Bill· SS. 4107 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Red River Gorge National Park Act - Establishes the Red River Gorge National Park in Kentucky in order to preserve, for the benefit of present and future generations, the gorge, unique stone arches and natural bridges, unspoiled forests, and other scenic natural wonders. Transfers specified Federal lands to the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of this Act. Instructs the Secretary on the administration of the park. Deauthorizes the Red River Lake Project, under the Flood Control Act of 1962, in recognition of environmental concerns and values concerning the preservation of Red River Gorge. Directs the Secretary of the Army to study and report to Congress on: (1) alternative means of flood protection along the Red River; and (2) alternative sources of water supply in lieu of that from the proposed Red River Lake. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 4046 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1974
Bankruptcy Act - Title I: The Bankruptcy Act - Revises and recodifies Federal bankruptcy law as title 11 of the United States Code. Title II: Bankruptcy - Provides that all papers in bankruptcy cases shall be public records. Sets forth the organization, administration, jurisdiction, and procedures of bankruptcy courts. Prescribes the duties of the Director of the Branch of Bankruptcy Administration in administering bankruptcy cases. Describes the relief available to debtors and creditors and methods of petitioning for such relief. Provides for appointment of trustees for bankruptcy courts to conduct business for the debtor or bankrupt. Requires specified notices to creditors in bankruptcy cases. Provides for examination of debtors. Sets forth procedures for creditors claims. States what claims are allowable, and the order of distribution of proceeds. Prescribes conditions of redemption and discharge debts, and describes exempt property. Defines property within the debtor's estate. Determines the validity of liens against the debtor's property. Prescribes fraudulent transfers in anticipation of bankruptcy. Provides for the disposition and use of the debtor's property after confirmation of the bankruptcy plan. Prescribes conditions of exemption from income tax for the debtor. Provides for the collection, liquidation, and distribution of the bankrupt estate. Provides for the disposition of bankrupty petitions of stockbrokerages. Sets forth requirements for bankruptcy plans for debtors with regular income, and requirements of claims and distribution under such plans. Provides for the discharge of property under such plans. Sets forth procedures for the selection of creditors' and equity security holders' committees, and for trustees under reorganization plans. Prescribes requirements of reorganization plans, and of confirmation and modification of such plans. Provides for the administration of debtors' estates. Prescribes requirements of plans for administration. Sets forth procedures and requirements for petition, notice, plans, and confirmation of debt adjustments of public agencies and instrumentalities and political subdivisions. Provides for railroad reorganizations. Defines the jurisdiction and standing in such cases. Describes requirements for voluntary and involuntary petition in such cases. Provides for the administration and for notice in such cases. Prescribes requirements for plans and confirmation in such cases. Establishes bankruptcy courts under title 28, United States Code.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 410 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the well-being of the world and all of its people is gravely threatened by exorbitant or rigged foreign oil prices. States that it is further the sense of the Senate that Congress and the American people support President Ford and Secretary Kissinger in their call to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to lower the price of petroleum.
Bill· SS. 4019 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974
Joint Committee on Intelligance Oversight Act - Establishes a Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, specifying the composition of such Committee and enumerating its duties, including to conduct a continuing study of the activites of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other specified agencies of the Federal Government. States that no funds may be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out any intelligence or surveillance activity unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after this Act. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Committee, the procedures for classification of information, and the recordkeeping requirements.
Bill· SS. 3982 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Provides that tax returns are confidential, and, therefore, are not open to inspection, and that information contained in them shall not be disclosed. Permits, under regulations established by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the inspection of tax returns by the taxpayer, the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, State tax authorities, the President, and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Requires a report to the Joint Committee of returns inspected and by whom inspected. Establishes criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure or receipt of tax return information.
Bill· SS. 3903 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
Extends the authorization of appropriations for the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 for seven years (through fiscal year 1983).
Bill· SS. 3864 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
National Nutrition Education Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to encourage the provision of nutrition education programs in the classroom and lunchrooms of elementary and secondary schools by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive nutrition education programs. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of nutrition education programs in schools. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out the provision of grants. Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies, institutions, or organizations to pay the cost of pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State education agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of developing and carrying out nutrition education programs in elementary and secondary schools within each State. Sets forth criteria to be followed in applying for grants under this Act. Directs the Commissioner to render technical assistance to local education agencies, through qualified staff members having expertise in nutrition, health education, school food services, home economies, dietetics, and physical education, to public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education for the development and implementation of education programs with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. Stipulates that in order to be eligible for assistance under this Act a State shall appoint a State coordinator for nutrition education. Directs the State coordinator for each State to develop, prepare, and furnish to the Commissioner a comprehensive plan for nutrition education within that State. Establishes in the office of Education in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Nutrition Education Resources Center. Sets forth the functions of the Center, including the following: (1) collect and create curriculum materials relevant to nutrition education, including, but not limited to, the integration of nutrition education materials into all subject matter at the elementary and secondary education levels; and (2) collect information and materials relating to nutrition education and maintain such information and materials in a library for the use of State coordinators and other interested persons. Authorizes appropriations of up to $2,000,000 per fiscal year to establish and maintain the Center.
Bill· SS. 3861 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Provides that any plant constructed and operated for the purpose of manufacturing synthetic natural gas for sale in interstate commerce shall be subject to the same jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission as exercised by the Commission under the Natural Gas Act with respect to any natural gas company. States that such jurisdiction shall not extend to the feedstock of such plant or facilities associated with this feedstock. Stipulates that any natural gas company receiving Federal Power Commission authorization to produce, or to acquire from a subsidiary, such synthetic natural gas, may include in its cost of service a reasonable return on funds expended in connection therewith during the construction period of such plant. Requires that after commercial production has been achieved, the sale or transportation of such gas in interstate commerce shall be priced on a cost of service basis, including a reasonable return on the facility investment. Provides that no return shall be allowed a natural gas company for any funds invested in such plant by either State, local, or Federal Government.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 363 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the leadership of the Nation responsible for our economic wellbeing meet together immediately in a spirit of unity to design a set of policy actions to achieve the common goal of restoring stability and growth to the American economy and confidence and prosperity to the American people. Directs that this domestic summit be convened forthwith comprised of the President, the majority and minority leadership of both Houses of the Congress, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Appropriations Committees of both Houses, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, together with leaders of labor and business, and such other participants as they may agree upon. Provides that they shall meet and devote such time as necessary until a plan of action is decided upon which, by its demonstration of renewed unity, direction, and purpose, will gain the public support and confidence necessary to be effective in overcoming these difficulties.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 102 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the United States Treasury Department not promulgate the intended regulations requiring a statement of ingredients on every bottle of distilled spirits and wine in the United States until the Congress of the United States be given the opportunity to consider this matter and its broad implications in full.
Bill· SS. 3735 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1974
Provides for the relief of Doctor Benedicto Principe and his wife, Erlinda Madula Principe.
Law· SS. 3698 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1974
Authorizes Congress under the Atomic Energy Act, to concur in or disapprove international agreements for cooperation in regard to certain nuclear technology.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 347 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1974
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Commerce to make a full and complete investigation and study for the purpose of determining a policy and role for the Federal Government on tourism in the United States which will most effectively enable the industry to realize fully its potential to contribute to the social well-being, the cultural understanding, and the economic prosperity of the United States. Provides that the chairman and ranking minority member of each of the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture and Forestry, Interior and Insular Affairs, Public Works, Foreign Relations, Government Operations, Labor and Public Welfare, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Small Business, or a member of such committees designated by each such chairman or ranking minority member to serve in his place, shall serve as ex officio members of the Committee on Commerce for purposes of this study. Directs the Committee on Commerce to report its findings, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it deems advisable, to the Senate.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 91 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1974
Authorizes and directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library. Provides that expenses incurred by the Joint Committee on the Library in carrying out this concurrent resolution, which shall not exceed $2,500, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers approved by the chairman of the joint committee.
Bill· SS. 3656 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1974
Makes appropriations of $600,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for reimbursement of costs to the States of construction of waste treatment works pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Bill· SS. 3659 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1974
Provides, under the Act to incorporate the Little League Baseball, Incorporated, that girls as well as boys may join in League activities in developing qualities of citizenship and sportsmanship.
Bill· SS. 3627 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1974
Prohibits all foreign assistance to India until India becomes a signatory to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 339 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1974
Declares that Dr. Kissinger be commended on his outstanding contributions to the cause of world peace and that deep gratitude to Dr. Kissinger for his services is hereby expressed by the Senate. Declares that the United States Senate holds in high regard Dr. Kissinger, and regards him as an outstanding member of this Administration, as a patriotic Amercian in whom it has complete confidence, and whose integrity, and veracity are above reproach, and that the U.S. Senate wishes for him success in his continuing efforts to achieve a permanent peace in the world.
Bill· SS. 3590 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Specifies that whenever any justice or judge, who has retired due to disability at less than full salary, is designated and assigned judicial duties, he shall receive for the period of such services the pro rata salary of his office in addition to that which he would have received but for such assignment and designation.
Law· SS. 3548 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is especially appropriate to honor former President Harry S. Truman through the creation of a perpetual educational scholarship program to develop increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare and pursue careers in public service. Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, to be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. Authorizes the Foundation to award fifty-one scholarships in any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1973, for undergraduate study for persons who plan to pursue a career in public service. States that each recipient shall be known as a Truman scholar. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the scholarship requirements; (2) the procedure for selection of Truman scholars; (3) stipends and institutional allowances; and (4) the scholarship conditions. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. Prescribes the procedure for expenditures from the fund. Directs that there shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation, appointed by the Board, who shall be the chief executive officer and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 to the fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 3501 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Consumer Claims Court Act - Title I: State Programs - Empowers the Attorney General to make grants and provide assistance to States to carry out the provisions of this Title. Sets forth the criteria which a State must meet to be eligible, on the basis of an application, for a grant to aid in the establishment of a state-wide system of consumer claims courts. Prescribes the record-keeping, auditing, and reporting duties of recipients of aid under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Title. Title II: Federal Small Claims Jurisdiction - Provides that the district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action wherein the matter in controversy does not exceed $1,000 and (1) arises under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States, or (2) is between citizens of different States; citizens and foreign states citizens or subjects; or citizens and foreign states, citizens, or subjects thereof who are additional parties. Confers small claims jurisdiction upon any United States magistrate who has been specifically designated to exercise such jurisdiction by the district court or courts be serves. Empowers each district court to establish rules of practice and procedure governing the conduct of civil actions tried before a magistrate. Enumerates the general content of any such rules.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 326 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Provides that the temperature in building space occupied by the United States Senate be maintained at 78 degrees during the summer months; and that Senators, staff and visitors shall be encouraged to dress in a manner to minimize the discomfort of the higher temperature and accordingly that neither Senators nor staff shall be required to wear coats on the Senate floor during the summer months.
Bill· SS. 3488 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Provides for the relief of William T. Owens.
Bill· SS. 3498 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency food assistance pursuant to the Food Stamp Act to victims of disasters without regard to the income or financial resources of such victims where the normal channels of distribution of food or coupon have been disrupted.
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