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United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the month of May 1974, as "National Arthritis Month".
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1974
Designates the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide for the care, maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the official residence and grounds. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that living accommodations, generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided for the Chief of Naval Operations. Repeals the Federal law authorizing the planning, design, construction, furnihsing, and maintenance of an official residence for the Vice President of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Declares that the Congress hereby calls upon the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to cause to be conducted on or about August 10, 1974, appropriate ceremonies in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, in the town of West Branch, Iowa.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States soverign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible,except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) there be no cession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or tangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Consitituion.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Provides for displaying for public viewing at the Arlington National Cemetery the names of veterans who died after February 17, 1967. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
District of Columbia Election Finance and Conflict of Interest Act - Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes within the Government of the District of Columbia a committee to be known as the District of Columbia Elections and Ethics Commission Nominating Committee whose function is nominating individuals for appointment as members of the District of Columbia Elections and Ethics Commission. Declares that no person may be appointed as a member of the Committee unless he or she (1) is a citizen of the United States, and (2) is a resident of the District of Columbia and has maintained his or her domicile within the District for at least one year immediately preceding the date of his or her appointment, and (3) is not a member of the Council of the District of Columbia or an officer or employee of the Government of the District of Columbia (including the judicial branch). Provides that the Committee shall be composed of five members: one member shall be the Comptroller General of the United States, or his designee; two members shall be appointed by the Mayor, at least one of whom shall be a lawyer; and two members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia with the approval of the Council. States that members of the Committee shall be appointed not later than June 30, 1975. Establishes as an independent agency of the District of Columbia a Commission to be known as the District of Columbia Elections and Ethics Commission, consisting of seven members serving for terms of six years each. Provides that the members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council of the District of Columbia except for those members of the Commission first appointed after the enactment of this Act. States that of the members first appointed, three shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, three shall be appointed by the Chiarman of the Council of the District of Columbia, with the approval of the Council, and one shall be appointed by the Comptroller General. Requires the Commission to meet at least monthly during any calendar year in which there is an election and at least quarterly in nonelection years. Requires the Commission to file reports concerning its activities. Enumerates the powers and duties of the Commission. Declares that the Commission shall be the primary civil and criminal enforcement agency for violations of the provisions of this Act and the District of Columbia Election Act. Provides civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act or of the District of Columbia Election Act. Establishes reporting procedures for the election process. Establishes financial disclosure requirements for candidates and public officials (including elected and certain appointed officials of the District Government). Requires each candidate to designate one political committee as his or her central campaign committee and defines the role of this committee. Establishes limits on contributions by an individual to a candidate and a limit on total political contributions by an individual during a calendar year. Limits campaign expenditures of a candidate, including the amount a candidate or his or her family may make from personal funds, and the amount a person may expend on behalf of a candidate. Limits cash contributions to $20 and requires candidates and political committees to report cash contributions weekly to the Commission. Requires that expenditures must be made by check or money order, other than petty cash expenditures not in excess of $50. Declares that elective and public office is a public trust and that any effort to realize personal gain through official conduct is a violation of that trust, and sets forth actions which must be taken in potential conflict-of-interest situations. Authorizes to be appropriated to the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Repeals, under the Social Security Act, the provisions for the establishment of Professional Standards Review Organizations to review services covered under the medicare and medicaid programs.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Extends the use of tax-free industrial bonds under the Internal Revenue Code, without limit, to be used in the conversion from gas burning to oil burning equipment or oil burning equipment to other energy burning materials. Raises the limit of general industrial revenue bonds intended for small business.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Authorizes the President to declare by proclamation Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn an honorary citizen of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Declares that the Senate disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to rates of pay transmitted to the Congress during February, 1974 pursuant to the Federal Salary Act of 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Repeals the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970. Provides tht whoever, prior to the date of enactment of this Act, willfully violates any provision of law repealed, shall be punished in accordance with such provision as in effect on the date such violation occurred. States that the repeal shall not affect any suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1974
Indian Health Care Improvement Act - Declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make scholarship grants to individuals: (1) who are enrolled in medical schools; schools of optometry, osteophathy, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, or nursing, or schools licensed by a State to train persons in the allied health professions, and (2) who agree to provide their professional services to Indians after completion of their professional training. Establishes a priority according to which the Secretary shall award scholarship grants under this Act. States that any scholarship grant awarded to any individual under this Act shall be awarded under the condition that such individual will, after the completion of his professional training, provide his professional services to Indians for a reasonable period of time as prescribed by the Secretary. Sets forth a formula by which the United States shall be entitled to recover scholarship grants from individuals who fail to comply with such condition for the full period. Authorizes to be appropriated for this program: $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $22,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $30.000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $34,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and for each succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to continue to make such grants to individuals who (prior to July 1, 1979) have received such grants and who are eligible for such grants under this Act during such succeeding fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make scholarship grants for a period not to exceed two academic years to Indians who: (1) have successfully completed their high school education; and (2) have demonstrated an aptitude for being capable of successfully completing a premedical, predental, or preosteopathy course of study. Authorizes to be appropriated for the above program: $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $3,000,000 for each of the next three fiscal years. Permits the Secretary to provide continuing education allowances to Indian Health Service physicians. Authorizes to be appropriated for such programs: $350,000 each year for fiscal years 1975 and 1976; $375,000 for fiscal year 1977, $390,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $410,000 for fiscal year 1979. Title II: Health Services - Authorizes the Secretary to expend over a five-fiscal-year period $123,500,000, in addition to the annual appropriations required to continue the health service program to the Indian people, and to employ additional personnel for the purpose of eliminating backlogs in Indian health care services and to supply known, unmet medical, surgical, dental and other Indian health needs. Title III: Health Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary to expend $400,000,000 over a five-fiscal-year period for the purpose of eliminating inadequate, outdated, and otherwise unsatisfactory Service hospitals, health centers, health stations, and other Service facilities. Enables the Secretary to expend $470,000,000 within a five-fiscal-year period to supply unmet needs for safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities in existing and new Indian homes and communities. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan, together with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to assure that the five-year schedule provided for in this Act will be met. Title IV: Access to Health Services - States that the Service facilities used to provide health care and services to Indians are hereby deemed to be accredited facilities for the purposes of title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Title V: Access to Health Services for Urban Indians - Defines "Urban Indian", "urban Indian organization" and "urban center" as used in this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations to provide Federal assistance to such organizations for the purpose of establishing and administering outreach programs to make urban Indians in the urban centers in which such organizations are situated knowledgeable of the health service resources available within such centers and the means of gaining access to those resources. Directs the Secretary to prescribe the criteria for selecting urban Indian organizations with which to contract pursuant to this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for this program: $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides that, within six months after the end of fiscal year 1976, the Secretary shall review the above program and shall submit to the Congress his assessment of it and recommendations for any further legislation. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on progress made in effecting the purposes of this Act. States that within three months after the end of fiscal year 1978, the Secretary shall review the programs established or assisted under this Act and shall submit to the Congress his assessment and recommendations of additional programs or additional assistance necessary to, at a minimum provide health services to Indians, and insure a health status for Indians, which is at a parity with the health services available to, and the health status of, the general population. Provides that the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall remain available until expended.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, is retired for reasons other than physical disability, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability whose disability was finally determined to be of a permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949, and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972. States that a member or fomer member of a uniformed service who elects to have his retired pay recomputed as authorized under this Act shall be entitled to retired pay based upon such recomputation effective on the first day of the first calendar month following the month in which he makes such election.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
Terminates the emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without monetary consideration, to the Inter-Tribal Council, Incorporated, Miami, Oklahoma, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified lands in Ottawa County, Oklakoma.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
Terminates the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 on the last Sunday of October 1974 (presently April 1975.)
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Meetinghouse Preservation Act - States that the purpose of this Act is: (1) to celebrate the Bicentennial of this country through the preservation within each of the several States of a historic site that might otherwise be lost; (2) to provide a meetingplace in each of the several States for those citizens interested in retaining their tangible, indigenous heritage, whether historic, cultural, or natural, and in planning for future changes and developments, and (3) to give existing State programs involved with preserving historic and architecturally important structures an illustration of the best possible techniques used in the preservation of such historic sites and structures, and the multiple, significant ways in which such sites and structures can be used. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to each of the several States for the purpose of enabling each State to acquire and restore an historic site within each State for use as a meetinghouse in accordance with the provisions of this Act, except that no grant to any one State shall exceed $1,000,000. Provides that any application for a grant under this Act shall contain an estimated budget of various acquisition, restoration, and maintenance expenses. Sets forth provisions governing the approval of any application. Establishes a Meetinghouse Coordination Board to review each application made in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the purpose of making recommendations to the Secretary as to which of the historic site or sites contained in such application should be approved by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Proclaims that April 30, 1974, shall be a National Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer. Calls upon the people of our Nation to humble ourselves as we see fit, before our Creator to acknowledge our final dependence upon Him and to repent of our national sins.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1973
Declares that specified federally owned land is held by the United States in trust for the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian Tribes of Oklahoma.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1973
Declares that the United States Senate urges the President to continue to use every diplomatic avenue, including North Vietnam's allies and the United Nations to assist in obtaining the necessary cooperation and information concerning our missing men. Declares that, during this Christmas season, the grateful people of our nation give a special rememberance through our thoughts and our prayers for those brave men and their loyal families who have given so much for each of us.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should determine and take immediate steps to reduce Federal Government consumption of fuels by a third; (2) the President should initiate a program within the Federal Government to immediately reduce nonessential uses of all Government vehicles and equipment, and commercial and mass transportation should be utilized whenever practical in the conduct of government business; (3) the President should allot Federal Government departments and agencies a fixed quantity of fuel for a fixed period for essential purposes only, and critical national security activities and other vital services may be exempted on a case-by-case basis; (4) the Secretary of Defense should immediately initiate innovative measures to reduce the amount of fuels used for defense activities; and (5) the President should immediately urge State, local, and other public authorities to adopt similar measures.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Establishes within the Department of the Interior, one additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides, under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, that all votes cast, and all abstentions from voting, concerning enrollment in a thirteenth region for Natives who are nonresidents of Alaska are declared to be null and void. States that within seven days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall call for a new election to be conducted no later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1973
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the calendar week beginning May 6, 1974, as "National Historic Preservation Week".
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1973
Extends for three years the District of Columbia Medical and Dental Manpower Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Administration Act - Title I: Statement of Findings and Declaration of Purpose - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to undertake a national commitment to resolve the energy shortages and provide the means for achieving a national capability for energy self-sufficiency through socially and environmentally acceptable methods for producing, conserving, and utilizing all forms of energy. Title II: Establishment and Organization of Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Administration - Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch, the Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Administration (hereinafter referred to as the "Administration" or "ERDDA"). Directs the management of ERDDA shall be vested in a Board of Governors composed of 15 members. Sets forth the composition of such Board, including Government officials and seven Governors appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for an Administrator and Deputy Administrator, a General Counsel, and Assistant Administrator of ERDDA. Title III: Functions - Enumerates the duties and responsibilities of the Administrator. States that the Administration shall have all the authority incidental, necessary, or appropriate to implementing its responsibilities, including without limitations, authorization: (1) to ensure that full consideration and adequate support is given to advancing energy research and development of efficient and environmentally acceptable energy sources, technologies, and techniques, including coal gasification, shale oil development, solar energy, and cryogenic transmission of electric power; (2) to prescribe policies, procedures, and regulations; (3) to enter into contracts and grant agreements with public agencies and private organizations and persons; (4) to engage in joint projects of a research, developmental, and demonstration nature with public agencies and private organizations or individuals; (5) to acquire any of the following described rights if the property acquired thereby is for use by the Administration: (a) copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; (b) licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; (c) releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights; and (d) use of Federal lands; (6) to make special studies, and (7) to exercise any authority available by law, including appropriations Acts, to the official or agency from which functions were transferred. Title IV: Transfers - Transfers to the Administration such Federal energy research and development functions and programs as are essential to ERDDA's fulfilling its obligations under this Act, including energy research programs of the Atomic Energy Commission, of the Departments of Interior, Commerce, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and of independent agencies such as the General Services Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Title V: Savings Provisions - Provides that specified orders, permits, contracts, licenses, and privileges issued, in the performance of functions which are transferred by this Act shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside or revoked. Enumerates the circumstances under which the provisions of this Act shall not have effect. Title VI: Funding - Establishes in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the Federal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Trust Fund. Provides that, commencing with fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and each fiscal year thereafter, all revenues from Federal lease sales of all energy sources, as well as royalties, shall, up to $2,000,000,000, be credited to the fund. Provides that in addition to such funds there is authorized to be appropriated to the fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and each fiscal year thereafter, such amount as is necessary to make the income of the fund $2,000,000,000 for each such fiscal year. Title VII: Nuclear Energy Commission - Provides that the Atomic Energy Commission shall retain its functions pertaining to uranium and thorium reserve assessment, and its functions pertaining to the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Commission. Renames the Atomic Energy Commission the Nuclear Energy Commission. Title VIII: Effective Date and Interim Appointment - States that the provisions of this Act dealing with title II shall take effect on the day of enactment and that all other provisions shall take effect thirty days therafter. Title IX: Definitions and Administrative Provisions - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title X: Separability - Provides that if any provision of this Act, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Carpool Incentives Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration projects designed to encourage the use of carpools in urban areas throughout the country while not adversely affecting bus and other mass transportation ridership in such areas. Provides that from proposals submitted by the States to the Secretary, the Secretary shall approve for funding those projects which offer the best prospects of achieving the objectives of this Act and which provide a reasonable balance among cities of various population sizes, traffic patterns, and geographical locations. States that the Federal share of the cost of such work shall be 90 per cent, except that the Federal share shall not exceed $1,000,000 for any single project. Directs the Secretary to give permits to demonstration projects proposed for cities or areas in air quality control regions after consultation with the Environment Protection Agency as to the value of such projects as a part of a transportation control plan for such region. Directs the Secretary to conduct a full investigation of the effectiveness of measures employed in the demonstration projects authorized by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $10,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Repeals the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970. States that whoever, prior to the date of enactment of this Act, willfully violates any provision of law repealed, shall be punished in accordance with such provision as in effect on the date such violation occurred. Provides that such repeal shall not affect any suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced prior to the date of this Act, or any proceeding based upon any act committed prior to such date. States that no proceeding lawfully commenced by or against any agency or officer of the United States in relation to the discharge of official duties under any provision of law repealed shall abate, but the court, upon motion or supplemental petition filed at any time within twelve months after the date of enactment of this Act showing the necessity for the survival of such proceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions involved, may allow the same to be maintained.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Designates February 10 to 16, 1974, as "National Vocational Education, and National Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Expresses the gratitude and respect of the Congress to Vietnam veterans on Veterans Day 1973 for their gallant part in attaining peace in Vietnam and making it possible to observe Veterans Day 1973 in peace.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1973
Authorizes the President to provide for the designation of the last Sunday in May of each year as "Walk a Mile for Your Health Day".
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that: (1) the policy, of termination announced by H. Con. Res. 108 83d Congress no longer represents the policy of Congress and is hereby repudiated as a policy of the Congress; (2) the integrity and right to continued existence of Indian tribes and Alaska Native governments are expressly confirmed; (3) the American Indians tribes and Alaska Natives and their governments are, by this concurrent resolution, assured that the United States will continue to perform its trust responsibilities to them including, but not limited to, responsibilities for their health, education, and welfare, and those trust responsibilities of the United States are recognized, reaffirmed, and will be performed with the highest degree of loyalty, care, skill, and diligence; and (4) the Federal Government shall be charged with the responsibility for developing program efforts and procedures that will improve the quality and quantity of social and economic development efforts of Indian people and maximize opportunities for Indian control and self-determination which shall be a major goal of our National Indian policy.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1973
Geothermal Energy Act - Title I: Loan Guarantee Program - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to encourage the commercial development of means to produce energy from geothermal resources and to facilitate such development by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans made for the purposes of acquiring rights in geothermal resources and performing exploration, development, and construction and operation of facilities for the commercial production of energy from geothermal resources. Specifies the terms and conditions such loans must meet prior to guarantee. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts to pay the lenders the interest charges which become due and payable on the unpaid balance of any such loan if the Secretary finds that enumerated circumstances occur. Establishes, in the Treasury of the United States, a Geothermal Resources Development Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 annually, and such amounts as may be required for the administrative costs of carrying out the provisions of this title. Title II: Coordination of Federal Activities in Geothermal Energy Exploration, Research, and Development - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Geological Survey, to: (1) carry out a plan for the orderly exploration of all forms of geothermal resources of the Federal lands; (2) conduct regional surveys that will lead to a national inventory of geothermal resources in the United States; (3) publish and make available maps, reports, and other documents developed from such exploration to facilitate the commercial development of geothermal resources; (4) make such recommendations for legislation; and, (5) participate with the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation in research. Enumerates the activities in which the Atomic Energy Commission is directed to participate in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. Directs the Commission to coordinate such activities with the Department of the Interior. States the conditions precedent to entering into agreements under this Act. Authorizes the Commission to investigate potential agreements for the cooperative development of major facilities to demonstrate the production of energy from geothermal resources and to submit engineering and financial proposals to the Congress for consideration of authorization to proceed with implementation. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title: (1) $10 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Secretary of the Interior; (2) $35 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Atomic Energy Commission; and (3) such amounts as may be required in fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to NASA.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the President, in exercising the authority conferred by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 with respect to price levels applicable to sales of gasoline or diesel fuel grade number two, should permit the passthrough of any increase in the cost to the seller of gasoline or diesel fuel grade number two which was lawfully put into effect on or after August 1, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Provides, under the Economic stabilization Act of 1970, that the President, in exercising authority with respect to retail pride levels, shall permit the passthrough of all increases in the cost of goods sold or services performed.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Provides, under the Clean Air Act, that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall prescribe standards applicable to the emission of any air pollutant from any class of new motor vehicles or new engines, which in his judgment contributes to, or is likely to contribute to, air pollution which endangers the public health or welfare. States that such regulations applicable to emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from light duty vehicles and engines manufactured during or after model year 1975 shall contain standards which were established for the 1974 model year. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress with respect to the development of systems necessary to implement the emission standards established pursuant to this Act. implement the emission standards established pursuant to this Act. Specifies the content of such reports. Provides that any manufacturer may file with the Administrator an application requesting the suspension, for one year only, of the effective date of any emission standard. Prescribes the procedures for granting or denial of such suspension. Directs the Administrator to undertake arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences and other concerned Government agencies to conduct a study of the entire vehicle emission problem. Directs the Academy to submit semiannual progress reports. Requires the Administrator, upon review of such reports, to recommend congressional action necessary to insure implementation of the optimal engine-fuel-hardware strategy for emission control.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individuals' earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Declares that the United States Senate does hereby congratulate and felicitate the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the Honorable John C. Stennis, on his birthday and expresses the wish that he will enjoy many other such anniversaries in the future. Declares that members of the Senate greatly miss the distinguished Senator and wish for him an early return to the Senate Chamber and to his duties in the Senate. Directs that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and a copy furnished to Mr. Stennis.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Constitutional Amendment - States that on or before the fifteenth day after the beginning of each regular session of the Congress the President shall transmit to the Congress a budget which shall set forth separately: (1) his estimate of the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, during the ensuing fiscal year under the laws then existing; (2) his recommendations with respect to outlays to be made from funds other than trust funds during such ensuing fiscal year; and (3) if such recommendations exceed such estimate, a surtax rate which the President determines to be necessary to be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers to those portions of taxable years of taxpayers occurring during such fiscal year, so that such receipts will equal such outlays. Provides that during the first quarter of each fiscal year, and during the third quarter of each fiscal year, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall: (1) estimate the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, during such fiscal year; (2) estimate outlays to be made from funds other than trust funds during such fiscal year; and (3) (A) if such estimate of outlays exceeds such estimate of receipts, determine a surtax rate which the Speaker considers necessary to be applied, with respect to the income tax of taxpayers, to those portions of taxable years of taxpayers remaining in such fiscal year, so that such receipts will equal such outlays; or (B) if such estimate of outlays equals such estimate of receipts, determine that no surtax rate is necessary to be applied. Provides that, during the last month of each fiscal year, the President shall review whether the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, for such year will be less than the outlays for that fiscal year. States that if he finds that such receipts are going to be less than such outlays, he shall determine a surtax rate which he considers necessary to be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers, so that taxes received by the Government from such surtax, when added to other receipts of the Government, will equal such outlays. Requires that such surtax shall be effective, and so applied, as determined by the President only during the next succeeding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1973
Increases, under the Internal Revenue Code, the maximum credit allowable for contributions to candidates for public office. Increases (1) the credit amount to $25 on individual returns and $50 on joint returns (formerly $12.50 and $25); and (2) the deduction amount to $100 on individual returns and $200 on joint returns (formerly $50 and $100). (Amends 26 U.S.C. 41(b)(1) and 218(b)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Emergency Anti-inflation Act - Provides that the President shall submit a budget pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 in which nontrust fund expenditures do not exceed nontrust fund revenues for each fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to conduct a study relating to the procurement and use by the Federal Government of products manufactured from recycled materials. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to submit a final report to the Congress at the expiration of the twelve-calendar-month period following the date of enactment of this Act, giving the findings and results of the study, and specifically: (1) recommendations as to the necessary and proper legislative, administrative, or other actions that should be taken in order to insure that the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government procure and use (whenever possible) products and materials which have, as part of their composition, recycled and recyclable material; and (2) the feasibility, economically and otherwise, of recycling wastepaper from all Federal offices.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a feasibility investigation of McGee Creek Reservoir, Oklahoma.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Increases to $3,000 the annual amount which individuals may earn under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) without suffering deductions from benefits on account of excess earnings. Lowers from seventy-two to seventy the age after which deductions on account of excess earnings are no longer made under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1973
Provides for the study of an Indian Nations Trail to determine whether such Trail should be designated to be within the national trails system. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 1244(c))
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1973
Provides for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments to the Creek Nation of Oklahoma in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 167 and 273.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1973
Provides for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Creek Indians of Oklahoma in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 275.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Establishes within the General Accounting Office a Division of Legislative Budget Review. States that within the Division there shall be a separate office for each executive agency which shall: (1) continuously observe and study the operation of the agency to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the agency in the utilization of appropriated funds; (2) review and analyze the budget estimates submitted by that agency for inclusion in the budget and in supplemental and deficiency requests; (3) review and analyze budget requests for that agency included in the budget and in supplemental and deficiency budget requests submitted to Congress; and (4) make its own present and future budget estimates with respect to that agency; (5) develop, establish, and maintain an up-to-date inventory of executive branch fiscal, budgetary, and program related information; and (6) review these agency operations on a continuing basis and determine whether the agency is satisfying congressional intent and requirements. Directs the Comptroller General to transmit to Congress, as soon as practicable, each review, analysis, and estimate of each such office. States that an officer or employee in an office for an executive agency shall not serve in that office for more than thirty six consecutive months and that upon termination of service in that office such officer or employee shall not be appointed, detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available to perform duties with respect to that same agency unless at least six years have elapsed since the date of such termination of service. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, but not more than 10 percent of the funds utilized by the various agencies of the executive branch in the formulation, presentation, and justification of agency estimates within the various agencies and departments; presentation and justification to the Office of Management and Budget; and presentation and justification to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides that meat prepared under State inspection at any establishment in any State in accordance with requirements which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has determined are at least equal to those under titles I and IV of the Federal Meat Inspection Act shall be eligible for distribution in commerce. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 661(c)(2))
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that with respect to the right to life, the word "person", as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth articles of amendment to the U.S. Constitution applies to all human beings, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Provides for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgments in favor of the Ponca Indians of Oklahoma and Nebraska in Indian Claims Commission dockets numbered 322 and 324. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe necessary rules and regulations to carry out this Act.