United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress, including that: (1) because of the critical economic role that energy plays, a comprehensive domestic and international approach to meeting energy problems in a realistic manner is immediately needed; (2) such a comprehensive energy policy neccessitates a dramatic increase in domestic energy production coupled with a reasoned attack on wasteful energy consumption; (3) vital national actions to increase domestic energy production require that the United States - (a) rapidly expand Outer Continental Shelf exploration and development with approriate environmental safequards; (b) lift price constraints on exploration and production of natural gas and other fossil fuels; (c) adopt policies which will encourage the most rapid development of alternative energy sources; and (d) adopt policies which insure adequate opportunity to provide for the massive capital formation required to attain timely domestic energy self-sufficiency; and (4) the reasoned nationwide attack on wasteful energy consumption requires - (a) enactment of energy conservation authority capable of significantly reducing consumption; (b) expanded Federal programs related to increasing the efficiency of energy uses; and (c) a mandatory impact study on energy consumption of planned Federal programs prior to program implementations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1974
Provides to the senior Senator from New Hampshire, during his or her term of office, the use of the desk located in the Senate Chamber commonly referred to as the "Daniel Webster Desk".
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1974
Provides for participation by and representation of the Civil Aeronautics Board proceedings through its own counsel as a matter of right and to provide for all review of Board actions in the Courts of Appeals.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1974
Provides, under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, for an extension of the deadlines for the preliminary system plan and the final system plan. Increases the authorization of appropriations for administrative expenses of the U.S. Railway Association from $26,000,000 to $40,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1974
Public Broadcasting Financing Act - Establishes a Public Broadcasting Fund in the Treasury and authorizes to be appropriated to such Fund for each of the fiscal years 1976 through 1980 an amount equal to forty percent of the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year second preceding each such fiscal year, up to specified limits. Provides for specified portions of the Public Broadcasting Fund to be distributed among the licensees and permittees of noncommercial educational broadcast stations.
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 · 15 July 1974
Provides that every natural gas company shall for the privilege of doing business as a natural gas company pay to the United States on or before July 1 of each calendar year reasonable annual charges in an amount to be fixed by the Federal Power Commission for the purpose of reimbursing the United States for the costs of administration of the Natural Gas Act and the Federal Power Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Declares that the Senate commends the CBS television network for commemorating the birth of our Nation, and for providing a focus for Americans to foster a sense of deepened pride in their heritage.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1974
State Lottery Exemption Act - Exempts State-conducted lotteries, sweepstakes, and wagering pools, as well as vending machines maintained by State agencies for such purposes, from the wagering tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
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 · 11 June 1974
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act Amendments - Provides that appropriations authorized under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act shall be used for pipeline safety programs approved under provisions of such Act. Disallows appropriations authorized under such Act from being used as grants-in-aid. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1975 through 1978 for grants to aid State enforcement of such Act.
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 · 13 May 1974
International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act - States that Federal departments and agencies shall take all appropriate actions within their jurisdictions to attempt to eliminate discrimination and unfair competitive practices against United States air carriers in the international air transportation industry. Provides for compensating changes to be imposed on foreign air carriers of the country concerned if discriminatory charges against United States air carriers are not reduced or eliminated within a reasonable time after negotiations are undertaken for such purpose. States that the amounts so collected shall be used to compensate such air carriers for the excessive or discriminatory charges paid by them to the foreign countries involved. Provides that the Postmaster General shall not authorize a higher rate of compensation for the transportation by foreign carriers of mail between the United States and such foreign country as that country pays to air carriers transporting its mail by aircraft between such country and the United States. Requires that the Government-financed air transportation of passengers and property be provided by air carriers holding certificates under the Federal Aviation Act to the extent practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1974
Revises the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 by increasing the period of time during which interested members of the public may comment on proposed preliminary railway system plans. Increases the time limit within which the United States Railway Association shall submit a final railway system plan under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Authorizes the printing of 1,000 additional copies of Senate hearings entitled "Surgeon General's Report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior" for use by the Senate Committee on Commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1974
Designates the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide for the care, maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the official residence and grounds. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that living accommodations, generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided for the Chief of Naval Operations. Repeals the Federal law authorizing the planning, design, construction, furnihsing, and maintenance of an official residence for the Vice President of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Footwear Articles Import Relief Trade Act - Sets forth the quantity of footwear articles that may be introduced into the United States before 1974 and for any calendar year after 1974. Allows the President to increase the quantity of articles which may be imported from one country, and permits him upon specified determinations to reapply this Act to any article or country after its termination or non-application in 1975. Authorizes the President to exempt from import quotas any article produced in a foreign country that is determined not to contribute to market disruption in the United States. Directs the President to conclude bilateral and multilateral arrangements or agreements with foreign countries concerning footwear. Authorizes the President to increase imports where the supply of footwear is inadequate to meet the domestic demand at reasonable prices. Outlines those definitions applicable under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Declares that the Congress hereby calls upon the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to cause to be conducted on or about August 10, 1974, appropriate ceremonies in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, in the town of West Branch, Iowa.
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 · 27 March 1974
National Appliance and Motor Vehicle Energy Labeling Act - Authorizes the President to develop and promulgate energy conservation specifications for the following classes of products: motor vehicles, room and central air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, dishwashers, clothes dryers, kitchen ranges and ovens, water heaters, comfort heating equipment, and additonal classes of appliances which use a significant amount of energy and which have an actual or potential range of energy efficiency from which one can choose. States that each specification promulgated under this Act shall include but need not be limited to: (1) a description of the class of product covered by the specification; (2) the range of energy efficiency and energy use data for that class of product as provided in this Act; (3) listings or descriptions of test methods to be used in measuring the energy efficiency and/or energy use characteristics of the class of product, providing that such test methods shall be methods the President determines are reasonable, technologically practicable, and appropriate; (4) a prototype label and directions for displaying the label, provided, however, that the specification shall require that the label be prominent and readable, visible to the consumer at time of purchase, shall specify the information that shall be included on the label to assist the consumer in comparing, by cost of energy used or otherwise, the energy efficiency and/or energy use characteristics of a particular product with all others in its class, and include the energy conservation mark specified in this Act; and (5) a statement covering the information on the energy use and/or efficiency characteristics of the product which is to be included in any product advertisement pursuant to this Act. States that a specification shall be effective 60 days after publishing in the Federal Register unless the President determines that an earlier or later date is in the public interest. Requires that, if the range of energy efficiency and/or energy use for a product group is not known at the time of publication of the applicable specification, test data obtained through the test methods prescribed in the specification for each such product shall be forwarded to the President within forty-five days after publication of such specification. States that specifications shall not apply to individual products the manufacture of which was completed prior to the effective date of the applicable specification. Specifies these requirements of manufactures to be met to enable the President to effectively carry out the provisions of this Act. States that any manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, importer, or retailer of products for which a specification has been promulgated and is effective who causes to be advertised the energy characteristics of any such product must include all the information required by the specification applicable to such product. Provides for Government assistance to programs designed to educate consumers relative to the significance of the labeling program. States that this Act shall not apply to any product manufactured in the United States for the sole purpose of export from the United States. States that the offering for sale of any product without the required label, the removal of such label, the advertising of such product in violation of the provisions of this Act, the failure to allow access to information required to be supplied under this Act, or the failure of manufacturers to comply with the requirements under this Act shall be punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $10,000. Provides for injunctive enforcement and seizure by proceedings in rem by the United States District Court having proper jurisdiction as defined by the Act. Provides for judicial review in the United States court of appeals for the circuit wherein a person who will be adversely affected by the requirements of this Act resides or has his principal place of business. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Transportation Improvement Act - Provides that each rate for a service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property, or in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable, and every unjust and unreasonable rate is prohibited and declared to be unlawful. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission, on a continuing basis, to investigate and identify traffic which is moving at a rate below the variable cost of handling the traffic to which the rate applies and cause the rate to be promptly raised at least to the variable cost level. States that whenever all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, is abandoned by a railroad carrier in accordance with the provisions of this section, any person may apply for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the applicant to operate as a common carrier over the route or routes necessary to provide service. States that, except as specifically authorized by another Act of Congress, a carrier by railroad subject to this part may not abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad or the operation thereof without first obtaining from the Commission a certification that the public convenience and necessity permits the abandonment. Allows the Commission, within forty-five days after receiving notice of an abandonment, upon complaint of an aggrieved user, to institute an investigation of the abandonment. Permits the Commission to order continued operation of the line proposed to be abandoned if it determines that the public convenience and necessity requires continuation and finds that continued operation of the line will produce sufficient revenue to the applicant or applicants to cover the cost of operating the line. States that if the Commission determines that the public convenience and necessity permit the abandonment of a line of railroad, or operation thereof, the Govenor of any State or the authorized representative of any local governing authority in which all or a portion of the line is located, or the shippers or receivers of traffic over the line may, prior to the effective date of the Commission's order, notify the Commission and the railroad of their intention, individually or collectively, to provide an operating subsidy to the railroad to assure a continuation of service. Prohibits the Commission from approving any agreement among railroad carriers that provides for or establishes procedures for joint consideration or other action protesting or otherwise seeking the suspension of any rate, fare, or charge pursuant to this Act when the rate, fare, or charge is established by independent action. Grants the Commission exclusive authority, upon application to it, to determine and prescribe intrastate rates. Directs the Commission to require the carrier to refund, with interest, to the persons in whose behalf the amounts were paid, that portion of an increased rate or charge found to be not justified, or that portion of a decreased rate or charge found to be justified. Prohibits unreasonable and unjust discrimination by States in taxing transportation property. Requires the Commission, on a continuing basis, to investigate and identify traffic which is moving at a rate below the variable cost of handling the traffic to which the rate applies and cause the rate to be promptly raised at least to the variable cost level. Authorizes the Secretary, on such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, and with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to guarantee any lender against loss of principal and interest on securities, obligations, or loans (including refinancing thereof) issued for the purpose of financing acquisition, construction, maintenance, or development of railroad facilities and equipment. Creates in the Treasury a fund for such purposes and authorizes necessary appropriations to it. States that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such securities, obligations, or loans outstanding at any one time, which are guaranteed by the Secretary, may not exceed $2,000,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and development into the design of a national rolling stock scheduling and control system which, utilizing advanced computer and communication techniques, would be capable of locating and expediting the movement of rolling stock on a national basis. Requires that, within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall begin demonstrations to test the feasibility of, and the benefits to be derived from, the installation of rolling stock scheduling and control systems (including technological innovations) in railroad yards and terminals. Authorizes an appropriation of $35,000,000 for such research and testing.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of this Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973", and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1974
Provides that there be printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce one thousand additional copies of its report to the Senate on S. 354, the National No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act (S. Rept. 93-382).
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, to specify a series of effective dates for a Federal motor vehicle safety standard, on or after which a specified percentage of motor vehicles shall conform to the standard. Requires that each order specifying a series of effective dates should include a statement of the reasons for which the series of effective dates is found to be in the public interest. States that the effective dates within any series specified by the Secretary shall be at one-year intervals. Provides that the final effective date in a series shall be not more than two years after the initial effective date, and all motor vehicles, to which the standard applies, manufactured on or after the final effective date for purposes of sale in the United States shall conform to the standard. (Adds 15 U.S.C. 1392(i)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Permits, under the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act of 1950, United States participation in international enforcement of fish conservation in geographic areas specified by the International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, pursuant to the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries. Strikes the definition of "convention area" from the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act providing for the implementation of the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF). Provides for United States participation in the ICNAF plan for international enforcement of the Convention's regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Provides for advancing to not later than February 15, 1974, the effective date of the final order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Docket No. MC 43 (Sub-No.2), which requires carriers to reimburse their owner-operators for all increases in the price of fuel over the base period May 15, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Provides, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, that whenever any person is born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions and is a citizen of the United States at birth, the birth of that person shall be registered with a consular officer in the country in which that person was born within such time and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State. Provides that if such registration is not made within the time prescribed, it shall be presumed that such person is not a citizen of the United States by birth. Imposes criminal penalties on persons for failure to surrender a passport when requested to do so and for collusion with foreign governments to evade passport laws and regulations. Provides that no person who refuses to swear or affirm his allegiance to the United States shall be entitled to receive, hold, or use any passport or other credential issued by, or under authority of, the United States which identifies such person as one bearing allegiance to the United States. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1401, 1548, 1547)
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, to specify a series of effective dates for a Federal motor vehicle safety standard, on or after which a specified percentage of motor vehicles shall conform to the standard. Requires that each order specifying a series of effective dates should include a statement of the reasons for which the series of effective dates is found to be in the public interest. States that the effective dates within any series specified by the Secretary shall be at one-year intervals. Provides that the final effective date in a series shall be not more than two years after the initial effective date, and all motor vehicles, to which the standard applies, manufactured on or after the final effective date for purposes of sale in the United States shall conform to the standard. (Adds 15 U.S.C. 1392(i)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
National Arthritis Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to expand the authority of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Disgestive Diseases in order to advance a national attack on arthritis. Establishes a National Task Force on Arthritis to formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal and other related diseases. Provides that the Arthritis Plan shall include recommendations for the utilization and organizations of national resources for the campaign against arthritis, and a program for the National Institute of Arthritis Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases as a major participant in the campaign against arthritis specifies the composition of the Task Force membership. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000 for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the purposes of the national arthritis program. Establishes within the Institute the position of Associate Director for Arthritis, responsible for programs regarding arthritis within such Institute. Provides that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis Coordinating Committee to be composed of representatives who can make policy commitments for each of the Institutes and divisions involved in arthritis-related research. Creates within the Federal Government an Interagency Technical Committee on Arthritis which shall be responsible for promoting the coordination of those aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to arthritis to assure the adequacy and technical soundness of such programs and activities and to provide for the full communication and exchange of information necessary to maintain adequate coordination of such programs and activities. States that the Director of the Institute shall establish programs for cooperation with other health agencies in the screening, detection, prevention, and control of arthritis which emphasize the development of new diagnostic and treatment methods for arthritis, and the dissemination of the knowledge about these methods to the health professions. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides that the Director of the Institute, shall provide for the development of centers for basic and clinical research into, training, in, and demonstration of, advanced diagnostic, prevention, control, and treatment methods for arthritis. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Requires the Director of the Institute after the end of each calendar year, to submit to the President and Congress a report including: (1) a proposal for the Institute's activities during the next five years; and (2) a program evaluation section.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
Authorizes the Committee on Commerce to make an investigation of national oceans policy for the purpose of: (1) determining national capabilities in the oceans, (2) determining the adequacy of current Federal programs relating to the oceans and recommending improvements; (3) establishing policies to achieve the goal of full utilization and conservation of living resources for the oceans; (4) assessing the needs for new policies for the development and utilization of the nonliving resources of the oceans; (5) encouraging implementation of coastal zone management; (6) establishing a comprehensive national policy for understanding and protecting the global ocean environment through education, exploration, research, and international cooperation; and (7) making an assessment of proposals for national and international jurisdiction over the oceans. Authorizes, for the purpose of this resolution, the Committee on Commerce to expend, through February 28, 1975, from the contingent fund of the Senate, a sum not to exceed $200,000.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should determine and take immediate steps to reduce Federal Government consumption of fuels by a third; (2) the President should initiate a program within the Federal Government to immediately reduce nonessential uses of all Government vehicles and equipment, and commercial and mass transportation should be utilized whenever practical in the conduct of government business; (3) the President should allot Federal Government departments and agencies a fixed quantity of fuel for a fixed period for essential purposes only, and critical national security activities and other vital services may be exempted on a case-by-case basis; (4) the Secretary of Defense should immediately initiate innovative measures to reduce the amount of fuels used for defense activities; and (5) the President should immediately urge State, local, and other public authorities to adopt similar measures.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress. Provides, under the Uniform Time Act, that daylight saving time shall be observed on a year-round basis. Sets forth provisions for States which lie within one or more time zones. Provides that if a State, by proclamation of its Governor, makes a finding prior to the commencement of a period of advanced time under this Act that an exemption or a realinement of time zone limits is necessary to avoid undue hardship or to conserve fuel in such State or part thereof, the President may grant such exemption or realinement. Directs the Secretary of Interior to: (1) make a study to determine the amount of energy which is conserved as a result of the extension of daylight saving time pursuant to this Act, and (2) in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, review the appropriateness of the limits of each standard time zone, and (3) report the results of such study, together with his recommendations, with regard to the present limits of time zones, to the President and the Congress not later than June 30, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength be implemented by continuing to transfer to Israel, by whatsoever means necessary, Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the aggressors.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Permits the Federal Communications Commission to grant radio station licenses in the safety and special and experimental radio services directly to aliens, representatives of aliens, foreign corporations, or domestic corporations with alien officers, directors, or stockholders. Permits aliens holding such radio station licenses to be licensed as operators.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Provides that whenever the Interstate Commerce Commission determines that any person, class of persons, service, or trnasportation is: (1) not necessary to effectuate the National Transportation Policy; (2) not necessary for effective regulation by the Commission; or (3) serves little or no useful public purpose, it may exempt such persons, service, or transportation from provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Permits, under the Interstate Commerce Act, contracts between freight forwarders and railroads. Requires that such contracts be just, fair and equitable, non-prejudicial to participants or any other freight forwarder, and consistent with the National Transportation Policy. Retains the 450-mile limiation in connection with line-haul transportation by motor common carriers. Exempts such contracts from the antitrust laws. Requires that the contracts be made pursuant to procedures filed with and approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Permits all rail carriers can participate in such contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Confers jurisdiction upon the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize single carrier acquisitions, limited, to the requirement that authorization be obtained for railroads having operating revenues in excess of $5 million annually and all other carriers having operating revenues in excess of $1 million annually. Authorizes the Commission to designate a person not a carrier to be a carrier for purposes of reporting, maintaining accounts and issuing securities. Empowers the Commission to promulgate rules and regulations relating to transactions between affiliated companies and railroads having operating revenues in excess of $5 million annually and other carriers having operating revenues in excess of $1 million annually. Establishes a presumption of control where any person owns 10 percent or more of the voting securities of the carrier. Provides that the Commission may enter such orders including divestiture, whenever it finds that the continued maintenance of control will impair the ability of a carrier to render its services. Requires the recording in the manner prescribed by the Commission, of the beneficial or record ownership by those who hold more than 1 percent of any class of stock of a railroad having operating revenues in excess of $5 million annually, or 5 percent of any other carrier having operating revenues in excess of $4 million annually. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Interstate Commerce Act. Authorizes the Commission to prescribe the accounts and reports to be rendered by persons controlling, controlled by and under common control with carriers, and by carriers themselves. Permits the inspection of the records of such persons, as well as those of the carriers themselves. Makes it a crime to misappropriate funds by the officials of carriers and persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with such carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall have the authority to inspect and copy any and all accounts, books, memoranda and other documents of railroad carriers, lessors and associations, whether or not such documents are related to their prescribed or authorized accounting and corporate records. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 20(5)).
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Combined Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance - Income Tax Reporting Amendments - Title I: Amendments to Title II of the Social Security Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available specified tax returns to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Empowers the Secretary of HEW and the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement for the processing of information contained in such returns. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to the Secretary of the HEW any documents they agree are necessary for such processing. Directs the Managing Trustee of the Trust Funds, including the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, to pay into the Treasury the amounts he and the Secretary of HEW estimate will be expended from the general fund of the Treasury by the Department of HEW and Treasury for the administration of (1) titles II, XVIII of the Social Security Act, and (2) specified chapter and subchapters of the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary of HEW to apportion (between each Trust Fund and the general fund in the Treasury) the costs of administratering titles II, XVI and XVIII of the Social Security Act and its costs in carrying out specified functions of this Act. Provides that average monthly wage, quarters of coverage, and coverage credits derived from self-employment income for taxable years beginning before 1974 are to be determined on a basis of income credited to calender quarters. Limits quarters coverage to quarters occuring before 1974 and make additonal modification to taxation of self-employed persons. Allocates, under the Social Security Act, coverage credits for earnings before 1974 based on quarters of coverage and after 1973 on the basis of earnings durings the calendar year. Provides that a person will satisfy the requirements prerequisite to a determination of disability if he has 20 or more coverage credits which were credited to the period ending on the day the disability arose and consisting of that part of the current calendar year up until the day the disability began and the nine prior calendar years. Redefines a "fully insured individual" in terms of coverage credits rather than quarters of coverage." States that any person upon obtaining the age of 62 with the proper number of coverage credits is fully insured. Provides that specified benefits be paid to individuals not citizens of the United States who amassed sufficient coverage credits. Title II: Amendments Preserving Relationship Between Railroad Retirement and Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance - Provides, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, that in the calculation of an employee's "average monthly renumeration" after calendar 1974 an individual employee shall obtain the benefit of full allowable coverage credits, irrespective of whether particular quarters of coverage were otherwise available for calculation purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Declares that the United States Senate does hereby congratulate and felicitate the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the Honorable John C. Stennis, on his birthday and expresses the wish that he will enjoy many other such anniversaries in the future. Declares that members of the Senate greatly miss the distinguished Senator and wish for him an early return to the Senate Chamber and to his duties in the Senate. Directs that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and a copy furnished to Mr. Stennis.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
Revises the Provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act which (1) requires that vessel cargo space be used for carrying not more than three bulk commodities; and (2) defines vessels as used in the concurrent transportation of commodities in bulk in the same vessel with other commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Claims Adjudication Act - Provides, under the Interstate Commerce Act and the Harter Act, for the recovery by owners, shippers, and receivers of property transported in interstate or foreign commerce of claims against surface transportation companies subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, for damages sustained as the result of loss, damage, injury, or delay in transit to such property. Authorizes appropriations of up to $3,000,000 for each fiscal year for the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Regulated Carriers Minimum Insurance Requirements Act - Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the filing of surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in such reasonable amount as the Commission may require, to be conditioned to pay for loss of or damage to property with respect to which a transportation service subject to the Interstate Commerce Act is performed.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Transfers to the Secretary of Commerce those functions of the Secretary of the Interior relating to encouraging, promoting, and developing travel within the United States.
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