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United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
Requires, under the Washington Area Transit Authority Compact, the inclusion of rail commuter service in the mass transit plan.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Civil Aeronautics Board, to undertake a study of existing conditions in the treatment of animals in air transportation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the results of such study, including his recommendations, not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to prescribe, not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act, regulations, including minimum standards, providing for the humane treatment of animals in air transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Authorizes the burial of the remains of Mathew A. Henson in the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that each operator of a motor vehicle should, when traveling during weekends or holidays between the date of passage of this Resolution and September 3, 1973, on any road where the posted speed limit is fifty-five (55) miles per hour or greater: (1) travel at a speed no greater than ten (10) miles per hour less than the posted speed limit; and (2) turn on the headlights of his or her motor vehicle in order to publicize his or her participation in a national consumer effort to decrease consumption of motor vehicle gasoline and to increase safety on the nation's roads. Declares that the Governor of each State should, as soon as practicable, make State funds available on an equitable basis and encourage private and other governmental organizations within the State to make funds available on an equitable basis to State and local agencies, including but not limited to State highway patrols and traffic safety organizations, and to appropriate private organizations or individuals, for the purpose of encouraging motor vehicle operators to observe the provisions of this Resolution, and to inform motor vehicle operators that substantial amounts of gasoline can be saved if motor vehicles are driven less frequently, or without excessive idling, rapid acceleration or deceleration. Provides that the television, radio and print media should publicize, to the maximum extent possible, the details of this Resolution. Provides that each Federal agency which has or can make funds available through such agency's own programs or to State or local governments or to private organizations or individuals for the purpose of publicizing traffic safety efforts, should do so to the maximum extent possible, and as soon as practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 percent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States flag commercial vessels be at least 25 percent after June 30, 1975, and at least 30 percent after June 30, 1977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241)
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Tay-Sachs Disease Screening and Counseling Act - Provides that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program, under the Public Health Service Act, for voluntary Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1974 for the making of grants to public and nonprofit entities to establish and operate such screening programs. Sets forth the procedure for applications for and administration of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Research Service Award Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act, by consolidating existing research training and fellowship authorities into a single National Research Service Awards Authority, to increase the capability of the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health to carry out their responsibility of maintaining a superior national program of research into physical and mental diseases. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to provide, under the Public Health Service Act, National Research Service Awards in the following manner: (1) biomedical and behavioral research at the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health; (2) training at such institutes of individuals to undertake research in specified matters (3) biomedical research at non-Federal public and at nonprofit private institutions; and (4) training at such public and private institutions of individuals to undertake such research. Provides that applicants for National Research Service Awards must be sponsored by the institution at which training shall be carried out. Limits the period of any National Research Service Award to three years in the aggregate, unless the Secretary should waive such limit. Requires that each individual who receives a National Research Service Award shall (1) engage in health research or teaching, or (2) if authorized, serve as a member of the National Health Service Corps; serve in his specialty in private practice in an area designated by the Secretary as requiring that specialty; or serve in his specialty as a member of a nonprofit prepaid group practice authorized for reimbursement under title XVIII (Health Insurance for the Aged) of the Social Security Act, for a specified period. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section $207,947,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct studies to: (1) establish the Nation's overall need for biomedical research personnel; (2) assess current training programs available for the training of biomedical research personnel; and (3) identify the kinds of research positions available to and held by individuals completing such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
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. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out the provision of this Act. 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.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Permits both private and public insurers to guarantee specified amounts for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of the Federal National Mortgage Association, which provides for the purchase and sale of conventional mortgages. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 1717 (b) (2) (c))
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Board for International Broadcasting Act - Establishes a Board for International Broadcasting Provides that the Board shall consist of seven members, two of whom shall be ex officio members. States that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, five voting members, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Sets forth the terms and compensation of the Board. Authorizes the Board to perform specified functions, including: (1) to make grants to Radio Free Eupope and to Radio Liberty; (2) to review and evaluate the mission and operation of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, and to assess the quality, effectiveness and professional integrity of their broadcasting within the context of the broad foreign policy objectives of the United States; and (3) to encourage the most efficient utilization of available resources by Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty and to undertake, or request that Radio Free Europe or Radio Liberty undertake, such studies as may be necessary to identify areas in which the operations of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty may be made more efficient and economical. Provides for an audit of the books, documents, papers, and records of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty by the Board and the Comptroller General. Authorizes to be appropriated, to remain available until expended, $50,300,000 for fiscal year 1974 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to continue rail transportation service whenever the Commission is of the opinion that any interstate railroad carrier is unable to transport the traffic offered it so as to properly serve the public. (Amends 49 U.S.C. sec. 1(16))
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides that Federal agencies keep standing congressional committees fully and currently informed of matters relating to that agency which are within the jurisdiction of such committee.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of Honorable William O. Mills, late a Representative from the State of Maryland. Directs the Secretary to communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and to transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Rehabilitation Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a statutory basis for the establishment of a Rehabilitation Services Administration and to authorize specified programs. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be administered by a Commissioner. Provides that the Commissioner shall carry out and administer all programs and direct the performance of all services for which authority is provided to the Secretary of HEW under this Act. Authorizes the inclusion of appropriations under this Act in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. Provides that where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering such funds, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes to be appropriated in order to make grants to States under part B of this title $590,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $610,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $640,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making grants to States and public and nonprofit agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals $35,860,000 for fiscal year 1973. $37,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $39,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Sets forth conditions which shall be included in a State plan for vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services submitted to the Commissioner for approval under this title. Provides for judicial review of an adverse decision of the Commissioner with respect to a State plan submitted for approval under this title. Part B: Basic Vocational and Comprehensive Rehabiliation Services - Provides for the allocation of the funds appropriated under Part A for Part B to the several States. States that the allocation to any State shall not be less than l/4 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated, or $2,000,000, whichever is greater. Provides that for each fiscal year the Commissioner shall pay to each State from each State's allotment an amount equal to the Federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services under an approved State plan. States that this payment shall not exceed such State's allocation under this part. Requires the Commissioner to set aside funds in an amount between $500,000 and $l,500,000 for fiscal year 1973, and up to $2,500,000 but no less than $1,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1975, to establish a system of client assistance pilot projects to advise clients of benefits available under this Act. Part C: Innovation and Expansion Grants - Entitles States to grants for special programs to expand vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with the most severe handicaps, particularly those who are poor and responsibility for whose treatment is shared by the State. Sets forth provisions for allotments among the States. Directs the Commissioner to conduct a comprehsensive study, which may include a research and demonstration project of the feasibility of methods designed to prepare and assist individuals with the most severe handicaps for entry into programs under this Act. States that the commissioner shall report the findings of the study, research, and demonstrations to the Congress and to the President together with such recommendations for legislative or other action. Title II: Research and Training - Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to, and contracts with, State public and nonprofit organizations to pay part of the cost of research projects which bear directly on the provision of services under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to pay all or part of the cost of specialized activities including the establishment and support of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purpose of this title. Title III: Special Federal Responsibilities - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants and contracts to assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, initial staffing, and planning assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $550,000 for fiscal year 1973, $500,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agencies to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects for providing vocational training services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps, in public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $10,300,000 for fiscal year 1973, $10,300,000 for fiscal year $l0,300,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations for paying part of the cost of special projects and demonstrations: (1) for establishing facilities and providing services which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps; and (2) for applying new types or patterns of services or devices. Allows the Commissioner to make grants to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects or demonstrations for the provision of vocational or comprehensive rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultrual workers or seasonal farmworkers, and to members of their families who are with them. Provides that the Commissioner may make contracts or jointly finance cooperative arrangements with employers and organizations for the establishment of projects designed to prepare handicapped individuals for gainful and suitable employment in the competitive labor market under which such handicapped individuals are provided training and employment in a realistic work setting and such other services as may be necessary for such individuals to continue to engage in such employment. Authorizes the Commissioner to provide technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, and for the purpose of removal of architectural and transportation barriers, to any public or nonprofit agency, institution, organization or facility. Authorizes to be appropriated, for the purpose of making grants for special projects and demonstrations, as necessary $12,200,000 for fiscal year 1973, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $17,500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated a total of $1,200,000 for construction for fiscal years 1973-1975, and such sums as necessary for operations for fiscal years 1973-1975 establishing and operating a National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Title IV: Administration and Program and Project Evaluation - Provides that, in carrying out his duties under this Act, the Commissioner shall: (1) cooperate with, and render technical assistance to, States in matters relating to the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals; (2) provide short-term training and instruction in technical matters relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services; and (3) disseminate information relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services, and otherwise promote the cause of the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals and their greater utilization in gainful and suitable employment. Directs the Secretary to measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is repealed ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees to insure the adequacy of hiring, placement, and advancement practices with respect to handicapped individuals by each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of Government. Establishes an Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to investigate and examine alternative approaches to the architectural, transportation, and attitudinal barriers confronting handicapped individuals. Authorizes such appropriations as necessary for fiscal years 1973-1975 to carry out the duties and functions of the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides that licenses for the operation of a broadcasting station shall be issued for a term of not to exceed five years.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
States that on or after the date of enactment of this provision no television broadcast licensee, network television broadcast organization, or cable television system shall perform or otherwise carry out a contract, arrangement, or other understanding , express or implied, under which such station network, or system is prevented from broadcasting or carrying the home games of any professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey teams when tickets for admission to such game are no longer available for purchase by the general public forty-eighty hours or more before the scheduled beginning time of such games.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Declares that on Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, special remembrance be given by a grateful people to the 1,288 members of the Armed Forces of the United States currently listed as missing in action in Indochina. Declares that all American motorists are encouraged to turn on their automobile lights throughout Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, as a symbol of this remembrance. Provides that every effort be made to secure the cooperation of all parties in the Indochina conflict to insure the fullest and most expeditious resolution of the status of members of the U.S. Armed Forces missing in Indochina.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1973
Provides for grants to interstate metropolitan organizations under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Specifies purposes for which such grants may be utilized. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1973
Increases to $2,800 the annual amount which individuals may earn without suffering deductions from benefits on account of excess earnings under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance).
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Fire Prevention And Control Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that the federal government must help to develop solutions to fire problems. States that the intention of Congress is to supplement existing programs of fire research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments. Title I: United States Fire Administration - Establishes, within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the United States Fire Administration. Sets forth the duties of the Administration, including: (1) to survey the fire problem, evaluate progress in fire prevention, assess new problem areas, and to evaluate the cost; (2) to recommend actions to be taken by federal, state, and local governments and private organizations and individuals to improve fire prevention; (3) to act as a coordinator of studies of fire protection methods; (4) to cooperate with and render assistance to other federal departments, and to all organizations in matters relating to fire prevention and control; and (5) to undertake research relating to fire prevention and control. Title II: National Fire Academy - Establishes, within the Administration, a National Fire Academy; (1) to facilitate specialized training in fire protection; (2) to assist State and local jurisdictions in planning and implementing fire protection programs; (3) to assist in the dissemination of information on fire prevention and control; and (4) to encourage fire protection agencies to give greater attention to fire prevention measures. Directs the Academy to establish a Nationa Fire Academy Advisory Board. Sets forth composition and compensation of Board members. Title III: National Fire Data System - Establishes within the Administration a National Fire Data System. Directs the System to collect data on fire injuries and deaths, property losses, and information concerning causes, locations, and numbers of fires, to be incorporated into an information retrieval system. Title IV: Research and Development - Sets forth the functions and responsibilities of the Administration, including to (1) evaluate the total area of fire research needs in the Federal, state, and local government sectors and the private sector; (2) sponsor and encourage research into promising but highly unconventional solutions to fire problems; and (3) encourage research or firefighting equipment and personal protective equipment for firefighters. Title V: Grants for State and Local Program Assistance - Directs the Administration to make grants to States for (1) the establishment and operation of state fire prevention and control planning agencies; and (2) for programs to improve and strengthen fire prevention and control. Sets forth the requirements a State plan must encompass in order to receive grants. Directs the allocation of funds appropriated to the Administration for the purpose of making grants. Title VI: Functions of Certain Other Federal Agencies - Expands the authorizations of the Secretary of Commerce to include specified fire research and safety programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institutes of Health, a program to augment current sponsorship of research on burns and burn treatment. Requires the Federal Insurance Administration to provide low-cost insured loans to homeowners and businessmen for the purpose of installing fire protection equipment. Title VII: Administrative Provisions - Grants the Administration specified powers in carrying out its functions including (1) the power to hold hearings; and (2) to use services of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sets forth the procedure to be followed when an application for a grant has been rejected. Directs the Administration to carry out the programs of this Act during fiscal year 1974, and for the five succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $128,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and for succeeding fiscal years such sums as the Congress might authorize. Title VIII: General Provisions - Makes the provisions of this Act separable if one is found invalid.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Provides for the relief of the estate of Albert W. Small.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Entitles to insured status under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), those individuals whose disability is attributable directly or indirectly to meningioma or other brain tumor. (Adds 42 U.S.C. 423(e))
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Makes it unlawful for any Executive Branch officer or any person acting under such officer's authority to require any of the following from any United States Government employee or any applicant for employment in the Executive Branch of the Government: (1) disclose their race, religion, or national origin; (2) attend Government-sponsored meetings and lectures or participate in outside activities unrelated to their employment; (3) report on their outside activites or undertakings unrelated to their work; (4) submit to questioning about their religion, personal relationships or sexual attitudes through interviews, psychological tests, or polygraphs; and (5) support political candidates or attend political meetings. Permits inquiries into national origin when necessary for the national interest or overseas work. Allows agency officers to advise employees of charges of sexual misconduct as long as the employee has an opportunity to refute the charge. Makes it illegal to coerce an employee to buy bonds or make charitable contributions; or to require him to disclose his own personal assets, liabilities, or expenditures, or those of any member of his family unless they would show a conflict of interest. Provides a right to have a counsel or other person present, if the employee wishes, at an interview which may lead to disciplinary proceedings. Makes it unlawful for any Civil Service Commission officer to require any executive department or agency to do any prohibited act; or to require a person seeking to establish Civil Service status or employment in the executive branch to submit to interrogation, polygraph testing, or psychological testing designed to elicit views regarding religion, personal relationships, or sexual attitude. Accords the right to a civil action in a Federal court for violation or threatened violation of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to defend all persons sued who acted pursuant to an order or who, in his opinion, did not willfully violate this Act. Establishes a three-member Board on Employees' Rights with members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Grants the Board the authority and duty to receive and investigate written complaints from any person claiming to be aggrieved by any violation or threatened violation of this Act and to conduct a hearing on each such complaint. Grants the Board powers which will eliminate violation of this Act. Directs the Board to make an annual report of its activities to Congress. Excludes the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency from the provisions of this Act. Permits the establishment of agency grievance procedures to enforce this Act, but the existence of such procedures shall not preclude the use of other remedies.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse the city of Frederick, Maryland, for money paid in 1864 saving harmless valuable military and hospital supplies owed by the United States Government.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Fair Housing Opportunity Act - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the sale or rental of housing. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 3604, 3605, 3606)
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Provides that no person engaged in commerce in the business of refining petroleum into gasoline and furnishing gasoline to retail distributors of gasoline for sale to the public shall fail to furnish gasoline to independent retail distributors of gasoline, whether or not franchised by such person, at wholesale prices in reasonable quantities as long as he continues to furnish gasoline to retail distributors of gasoline which are wholly owned by him or operated under a franchise granted by him.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Authorizes the President to designate the week beginning August 19, 1973, and ending August 25, 1973, as "National Logistics Week".
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1973
Permits service-connected and non-service-connected veterans' benefits to be paid for the month in which a veteran dies. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3012 (b))
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Provides that in any proceeding before the Tax Court for the redetermination of a deficiency, the prevailing party may be awarded a judgment of costs to the same extent as is provided for civil actions brought against the United States. States that a judgment of costs entered by the Tax Court shall be treated, for purposes of this Act in the same manner: (1) as an overpayment of tax, in the case of a judgment of costs in favor of the petitioner, and (2) as an underpayment of tax, in the case of a judgment of costs against the petitioner. Provides that interest or penalty shall be allowed or assessed with respect to any judgment of costs. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 7465)
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Lobster Conservation and Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for effective control of lobster fisheries on the Continental Shelf of the United States until such time as the United States can enter into an appropriate treaty or treaties providing for such control. Includes lobster as a Continental Shelf fishery resource within the meaning of the Act entitled an Act to prohibit fishing in the territorial waters of the United States and in certain other areas by vessels other than vessels of the United States and by persons in charge of such vessels. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 1085(a))
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
International Commerce Service Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish the International Commerce Service of the United States within the Department of Commerce which shall consist of professional and nonprofessional staff members. Provides that, upon the request of the Secretary, the Secretary of State shall accredit positions for economic and commercial diplomatic missions, the total number of which positions shall not exceed five hundred. Provides that officers of the Service attached or assigned to United States diplomatic missions will be designated as commercial minister, counselor, attache, officer and such other titles as may be prescribed by the Secretary. Requires the President to prescribe regulations to insure that the official activities of personnel assigned abroad pursuant to this Act are carried on: (1) in accordance with the instructions of the Secretary; and (2) in coordination with other representatives of the United States Government in each country, under the leadership of the chief of the United States diplomatic mission. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe training programs, establish training facilities and provide training by contract or otherwise for officers of the Service or other personnel in the United States or abroad. Provides that no person shall be eligible for appointment as an officer in the service unless such person is an American citizen. Provides for the transfer to the Service, without examination, of personnel from the Foreign Service of the United States and of qualified personnel from the Department of Commerce. Authorizes to be appropriated $31,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Rural Job and Business Development Tax Act - Allows a double investment credit under the Internal Revenue Code for property placed in service in rural areas which will assist in providing new employment opportunities. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 46(c)(5))
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Requests the President to enter into negotiations with the major oil importing countries for the purposes of establishing an international organization of oil importing countries and establishing common practices and policies affecting oil pricing, importation, and consumption.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Medical Device Safety Act - Title I: Authority to Establish Standards - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish safety standards for medical devices. Provides that such standards may include provisions for the testing of the device, and may prescribe the form of instructions or warnings necessary for the proper installation, maintenance, operation, and use of the device. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate a standard governing the performance or other characteristics of a medical device whenever, in his judgment, a standard is necessary to reduce or eliminate unreasonable risk of illness or injury associated with exposure to or use of the device, and there are no other more practicable means to protect the public. Requires the Secretary, prior to the initiation of a proceeding to promulgate a standard, and prior to publishing a proposed standard in the course of such proceeding, to consult with other Federal agencies concerned with standard setting and other nationally or internationally recognized standard-setting agencies or organizations, and to use the technical support of other Federal agencies. Provides that the Secretary would initiate a proceeding to promulgate a device standard by publishing a notice which would invite interested persons to submit to the Secretary an existing standard or an offer to develop a standard. Authorizes the Secretary to accept one or more of such offers, or to adopt an applicable existing standard, or in appropriate cases to develop a standard using the resources of the Department and other agencies, or by contracting with qualified non-governmental entities. Provides that prior to his issuance of an order to promulgate a standard, the Secretary shall consider: (1) the degree of risk or injury associated with those aspects of the devices subject to the order; (2) the approximate number of devices, or types or classes thereof, subject to the order; (3) the need of the public for the devices subject to the order, and the probable effect of the order upon the utility, costs, or availability of the devices to meet that need; and (4) means of achieving the objective of the order with a minimal disruption or dislocation of competition and of reasonable manufacturing and other commercial practices. Empowers the Secretary to revoke any standard, in whole or in part, upon the ground that there no longer exists a need therefor or that such standard (or part thereof) is no longer in the public interest. Provides that after publication of a proposed standard, interested persons may for good cause require the Secretary to refer the standard to an advisory committee for recommendations with respect to any matter involved in the proposal which requires the exercise of scientific judgment. Requires every manufacturer of a device subject to a standard to assure the Secretary that appropriate tests under a quality control program in accord with good manufacturing practice show the device to conform to the standard. Exempts from this requirement devices intended solely for use in connection with animals other than man. Title II: Scientific Review of Certain Medical Devices - Authorizes the Secretary to subject a device, or a type or class of device, to scientific review for safety and efficacy if after consultation with an appropriate scientific panel, he found the device to be unreasonably hazardous when used, as intended, in life-threatening situations, and determined that there was no more practical means than such review to reduce the hazard. Sets forth the procedures for: (1) the establishment of advisory scientific review panels; (2) applications for scientific reviews; (3) consideration of and initial action on such applications; and (4) withdrawal of approval of an application by the Secretary. Provides that an applicant may obtain judicial review of a final order of the Secretary denying or withdrawing approval of an application. Provides for the exemption from scientific review of devices intended solely for investigational uses by qualified experts. Authorizes the Secretary to make such exemptions conditional in specified instances and upon meeting specified testing requirements by the manufacturer. Title III: Notification of Defective Devices, Repair or Replacement - Provides that a manufacturer or importer would be required to notify the Secretary of any defects in devices produced, assembled, or imported by him if the defect is likely to create a substantial risk to the health or safety of any person, or of the failure of a device to comply with an applicable standard. States that unless exempted by the Secretary the manufacturer or importer would also be required to notify his dealers or distributors, and purchasers who are known to him, of the defect. Provides that dealers or distributors who are notified of a defect by the manufacturer would be required to provide to the manufacturer or importer the names and addresses of each purchaser. Authorizes the Secretary to require the manufacturer or importer to: (1) remedy the defect; (2) replace the device; or (3) refund the purchase price. Title IV: Requirement of Good Manufacturing Practice - Requires devices to be manufactured in accordance with current good manufacturing practice, as determined by the Secretary, to assure their safety and efficiency. Title V: Reports and Records; Inspection and Registration of Establishments; Official Names - Requires the registration of device manufacturers, and their continuing notification to the Secretary of the devices that they are producing and marketing. Authorizes the Secretary to establish official names for devices. Requires manufacturers and distributors of devices subject to a standard or marketed under an approval of a scientific review application to maintain certain records relating to the safety and efficacy of the devices. Gives the Secretary authority to inspect research data on devices, and to extend to devices certain exemptions from inspection which are now applicable to drugs. Title VI: General Provisions - Establishes an Advisory Council on Devices to advise the Secretary with respect to matters of policy in carrying out the Acts provisions. Authorizes the Secretary, directly or through contracts with public or private agencies, institutions and organizations and with individuals, to plan, conduct, coordinate, and support research and studies relating to devices.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Authorizes free or reduced rate transportation under the Federal Aviation Act for widows, widowers, and minor children of employees who have died while employed by an air carrier or foreign air carrier after twenty or more years of such employment.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Provides that children's benefits received by an individual under the Social Security Act shall be disregarded in determining whether that individual is a dependent of a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 152)
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments - Authorizes to be appropriated for carrying out the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, $697,482,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $700,096,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. Provides for the making of grants to public or nonprofit private agencies for paying part of the cost of planning, preparing for, and initiating programs to provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with spinal cord injuries or to low-achieving deaf individuals. Provides for grants to any State agency designated pursuant to a plan approved under this Act, or to any local agency participating in the administration of such a plan, for paying part of the cost of pilot or demonstration projects for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, are migratory agricultural workers, and to members of their families (whether or not handicapped) who are with them, including maintenance and transportation of any such individual and members of his family where necessary to the rehabilitation of that individual. States that whenever the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines that any amount of an allotment to a State for any fiscal year will not be utilized by such State in carrying out the purposes of this Act, he may make such amount available for carrying out the purposes of this Act to one or more other States to the extent he determines such other State will be able to use such additional amount during such year for carrying out such purposes. Provides for the inclusion of American Samoa and Trust Teritory of the Pacific Islands in State Programs. States that the State agency plan submitted for approval must provide satisfactory assurance to the Secretary that the State agency designated (or each State agency if two are so designated) and any sole local agency administering the plan in a political subdivision of the State will take into account, in connection with matters of general policy arising in the administration of the plan, the views of, among others, individuals who are recipients of vocational rehabilitation services, individuals who represent citizen groups, individuals who represent professional groups, and individuals who are providers of vocational rehabilitation services. Increases the training allowances under the Act from $25 or $30. Allows State agencies for the blind to act as State evaluation and work adjustment agencies under this Act. Provides that an individual who, as a part of his rehabilitation under a State plan approved under this Act, participates in a program of work experience in a Federal agency, shall not, by reason thereof, be considered to be a Federal employee or to be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University, Stanford, California, on condition that the funds will be used for the construction of a new building, for the equipment of such building, and for the establishment of a capital fund administered by the Hoover Institution, the income from which shall be used for the purchase and processing of books and other documents for the library of the Hoover Institution. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury for making grants under this Act amounts in which the aggregate will not exceed gifts, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property, made to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the aggregate amount so appropriated shall not exceed $5,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Permits, under the Labor Management Relations Act, employer contributions to jointly administered trust funds established by labor organizations to defray costs of legal services.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Provides that, for a two-year period, no Federal funds shall be expended, or available for expenditure, for the purpose of conducting or providing assistance for any project or activity which consists of, or includes, the performance of psychosurgery. Provides that Federal facilities shall not be available for the performance of psychosurgery or for any project which includes the performance of psychosurgery. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a study of the employment of psychosurgery with a view to determining the number and types of cases, during the five-year period ending December 31, 1972, in which psychosurgery has been performed in all private and public hospitals in the United States, and of compiling an analysis, on a case-by-case basis, of a sufficient number of such cases to provide the basis for an objective scientific evaluation of psychosurgery performed during such period with regard to the types of psychosurgery performed, the conditions for which it was performed, and the results thereof. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Requests the President of the United States to take such action as is necessary to begin a national program of public information to inform the commuter of the benefits of car pools and economy cars and that the President report to the Congress on possible legislative incentives to promote such a program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
ACTION Domestic Programs Amendments - Provides a permanent authorization of appropriations for ACTION programs. Provides that funds may be expended without regard to the 10% limit contained in the Economic Opportunity Act. Provides that no program may be established within a State if it is disapproved within 45 days of submission to the Governor. Authorizes enrollment of volunteers for periods up to two years. Grants the Director to enroll full-time volunteers for shorter periods. Estends the tax treatment of the volunteer's stipend presently available to Peace Corps Volunteers to full-time domestic volunteers under the Act. Exempts from income tax amounts received by volunteers or volunteer leaders as allowances other than amounts received as: (1) leave allowances, or (2) such portion of living allowances as the Director may determine is basic compensation. Provides that no compensation paid to individual volunteers in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) program for out-of-pocket expenses shall be considered income for any purposes whatsoever. Exempts payments to Foster Grandparents from any tax or charge for the purposes of unemployment, temporary disability, retirement or similar payment benefits. Provides that such payments are not subject to minimum wage laws. Only a small percentage of Foster Grandparents are not currently eligible for social security benefits. Eliminates the provision contained in the Small Business Act under which SCORE/ACE Volunteers are ineligible for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses or for per deim allowances unless they travel 50 miles from their homes. Provides for conforming technical amendments to the Internal Revenue Code. Authorizes the Director of ACTION to: (1) accept gifts and bequests on behalf of ACTION, (2) accept voluntary and uncompensated services on behalf of ACTION, and (3) to adopt an official seal. Provides that Federal agencies may accept the services of volunteers enrolled in any program transferred to ACTION by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1971. Provides authority for the Director to transfer up to 10 per cent of the amounts appropriated or otherwise fixed by law to ACTION for any fiscal year to carry out any activity or function transferred to ACTION by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1971 to any other such activity or function.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Elementary School Reading Emphasis Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide financial assistance to assist local educational agencies to undertake demonstration projects emphasizing reading in elementary schools, to improve the instruction of reading in elementary schools, to provide reading training for teachers, to establish a research center for reading improvement, and to provide a reading achievement award. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to arrange by grant, contract, or otherwise with local educational agencies for the carrying out by such agencies in elementary schools, which have large numbers or high concentrations of children who are not reading at the appropriate level, of reading emphasis demonstration projects in accordance with this Act. Sets forth the requirements necessary for the receipt of a grant as a qualified reading emphasis demonstration project. States that nothing in this Act shall permit the disclosure of individual reading test scores obtained under this Act to any individual other than the parent or guardian or any child being so tested. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter into at least one arrangement with a local educational agency in an urban area and a local educational agency in a rural area for a districtwide project conducted in all schools of such agencies. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the reading emphasis projects under this Act $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $55,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education, through grants or contracts, to enter arrangements with institutions of higher education, public or private agencies or organizations, and individuals for the preparation, production, and distribution for use on public educational television stations of courses for elementary school teachers who are or intend to become reading teachers or reading specialists; and the preparation and distribution of study course material to be used in conjunction with any such course. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter arrangements, through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education or State or local educational agencies to assist them: (1) in providing training, including short term and regular session institutions and other preservice and inservice training programs, to improve the professional competency of teachers of reading and principals of project schools; (2) in establishing a Reading Corps program, patterned after the Teacher Corps, to attract reading specialists for service during the regular or summer sessions, or both, to project schools and to increase the number of reading specialists and reading teachers; and (3) in improving and broadening the training for the teaching of reading of personnel who are, or are training to become elementary teachers, particularly teachers of grades one through three in project schools with the goal of having all such teachers meeting the minimum requirements of a reading teacher. States that the Director of the National Institute of Education is authorized and directed to designate an existing facility or establish a new facility to be known as the Center for Reading Improvement. Sets forth the areas of research and demonstration in the field of reading on which the Center shall focus. Authorizes to be appropriated without fiscal year limitations $10,000,000 to carry out the purposes of the Center. States that in order to motivate and encourage elementary school children to improve their reading skills and to foster competence for excellence in reading among elementary schools, there is hereby established the Presidential Reading Achievement Award.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
National Mobile Home Safety Standards Act - Title I: Mobile Home Safety Standards - Directs the Secretary of Housing and urban Development to establish by order appropriate Federal mobile home safety standards. Provides that in prescribing standards under this Act, the Secretary shall: (1) consider relevant available mobile home safety data: (2) consult with such State or interstate agencies (including legislative committees) as he deems appropriate; (3) consider whether any such proposed standard is reasonable, practicable, and appropriate for the particular type of mobile home for which it is prescribed; (4) consider whether any such standard will place an undue financial burden upon manufacturers and distributors of mobile homes; (5) consider whether any such standard will result in a substantial increase in the retail price of mobile homes; and (6) consider the extent to which any such standard will contribute to carrying out the purpose of this title. Directs the Secretary to issue initial Federal mobile home safety standards upon the expiration of a one hundred eighty-day period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall issue new and revised Federal mobile home safety standards under this title upon the expiration of the three hundred sixty-day period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Mobile Home Safety Advisory Council, a majority of which shall be representatives of the general public, including representatives of State and local governments, and the remainder shall include members of the American National Standards Institute Committee on Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles and representatives of mobile home manufacturers, dealers and insurers. Provides that the Secretary shall consult with the Advisory Council before establishing or revoking any mobile home safety standard pursuant to this title. Directs the Secretary to conduct research, testing, development and training necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Provides that no person shall: (1) manufacture for sale, sell, offer for sale, or introduce or deliver for introduction in interstate commerce, or import into the United States, any mobile home manufactured on or after the date any applicable Federal mobile home safety standard takes effect under this title unless it is in conformity with such standard; (2) fail or refuse access to or copying of records, or fail to make reports or provide information, or fail or refuse to permit entry or inspection, as required under this Act; (3) fail to issue a certificate required by this Act, or issue a certificate to the effect that a mobile home conforms to all applicable Federal mobile home safety standards, if such person in the exercise of due care has reason to know that such certificate is false or misleading in a material respect; or (4) fail to furnish notification of any defect as required by this Act. Prescribes a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each violation of this title. Provides that each violation shall constitute a separate violation, and that the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed $400,000 for any related series of violations. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Establishes the National Mobile Home Safety Bureau within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Provides that the provisions of this title shall be carried out through such Bureau. Title II: Changes in Existing Law - Authorizes Federal participation under the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 in any loan made for the purchase of a mobile home which meets or exceeds the mobile home safety standards established under this Act. Provides for Federal participation in loans made to veterans purchasing mobile homes which meet such standards.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act - Provides for the recognition of the entire Grand Canyon as a natural feature of national and international significance. Prohibits the transfer of any lands held in trust for any Indian Tribe. Establishes the Grand Canyon Zone of Influence which gives the Secretary of the Interior the authority to coordinate a protective management program for those lands adjacent to the Grand Canyon or affecting the environment of the Grand Canyon. Institutes programs for the recreational, historical and cultural development of the area, and authorizes cooperative agreements between the States, Indian Tribes, and the Federal Government for the regulation of the area. Provides for the Administration of wilderness land under the Wilderness Act. Authorizes those sums as are necessary for the carrying out of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
National Energy Research and Development Policy Act - Title I: Coordination and Augmentation of Federal Support for Research and Development of Fuels and Energy - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to establish and maintain a national program of research and development in fuels and energy adequate to meet specified objectives. Establishes an Energy Research Management Project which shall have a Chairman appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the duties of the Project, initiating: (1) to review the full range of Federal activities in and financial support for fuels and energy research and development, giving consideration to research and development being conducted by industry and other non-Federal entities, to determine the capability of ongoing research efforts to carry out the policies established by this Act and other relevant Federal policies, particulary the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; and (2) to formulate a comprehensive energy research and development strategy for the Federal Government which will expeditiously advance the policies established by this Act. Provides that in evaluating proposed opportunities for particular research and development undertakings pursuant to this title, the Management Project shall assign priority to types of projects listed in this title. Requires the President not later than five years from the date of this Act, if the authorities and duties of the Management Project are not reassigned to a permanent agency in the interim, to report to the Congress on his evaluation of the progress of fuels and energy research and development and his recommendation for further management of the Federal research and development programs. Provides that the Chairman shall keep the Congress fully and currently informed of all of the Management Project's activities and shall submit to the Congress an annual report. States that neither the Chairman nor any other member of the Management Project or his employees may refuse to testify before the Congress or to submit information to the legislative or appropriations committees of either House of the Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 annually for the administrative expenses of the Management Project. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and, subject to annual congressional authorizations, $800,000,000 for each of the four following fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this title with respect to energy research and development. Title II: Establishment of a Coal Gasification Corporation - Establishes the Coal Gasification Development Corporation. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for manufacturing substitute natural gas from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a fullscale, commercial-size facility to manufacture substitute natural gas from coal by such method. Provides that the Corporation shall transmit to the President of the United States and the Congress, annually, commencing one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, and at such other times as it deems desirable, a comprehensive and detailed report of its operations, activities, and accomplishments under this title. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $6,000,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Establishment of a Shale Oil Development Corporation - States that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of shale oil as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program jointly managed and funded to demonstrate commercial methods of producing environmentally acceptable fuels from shale oil. Establishes the Shale Oil Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing a syncrude from shale oil. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce a syncrude from shale oil by such method. Requires the Corporation to transmit an annual report to the President and the Congress and at such time to submit such legislative recommendations as it deems desirable. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $5,000,000 and for each of the next seven succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Establishment of an Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation - Establishes the Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing electricity at high efficiencies using advanced power cycles with minimum adverse environmental impacts using coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible a full-scale commercial-size facility to produce electricity from coal by such mehtod. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $6,500,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary. Title V: Establishment of a Geothermal Energy Development Corporation - Establishes the Geothermal Energy Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation, on the basis of the best geologic information and after field exploration, to select suitable sites for the construction of two or more demonstration installations to develop technologies for the generation of steam and electric power from geothermal resources. Authorizes the Corporation to operate a full scale commercial-size facility to produce electricity from geothermal energy. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $8,000,000, and for each of the next fourteen succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title VI: States that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of coal liquefaction processes as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program jointly managed and funded to demonstrate commercial methods of producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal. Establishes the Coal Liquefaction Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasiblity thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce synthetic fuel from coal by such method. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, fiscal year 1974, the sum of $7,500,000, and for each of the next eleven succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the month of May in each year as "National Arthritis Month".
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes the conveyance of certain lands in the District of Columbia to the Greater Southeast Community Hospital Foundation, Inc.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Specifies criteria to be considered by the Court in order to determine if an offender should be sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act. States that no youth offender committed under the provisions of the Federal Youth Corrections Act on the basis of a conviction of any crime of violence shall be released conditionally or unconditionally until the court which sentenced such offender determines that his release would not endanger the public. Provides that such a determination shall be made only after consideration of the reports of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons and the Youth Corrections Division of the Board of Parole. Declares that no youth offender shall be released until the court makes such a determination or the maximum sentence imposed on the offender expires.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Permits a married couple to deduct under the Internal Revenue Code household and depandent care expenses when one spouse is a full-time student to the same extent that a deduction would be allowable were both spouses employed. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 214 (e))