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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Equal Credit Opportunity Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to require that financial institutions and other firms engaged in the extension of credit make that credit equally available to all creditworthy customers without regard to sex or marital status. Makes it unlawful for any creditor to discriminate against any applicant on the basis of sex or marital status. Defines the terms used in the Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Makes changes in specified Acts of Congress in order to make those Acts comply with the purposes of this Act. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the requirements of this Act to the extent that they will not be enforced by another Government agency after enactment of this Act. Provides for the assessment by a United States District Court of actual and punitive damages in any action brought against a violator of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1974
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production, and if such negotiations prove unfruitful to exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act and to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds available for the direct distribution of food to needy children and low income persons for donation to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, disaster relief, and, until July 1, 1976, the family commodity distribution program on Indian reservations not requesting the food stamp program. Provides that the Secretary may, if stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof of the types customarily available under the program of commodity distribution to prevent waste. Provides, under the Food Stamp Act, that upon request to the Secretary by the appropriate officials of any Indian tribe, such tribe is authorized to administer a food stamp program under this Act on behalf of the eligible households of such tribe living on an Indian reservation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or any State to administer a food stamp program on behalf of any tribe residing on an Indian reservation. Authorizes the Secretary under such Act to pay to each State agency an amount equal to 62.5 percent of all administrative costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the certification of households; (2) the acceptance, storage, and protection of coupons after their delivery to receiving points within the States; (3) the issuance of such coupons to eligible households; (4) the outreach and fair hearing requirements of this Act; and (5) the control and accounting of coupons. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to encourage milk consumption in schools. Provides that, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for subsequent fiscal years, the minimum rate of reimbursement for a half-pint of milk served in schools and other eligible institutions shall not be less than 5 cents per half-pint served to eligible children, and such minimum rate of reimbursement shall be adjusted on an annual basis each fiscal year thereafter, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, to reflect changes in the series of food away from home of the Consumer Price Index.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act Amendments - Provides that for the fiscal year 1975, and subsequent fiscal years, the national average value of donated foods, or cash payments in lieu thereof under the National School Lunch Act, shall not be less than 10 percent per lunch. Provides that that amount shall be adjusted on an annual basis each fiscal year after June 30, 1975, to reflect changes in the series for food away from home of the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. Provides that such adjustment shall be computed to the nearest one-fourth cent. Provides that among those commodities delivered under this Act the Secretary of Agriculture shall give special emphasis to high protein foods, meat, and meat alternates. Increases the authorized appropriations under such Act for nonfood assistance. Increases the authorized appropriations under such Act for the special supplemental food program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with a city within a specified period of time when a city ordinance (1) provides for the collection of a tax by imposing on employers generally the duty of withholding sums from the pay of employees and making returns of the sums to the city; and (2) imposes the duty to withhold generally on the payment of compensation earned within the jurisdiction of the city in the case of employees whose regular place of employment is within such jurisdiction. Provides for the content of such agreements under this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Includes in the definition of agencies covered by this Act the judicial branch. Requires the consent of a Federal employee before an agreement under this Act may permit withholding of a city tax from his pay where he is not a resident of the State in which that city is located.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Provides for disaster assistance in the reconstruction of school facilities in a manner which assures increased protection against personal injuries resulting from disasters.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
Prescribes a World War I veterans' pension of $150 for married veterans or veterans with one child or $135 for unmarried veterans, and an extra $125 for those in need of regular aid and attendance. Authorizes hospital, domiciliary, and medical care of such for non-service-connected disabilities, and costs for medical services unavoidably incurred outside Veterans' Administration facilities. Authorizes the payment of a pension to the widow of a World War I veteran if she is not otherwise entitled to a pension.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Energy and Resources Recovery Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish within the Agency an Office of Energy and Resources Recovery to achieve the purposes and administer the provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, after consultation with appropriate Federal, State interstate, regional, and local agencies and after opportunity for public hearings, to promulgate standards for collection, handling, disposal, and recovery of all hazardous and other solid waste which may, if improperly disposed of, cause air or water pollution or other environmental damage. States that the Administrator, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, may require the operator of any disposal system for hazardous or other solid waste to: (1) establish and maintain such records; (2) make such reports; and (3) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment or methods as he may require. Establishes a $25,000 per day fine for violations of this Act. Requires the Administrator, within one year following enactment of this section and each year thereafter, to publish guidelines specifying the percentages of energy and resources that can be recovered from solid waste by use of the best recovery management practices and technology that are reasonably available. Provides that as a part of such guidelines, the Administrator shall publish thorough descriptions of existing technology and practices which can be implemented by agricultural producers, industries, municipalities, consumers, and others to achieve the percentages of energy or resource recovery from each category of solid waste that the Administrator finds reasonable. Requires the Administrator, within one year following enactment of this section to make a complete assessment of the use of natural resources and recycled materials in product packaging; and establish guidelines for the packaging of products to encourage efficient use of such resources and materials with a consequential reduction in solid waste. Directs the Administrator to grant to each State 80 percent of the cost of a comprehensive solid waste management and energy and resource recovery program. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 to carry out this Act for fiscal years 1975-1977. Authorizes grants to States to establish an energy and resources recovery research institute at one college in each State. Authorizes appropriations of $40,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977 for additional purposes of this Act. Empowers the Administration to make loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lenders) to assist any small business concern in affecting additions to or alterations in the equipment, facilities, or methods of operation of such concern to recover energy and resources from solid waste.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Provides, under the Act which created the United States Olympic Committee, that the corporation created therein shall have the power to adopt and alter a constitution and bylaws not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, except that the corporation may alter the constitution only if: (1) the corporation publishes in a newspaper or magazine of national circulation or in any publication published by the corporation, and in the Federal Register, a general notice of the proposed alteration of the constitution including the terms of substance of such alteration, the time and place of the corporation's regular meeting at which such alteration is to be decided, and a provision informing interested persons that they may submit materials as authorized by such Act; and (2) for a period of at least thirty days after the date of publication of such notice in the Federal Register, the corporation gives to all interested persons an opportunity to submit written data, views, or arguments concerning the proposed alteration. Provides that no individual who is eligible under applicable international or applicable reasonable national amateur athletic rules and regulations may be directly or indirectly denied his right to attempt to qualify for selection, or his right (if he so qualifies) to participate, as an athlete, coach, trainer, administrator, manager, or other official representing the United States in any international amateur athletic competition, if such competition involves any sport included on the Olympic games or Pan-American games program during the Olympic time period concurrent with such attempt to qualify for such participation. Provides that any national amateur sports organization may seek recognition as a governing body under such Act if it establishes, among other requirements, that: (1) it provides, at the time of arbitration under such Act, and in comparison with the governing body, if any, more effective national competition (for individuals at all levels of athletic ability) in the sport for which it claims recognition as the governing body, so that such competition will result in a higher quality of United States athletes in all international amateur athletic competition for such sport; (2) it provides (without regard to race, creed, color, religion, or sex) equal opportunity, for competition in the sport for which it claims recognition as the governing body, to all individuals who are eligible under applicable international or applicable reasonable national amateur athletic rules and regulations; and it applies international rules and regulations concerning athletic competition without discrimination to all such individuals; and (3) it has a reasonable number of amateur athletes who represented the United States in any international amateur athletic competition in the sport for which the organization claims recognition under this subsection, and which is included on the Olympic games or Pan-American games during the Olympiad time period concurrent with or immediately preceding such claim.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
States that in implementing any proposed program for the establishment of Agricultural Service Centers in any State, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide for the establishment of such a center in each county of such State if, on the date of enactment of this Act, one or more local field offices of the Department of Agriculture were located within such county. Authorizes the Secretary to provide, in the Agricultural Service Center, as many services of the Department of Agriculture (applicable to such county) as practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States soverign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible,except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) there be no cession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or tangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Consitituion.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Solar Energy Research Act - Declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government to pursue a vigorous and viable program of research and development into the utilization of solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Provides that, within sixty days from the date of enactment of legislation creating any permanent Federal organization or agency having jurisdiction over the energy research and development functions of the United States Government, the Office of Solar Energy Research shall be established within that agency. Provides that if, within sixty days from the date of enactment of this Act, no agency with jurisdiction over Federal energy research and development has been established, the Office of Solar Energy Research authorized under this Act shall be established, on an interim basis, within the Atomic Energy Commission, until sixty days from the date of enactment of legislation authorizing the new Federal office of energy research and development. Authorizes the Chairman or Administrator to conduct appropriate research and technical development work: (1) to determine, by laboratory and pilot testing, the usable results of scientific research, (2) to develop and fabricate solar energy transformation processes, equipment designs, and components to the point where they can be demonstrated, certified, produced, and operated on a commercially practical scale; (3) to recommend to the Congress, as deemed appropriate, authorizations for the construction and operation or for participation in the construction and operation, of solar energy conversion facilities, and (4) to undertake, through research grants and contracts, studies of possible economic, social, and environmental effects which will result from the use of solar energy. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Council to be chaired by the Chairman or Administrator to coordinate policy and programs in solar energy research. Specifies the composition of the Council. Directs the development of a program to expedite the increased utilization of solar energy technology by the public and private sectors. Establishes a solar energy incentives task force to carry out the following functions: (1) report to the President and the Congress within one hundred and twenty days following enactment, and at least annually thereafter, recommendations for a viable program, of specified, time limited, incentives or modifications to existing and/or proposed incentives programs to accelerate the commercial application of solar energy technology; and (2) carry out a program of research and investigation into the barriers to innovation in the field of solar energy, the barriers to the acceleration of the commercial application of solar energy technology, and the programs needed to remove such barriers. Authorizes the compilation on a semi-annual basis of a listing of all solar energy conversion components, facilities, and equipment, commercially available in the Nation for private or public use. States that utilization of solar energy shall include such applications of solar energy as, but not limited to, the solar heating and cooling of buildings, solar crop drying and other agricultural applications of solar energy, solar thermal and photovoltaic power generation for terrestrial applications, whether situated on the ground or in space, wind energy conversion, ocean thermal gradient conversion, solar stimulated bioconversion, and solar production of synthetic gases and hydrogen. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act the following amounts: (1) for fiscal year 1975, $56,000,000; (2) for fiscal year 1976, $94,000,000; (3) for fiscal year 1977, $150,000,000; (4) for fiscal year 1978, $150,000,000; and (5) for fiscal year 1979, $150,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Provides that the tax on the amounts paid for communication services shall not apply to the amount of the State and local taxes paid for such services.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
International Economic Policy Act - Establishes a Foreign Economic Policy Board, to be composed of five members, which shall be independent of the executive departments and agencies and shall be responsible to the Congress. Enumerates the duties of the Board as: (1) to assist and advise the Congress in matters dealing with international economic issues; (2) to gather, analyze, interpret and report to the President and the Congress information concerning economic developments and international economic trends; (3) to establish priorities on the use of United States foreign exchange earnings and to assess the balance of payments impact of present and future United States natural resource requirements; (4) to appraise the various programs and activities of the Federal Government with respect to balancing the international payment accounts; (5) to develop and recommend to the Congress international economic policies to foster and promote United States international trade and investment, to maintain the strength of the dollar through positive actions which will increase the United States foreign exchange earnings, and to balance the international payment accounts; and (6) to furnish such studies, reports, and recommendations with respect to matters of Federal international economic policy and legislation as the President or the Congress may request. Provides that no Government department or agency may deny the Board access to United States international economic information when officially requested by the Chairman of the Board. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to enable the Board to exercise its powers and functions under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Professional and Technical Assistance to Exporting Act - Declares the finding of the Congress that the expansion of this Nation's exports is urgently needed to enable the United States to carry out its international responsibilities, to finance imports, to stimulate domestic employment, and to permit the pursuit of policies fostering beneficial interantional trade. Defines the terms used in this Act. Defines the term "international trade specialist" as meaning an individual who has academic training and private professional experience in international trade either in the broad disciplines of trade administration or experience with individual industries and who is employed pursuant to this Act. Establishes within the Department of Commerce and in its field offices an International Trade Specialist Program. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to recruit, train, and assign such personnel to the program as may be necessary to implement the purposes of this Act, except that the number of such personnel shall not exceed three in each field office, and shall not exceed one hundred for the entire program. Provides that each international trade specialist appointed under this Act shall have had at least five years of executive level experience in private industry directly related to exporting products from the United States. Provides that any individual who is or who has been a career employee of the United States shall be ineligible for an appointment under this Act for a period of five years following the date of his separation from employment by the United States. Directs the Secretary to conduct an evaluation of the program carried out under this Act and transmit a report to the Congress not later than three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Requires that such report shall include information on the recruitment, training, and placement of personnel, the export expansion programs under which such personnel operated, data on increased exports in terms of dollar amounts and quantity of shipments, and recommendations with respect to the program's continuation. Authorizes, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act related to such program, the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Requires the Secretary to establish and implement a procedure within the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce to insure that each shipper's export declaration contains the address (including the State) of the exporter. Requires total exports for each State to be compiled in a monthly report for each of the field office areas established under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $175,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976, for the purpose of a pilot project encompassing the exports of not less than 8 States for not less than 6 months. Requires an evaluation of the measurement program established under this Act to be carried out by the Office of Field Operations, Department of Commerce, in cooperation with its field offices. Requires that, not later than eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit a report on such evaluation to the Congress including therein information on the implementation of such procedures, an analysis of results, and recommendations as to improvements, or discontinuation of the program. Provides that in order to carry out the purposes of this Act related to such evaluation, there are authorized to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Requires, under the General Education Provisions Act, that the President shall include in the budget transmitted to the Congress proposed appropriations for carrying out provisions of such Act relating to advance funding of educational programs.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the provisions of the General Education Provisions Act relating to advance funding for education programs should be immediately and continually implemented so as to afford responsible State, local, and Federal officers adequate notice of available Federal financial assistance for education.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate, as soon as practicable and not later than ninety days after the effective date of this Act, an emergency fuel conservation driving limitation plan to be administered by the States. States that such a plan shall prohibit all motor vehicles registered in the names of members of a family unit, as defined by the Secretary, from being driven, except for commercial purposes, on the public roads or highways on one day in each calendar week other than Saturday and Sunday. Sets forth exceptions to the driving limitation plan.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Extends the nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act of 1965 by authorizing appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 3045g)
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