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United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Postpones, under the Economic Opportunity Act, the implementation of the Headstart fee schedule until July 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Increases the authorization, for fiscal year 1974 and succeeding fiscal years, for the Committee for Purchase of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped. Defines "direct labor" for purposes of the Wagner-O'Day Act relating to the handicapped, as work required for the preparation, processing, and packing of a commodity or work directly related to the performance of a service, but not supervision, administration, inspection or shipping.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Broadens the conditions under which post-hospital home health services and home health services may be provided under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare).
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
House Health Services Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the establishment and initial operation of public and nonprofit private agencies which will provide home health services in areas in which such services are not otherwise available. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants: (1) to meet the initial and expanding costs of such agencies; and (2) for programs for the training of professional and paraprofessional personnel to provide home health services. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
Provides, under the Securities Exchange Act, for the collection and public dissemination of information concerning the holdings of and transactions in securities by institutional investors and investment managers, including banks, insurance companies, trust companies, and any other fund maintained or utilized for the purpose of collective investment. Requires investment managers to file periodic reports with the Commission. Specifies the content of such reports. (Adds 15 U.S.C. 78m)
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as adversely affecting our resolve to uphold our vital interests, nor be tempted to seize upon them as an opportunity to undermine the security of the United States. Expresses the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as impairing the full commitment of our Government to achieve a just and durable peace in the Middle East. Calls upon all friendly nations to join with the United States in pursuance of these vital common objectives, which have as their goal respect for law and a stable and secure peace throughout the world.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Authorizes the United States Governor to pay to the International Development Association $1,500,000,000 as the United States contribution to the Fourth Replenishment of the Resources of the Association. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,500,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that funds authorized and appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the housing, housing assistance, and community development programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the housing and housing assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture should be obligated or expended (to the extent current appropriations or other obligational authority permit) at rates which are not less than the rates at which funds were obligated or expended for such programs during calendar year 1972, until such time as these programs are terminated by the Congress or new housing and community development programs are enacted by the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength be implemented by continuing to transfer to Israel, by whatsoever means necessary, Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the aggressors.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1973
Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments - Expresses the findings of Congress. Provides that blind persons licensed under the provisions of this Act shall be authorized to operate vending facilities on any Federal or other property. Gives preference to blind persons licensed by a State agency as provided in this Act. Requires the head of each department or agency in control of Federal property to prescribe regulations assuring such preference. Eliminates the requirement that licensees be 21 years of age. Eliminates the requirement that licensees shall have resided for at least one year in the State for which a license is requested. Requires that in the design, construction, or substantial alteration of each public building after June 30, 1974, there shall be a satisfactory site or sites suitable for the location and operation of a vending facility by a blind person or persons. Authorizes State licensing agencies or any blind licensee to file a complaint with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare who shall convene an arbitration panel to hear appeals when the State licensing agency or licensee feels that any department or agency is failing to comply with the provisions of this Act. States that with specified exceptions, all vending machine income shall accrue to the blind licensee operating the facility. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
National Securities Market System Act - Defines terms used in the Securities Exchange Act, including the terms "members" when used with respect to an exchange or a registered securities association and "securities information processor". Provides that any exchange may be registered as a national securities exchange by filing with the Commission a registration statement setting forth specified information, and accompanied by enumerated documents. States that an exchange shall not be registered as a national securities exchange unless it appears to the Commission that specified criteria are met, including: (1) such exchange is able to comply with and to enforce compliance by its members with the provisions of this title; (2) the rules of the exchange assure a fair representation of its members; (3) the rules of the exchange provide for the equitable allocation of dues and other charges among its members; and (4) the rules of the exchange are designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices. Makes it unlawful for any securities information processor, unless registered, to make use of the mails or any means of interstate commerce to perform the functions of a securities information processor with respect to any security. Prescribes the procedure for registration of securities information processors. Empowers the Commission to place limitations upon the activities, of any registered securities information processor suspend or revoke the registration of any such processor. Directs the Commission to prescribe such rules as it deems in the public interest or for the protection of investors: (1) to assure that accurate quotations in all securities are available to all registered brokers and dealers; (2) to specify the form and content of information with respect to quotations and transactions and the method and manner in which such information is distributed and published; and (3) to provide for the fair and reasonable allocation of the costs, functions, and responsibilities associated with the collection and publication of quotations and transactions, and the development of a national market system. Prescribes the procedures, regulations and requirements governing the registration of an association as a national or affiliated securities association. States that with respect to any person who is a member of more than one self-regulatory organization, the Commission shall allocate among such self-regulatory organizations responsibility to examine such person for compliance with applicable provisions of this title, the rules and regulation thereunder, and the rules of the self-regulatory organizations of which it is a member, and to receive regulatory reports and to carry out other specified regulatory functions with respect to such person. Outlines the powers of the Commission in overseeing self-regulatory organization. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register any proposed rule together with its reasons for proposing to abrogate, alter, or supplement the rules of a self-regulatory organization and an evaluation of the effect of the proposed rule on the procedures and operations of the self-regulatory organization and the securities markets. Sets forth the Commission's powers with respect to any disciplinary action taken by a self-regulatory organization against a member or a person associated with a member. States that the Commission and the board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall each have power to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of the functions vested in them by this title. Requires the Commission and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, respectively, shall include in their annual reports to Congress such information, data, and recommendations for further legislation as they deem advisable with regard to matters within their respective jurisdictions under this Act. Provides that any person adversely affected by a rule may obtain a review in the Court of Appeals of the United States, or in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Authorizes to be appropriated, under the Foreign Assistance Act, additional funds of: (1) $95,000,000 for use by the President for emergency and recovery needs in connection with damage caused by floods in Pakistan; (2) $15,000,000 for emergency and recovery needs in connection with the damage caused by the earthquake in Nicaragua; and (3) $40,000,000 for emergency and recovery needs for the drought-stricken Sahelian nations of Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Permits, under the Internal Revenue Code, the exclusion from gross income of up to $200 of dividends and interest received by individuals during a taxable year. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 116)
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000; $175,000,000; and $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively, for the nutrition program for the aged under title VIII of the Elder Americans Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1973
Municipal Securities Act - Defines, under the Securities Exchange Act, specified terms relating to municipal securities. Provides that no municipal securities dealer (other than one registered as a broker or dealer under this Act) shall make use of the mails or of interstate commerce to effect any transaction in any municipal security unless such dealer is registered in accordance with this Act. Prescribes the procedure for such registration and circumstances under which registration shall be denied, revoked, or suspended. Provides that any association of municipal securities dealers may be registered with the Commission as a national association of municipal securities dealers by filing with the Commission a registration statement. Sets forth the information reguired in such statement and the conditions under which registration will be permitted. States that if any national association of municipal securities dealers takes final disciplinary action against any member thereof or denies admission to any person the association shall promptly file a notice with the Commission. Specifies the form of such notice. Outlines the proceedings for review by the Commission of any such disciplinary action taken by a national association of municipal securities dealers. Permit the rules of a national association of municipal securities dealers to provide that no member thereof shall deal in municipal securities with any nonmember except as the same prices, for the same commission or fees, and on the same terms and conditions as are by such member accorded to the general public. Empowers the Commission to abrogate, alter, or supplement the rules of any national association of municipal securities dealers in specified manners, in order to achieve the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commission to consult and cooperate with the bank regulatory agencies, and with state banking authorities having supervision over municipal securities dealers, so that the records and other data required of municipal securities dealers which are banks or divisions of banks, may be in accord with sound banking practices.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1973
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Securities and Exchange Commission be directed to review and, if necessary, amend its rules and regulations to take recognizance of the role of small broker-dealers in the United States' securities markets and to permit such broker-dealers to effectively comply with the rules and regulations in the public interest without unnecessary administrative burdens; that it continue active consideration and implementation of the recommendations of the SEC Advisory Committee Study; that it continue to review the position of the small broker-dealer to insure the continued participation of such firms in the securities markets of the United States within the context of competitive policy and the protection of investors; and that it immediately proceed to examine and modify its rules and regulations to the extent it is found that the public interest is not commensurate with the burden imposed on small broker-dealers.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individuals' earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Declares that the United States Senate does hereby congratulate and felicitate the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the Honorable John C. Stennis, on his birthday and expresses the wish that he will enjoy many other such anniversaries in the future. Declares that members of the Senate greatly miss the distinguished Senator and wish for him an early return to the Senate Chamber and to his duties in the Senate. Directs that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and a copy furnished to Mr. Stennis.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Provides for the relief of Sister Mary Theodora.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1973
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, that not later than October 27, 1973, the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Federal Aviation Administration proposed regulations to provide such control and abatement of aircraft noise and sonic boom as the Agency determines is necessary to protect the public health and welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1973
Provides for the extension to August 1, 1974, of the authority of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to regulate the payment of interest on time and savings deposits.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Authorizes to be appropriated to the President $30,000,000 for emergency and recovery needs, including drought, famine and disaster relief and rehabilitation, for the Sahelian Nations of Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Institutional Investment Full Disclosure Act - Provides that every institutional investment manager who uses the mails, or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or any facilities of a national securities exchange, directly or indirectly, to effect transactions in securities and who exercises investment discretion over any accounts having an aggregate fair market value at any time during the preceding twelve months of at least $10,000,000, and every registered dealer and exchange member with any trading or investment accounts having an aggregate fair market value at any time during the preceding twelve months of at least $5,000,000 shall file with the Securities and Exchange Commission such reports as the Commission shall prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest, to assure the maintenance of fair and orderly markets, or for the protection of investors. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 78m)
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1973
Mortgage Investment Act - Allows national banks to make loans secured by unimproved real estate to the extent of 66 2/3 percent of appraised value and removes the requirement that real estate loans be secured only by first liens provided the amount of the loan when added to the amount unpaid upon prior liens does not exceed the applicable ratio of loan to value requirements. Requires the amortization of individual loans only if the loan exceeds 75 percent of the appraised value, or if the real property is improved by a dwelling for one to four families. Provides that the payments in such situations must be sufficient to amortize the entire principal of the loan within a period of not more than thirty years. Provides that the amount of any real estate loan made by a national bank shall not exceed 66 2/3 percent of the appraised value if such real estate is unimproved, 75 percent of the appraised value if such real estate is improved by off-site improvements such as streets, water sewers, or other utilities, 75 percent of the appraised value if such real estate is in the process of being improved by a building or buildings to be constructed or in the process of construction, or 90 percent of the appraised value if such real estate is improved by a building or buildings. States that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to specified real estate loans. Provides that where a loan is secured by real estate and non-real estate collateral, only the amount by which the loan exceeds the value of the collateral of such other security shall be considered as a loan upon the security of real estate. Permits real estate loans secured by forest tracts to be made up to 66 2/3 percent of the appraised value of the growing timber, lands and improvements thereon, and states that such loans shall be in the form of an obligation or obligations secured by mortgage, trust deed, or other such instrument. Provides that any national banking association may make loans upon the security of real estate that does not comply with the limitations and restrictions in this Act if the total unpaid amount loaned does not exceed 10 percent of the amount that a national banking association may invest in real estate loans.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Establishes a system for the scheduling of committee meetings to be known as the Senatorial Scheduling System. Requires the System to keep an easily accessible record of all committee and subcommittee meetings.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Rail Passenger Service Development Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide for the development of improved rail passenger services in transportation corridors in the United States placing major responsibility for development upon the States, local governments, and private agencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to determine the primary rail passenger transportation corridors in the United States and plan for their development. Directs the Secretary to establish organizations for each designated corridor, which will determine the extent of need for and the social costs of improved rail passenger transportation. Provides that the Secretary, upon finding need for improved rail passenger transportation service within a corridor, shall establish a Federal rail passenger service development corporation for such corridor. Provides for Boards of Directors to carry out the functions of each corporation. Sets forth the powers of such corporations. Enumerates the functions of such rail passenger service development corporations, including: (1) acquire by purchase or lease railroad property necessary for the development of rail passenger service; (2) contract for and hold title to capital improvements; (3) contract with individual railroad companies for the operation and maintenance of rail passenger facilities; (4) provide adequate facilities for necessary rail freight transportation in conjunction with rail passenger service; (5) upon request of a State or local government agency enter into contracts on a compensatory basis for the provision of local rail passenger services; and (6) contract with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the management of intercity rail passenger service in its designated corridor. Provides that each development corporation shall be deemed a common carrier by railroad and shall be subject to all provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, with specified exceptions. Empowers each development corporation to issue obligations, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; but the aggregate amount of obligations of each corporation shall not exceed $800,000,000. Provides that the Secretary of Transportation, upon his finding of public convenience and necessity in designated rail passenger transportation corridors, may make grants-in-aid to individual development corporations. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making such grants-in-aid. States that any contract for the construction or improvement of rights-of-way or facilities under this Act shall include fair and equitable arrangements, as certified by the Secretary of Labor, to protect the interests of individual employees. Authorizes appropriations of such additional amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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
Provides for the extension of specified laws relating to the payment of interest on time and savings deposits.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Provides, under the Securities and Exchange Act, that no broker or dealer shall make use of the mails or of any instrumentality of interstate commerce to effect any transaction in, or induce the purchase or sale of any security (other than an exempted security or commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, or commercial bills) in contravention of such rules and regulations as the Securities Exchange Commission shall prescribe as necessary in the public interest, or for the protection of investors or for the development of an integrated national system for the prompt and accurate processing and settlement of securities transactions to regulate the time and method of making settlements, payments, and deliveries and of opening, maintaining, and closing accounts. Makes it unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce to perform the function of a clearing agency with respect to any security unless it is registered under the Act. Provides that applications for such registration shall contain the rules of such agency together with such other information as the Securities and Exchange Commission may by rule require. Prescribes requirements to be met by clearing agencies for eligibility for registration and rule changes. Provides that if any registered clearing agency takes any disciplinary action against any participant therein, such action shall be subject to review by the appropriate regulatory agency. Sets forth guidelines governing such proceedings, and permits the regulatory agency after full review to suspend the clearing agency for a violation of the Act or any regulations thereunder. Directs the Commission to, on or before December 31, 1976, take such steps as are within its power to bring about the elimination of the negotiable stock certificate as a means of settlement among brokers or dealers of transactions consummated on national securities exchanges or by means of the mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce. Provides that no person shall make use of the mails or of any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce in order to perform the function of a transfer agency with respect to any security unless such person is registered in accordance with the Act. Sets forth the requirements for such registration. Provides that compliance with the requirements of this part shall be enforced under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act by the appropriate regulatory agencies other than the Securities and Exchange Commission. Authorizes the Commission, after appropriate notice and opportunity for hearing, to censure, bar, suspend, or place limitations upon any transfer agent. Provides that it shall be unlawful for an issuer who is registered under the Act, by use of any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, to issue any securities whose form or format contravenes such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the prompt and accurate processing of transactions in such securities. Requires a study and investigation to be made of the practice of registration of securities other than in the name of the beneficial owner and to determine whether such registration is consistent with the policies and purposes of the Securities and Exchanges Act, and if consistent whether steps can be taken to facilitate communications between corporations and their shareholders while at the same time retaining the benefits of such registration. Prohibits a State from taxing the beneficial or record ownership of securities effected through a registered clearing agency unless otherwise taxable by such State if the facilities of such agency were not physically located in the taxing State.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Mutual Development and Cooperation Act - Transfers the office and functions of the Agency for International Development to the Mutual Development and Cooperation Agency, which shall have the responsibility for coordinating all United States development-related activities. Authorizes $300,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-75 to be appropriated to the President to furnish assistance to people living in rural overseas areas for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition. Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-75 for population planning and health; $115,000,000 annually for education, public administration, and human resource development; $93,000,000 annually to help solve social and economic development problems in fields such as the transportation and power, industry, urban development and export development; and $60,000,000 annually to support the general economy of recipient countries or for development programs conducted by private or international organizations. Directs the President to establish a system for coordination of United States policies and programs which affect U.S. interests in the development of low-income countries. Authorizes the establishment of a Development Coordination Committee to advise the President on coordination of policies and programs in developing countries, including bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs. Establishes the United States Export Development Credit Fund to provide extensions of credit and to refinance U.S. exporter credits for the purpose of facilitating the sale of U.S. goods and services to the lowest income countries which advance their development. Sets forth provisions for the financing of such Fund. Provides for the continuation of the Fund through December 31, 1977, and requires a detailed report semiannually on the Fund. States that nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the powers of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Prohibits the extension of credit under this section for defense articles or services.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Authorizes the President, under the Foreign Assistance Act, to provide assistance for the purpose of aiding South Vietnamese children through (1) governmental agencies of South Vietnam; (2) day care centers, orphanages, and health and welfare programs; and (3) adoption by United States citizens of South Vietnamese children. Allocates specified amounts of funds appropriated under the Foreign Assistance Act for the purpose carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Establishes 1974 (rather than 1975) as the first year in which adjustments in benefits can be made under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Provisions of the Social Security Act on account of increases in the cost of living.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Community Mental Health Centers Extension Act - Declares the finding of Congress that community care is the most effective and humane form of care for the majority of mentally ill and retarded individuals. States that it is the Federal Government's responsibility to insure the expansion of the community mental health center concept. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000 per year for specified fiscal years for grants for facilities of public and nonprofit community mental health centers. Provides for grants for specified portions of the costs of operation of such centers, under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. States that where an application for a grant is made, the applicant must provide specified assurances, including that specialized services will be provided for the mental health of children and of the elderly. Sets forth requirements for an applicant providing programs for alcoholism and drug abuse. Limits the amount of appropriations which may be used for the evaluation of programs under this Act. Distinguishes, for purposes of granting assistance, between community mental health centers serving poverty areas and those not serving poverty areas. Provides for grants to community mental health centers for consultation and education services. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for funding such grants. States that no individual, especially alcoholics, narcotic addicts and other persons with drug dependence problems, shall be made the subject of any research carried out with funds provided by this Act unless such individual explicitly agrees to become a subject of such research. Repeals specified provisions of the Communtiy Mental Health Centers Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the President is urged and requested to submit proposals to the Congress, beginning with extending the coverage provided under the supplementary medical insurance program of part B of Medicare to cover essential out-of-hospital prescription drugs. Requests the President to submit additional recommendations to the Congress for legislation to strengthen and improve Medicare coverage by September 1, 1973. Provides that the recommendation of the President to increase out-of-pocket payments for the aged and disabled under Medicare should be withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Federal Election Finance Act - Sets forth the definition of terms employed in this Act. Establishes, as an independent establishment of the Government of the United States, a commission to be known as the Federal Election Commission, which shall be composed of seven members consisting of the Comptroller General of the United States, and six appointive members. Sets forth the administrative functions and duties, authorization of the Commission under this Act. Authorizes the Commission to institute, prosecute, defend, or appeal, in the name of the Commission and through its own legal representatives, any civil or criminal action deemed necessary for the enforcement of any provision of this Act in any district court of the United States in which jurisdiction over the person or subject matter of such proceeding may be lawfully obtained and any such court shall, upon a proper showing and without bond, grant any appropriate relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other appropriate order, and may punish any refusal or failure to obey such order, or any noncompliance with any subpoena or order of the Commission, as a contempt. Establishes on the books of the Treasury of the United States a special fund to be known as the Federal Election Campaign Fund which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement to candidates for Federal offices in general election campaigns by the Federal Election Commission and shall consist of such amounts as may be appropriated to it. Authorizes to be appropriated into the Fund from the Treasury of the United States $40,000,000 in Fiscal 1974 and in subsequent fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that the amount which may be paid out of the Fund to the account of a major party candidate for election to Federal office shall not exceed one-third of the expenditure ceiling applicable to such office under this title. Provides that the maximum amount which may be paid out of the Fund to the account of a minor party candidate shall be determined by a specified formula. States that no amount shall be transferred under this Act to the account of any candidate in excess of the amount by which that candidate's outstanding campaign debts exceed the campaign funds available to that candidate other than under this Act. Sets forth the procedure to be followed in applying for advances of funds. States that upon application made by a qualified candidate, the Commission shall transfer to the central depository bank account designated by the candidate, the amount to which he is entitled from the Fund for payment of his campaign expenses. States that all payments received from the Fund, and all personal resources of the candidate shall be deposited in the candidate's central campaign account. Provides that other receipts and contributions may be deposited either in the central depository account or in a secondary depository account as provided for in this Act. States that no person authorized to make withdrawals from the candidate campaign account shall pay any amount out of that account for goods or services furnished, other than staff salaries, except upon the presentation of an invoice submitted by the person to whom the payment is to be made. Provides that such invoices and statements shall be preserved by the candidate and made available for reasonable inspection by employees of the Commission. States that amounts received by a candidate from the Federal Elections Campaign Fund may be retained for the liquidation of all obligations incurred during the campaign for a period not exceeding six months after the date of the election; and all obligations having been liquidated, that portion of any unexpended balance remaining in the candidate's accounts which bears the same ratio to the total unexpended balance as the total amount received from the Funds bears to the total of all deposits made into the candidate's accounts shall promptly be repaid to the Fund. Sets forth formulae for determining the limitations on campaign expenditures for Federal officers. States that no candidate for nomination for, or election to, Federal office shall; (1) receive contributions from any person in connection with his primary election campaign or his general election campaign, which, in the aggregate, exceed $3,000; and (2) receive contributions from all donors which, in the aggregate, exceed the maximum amount expendable by a candidate for nomination for, or election to, that office under this Act, less the amounts received by him from the fund. Provides that no person shall make contributions to any candidate which, in the aggregate, exceed the limitations imposed by this Act. States that in the event that a candidate, his agent or political committees shall receive either an anonymous contribution in excess of $25, a contribution in violation of this Act, or a contribution which, in conjunction with other contributions received exceeds the maximum amount of contributions that candidate is permitted to receive under this Act, such contribution or excess portion thereof shall be paid to the Commission for covering into the fund. Provides that each candidate shall designate one political committee as his central campaign committee, which shall receive all reports made by any other political committee accepting contributions or making expenditures for the purpose of influencing the nomination for election, or election, of the candidate who designated it as his central campaign committee. Provides that no political committee may be designated as the central campaign committee of more than one candidate. States that each candidate shall designate one central campaign treasurer who shall be the treasurer of the candidate's central campaign committee. Requires each candidate to designate one (1) bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as the central campaign depository for the central campaign treasurer and may designate an additional secondary depository in the District, State, or States in which he seeks election. Requires all contributions and other funds received and all expenditures made by the candidate or his campaign treasurer to pass through accounts in the central campaign depository or secondary depository. States that no contribution or expenditure, including contributions or expenditures of a candidate himself or of his family, or transfer of funds shall be directly or indirectly made or received, in furtherance of the candidacy of any person for nomination or election to political office or on behalf of any political committee except by check through the duly appointed campaign treasurer of the candidate or political committee and the appropriate designated depository except as provided in this Act. Sets forth restrictions upon the operation of campaign petty cash funds. Provides for the reporting of contributions and details the information to be reported. Provides that copies of such reports shall be available from the Commission.
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 · 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 the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act concerning the importation of chrome shall not apply to prohibitions or regulations issued under the United Nations Participation Act of 1954. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 287e(a))
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer jurisdiction and control of a portion of the property comprising the Boston Naval Shipyard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, to the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine (1) the feasibility of establishing a naval museum on such site, and (2) which portion of the shipyard shall be preserved as a national historic site. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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 · 9 May 1973
Title I: Ombinus Disclosure Requires members of all three branches of government to file a financial disclosure report with the Comptroller General on or before May 1 of each year. States that this disclosure requirement applies to all Federal judges and justices, the President and Vice President and all Members of Congress, and to Federal officials and to those employees of Members of Congress, Congress itself, the judiciary, and the executive branch who receive more than $18,000 a year and have served for more than 30 days. Provides that candidates for Congress, the presidency and vice-presidency are also required to file disclosure reports within 30 days of becoming a candidate. Requires such disclosure reports to contain the following information: (1) the identity and value of interests in real or personal property worth more than $500, (2) creditors to whom more than $1,000 is owed and the amount of each such debt, (3) sources and amount of income greater than $100, (4) dealings in securities or commodities, (5) transctions in real property, (6) nature, source and value of each non-family gift of more than $100, (7) the amount and source of each contribution to defray campaign or office expenses, and (8) except in the case on nonincumbent candidates, the identity of each client who pays more than $1,000 to a law firm which which an individual obligated under the act is associated. Attributes to any individual required to file under this Act the assets, liabilities, recipients, transction and gifts of (1) any person acting on the individual's behalf, (2) his immediate family, (3) any corporation of which he owns more than one half of the stock, (4) a proportional share of any partnership of which he is a partner, and (5) certain trusts and estates depending on his knowledge and interest. Provides that the Comptroller General shall supply forms for reports required under the act and shall prescribe regulations governing the preparation of such reports. Requires the General Accounting Office to keep a file of financial disclosure reports, open to public inspection for a period of five years after each individual leaves government service. Provides that any individual who fails to file within the time period, files false or misleading information or omits information is subject to a $20,000,fine, or 5 years imprisonment or both. Title II: Criminal Penalities for Unfair Compaign Practices Specifies penalties for the following criminal offenses: (1) misrepresentation of a candidate or political party; (2) breaking and entering; (3) criminal trustpass; and (4) extortion. Title III: Strengthening Presidential Campaign Financing Laws Increases the amount of his taxes that an individual can designate for the Presidential Election Campaign Fund from $1 to $2 ($2 to $4 for a joint return). Provides that the first page of the individual income tax forms shall contain "in a prominent place" the form needed to make a designation of funds for the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, together with the following statement in bold type: "Designating that $2 (or $4 for a husband and wife filing jointly) shall be paid over to the Presidential Election Campaign FUnd will not increase your tax liability." Provides that the amount that any legally qualified candidate for President may spend in the election campaign (not including primary campaigns) is limited to an amount equal to the greatest amount to which any candidate is eligible from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, regardless of whether the candidate gets his money from the Fund or from private sources. States that expenditures made by an agent of a candidate, or a political committee of the candidate, or made on bahalf of the candidate with his knowledge will be considered expenditures of the candidate. Provides a criminal penalty of up to five years and $50,000 for willful violation of this limitation. Eliminates the requirement that funds be appropriated to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund before they are expended. Title IV: To Amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 Increases the criminal penalties for violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 when the amount of such violations in any twelve month period totals more than $5,000, from one year and $1,000 to five years and $50,000. Provides for civil penalties for violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 of up to three times the total amount of such violation. Requires that the officer who collects reports under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and who refers a violation under that Act to a law enforcement authority, to transmit a copy of such referral to the Comptroller General within 24 hours. Authorizes the Comptroller General, when he determines that a violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 which he has referred to law enforcement authorities is not being promptly and properly investigated and prosecuted to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the violations and present them to an appropriate federal grand jury or federal court for consideration.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Establishes the Frederick Law Olmsted Home and Office in Brookline, Massachusetts, as a national historic site. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Bilingual Courts Act - Provides for the determination of each of those judicial districts in which at least 5 percent or 50,000 residents of that district, whichever is less, do not speak or understand the English language with reasonable facility, and the certification of each such district as a bilingual judicial district by certificate transmitted to the chief judge of the district court for that district. Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to provide facilities and personnel for bilingual proceedings. States that any bilingual proceeding shall be recorded verbatim in addition to any stenographic transcript of the proceeding taken. Provides for the distribution of costs of bilingual facilities among the parties using them and authorizes to be appropriated to the Administrative Office of the United States courts sums necessary to carry out the amendments made by this Act. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 604(a); Adds 28 U.S.C. 1827)
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Full Employment and Job Development Act - States that the purpose of the Act is to provide for the implementation of a full employment policy through the establishment of a Federal Full Employment Board and the provision of assistance for job development in the public and non-profit private sectors and related training and assistance. Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch a Federal Full Employment Board, to consist of five members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: one representative of labor, one of management, one distinguished economist, one distinguished manpower expert; and one member of the general public. Authorizes and directs the Board to: (1) recommend to the President and to the Congress a program to achieve full employment; (2) undertake manpower planning and long-range and short-term surveys in terms of demand, supply and sector; (3) review decisions made by public and private employers affecting full employment; (4) develop guidelines and standards for use of public funds in job development programs; (5) review the implementation of manpower training and employment implementation of manpower training and employment programs in terms of the extent to which they contribute to full employment; (6) direct the Secretary of Labor to obligate funds made available under the Full Employment Assistance Fund; (7) hold nationwide and regional conferences; (8) analyze the extent to which the Federal budget may assist in reaching full employment; (9) evaluate programs; and (10) carry out such other functions as the President may direct. Authorizes $3,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 and for each fiscal year thereafter for the activities of the Board. Provides for an annual Full Employment Report setting forth the Board's recommendations with respect to implementation of a full employment policy for each fiscal year and for succeeding fiscal years. Establishes the Full Employment Assistance Fund and authorizes therefor $1 billion for fiscal 1974, and such funds as necessary for each year thereafter. Provides that the Secretary of Labor is to provide assistance from the fund pursuant to specific directions of the Board to public agencies and non-profit private organizations (including prime sponsors of manpower training and employment programs) for public service job development programs, and related training and assistance. Provides that assistance is to be provided by the Secretary only by application submitted to the Secretary and approved by him. States that each application must set forth a program to provide employment and related training and assistance for unemployed persons to enable them to obtain employment not supported under the Act and meet other special requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to use such sums as may be necessary from those appropriated to the Fund for training and other services related to employment. Requires the President to establish an Intergovernmental Full Employment Advisory Council, which shall meet at least twice a year to advise the Board with regard to matters related to achieving the objective of full employment. Provides that in selecting members of the Council, the President shall assure an equitable balance in political and geographical affiliation of its members and shall insure inclusion of State and local prime sponsors and other public and private agencies and organizations responsible for conducting manpower training and employment programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Family Planning Services and Population Research Amendments - Requires the Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science to report (through the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to Congress not later than six months after enactment of this Act on: (1) the number of individuals in need of family planning services - organized and otherwise - and a timetable for serving them; (2) the types of information and educational materials to be developed; (3) research goals to be established and a timetable for their achievement; and (4) the manpower required to meet these objectives. Requires the Assistant Secretary to submit progress reports annually on specific achievements made in reaching goals established by the six-month report. Authorizes grants to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning programs and projects. Authorizes appropriations for a three-year period-fiscal years 1974 ($159.5 million), 1975 ($207.5 million) and 1976 ($255.5 million). Extends appropriations authorizations for a three-year period-fiscal years 1974 ($5 million), 1975 ($7.5 million), and 1976 ($10 million) for training grants and contracts for the training of such personnel to carry out family planning services programs eligible for support under this Act as are needed to meet program objectives specified in the plan. Specifies that grants and contracts awarded under this Act must be made with the concurrence of the Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science and be carried on through the National Center for Family Planning Services and in consultation with the National Advisory Council. Authorizes the Secretary, throught the Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science, to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals for: (1) the development of educational and informational materials on voluntary family planning; (2) the development of educational and informational materials on the causes and consequences of demographic characteristics and trends; and (3) the distribution of such materials to all persons desiring such information and materials. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the development and distribution of such materials. Provides that grants and contracts made under this Act shall be made in accordance with regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe. States that the acceptance by any individual of family planning services or family planning or population information provided through financial assistance under this Act shall be voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other service or assistance from, or to participation in, any other program of the entity or individual that provided such services or information. Directs that none of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning. Establishes within the Office of the Secretary an Office of Family Planning and Population Science to be directed by an Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Assistant Secretary. Establishes within the Office a National Center for Family Planning Services and a National Center for Population Science, which shall, respectively, be assigned and carry out the functions assigned to such Centers by this Act and such other duties and responsibilities as the Assistant Secretary may specify in regulations. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Family Planning and Population Science Advisory Council with which he and the Assistant Secretary shall consult on a continuing and regular basis in administering this title. Specifies the membership of the Council.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Emergency Manpower and Defense Workers Assistance Act - Title I: Establishment of Defense Workers Manpower Assistance Agency - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the Department of Labor an agency, to be known as the Defense Workers Manpower Assistance Agency. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the administrative duties and functions of the Agency. Title II: Economic and Manpower Assistance to Workers - Provides that any adversely affected worker may file an application with the Secretary for one or more of the forms of economic adjustment assistance provided under this title. States that economic adjustment assistance under this title consists of: (1) readjustment allowances; (2) training and counseling benefits; (3) relocation allowances; (4) early retirement benefits; and (5) health benefits. States that the Secretary shall determine whether an applicant is entitled to receive the economic adjustment assistance for which application is made and shall furnish such assistance if the applicant is so entitled. Provides that such determination shall be made as soon as possible after the date on which application is filed but in any event not later than thirty days after such date. Sets forth the qualifying requirements and amount limitations applicable to each of the forms of economic adjustment assistance. Title III: Public Service Employment Opportunities - States that notwithstanding any other provision of law, from sums appropriated pursuant to this Act, the Secretary is authorized to provide financial assistance to any State or locality for public service employment programs for adversely affected workers on terms and conditions as substantially similar to the provisions of the Emergency Employment Act of 1971 as the Secretary determines to be consistent with the purposes of this Act. Title IV: General Provisions - Provides that no person designated by the Secretary as a certifying officer, or disbursing officer shall, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable with respect to the payment of any allowance certified by him under this Act. States that whoever makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, for the purpose of obtaining or increasing for himself or for any other person any payment or assistance authorized to be furnished under this Act shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Attorney General appoint an individual of the highest character and integrity from outside the executive branch as special assistant for the United States Government in any and all criminal investigations, indictments, and actions arising from any illegal activity by any person, acting individually or in combination with others, in the presidential election of 1972, or any campaign, canvas, or other activity related to such election; and (2) the Attorney General shall inform the President of the name of the individual so appointed and the President is requested to submit the name of such appointee to the Senate requesting a resolution of approval thereof.
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 · 30 April 1973
Provides for a daily index of the Congressional Record.
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)