report on any consumer unless it is clearly and accurately disclosed to the consumer that such a report may be made. Entitles the consumer to a copy of such report. Provides that any consumer reporting agency which negligently or maliciously publishes any untrue statement or representation with respect to a consumer shall be liable to such consumer for: (1) actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages of $1,000; (2) punitive damages; and (3) a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred. Directs the President to establish a Board of Consumer Investigation Examiners. Provides that the Board shall promulgate such rules and procedures, as it deems necessary or appropriate in order to regulate the examining, licensing, and practices of individuals who investigate consumers for the purpose of preparing or aiding in the preparation of investigative consumer reports. Establishes procedures and guidelines for granting or revoking licenses granted individuals to prepare or aid in the preparation of investigative consumer reports. Provides for judicial review in an appropriate United States district court for any individual aggrieved by any final decision of the Board denying, revoking, or suspending a license. Makes it unlawful for any individual: (1) to investigate any consumer for the purpose of preparing or aiding in the preparation of any investigative consumer report without a license issued to such individual by the Board; or (2) to violate the terms of any license issued to him by the Board. Provides that any individual who violates the above paragraph shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Extends until July 1, 1976 (presently July 1, 1972) the provision under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 requiring a Federal agency to pay 100 percent of the first $25,000 of relocation payments required for a State to furnish real property incident to a Federal program. Extends until July 1, 1974, the provision requiring 100 percent Federal payment of costs resulting from the transfer of real property to a State. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 4627) Authorizes the head of a Federal agency, until June 30, 1973, to pay such sums in excess of the first $25,000 of cost as necessary to a State not in compliance with the Act. Makes provisions for non-approval of grants to the State and for deductions from Federal funds after that date. Provides that whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project, to be undertaken by a person or State agency furnished pursuant to a grant, contract, or agreement, will result in the forced displacement of any person on or after the effective date of this Act, the head of the Federal agency furnishing such financial assistance shall provide: (1) fair and reasonable relocation payments and assistance to or for such displaced persons; (2) relocation assistance programs; and (3) decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwellings to such displaced persons. Provides that no Government agency administering any Federal program shall, for the purpose of assuring compliance with the Act, impose any limitation on the removal of vacant improvements located on real property acquired in connection with such a Federally assisted project.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Flood Control Act - Authorizes specified works of improvement for the benefit of navigation and the control of destructive floodwaters to be prosecuted by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers. Provides that as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act and at least once each year thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall review and submit to the Congress a list of those authorized projects which have been authorized for at least eight years and which he determines should no longer be authorized. Requires the Secretary to obtain the views of interested parties and of the Governor of each wherein such projects would be located. States that a project on such list shall no longer be authorized at the end of a period of 180 days of continuous session of Congress after the date such list is delivered to it. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to cooperate with any State in the preparation of comprehensive plans for the development, utilization, and conservation of the water and related resources of drainage basins located within the boundaries of such States and to submit to Congress reports and recommedations with respect to appropriate Federal participation in carrying out such plans. Authorizes appropriations of not to exceed $2,000,000 annually to carry out this section. Authorizes specified projects and studies for flood protection in designated areas. Designates the Trotlers Shoals Dam and Lake, Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, as the Richard B. Russell Dam amd lake. Authorizes the Secretary to establish the Big South Fork National River and Recreational Area in the States of Kentucky and Tennessee for the purpose of conserving and interpreting an area containing unique cultural, historical, geologic, fish, and wildlife, archaeolgic, scenic and recreational values. Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish and conduct a five year national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program. Provides that the program shall consist of planning, construction, operating, evaluating, and demonstrating prototype shoreline erosion control devices, both engineered and vegetative. States that such projects shall be undertaken at not less than two sites on the shoreline of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, at no less than one site on the Great Lakes, and at locations of serious erosion along the shore of the Delaware Bay. Establishes a Shoreline Erosion Advisory Panel which shall consist of fifteen members appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the functions of the Panel. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual program progress report, including therein contributions of the Panel to the chairman of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Public Works. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 and for the succeding four fiscal years $6,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to plan and construct projects for the control of streambank erosion in the United States and its possessions.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Sets forth restrictions on the procurement or instigation of an investigative consumer report. States that a person may not procure or cause to be prepared a consumer report on any consumer unless it is clearly and accurately disclosed to the consumer that such a report may be made. Entitles the consumer to a copy of such report. Provides that any consumer reporting agency which negligently or maliciously publishes any untrue statement or representation with respect to a consumer shall be liable to such consumer for: (1) actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages of $1,000; (2) punitive damages; and (3) a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred. Directs the President to establish a Board of Consumer Investigation Examiners. Provides that the Board shall promulgate such rules and procedures, as it deems necessary or appropriate in order to regulate the examining, licensing, and practices of individuals who investigate consumers for the purpose of preparing or aiding in the preparation of investigative consumer reports. Establishes procedures and guidelines for granting or revoking licenses granted individuals to prepare or aid in the preparation of investigative consumer reports. Provides for judicial review in an appropriate United States district court for any individual aggrieved by any final decision of the Board denying, revoking, or suspending a license. Makes it unlawful for any individual: (1) to investigate any consumer for the purpose of preparing or aiding in the preparation of any investigative consumer report without a license issued to such individual by the Board; or (2) to violate the terms of any license issued to him by the Board. Provides that any individual who violates the above paragraph shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Provides that appointments to the Offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate. Declares that the Director and Deputy Director shall be appointed for a term of four years, to coincide with the term of the President, except individuals: (1) first appointed under this Act; and (2) appointed to fill a vacancy. States that nothing contained in this Act shall impair the power of the President to remove the occupants of such offices.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Requires the use of recycled paper in the printing of the Congressional Record. Requires a maximum of 50 percent non-recycled material to be used in such printing.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 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 · 31 January 1973
Authorizes each executive agency, under the Federal Property and Administration Services Act of 1949, to furnish excess property to any grantee under a program established by law and for which funds are appropriated by the Congress if the head of that executive agency determines that the use of excess property by that grantee will: (1) expand the ability of that grantee to carry out the purposes for which the grant was made; (2) result in a reduction in the cost to the Government of the grant; or (3) result in an enhancement in the product or benefit from the grant.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Bicycle Transportation Act - Makes funds authorized for Federal-aid highways available to finance the Federal share of the cost of projects for the construction of exclusive or preferential bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, and shelters and parking facilities to serve bicycles and persons using bicycles. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 145)
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Congressional Spending Power Act - Prohibits the President from impounding any funds appropriated by law unless he transmits to both the House of Representatives and the Senate a special message specifying: the amount of funds to be impounded; the specific projects affected thereby; and the reason for the impounding of such funds. Requires the Congress to approve or consider the specific impounding of funds within sixty calendar days of continuous session after the special message is received by the Congress or the impounding of funds shall be deemed to have been refused. Specifies procedures for the consideration by the Congress of the President's special message.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Voluntary Military Special Pay Act - Sets forth special pay rates of officers of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corps, officers of the Air Force designated as medical officers or dental officers, and medical and dental officers of the Public Health Service. Authorizes a member of a uniformed service who has completed at least 21 months of active duty, who has a critical military skill, and who reenlists in the service to be paid an incentive amount, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years of additional obligated service, not to exceed 6 years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. Provides that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least 3 years, or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to a total of at least 3 years, may be paid an incentive amount of up to $3,000. Grants special incentive pay, not to exceed $12,000 annually, for officers of the uniformed services in critical health professions, who execute written agreements to remain on continuous active duty for a specified number of years. Requires an annual report on this special pay program to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services. Authorizes special incentive pay, not to exceed $4,000 annually, for officers of armed forces who agree to serve on continuous active duty in a critical shortage specialty for a period of between one to six years. Provides for special incentive pay at specified rates for specified periods for participants in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. Sets forth conditions participants must meet for eligibility. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 302, 308, 308a, 311, 313, 314)
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1973
Removes the percentage limitations on the amount of urban mass transportation grant assistance which may be available in any one State under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. (Repeals 49 U.S.C. 1611)
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Requires the advice and consent of the Senate for presidential appointments to the positions of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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