United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Directs the United States Department of Justice to undertake a study of the operation of the Youth Corrections Act, particularly with respect to: (1) the effectiveness of the Act in leading to rehabilitation of those offenders sentenced under it; (2) the need for new correctional institutions to provide the specialized treatment directed to be given under the Act; (3) the need for new correctional procedures and programs designed to increase opportunities for rehabilitation under the Act; (4) the need for new legislative guidelines to enable the judges of the courts of the United States to use the Act in accordance with the intent of Congress; and (5) the desirability of providing separate facilities and programs for minor offenders, as opposed to youthful felons and those committing more serious offenses. Requires the Department to complete the study of the Act within one year of the date of the enactment of this resolution and to submit to the Congress its conclusions and recommendations within this period.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Child Abuse Prevention Act - Establishes a National Center of Child Abuse and Neglect to monitor research, maintain a clearinghouse on child abuse programs, and compile and publish training materials for persons working in the field. Establishes a program of demonstration grants to be used in training personnel in the fields of medicine, law and social work and to support innovative projects aimed at preventing or treating child abuse or neglect. Creates a National Commission on Child Abuse and Neglect to examine some of the issues relating to child abuse including the effectiveness of existing laws and the proper role of the Federal Government in the area of child abuse. Modifies existing legislation authorizing child welfare programs to require a State plan outlining the system used to deal with child abuse. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Provides that any provision or requirement in any building code or other local law or ordinance, or in any contract or agreement, or any practice or other restraint which interferes with or restricts the use of new or improved techniques, methods, or materials or the use of preassembled products in connection with any development, construction, rehabilitation, or maintenance activity assisted under any program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall be unlawful with respect to such activity. Provides that any person who is aggrieved because of any provision or requirement in any building code or other local law or ordinance, or because of any contract, agreement, practice, or other restraint unlawful under this Act may bring a civil action in any appropriate United States district court notwithstanding any other provision of law and without regard to the amount in controversy.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Public Health Service Act Extension - Extends authorizations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Public Health Service Act: (1) research and demonstrations relating to health facilities and services; (2) systems analysis of national health care plans; (3) national health surveys and studies; (4) traineeships for professional public health personnel; (5) project grants for graduate training in public health; (6) health services for domestic agricultural migrants; (7) grants to States for comprehensive State health planning; (8) project grants for areawide health planning; (9) project grants for training, studies, and demonstrations related to comprehensive national health planning; (10) grants for comprehensive public health services; (11) project grants for health services development; (12) assistance for construction of medical library facilities; (13) grants for training in medical library sciences; (14) grants for establishing, expanding, and improving the basic resources of medical libraries and related instrumentalities; (15) grants for establishment of regional medical libraries; (16) financial support of biomedical scientific publication; (17) grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit long-term care, outpatient, and rehabilitation facilities; (18) grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers; (19) grants for the modernization of long term care, outpatient, and rehabilitation facilities, and of hospitals and public health centers; (20) loan guarantees and loans for modernization and construction of hospitals and other medical facilities; (21) construction or modernization of emergency rooms; (22) grants for construction of teaching facilities for allied health professions personnel; (23) basic and special grants to improve the quality of training for allied health professions; (24) special projects for experimentation, demonstration, and institutional improvements related to training allied health personnel; (25) traineeships for advanced training of allied health professions personnel; (26) scholarship grants for allied health professions personnel; (27) grants to encourage full utilization of educational talent for allied health professions; (28) work-study programs for personnel in the allied health professions; (29) loans for students of the allied health professions; and (30) grants for education, research, training and demonstrations in the fields of heart disease, cancer, stroke, kidney disease and other related diseases. Extends authorizations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Community Mental Health Centers Act: (1) grants for construction of public and other nonprofit community mental health centers; (2) grants for initial costs of professional and technical personnel of community mental health centers; (3) grants for developing specialized training programs, training personnel, conducting surveys and and programs of special significance related to community mental health centers; (4) grants for facilities for alcoholic rehabilitation; (5) grants for training programs, personnel, and studies related to drug abuse and rehabilitation; (6) grants for drug abuse education; (7) project grants for construction and staffing of facilities for the prevention and treatment of alochol and drug abuse; (8) grants for consultation services for alcohol and drug abuse; and (9) grants for treatment facilities to provide mental health services for children.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Occupational Safety and Health Act Amendments - Requires that when a proposed rule, which would establish a new occupational safety and health standard, or which would affect an existing standard, is published in the Federal Register, it shall be accompanied by a statement summarizing its economic impact on affected employers, including an estimate of the total cost which would be incurred by employers in each affected industry in complying with such rule. Provides that after a violation of an occupational safety and health standard has been abated an employer need not continue to post the citation for such violation at or near the site of the violation. Establishes a procedure whereby an employer receiving a citation can obtain a variance from the standard violated by persuading the Secretary that work procedures in operation at the time of the citation are equally effective in protecting his employees. Changes from mandatory to permissive the assessment of fines for serious violations. States that determining whether a fine should be assessed, due consideration would be given to the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the employer and the history of previous violations. Requires the Secretary of Labor to provide advice and technical assistance through consultation at the work sites of employers who have 100 or fewer employees, and who request such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Interstate Recycling Expansion Act - Sets forth the purposes and definitions of the Act - Title I: Establishment of Nondiscriminatory Rates and Charges for the Transportation of Recyclable and Recycled Solid Waste Materials in Interstate and Foreign Commerce - Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission to investigate all freight rate discriminations against recyclable commodities and within two years to enter appropriate orders terminating all such unreasonable discrimination in transportation charges. Title II: Expansion of Recycling Through Federal Procurement - Directs all Federal procurement agencies to work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency in the establishment of new rules and procedures to maximize the procurement of recyclable materials and products which contain recycled materials. Title III: Modifications of Other Federal Impediments to Expanded Recycling in Commerce - States that labels under the Wool Products Labeling Act shall use the term recycled rather than reused or reprocessed. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Provides that this Act shall be effective on the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act - Title I: Tax Simplification Relating to Small Business - Creates a Committee on Tax Simplification for Small Business for the purpose of devoting continued attention to the simplification of the Internal Revenue Code to small business, and the regulations, instructions, procedures, and other publications relating to small business taxation. Provides that the membership of the Committee would include representatives of the Secretary of the Treasury (for policy matters); Internal Revenue Service (for technical matters); Office of Management and Budget (for coordinating the paperwork aspects of IRS forms, in view of the Federal Reports Act) and the Small Business Administration (to express the interests of the small business community). Creates in the Treasury Department an Office of Small Business Analyst, which would be responsible for looking at tax problems primarily from the view of small business and the free enterprise system. Calls upon the Treasury Department to make a comprehensive study of depreciation policies with particular attention to: the impact of legislation; the rapid advances in technology to which small business must adopt; and the practices of other industrialized nations. Calls upon the Treasury to study the entire range of pension, retirement, health, medical, and insurance benefits in the larger context of what both corporations (including large corporate enterprise) and other forms of business are providing for their employees and executives. Authorizes a special study of the differential effect of tax law changes on businesses of different sizes. Title II: Adjustment of Corporate Normal Tax - Effects a progressive reform in the entire corporate tax structure by providing for reductions in normal corporate tax rates based on the corporations earning. Provides that as corporate earnings rise above $1 million per year the normal tax would incline upward to a maximum of 24 percent for corporations earning over $1 billion annually. Title III: Special Provisions to Encourage Establishment of New Small Business Enterprises - Permits eligible new small business corporations an income tax deduction equal to the corporations net operating income, so long as that amount does not exceed $83,333. Allows an income tax deduction to a partnership for its organizational expenses ratably over a period of 60 months. Provides for a bad debt tax deduction for guarantors of obligations of, and lenders to, small business corporations. Title IV: Provisions to Assist Small Business Growth - Increases the additional first-year depreciation limitation for small business property from $10,000 to $20,000. Reinstates the 7 percent investment credit for specified small business property. Provides that corporate manufacturing would be allowed $50,000 worth of qualified investment. Extends the period for use of the loss carryover provisions for small businesses by allowing existing corporations to carry these losses over a ten year period. Raises the earning credit in accordance with the costs of doing business to $150,000. Allows research and development expenses of small businesses to be amortized beginning at the time they are made. Permits a limited number of surtax exemptions (up to 5) in the event members of a family are placed in proprietary positions where they have ownership of at least 50 percent of the stock (or other interest) and full time management of a separately incorporated unit of a family business. Title V: Provisions Relating to Partnerships - Allows the closing of the partnership year for a decedent at any of the following times: (1) normal close of the partnership year if there has been no prior sale, exchange, or liquidation of the partnership interest; (2) the date of any of the above described transactions; or (3) the day after the partner's death. Permits a partner to deduct currently his share of partnership losses in excess of the adjusted basis of his partnership interests, in the event that the partner is unconditionally obligated for his share of such partnership losses. Title VI: Provisions Relating to Subchapter S Corporations - Increases the Subchapter S "tax-option" to small business corporations in the following 3 ways: (1) initial shareholders could number 15, rather than the present 10; (2) shareholders in excess of this ceiling who take their stock by reason of heirship would not disqualify election; and (3) after 5 years, the number of permissible shareholders would increase to 25. Provides that the classes of shareholders shall be expanded to include: (1) trusts where stock passes pursuant to a will, and where the trust is used merely to convey the stock to a long term eligible holder within 60 days; (2) trusts where the entire income is taxable to the grantor; and (3) certain small business investment companies. Provides for nondisqualification of a Subchapter S corporation by reason of exceeding the limit of 20 percent passive income in a single year. Provides that the election privilege shall be lost pursuant to this proposal if the limit is exceeded in any 2 of 4 consecutive years. Provides that if the corporation is able to establish that the termination was, in fact, inadvertent and can gain full compliance within 90 days of notification, its Subchapter S status would be preserved for future years. Title VII: Business Development Corporations - Permits State and local development companies to extend long-term financing to non-bankable new enterprises and such companies would be permitted a bad-debt reserve deduction up to 10 percent of outstanding loans. Provides that certain types of business development corporations would be nontaxable upon the condition that the proceeds from such unusual transactions are re-invested within the area of service and no part of these proceeds inures to the benefit of any individual or private institution. Title VIII: Preservation of Small Business Independence - Allows recovery of losses in 1 or 2 quarters to the extent the newly estimated tax for the year is less than the amount already paid in. Disallows interest deductions beyond $500,000 on any loan for small business acquisition purposes. Permits valuation comparisons with any similar closely held corporation whether or not it is listed on an exchange. Changes the standard of "undue hardship" (required to qualify for 10-year estate tax installments) to "hardship". Directs the Treasury Department to conduct a comprehensive examination of the pressures of income taxes, capital gains tax, reorganization rules, and estate and gift taxes which are causing so many small businesses to sell or merge out of existence rather than continue in independent form.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Federal Election Campagin Act Amendments - Creates a six-member independent Federal Elections Commission appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Specifies that the Commission shall have full legal powers. Authorizes the Commission to use the personnel and facilities of the Department of Justice and the General Accounting Office. Requires the Commission to submit its budget directly to Congress along with any recommendations it may have for legislation. Transfers specified functions of the Secretary of the Senate, the GAO and the Clerk of the House to the Commission. Requires each candidate for Federal office to have a central campaign committee through which all reports must pass. Requires the central committee to file its report with the Commission. Specifies that reports contain all contributions in excess of $100 and that cash contributions of $2,500 or more be reported within 24 hours. Requires a financial report to be filed 10 days before an election. Requires a candidate to file a statement as to the consideration for which any debt is settled for less than full value or the circumstances surrounding such settlement. Authorizes those sums necessary to carry out the objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act Amendments - Provides that statements of accounts filed in accordance with the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act shall be filed with the Comptroller General of the United States. Provides that such statements shall be preserved by the Comptroller General for a period of five years. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Comptroller General as the agent of Congress with respect to the administration of this Act. Expands the coverage of the Act to include those persons or organizations having as a substantial purpose the influence of legislation. Includes within the coverage of the Act persons or organizations who expend money or any other thing of value exceeding $1,000 for each endeavor which has as its purpose the passage or defeat of legislation before the Congress by direct communication with the Congress. Requires full disclosure of contingent fee arrangements. Exempts the broadcast media from the registration requirement of the Act. Repeals the section of the Act which prohibits an individual from engaging in lobbying activities within three years of his conviction under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Provides income tax incentives by permitting expenditures for the modification of specified buildings which remove architectural and transportational barriers to the handicapped and elderly to be considered expenses under the Internal Revenue Code. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 189)
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Campaign Mail Act - Permits candidates for Federal office to send out a specified number of pieces of political mail at postal rates paid by nonprofit organizations. Allows a major party candidate to mail campaign mail equal to two times the voting age population and allows a minor party candidate to mail one-half that of the major party candidate. Stipulates that mail may only be addressed to persons in the area in which the candidate is eligible for office.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Exempts from the equal time requirements of the Communication Act all candidates for Federal offices. Expands the definition of a legally qualified candidate for purposes of the Act to include persons who have publicly announced for office or have knowledge that contributions and expenditures have been made in their behalf. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to study the effect of the equal time suspension on the congressional and presidential compaigns in 1974 and 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Authorizes the investment of the war risk insurance fund established for aircraft protection, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, in securities of, or guaranteed by, the United States. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1536(a))
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1973
Permits States to impose inspection, marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredient requirements that are more stringent than Federal standards under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 678)
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Authorizes each executive agency, under the Federal Property and Administration Services Act of 1949, to furnish excess property to any grantee under a program established by law and for which funds are appropriated by the Congress if the head of that executive agency determines that the use of excess property by that grantee will: (1) expand the ability of that grantee to carry out the purposes for which the grant was made; (2) result in a reduction in the cost to the government of the grant; or (3) result in a an enhancement in the product or benefit from the grant.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Program Information Act - Directs the President to transmit to Congress no later than May 1 of each regular session a catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs. Requires the catalog to be designed to assist the potential beneficiary to identify all existing Federal domestic assistance programs and to supply information for each program so that the potential beneficiary can determine whether particular assistance on benefits might be available to him for the purpose he wishes. Requires the catalog to contain a detailed index designed to assist the beneficiary to identify all Federal domestic assistance programs related to a particular need. Requires such catalog to be revised on quarterly intervals. Provides that the catalog be made available to the public at prices approximately equal to the cost in quantities adequate to meet the public demand. Provides that limited numbers be distributed to Congress and Federal agencies without cost.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Entitles those individuals who have attained the age of 60 but not age 65 and who are entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits or who are wives and husbands of persons entitled to such benefits, to obtain, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare), coverage for hospital insurance benefits. Prescribes those procedures for enrollment under the plan established by this Act and specifies that the coverage to which an individual so enrolled is entitled. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to review and revise premium rates. Designates all premiums paid to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Provides that all individuals eligible for the hospital insurance plan of this Act shall also be eligible for supplementary medical insurance benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Older Americans Amendments - Provides that it shall be the purpose of Title III (Grants for State and Area Programs) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to encourage and assist State or local agencies to develop greater capacity and foster the development of coordinated service programs to serve older persons by entering into new cooperative arrangements with each other and with providers of social or nutritional services for planning for the provision of social or nutritional services in order to: (1) secure and maintain maximum independence and dignity in a home environment for older persons capable of self-care for whom economic independence is not feasible; and (2) remove individual and social barriers to economic and personal independence for older persons capable of self-support. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the use of allotments under Title III of such Act to provide for technical assistance to public or nonprofit private agencies and organizations engaged in activities related to the problems of older persons. Sets forth requirements for eligibility by the States and areas for participation in grants under such Act. Provides that, under Title VII of the Act, surplus agricultural commodities may be donated to a recipient of a grant. Specifies which funds allotted under Title VII of the Act may be used in State planning.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Provides for crediting service under the Civil Service Retirement Act for service by National Guard technicians on or after the effective date of the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Gifted and Talented Children's Educational Assistance Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to assist State and local educational agencies to develop special educational programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to administer the programs and projects authorized by this Act and to coordinate all Federal programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes the Commissioner to establish independently or locate in an existing clearinghouse the National Clearinghouse on Gifted and Talented Children and Youth. States that the clearinghouse shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of such youth. Authorizes to be appropriated for the establishment and operation of the clearinghouse $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $1,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to assist the States in the initiation, expansion, and improvement of programs and projects for the education of such youth at the preschool, elementary and secondary school levels. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making such grants $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and for the succeeding fiscal year. Provides that 3 percent of the amounts appropriated for such grants shall be allotted among Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific according to their respective needs. States that 85 percent of the amounts appropriated shall be allocated to the States according to a formula set forth in this Act, except that no State shall be allotted less than $50,000. Provides that 15 percent of such funds shall be used for special project grants. Provides that any State which desires to receive such grants shall submit a State plan through its State educational agency to the Commissioner. Sets forth requirements that each such plan shall contain. Provides for judicial review of the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of State plans under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to assist them in establishing or maintaining a program for training personnel engaged in or preparing to engage in educating gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $20.000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that at least 50 percent of such funds but not more than 75 percent shall be expended for the training of leadership personnel. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct or make grants to or enter into contracts with States or other organizations set forth in this Act for research and related purposes, relating to the education of gifted and talented youth. Authorizes to be appropriated $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Makes it the policy of the Federal Government, in the administration of all Federal programs, that religious beliefs which proscribe the performance of abortions or sterilization procedures (or limit the circumstances under which abortions or sterilizations may be performed) shall be respected. Provides that any provision of law, regulation, contract, or other agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, on and after the enactment of this joint resolution, shall not be imposed, applied, or enforced, in or in connection with the administration of any program established or financed totally or in part by the Federal Government which provides or assists in paying for health care services for individuals or assists hospitals or other health care institutions which would result in causing or attempting to cause, or in obligating, any physician, other health care personnel, or any hospital or other health care institution, to perform, assist in the performance, or make facilities or personnel available for or to assist in the performance, of any abortion or sterilization procedure on any individual, if the performance of such abortion or sterilization procedure on such individual would be contrary to the religious beliefs of such physician or other health care personnel, or of the person or group sponsoring or administering such hospital or other institution.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides for postal rate reductions for various classification of publications over a specified period of time. Permits the first 250,000 pieces of each issue of a publication of a class authorized under specified sections of the Postal Law to be mailed at a rate which is 66 percent of the otherwise applicable temporary or permanent rate than in effect. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to credit specified sums to the Postal Service Fund. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626 and 39 U.S.C. 2401)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Bicentennial Advanced Technology Transportation System Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a comprehensive study of a high-speed ground transportation system between Washington, District of Columbia, and Annapolis, Maryland, and a high-speed marine vessel transportation system between the Baltimore-Annapolis area in Maryland and the Yorktown-Williamsburg-Norfolk area in Virginia. Authorizes the construction of such system if such study demonstrates their feasibility. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Authorizes assistance, under the Small Business Act, to small business concerns in financing structural, operational, or other changes to meet standards required pursuant to Federal or State laws. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 636(b))
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Makes it the policy of the Congress that our fishing industry be afforded all support necessary to have it strengthened, and all steps be taken to provide adequate protection for our coastal fisheries against excessive foreign fishing. Declares that the Congress recognizes, encourages, and intends to support the key responsibilities of the several States for conservation and scientific management of fisheries resources within United States territorial waters; and that the Congress particularly commends Federal programs designed to improve coordinated protection, enhancement, and scientific management of all United States fisheries, both coastal and distant, including presently successful Federal aid programs under the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964, and the newly developing Federal-State fisheries management programs.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Research on Aging Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, in the Public Health Service, the National Institute on Aging for the conduct and support of biomedical, social, and behavioral research and training related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems of the aged. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Advisory Council on Aging to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on programs relating to the aged which are administered by him and on those matters which relate to the Institute. Provides that the Secretary shall, through the Institute, carry out the purposes of this Act with respect to research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems and needs of the aged. Directs that the Secretary, in consultation with the Institute and such other appropriate advisory bodies as he may establish, to within one year after the effective date of this Act develop a plan for an aging research program designed to coordinate and promote research into the biological, medical, psychological, social, educational, and economic aspects of aging. States that such plan shall be transmitted to the Congress and the President and shall set forth the staffing and funding requirements to carry out the program contained therein.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Makes it unlawful, under the Clayton Act, for any person engaged in commerce to sell, offer to sell, or contract to sell goods below cost for the purpose of destroying competition or eliminating a competion.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Establishes the Joint Committee on the Causes and Origins of United States Involvement in the Vietnam Hostilities to be composed of fourteen members to conduct a thorough study and investigation of: (1) the actions of each President and Administration relating to Vietnam since 1945, and the effects of such actions on the commitment of the United States to the Republic of Vietnam; (2) the foreign policy assumptions of each such President and Administration relating to Vietnam, with special emphasis on the United States view of the objectives of Communist China and the Soviet Union worldwide and in Southeast Asia and how this may have affected United States involvement in Vietnam; (3) the diplomatic policy of the United States relating to Vietnam since 1945 and the influence of such policy on the United States commitment to the Republic of Vietnam; (4) changes in United States military and strategic concepts and doctrines since 1945 and how military concepts and doctrines affected the United States military role in Vietnam; and (5) executive-congressional relations in the context of United States involvement in Vietnam, and the manner in which the overall pattern of the executive-congressional relationship on foreign policy matters since 1945 affected congressional and executive actions with respect to Vietnam. Provides that the joint committee shall transmit to each House of the Congress a report which shall contain its findings and conclusions. Provides that, upon the transmittal of such report, the joint committee shall cease to exist.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Speedy Trial Act - Title I: Speedy Trials - Provides in any case involving a criminal defendant for the commencement of trial within 60 days from the date the defendant is arrested, served charged with an offense the appropriate judicial officer shall set a day certain for trial. with a summons, indicted or has an information filed against him. States that for the first 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act the time limit shall be 180 days and for the next 12 months such time limit shall be 120 days. Provides that certain pretrial motions, hearings or interlocutory appeals shall not be included in the 60 day computation. Permits the exclusion of periods of delay resulting from the defendant's absence, incompetence or an agreement with the prosecution. Provides that if a defendant is not brought to trial within the 60 day period, the information or indictment shall be dismissed on defendant's motion. Provides sanctions on either the counsel for the defendant or the government if they knowingly engage in dilatory practices. Provides that the Act is to become effective one year after its enactment. Directs in the interim that every judicial district adopt a plan to insure a speedy trial. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Pretrial Services Agencies - Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to establish in the 10 judicial districts a pretrial services agency authorized to maintain effective supervision and control over, and to provide supportive services to, defendants released under 18 U.S.C. chapter 207. Vests the powers of each pretrial services agency in a Board of Trustees appointed by the chief judge of that judicial district. Specifies the functions and powers of such pretrial services agencies and provides that the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall annually report to Congress on the accomplishments of the pretrial services agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law, a member or former member of a uniformed service who is 60 years of age or older on the date of enactment of this Act or becomes 60 years of age after such date and who is entitled to retired or retainer pay or who is entitled to retired pay for a 30 percent physical disability, is entitled to have that retired or retainer pay recomputed under the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Congressional Budget Control and Oversight Improvement Act - Title I: Change of Fiscal Year - Provides that the fiscal year of the Treasury of the United States shall: (1) through June 30, 1974, commence on July 1 of each year and end on June 30 of the following year; (2) for the period commencing July 1, 1974 and ending on December 31, 1974, be for such period; and (3) beginning on January 1, 1975, commence on January 1 of each year and on December 31 of that same year. Provides for a special appropriation for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1974, and ending December 31, 1974. Provides that for each fiscal year beginning on or after Janurary 1, 1975, the President shall transmit the Budget to Congress on or before April 15 of the year preceding the commencement of that fiscal year. Establishes dates for the transmittal of the estimated expenditures for the legislative branch and the Supreme Court to the President and dates for the President to submit a supplementary summary of the budget. Revises the accounting procedure as regards sums appropriated to agencies. Requires the President's Economic report to be submitted to Congress not later than January 20 of each year before 1975 and not later than April 15 of each year after 1974. Title II: Appropriations Ceiling - Provides that not later than May 30 of each year the Congress shall enact an appropriations ceiling. Provides that the appropriations ceiling shall be used in conjunction with the President's budget request to determine a percentage which shall be used as a guideline for the respective appropriations committees in preparing and reporting measures making new obligational authority for the fiscal year. Title III: Congressional Oversight and Imformation - Requires each standing committee of the Senate and the House to establish a Subcommittee on Legislative Review to assist the subcommittees of such committee in reviewing the application, and execution of those laws which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the subcommittee. Directs the Library of Congress to tabulate the average cost for each tax-paying family for each bill or resolution passed by either House during each period. Provides that the estimate of costs to each tax-paying family be computed when any public bill is reported. Creates a digest under the Director of the Office of Management and Budget which shall outline in summary form all Federal programs. Title IV: General - States that specified provisions of this Act are enacted by the Congress as an exercise of the rule - making powers of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Spirit of '76 High Speed Rail Act - Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in conjunction with the Corps of Engineers to establish high speed rail passenger service between Boston, New York, and Washington, District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations of funds to finance equipment, construction and terminal improvements. Permits the Secretary of Transportation to accept donation of lands, easements, rights-of-way or materials required for such work. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress with respect to activities carried out under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1973
National Institute of Health Care Delivery Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a National Institute of Health Care Delivery and regional and special emphasis centers to improve health care delivery and to help speed the delivery of the benefits of medical science and the scientific discovery system to the people of the United States. Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Institute of Health Care Delivery. Provides that the Institute shall carry out a multidisciplinary research and development program to improve delivery of health care services and shall be the principal Government agency for the improvement of health care in the United States. Provides that the Director and Deputy Director of the Institute shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Director to appoint up to four Assistant Directors. Provides that it shall be the function of the Institute to pursue methods and opportunities to improve and advance the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of health care delivery in the States, regions, and communities of the United States through initiation and support of studies, research, experimentation, development, demonstration and evaluation of areas and subjects set forth in this Act. Provides that the Institute shall: (1)develop methods for, and support of, training of individuals to plan and conduct research, development, demonstrations, and evaluation of health care delivery and related services; (2) provide technical assistance and development of methods for the transfer of new knowledge, components, and systems to public and private agencies, programs, institutions, and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery ; and (3) collaborate with governments and private care institutions and programs in foreign countries for the exchange of information and support of research, experiments, demonstrations, and training in order to advance health care delivery in the United States and cooperating nations. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Director under this Act. Provides that where funds are advanced for a single project under this Act by more than one Federal agency the Director may act for all in administering the funds advanced and a single non-Federal share requirement may be established according to the proportion of the funds advanced by each Federal agency. Provides for the transfer of research funds from other Government departments and agencies, with the approval of the head of the department or agency involved, for such use as is consistent for the purposes for which the funds were provided. Transfers the National Center for Health Services Research and Development from the Health Services and Mental Health Administration to the Institute. Authorizes the President, for a period of two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to transfer to the Institute any functions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which relate primarily to the functions, powers and duties of the Director, as described by this Act. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Health Care Delivery to be composed of twenty-one members. States that the Council shall consist of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Chief Medical Officer of the Veterans' Administration, a medical officer designated by the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the Health Services and Mental Health Administration, the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Health Care Delivery, who shall be ex officio members, and fifteen members, who are not otherwise full-time employees of the United States, to be appointed by the President. Provides that the appointed members shall be: (1) leaders in the field of medical science, or in the organization, delivery or financing of health care; (2) leaders in the management sciences; and (3) representatives of the consumers of health care. Provides that the Council shall: (1) review programs, policies, and priorities of the Institute and centers established under this Act and advise the Director on the development and conduct of the programs of the Institute and centers; (2) examine and coordinate health care delivery efforts within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and other Federal departments and agencies so as to avoid duplication; and (3) assure that significant research and development findings of the Institute and centers are being disseminated to the health care system, and evaluate the extent such findings are making an impact on the health care delivery system. Provides that the Director shall, within one year after the date of his appointment and prior to February 1 of each year thereafter, prepare and submit a written report to the Secretary for his transmittal to the President and the Congress. Creates within the Institute an Office of Health Care Delivery Information Services. States that the office shall: (1) provide indexing, abstracting, translating and other services leading to a more effective dissemination of information on research and development in health care delivery to public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery and to the general public; and (2) undertake programs to develop new or improved methods for making such information available. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act (except for the provisions dealing with regional and special emphasis centers) the sum of $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Provides that any unexpended sums may be carried over without fiscal year limitation. Authorizes the Director to enter into cooperative arrangements with public or private nonprofit agencies or institutions to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, and providing operating support for: (1) not to exceed eight regional centers to carry out multidisciplinary research and development in health care delivery; (2) the Health Care Technology Center which shall focus on all forms of technology and its application in health care delivery; and (3) the Health Care Management Center which shall focus on the improvement of management and organization in the health field, the training and retraining of administrators, and the development of leaders, planners and policy analysts in such field. Provides that Federal support shall not exceed $2,000,000 per year per center, except for the Health Care Technology Center, and such support may be funded for an initial period of not to exceed three years. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of providing such support $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $35,000,000 for fiscal 1974, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Provides that any unexpended sums may be carried over without fiscal year limitation. Authorizes the Director to provide funds to be used to increase the Federal contribution to research and demonstration projects, which have been designated by the National Advisory Council as essential, above the maximum level of Federal contributions otherwise authorized by any applicable law. Provides that the increased Federal contribution shall not exceed eighty percent of the cost of such projects. Provides that not to exceed ten percent of the funds authorized by this Act shall be available for such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1973
Provides that no State shall receive a lesser allocation of water pollution control funds in fiscal years 1973 or 1974 than it received in fiscal year 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Runaway Youth Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to establish local institutions to deal primarily with youth runaways outside the traditional law enforcement, juvenile justice system. Requires that grants be made on the basis of the number of runaways in the community and the present availability of services for runaways. States that priority be given to private organizations who have had experience dealing with runaways. Establishes the requirements which runaways houses must meet to be eligible to receive grants including: (1) location in an area frequented or reachable by runaways; (2) a maximum capacity of not more than 20; and (3) the development of adequate plans to insure proper contact with the child's parents and with the police, safe return of the runaway, and adequate after-care counseling. Provides that each proposed grantee must keep statistical surveys of their clients and report them annually to the Secretary. Requires that a plan meet the above requirements before it may be approved by the Secretary. Provides that nothing in this Act shall give the Federal Government and its agencies control over the staffing and personnel decisions of facilities receiving Federal funds, except that the staffs of such facilities must meet the standards under this Act. Includes Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands in the term "State". Authorizes $10,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 to carry out the provisions of this title. Requires that the Federal share of the cost of constructing such houses be not more than fifty percent. Establishes the Federal share of the cost of renovating existing structures, providing counseling services and staff training, and general operating expenses at ninety percent. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct research on all aspects of the runaway problems. Authorizes $500,000 to be spent for this purpose and requires the Secretary to report to Congress not later than June 30, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Emergency Medical Service Systems Act - Establishes , within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Emergency Medical Services Administration to be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Director to allot funds to those States which qualify under this Act for distribution to local communities to assist in the development and operation of qualified emergency medical service systems. Sets forth criteria for the emergency medical service systems to be assisted by this Act. Sets forth qualifications for the States and the local communities as conditions for such assistance. Establishes standards for the operation of the emergency medical service systems. Transfers to the Director all functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of Transportation and the National Highway Safety Bureau relating to emergency medical services which are being exercised under, in connection with, or as a part of the uniform standards for State highway safety programs. Provides that the standards established by the Director under this Act shall apply to and govern the operation of all ambulance and other emergency medical services which are provided or assisted in any way under Federal law or under programs established, carried on, or supported under Federal law. Provides that loans and grants authorized under this Act may be made only to services that meet the applicable standards established under this Act. Sets forth requirements for the membership composition of the individual State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Councils established under this Act. Establishes an Interagency Council to provide for the communication and exchange of information that is necessary to maintain the necessary coordination and effectiveness of emergency medical service programs and activities of all Federal agencies and developments that are involved in such programs. Provides for the creation of a National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee which shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director with respect to overall planning and policy and the objectives and priorities for all emergency medical services. Provides that the Director, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this Act. Provides that the Director shall annually submit to the President and the Congress a full and complete report on activities under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for financial assistance and for the initial purchase of ambulance equipment, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated, for other expenses incurred by the Director and the Administration in carrying out this Act, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $70,000,000 for fiscal year year 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Extends to all unmarried individuals the tax treatment of income splitting now utilized by married individuals filing joint returns under the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary of Treasury to prescribe and publish tables reflecting the amendments made by this Act which shall apply in lieu of the tables set forth in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to wage paid on or after January 1, 1974,
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
National Catastrophic Illness Protection Act - Part A: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings of the Congress that there are still many individuals who cannot secure or cannot afford adequate health insurance protection is available to help meet the costs of a catastrophic illness or disease. Establishes as the policy of Congress the need for a National Catastrophic illness Insurance program to encourage State and private insurers in the development of policies which will meet the problems set forth in the statement of findings. PART B: Establishment of Program; State Plans - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish and carry out a National Catastrophic Illness Insurance Program. Provides that the program shall involve the creation of State-wide plans providing extended health insurance, and that the Federal Government will reinsure insurers and pool of insurers who offer such insurance. Requires all plans to include: (1) that extended health insurance be available to all reasonable, subject only to deductibles authorized in this Act; (2) that where an insurer does not agree to write a policy of extended insurance, or does so under various limiting conditions, the State authority is notified and provides that the policy would then be placed with a pool or otherwise assigned to insurers by the "all-industry placement facility"; (3) that data be compiled and studied in connection with the operation of the State-wide plan; (4) that certain reports be submitted to the State insurance authority by individual insurers; (5) that any cancellation of a policy provide for reasonable notice to permit coverage under a new policy to be written under the plan; and (6) that public information about the plan be readily distributed. Sets premium rates on the basis of a study of the risks in question and acturial principles, such rates to be promulgated by the Secretary. Provides that, before payments are made under an extended insurance policy, a deductible must be satisfied through an equal amount of medical expenses paid or incurred by such individual. Provides that the amount of such deductible is determined by relating the extent of medical expenses to adjusted income and is equal to one-half of the amount by which a person's or family's adjusted income exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $2,000; plus all of the amount by which such adjusted income exceeds $2,000. Provides that statements pledging participation and cooperation with the State insurance authority would be required of insurers seeking reinsurance under the program. Provides that no insurer shall direct any agent or broker not to solicit business through such a plan, not penalize agents or brokers in any manner for submitting applications under the plan. Provides that the State plan shall be evaluated from time to time in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary. PART C: Reinsurance Coverage - Provides that the Secretary is authorized to reinsure against the losses which might be incurred under extended health insurance policies. Authorizes the Secretary to make agreements with insurers and pools for reinsurance in consideration of payments of reinsurance premiums deposited in the National Catastrophic Illness Insurance Fund in excess of the estimated amount of losses under such policies. Provides a detailed procedure for implementation of the reinsurance program in a State within specified time requirements, taking into account certain State and local factors which might affect such implementation. Provides that the Government may recover in the courts any unpaid premiums lawfully payable to the Government by an insurer under provisions of a 5-year statute of limitations. PART D: Government Program with Industry Assistance - Authorizes after determination that a State-wide program cannot be carried out, or that the objective of the program would be materially assisted by the Federal Government's assumption of the plan, arrangements for operation by the Government to carry out the objectives of the program. PART E: Provisions of General Applicability - Provides procedures for judicial review of disallowances for Claims for losses under the reinsurance program, whether State-wide or operated by the Federal Government. Authorizes the Government to enter into contracts and other arrangements for claims review, and receiving and disbursing funds for making payments. Provides that the Secretary may make periodic payments to insurers and pools in recognition of reduction in premium rates below estimated risks. Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to exercise certain powers vested in the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Housing Act of 1950, in addition to powers provided in this proposal. Provides that the Secretary may, on a reimbursable basis, utilize the services of other Government agencies. Authorizes necessary payment adjustments in connection with the program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Authorizes the Senate Select Committee on Small Business from time to time to report to the Senate, by bill or otherwise, its recommendations with respect to matters referred to the committee or otherwise within its jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Establishes an eight-member Ad Hoc Senate Committee on Military Oversight for the purpose of keeping abreast of changing military requirements resulting from developments of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Conference on Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction, and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II in order to ascertain the proper level of our future military security posture. Authorizes to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee a sum not to exceed $250,000.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Provides for the preservation of historical and archeological data. Extends coverage to all Federal and federally assisted or licensed programs which alter the terrain and potentially cause loss of scientific, prehistorical, historical or archeological data. Directs Federal agencies to notify the Secretary of the Interior if in their operations archeological or other scientific data are revealed or threatened. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, upon notification by any responsible authority that a Federal program is threatening, damaging, or destroying such data, may evaluate (after reasonable notice to the responsible agency) the situation and cause a survey or other investigation to be made to the extent necessary to protect the public interest. Directs Federal agencies whose programs are causing damage or destruction of scientific, prehistorical, historical, or archeological data to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior a small portion of the program funds to protect or recover such data prior to its loss. Provides additional Federal funding activities to recover data on archeological programs affected by any Federal activity. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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