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
Authorizes the Atomic Energy Commission in consultation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to enter into cooperative agreements with the States of New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming to contain and render harmless uranium mill tailings.
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
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
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 · 28 March 1974
Provides for displaying for public viewing at the Arlington National Cemetery the names of veterans who died after February 17, 1967. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to cooperate in the transfer or loan of artifacts of the Nation's space program to the International Space Hall of Fame at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
District of Columbia Election Finance and Conflict of Interest Act - Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes within the Government of the District of Columbia a committee to be known as the District of Columbia Elections and Ethics Commission Nominating Committee whose function is nominating individuals for appointment as members of the District of Columbia Elections and Ethics Commission. Declares that no person may be appointed as a member of the Committee unless he or she (1) is a citizen of the United States, and (2) is a resident of the District of Columbia and has maintained his or her domicile within the District for at least one year immediately preceding the date of his or her appointment, and (3) is not a member of the Council of the District of Columbia or an officer or employee of the Government of the District of Columbia (including the judicial branch). Provides that the Committee shall be composed of five members: one member shall be the Comptroller General of the United States, or his designee; two members shall be appointed by the Mayor, at least one of whom shall be a lawyer; and two members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia with the approval of the Council. States that members of the Committee shall be appointed not later than June 30, 1975. Establishes as an independent agency of the District of Columbia a Commission to be known as the District of Columbia Elections and Ethics Commission, consisting of seven members serving for terms of six years each. Provides that the members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council of the District of Columbia except for those members of the Commission first appointed after the enactment of this Act. States that of the members first appointed, three shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, three shall be appointed by the Chiarman of the Council of the District of Columbia, with the approval of the Council, and one shall be appointed by the Comptroller General. Requires the Commission to meet at least monthly during any calendar year in which there is an election and at least quarterly in nonelection years. Requires the Commission to file reports concerning its activities. Enumerates the powers and duties of the Commission. Declares that the Commission shall be the primary civil and criminal enforcement agency for violations of the provisions of this Act and the District of Columbia Election Act. Provides civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act or of the District of Columbia Election Act. Establishes reporting procedures for the election process. Establishes financial disclosure requirements for candidates and public officials (including elected and certain appointed officials of the District Government). Requires each candidate to designate one political committee as his or her central campaign committee and defines the role of this committee. Establishes limits on contributions by an individual to a candidate and a limit on total political contributions by an individual during a calendar year. Limits campaign expenditures of a candidate, including the amount a candidate or his or her family may make from personal funds, and the amount a person may expend on behalf of a candidate. Limits cash contributions to $20 and requires candidates and political committees to report cash contributions weekly to the Commission. Requires that expenditures must be made by check or money order, other than petty cash expenditures not in excess of $50. Declares that elective and public office is a public trust and that any effort to realize personal gain through official conduct is a violation of that trust, and sets forth actions which must be taken in potential conflict-of-interest situations. Authorizes to be appropriated to the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make indemnity payments for poultry and egg products at a fair market value to poultry and egg producers and processors who have been directed by the United States Government to remove their poultry or egg products from commercial markets because such products contained residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal Government at the time of such use. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that the authority granted under this Act shall expire on December 31, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1974
Funeral Transportation and Living Expense Benefits Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide funeral transportation and living expense benefits to the families of deceased prisoners of war who died while classified as prisoners of war or as missing in action during the Vietnam Conflict and whose remains shall have been returned to the United States after January 27, 1973. Lists those classes of relations who shall qualify as eligible family members under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1974
Navajo - Hopi Development Act - States that it is the object of this Act to solve the land dispute between the Navajo and Hopi Tribes in a manner which would be in harmony with such a program of reservation development. Title I: The Navajo - Hopi Development Commission - Establishes a Navajo Hopi Development Commission to be composed of one Federal member appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, two members appointed by the Navajo Tribal Council, and two members appointed by the Hopi Tribal Council. Enumerates the functions of the Commission, including to: (1) analyze the results of the programs initiated on the reservations under the Act of April 19, 1950, and other Federal laws; (2) prepare plans for the economic and social development of the reservations; and (3) conduct investigations and studies of the resources of the reservation. Directs the Commission to make recommendations to the President and the Congress. Authorizing to be appropriated to the Commission not to exceed $500,000 for fiscal year 1975, and not to exceed $500,000 for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Enumerates the administrative powers of the Commission. Title II: Development of Programs - Directs the Commission to: (1) prepare a comprehensive plan for the construction of development highways and access roads on reservations; (2) prepare a comprehensive plan for the proper utilization of the agricultural and water resources of the reservations; and (3) enter into agreements with the tribes and occupiers of land providing for land stabilization, erosion control, and reclamation through changes in land use, and conservation treatment. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Title III: Adjustment of Interests Between Hopi and Navajo Tribes - Expresses the findings of Congress. States that immediately following its organizational meeting the Commission shall commence an investigation to determine: (1) which lands within the joint-interest area were on July 22, 1958, used by Hopi Indians for residential or agricultural (including grazing) purposes and which lands were on that date used by the Navajo Indians for such purpose; and (2) which lands within the portion of the joint-interest area which on July 22, 1958, were used and occupied for residential or agricultural (including grazing) purposes by Navajo Indians were on or about July 22, 1958, used by Hopi Indians for the purposes of wood cutting and gathering, obtaining coal, gathering plants and plant products, visiting ceremonial shrines, and hunting. Provides that following the issuance of the appraisal report, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be served on the Navajo Tribal Council and the Hopi Tribal Council the form of an order specifying those lands held in trust by the United States for the Navajo and Hopi Indian Tribes and fixing the amount of compensation to which the Hopi Tribe shall be entitled. Provides for the judicial partition of the Moencopi area.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Provides under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) that an individual may qualify for disability insurance benefits if he has 40 quarters of coverage, regardless of when such quarters were earned.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Provides, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) that an insured individual otherwise qualified may retire and receive full old-age insurance benefits at any time after attaining age 60, if he has been required by his employer (after having been employed by such employer for 5 or more years) to retire at such age in compliance with (1) an Executive order of the President; (2) a regulation or order issued by a Federal department or agency and published in the Federal Register; or (3) a Federal law. Prescribes special rules for determining eligibility for benefits in the case of dependents and survivors.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Permits, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance), the payment of benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Eliminates, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) the dependency requirements for entitlement to husband's and widower's insurance benefits, so that benefits for husbands and widowers will be payable on the same basis as benefits for wives and widows. (Under present law, a widower must be able to show that half of his support was derived from his wife's earnings in order to qualify for survivors benefits; whereas no such proof is required by a widow receiving half her support from her husband's earnings.)
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Social Security Administration Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to strengthen the fiscal and administrative structure of the contributory social security programs. Title I: Social Security Administration - Establishes, as an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the Government, a Social Security Administration, headed by a Board appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Declares that it shall be the duty of the Administration to administer the programs established by titles II, XVI, and XVIII of the Social Security Act, and to discharge the duties and responsibilities imposed on the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in connection with the administration of the program established by title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. States that the Administration shall also have the duty of studying and making recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance, and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy. Provides for the appointment of an Executive Director and a General Counsel of the Administration. Makes the Administration responsible for administering the old age, survivors, and disability insurance program, medicare, supplemental security income, and the black lung benefit program under the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. Prohibits the mailing of announcements with Social Security and SSI checks which make reference by name, title, or signature to any officer of the United States. Transfers to the Social Security Administration: (1) all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with respect to the administration of programs and activities the administration of which is vested in such Administration, by reason of this Act; and (2) all personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, and records, which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines to be employed, held, or used by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare primarily in connection with the functions, activities, and programs which, by reason of this Act are vested in or become the responsibility of the Administration. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security. Title II: Miscellaneous and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Social Security Act, the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, the Budget and Accounting Act, and the Executive Schedules of the United States Code.
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 · 8 March 1974
American Arts and Handcrafts Act - Provides financial assistance for the establishment and maintenance of a center for American Arts and Handcrafts in each State. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,300,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974-1977 to enable the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts to make grants under this Act. Provides for the allocation of funds and the authorization of State programs under this Act. Declares that the Federal share for any fiscal year shall be 50 percent of the cost of carrying out an application of a State with a maximum Federal contribution of $100,000 in any one year.
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)
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Directs every officer or agency of the United States which administers a direct loan program or guarantees a loan program to renegotiate, extend, or reschedule the payment of loans by persons who suffer substantial economic harm as a direct result of the national effort to conserve energy during the energy crisis. Authorizes the Small Business Administration to assist any small business concern in meeting mortgage payments and operating costs, if there is reasonable assurance of repayment and the Administration determines that such concern has suffered or shall suffer substantial economic injury as the result of actions taken by the Federal Government for the purpose of conserving energy.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Makes the Special Committee on Aging, a permanent, special committee of the Senate consisting of twenty-two members appointed by the President of the Senate, thirteen of whom shall be appointed from the majority party and nine of whom shall be appointed from the minority party. Requires the committee to make a continuing study and investigation of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of older people, including but not limited to, problems and opportunities of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, or obtaining care or assistance. Provides that no proposed legislation shall be referred to the committee, and the committee shall not have power to report by bill, or otherwise have legislative jurisdiction. Provides that the minority shall receive fair consideration in the appointment of staff personnel pursuant to this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
Disaster Relief Act Amendments - Title I: Findings, Declarations, and Definitions - Declares the purposes of this Act and the intents of Congress, including to provide assistance by: (1) revising existing disaster relief programs, (2) encouraging development of State and local disaster relief plans and capabilities, (3) improving coordination and responsiveness of disaster relief programs, and (4) encouraging acquisition of insurance coverage. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title II: Disaster Preparedness Assistance - Empowers the President to establish and conduct disaster preparedness programs, using the services of all appropriate agencies, to accomplish specified disaster operations, coordination, and research. States that technical assistance may be provided the States by the President. Provides that grants to the States not in excess of $250,000 may be made by the President within one year after enactment for the preparation of comprehensive disaster plans and programs, and an annual 50 percent matching grant not in excess of $25,000 may be made for maintaining and updating disaster assistance plans. Empowers the President to use the civil defense or other Federal communications systems for threatened or imminent disasters. Title III: Disaster Assistance Administration - Provides that, based upon a Governor's request, the President is authorized to declare that a major disaster exists or to take other appropriate action including coordination of the activities of all Federal agencies and the prescribing of rules and regulations to carry out any provisions of this Act. Requires that all disaster assistance under this Act must be provided according to a Federal-State agreement unless specifically waived by the President. Directs the President, upon the declaration of a major disaster to appoint a Federal coordinating officer to operate in the disaster areas under the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration. Prescribes the duties of such officer in administering relief assistance. Authorizes the President to: (1) form emergency support teams of Federal personnel to be deployed in disaster areas to assist the Federal coordinating officer; and (2) to provide, upon request of an affected State, emergency services to save lives and protect public health and safety because a disaster either threatens or is imminent. Directs Federal agencies in a disaster, to provide assistance in enumerated ways. States that the Federal government is not liable for any claim based on performance or failure to perform by any Federal agency or employee of any discretionary duty or function under this Act. Provides for: (1) the performance of services by States; (2) the use of local firms and individuals; (3) nondiscrimination; and (4) the use and coordination of relief organizations in rendering disaster assistance. Requires applicants for assistance under this Act to obtain insurance to protect against losses to property which is replaced, restored, repaired or reconstructed with that assistance. Provides that no person, business concern or other entity shall receive financial assistance from more than one source for the same damage or loss from a disaster. Imposes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes the President to impose controls for the duration of the disaster period on maximum allowable wages, rents and prices for goods and services which in his judgment are necessary to assist in promoting economic recovery of the area. Title IV: Federal Disaster Assistance Programs - Empowers the President to authorize immediate repair or replacemnt of any disaster-damaged facility owned by the United States if he determines that such action is so urgent that it cannot be deferred until required legislation, appropriations, or Congressional committee approval is obtained. Enumerates additional Presidential powers, including to: (1) make grants to help repair, restore, reconstruct or replace the facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster; (2) clear debris and wreckage resulting from a disaster from publicly and privately owned lands and water; and (3) provide, for a period not to exceed one year, grants for mortgage or rental payments for individuals or families who, because of financial loss caused by a major disaster, have received an eviction or dispossession notice resulting from foreclosure of any mortgage or lien, cancellation of any contract of sale, or termination of any lease. Provides for the restoration of private homes to habitable conditions. Sets minimum standards for public and private structures financed by such assistance. Provides for unemployment assistance and disaster grants for needy persons. Empowers specified authorities to provide for (1) food commodities; (2) relocation assistance; (3) legal services; (4) crisis counseling assistance; (5) emergency communications; and (6) timber sale contracts. Title V: Economic Recovery for Disaster Areas - Provides that a Governor may designate a Recovery Planning Council to review existing development, land use or other plans, revise those plans, develop new plans, prepare a 5-year Recovery Investment Plan, and make recommendations to the Governor and to local governments for revising and implementing those plans. Authorizes the President to provide funds to Recovery Planning Councils for the implementation of Recovery Investment Plans in major disaster areas. States that loans may be made to help finance projects for the purchase or development of land and facilities for industrial and commercial usage. Provides that not to exceed $200 million is authorized to be appropriated for a disaster recovery revolving fund which is to be established in the Treasury and is to be replenished annually. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Disaster Relief Act of 1970. Sets forth the effective date of this Act. Provides that funds necessary for the purposes of this Act are authorized to be appropriated.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Economic Adjustment Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to extend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 for one year in order to provide an orderly transition to an economic adjustment assistance program, and to establish an economic adjustment assistance program to help States and local governments to deal more effectively with problems resulting from changes in economic conditions. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Transition - Authorizes transitional appropriations under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Title II: Economic Adjustment Assistance Program - Enumerates the objectives of this title and the purposes for which funds provided by this title may be used, including: (1) for assistance for public facilities, public services, business development, planning, research, technical assistance, and such other economic adjustment purposes; and (2) by public entities, private profitmaking and nonprofit enterprises, organizations, and individuals. Authorizes to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and such sums as may be necessary for the four succeeding fiscal years. Provides for the allocation of such funds among the States. Provides that funds allocated shall be obligated to the State upon submission by the Governor of the State, and approval by the Federal regional administrator, of a State plan or plans which contains specified elements, including: (1) an identification of the area or areas selected within the State for economic adjustment; (2) the criteria used in the selection of the areas; (3) statement of economic adjustment objectives; and (4) a description of the types of assistance for which funds obligated under this title shall be expended. Requires that, within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, States shall submit a report to the appropriate Federal regional administrator, including specified information on the progress made toward the objectives of the approved plan; how the funds were used; reasons for substantive variations from the approved plans; and corrective actions taken. Prescribes procedures for hearings, evaluation, and termination, reduction, or limitation of obligations for a State's unsatisfactory compliance with the plan. Provides for judicial review of such proceedings. Provides that the consent of Congress is hereby given to any two or more States to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts for cooperative efforts in pursuing the objectives of this Act. Title III: General Provisions - Directs the President to appoint a Federal regional administrator for each Federal region established pursuant to this Act. Provides that Federal regions shall be established and shall conform with the standard Federal regions established by the President for administration of Federal programs. Provides that no person shall, on the ground of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under title II. Sets forth labor standard wage requirements for laborers and mechanics employed on federally assisted projects under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the Federal expenses of administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) all agencies of the Federal Government, which have any responsibility for establishing priorities for the allocation of materials and facilities utilized in the production or distribution of fertilizer, give the highest priority to the fertilizer industry regarding the allocation of such materials and facilities; (2) the Federal Power Commission and appropriate State regulatory agencies do everything within their power, in the establishment of priorities for the allocation of natural gas (including gas sold under interruptible contracts), to insure producers of nitrogen with supplies of natural gas sufficient to maintain maximum production levels; (3) the Federal Energy Office include all of the energy and fuel requirements of the fertilizer industry, including local dealer requirements, in its highest priority category regarding allocation of gasoline, middle-distillates, and other liquid fuels utilized by this industry in the production, distribution, and application of fertilizer supplies; (4) the Cost of Living Council and the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce continue their monitoring and reporting of fertilizer supply availabilities, wholesale and retail prices, and export shipments; and (5) the Cost of Living Council establish an investigatory program through the field offices of the Internal Revenue Service to monitor and analyze any reports of fertilizer price gouging at either wholesale or retail levels, and any changes in manufacturer marketing operations or relationships between manufacturers and local dealers and between local dealers and their customers which may affect continued availability or pricing of fertilizer supplies to farmers.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Congress that it abhors and condemns the cruel and insensitive refusal of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam and the Lao Patriotic Front to comply with the provisions of those agreements to which they are signatories and which call for an accounting of the missing in action, and calls on those parties to respect and comply with those agreements. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should use every effort to bring about such reciprocal actions by the parties to the peace agreements, including the Government of the Republic of Vietnam and the Royal Lao Government, as will be most likely to bring an end to the abhorrent conduct of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam and the Lao Patriotic Front regarding the missing in action. Declares the Congresses staunch support to the families and loved ones of the Americans missing in action, who have suffered such deep human anguish for so long due to the undisclosed fate of the missing in action.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Provides that the first sale of the following categories of crude oil shall not be subject to price restraints established pursuant to the Economic Stabilization Act or the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act: (1) crude oil produced from any lease whose average daily production for the preceding twelve-month period does not exceed ten barrels per well, and (2) crude oil produced from any well put into production on or after the date of enactment of this Act by any oil producer who produces only crude oil or natural gas in the United States and who does not own or control any transporting, refining, or marketing facilities.
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 · 4 February 1974
Adds the Escalante Trail to the National Trails Act. Describes such trail as the route of the 1776 expedition of Father Velez de Escalante through New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. (Adds 16 U.S.C. 1244(c)(15))
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1974
Indian Health Care Improvement Act - Declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make scholarship grants to individuals: (1) who are enrolled in medical schools; schools of optometry, osteophathy, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, or nursing, or schools licensed by a State to train persons in the allied health professions, and (2) who agree to provide their professional services to Indians after completion of their professional training. Establishes a priority according to which the Secretary shall award scholarship grants under this Act. States that any scholarship grant awarded to any individual under this Act shall be awarded under the condition that such individual will, after the completion of his professional training, provide his professional services to Indians for a reasonable period of time as prescribed by the Secretary. Sets forth a formula by which the United States shall be entitled to recover scholarship grants from individuals who fail to comply with such condition for the full period. Authorizes to be appropriated for this program: $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $22,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $30.000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $34,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and for each succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to continue to make such grants to individuals who (prior to July 1, 1979) have received such grants and who are eligible for such grants under this Act during such succeeding fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make scholarship grants for a period not to exceed two academic years to Indians who: (1) have successfully completed their high school education; and (2) have demonstrated an aptitude for being capable of successfully completing a premedical, predental, or preosteopathy course of study. Authorizes to be appropriated for the above program: $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $3,000,000 for each of the next three fiscal years. Permits the Secretary to provide continuing education allowances to Indian Health Service physicians. Authorizes to be appropriated for such programs: $350,000 each year for fiscal years 1975 and 1976; $375,000 for fiscal year 1977, $390,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $410,000 for fiscal year 1979. Title II: Health Services - Authorizes the Secretary to expend over a five-fiscal-year period $123,500,000, in addition to the annual appropriations required to continue the health service program to the Indian people, and to employ additional personnel for the purpose of eliminating backlogs in Indian health care services and to supply known, unmet medical, surgical, dental and other Indian health needs. Title III: Health Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary to expend $400,000,000 over a five-fiscal-year period for the purpose of eliminating inadequate, outdated, and otherwise unsatisfactory Service hospitals, health centers, health stations, and other Service facilities. Enables the Secretary to expend $470,000,000 within a five-fiscal-year period to supply unmet needs for safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities in existing and new Indian homes and communities. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan, together with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to assure that the five-year schedule provided for in this Act will be met. Title IV: Access to Health Services - States that the Service facilities used to provide health care and services to Indians are hereby deemed to be accredited facilities for the purposes of title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Title V: Access to Health Services for Urban Indians - Defines "Urban Indian", "urban Indian organization" and "urban center" as used in this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations to provide Federal assistance to such organizations for the purpose of establishing and administering outreach programs to make urban Indians in the urban centers in which such organizations are situated knowledgeable of the health service resources available within such centers and the means of gaining access to those resources. Directs the Secretary to prescribe the criteria for selecting urban Indian organizations with which to contract pursuant to this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for this program: $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides that, within six months after the end of fiscal year 1976, the Secretary shall review the above program and shall submit to the Congress his assessment of it and recommendations for any further legislation. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on progress made in effecting the purposes of this Act. States that within three months after the end of fiscal year 1978, the Secretary shall review the programs established or assisted under this Act and shall submit to the Congress his assessment and recommendations of additional programs or additional assistance necessary to, at a minimum provide health services to Indians, and insure a health status for Indians, which is at a parity with the health services available to, and the health status of, the general population. Provides that the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall remain available until expended.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1974
Directs the Comptroller General to establish programs and procedures for gathering, analysing, interpreting, and disseminating to the Congress, the President, and the public, such energy statistics, data, and other information. Authorizes the Comptroller General to have access to such information from any public or private source whatever, notwithstanding any other provision of law, as is necessary to carry out his responsibilities under this Act. Empowers the Comptroller General, to make any investigation, and to enter places of business and inspect records and accounts and question such persons as he may deem necessary to enable him to determine the facts. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress and the President of the United States with respect to the information and other data obtained. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that whoever willfully fails to comply with any regulation or order issued pursuant to this Act or willfully submits false or misleading information, shall be imprisoned for not more than three months or fined not more than $10,000, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Provides that veterans' pension and compensation will not be reduced as a result of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66 or any subsequent cost-of-living adjustment under title II of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Extends the life of the Special Committee on Aging, established by Senate Resolution 33, 87th Congress, and makes it a permanent, special committee of the Senate. Provides that the committee shall continue to consist of twenty-two members appointed by the President of the Senate, thirteen of whom shall be appointed from the majority party and nine of whom shall be appointed from the minority party. Directs the committee to make a continuing study and investigation of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of older people, including but not limited to, problems and opportunities, of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, of obtaining care or assistance. Provides that the minority shall receive fair consideration in the appointment of staff personnel pursuant to this resolution. Grants the Committee specified powers to carry out its functions. Limits the expenses of the committee under this resolution for the period from March 1, 1974, through February 28, 1975, to $415,000. Requires the committee to report the results of its study and investigation, together with such recommendations as it may deem advisable, to the Senate at the earliest practicable date, but not later than February 28, 1975. Makes this resolution effective March 1, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Protection of Franchised Dealers Act - States that a refiner or distributor of petroleum products shall not cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise unless he furnishes prior notification pursuant to each distributor or retailer affected thereby. Provides that such notification shall be in writing and sent to such distributor or retailer by certified mail not less than ninety days prior to the date on which such franchise will be canceled, not renewed, or otherwise terminated. Stipulates that such notification shall contain a statement of intention to cancel, not renew, or to terminate together with the reasons therefor, the date on which such action shall take effect, and a statement of the remedy or remedies available to such distributor or retailer under this Act. States that a refiner or distributor shall not cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise unless the retailer or distributor whose franchise is terminated failed to comply substantially with any essential and reasonable requirement of such franchise or failed to act in good faith in carrying out the terms of such franchise, or unless such refiner or distributor withdraws entirely from the sale of petroleum products in commerce for sale other than resale in the United States. Provides for judicial remedies in the district courts of the United States for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Declares that any time during the consideration of a bill or resolution in the Senate it shall be in order to move that no amendment which is not germane or relevant to the subject matter of the bill or resolution, shall thereafter be in order. Provides that if such a motion is agreed to by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Seantors present and voting, then an amendment thereafter proposed (except amendments proposed by the committee which reported such bill or resolution) which is not germane or relevant to the subject matter of such bill or resolution, or to the subject matter of an amendment proposed by the committee which reported such bill or resolution shall not be in order.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
National Cancer Act Amendments - Increases the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act for the basic cancer research and training program and the prevention and control program. Extends such act for three years with appropriations of $750,000,000, $830,000,000 and $985,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively. Authorizes the awarding of grants for the improvement of basic research laboratory facilities, including those related to biohazard control, as deemed necessary, for the national cancer program.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Meetinghouse Preservation Act - States that the purpose of this Act is: (1) to celebrate the Bicentennial of this country through the preservation within each of the several States of a historic site that might otherwise be lost; (2) to provide a meetingplace in each of the several States for those citizens interested in retaining their tangible, indigenous heritage, whether historic, cultural, or natural, and in planning for future changes and developments, and (3) to give existing State programs involved with preserving historic and architecturally important structures an illustration of the best possible techniques used in the preservation of such historic sites and structures, and the multiple, significant ways in which such sites and structures can be used. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to each of the several States for the purpose of enabling each State to acquire and restore an historic site within each State for use as a meetinghouse in accordance with the provisions of this Act, except that no grant to any one State shall exceed $1,000,000. Provides that any application for a grant under this Act shall contain an estimated budget of various acquisition, restoration, and maintenance expenses. Sets forth provisions governing the approval of any application. Establishes a Meetinghouse Coordination Board to review each application made in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the purpose of making recommendations to the Secretary as to which of the historic site or sites contained in such application should be approved by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974
Older Americans Tax Counseling Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with private or public nonprofit agencies or organizations for the purpose of providing training and technical assistance to prepare volunteers to provide tax counseling assistance for elderly individuals in the preparation of their Federal income tax returns. Directs the Secretary to utilize the services of volunteers and to establish the qualifications required and the terms and conditions of service as a volunteer. States that service as a volunteer under this Act shall not be considered service as an employee of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to direct the attention of elderly individuals to pertinent provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
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 · 20 December 1973
Proclaims that April 30, 1974, shall be a National Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer. Calls upon the people of our Nation to humble ourselves as we see fit, before our Creator to acknowledge our final dependence upon Him and to repent of our national sins.
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 · 12 December 1973
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other nutritional substance, or ingredient of any food for special dietary uses if the amount recommended to be consumed does not ordinarily render it injurious to health.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 6 December 1973
Increases from thirty-six to forty-eight months the maximum period of educational assistance to which an eligible veteran may become entitled. Extends from eight to fifteen years the period within which an eligible veteran must complete his program of education under such chapter after his discharge from military service. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661, 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Authorizes the administrator of any direct Federal loan program or any federally guaranteed loan program to renegotiate or reschedule repayment by any person or business suffering severe economic harm as a result of the energy crisis on a loan under any such program.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1973
Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the National Science Foundation, to make a study of the possibilities for international cooperation and cost sharing in the development of a system for the collection and conversion of solar energy. Provides that such study shall include the feasibility of: (1) establishing an international consortium; and (2) utilizing other existing international organizations, or establishing a new international organization, in the development of such an energy collection and transmission system. Requires the Administrator to report the results of such study to the President and the Congress within one year. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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