United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) all military, economic, or other assistance, all sales of defense articles and services, all sales of agricultural commodities and services, and all licenses with respect to the transportation of arms, ammunitions, and implements of war (including technical data relating thereto) to the Government of Turkey should be suspended on the date of adoption of this resolution; and (2) the provisions of this resolution should cease to apply when the President reports to the Congress that the Government of Turkey has withdrawn all of its armed forces from Cyprus.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1974
Consumer Product Warranties-Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act - Title I: Consumer Product Warranties - Provides that any supplier warranting a consumer product to a consumer in writing shall fully and conspicuously disclose in simple and readily understood language the terms and conditions of such warranty pursuant to any rules issued by the Federal Trade Commission. States that the Commission shall prescribe rules requiring that the terms of any warranty on a consumer product be made available to the consumer (or prospective consumer) prior to the sale of the product to him. Allows the Commission to prescribe rules for determining the manner and form in which information with respect to any written warranty of a consumer product shall be clearly and conspicuously presented or displayed so as not to mislead the reasonable, average consumer, when such information is contained in advertising, labeling, point-of-sale material, or other representations in writing. States that no warrantor of a consumer product may condition his warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than a service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade, or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the Commission if: (1) the warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the product or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product; and (2) the Commission finds that the waiver is in the public interest. Enumerates Federal minimum standards for consumer product warranties. States that a written warranty incorporating the minimum Federal standards specified in this Act shall be conspicuously designated a "full" warranty, while a written warranty not incorporating Federal minimum standards shall be conspicuously designated a "limited" warranty. Provides that no supplier may disclaim or modify any implied warranty to a consumer with respect to a consumer product if: (1) such supplier makes any express warranty in writing to the consumer with respect to such consumer product; or (2) at the time of sale, or within ninety days thereafter, such supplier enters into a service contract with the consumer which applies to such consumer product. States that it is the policy of the Congress to encourage warrantors to establish procedures whereby consumer disputes are fairly and expeditiously settled through informal dispute settlement mechanisms. States that no claim shall be cognizable in a suit brought by a consumer damaged by the failure of a supplier to comply with any obligation under this title: (1) unless each individual claim exceeds the sum or value of $25; (2) unless the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $50,000 (exclusive of interests and costs) computed on the basis of all claims to be determined in this suit; and (3) if the action is brought as a class action, unless the number of named plaintiffs equals or exceeds one hundred. Title II: Federal Trade Commission Improvements - Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to make rules defining with specificity acts or practices which are unfair or deceptive and which are within the scope of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to conduct investigations of persons and partnerships, as well as corportions. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Federal Trade Commission to carry out its functions, powers, and duties specified amounts for fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1974
Declares that all foreign troops currently involved in Cyprus be withdrawn immediately so that the United Nations may be permitted to restore peace to the island and the Cypriot people guaranteed the right to determine their own destiny.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1974
Emergency Petroleum Allocation Extension Act - Extends the mandatory allocation provisions of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 until June 30, 1976 (presently expires on February 28, 1975).
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1974
Revises the Employment Act of 1946 to make the promotion of price stability a recognized factor in the formulation of national economic policy, along with the promotion of employment, production, and purchasing power.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1974
Prohibits a petroleum refiner or distributor from cancelling, failing to renew, or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes notification in writing to each affected distributor or retailer by certified mail not less than ninety days prior to the date on which such franchise will be canceled, together with a statement of the reasons of such cancellation and of the remedies available. Provides that a petroleum refiner or distributor shall not cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise unless the retailer or distributor whose franchise is terminated failed to comply substantially with any essential and reasonable requirement of such franchise or failed to act in good faith in carrying out the terms of such franchise. States that if a refiner or distributor engages in conduct prohibited under this Act, a retailer or distributor may maintain a suit against such refiner or distributor.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1974
Establishes a Select Committee on Aging in the House of Representatives. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of any and all matters pertaining to problems of older people, including, but not limited to, problems of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding retirement activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, of assuring adequate care or assistance. Directs the Committee to report to the House from time to time the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1974
Child and Family Service Act - Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Provides that the Secretary shall take all necessary action to coordinate child and family service programs under his jurisdiction and that, to this end, he shall establish and maintain within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Child and Family Services administered by a Director appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that such office shall assume the responsibility of the Office of Child Development and shall be the principal agency of the Department for the administration of this Act. Establishes a Child and Family Services Coordinating Council, consisting of the Director of the Office of Child and Family Services (who shall serve as chairperson), and representatives from the Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and from the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Department of Labor, and other appropriate agencies, to meet on a regular basis, as they may deem necessary, in order to assure coordination of child and family service activities under their respective jurisdictions so as to assure maximum use of available resources through the prevention of duplication of activities; and to structure the activities related to the purposes of this Act. States that funds available for this title may be used (in accordance with approved applications and plans) for planning and developing child and family service programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating child and family service programs, which may include: (1) part-day or full-day child care programs, which provide educational, health, nutritional, and social services directed toward enabling participating children to attain their maximum potential; (2) other health, social, recreational, and educational programs designed to meet the special needs of children and families including before- and after- school and summer programs; (3) school services, and education, and consultation for parents, other family members functioning in the capacity of parents, youth, and prospective and expectant parents who request assistance in meeting the needs of their children; (4) social services to help families determine the appropriateness of child and family services and the possibility of alternative plans; (5) prenatal, post partum and other medical care, including services to expectant mothers who cannot afford such services, designed to help reduce handicapping conditions among the newborn; (6) programs designed to meet the special needs of ethnic groups and to meet the needs of all children to understand the history and cultural backgrounds of ethnic groups and the role of members of such groups in the histroy and cultural development of the Nation and the region in which they reside; (7) food and nutritional services; (8) diagnosis, identification, and treatment, and special activities designed to ameliorate physiological, mental, psychological, and emotional barriers to full participation in child and family service programs; (9) programs designed to extend child and family service gains (particularly parent participation) into the kindergarten and early primary grades, in cooperation with local educational agencies; (10) other such services and activities as the Secretary deems appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this Act; (11) rental, lease or lease-purchase, mortgage amortization payments, renovation, acquisition and maintenance of necessary equipment and supplies, and to the extent authorized by this Act, construction or acquisition of facilities, including mobile facilities; (12) preservice and inservice education and training for professional and paraprofessional personnel, including parents and volunteers, especially education and training for career development and advancement; (13) staff and other administrative expenses of child and family service councils and of project policy committees established and operated in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and (14) dissemination of information in the functional language of those to be served to assure that parents are well informed of child and family service programs available to them and may participate in such programs. Provides that a State, locality, or combination of localities may be designated by the Secretary as a prime sponsor for the purpose of entering into arrangements to carryout programs under this title. Enumerates the requirements which must be met by States and localities submitting prime sponsorship applications. States that each prime sponsor shall establsih and maintain a Child and Family Service Council of specified composition. States that such Council shall be responsible for approving child and family service plans, basic goal, policies, procedures, overall budget policies and project funding, and the selection or establishment and annual renewal of an administering agency or agencies and will be responsible for annual and ongoing evaluation of child and family service programs according to criteria established by the Secretary. States that financial assistance under this title may be provided by the Secretary for fiscal year 1975 and any subsequent fiscal year to a prime sponsor only pursuant to a child and family service plan which is submitted by such prime sponsor and approved by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this title. Specifies the elements to be contained in such plans, and the procedure including opportunity for airing of views with respect to such plan, for approval or disapproval of the plan. States that funds may be provided by the prime sponsor for carrying out any program under such prime sponsor's comprehensive child and family service plan only to a qualified public or private agency or organization, including but not limited to an educational agency or institution, a community action agency, single-purpose Headstart agency, community development corporation, parent cooperative, organization of migrant agricultural workers, organization of Indians, organization interested in child care, employer or business organization, labor union, or employee or labor management organization, or by any other public or private agency whose project application is approved by the Child and Family Service Council of the prime sponsorship. Provides for special grants to States for necessary expenses incident to the operation of programs authorized by this Act in such States, and, in addition to the conditions which must be met for such grants, requires that grants for construction or acquisition of facilities may be made only if such construction or acquisition is essential to the provision of adequate child care services. Title II: Standards And Evaluations - Provides that, within six months after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a common set of program standards which shall be applicable to all programs providing child care services under this or any other Federal Act, to be known as the Federal Standards for Child Care. Provides that the Secretary shall, within sixty days of the enactment of this Act, appoint a Special Committee on Federal Standards for Child Care to participate in the development of Federal Standards for child care and modifications thereof. Provides for the development of a minimum code for child and family service facilities to be addressed to the health, safety, and physical comfort of the children participating in such programs. Title III: Facilities and Research for Child and Family Services Programs - States that it is the purpose of this title to assist and encourage the provision of urgently needed facilities for child care and comprehensive child services programs. States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to insure any mortgage (including advances on such mortgage during construction) in accordance with the provisions of this title upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe and make commitments for insurance of such mortgage prior to the date of its execution or disbursement thereon. Provides that the mortgage shall be executed by a mortgagor approved by the Secretary, and that such mortgages shall involve in principal obligation of up to $250,000 and not to exceed 90 percent of the estimated replacement costs of properties or projects when the proposed improvements are completed. Creates a Child and Family Services Facility Insurance Fund which shall be used by the Secretary as a revolving fund for carrying out all the insurance provisions of this title, including mortgage insurance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, contracts, or other arrangements to carry out a program of research and demonstration projects, which shall include but not be limited to: (1) research to develop techniques to measure and evaluate child and family services, and to develop standards to evaluate professional and paraprofessional child and family service personnel; (2) research to test preschool programs emphasizing reading and reading readiness; (3) preventive medicine, techniques, and technology to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of diseases and learning disabilities of pre-school children; (4) research to test alternative methods of providing child and family service; (5) evaluation of research findings and the development of these findings and the effective application thereof; (6) dissemination and application of research and development efforts and demonstration projects to early childhood education programs; (7) production of informational systems and other resources necessary to support the activities authorized by this Act; (8) developing methods of determining the needs of individual children in particular areas such as education, nutrition, and medical services, so as to permit the modification of programs to fit the needs of individual children; and (9) a study of the need on a nationwide basis for child and family services programs and of the resources, including personnel, which are available to meet this need. Title IV: Training of Personnel for Child and Family Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education, State and local agencies, State and local educational agencies, private organizations and agencies engaged in teacher training, teacher training institutions, national child care organizations, and producers of television programing, for the purpose of establishing, developing, or upgrading early childhood personnel training programs to respond to the demonstrated need for child services personnel in the 1970's; and by stimulating the development of sufficient training and educational programs in every State and region of the United States to assure an adequate supply of personnel to meet staffing requirements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977 to carry out this title. Title V: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Provides for nutrition services to be provided to child and family service programs under the National School Lunch Act of 1946 and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1974
Eastern Wilderness Areas Act - Designates specified lands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for a study of specified additional lands in eighteen states and Puerto Rico for such inclusion. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1974
Provides, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to scholarship and fellowship grants, that no amount shall be included in gross income by reason of the discharge of the indebtedness of an individual under a student loan if such discharge was pursuant to a provision of the loan under which the indebtedness would be discharged if the individual worked for a certain period of time in certain professions or certain geographical areas or for certain classes of employers. Defines "student loan" for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is especially appropriate to honor former President Harry S. Truman through the creation of a perpetual educational scholarship program to develop increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare and pursue careers in public service. Establishes as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, to be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. Authorizes the Foundation to award fifty-one scholarships in any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1973, for undergraduate study for persons who plan to pursue a career in public service. States that each recipient shall be knows as a Truman scholar. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the scholarship requirements; (2) the procedures for selection of Truman scholars; (3) stipends and institutional allowances; and (4) the scholarship conditions. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. Prescribes the procedures for expenditures from the fund. Directs that there shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation, appointed by the Board, who shall be the chief executive officer and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 to the fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Requires, under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, specific accounting requirements for foreign currency expenditures in connection with congressional travel outside the United States. Requires the publication of such travel costs in the Congressional Record. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 1754(b))
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974
National Health Action Corps Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to increase the number of trained professional personnel in the allied health field by providing young Americans training and practical work experience in the allied health field. Establishes within the executive branch an independent agency to be known as the Health Action Corps. Provides that the Corps shall be headed by a Board of Directors which shall consist of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or their respective designees. States that it shall be the duty of the Corps to provide opportunities for young Americans to participate in programs which provide training and practical work experience in the allied health field. Provides that such programs shall include career counseling, exposure to various health-related occupations, and training and work experience in clinical settings. Stipulates that the Corps shall be composed of volunteers selected by the Administrator in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Board. States that the Administrator, in accordance with policies and procedures prescribed by the Board, may provide to any volunteer who has completed his period of enlistment: (1) a scholarship of $3,000 if such volunteer is a full-time student at a junior college, college, or university; or (2) a bonus of $3,000, if such volunteer works for one year in an area which (as determined by the Administrator) has a critical shortage of trained professional personnel in the allied health field. Stipulates that the Board shall establish a National Advisory Committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Board on matters relating to the following: (1) policies for the recruitment of Corps volunteers; (2) evaluation of the quality of the training provided to the Corps volunteers; (3) the projected future demand for trained professionals in the allied health field; and (4) innovations in the utilization of trained professional personnel in the allied health field.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State utilize means at his disposal to secure a worldwide loan on high seas netting for salmon.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Provides for television and radio coverage of proceedings in the Chamber of the House of Representatives on any resolution to impeach the President of the United States. Authorizes the Speaker to appoint a committee of five members to provide such arrangements as may be necessary in connection with such a broadcast.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
District of Columbia Campaign Finance Reform Act - Title I: Short Title, Definitions - Defines the terms used in the Act. Title II: Financial Disclosures - Requires every political committee to have a chairman and treasurer, each of whom may authorize expenditures on behalf of the political committees in the District of Columbia. States that every person who receives a contribution of $10 or more for or on behalf of a political committee shall, on demand of the treasurer, and in any event within five days after receipt of such contribution, submit to the treasurer of such committee a detailed account thereof, including the amount, the name and address (including the occupation and the principal place of business, if any) of the person making such contribution, and the date on which such contribution was received. Requires the treasurer of a political committee, and each candidate, to keep a detailed and exact account of contributions and expenditures made by such committee or candidate. States that each candidate for office in the District of Columbia shall designate in writing one political committee as his principal campaign committee. Requires the treasurer of each such committee to file reports and statements of candidates designating such committee as his principal committee with the Director of Campaign Finance of the District of Columbia Board of Elections. Requires each political committee, and each candidate accepting contributions or making expenditures, to designate one national bank located in the District of Columbia as the campaign depository of that political committee or candidate. Permits the maintenance of a petty cash fund by political committees and candidates. Requires each political committee to file a statement of organization with the Director within ten days of organization and specifies the items to be included in such statement of organization. Requires individual candidates to file a registration statement with the Director. Specifies the times at which political candidates and committees shall file reports with the Director, and the disclosures to be contained in such reports. Requires contributors who contribute more than $50 within a year to a political committee or candidate to file with the Director a statement containing specified information. States that any candidate who anticipates spending or spends less than $250 in any one election, and who has not designated a principal campaign committee, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act. Title III: Director of Campaign Finance - Establishes within the Board of Elections a Director of Campaign Finance. Enumerates the duties of the Director consonant with the purposes of and requirements established by this Act. Title IV: Finance Limitations - Enumerates maximum amounts which may be contributed and received in one year with respect to candidates running for specified offices in the District of Columbia. Enumerates maximum amounts which may be expended by any principal campaign committee for a candidate seeking a specified office. Title V: Lobbying - Requires detailed accounts of all contributions, donors, expenditures and the keeping of receipted bills for funds exceeding $10 in amount. Requires that contributions of $200 or more be reported to the organization or person for whom such contribution was received. Requires that the name and address of each person who has made a contribution of $200 or more be filed with the Director, as well as the total cumulative of contributions and expenditures during the calendar year. Requires the Director to make statements available to the public for two years from the date of filing. Enumerates those persons to whom the provisions of this Act apply. Requires the registration of information by a lobbyist under oath including the person by whom he is employed, and in whose interest he appears and information concerning duration of employment, salary and expenditures. Requires each registrant to file an annual, detailed report of all money received and expended; to whom paid; for what purposes; the names of any articles or publications; and the proposed legislation he is employed to support. Provides that any person who violates these provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5000 or imprisonment of twelve months, or both. Provides that any person convicted is prohibited from lobbying for a three year period. States that a violation of this provision is a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. Title VI: Penalties and Enforcement Tax Credits, Use of Surplus Campaign Funds, Voters' Information Pamphlets, Study of 1974 and Report by Council, Effective Dates, Amendments to District of Columbia Election Act, and Authorization - Provides that any person or political committee in the District of Columbia who violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned up to six months or both. Provides for a tax credit of 50 percent of any contribution made to any candidate seeking any office referred to in this Act, provided such credit shall not exceed $12.50. States that, not sooner than thirty-five days nor later than twenty days prior to each election (except a run-off election), the Board shall mail to each registered qualified elector a voters' information pamphlet containing campaign statements and photographs of candidates in that election who submit information, as provided in this Act. Provides for a study of the operation and necessity for modification of this Act and the District of Columbia Election Act during 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia, such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1974
Interim Fisheries Zone Extension and Management Act - Extends the jurisdiction of the United States over specified ocean areas and fish for purposes of protecting the domestic fishing industry. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research in order to promote the conservation of fish originating in the United States territorial sea and contiguous fisheries zone. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1975 for the purposes of carrying out the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Control Act of 1970. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress by March 17, 1976, a report describing the areas of railroad safety for which Federal safety standards have or have not been issued pursuant to the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, and a description of the railroad safety program underway or planned in each State as of June 30, 1975. Provides for a civil penalty between $250 and $2500 for the failure of a common carrier to make an accident report as required by the Accident Reports Act, if no penalty is assessed under the prior provisions of that Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism in the Middle East; (2) the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to (a) call upon all governments to condemn this inhuman act of violence against innocent victims; and (b) strongly urge the governments who harbor these groups and individuals to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terrorism and senseless violence; and (3) the President should request the American Ambassador to the United Nations to take appropriate action before that body in order to have introduced a Security Council resolution condemning this brutal act of violence.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
District of Columbia Campaign Finance Reform Act - Title I: Short Title, Definition - Defines the terms used in the Act. Title II: Financial Disclosures - Requires every political committee to have a chairman and treasurer, each of whom may authorize expenditures on behalf of political committees, in the District of Columbia. States that every person who receives a contribution of $10 or more for or on behalf of a political committee shall, on demand of the treasurer, and in any event within five days after receipt of such contribution, submit to the treasurer of such committee a detailed account thereof, including the amount, the name and address (including the occupation and the principal place of business, if any) of the person making such contribution, and the date on which such contribution was received. Requires the treasurer of a political committee, and each candidate, to keep a detailed and exact account of contributions and expenditures made to or by such committee or candidate. States that each candidate for office in the District of Columbia shall designate in writing one political committee as his principal campaign committee. Requires the treasurer of each such committee to file reports and statements of candidates designating such committee as his principal committee with the Division of Campaign Finance of the District of Columbia Board of Elections. Requires each political committee, and each candidate accepting contributions or making expenditures, to designate one national bank located in the District of Columbia as the campaign depository of that political committee or candidate. Permits the maintenance of a petty cash fund by political committees and candidates. Requires each political committee to file a statement of organization with the Division within ten days of organization, and specifies the items to be included in such statement of organization. Requires individual candidates to file a registration statement with the Division. Specifies the times at which political candidates and committees shall file reports with the Division, and the disclosures to be contained in such report. Requires contributors who contribute more than $50 within a year to a political committee or candidate to file with the Division a statement containing specified information. States that any candidate who anticipates spending or spends less than $250 in any one election, and who has not designated a principal campaign committee, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act. Title III: Division of Campaign Finance - Establishes within the Board of Elections a Division of Campaign Finance, and specifies the composition and powers of the Division. Enumerates duties of the Division consonant with the purposes of and requirements established by this Act. Title IV: Finance Limitations - Enumerates maximum amounts which may be contributed and received in one year with respect to candidates running for specified offices in the District of Columbia. Enumerates maximum amounts which may be expended by any principal campaign committee for a candidate seeking a specified office. Title V: Penalties and Enforcement Tax Credits, Use of Surplus Campaign Funds, Voters' Information Pamphlets, Study of 1974 and Report by Council, Effective Dates, Amendments to District of Columbia Election Act, and Authorization - Provides that any person or political committee in the District of Columbia who violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be fined not more that $5,000, or imprisoned up to six months, or both. Provides for a tax credit of 50 percent of any contribution made to any candidate seeking any office referred to in this Act, provided, such credit shall not exceed $12.50. States that, not sooner than thirty-five days or later than twenty days prior to each election (except a runoff election), the Board shall mail to each registered qualified elector a voters' information pamphlet containing campaign statements and photographs of candidates in that election who submit such information, as provided in this Act. Provides for a study of the operation and necessity for modification of this Act and the District of Columbia Election Act during 1975 including hearings and investigations to consider, but not be limited to, specified items. Authorizes to be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia, such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1974
Revises the Internal Revenue Code by eliminating the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells and oil shale, by eliminating the deduction for intangible drilling and development costs, and by disallowing the foreign tax credit for taxes paid to a foreign country with respect to foreign mineral income derived from any oil or gas well.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1974
Economic Stabilization Procedure Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that the objectives of this Act are to reduce inflation to at least 4 percent per year and to reduce unemployment to an annual rate of not to exceed 3.5 percent, both by December 31, 1975. Creates an Economic Stabilization Board which shall impose, after April 30, 1974, price controls if it finds that the absence of such controls would result in inflation and unemployment in excess of the levels stated in this Act. Directs the Board to take specified hardship, voluntariness, and growth inhibition factors into account in determining the duration, and scope of such price controls. Enumerates additional developmental, monitoring, reviewing, and study-conducting functions of the Board and the Board's administrative powers. Prescribes the procedures for suits for damages or other relief by persons suffering a legal wrong because of this Act. Creates a court of the United States, the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, to exercise exclusive jurisdiction of all appeals from the United States district courts in cases and controversies arising under this Act or rules issued under it. Provides for the encouragement of small business enterprises to make the greatest possible contribution toward achieving the objectives of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 to the Board for fiscal year 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
Repeals the asset depreciation range under the Internal Revenue Code which permitted a variance from the class life of property of 20 percent for depreciation purposes. States that this Act shall apply only to property constructed, erected, or acquired after the date of enactment of this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 167 (m) (1))
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
Increases the amount of minimum tax imposed on tax preferences by the Internal Revenue Code. Prohibits a carryover of excess taxes under the minimum tax section. Makes provisions for tax preferences for estates and trusts. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 56)
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
Terminates, under the Internal Revenue Code, the percentage depletion method of computing the depletion deduction for oil and gas wells and oil shale. Denies the deduction of intangible oil and gas well drilling and development costs. Denies a foreign tax credit with respect to the income derived from any such well.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
Reduces, under the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Federal Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, by one-third the rates of the taxes imposed on employees and self-employed individuals for purposes of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program. Provides for an increase in the amount appropriated to the social security trust funds from general revenues for such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1974
Requires the President within 30 days after enactment of this Act to establish maximum prices for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product at levels of November 1, 1973 base prices. Allows exceptions to such prices to allow passthrough of costs. Disallows excessive profits on such products. Disallows specification of prices under the Economic Stabilizaiton Act for first sale of new crude oil produced from United States property by qualified producers.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1974
Consumer Energy Act - Title I; Natural Gas and Oil Regulatory Reform - Declares it to be the policy of Congress to apply uniform economic regulations to both natural gas and oil production to assure adequate supplies and availability at reasonable prices. Exempts a small producer from the provisions of this Act for an initial period of 5 years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that the Federal Power Commission may by regulation require any such producer to prepare and submit to it such information as the Commission determines to be necessary. Authorizes the Commission to exempt from the provisions of this Act any transportation or sale of natural gas or oil in interstate commerce with respect to any State which establishes and maintains an adequate program of regulation within such State of such transportation and sale in accordance with this Act. Requires the Commission, in a rulemaking proceeding, to establish on or before February 1, 1976, and annually thereafter to revise, a national area rate for production within the United States of natural gas and oil. Requires the Commission to establish adjustments to the national area rate for each major producing region to reflect differences in production costs, State taxation, and similar costs. States that each new producer contract shall be filed by the producer with the Commission within 30 days of its execution. Authorizes the Commission, after notice, hearing, and opportunity for public comment, to allocate natural gas among pipelines. Disallows authorization of appropriations for the Commission until either the Chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives or the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the Senate certifies that a comprehensive oversight investigation and hearing into and evaluation of the operations and effectiveness of the Commission has been conducted by a committee. Directs the Commission, so far as practicable, to secure and keep current information with respect to: (1) the ownership, operation, management, and control of any facility for the transportation or sale of natural gas or oil; (2) the total estimated reserves and resources of natural gas and oil of the United States (including the Outer Continental Shelf), the current production therefrom of natural gas and oil, and the ratio of such reserves and resources to the level of current production; (3) the cost of the transportation and sale of natural gas and oil, by company, nation, and type of activity; and (4) the current and projected schedule, by company, nation, and type, of capital expenditures dedicated to the exploration and development of reserves and resources of natural gas and oil in the United States, or the Outer Continental Shelf, and elsewhere throughout the world. Requires the Commission to assemble lists of major companies and other companies, agencies, institutions, and associations required to report under this section and to prepare, print, and mail to them forms to be used in compiling such reports. Provides that it shall be the duty of every major company to report annually to the Commission on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Establishes penalties for failing to furnish information as may be requested by the Commission. Title II: Emergency Interim Relief For Consumers of Oil - Provides that, immediately upon the enactment of this title, the President shall issue an order to establish a ceiling on prices of crude oil and petroleum products at levels not to exceed the highest price levels for each such commodity prevailing during the 14-day period that ended January 19, 1974. Requires that, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this title, the President shall issue an order rolling back prices of crude oil and all petroleum products to levels not to exceed the highest price levels for each such commodity prevailing during the 7-day period that ended December 1, 1973. Allows the President, after notice and an opportunity for the submission of written and oral views and comments by interested parties, to grant specific exceptions from the rollback to compensate for any increased costs incurred for crude oil and petroleum products produced or refined outside the United States, but such exceptions shall in no event allow more than a passthrough for increases in the costs of such commodities. Title III: Federal Oil and Gas Corporation - Establishes the Federal Oil and Gas Corporation. Empowers such Corporation to: (1) explore for natural gas and oil on Federal, State, or foreign lands; (2) make available to the general public such geological and geophysical information as it acquires in the course of its activities; (3) develop and produce natural gas and oil from reserves on Federal, State, or foreign lands which it has located; (4) produce from reserves which it has developed or acquired such amounts of natural gas and oil as are necessary or appropriate to meet the needs of the citizens and commerce of the United States for these energy sources; and (5) engage in research directed toward the development or utilization of abundant and nonpolluting supplies of energy. Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting for the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer possession of certain properties inside the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, which are subject to such Secretary's jurisdiction and control, to the Corporation. States that the Corporation shall build, lease, or purchase refining facilities for the crude oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is unable to arrange for refining of such oil in an efficient and economical manner. Authorizes appropriations to the Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next 10 succeeding fiscal years of $50,000,000 for carrying out the provisions of this section. Title IV: Equal Treatment for Small Producers of Oil and Gas - Provides that whenever the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order direct an oil pipeline company to extend or improve its transportation or storage facilities, and to establish a physical connection of its transportation or storage facilities with the facilities of any person engaged or legally authorized to engage in the refining or distribution of oil, if the Commission finds that such a facility extension would not impair the oil pipeline company's ability to render adequate service to its customers. Prohibits an oil pipeline company from abandoning all or any portion of its facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or any service rendered by means of such facilities, without the permission and approval of the Commission. Makes it unlawful for any oil pipeline company subject to the provisions of this Act and engaged in the transportation of crude oil or petroleum products to fail to provide any shipper of oil or petroleum products (who meets minimum tender requirements) with access or exit storage or terminal facilities at any origin or destination point. States that any oil pipeline company subject to this title that knowingly violates the provisions of this section, or aids or abets therein, shall, upon conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such offense was committed, be fined not more than $150,000, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. Provides that noncompliance with any provision of this Act, any term or condition of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, or any applicable rule of the Commission may be grounds for suspension or termination of the certificate of public convenience and necessity. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prepare and submit to Congress, within 12 months, a report regarding its conclusions with respect to requiring the divestiture of oil pipelines from ownership or control by any oil company which has assets of $1,000,000,000 or more together with a determination of the impact of such action upon small producers and consumers of oil and petroleum products. Title V: Fair Treatment for Retailers of Petroleum Products - Prohibits a refiner or distributor from canceling, failing to renew, or otherwise terminating a franchise unless such refiner or distributor has furnished a notice of intent to each distributor or retailer affected thereby. Title VI: Termination of Wasteful Rate Structures - Requires that commencing on January 1, 1975, and continuing until the removal of all rate differences which are based either on: (1) the quantity of natural gas or oil sold; or (2) any distinctions between domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other such category of use; all changes in the rates or charges made, demanded, or received by any natural gas or oil company for or in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas or oil shall be such as to decrease or remove differences in such rates and charges based either on quantity sold or distinctions between categories of use.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1974
Title I: Financial Assistance to Railroads - Rail Freight Transportation Improvement Act - Sets forth the purpose of this Act and defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes a Federal Railroad Loan Guarantee Fund to be used by the Secretary of Transportation as a revolving fund for the purposes of guaranteeing equipment obligations and loans for railroad facilities. Declares that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of obligations guaranteed under this title shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any one time. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee the payment of the interest on and the unpaid balance of principal of any equipment obligation eligible to be guaranteed under this title. Enumerates limitations and conditions before the Secretary can guarantee any equipment obligation, establishes premium charges. Permits the Secretary, in the case of a common carrier by railroad, including any express company, to authorize loan guarantees for the financing or refinancing of expenditures made in acquiring, constructing, maintaining, or developing enumerated railroad facilities. Lists restrictions and limitations on the Secretary's guarantee of loans for railroad facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations, if at any time the moneys in the fund are not sufficient to pay any amount the Secretary is required to pay under an agreement made under this title. Makes provisions for a default, which has continued for 30 days, in any payment by the obligor of principal or interest due under an obligation guaranteed under this title. Title II: Rolling Stock Scheduling and Control System - Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and development into the design of a national rolling stock management information system which would be capable of locating and expediting the movement of rolling stock on a national basis. Requires the Secretary, within 2 years from this title's enactment, to report to the Congress respecting the organization, development, funding, and implementation of any national system which he may design as a result of research and development. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study respecting: (1) the costs to individual railroads of installing rolling stock management information systems; and (2) the economic, safety, and service benefits to be derived from compatible systems. Provides that not later than 2 years from the date of this title's enactment the Secretary shall announce his recommendations for the installation of the systems by individual railroads. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the potential benefits of railroad electrification for high density rail lines in the United States and to report the findings of this study to the Congress not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this title.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
States that each executive agency shall 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 purpose 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 · 19 February 1974
Consumer Energy Act - Title I; Natural Gas and Oil Regulatory Reform - Declares it to be the policy of Congress to apply uniform economic regulations to both natural gas and oil production to assure adequate supplies and availability at reasonable prices. Exempts a small producer from the provisions of this Act for an initial period of 5 years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that the Federal Power Commission may by regulation require any such producer to prepare and submit to it such information as the Commission determines to be necessary. Authorizes the Commission to exempt from the provisions of this Act any transportation or sale of natural gas or oil in interstate commerce with respect to any State which establishes and maintains an adequate program of regulation within such State of such transportation and sale in accordance with this Act. Requires the Commission, in a rulemaking proceeding, to establish on or before February 1, 1976, and annually thereafter to revise a national area rate for production within the United States of natural gas and oil. Requires the Commission to establish adjustments to the national area rate for each major producing region to reflect differences in production costs, State taxation, and similar costs. States that each new producer contract shall be filed by the producer with the Commission within 30 days of its execution. Authorizes the Commission, after notice, hearing, and opportunity for public comment, to allocate natural gas among pipelines. Disallows authorization of appropriations for the Commission until either the Chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives or the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the Senate certifies that a comprehensive oversight investigation and hearing into and evaluation of the operations and effectiveness of the Commission has been conducted by a committee. Directs the Commission, so far as practicable, to secure and keep current information with respect to: (1) the ownership, operation, management, and control of any facility for the transportation or sale of natural gas or oil; (2) the total estimated reserves and resources of natural gas and oil of the United States (including the Outer Continental Shelf), the current production therefrom of natural gas and oil, and the ratio of such reserves and resources to the level of current production; (3) the cost of the transportation and sale of natural gas and oil, by company, nation, and type of activity; and (4) the current and projected schedule, by company, nation, and type, of capital expenditures dedicated to the exploration and development of reserves and resources of natural gas and oil in the United States, or the Outer Continental Shelf, and elsewhere throughout the world. Requires the Commission to assemble lists of major companies and other companies, agencies, institutions, and associations required to report under this section and to prepare, print, and mail to them forms to be used in compiling such reports. Provides that it shall be the duty of every major company to report annually to the Commission on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Establishes penalties for failing to furnish information as may be requested by the Commission. Title II: Emergency Interim Relief For Consumers of Oil - Provides that, immediately upon the enactment of this title, the President shall issue an order to establish a ceiling on prices of crude oil and petroleum products at levels not to exceed the highest price levels for each such commodity prevailing during the 14-day period that ended January 19, 1974. Requires that, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this title, the President shall issue an order rolling back prices of crude oil and all petroleum products to levels not to exceed the highest price levels for each such commodity prevailing during the 7-day period that ended December 1, 1973. Allows the President, after notice and an opportunity for the submission of written and oral views and comments by interested parties, to grant specific exceptions from the rollback to compensate for any increased costs incurred for crude oil and petroleum products produced or refined outside the United States, but such exceptions shall in no event allow more than a passthrough for increases in the costs of such commodities. Title III: Federal Oil and Gas Corporation - Establishes the Federal Oil and Gas Corporation. Empowers such Corporation to: (1) explore for natural gas and oil on Federal, State, or foreign lands; (2) make available to the general public such geological and geophysical information as it acquires in the course of its activities; (3) develop and produce natural gas and oil from reserves on Federal, State, or foreign lands which it has located; (4) produce from reserves which it has developed or acquired such amounts of natural gas and oil as are necessary or appropriate to meet the needs of the citizens and commerce of the United States for these energy sources; and (5) engage in research directed toward the development or utilization of abundant and nonpolluting supplies of energy. Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting for the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer possession of certain properties inside the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, which are subject to such Secretary's jurisdiction and control, to the Corporation. States that the Corporation shall build, lease, or purchase refining facilities for the crude oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is unable to arrange for refining of such oil in an efficient and economical manner. Authorizes appropriations to the Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next 10 succeeding fiscal years of $50,000,000 for carrying out the provisions of this section. Title IV: Equal Treatment for Small Producers of Oil and Gas - Provides that whenever the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order direct an oil pipeline company to extend or improve its transportation or storage facilities, and to establish a physical connection of its transportation or storage facilities with the facilities of any person engaged or legally authorized to engage in the refining or distribution of oil, if the Commission finds that such a facility extension would not impair the oil pipeline company's ability to render adequate service to its customers. Prohibits an oil pipeline company from abandoning all or any portion of its facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, or any service rendered by means of such facilities, without the permission and approval of the Commission. Makes it unlawful for any oil pipeline company subject to the provisions of this Act and engaged in the transportation of crude oil or petroleum products to fail to provide any shipper of oil or petroleum products (who meets minimum tender requirements) with access or exit storage or terminal facilities at any origin or destination point. States that any oil pipeline company subject to this title that knowingly violates the provisions of this section, or aids or abets therein, shall, upon conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such offense was committed, be fined not more than $150,000, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. Provides that noncompliance with any provision of this Act, any term or condition of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, or any applicable rule of the Commission may be grounds for suspension or termination of the certificate of public convenience and necessity. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prepare and submit to Congress, within 12 months, a report regarding its conclusions with respect to requiring the divestiture of oil pipelines from ownership or control by any oil company which has assets of $1,000,000,000 or more together with a determination of the impact of such action upon small producers and consumers of oil and petroleum products. Title V: Fair Treatment for Retailers of Petroleum Products - Prohibits a refiner or distributor from canceling, failing to renew, or otherwise terminating a franchise unless such refiner or distributor has furnished a notice of intent to each distributor or retailer affected thereby. Title VI: Termination of Wasteful Rate Structures - Requires that commencing on January 1, 1975, and continuing until the removal of all rate differences which are based either on: (1) the quantity of natural gas or oil sold; or (2) any distinctions between domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other such category of use; all changes in the rates or charges made, demanded, or received by any natural gas or oil company for or in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas or oil shall be such as to decrease or remove differences in such rates and charges based either on quantity sold or distinctions between categories of use.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Vietnam Era Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act - Title I: Veterans' Education Loan Program - Provides educational loans to eligible veterans who qualify for such loans under the conditions specified in this Act. Limits the amount of any such loan to $1980 in any one regular academic year. Provides that the source of funds for loans under this Act shall be the National Service Life Insurance Fund. Title II: Employment of Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans - Establishes an affirmative action plan providing for the preferential employment of disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era by every department and agency of the United States Government. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1698 and 38 U.S.C. 2014)
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
District of Columbia Law Revision Commission Act - Establishes in the District of Columbia a District of Columbia Law Revision Commission. Prescribes the method of appointing members and requires members to be District of Columbia residents. Sets forth the compensation for such members. Directs the Commission to examine and propose revisions to the common law and statutes of the District of Columbia, giving priority to the criminal law. Directs the Commission to prepare and recommend uniform rules of practice for judicial and administrative proceedings. Terminates the Commission in four years. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Increases the rates of veterans educational assistance allowances. States that in the event that the period of entitlement under this Act of an eligible veteran who is enrolled in a program of education ends prior to such veteran's attainment or a predetermined and identified educational, professional, or vocational objective, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may extend such veteran's period of eligibility to the completion of such program of education or for nine months, whichever is the lesser period. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reimburse any eligible veteran enrolled in a fulltime or part-time program of education for costs above $400 incurred by such veteran for tuition, exclusive expenses incurred for fees, books, supplies, or other expenses. Limits such payments to $600 for an ordinary school year. Establishes a Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center. States that it shall be the duty of the Communications Center to make an initial and periodic evaluation of the effectiveness of the veterans outreach services program. Requires the results of such evaluations to be reported to the President and to the Congress. Directs the Communications Center to advise and assist in connection with all Federal programs pertaining to veterans of the Vietnam era. Establishes the Vietnam Era Veterans Advisory Committee to advise and consult with the Communication Center regarding any and all matters pertaining to the duties and responsibilities of the Communications Center under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Enables the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to adjust administratively, consistent with the increases authorized by this Act, the rates of disability compensation payable to persons receiving benefits on December 31, 1958, who are not in receipt of compensation payable for service connected disability or death. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314, 315)
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Emergency Energy Control Act - Establishes until May 15, 1975, unless superceded prior to that date by law, a Federal Energy Emergency Administration which shall be temporary and shall be headed by a Federal Energy Emergency Administrator. Transfers all functions, powers, and duties of the President under this Act, and of any officer, department, agency, or State under this Act to the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to promptly publish for public comment a regulation requiring that persons doing business in the United States, who, on the effective date of this Act, are engaged in exploring, developing, processing, refining, or transporting by pipeline, any petroleum product, natural gas, or coal, shall provide detailed reports to the Administrator every sixty calendar days. Requires the Administrator to furnish promptly such documents to the Congress as it may request. States that upon the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue an order to establish a ceiling on prices of crude oil and petroleum products at levels not greater than the highest levels pertaining to a substantial volume of actual transactions by each business enterprise or other person during the fourteen-day period ending January 19, 1974. Requires that, not later than thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall roll back prices for crude oil and petroleum products to levels no higher than those prevailing in the seven-day period ending November 1, 1973, in order to reduce inflation. Allows specific exceptions from the rollback to compensate for increased costs for crude oil and petroleum products produced and refined outside the United States, but in no event shall such exceptions allow more than a passthrough for increases in the costs. Disallows any profit margins on any crude petroleum or petroleum products in excess of the margin applicable in the seven-day period ending November 1, 1973. Allows the Administrator, subject to the approval of the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission, to promulgate, by rule, standards, and procedures by which persons engaged in the business of producing, refining, marketing, or distributing crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product may develop and implement voluntary agreements and plans of action to carry out such agreements which the Administrator determines are necessary to accomplish the objectives of this Act. Directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to monitor the development, implementation and carrying out of plans of action and voluntary agreements authorized under this section to assure the protection and fostering of competition and the prevention of anticompetitive practices and effects.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop ground propulsion systems which are energy conserving, have clean emission characteristics, and are capable of being produced in large numbers at a reasonable mass production per unit cost. Requires that such ground propulsion systems must meet or better all air quality standards set by or under the National Emission Standards Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Air Quality Act of 1967, while substantially reducing per mile energy consumption. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act not to exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate for the fiscal years 1974 through 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Provides, under the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, for an advisory referendum on the Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1973
Energy Emergency Act - Title I - Energy Emergency Authorities - States that the purpose of this Act is to call for proposals for energy emergency conservation measures and to authorize specific temporary emergency actions to be exercised to assure that the essential needs of the United States for fuels will be met in a manner which, to the fullest extent practicable: (1) is consistent with existing national commitments to protect and improve the environment, (2) minimizes any adverse impact on employment, (3) provides for equitable treatment of all sectors of the economy, and (4) maintains vital services necessary to health, safety, and public welfare. Revises the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act by authorizing the President to make such adjustments in the allocations made pursuant to such Act as may be necessary to provide for the allocation of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product to users of such products in order to maintain vital services. Authorizes the President to require adjustments in the production rate of oil refineries in the United States when necessary. Authorizes the President to require the production of crude oil at the producer level at the maximum rate of production. Establishes a Federal Energy Administration to be headed by a Federal Energy Administrator, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Administrator to propose one or more energy conservation plans within 30 days of the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to prohibit, after balancing on a plant-by-plant basis the environmental effects of use of coal against the need to fulfill the purposes of this Act, to prohibit, as its primary source, the burning of natural gas or petroleum products by any major fuel-burning installations (including any existing electric powerplant) which, on the date of enactment of this Act, has the capability and necessary plant equipment to burn coal. Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission (with respect to common or contract carriers subject to economic regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act), the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Federal Maritime Commission, for the duration of the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on May 15, 1975, to take any action for the purpose of conserving energy consumption in a manner found by such Commission or Board to be consistent with the objectives and purposes of the Acts administered by such Commission or Board on its own motion or on the petition of the Administrator which existing law permits such Commission or Board to take upon the motion or petition of any regulated common or contract carrier or other person. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person, who is engaged in the business of marketing or distributing diesel fuel to trucks on bona fide cargo runs, to deny to such trucks full fill-ups of fuel, unless: (1) there is in effect under this Act, the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act, or any other Act an end use allocation regulation which restricts such full fill ups by such person to such trucks, or (2) such person has no such fuel available for sale. Sets forth penalties for such actions. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of making grants to States to which the Federal Energy Administrator has delegated authority under this Act. Provides that a refiner shall not terminate a marketing agreement unless he furnishes prior notification pursuant to this Act to each branded independent marketer to which such termination applies. Provides that a refiner shall not terminate a marketing agreement unless the branded independent marketer to which such termination applies failed to comply substantially with one or more essential and reasonable requirements of such marketing agreement or failed to act in good faith in carrying out the terms of such agreement; except that such refiner may terminate such agreement if he does not, during the 3-year period which begins on the date of such termination, engage in the sale of any refined petroleum product in commerce for sale other than for resale in any relevant market within such branded independent marketer operated. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish within the Department of Transportation an "Office of Carpool Promotion" whose purpose and responsibilities shall include: (1) responding to any and all requests for information and technical assistance on carpooling and carpooling systems from units of State and local governments and private groups and employees; (2) promoting greater participation in carpooling through public information and the preparation of such materials for use by State and local governments; (3) encouraging and promoting private organizations to organize and operate carpool systems for employees; (4) promoting the cooperation and sharing of responsibilities between separate, yet proximately close, units of government in coordinating the operations of carpool systems; and (5) promoting other such measures that the Secretary determines appropriate. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for the conduct of programs designed to maximize the level of carpool participation in the United States. Revises the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act by directing the President to exercise his authority under such Act and under the Economic Stabilization Act so as to specify prices for sales of crude oil, refined petroleum products, residual fuel oil, and coal, produced in or imported into the United States, which avoid windfall profits by sellers. Provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of the Natural Gas Act (or any other provisions of law), the President may by order, on a finding that such action would be consistent with the public interest, authorize on a shipment-by-shipment basis the importation of liquified natural gas from a foreign country. Authorizes the Federal Energy Administrator, to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, to restrict exports of coal, petroleum products, and petrochemical feedstocks, under such terms as he deems appropriate. Title II: Coordination with Environmental Protection Requirements - Authorizes the Federal Energy Administrator, for any period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this section and ending on or before May 15, 1974, to temporarily suspend any stationary source fuel or emission limitation as it applies to any person, if the Administrator finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation during such period solely because of unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. Revises the schedule for implementation of motor vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. Provides that any allocation program provided for in Title I of this Act or in the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include measures to assure that available low sulfur fuel will be distributed on a priority basis to those areas of the country designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as requiring low sulfur fuel to avoid or minimize adverse impact on public health. Directs that in order to determine the health effects of emissions of sulfur oxides to the air resulting from any conversions to burning coal pursuant to this Act, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, conduct a study of acute and chronic effects among exposed populations. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000 for such study. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to conduct a study on potential methods of energy conservation and, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a report on the results of such study. Directs the President, within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to recommend to the Congress actions to be taken by the executive branch and the Congress regarding the problem of the sitting of all types of energy producing facilities. Revises Title II of the Clean Air Act by directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study, and to report to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate within 120 days following the date of enactment of this Act, concerning the practicability of establishing a fuel economy improvement standard of 20 percent for new motor vehicles manufactured during and after model year 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Escrow Account System Improvement Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act, recognizing that the escrow system is a valuable asset to borrowers, lenders, and local taxing authorities alike, to preserve and strengthen such system to the maximum extent possible while eliminating the inequities and abuses which have too often kept it from being fully effective. Requires an escrow account to be established in connection with any federally related mortgage loan if, at the time the loan is made or at any time thereafter, either the borrower or the lender requests it. States that any such account shall be continuously maintained (without any right on the part of the borrower to withdraw any part thereof) until the borrower has fully discharged his obligation under the loan. Provides that whenever the borrower in connection with a federally related mortgage loan has acquired an equity of at least 20 percent in the property covered by the loan and enters into an agreement to maintain a savings account with a balance equal to assessments, and hazard insurance premiums: (1) the lender shall no longer have the right to require the establishment of an escrow account in connection with such loan, and (2) the borrower shall have the right to terminate any escrow account theretofore established in connection with such loan. States that on each deposit in an escrow account which is made, in connection with a federally related mortgage loan, to a bank, interest shall be paid from the date of deposit to the date of withdrawal at a rate not less than the rate then prevailing for loans by Federal Reserve banks to member banks in the district where the property involved is situated. Sets forth limitations on requirements by lenders of advance deposits in escrow accounts of taxes and insurance premiums. Provides that payments of taxes and insurance premiums by the lender from any escrow account in connection with a federally related mortgage loan shall be made at such times and in such manner as will insure that the borrowers receive the maximum benefit of any discounts and other financial considerations which may be allowed or provided in the jurisdiction where the escrow account is being held.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Commodities Exchange Commission Act - Establishes a Commodity Exchange Commission, composed of five commissioners appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as an independent agency in the executive branch of the Government. Transfers specified functions from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Commission and delegates enumerated housekeeping functions to the Chairman. Authorizes the employment of persons without regard to Civil Service laws. Provides, with regard to rules governing registration of Commission merchants and brokers, that if after requesting a contract market to make specified changes in its rules and practices, the contract market has not made the changes, the Commission may order the contract market to alter the rules of such contract market as necessary to effect changes in specified areas. Requires that contract markets serve an economic purpose. Prohibits orders by futures commission merchants for their own accounts. States that no member of a contract market shall execute any order for future delivery and on the same intentionally enter into any transaction for future delivery in such commodity for any account in which such member has trading discretion, with specified exceptions. Provides that if any contract market, director, officer or agent is not enforcing or is violating any of the provisions of this Act, the Commission may enter an order directing that such contract market, director, officer, agent, or employee cease and desist from such violation and assess a civil penalty of not more than $100,000 for each such violation. Increases the amount of specific penalties for violations of this Act. Empowers the Commission with injunctive authority to restrain potential violations of this Act. Penalizes, with treble damages, the use of confidential information in violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Social Services Amendments - Outlines the objectives to be achieved under this Act, including: (1) the goal of self-support; (2) the goal of family care or self-care; (3) the goal of community-based care; and (4) the institutional care goal. Provides, under the Social Security Act, for maximum freedom for each State to determine which services will be made available, the persons eligible for such services, the manner in which such services are provided, and any limitations on the receipt of such services. Requires that social services to be offered at the option of the States to all eligible persons shall include: (1) day care services for children; (2) day care services for children with special needs; (3) service for children in foster care; (4) protective services for children; (5) family planning services; (6) protective services for adults; (7) services for adults in foster care; (8) homemaker services for individuals in their own homes; (9) chore services; (10) home delivered or congregate meals; (11) day care services for adults; (12) health related services; (13) home management and other functional education services; (14) housing improvement services; (15) a full range of legal services; (16) transportation services necessary to travel to and from community facilities or resources for receipt of services; (17) educational and training services; (18) employment services; (19) information, referral, and determination of eligibility and the need for services, without regard to individual eligibility criteria; (20) special services for the mentally retarded, or special adaptations of generic services; (21) special services for the blind; (22) services for alcoholism and drug addiction; (23) special services for the emotionally disturbed as defined by the State; (24) special services for the physically handicapped as defined by the State; and (25) any other proposed services at the request of a State. Provides that States are entitled to Federal financial participation for the delivery of mandatory and optional social services under the State plan to the extent of the appropriations allocated by the Congress. Requires that State plans submitted with respect to the services program shall contain a provision for a fair hearing, under which applicants and recipients may appeal exclusion from a service program. Provides that State plans shall provide for the establishment of a social services advisory committee, to include members representative of recipients of such services.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Provides that, notwithstanding the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, applications for grants for construction of treatment works under such Act may be filed with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency until December 31, 1973. States that funds available for reimbursement shall be allocated pro rata among all eligible projects for which applications have been submitted and approved by the Administrator. Increases the amount available for reimbursement from $2,000,000,000 to $2,600,000,000. Requires that in no event shall any payment exceed the Federal share of the cost of construction incurred to the date of the voucher covering such payment plus the Federal share of the value of the materials which have been stockpiled in the vicinity of such construction in conformance to plans and specifications for the project.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate specified lands in the Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests, Washington, as Alpine Lakes Wilderness and Enchantment Wilderness for inclusion in the national wilderness preservation system.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Provides for the establishment of the Alpine Lakes National Recreation Area, including within it the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, in the State of Washington. States that the administration, protection, and development of the area shall be by the Secretary of Agriculture. Prescribes the rules governing the acquisition of property and the authorities of the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of land and interests in land and such sums as may be necessary for the study of and/or development of recreation facilities pursuant to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Title I: Alpine Lakes Wilderness - Designates as wilderness specified lands in the Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests, Washington. States that these lands shall be known as the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Title II: Land Acquisition - Provides that, within the boundaries of the wilderness, the Secretary of Agriculture may acquire lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase, or exchange.
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