United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975
Requires the continued application of the minimum nursing salary cost differential of 8 1/2 percent which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the Medicare program of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Changes rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require that copies of confidential personal financial disclosure reports filed under such rule be furnished in response to subpenas issued in criminal cases in which a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate is a defendant or is under investigation by a grand jury.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Nation is grateful to all American servicemen who participated in the Southeast Asian conflict and their families. Pays tribute to veterans of the Vietnam era and of all wars.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Authorizes aliens admitted for permanent residence or residing in the United States under color of law to obtain coverage under the supplemental medical insurance program established under the Medicare program of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1975
Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy Principles Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the policy of the United States toward Latin America, the Caribbean, and the developing world in general should be guided by principles of self-determination for all nations, the primacy of the right of all people to the basic human rights of life, liberty and personal security, and that the United States and other hemispheric nations have paralled interests in developing and maintaining nonexclusionary, nondiscriminatory foreign economic policies. States that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should unequivocally maintain its adherence to the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Supports the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States. Reaffirms the United States' commitment to seek structural changes in the institutions and rules guiding world trade practices which will be conducive to increasing world trade potential of the hemisphere. States that recent history has shown that punitive United States policies are not effective in contributing to the resolution of economic disputes. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States policy responses to foreign government actions should be limited to the policy area of the dispute in question. Calls for the repeal of legislation that requires the United States to suspend bilateral assistance or vote against multilateral economic aid to countries expropriating without compensation property owned by a United States company. Calls for efforts to be made to resolve trade disputes through negotiations. Criticizes the practice of denying or reducing economic assistance in cases of violations of human rights since such policies would deny aid to people whose needs are greater in conditions adverse to basic human rights. Calls for a repeal of legislative restrictions on the kinds of military equipment sold to Latin America. Encourages the United States to make efforts to develop subregional, regional, and global arms limitations agreements. Provides that arms transfers by the United States to developing countries should be to the greatest extend possible or a nonconcessional basis. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should continue its commitment to aid for development. Calls for the development of loan guarantee mechanisms which would permit access for those countries at the intermediate level of development to the capital markets of the developed countries. Calls for increased effort to resolve the outstanding differences between the positions of the United States and the Latin American Governments. Establishes policies for cooperation in the development of scientific and technological innovations and in a cultural and intellectual exchange between North and Latin America.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture either independently or in cooperation with States or farmers organizations to carry out operations to detect and eradicate plant pests. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Governments of Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, or the local authorities thereof, in carrying out necessary surveys and control operations in those countries in connection with the eradication, suppression, control and prevention or retardation of the spread of plant pests. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as the Congress may annually determine to be necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that unless otherwise specifically authorized, or provided for in appropriations, no part of such sums shall be used to pay the cost or value of property injured or destroyed. Repeals the provisions of law which limits the Secretary's pest control authority to the Mexican pink bollworm. (Repeals 7 U.S.C. 145)
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States foreign policy should not be employed in any way to lift the sanctions against Cuba or to gain recognition of Cuba by the United States or any other nation in the Hemisphere. Requires that any change in U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975
Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act - Declares the purposes of this Act to be: (1) to characterize Federal/non-Federal relationships in the acquisition of property and services and in the furnishing of assistance by the Federal Government; and (2) to establish Government-wide standards for selection of appropriate legal instruments to achieve uniformity in the use by the executive agencies of such instruments, a clear definition of the relationships they reflect, and a better understanding of the responsibilities of the parties. Requires each executive agency to use a procurement contract as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the Federal Government and a State or local government or other recipient whenever the principal purpose of the agreement is the acquisition, by purchase, lease, or barter, of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Federal Government. Requires each executive agency to use a grant agreement as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the Federal Government and a State or local government or other recipient whenever the principal purpose of the relationship is the transfer of money, property, services, or anything of value to the State or local government; and whenever no substantial involvement is anticipated between the executive agency, acting for the Federal Government, and the State or local government or other recipient during performance of the contemplated activity. Requires each executive agency to use a cooperative agreement as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the Federal Government and a State or local government or other recipient whenever the principal purpose of the relationship is the transfer of money, and whenever substantial involvement is anticipated between the executive agency, acting for the Federal Government, and the State or local government or other recipient during performance of the comtemplated activity. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the executive agencies, to undertake a study to develop a better understanding of alternative means of implementing Federal assistance programs, and to determine the feasibility of developing a comprehensive system of guidance for Federal assistance programs.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975
Older Americans Amendments - Title I: Amendments to Older Americans Act of 1965 - Adds a new title, Title VIII, Special Service Programs for the Elderly, to the Older Americans Act. States that it is the purpose of this title to provide elderly persons homemaker and other home services, legal counseling assistance, residential repair and renovation, and home mortgage interest reduction and insurance payments. Provides for disbursement by the State agency on aging of funds allotted to recipients of grants or contracts who agree: (1) to utilize methods of administration, including outreach, that will ensure that the maximum number of elderly persons have an opportunity to participate; and (2) to utilize the advice of persons competent in the field of service involved, of elderly program participants, and of persons knowledgeable about the needs of older persons. Authorizes the appropriation of sums necessary to carry out this title, including sums necessary to make interest reduction payments by the Commissioner on Aging under this title. Provides for the disbursements by the State agency of funds allotted to it to public or private nonprofit organizations which agree to: (1) establish programs to provide elderly persons with homemaker services, reader services, letter writing services, or other services designed to assist such persons in leading a more independent life; (2) establish programs to provide necessary and appropriate legal and other counseling services, including tax counseling and counseling to assist elderly persons living in nursing homes to meet problems and needs arising out of the manner in which such homes are administered, and to train lawyers, lay advocates, and paraprofessional persons; to develop law school curricula and clinical education programs which address the problems and needs of elderly persons; (3) establish programs to make home repairs and renovations necessary for such homes to meet minimum housing standards and to adapt existing housing, or construction of new housing, to meet the needs of elderly persons suffering from physical disabilities; and (4) establish programs to meet the transportation needs of elderly persons. Authorizes the Commissioner to make interest reduction payments on behalf of sponsors lowering their effective interest rates on mortgages to 1 percent per year. Requires the sponsor to demonstrate that it is providing a fully comprehensive system of supportive services for elderly persons, and to operate the project in accordance with such requirements with respect to tenant eligibility and rents as the Commissioner may prescribe. Authorizes the Commissioner to insure mortgages meeting the requirements of this part, which include the following: (1) mortgages shall meet the requirement specified in section 221 (Housing for Moderate Income and Displaced Families) of the National Housing Act, except as modified by this part and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed that necessary to meet the mortgage market; and (2) projects shall comply with such standards and conditions as the Commissioner may prescribe. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter into agreements with States which wish to make interest reduction payments, whereby the Commission will administer the payments for the States. Requires that preference be given in such projects to elderly persons whose incomes are within the lowest practicable limits. Older American Community Service Employment Act - States that in order to foster and promote useful part-time work opportunities in community service activities for unemployed low-income persons who are 55 years old and older and who have poor employment prospects, the Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish an Older American Community Service Employment Program. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations, including national organizations, State or local governmental agencies and Indian tribes in order to carry out the purposes of this title. Directs the Secretary to pay not in excess of 90 percent of the cost of any project which meets the conditions specified in this title, except that the Secretary may 100 percent of the cost of emergency or disaster projects or projects located in an economically depressed area. Directs the Secretary to consult with State and local agencies concerning the areas in which community service programs are most needed. Forbids contracts to be entered into under this title with a contractor who is, or whose employees are, exempted from State workmen's compensation law, unless the contractor makes alternative provisions so that employees enjoy coverage equal to that provided by law for covered employment. Authorizes an appropriation of $100,000,000 for fiscal years 1975 and 1976, and $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for purposes of this title. Directs the Commissioner to reserve from sums appropriated for any fiscal year, not less than 100 percent nor more than 105 percent of an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums for the fiscal year involved as the population of all Indians aged 60 or over on all Federal or State reservations bears to that same population in all States. Allows the Commissioner to make grants to assist in the training of lawyers, lay advocates, and paraprofessional persons who will: (1) provide legal counseling assistance to older persons; or (2) monitor the administration of any program by any public or private nonprofit institution, organization, or agency, or any State designed to provide assistance or services to older persons, including nursing home programs. Provides that during fiscal years 1975 and 1976, the Secretary of Agriculture shall purchase high protein foods, meat and meat alternates on the open market at prices not in excess of market prices to be used for providing nutritional services in accordance with the provisions of title VII (Nutrition Program for the Elderly) of the Older Americans Act. Authorizes and extends appropriations for various programs under the Older Americans Act, including the National Information and Clearing House for the Aged; the Area Planning and Social Service Programs; the Model Projects; the Transportation, Research and Development, and Multipurpose Centers of Gerontology Programs, the Multipurpose Senior Centers; and the Nutritional Program for the Elderly. Title II: Amendments to Other Laws - Extends through fiscal year 1979 provisions authorizing funds for programs for the elderly under the Adult Education Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965. Extends through fiscal year 1979 authorizations for the Senior Opportunities and Services Programs under the Community Services Act. Requires that the Director of ACTION make grants to State agencies on aging established under the Older Americans Act. Authorizes $24,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $28,800,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $34,560,000 for fiscal year 1979 for the Retired Senior Volunteer Programs provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act. Title III: Prohibition of Discrimination Based on Age - Age Discrimination Act - Provides that no person shall on the basis of age, be excluded from or denied benefits of any program or activity receiving financial assistance. Directs the heads of Federal departments and agencies to achieve compliance with this title by terminating or refusing to grant assistance to any recipient after certain conditions have been met. Provides that whenever the Attorney General of the United States has reason to believe that any person has violated the provisions of this title, he may bring a civil action in any appropriate United States district court in order to obtain appropriate relief.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States delegation to the European Security Conference should not agree to the recognition by the European Security Conference of the Soviet Union's annexation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and it should remain the policy of the United States not to recognize in any way the annexation of the Baltic nations by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Women in 1976. States that the purpose of the Conference shall be the recognition of the contributions of women to the development of our country and to set goals and recommendations for the improvement of the status of women. Directs that the Conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Citizen's Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate to appoint six additional members to the Council. Directs the Council to cooperate with Federal departments and agencies in providing technical and financial assistance to the States to enable them to organize and conduct local and State conferences. Calls upon the Council to prepare and make available background materials for the use of delegates to the Conference, insure each State is adequately represented and establish a travel budget for those unable to pay their own expenses. Authorizes the Council to accept in the name of the United States grants, gifts and bequest of money for the furtherance of the Conference. Authorizes, without fiscal year limitations, the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 as may be necessary to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Small Business Emergency Relief Act - Authorizes the head of any executive agency to terminate for the convenience of the Government any fixed-price contract between that agency and a small business concern encountering significant and unavoidable difficulties during performance because of the energy crisis or rapid and unexpected escalations of contract costs. Specifies the documentation and certification required of a small business concern to support such a request for relief. Gives to the term "small business concern" the same meaning for the purpose of this Act as such term has for purposes of the Small Business Act. States that the authority conferred by this Act shall terminate December 31, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Revises the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 by authorizing the Administrator of General Services to enter into multiyear contracts through use of the automatic data processing fund and to incur or authorize obligations in excess of the amount available in the fund, with specified exceptions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Older Americans Home Repair and Winterization Act - States that, in order to promote work opportunities for unemployed or underemployed persons who are at least fifty-five years of age and who have poor employment prospects and to assist eligible homeowners to repair and winterize their homes, the Secretary of Labor is authorized in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to enter into contracts with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations for the conduct of home repair and winterization projects by eligible individuals. States that no payments shall be made for such projects unless the Secretary determines that such project will meet specified criteria, including the employment of eligible persons to the fullest possible extent. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with State and Federal agencies with jurisdiction related to the purposes of this Act in order to administer its provisions. Provides a system of allocation of funds appropriated for any fiscal year under this Act in order to insure the equitable distribution of such funds.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Provides that any grant funds under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which were withheld from allotment by Presidential direction for fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975 shall be alloted among the States by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with a specified formula. Revises the distribution of such allotments to the States for fiscal years beginning with 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Increases the value of exemptions for taxable estates under the Internal Revenue Code from $60,000 to $200,000 of the value of the gross estate. Increases the limitation on the aggregate marital deduction to 50 percent of the adjusted gross value of the estate, plus $100,000. Allows an executor to value farmland, woodland, and scenic open land at its current use value rather than at its fair market value.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President submit to the Congress a plan for: (1) maintaining close watch over investigations of nursing home abuses; (2) reporting to local, State and Federal law enforcement and health care officials on possible linkages between scandals or problems in or among the States or localities; and (3) developing better care and cost controls. Establishes a mulitagency task force to implement the plan and to report regularly to the Congress upon its progress.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Antitrust Enforcement Authorization Act - States that it is the purpose of Congress in this Act to support and invigorate a national antitrust enforcement program authorizing sufficient appropriations to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to permit vigorous and effective enforcement of the antitrust laws. Authorizes to be appropriated to both the Commission and the Justice Department, in addition to such sums as are authorized by any other provisions of law, sums not to exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; not to exceed $6,250,000 for the transitional period ending September 30, 1976; not to exceed $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; and not to exceed $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, such sums to remain available until expended for the purposes authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Establishes a temporary select committee of the Senate comprised of 12 members to conduct a thorough study of the Senate committee system. Provides the committee with the powers necessary to carry out the study. Authorizes the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $900,000. Requests the select committee to submit interim reports and a final report with recommendations by February 28, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975
Consumer Cost Evaluation Act - Provides for a determination of costs to consumers of any proposed Federal legislation or regulation that may have a significant impact on costs to consumers. Requires that any proposed Federal legislation or regulation must be found to provide benefits to consumers or the public that bear a reasonable relationship to such costs. Requires that every agency of the Federal Government shall prepare, in conjunction with every applicable proposal it makes for legislation or a regulation, a draft consumer cost assessment and upon consultation with other Federal agencies, a final consumer cost assessment. Provides that the cost assessment must allow an opportunity for public comment. Limits the requirements with respect to the preparation of draft and final consumer cost assessments to proposals for legislation or regulations other than those involving a military or foreign affairs function of the United States or relating to agency management or personnel or public property. Provides that under specified emergency situations the proposed regulation may be published and final action taken on the regulation without compliance with the cost assessment requirements. Requires that under such circumstances, the agency involved must meet specified alternative requirements. Directs the President to establish guidelines for the preparation of draft and final consumer cost assessments within 90 days after enactment of this Act. Provides for the review of existing regulations. Directs that if a substantial disparity is found between the consumer costs and benefits of such regulations, the agency shall propose amendments to the regulation to eliminate the dispority. Applies the requirements of cost assessment to committees of Congress dealing with proposed legislation that may have a significant impact on costs to consumers. States that guidelines for the preparation of cost assessments by committees of Congress shall be established by the Congressional Office of the Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, during intervals between decennial censuses of population, to produce and publish for each State, county, and local unit of government with a population of 50,000 or more current data on total population. Authorizes the Secretary to make surveys on subjects (other than population) covered by the censuses provided for in this title. Requires that data most recently produced and published shall be used in the administration of any law of the United States in which population is used to determine the amount of benefit received by State and local units of general purpose government. Directs the Secretary and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to jointly initiate the development of uniform methods and procedures in producing statistical information used in effecting the delivery of Federal benefits to State and local governments and report progress toward the development of such procedures not later than one year after enactment of this Act. Specifies that this Act does not limit the present authority of the Office of Management and Budget to develop statistical standards. (Amends 13 U.S.C. 181; Adds 13 U.S.C. 182, 183, 184)
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Records Management Act - Defines terms used in this Act and declares that the purpose of this Act is to require the establishment of standards and procedures to assure efficient and effective records management in the Federal Government. States that such standards and procedures shall seek to effectuate specified goals, including: (1) accurate and complete documentation of the policies and transactions of the Federal Government; (2) control of the quantity and quality of records produced by the Federal Government; and (3) simplification of the processes through which records are created, stored, retrieved, and used. Directs that the Administrator of General Services shall provide guidance and assistance to Federal agencies with respect to records creation, records maintenance and use, and records disposition. Requires the Administrator to conduct inspections or paperwork studies of the records, records practices, and records management programs of every Federal agency. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to charge any Federal agency for the cost of any paperwork study. Directs the Administrator to transmit yearly reports to Congress. Enumerates the types of information that such report shall contain. Establishes the Records Review Board as an independent organization in the executive branch, such Board to consist of five members. Sets the rates of pay for Board members. Allows the Board to appoint and fix the pay of such personnel as it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this Act. Empowers any executive agency to appeal to the Board any order issued by the Administrator pursuant to this Act. Requires the head of each Federal agency to make and preserve records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of such Agency. Grants the Administrator immediate custody and control of the National Archives Building and its contents. Directs the Administrator to establish standards for the selective retention of records of continuing value. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and operate records centers for specified purposes and centralized microfilming services for Federal agencies. States that the head of each Federal agency shall establish safeguards against the removal or loss of records he determines to be necessary and required by the rules of the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to prescribe such rules as he considers essential to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Makes it the policy of the United States to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries against United States concerns as well as against other countries friendly to the United States. Makes it the policy of the United States to encourage and request domestic exporting firms to refuse to take any action which has the effect of furthering or supporting such restrictive trade practices against United States concerns. Specifies that curtailment of exports to, investments in, or economic transactions with countries which impose boycotts or engage in restrictive trade practices would be deemed appropriate action for carrying out the policies of the Export Administration Act of 1969.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Provides that the Civil Service Commission shall continue to make grants for up to 75 percent of the cost of approved programs under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act until October 1, 1978 (present provisions require that the Commission pay only 50 percent of the grants commencing in 1975). Authorizes the Commission to pay up to 75 percent of the salaries of Government Service fellows (presently 25 percent). Requires that, as a condition of award of fellowships, the recipient must enter into a written agreement to serve with the jurisdiction concerned for a period of time equal to the length of the fellowship. Provides that Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be eligible to participate in the grant program. States that the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is an eligible jurisdiction for the purpose of intergovernmental mobility assignments.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Foreign Bank Act - Redefines "bank" to include branches and agencies of foreign banks established or operating under the laws of the United States, any State, or the District of Columbia. Adds definitions of other terms to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. Requires foreign banks with worldwide assets in excess of $500,000,000 to become members of the Federal Reserve System. Prescribes regulations for the acquisition and establishment of additional branches and agencies by bank holding companies and foreign banks. Requires divestiture within 2 years of the date of enactment by bank holding companies, foreign bank holding companies, and their subsidiaries, of any branch or agency outside the State in which the operations of the company's banking subsidiaries are principally conducted, which was acquired after December 3, 1974. Requires divestiture within 10 years of non-banking interests acquired after December 3, 1974, by foreign bank companies. Allows the retention of banking facilities in the State in which the foreign bank's operations are principally conducted and expansion in that State in any form permitted by State law. Allows expansion outside the principal State in the same form as that in which the bank company's operations are presently conducted in the non-principal State. Redefines, and adds, terms to the Federal Reserve Act. Provides that any branch of a foreign bank operating under this Act which fails to become a member of the Federal Reserve System within one year of passage of this Act shall forfeit all of its rights, privileges, and franchises. Allows the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to waive the requirements of the Federal Reserve Act that a majority of the shares of a corporation doing foreign banking be owned or controlled by United States citizens and that all of the directors of such a corporation be United States citizens. Permits a national banking association to be formed under the National Bank Act by or on behalf of a foreign bank. Allows the Comptroller of the Currency to permit one-third of the directors of a national bank to be non-citizens of the United States. Directs the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to submit to the Congress within ninety days of enactment a proposal for extending insurance coverage to deposits in branches and agencies of foreign banks. Allows a foreign bank to establish and operate branches in any State upon receipt of a certificate of authority from the Comptroller, notwithstanding the laws of the State. Allows a foreign bank to convert branches or agencies operating under State law to federally-certified branches to be operated under this Act. Directs the Comptroller to consider the views of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Board of Governors, and the bank supervisory authorities of the States in deciding whether to issue certificates of authority to foreign banks to operate branches under this Act. Prohibits the Comptroller from issuing such certificate if the establishment of the branch would adversely affect the domestic or foreign commerce, or otherwise would not be in the interest of the United States. Provides that upon the issuance of a certificate of authority the foreign bank may conduct its business with the same rights, privileges, duties and restrictions as a national bank. Requires annual examinations by the Comptroller of branches operating under this Act, reports by the banks in accordance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and such additional reports as the Comptroller may prescribe. Prescribes penalties for failure to make such reports. Sets forth the assets which foreign banks are required to keep on deposit in the appropriate national bank. Provides for the appointment of a receiver by the Comptroller whenever he has revoked the certificate of authority of a foreign bank, with the same powers in the receiver as are now exercised by receivers of national banks. Requires the appointment of an agent for service of process by each bank holding on certificate of authority in each State where it has established a branch under this Act, and allows service upon the Comptroller in the absence of such an agent. Provides civil and criminal penalties for the violation of this Act by a foreign bank holding a certificate of authority. Grants Federal district courts original jurisdiction in any civil action commenced by the United States against a foreign bank and in any action by a foreign bank to enjoin the Comptroller or a receiver acting under his direction. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the United States Criminal Code, the Bank Protection Act, the Truth-in-Lending Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Authorizes the Board of Governors, the Comptroller and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to enter into agreements with foreign bank supervisory authorities for the exchange of information on banking institutions. Requires a Federal banking license for any foreign bank controlling, establishing, or operating a bank in the United States which has not received a certificate of authority, except that those banks existing at the date of enactment need only register with the Comptroller. Empowers the Secretary of the Treasury to approve such licenses after consulting with the Secretary of State and the Board of Governors. Directs the Comptroller not to issue such license if the Secretary of the Treasury determines that issuance would adversely affect the domestic or foreign commerce of the United States or would otherwise not be in the interests of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller to issue rules and regulations deemed necessary to enforce compliance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
National Productivity Act - Title I: Statement of Findings, Purposes and Policy - Sets forth the findings of the Congress relating to the rate of productivity growth in the United States. States that it shall be the continuing policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, to stimulate a high rate of productivity growth in all sectors of the economy. Title II: Agency Requirements - Requires each agency of the Federal Government to include in any recommendation or report on proposals for legislation, in any major program recommendation contained in the President's budget, and in any other major Federal action significantly affecting productivity, a detailed statement setting forth: (1) the impact of the proposal on national productivity; (2) the economic effects of the proposal; (3) the relationship between the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity and the effects on the environment that may be incurred by the proposal; and (4) efforts made to provide a systematic and comprehensive approach incorporating all relevant considerations, including efficiency, energy, environment, work conditions, and safety considerations. Directs each Federal agency to: (1) develop alternatives to recommended courses of action in any proposal which involves unresolved conflicts concerning the impact on productivity; (2) provide appropriate support to initiatives, resolutions, and programs designed to maximize regional and international cooperation in anticipating and preventing actions adversely affecting productivity; and (3) make available to State and local governments, public institutions, industry, and individuals appropriate advice and information designed to maintain, enhance, and promote sustained productivity growth. Requires each Federal agency to promote maximum productivity within its own internal operations by establishing a small dictorate level staff to study present organizational structures, and preform other specified functions. Directs the President to transmit to Congress an annual productivity report setting forth: (1) the status and condition of the major factors affecting productivity; (2) present and future trends in the quality, quantity, management, and use of the major factors affecting productivity and the effects of these trends on the economic and other requirements of the United States; (3) the adequacy of the productive base of the United States for fulfilling the economic requirements of the Nation; (4) the programs and activities of the Federal Government, State and local governments, industry, labor, and other nongovernmental entities or individuals, with particular reference to their effect on productivity; and (5) a program for remedying deficiencies of existing programs and activities, together with recommendations for legislation. Title III: National Center for Productivity and Quality of Work; Council on Productivity and Quality of Work - Establishes the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Work. Places such Center under the general supervision of a Council on Productivity and Quality of Work. Directs the Center to perform specified duties, including: (1) provide for and encourage research and development for the purpose of improving productivity, and (2) encourage States, units of general local government and institutions of higher education, to develop and implement projects to improve and stimulate productivity growth. Authorizes the Center to make grants and conduct studies to carry out the purposes of this title. Requires an annual report by the Center to the Congress and to the President on Center activities under this title. Title IV: National Productivity Award - Authorizes the President to award, and present in the name of Congress, an award of appropriate design, which shall be known as the National Productivity Award, to any public or private organization, governmental unit, or individual, which in its performance has distinguished itself by exceptional efforts and contributions to the growth of the Nation's productivity. Title V: Repeal and Transfer - Repeals specified laws relating to the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act not to exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year and subsequent transition period ending September 30, 1976; not to exceed $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; and not to exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
Title I: Oil Imports - Provides that during the twelve- month period commencing on the first day of the first calendar month following the effective date of this Act, and each twelve-month period thereafter, imports of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products into the United States shall not exceed in the aggregate an amount equal to twice the aggregate amount of crude oil and the crude oil equivalency of residual fuel oil and refined petroleum products imported during the period commencing July 1, l974, and ending December 31, 1974, reduced by one hundred eighty-two million five hundred thousand barrels, except that, in order to provide a transition for reduced imports of such oil and products and to reduce the immediate impact on consumers and the economy, an additional thirty million barrels of crude oil or its equivalency in residual fuel oil and refined petroleum products may be imported into the United States during the first one hundred and twenty days of the first such twelve-month period following the effective date of this Act. Provides that on and after the first day of the first calendar month following the effective date of this Act, no crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products shall be imported into the United States except pursuant to a license issued by the Secretary of Commerce and in accordance with quota limitations established by the Secretary of Commerce in accordance with this Act. Title II: Development and Production of Naval Petroleum Reserves - Authorizes the production of petroleum (including crude oil and associated gas and other hydrocarbons) from Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 at a rate to help insure that the domestic and national defense needs are met, but not to exceed the maximum efficient rate in accordance with sound engineering and economic principles. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a program of exploration for oil and gas on Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4 in order to determine the extent of oil and gas resources therein. Requires that such program be completed within ten years from the date of the enactment of this title. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to make annual reports to the Congress regarding the progress, results, and findings of such exploration program. Establishes on the books of the Treasury Department the Naval Petroleum Reserve Account. Requires that such account shall be administered by the Secretary of the Navy under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. Title III: Oil and Gas Development - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to require that any oil and gas field on lands or interests in lands owned by the United States, including lands on the Outer Continental Shelf: (1) be fully developed as expediently as is reasonably justified; (2) be produced at the maximum efficient rate of production where such field has not been so developed and produced; or (3) be produced in excess of its maximum efficient rate of production if the Secretary finds that production at such rates is necessary to meet essential national energy requirements. Title IV: Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards - Directs, under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prescribe standards requiring that any light duty vehicle or engine manufactured for model year 1980 or thereafter which uses a liquid petroleum product for fuel be able to provide at least twenty miles of transportation under average highway driving conditions for each gallon of fuel consumed. Title V: Export Controls on Certain Drilling and Mining Equipment - Provides that at least quarterly during any period of nationwide energy emergency, and at least annually during any other period, the Secretary of Commerce shall determine the quantity of each essential drilling or mining article, if any, that will be available for export during the succeeding quarter or year, as the case may be, and shall cause such determination to be published in the Federal Register. States that the quantity of any such article which remains, if any, shall be the quantity available for export. Provides that no essential drilling or mining article may be exported to any foreign country unless the exporter has been issued a license by the Secretary for the export of a quantity of such article to such country, or unless such export is exempt. Title VI: Experimental Conservation Program for Gasoline - Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to financially assist each of the several States in carrying out experimental gasoline conservation programs for motor vehicles involving primarily a twenty- four hour restriction on the use of a motor vehicle covered by such program during each seven-day period. Provides that financial assistance under this title shall be provided in such manner and in such amounts and subject to such conditions as the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration shall by regulation prescribe. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title VII: Energy Information Bank - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, utilizing the capabilities of appropriate Federal agencies to the maximum extent possible, to establish and operate an Energy Information Data Bank for the purpose of collecting, reviewing, processing, and disseminating information and data on energy, including resources, reserves, stocks, and technologies. Sets limitations on the disclosure of such information. Title VIII: Governor's Advisory Council - Establishes a "Governors' Advisory Council" to be composed of nine Governors appointed by the President of the United State on the basis of recommendations of the National Governors Conference. Makes it the function of the Council to advise the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration with respect to matters under his jurisdiction and to review all regulations promulgated by the Administrator and to make recommendations to him with respect thereto. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Stipulates that in conducting the decennial census the Secretary of Commerce shall require information to be furnished only with respect to the following items: (1) name and address; (2) relationship to head of household; (3) sex; (4) date of birth; (5) race or color; and (6) visitors in the home at the time of the census. (Adds 13 U.S.C. 141 (c)) Provides that refusal or neglect to furnish information not within such categories shall not be an offense. (Amends (3 U.S.C. 22 (a))
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Beef Research and Consumer Information Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to enable cattle producers to establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program to improve markets for cattle, beef and beef products, and to provide an adequate supply of high quality beef to the consumers of the Nation at reasonable prices. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue beef research and promotion orders. Provides that such orders shall be issued only after due notice and opportunity for hearing shall have been given to producers and producer organizations, and after the Secretary shall have determined that the issuance of such an order will effectuate the declared policy of this Act. Declares that such order shall not take effect until approved by a majority of two-thirds of the cattle producers voting in a referendum. Establishes a Beef Board to administer the Order in accordance with its terms and provisions, to make rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of the Order, to receive, investigate and report complaints of violations of the Order, and to recommend to the Secretary amendments to the Order. Lists the procedures for appointing members of such board. Requires that any plans for advertising, sales promotion, consumer education, producer education, research, and the annual budget be developed by the Beef Board and submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture for approval. Empowers the Beef Board to enter into contracts or agreements for the development and carrying out of the activities authorized under the Order. Declares that producers of cattle shall be assessed at a specific rate to be determined by stated procedures. Provides that each time cattle are sold, the cattle producer shall pay to the purchaser the amount assessed, based upon the sale price of the cattle. Provides that any cattle producer against whose cattle or beef any assessment is made and collected shall have the right to demand and receive from the Beef Board a refund of such assessment. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to pre-empt or interfere with the workings of any beef board, beef council, or other beef promotion entity organized and operating within and by authority of any of the several states. Provides for the return to any such beef board or council of an amount to be determined by a stated formula. Stipulates that to qualify for the funds, such a state beef board, beef council or other beef promotional entity shall demonstrate ability to provide research, promotion and education within the state consistent with this Act and Order. States that each purchaser, handler or agent may be required to report to the Beef Board periodically concerning number of cattle handled, amount assessed, sale price of cattle on which assessment was collected, and other information necessary for the enforcement of this Act. Declares that this Act and any order issued pursuant to it may be enforced in the District Courts of the U.S., with the U.S. Attorney General having authority to bring any Civil suits authorized under the Act. Provides for a fine of not more than $1,000 for violations of this Act and any orders issued pursuant to it. Stipulates that no funds collected by the Beef Board shall in any manner be used for the purpose of influencing governmental policy or action. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that funds so appropriated shall not be available for payment of the expenses or expenditures of the Beef Board in administering any provisions of any order issued pursuant to the terms of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Establishes an arbitration board to settle disputes between supervisory organizations and the United States Postal Service, provided that only those disputes concerning policies that affect all or a substantial portion of supervisory personnel on a long-term or permanent basis can be referred to arbitration. Provides that the arbitration board shall consist of 3 members, one of whom shall be selected by the Postal Service, on by the recognized organization of supervisory personnel, and the third by the two thus selected. States that the costs of the arbitration board shall be shared equally by the Postal Service and the organization of supervisory personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Provides that no part of any appropriation and no local currency owned by the United States shall be available for payment of any expenses, nor shall transportation be provided by the United States, in connection with travel outside the fifty states (including the District of Columbia) of the The United States of: (1) any Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Member of the House of Representatives; or (2) any Member of the Senate unless such individual is reelected or elected as a Member of, Delegate to, or Resident Commissioner in the House of Representatives for the suceeding Congress, or is reelected or elected as a Member of the Senate for a term beginning at noon on January 3 following the date of such general election.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Reduces the aggregate amount of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle, goat, and sheep meat which may be imported into the United States in any given year (beginning after December 31, 1974,) to 750,000,000 pounds. Provides for the quarterly adjustment of such poundage limitation.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Authorizes each Senator serving on a committee to hire staff to assist him in his duties as a member of each committee on which such Senator serves. Allows each Senator serving as chairman of any subcommittee or ranking minority member of any subcommittee to hire staff to assist him in his duties. States that individuals so appointed shall be in addition to employees otherwise authorized.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Requests the President to proclaim the period from February 16 to March 15, 1975, as "Energy Conservation Month". Directs the President to publicize the need for energy conservation. Requests the President to report to Congress by March 31, 1975, steps taken to promote energy conservation and recommendations for a continuing program. Directs the President to report monthly to the American people and Congress the state of energy resources.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other nutritional substance, or ingredient of any food for special dietary uses if the amount recommended to be consumed does not ordinarily render it injurious to health.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Watergate Reorganization and Reform Act - Title I: Establishment of Government Offices - Establishes, as an independent establishment of the Government, the Office of the Public Attorney, under the direction of the Public Attorney, appointed by three retired courts of appeals judges designated by the Chief Justice of the United States. States that no individual may serve as Publid Attorney unless agreeing not to occupy any popularly elected office under the United States or to accept any other employment in the Government for five years after termination of services as the Public Attorney. Directs the Public Attorney to investigate and prosecute; (1) allegations of corruption in the administration of the laws by the executive branch of the Government; (2) cases referred by the Attorney General because of actual or potential conflicts of interest; (3) criminal cases referred to him by the Federal Election Commission; and (4) allegations of violations of Federal laws relating to campaigns and elections for elective office. Requires the Public Attorney to notify the Attorney Genral of the initiation of an investigation or proceeding with respect to such matters. Limits the Attorney General's activities in any such matters without prior written approval and requires him to inform the Public Attorney of any investigation which falls under the Public Attorney's jurisdiction. Enumerates the powers of the Public Attorney, including; (1) to issue appropriate instructions to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other domestic investigative agencies of the United States; (2) to receive appropriate national security clearnaces; and (3) to exercise all other powers as to the conduct of criminal investigations, prosecutions (including prosecutions for perjury committed in the course of any investigation or judicial or legislative hearing with respect to any matter within his jurisdiction), civil proceedings, and appeals within his jurisdiction that would otherwise be vested exclusively in the Attorney General and the United States Attorney. Details the administrative powers of the Public Attorney. Make unlawful the disclosure of specified confidential information to persons who are likely to or have come the subject of an investigation by the Publid Attorney, with enumerated limitations, and imposes criminal penalties for so doing. Establishes within the Congress a Congressional Legal Service, under the direction of the Congressional Legal Counsel appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate. Enumerates the duties of the Congressional Legal Counsel, including; to render, upon request of either House of Congress, a joint committee of Congress, any committee of either House of Congress, at least three Senators, or twelve members of the House of Representatives, legal opinions upon questions arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States. Authorizes to be appointed such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions relating to the Office of the Congressional Legal Counsel and such sums as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Congressional Legal Counsel under this title. Title II: Government Personnel - Requires an individual who holds the office of President or Vice President at any time during the year or file a report with the Comptroller General, not later than May of the following year, containing a full and complete statement of; (1) the amount of each tax paid; (2) the amount and source of each item of income; (3) the identity of each asset held by him; (4) any transaction in securities of any business; (5) all transactions in commodities by him; (6) any purchase or sale, other than the purchase or sale of his personal residence, of real property; and (7) any expenditure made by another individual for the personal benefit of him or his spouse. Provides that all such reports filed shall be maintained by the Comptroller General as public records. Prohibits campaign solicitations by appointees confirmed by the Senate and executive office personnel. Provides that any individual employed by any agency of the Executive Office of the President, who is compensated from appropriated funds, shall not engage in any investigative or intelligence gathering activity concerning national or domestic security unless specifically authorized to do so by statute. Increases the penalties for interference with elections by Government employees. Requires an annual disclosure of requests from an officer, including the President, or employee of the Executive Office for information or an investigation on the tax liavility of any taxpayer. Requires that all such requests from the Executive Office of the President be in writing. Title III: Congressional Activities - Provides that the Direct Court for the District of Columbia shall have original jurisdiction, without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy, over any civil action brought by either House of Congress, any committee or joint committee, to enforce or secure a declaration concerning the validity of any subpena or order issued by such House or committee, or by any subcommittee of such committee, to any officer, including the President and Vice President, or any employee of the executive branch of the United States Government to secure the production of information, documents, or other materials. Makes provisions governing perjury before Congressional committees and testimony before Senate committees. Title IV: Federal Election Campaign Activities, Contributions, and Criminal Sanctions - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the deduction for contributions to candidates for public office. Provides that whoever embezzels, steals, or by fraud or deception obtains from any individual who has publicly declared his intent to seek nomination for election, or election, to any Federal office, any campaign materials, documents, or papers which are not available for public dissemination and which belong to any such person shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Imposes criminal penalties for; (1) the use of funds to finance violation of provisions of Federal election laws; (2) contributions by specified recipients of Federal funds; (3) the fraudulent infiltration of Federal election campaigns for espionage and sabotage purposes; (4) misrepresentations of a candidate for elective office; and (5) crimes affecting elections. Provides that whoever intentionally obstructions, impairs, or perverts the Government of the United States, or any department or agency thereof, in any manner, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years or both.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Occupational Safety and Health Act Amendments - Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not propose any rule promulgating a new occupational health or safety standard before (1) he has as part of each such proposal reviewed and published in the Federal Register the financial impact of such proposed standard and (2) has determined with due regard for that impact that the benefit to be derived from such standard justified such proposal. Directs the Secretary to provide for an emergency standard to take effect immediately after publication in the Federal Register if he determines (1) that there is clear and recognized evidence of employees being exposed to serious danger from exposure to substances or agents determined to be toxic or physically harmful or from new hazards, and (2) that such emergency standard is necessary to protect employees from such danger. Requires the Secretary to provide at least twenty-four hours advance notice to the employer to be inspected that an inspection will be made where (1) such notice would afford the employer an opportunity to have qualified management personnel or consultants present during the inspection and (2) where the Secretary has determined that such notice would not unreasonably hamper or defeat the purposes of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Directs the Secretary to visit the workplace of employers for the purposes of affording consultation and advice to such employers, upon the request of the employers.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Directs the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to provide for radio and television coverage of proceedings in the Senate Chamber during the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, except for closed-door sessions. Requires video tapes of such broadcasts to be kept and made available to commercial broadcast stations. Provides for monitors of such broadcasts in various offices and for audio monitors in members' offices, if desired.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Provides for the reimbursement to taxpayers of all expenses, including court costs and legal and accounting fees, incurred by them in contesting second audits of their income tax liability in the case where such second audit reveals no deficiency other than any deficiency assessed against and accepted by the taxpayer after the first audit.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments - Title I: Purposes, Definitions, and National Policy for Managing the Resources of the Outer Continental Shelf - States that the purposes of this Act are to: (1) establish policies and procedures for managing the oil and natural gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf in order to achieve national economic goals; (2) preserve, protect, and develop oil and natural gas resources in the Outer Continental Shelf; (3) encourage development of new and improved technology for energy resource production that will increase human safety and eliminate or reduce risk of evnironmental damage; and (4) assure that coastal States which are directly impacted by oil and natural gas exploration and development are provided with an opportunity to take part in policy and planning decisions. Title II: Amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act - Revises bidding and lease administration under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Provides for the orderly development of oil and gas leases and requires that no geological and geophysical exploration shall take place in the Outer Continental Shelf without a permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive exploratory program designed to obtain sufficient data to evaluate the extent, location, and potential for developing the oil and gas resources in the Outer Continental Shelf. States that the Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for determining the areas to be considered for exploratory drilling and potential leasing. Authorizes to be appropriated for such purposes $200,000,000 during fiscal years 1976 and 1977. Requires the Secretary to transmit a leasing and development plan to Congress at least 90 calendar days prior to announcing the invitation to bid on each tract in which oil or gas is found in commercial quantities. Provides that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be considered the "lead agency" for purpose of complying with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act as such Act pertains to the implementation of this Act. Requires that the environmental impact statements include such information as: (1) the probable impact of the proposed exploration or development on the marine and coastal environments; and (2) any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources that would be involved in the proposed exploration or development. Makes provisions for the development, promulgation, and enforcement of safety regulations for operations in the Outer Continental Shelf. Requires that the Coast Guard make regular inspections and strictly enforce the safety regulations. States that any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $100,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Allows citizen suits by persons having an interest which is, or may be, adversely affected. Permits civil actions against any person, including the United States, and against the Secretary of the Interior where there is alleged a failure of the Secretary to perform any act or duty under this Act which is not discretionary. Provides that any person in charge of any oil and gas operations in the Outer Continental Shelf shall be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for mot more than one year, or both, for failure to immediately notify an appropriate agency of the U.S. Government of a discharge or spillage of oil. Authorizes, for the purpose of removing a discharge or spilling, the withdrawal of money available in the Offshore Oil Pollution Settlements Fund established pursuant to this Act. Imposes on each barrel of oil produced pursuant to any lease issued or maintained under this Act a fee of two and a half cents per barrel to pay costs of administration of this Act. Provides that collection of amounts for the fund shall cease when $100,000,000 has been accumulated, but shall be renewed when the accumulation in the fund falls below $85,000,000. Provides that immediately upon the date of enactment of this Act, there shall cease any additional leasing of tracts for the purpose of developing oil and gas under the authority of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in all regions and areas where there has been no previous development of oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf or other areas where geological or environmental conditions make such development hazardous. States that such moratorium shall continue until a specified time. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires that the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and publish a report with recommendations for achieving an equitable system of lease sales while maximizing production and revenues from the leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands. Provides that the Secretary shall study the most appropriate means of developing a National Strategic Energy Reserve.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Older Americans Tax Counseling Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, through the Internal Revenue Service, to enter into agreements with nonprofit agencies or organizations to prepare volunteers to assist the elderly in the preparation of their Federal income tax returns and to provide technical assistance for this purpose. Directs the Secretary to publicize to the elderly those provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 particularly important to them. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Provides that no new tariff, fee or other charge, no increase in existing tariffs, fees or other charges, and no new quota or other limitation on imports of crude oil or petroleum products other than those in effect on January 1, 1975, may be imposed unless: (1) such action is specifically authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of this joint resolution; or (2) the specific action proposed to be taken is submitted to both Houses of the Congress. States that if such action is disapproved by either House within the thirty-day review period, no officer or agency shall have authority to take any action inconsistent with the provisions of this joint resolution.
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