United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Election Campaign Espionage Act - Provides that whoever, being an employee of any candidate or political committee, provides any personal service to any other candidate or any political committee supporting any other candidate, with the intent of interfering with any election activity, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. States that whoever uses any contribution or campaign funds to aid in the commission of any offense against the United States or any State, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Penalizes the concealment of violations of this Act. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 614)
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Emergency Rural Housing Act - Declares the finding of Congress that there are millions of substandard dwelling units in rural areas, that existing agencies operating under existing authorities could not meet the needs of millions of the rural poor, and that there is a need for emergency action in rural housing programs. Establishes an Emergency Rural Housing Administration, the management of which shall be vested in an Administrator appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. Makes it the duty of the Administrator to provide minimal housing facilities for eligible persons in rural areas and small communities. Forbids the duties and powers of the Administration to be transferred to any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to make loans to eligible persons to finance the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of minimal housing facilities, or to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing facilities in accordance with minimum housing facilities standards. Provides that at least 50 percent of the principal amount of any loan made shall be amortized over a period of not more than forty years, shall bear interest at a rate of not less than one percent per year, and shall be secured by a first mortgage. Authorizes the Administrator to acquire land and engage in the development of housing projects to be sold under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to finance all or part of the acquisition, and maintenance of: (1) minimal housing facilities in rural areas and small communities to be rented by eligible persons; (2) water and sewer facilities for such housing; and (3) related community facilities for such housing. Provides that the Administrator may enter into area responsibility agreements with any local agency. Forbids the Administrator to require, as a condition of assistance under this Act, the relocation of any eligible person in order to engage in or to facilitate the economic development of any area. Requires the Administration to submit an annual report to the Congress and the President on the operation of this Act. Establishes a Rural Housing Investment Fund which shall be used by the Administration for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Administration to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Rural Health Care Delivery Improvement Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide assistance to programs for the delivery of health services in order to increase the availability of health care services to residents of rural areas. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Office of Rural Health to be headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary. Enumerates the powers of the Director, including (1) the authority to award grants for projects to examine existing models of rural health care delivery, (2) determination their applicability to other rural areas, and (3) assistance in the planning and demonstration of rural health care delivery models. States that in determining the eligibility of any entity for assistance, the Director will consider specified factors, including (1) identification of the demographic and geographic characteristics which categorize an area as rural; (2) emergency medical care components and systems available to meet the special problems of the rural areas; (3) education programs in rural areas, including health and nutrition education; and (4) development of community planning mechanisms so that the communities can develop health care delivery models appropriate to their needs. Directs the Director to: (1) provide liaison among agencies of the Federal Government for the purpose of coordinating health care programs in rural areas, (2) make a periodic evaluation of other Department of Health, Education, and Welfare programs relating to health care in rural areas, and (3) provide technical assistance for the development of rural health care delivery models. Authorizes to be appropriated for grants and contracts year 1974, $100 million for fiscal year 1975, and $125 million for fiscal year 1976. Specifies the terms and conditions under which the Director may approve an application for assistance under this Act. Establishes in the Treasury a rural health care delivery loan guarantee and loan fund to enable the Secretary to discharge his responsibilities under guarantees issued by him and for direct loans to public entities. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund from time to time such amounts as may be required for the fund. Provides that the Director may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities, may enter into contracts with public and private entities and individuals, and the Secretary may provide loans to public entities, and may provide loan guarantees to private entities and individuals. Establishes a Rural Health Care Advisory Committee which shall advise the Director with respect to overall planning, policies, objectives and priorities for the Office of Rural Health and the general administration of the program created under this Act. Sets forth the composition and compensation of Committee members.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to provide for the demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of solar heating technology. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate, support and carry out basic and applied research and development in solar heating and cooling technologies. Provides for the installation of solar heating systems in residential dwellings under the monitoring of the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Bureau of Standards and in consultation with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Defense. Provides that such residential dwellings shall be located in a sufficient number of different geographic areas (not less than three) in the United States to assure a realistic and effective demonstration of solar heating and cooling systems involved. Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate, support and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $50,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1973
Directs the Postal Service to maintain a rural delivery service for the free delivery of mail serving, as nearly as may be practicable, the entire rural population of the United States and its territories and possessions. Provides for the conditions to be met in the providing of such service. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 403, 3661)
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1973
Directs the Postal Service to maintain a rural delivery service for the free delivery of mail serving, as nearly as may be practicable, the entire rural population of the United States and its territories and possessions. Provides for the conditions to be met in the providing of such service. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 403, 3661)
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Constitutional Amendment - allows prayer or religious instruction in public places and schools, if such instruction is provided under private auspices. Prohibits infringment of the right of the people to participate or not participate in prayer or religious instruction.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 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 · 2 October 1973
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to compile and keep current on not less than an annual basis mineral fuel reserves inventory. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Defines, under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, the term eggs to including eggs produced by chickens , turkeys, and all other domestic fowl including ducks and geese, and the products thereof. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 182)
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Fair Labor Standards Amendments - Provides for an increase in the minimum wage to $2.30 a hour over a specified period for employees covered before 1966, nonagricultural employees covered in 1966 and 1973, and agricultural employees. States that such increase shall not apply to employees in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, of the United States or of the government of the Virgins Islands; of a hotel, motel, or restaurant; or of any other retail or service establishment engaged in the preparation of food. Establishes the minimum wage rate for such employees as equal to that of employees in States, as prescribed under this Act. Provides for the appointment of a special industry committee to recommended for employees in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the highest minimum wage rates. Includes Federal and States employees in the minimum wage coverage and defines such employees. Establishes minimum wage rates for domestic service employees Excludes from overtime rates specified tobacco employees. Exempts for two years telegraph agency employees from the maximum hours provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Establishes overtime rate requirements for seafood canning and processing employees; nursing home employees; hotel, motel, and restaurant employees; salesmen, partsmens, and mechanics; food service employees; bowling employees; substitute parents for institutionalized children; cotton ginning and sugar processing employees; and employees of conglomerates. Establishes maximum hour requirement for seasonal industry employees, and local transit employees, and overtime rate requirements for local transit employees. Exempts from overtime rate requirements motion picture theatre employees and certain lumber and logging industry employees. Establishes special minimum wage rates for full-time students and persons under 18. Provides that the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe standards and requirements to insure that this subsection will not create a substantial probability of reducing the full-time employment opportunities of persons other than those to whom these minimum wage rate authorized by this subsection. Exempts specified agricultural workers from the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Establishes a civil penalty for violations of the child labor provisions. Requires the Secretary to conduct studies on the justification or lack thereof for each of the special overtime rate exemptions and the economic effects of the application of such exemptions to such employees, and to submit a report of his findings and recommendations to the Congress with respect to the studies conducted not later than January 1, 1976. Provides that, except as otherwise specifically provided, the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the first day of the second full months which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
States that all moneys received from the sale of stamps, under the Duck Stamp Act, shall be available until expended, and no action of any kind may be taken to withhold, delay, or otherwise preclude the obligation or expenditure of such moneys except to the extent specifically authorized or required by law on the basis of circumstances or considerations having particular application to such moneys. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 718d)
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1973
Requires the Comptroller General to make, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, an audit for each fiscal year of the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve banks and their branches, the Internal Revenue Service, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Alien Property. Directs the Comptroller General, at the end of six months after the end of the year, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, to report to the Congress on the results of the audits required by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1973
Multiprotection of Employee Retirement Income and Trust Act - Declares it to be the policy of this Act to protect interstate commerce and the interests of participants in employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries, by requiring the disclosure and reporting to participants and beneficiaries of financial and other information with respect thereto, by establishing standards of fiduciary conduct, responsibility, and obligation upon all persons who exercise any powers of control, management, or dispositions with respect to employee benefit funds or have authority or responsibility to do so, or have authority or responsibility in the administration of employee benefit plans, and by providing for appropriate remedies, sanctions, and ready access to the Federal courts. Title I: Fiduciary Responsibility and Disclosure - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee benefit plan if it is established or maintained by any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, or both. Provides that the administrator of an employee benefit plan shall cause to be published in accordance with this Act to each participant or beneficiary covered thereunder a description of the plan and an annual financial report. States that such description shall be published within 270 days after such plan is established and shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average plan participant. Provides that an annual report shall be published with respect to any employee benefit plan to which this title applies. Sets forth the information that shall be contained in such report. Provides that the administrator of any employee benefit plan subject to this Act shall file with the Secretary of Labor a copy of the plan description and each annual report. States that the Secretary may reject any such filing after notice, hearing, and determination by the Secretary that such filing is incomplete for the purpose of this title. Sets forth criminal penalties for intentional violations of this title. Provides that civil actions may be brought under this title by a participant or beneficiary: (1) for personal liability to such participant or beneficiary for failure to provide information required under this Act; or (2) to recover benefits due him under the terms of his plan or to clarify his rights to future benefits. Authorizes such actions by: (1) the Secretary, or by a participant, beneficiary or fiduciary, for appropriate relief under the fudiciary responsibility provisions of this Act; or (2) by the Secretary to enjoin any act or practice which appears to him to violate any provision of this title. Provides that the contents of the descriptions and regular annual reports filed with the Secretary pursuant to this title shall be public information. Provides for the bonding of persons who have fiduciary responsibilities under this title and of persons who handle funds or other property of an employee benefit plan. Sets forth the fiduciary responsibilities of the administrators of plans covered by this Act. Sets forth provisions governing the distribution of net assets upon the termination of a pension plan. Establishes an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to advise the Secretary with respect to the carrying out of his functions under this title. Title II: Vesting - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee pension benefit plan if it is established or maintained by an employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting or by such employer together with any employee organization representing employees engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce; or if such plan is established or maintained by any employer or by any employer together with any employee organization and if, in the course of its activities, such plan, directly or indirectly, uses any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or the mails. Excludes from the coverage of this title any employee pension benefit plan if: it is administered by the Federal Government or by an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government: it is established for the benefit of self-employed individual or owner-employees; it covers not more than 25 participants; it is established and maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of persons who are not citizens of the United States and the situs of the fund is maintained outside the United States; or such plan is unfunded and established primarily to provide deferred compensation for a select group of management employees. Specifies that no pension plan subject to this title may provide as a condition of eligibility a period of service longer than 1 year or age higher than 25 years. Establishes certain nonforfeitable rights on the part of employees to receive benefits in accordance with specified categories and requirements. Prohibits any plan from providing for forfeiture of accrued employee beenfits. Stipulates that in computing the period of service under a plan, the employee's entire service with the contributing employer must be considered, except in specified instances. Title III: Funding - Provides that this title applies to the same employee benefit pension plans as does title II and excludes from coverage those plans excluded under title II. States that the minimum contribution to any pension plan for each plan year beginning after the effective date of this title shall be equal to the excess of: (1) the sum of the minimum standard contributions for each plan year beginning after the effective date of this title, over (2) the total of the amounts contributed to or under the plan for each of the preceding plan years beginning after the effective date of this title. Requires the administrator of the plan to file an annual statement with the Secretary containing the following information: (1) the numbers of years the plan has been in effect; (2) the date and amount of the contribution made by the plan for the plan year for which the report is filed and contributions for prior plan years not previously reported; and (3) the amount of the minimum contribution, the normal costs, accrued liabilities, present value of accrued nonforfeitable benefits, value of assets, an identification of other benefits, and a statement of the other facts and actuarial assumptions used in the calculation of the minimum contribution under this title. Provides that whenever the required payment cannot be made by the employer or the other contributing parties, the Secretary may waive part or all of the minimum contributions for that fiscal year, and prescribe an additional period of not more than 5 years for the amortization of the funding deficiency occurring in that fiscal year. Prohibits any merger with another pension plan unless a qualified actuary: (1) determines that each participant in each plan would receive a termination benefit equal to that which he would have received before the merger; and (2) includes such determination in the next year's funding status report. Title IV: Registration, Enforcement, and Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the registration with the Secretary of plans covered under this Act. Empowers the Secretary to petition any U.S. district court having jurisdiction to require compliance with the registration provisions of this title. Sets forth provisions concerning civil enforcement of the vesting and funding titles of this Act. Establishes a Variation Appeal Board to hear and determine appeals from decisions denying variations under titles II and III. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake research studies on: (1) the effects of this Act upon the provisions and costs of pension plans; (2) the role of private pensions in meeting the economic security needs of the nation; and (3) the operation of public and private pension plans. Provides for cooperation and mutual assistance by other Federal agencies and departments. States that it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, fire, or discriminate against a participant or beneficiary for exercising any right extended under this Act. Stipulates that titles II and III of this Act supersede any and all State and local laws relating to the vesting, eligibility, and funding responsibilities of persons acting on behalf of employee pension benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the period February 11, 1974, through February 17, 1974, as "National Peanut Butter and Milk Week".
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Provides that public utility cooperatives serving producers of food, fiber, and other agricultural products shall be eligible to borrow from a bank for cooperatives provided that not less than 60 percent of the voting control of the cooperative is held by farmers, producers, or harvesters of aquatic products. (Amends 85 Stat. 383)
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Requires that the reports of the results of any study and planning project assisted under this Act shall be submitted to the Secretary and the Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems. Sets forth the standards for such grants and contracts. States that, in considering applications which demonstrate exceptional need for financial assistance, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications submitted for emergency medical services systems for rural areas. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems, including the acquisition of equipment and facilities, the modernization of facilities, and other projects to expand and improve such systems. States that the amount of any grant or contract under this section for a project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that project. Stipulates that the Secretary may make grants to public or private nonprofit entities, and enter into contracts with private entities and individuals, for the support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices, and delivery. States that no grant may be made or contract entered into under this section for amounts in excess of $35,000, unless the application therefore has been recommended for approval by an appropriate peer review panel designated or established by the Secretary. Sets forth general provisions with respect to grants and contracts authorized under this Act. Establishes specified requirements for emergency medical services systems. Authorizes to be appropriated specified amounts for grants and contracts made pursuant to this Act for the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy and technical soundness of all Federal programs and activities which relate to emergency medical services. Directs the Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary respecting the administration of contracts under this Act. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report on the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, and nursing and training centers for allied health professions, and other appropriate educational entities to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 for the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1973
Foreign Dairy Quality Act - States that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading and other standards comparable to domestic standards that are prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Provides for a certificate issued by the exporting country assuring compliance with prescribed standards as to the quality of the milk form, plant facilities, equipment, and procedures used in the production and transportation of milk, and the production, manufacture, and processing of all imported dairy products. Requires all imported dairy products, after entry into the United States, to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and other dairy product inspection Acts. Provides for cooperation between the Secretary and foreign governments as well as other executive departments in carrying out this Act, and authorizes necessary inspections and investigations. Prescribes a fine of not more than $1000 and imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for violation of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Limits the authority for inspection of income tax returns by Federal agencies. Provides that examination of returns shall be made only for the purposes of investigating alleged irregularities and violations of the Internal Revenue Code. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 6103(a)(4))
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Provides an incentive for physicians, dentists, and optometrists, to practice in areas where shortages of such personnel exist. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Public Health Service Act, to pay in full the principal and interest on any outstanding educational loan incurred by any physician, dentist, or optometrist during his professional- level training who practices in an area where shortages of such personnel exist. States that as need is established, the Secretary may add new categories of medical personnel to those incorporated in this Act. Provides that this Act applies to loans from both public and private sources.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Rural Health Service Act - Increases to $3000 per year the amount in loans which may be granted under the Public Health Service Act to a student of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry, optometry or veterinary medicine if such student is from a rural area and indicates an intention to practice his profession in a rural area. Provides for the cancellation of the entire amount of interest and loans made to physicians, dentists or optometrists at the rate of 33 1/3 percent of the total of such loans plus accrued interest for each fiscal year of practice in a rural area. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the Act. Extends the authorization for appropriation to fiscal year 1978 for funds to enable those students who begin school before July 1, 1977, to continue their education. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants or enter into contracts with public or nonprofit agencies or organizations for special projects relating to the expansion and delivery of health care in rural areas. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and contracts. Allows the Secretary to make grants to State health planning agencies to enable them to conduct special surveys of rural health needs in their States and to develop plans for meeting such needs. Specifies that such surveys will be designed to determine the various types of health personnel required and other relevant needs for such rural areas. Authorizes appropriations for such surveys. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with State or local educational agencies or other agencies for the purpose of: (1) identifying rural area residents with a potential for health professions training and encouraging such training; (2) publicizing sources of financial aid available to those undertaking such training; and (3) establishing programs to facilitate enrollment in certain health professions schools by rural residents with a potential for training. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of the health professions or of the allied health professions to assist in meeting staffing and operation expenses in enrolling students under the Rural Incentive Program. Prescribes the amounts of such grants on the basis of the number of students in each school and the individual financial need of each school.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
States that on or after the date of enactment of this provision no television broadcast licensee, network television broadcast organization, or cable television system shall perform or otherwise carry out a contract, arrangement, or other understanding, express or implied, under which such station, network, or system is prevented from broadcasting or carrying the home games of any professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey teams when tickets for admission to such games are no longer available for purchase by the general public forty-eight hours or more before the scheduled beginning time of such games.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Veterans Housing Act - Authorizes increases in the amount limitations of veterans home loan programs. Eliminates specific provisions pertaining to dormant farm and business loans.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Reduces the retirement annuity of a Member of Congress by 10 percent for each full year by which the age of the Member at the time of retirement exceeds 70.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Confers United States citizenship on each child who, to the satisfaction of the State Department under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State shall prescribe : (1) was born in the Republic of Vietnam prior to January 1, 1974, and orphaned or abandoned; (2) is of an age such that not more than twelve years have passed from the date of such child's birth to the date of the enactment of this Act; (3) in all probability has or had one parent who was at the time of such child's birth a citizen of the United States; and (4) is placed through an adoption agency in the United States licensed or properly accredited according to pertinent local, State, and Federal law with suitable parent or parents in the United States, with a preference for any natural parent of such child, who is or are willing to adopt the child upon its arrival in the United States. Provides that the Department of State shall make the arrangements necessary to inform properly accredited adoption agencies in the United States of children potentially eligible for the benefits of this Act; and cooperate in the placement of such children and shall make the arrangements necessary to transport children who are qualified under this Act to their adoptive parents in the United States at the expense of the United States. Authorizes the President and the Secretary of State to negotiate and to make such arrangements with the Republic of Vietnam as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act while assuring that citizenship conferred under this Act is in accordance with the norms of international law and the treaty obligations of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1973
Veterans Health Care Expansion Act - Title I: Hospital, Domiciliary, and Medical Care Benefits - Extends the definition of "private facilities" for which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs contract in order to provide hospital care to include facilities for the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, pemanent in nature, resulting from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Includes in the term "hospital care" mental health services, consultation, professional counseling, and training of a veteran or dependent, or survivor if the veteran has no dependents, as may be necessary or appropriate to the effective treatment and rehabilitation of such individual. Adds home health services which the Administrator deems appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of a disability of a veteran, or dependent, or survivor, to the definition of the term "medical services." Extends to all veterans hospital or nursing home care if such veteran is unable to defray the expenses of the necessary care. Allows the Administrator to furnish hospital or nursing home care to the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, permanent in nature from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Permits the Administrator to furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis for persons already described in this Act and to any veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at eighty percent or more. Provides that any veteran entitled to a prosthetic appliance shall be furnished such fitting and training in its use as necessary. Authorizes the Administrator, under such regulations as he might prescribe, to reimburse veterans entitled to hospital care or medical services for the reasonable value of such care or services for which such veterans have made payment from sources other than the Veterans' Administration. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 628) Authorizes the President to assist the Republic of the Philippines in providing medical care and treatment for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts under certain conditions. (Amend 38 U.S.C. 631) Provides that the President may authorize the Administrator to enter into a contract with the Veterans Memorial Hospital, with the approval of the appropriate department of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines under which the United States: (1) will pay for hospital care in the Republic of the Philippines, or for medical services which shall be provided either in Veterans' Administration facilities, or by contract, or otherwise, by the Administrator in accordance with the conditions and limitations applicable generally to beneficiaries under this title for commwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator in accordance with the conditions and limitations applicable generally to beneficiaries under this title, for service-connected disabilities; (2) will pay for hospital care at the Veterans Memorial Hospital for Commonwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator to need such care for non-service-connected disabilities if they are unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care; and (3) may provide for payments for nursing home care for any Commonwealth Army veteran or new Philippine Scout and for payments for hospital care and for medical services consisting of medical supplies and equipment. Provides that the total of the payments authorized under this section for Philippine veterans shall not exceed $2,000,000 for any one fiscal year ending before 1978. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year ending with 1978, $100,000 to be used for the education and training of health service personnel at the hospital, and for the upgrading of equipment and in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of the Veterans Memorial Hospital. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 632) Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a comprehensive program providing sickle cell anemia screening, counseling, and treatment and to carry out research and research training in the diagnosis, treatment, and control of sickle cell anemia based upon such screening examinations and treatment. Requires the Administrator to include such information in his annual report to Congress. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 651-654) Title II: Amendments to Chapter 73 of Title 38, United States Code Relating to the Department of Medicine and Surgery - Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a major program of recruitment, training, and employment of veterans with various medical military occupation specialties in order to provide a complete medical and hospital service for the medical care and treatment of veterans and to assist in providing an adequate supply of health manpower to the nation. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4101(b)) Establishes pay schedules for Assistant Chief Medical Directors, physicians and dentists, and nurses. Provides criteria on which nurses are to receive additional compensation for holiday and overtime work. Enumerates restrictions on physicians, dentists, and nurses, including requirements that no such person may: (1) assume responsibility for the medical care of any patient other than a patient admitted for treatment at a Veterans' Administration facility, except in those cases where the individual, upon request and with the approval of the Chief Medical Director, assumes such responsibilities to assist communities or medical practice groups to meet medical needs which would not otherwise be available for a period not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days, which may be extended by the Chief Medical Director for additional periods not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days each; (2) teach or provide consultative services at any affiliated institution for the benefit of such institution, or for his personal benefit, or both. Provides that temporary full-time appointments of personnel, other than physicians, dentists, and nurses, shall not exceed one year. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4114(a)(3)(A)) Provides that the Administrator may contract with one or more hospitals, medical schools, or medical installations having hospital facilities and participating with the Veterans' Administration in the training of interns or residents to provide for the central administration of stipend payments, provision of fringe benefits, and maintenance of records for such interns and residents by the designation of one such institution to serve as a central administrative agency for this purpose. Permits the Administrator to pay to such designated agency, without regard to any other law or regulation governing the expenditure of Government moneys either in advance or in arrears, all amounts to cover the costs for the period such intern or resident serves in a Veterans' Administration hospital. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 4114(b) (2)) Title III: Amendments to Chapter 81 of Title 38, United States Code, Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domicilliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply - Requires the Administrator to provide for sufficient operating beds in Veterans' Administration Hospitals to accomodate eligible applying veterans and to report annually to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and operate not less than eight thousand beds for the furnishing of nursing home care to eligible veterans over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001(a)) Requires the Administrator to appoint an Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Veterans' Administration Facilities to advise him on all matters of structural safety in the construction and remodeling of Veterans' Administration facilities. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001(b)) Title IV: Miscellaneous Amendments to Title 38 United States Code - Specifies certain miscellaneous amendments to title 38 of the United States Code. Title V: Effective Dates - Specifies the dates on which the provisions of this Act shall become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Imposes a tax on all beer brewed or produced, and removed for consumption or sale, within the United States, or imported into the United States. Establishes a rate of tax of nine dollars for every barrel containing not more than thirty-one gallons and at a like rate for any other quantity or for fractional parts of a barrel. Reduces the rate of taxation for specified domestic production of beer.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1973
Clean Elections Act - Title I: Federal Elections Commission - Creates a six-member independent Federal Elections Commission: 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2 members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, and 2 members appointed by the President. Specifies that the Commission shall have full legal powers. Authorizes the Commission to use the personnel and facilities of the General Accounting Office. Requires the Commission to submit its budget directly to Congress along with any recommendations it may have for legislation. Transfers specified functions of the Secretary of the Senate, the GAO and the Clerk of the House to the Commission. Requires each candidate for Federal office to have a central campaign committee through which all reports must pass. Requires the central committee to file its report with the Commission. Specifies that reports contain all contributions in excess of $100 and that cash contributions of $2,500 or more be reported within 24 hours. Requires a financial report to be filed 10 days before an election. Title II: Federal Matching Payment Entitlement Fund - Establishes on the books of the Treasury of the United States the Federal Matching Payment Entitlement Fund to remain available for expenditure without fiscal year limitation. Entitles candidates for Federal office or an official national party committee or an official congressional campaign committee to payments from the fund, during any calendar year, in an amount equal to the cmount of each contribution received by such candidate or committee not in excess of $50. Requires that the candidate or committee submit matching payment entitlement vouchers including the full name of the contributor together with the date, the exact amount of the contribution, and the complete address of the contributor. States that the Secretary of the Treasury shall make a payment from the fund to the candidate or the treasurer of the committee in the amount certified by the Commission. Sets forth the limitations on certification by the Commission. Title III: Limitations on Political Contributions - Declares a limitation on contributions, made by an individual and expenditures of not more than $2,500 in the case of a candidacy for President or Vice President or not more than $1,000 in a congressional campaign. Title IV: Tax Incentives for Contributions to Candidates for Public Office - Allows a maximum credit for a taxable year for contributions to candidates for public office of $50 ($100 for a joint return). Title V: Voter's Time - Provides for a schedule of televised political broadcasts by candidates for Federal office. Requires the television networks to make prime time available to the candidates at roles not exceeding the prevailing unit charge of the station for the same amount of program time in the same time period. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay fully all certified bills for Voter's Time not more than 10 days following receipt from the Registry of Election Finance.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act - Limits to $37,500 the payments under the Agriculture Act but excludes compensation for resource adjustment or public access for recreation therefrom. Revises the criteria for determining minimum prices under marketing orders and support prices to include assuring a level of farm income adequate to maintain productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs. Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, for a hearing on proposed amendments of milk marketing orders. Makes the suspension of the butterfat support program and addition of the new price support criteria permanent. Extends the dairy product pesticide indemnity program to cover cows and to other environmental pollutants contaminating cows or milk. Authorizes the President to restrict dairy imports to persons to whom a license has been issued by the Secretary of Agriculture. Extends the wool program under the Agriculture Act for four Years. Expands the market promotion authority of the National Wool Act of 1954 to cover information on product quality, production management, and marketing improvement, and to provide for overseas promotion of U.S. mohair and goats. Extends the wheat set-aside program under the Agriculture Act for four years. Provides for a program for the 1974 through 1977 crops of wheat under which: (1) marketing certificates would not be issued to producers or, effective January 1, 1974, required to be purchased by processors; (2) if the higher of the loan level or average market price received by farmers during the first five months of the marketing year should be less than an "established" price of $2.05 per bushel adjusted for 1975 and subsequent years to reflect changes in production costs, a government payment would be made to producers on each farm equal to the difference between such higher loan or average price and such established price multiplied by the projected yield of the farm acreage allotment; (3) the Secretary could permit guar, caster beans, or other crops to be counted as wheat for the purpose of preserving the farm wheat acreage allotment; and (4) the national acreage allotment would be calculated to cover both domestic consumption and exports, but would be apportioned among States, counties, and farms in the same manner as now provided for the national domestic allotment. Permits the Secretary to make payments to assist in carrying out practices on set-aside acres for pest and erosion control and the promotion of wildlife habitat. Makes the provision requiring that the projected yield not be less than the producer's proven yield inapplicable to wheat. Provides for release without penalty of wheat stored to avoid penalty. Provides for a set-aside program for 1974 through 1977 crops of feed grains. States that if the higher of the loan level or average market price received by farmers during the first five months of the marketing year should be less than an "established" price of $1.38 per bushel adjusted for 1975 and subsequent years to reflect changes in production costs, a government payment would be made to producers on each farm equal to a calculated amount. Authorizes the Secretary to permit guar, castor beans, or other crops to be counted as feed grains for the purose of preserving the farm acreage allotment. Calculates the national acreage allotment to cover both domestic consumption and exports, but would be distributed among States, counties, and farms in essentially the same manner as now provided for the farm feed grain bases. Permits the Secretary to make payments to assist in carrying practices on set-aside acres for pest and erosion control and the promotion of wildlife habitat. Provides for a set-aside program for the 1974 through 1977 crops of cotton. Provides that if the higher of the loan level or the average spot market price during the first five months of the marketing year should be less than an "established" price of 38 cents per pound adjusted for 1975 and subsequent years to reflect changes in production costs, a government payment would be made to producers on each farm equal to the difference between such higher loan or average price and such established priced multiplied by the projected yield of the farm acreage allotment. States that in the case of farmers prevented from planting any portion of their allotments to cotton or other nonconserving crop, such payment shall not be less than one-third of such established price. Authorizes the Secretary to permit guar, castor beans, sesame, crambe, or any other crop to be counted as cotton for the purpose of preserving the the farm acreage allotment. Provides for a cotton insect pest eradication program with producers paying up to one-half the cost and receiving indemnities where special measures result in a loss of production. Provides for cooperation with Mexico in such program. Provides that no agricultural commodities shall be sold under Title I or Title III or donated under title II of this Act to North Vietnam, unless by an Act of Congress enacted subsequent to July 1, 1973. Extends the beekeeper indemnity program. Requires applications for export subsidies to specify the kind, class, and quantity of the agricultural commodity, and the regional geographic destination. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish, maintain and dispose of inventories of wheat, feed grains and soybeans to alleviate distress caused by a natural disaster. Permits the Secretary, under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, the Great Plains Act, and the Water Bank Act, to enter into contracts with owners of land who have such control as the Secretary determines is needed on farms, ranches, and other lands covered thereby. Authorizes the Secretary to make available to owners conservation materials. Provides cost-sharing incentives to farmers when a multi-year contract is entered into on set-aside acreage. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint an advisory board in each State to advise the State committee of the types of conservation measures needed to effectuate the purposes of this Act. Requires the establishment of a national advisory board to develop conservation, and wildlife management programs. Provides for a pilot forestry incentives program for nonindustrial private forest lands. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the protection of agricultural workers from pesticide chemicals. Maintains eligibility for food stamps of persons receiving public assistance under title XVI of the Social Security Act if they satisfy income and resources criteria. States that, for food stamp program purposes, the term "able-bodied adult person" shall not include any narcotic addict or alcoholic who regularly participates in any treatment or rehabilitation program. Permits food stamps to be used to purchase meals at places especially preparing meals for elderly persons. Requires, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, grants of up to 50 percent of the cost to be made to assist rural fire departments to acquire needed equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the fourth Sunday of November of each year as "National Grandparents' Day". Calls upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to undertake a program to demonstrate the practicability of extending the navigation season on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. Requires the Secretary to submit a report describing the results of such program no later than July 30, 1976. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out such program an amount not to exceed $9,500,000.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Alaskan Petroleum Transmission Act - Finds that, since energy sources are in short supply, the Congress should act to hasten recovery of underground petroleum on the North Slope of Alaska. Declares it to be the national policy that no decision be made for recovery of petroleum from the North Slope of Alaska until Congress has opportunity to review such plans. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a thorough study of the two principal alternative routes for recovering petroleum reserves from the North Slope of Alaska. Outlines such routes as: (1) a trans-Alaska pipeline from the North Slope to Valdez, Alaska, and then by ocean-going oil tanker taken to the west coast of the United States; and (2) an overland pipeland from the North Slope across northeastern Alaska and through Canada to the midwest section of the United States. Directs the comptroller to report his findings and conclusions to the Congress no later than January 1, 1974. Specifies the considerations to be used in making the study. Authorizes the Comptroller to enter into contracts with the National Academy of Sciences in conducting the study, and to secure information from any Federal department, agency or instrumentality. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and other appropriate Federal officials to enter into negotiations with Canada to determine the feasibility of a right-of-way across Canadian territory for petroleum transmission facilities from the North Slope of Alaska. Directs the Secretary to report the results of their negotiations to the Congress and the Comptroller no later than December 1, 1973. Requires all reports to the Congress under this Act be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate. Prohibits any order or rule of the Secretary of the Interior , or any other Federal agency or officer of the United States, granting a right-of-way, easement, or special land use permit on any Federal land for the construction and operation of a pipeline for the transmission of petroleum from the North Slope in Alaska from taking effect until the 60-day period beginning on the date the Comptroller files his final report. Allows the Secretary to grant such right-of-way or easements after the 60-day period as he deems necessary for construction of a petroleum transmission system along a route determined by the Comptroller to be the better of two principal alternative routes, unless Congress has disapproved such a route by concurrent resolution. Allows such rights-of-way or easements be granted for such width as the Secretary determines necessary without regard to the National Environmental Policy Act. Provides that action of the Secretary under this section shall not be reviewable by any court of the United States or in any State court. Outlines the congressional procedure in making a concurrent resolution concerning the proposed route and in referring the matter to committee. Limits debate on the resolution to no more than 10 hours. Authorizes necessary funds to carry out the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides that future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the National Guard and Reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States cut back on unnecessary fuel expenditures which are not required for our national security or defense readiness.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Prohibits under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act the importation of agricultural commodities when pesticides are used in connection with such commodities in a manner which is prohibited in the United States by any Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Increases from 50 to 80 percent the amount that may be paid as the Federal government's share of the costs of any cooperative meat or poultry inspection program carried out by any State under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Poultry Products Inspection Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Nonpartisan Commission on Campaign Reform Act - Establishes an independent Nonpartisan Commission on Campaign Reform. Directs the Commission to conduct an extensive and exhaustive study of the practices engaged in by political parties and individuals in the course of Federal political campaigns including, but not limited to: (1) the adequacy of procedures for the enforcement of existing laws relating to political campaigns and campaign financing; (2) the existing and alternative methods of financing political campaigns; (3) the purpose for which money is expended in political campaigns, such as development of campaign organizations, campaign advertising, voter registration, and polling; (4) the interrelationship of Federal, State, and local campaigns and Federal, State, and local laws relating to campaigns and campaign financing; (5) the methods and procedures by which candidates are nominated for national office by political parties; (6) the adequacy of safeguards against unethical, disruptive, fraudulent, violent, or otherwise wrongful campaign tactics; and (7) the length of the period over which candidates are required to campaign for nomination and election to national office. Directs the Commission to make recommendations for such legislation or other reforms as its findings indicate, and in its judgment are needed to revise and control the practices and procedures of political parties, organizations, and individuals participating in the Federal electoral process. Sets forth powers of the Commission. Requires that the Commission submit to Congress and the President appropriate interim reports and a final report describing the results of the study together with its findings and such legislative proposals as it deems necessary or desirable, not later than January 1, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Directs the Postal Service to maintain a rural delivery service for the free delivery of mail. Requires the Postal Service to extend such service to the driveway or other entrance to the property or residence of each person desiring such service who resides on or near a road which is in good condition, and unobstructed by gates or unbridged streams. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 403,3661)
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Declares that all wild free-roaming horses and burros are under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of management and protection. Directs the Secretary to designate specific ranges on public lands as sanctutaries for their protection and preservation. Provides that if an area is overpopulated, the Secretary may order the humane destruction of old, sick or lame animals and may order the capture of other excess animals for removal to private maintenance. Prohibits the destruction of these animals by anyone other than agents of the Secretary. Provides that if animals stray onto private property, the agents of the Secretary shall be notified by the owner and they shall remove the horses and burros. Authorizes the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture to appoint a Joint Advisory Board of not more than nine members to advise them on any matter relating to wild free-roaming horses and burros and their management and protection. Provides that anyone who kills, harms, sells or steals a wild horse or burro shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year or both. Prohibits the Secretary from relocating these animals to areas of the public lands where they do not presently exist. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the administration of the act every two years, including a summary of enforcement actions, costs and recommendations for legislative action.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Animal Health Research Act - Sets forth the purpose of this Act and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the several States for the purpose of encouraging and assisting them in carrying out programs of animal health research at eligible institutions. Authorizes the Congress to appropriate such funds as it may determine to be necessary to support such research programs. Specifies the formula by which funds appropriated under this Act shall be apportioned. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to support research on specific national or regional animal health problems. Provides that in developing plans for the use of such funds the Secretary shall consult the Advisory Board created by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to support costs of providing veterinary medical science research facilities. Provides that such funds shall be apportioned in accordance with the formula set forth in this Act. States that each dean or director of an eligible insitiution shall submit a brief annual report of research accomplishments on a project-by-project basis. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Veterinary Medical Science Research Advisory Board which shall consist of not less than nine nor more than twelve members. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Makes it a Federal crime to carry out any research activity on a human fetus or to intentionally take any action to kill or hasten the death of a human fetus in any Federally supported facility or activity. Provides criminal penalties for violation of this Act. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 246)
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prepare an estimate of the funds needed to carry out the statutory mandate for conducting a census of agriculture in 1974 and to submit such estimate to the Congress not more than thirty days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to take such action as he deems necessary to insure that the data acquired from the 1974 Census of Agriculture be made available to the public through appropriate publication as soon as practicable following the taking of the census, and in all events in a shorter period than data was made available to the public following the 1964 and 1969 censuses of agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Makes permanent the dairy indemnity program, the armed services and veterans hospitals dairy programs, and the suspension of the butterfat support program.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Authorizes the President to proclaim June 17, 1973, as a day of commemoration of the opening of the upper Mississippi River by Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet in 1673.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Prohibits the Interstate Commerce Commission from issuing a certificate under the Interstate Commerce Act to permit any carrier by railroad subject to part I of such Act to abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad during the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Commuter Air Carrier Act - Authorizes the establishment of a class of commuter air carriers. Provides for issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity to members of that class who may apply therefor. Prohibits competitive commuter air carrier services between points served by the holder of a certificates unless there is a need in the public interest for such competition.
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