United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
Emergency Rail Transportation Improvement and Employment Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation in consultation with the Secretary of Labor to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants, for programs aimed at reducing unemployment and at repairing, rehabilitating, or improving essential railroad roadbeds and facilities. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to eligible applicants for projects that involve the repair, rehabilitation or improvement of railroad roadbeds and facilities that best fulfill specified objectives. Provides that such grants shall be expended for the payment of wages. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for materials and equipment assistance, upon assurances that other financing is not available. Sets forth guidelines and procedures for grant and other financial assistance applications. Sets forth employment priorities applicable to projects financed under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $600,000,000 for the payment of wages, $100,000,000 for materials and equipment assistance, and $7,000,000 for administrative expenses, to remain available for obligation until December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1975
Cosmetic Safety Amendments - Title I: Cosmetic Safety - Sets forth procedures for the safety substantiation of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients. Places the burden on manufacturers of thoroughly testing their products for safety prior to offering them to the public. Authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to require premarket submission of safety test data when it believes such submission would better protect the safety of consumers. Empowers the Administration to requires specific safety testing which it believes is necessary to set screening levels for toxicity and sensitization of cosmetics, and to designate ingredients or classes of cosmetics which it finds present a significant risk of injury. Permits the Administration to prohibit ingredients, prescribe limits of tolerance, require additional labeling, or ban a cosmetic, if it finds that a product or ingredient presents a hazard. Title II: Registration and Compliance - Requires manufacturers: (1) to register with the Administration; (2) to submit formulas for cosmetic products to the Administration; and (3) to periodically forward to the Administration consumer complaints about adverse reactions to products. Broadens the Administration's inspection powers of cosmetic facilities, and allows it to administratively detain suspect products for up to 20 days, pending seizure. Title III: Cosmetic Labeling - Provides for ingredient, cautionary, and informational labeling of cosmetics to alert consumers with allergies about the particular contents of products so that they can avoid allergens. Title IV: General Provisions Concerning Cosmetics - Establishes a system, through poison control centers, to make information available when there has been ingestion of cosmetics. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to cooperate with the Small Business Administration in recommending loans to small cosmetics manufacturers to assist them in complying with the safety substantiation and good manufacturing provisions. Preempts State law with respect to labeling. Grants to the Administration substantive rulemaking power and sets forth procedures for issuing regulations and their judicial review. Authorizes the appointment of advisory committees to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding the administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall elect two Senators and the number of Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State. States that each Senator or Representative so elected shall be an inhabitant of the District and shall possess the same qualifications as to age and citizenship and have the same rights, privileges, and obligations as a Senator or Representative from a State.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to postpone, upon request from the Governor, the effective date of requirements imposed on States with respect to child support programs in the case of States which require additional time in which to implement the policies, programs, and activities so required.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Criminal Justice Reform Act - Authorizes Federal funds for demonstration projects testing the effectiveness of reforms in recruiting, training, compensating, and supervising of police and other law enforcement personnel. Requires States and localities to expedite criminal court procedure, including increasing the number of judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys engaged in criminal cases. Requires the strengthening of State and local correctional institutions, including improvements in: (1) classifications of incarcerated persons; (2) equipment and facilities; (3) vocational and educational programs; (4) separation of juveniles; and (5) parole and drug abusers and alcoholics. Directs the State to study the consolidation of law enforcement personnel and the application of criminal laws to alcoholism, drug addiction and abuse, gambling, vagrancy and disorderly conduct, and related areas. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975
Provides, under title XVIII (Medicare) and title II (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that qualified drugs requiring a physicians prescription or certification shall be included among the items and services covered under the hospital insurance program for the aged. States that the reasonable allowance for eligible drugs furnished an individual pursuant to any one prescription and purchased by such individual at any one time shall be reduced by an amount equal to the applicable prescription copayment obligator which shall be $1. Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a Formulary Committee to compile and publish a Formulary listing the drugs deemed qualified for benefits under this Act, together with maximum allowable costs and additional information concerning such drugs. Makes provisions for selecting drugs for the Formulary.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Family Farm Antitrust Act - Finds that vertical integration of the agricultural industry by corporations engaged in the processing, distributing and retail industries, and other conglomerate corporations, tends to create monopolies in the agricultural industry and produce unfair competition for family farms, contributing to the decline of rural populations and the consequent crowding of metropolitan centers. Declares it to be the national policy to restore competition to the agricultural industry and to provide for the continuance of the family farm. Provides that no person engaged in commerce in a business other than farming, whose nonfarming business assets exceed $3,000,000 shall engage in farming or the production of agricultural products, or participate in farming by any means of acquisition or control of another person who is engaged in farming. Specifies exceptions including charitable, educational, or nonprofit institutions, and farmer owned and controlled cooperatives. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire at fair market value any property or interest of which a person is required to divest himself under the provisions of this Act, if the persons is otherwise unable to divest himself of such property. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
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 (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Authorizes to be appropriated to the President for fiscal year 1975, to remain available until expended, $100,000,000 to provide humanitarian assistance to all people in need in South Vietnam and Cambodia. Stipulates that such assistance shall be provided under the auspices of and by the United Nations and its specialized agencies, or other international organization, or by arrangements with multilateral institutions and private voluntary agencies. Requires that not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate: (1) the names of all agencies and organizations involved in the distribution of such assistance; (2) the means with which such distribution is carried out; and (3) the recipients of such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments - Title I: Amendments to the General Provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 - Sets forth the definition of "mine" under this Act. Transfers the functions of the Secretary of the Interior in developing health and safety standards to the Secretary of Labor. Title II: Mine Safety and Health Standards Amendments - Revises title I of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. Establishes the duty of: (1) each mine operator and miner to comply with the health and safety standards of this Act, and (2) each mine operator to furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards. Provides that the Secretary may by rule promulgate, modify, or revoke any health and safety standard. Provides that the Secretary may request the recommendations of an advisory committee whenever he determines that a rule should be promulgated. Sets forth the time period for the reporting of any recommendations by the Committee. Prescribes procedures for publication and public hearings with respect to any rule proposed by the Secretary prior to its issuance. Requires the Secretary, in promulgating standards, to set the standard which assures miners will not suffer impairment of health, functional capacity, or diminished life expectancy even if regularly exposed to hazards throughout their working lives. Directs the Secretary to consider (1) the latest available scientific data in the field; (2) the feasibility of the standards; and (3) experience gained under this and other health and safety statutes. Provides that any standard promulgated must prescribe the use of labels or other warnings necessary to ensure that miners are apprised of all hazards to which they are exposed, relevant symptoms and appropriate emergency treatment and proper conditions and precautions of safe use or exposure. Sets forth additional factors which must be prescribed in specified instances. Requires that no safety or health standard promulgated under this Act shall reduce the protection afforded miners below that provided by any safety or health standard previously in effect. States that where the Secretary determines that miners are potentially subjected to physical or mental impairment from exposure to toxic substances, he may promulgate an emergency standard. Sets forth the procedures for promulgation of such emergency standard. Allows operators to apply to the Secretary for a temporary order permitting limited non- compliance with a standard. Specifies the circumstances under which such order shall be originally granted and renewed. Allows an operator to apply for a variance from a standard. Permits persons adversely affected by a standard to challenge its validity, within 60 days of its promulgation, in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Empowers the Secretary to appoint advisory committees to assist and advise him. Sets forth the composition and compensation of the members of any such committee. Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare: (1) to enter any mine subject to this Act, and (2) to make reasonable inspections and investigations and to question privately employers, owners, operators, agents, or employees. Requires inspections of underground mines at least four times a year. States that no advance notice of inspections shall be given. Sets forth rules regarding the maintenance of records by operators with regard to work-related deaths, injuries, illness, miner exposure to toxic substances, and all accidents, except specified roof falls. Provides that if any miner or their representative believes that a standard violation exists that threatens physical harm or that an imminent danger exists, he may request an inspection by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to provide a minimum of one spot inspection of all or part of a mine during every five working days at irregular intervals, if the mine contains some especially hazardous conditions. Provides that if, upon inspection or investigation, the Secretary or his representative believes an operator has violated any standard, he shall issue a citation to the operator, describing the nature of the violation, and fixing a reasonable time for the violation's abatement. Prescribes rules governing (1) gross violations of standards; (2) follow-up inspections; and (3) withdrawal from the area of unabated violations of all but specified personnel. Requires the Secretary to notify, within a reasonable time, an operator issued a citation of any penalty to be assessed, and that the operator has 15 working days to notify the Secretary that he wishes to contest the citation or proposed penalty. Prohibits discharging, discriminating against, or interfering with the exercise of statutory rights by any mine employee or applicant for employment because he filed a complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act or testified or is about to testify for himself or others. Provides that if an operator notifies the Secretary that he intends to contest a citation, the Secretary shall immediately advise the Commission, which must then provide an opportunity for a hearing and issue an order affirming, modifying, or vacating the Secretary's order. Permits any person adversely affected or aggrieved by an order of the Commission to obtain review of such order in any appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals and specifies the procedures to be followed after a petition for review is filed. Provides procedures for counteracting dangerous conditions, including: (1) issuance of withdrawal orders barring all except specified persons from an area, and (2) issuance of notices where less than imminent dangers exist and an investigation is being conducted into such conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to institute civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, in any appropriate United States district court whenever an operator or his agent: (1) violates or does not comply with any order or decision issued under this Act; (2) hinders the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or their representatives in carrying out the provisions of this Act; (3) refuses to admit such representatives to the mine; (4) refuses to permit the inspection of the mine, or the investigation of an accident or occupational disease related to such mine; (5) refuses to furnish any information or report requested in furtherance of this Act's provisions; or (6) refuses to permit access to and copying of such records as are necessary in carrying out provisions of this Act. Imposes penalties for violation of this Act. Provides that if a mine is closed by an order issued under this Act, all miners working during the shift when the order was issued who are idled shall be entitled to full compensation at their regular rates of pay for the period they are idled, but not more than the balance of the shift. Authorizes the Secretary to administer this Act through the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Authorizes the appropriation of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Relationship to Occupational Safety and Health Program - Provides that nothing in this Act applies the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972 to the working conditions in the mines. Increases the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from three to five members appointed by the President with the Senate's consent. Sets forth the duties and procedure for operation of the Commission. Directs the Commission to prescribe rules of procedures for its review of decisions in cases under this Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which shall meet specified standards. Authorizes the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct research related to the development of safety and health standards under this Act. Provides that the Secretary, in carrying out his functions under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, shall include accurate statistics on the work injuries and illnesses occurring in the mines. States that nothing in this Act prohibits the application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to sand and gravel mines. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Transfers the functions of the Secretary of the Interior under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 and the Federal Metallic and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 1966 to the Secretary of Labor, except those expressly transferred to the Commission by this Act. Provides that the mandatory and advisory standards relating to mines which are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act shall remain in effect as mandatory standards under title I of this Act until the Secretary issues new or revised standards. Establishes in the Labor Department a Mine Administration for Safety and Health to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, with the Senate's advice and consent. Provides that research activities relating to mine health will be carried out by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Secretary's research activities relating to safety are extended to all mines now covered by this Act. Extends to all mines covered by this Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare's authorization to conduct studies and research involving the protection of life and prevention of diseases relating to certain non-miners who work with or around mine products. Provides that any State law or regulation providing for health and safety standards applicable to any mine now covered by this Act and that (1) is more stringent than Federal law, or (2) applies to any area not covered by Federal law, shall not be held to be in conflict with this Act. Repeals the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make a loan of $100,000,000 to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. Requires the Secretary to obtain satisfactory assurance from the company that no less than two-thirds of such loan will be utilized for capital expenditures or expenditures for maintenance of property within three years from the date of the loan. Directs the Secretary to obtain the best security practicable from the Company as assistance for the loan. Provides that the Secretary shall determine the rate of interest which the loan shall bear. Directs the Secretary to formulate appropriate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to take such enforcement action as he deems appropriate. States that the Secretary shall, within one year after the enactment of this Act, report to the President and the Congress with respect to his activities pursuant to this Act. Gives the Comptroller General of the United States access to such information as he determines necessary to audit financial transactions of the Secretary. Authorizes appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act in addition to the amount set forth for the loan.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Revenue Sharing Amendments - Revises the formula for allocation of funds to States under the State and Local Assistance Act of 1972. Provides that State governments shall be entitled to one-third of the funds allocated to that State, plus or minus another percentage based on the comparable direct general revenues of the State and its local governments and the direct general revenues of all State governments and all units of local government in all States. Revises the amounts for the maximum and minimum per capita entitlements.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Provides that any grant funds under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which were withheld from allotment by Presidential direction for fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975 shall be alloted among the States by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with a specified formula. Revises the distribution of such allotments to the States for fiscal years beginning with 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purpose of this Act in establishing a coordinated national program in earthquake mitigation. Provides that the Director of the Geological Survey, in consultation with the National Science Foundation, shall develop and carry out a program of research and implementation in the areas of tectonics, seismology, geology, engineering, planning, and social sciences necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act, specifying the nature of such program. States that the Director of the Geological Survey and the Director of the National Science Foundation, jointly, shall: (1) establish an advisory committee composed of representatives of the research community to review periodically the earthquake mitigation program and to recommend to the Directors, through periodic written reports, appropriate modifications in the conduct or emphasis of the program; (2) establish an information dissemination mechanism to make available in a timely manner information developed pursuant to this Act; (3) prepare and submit annual reports to the Congress on the progress of the program and achievements in earthquake mitigation; (4) establish a joint program to evaluate, synthesize, and present, through appropriate educational programs, the knowledge developed pursuant to this Act; and (5) assist the States in carrying out their responsibilities under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 by making readily available the results of research conducted pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and the same amount for each of the following nine fiscal years. Provides, under the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, for authorization of appropriations of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $25,000,000 for each of the nine following fiscal years, for carrying out the duties of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Voter Registration Act - Establishes within the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, the Voter Registration Administration. Provides that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Administrator and two Associate Administrators for terms of four years each. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Administration. Authorizes the Administration to establish and administrater a voter registration program in accordance with this Act for all Federal elections. Provides that an individual who fulfills the requirements to be a qualified voter under State law and who is registered to vote under the provisions of this Act shall be entitled to vote in Federal election in that State, except that each State shall provide for the registration or other means of qualification of all residents not later than 30 days prior to any Federal election. Directs the Administration to prepare voter registration forms. Authorizes the Administration to enter into agreements with the Postal Service, with departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and with State officials for the distribution of registration forms. Requires the Administration to assist State officials in detecting fraudulent voter registration, when such assistance is requested. Provides that the district courts of the United States or the United States District Court of the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction, without regard to any amount in controversy, of proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act. Provides that whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information for the purposes of establishing eligibility to register or vote, or conspires for the purpose of encouraging false registration or illegal voting, or pays, offers, or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting registers to vote with intention of voting more than once in the same election shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. States that any person who deprives, or attempts to deprive any other person of any right under this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Authorizes the Administration to pay to each appropraite State the reasonable cost of processing registration forms prescribed under this Act. Provides that any State that adopts the Federal assistance post card form shall be deemed to be in full compliance with specified provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Provides under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individual's earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President submit to the Congress a plan for: (1) maintaining close watch over investigations of nursing home abuses; (2) reporting to local, State and Federal law enforcement and health care officials on possible linkages between scandals or problems in or among the States or localities; and (3) developing better care and cost controls. Establishes a mulitagency task force to implement the plan and to report regularly to the Congress upon its progress.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President's proposal to restructure the medicare deductible for physician services and the copayment for inpatient hospital services to require citizens to pay more of the health bill shall not be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Antitrust Enforcement Authorization Act - States that it is the purpose of Congress in this Act to support and invigorate a national antitrust enforcement program authorizing sufficient appropriations to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to permit vigorous and effective enforcement of the antitrust laws. Authorizes to be appropriated to both the Commission and the Justice Department, in addition to such sums as are authorized by any other provisions of law, sums not to exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; not to exceed $6,250,000 for the transitional period ending September 30, 1976; not to exceed $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; and not to exceed $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, such sums to remain available until expended for the purposes authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Authorizes the President to annually issue a proclamation designating the second week of April of each year as "National Medical Laboratory Week". Urges the President, Governors and mayors to take further action during that week to impress upon the american people the importance of laboratory services.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Older Americans Community Service Employment Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to establish an older American community service program in order to promote useful part-time work opportunities in community service activities for unemployed low-income persons 55 years old or older who have poor employment prospects. Makes provisions for allotment of funds to State, local and private organizations to further the purposes of the program. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act Amendmends - Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal years subsequent to that of 1975 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and carry out a program of assistance to the States to initiate maintain, or expand nonprofit breakfast programs in schools. States that as a national nutrition and health policy it is the purpose and intent of the Congress that the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 be made available in all schools where it is needed to provide adequate nutrition for children in attendance. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with State agencies, to carry out a program of information to the schools in furtherance of this policy. Requires that within ninety days after the enactment of this legislation, the Secretary shall report to the committee of jurisdiction in the Congress his plans and those of cooperating State agencies, to bring about the needed expansion in the school breakfast programm. Sets forth the schedule of income limitations for reduced price lunches. Provides for the disbursement of funds under this Act to nonprofit private schools. Provides for the inclusion of specified commodities, such as cereal and shortening, in the food donations to the school lunch program covered by this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to enable the Secretary to formulate and carry out a program to assist States through grants-in-aid and other means to initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit food service programs for needy children in institutions providing child care. Sets forth requirements for the apportionment of funds under this Act to the States. Authorizes the use of funds under the National School Lunch Act for nonfood assistance for the special food service program. Establish a National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition. Provides for the membership of such council. Makes it the function of the Council to make a continuing study of the operation of the special supplemental food program and any related Act under which diet supplementation is provided to women, infants, and children, with a view to determining how such programs may be improved. Directs the Council to submit to the President and and the Congress annually a written report of the results of its study together with such recommendations for administrative and legislative changes as it deems appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
Authorizes, under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the participation by owners of properties located in nonparticipating communities to participating communities to participate in the flood insurance programs of such Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Beef Research and Consumer Information Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to enable cattle producers to establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program to improve markets for cattle, beef and beef products, and to provide an adequate supply of high quality beef to the consumers of the Nation at reasonable prices. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue beef research and promotion orders. Provides that such orders shall be issued only after due notice and opportunity for hearing shall have been given to producers and producer organizations, and after the Secretary shall have determined that the issuance of such an order will effectuate the declared policy of this Act. Declares that such order shall not take effect until approved by a majority of two-thirds of the cattle producers voting in a referendum. Establishes a Beef Board to administer the Order in accordance with its terms and provisions, to make rules and regulations to effectuate the terms and provisions of the Order, to receive, investigate and report complaints of violations of the Order, and to recommend to the Secretary amendments to the Order. Lists the procedures for appointing members of such board. Requires that any plans for advertising, sales promotion, consumer education, producer education, research, and the annual budget be developed by the Beef Board and submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture for approval. Empowers the Beef Board to enter into contracts or agreements for the development and carrying out of the activities authorized under the Order. Declares that producers of cattle shall be assessed at a specific rate to be determined by stated procedures. Provides that each time cattle are sold, the cattle producer shall pay to the purchaser the amount assessed, based upon the sale price of the cattle. Provides that any cattle producer against whose cattle or beef any assessment is made and collected shall have the right to demand and receive from the Beef Board a refund of such assessment. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to pre-empt or interfere with the workings of any beef board, beef council, or other beef promotion entity organized and operating within and by authority of any of the several states. Provides for the return to any such beef board or council of an amount to be determined by a stated formula. Stipulates that to qualify for the funds, such a state beef board, beef council or other beef promotional entity shall demonstrate ability to provide research, promotion and education within the state consistent with this Act and Order. States that each purchaser, handler or agent may be required to report to the Beef Board periodically concerning number of cattle handled, amount assessed, sale price of cattle on which assessment was collected, and other information necessary for the enforcement of this Act. Declares that this Act and any order issued pursuant to it may be enforced in the District Courts of the U.S., with the U.S. Attorney General having authority to bring any Civil suits authorized under the Act. Provides for a fine of not more than $1,000 for violations of this Act and any orders issued pursuant to it. Stipulates that no funds collected by the Beef Board shall in any manner be used for the purpose of influencing governmental policy or action. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that funds so appropriated shall not be available for payment of the expenses or expenditures of the Beef Board in administering any provisions of any order issued pursuant to the terms of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1975
National Energy Production Board Act - Declares that it is the policy and goal of the United States to overcome as rapidly as possible the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy. Declares that the purposes of this Act: (1) are to mobilize all resources and expertise of Federal government, (2) to stimulate the economy and create jobs, and (3) to enhance competition in the energy industry by assisting small, independent companies. Defines terms used in this Act. Title I: National Energy Production Board - Establishes the National Energy Production Board consisting of a Chairman of cabinet rank and four members of subcabinet rank. Empowers the Board to carry out the provisions of this Act. Title II: Duties and Responsibilities - Authorizes and directs the Board to review and report quarterly to the Congress on: (1) the current status of all activities and programs being conducted by public and private sectors to increase the production of energy resources within the United States; (2) the current status of all significant activites being conducted outside the United States to increase the production of coal, oil, and natural gas which may influence (A) the availability of energy supplies for the United States or (B) the availability of personnel, material, and equipment for the exploration, development, and production of domestic energy resources; and (3) the availability of essential materials, equipment, supplies, and trained manpower in the private sector to achieve maximum production from domestic energy resources. Directs the Board to prepare and carry out a Federal oil and gas exploration program designed to determine the extent, location and value of oil and gas reserves on Federal lands, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Declares that such program shall involve prompt, comprehensive, and environmentally responsible activities, including exploratory drillings, in consultation with affected State and local governments. Title III: Programs for Congressional Review with Right of Disapproval - Directs the Board to prepare, within 90 days, programs for the development of Naval Petroleum Reserves (NPR) Numbered 1, 2, and 3, in California and Wyoming and the exploration of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4 in Alaska. Stipulates that the plan for NPR 1, 2 and 3 provide for the prompt development of these reserves to a state of ready availability for use to meet requirements for strategic oil storage and critical civilian requirements. Provides that either of these programs may be disapproved by action of either House of Congress within 60 days after their submission. Declares that if no disapproval is made the program may go forward contingent on the availability of funds from the Energy Production Trust Fund created by Title VI of this Act. Directs the Board to submit within 90 days, a Federal Facilities Energy Program providing for the use of existing Federal facilities and resources to assist in the accelerated exploration, development and production of energy resources. Provides the same procedure of Congressional review and right of disapproval to such Federal Facilities Energy Program. Authorizes the Board to identify Federal procedures and requirements that significantly delay decision-making and action on specific essential energy projects and to propose expediting procedures to the interested department or agency consistent with existing law. Title IV: Programs Requiring Express Legislative Authorization - Directs the Board to prepare, within nine months: (1) a Federal Coal Production Program providing for accelerated coal production from public lands; (2) a Federal Energy Transportation Improvement Program; and (3) a Federal Oil and Gas Production Program. Declares that the Federal Oil and Gas Production program shall include provisions for development and production of oil and gas reserves under Federal management, joint ventures and cost sharing with private industry and preferences for entry into the oil and gas production industry by independent producers. Stipulates that none of the programs authorized under this title may proceed without express legal authorization of the Congress. Title V: Guidelines and Administration - Requires that every proposed action program to increase the production of domestic energy resources which is developed by the Board pursuant to titles II, III, and IV of this Act for transmittal to the Congress be accompanied by an explanatory background report. Specifies the nature of such report. Requires that the Board consider the impact of such programs on (1) attaining a greater degree of domestic energy self-sufficiency; (2) the quality of the environment; (3) the revenues to be received by the Federal Government from the use and development of public resources; (4) employment; and other related areas. Provides that Federal assistance under the programs may involve direct utilization of existing Federal facilities or other skills and expertise, the designation of a Federal lead agency for the project, or a cooperative role involving private enterprise. Stipulates that proposals of the Board shall be reviewed by: (1) the Energy Resources Council; (2) the Governor of any affected State; and (3) the governing bodies of affected local areas. Requires the Board to insure that the right of review be provided to private industry and private groups also. Title VI: National Energy Production Trust Fund - Establishes the National Energy Production Trust Fund in the U. S. Treasury. Provides that such fund receive $1,000,000,000 in fiscal year 1976 and $2,000,000,000 annually thereafter from revenue payable to the U. S. Treasury under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Stipulates that all revenues paid into such fund shall be used only to carry out the purposes of this Act; and shall only be expended by act of Congress. Title VII: Advisory Committees and Inter-Agency Coordination - Directs the Board to establish special program advisory committees for each domestic energy production action program proposed. Requires that such committees provide for the representation of listed interests including (1) State and local governments; (2) representatives of affected elements of the energy industry; and (3) representatives of labor. Provides that the Energy Resources Council shall assist the Board in the coordination of Federal agency activities under this Act. Title VIII: General Provisions - Provides that this Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment and shall terminate on September 30, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Expresses the best wishes of the Senate to Elizabeth Wallace Truman on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday. Directs the Secretary of the Senate to convey a copy of the resolution to Mrs. Truman.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that there shall be a national policy recognizing the right of all citizens to the full development of their economic, social and personal potential regardless of their physical disabilities. Directs that there be a mobilization of private and public resources to remove barriers from the man-made environment. Expresses as a goal the integration of handicapped people into their communities.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Congressional Election Financing Act - Adds to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 a Title V: Public Financing of Congressional Elections. Sets forth the definitions of terms to be used in this Act. States that to be eligible to receive payments under this title, a candidate for election to Federal Office shall agree: (1) to obtain and to furnish to the Commission any evidence it may request about his campaign expenditures and contributions; (2) to keep and to furnish to the Commission information it may request; (3) to permit an audit and examination by the Commission and to pay any amounts required; and (4) to furnish statements of campaign expenditures and proposed campaign expenditures. Enumerates the eligibility certification requirements to be met by every candidate prior to receiving payments under this Act. Provides that every eligible candidate is entitled to payments in connection with his primary election campaign in an amount which is equal to the amount of contributions he accepts for that campaign. Describes the amounts which major party and minor party candidates are entitled to receive. Requires th Secretary of the Treasury to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund a separate account to be known as the Congressional Election Account. Directs the Secretary to deposit in the Account the amount available after payments for Presidential elections and nominating conventions have been set aside plus such additional amounts as may be authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary to pay to candidates from this Account the amounts certified by the Federal Elections Commission. Requires that, after each congressional election, the Commission shall conduct a thorough examination and audit of the campaign expenditures of all candidates who received payments under this title. Provides for repayment of funds to the Account in the case of excess payments, the failure to make expenditures of any portion of the payments received, or the expenditure of such payments for purposes other than campaign expenses. Directs every candidate to furnish a detailed statement of expenditures and proposed expenditures whenever the Commission so requires, and directs the Commission to make available for public inspection summaries of all such statements. Requires the Commission to submit an annual report to Congress setting forth the expenditures of each candidate who received payments, the amounts certified for payment to each, and any amount required to be returned by a candidate. States that each such report submitted shall be printed as a Senate document. Imposes for violation of this title a fine of not more than $50,000, or not more than five years imprisonment, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Authorizes each Senator serving on a committee to hire staff to assist him in his duties as a member of each committee on which such Senator serves. Allows each Senator serving as chairman of any subcommittee or ranking minority member of any subcommittee to hire staff to assist him in his duties. States that individuals so appointed shall be in addition to employees otherwise authorized.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Requests the President to proclaim the period from February 16 to March 15, 1975, as "Energy Conservation Month". Directs the President to publicize the need for energy conservation. Requests the President to report to Congress by March 31, 1975, steps taken to promote energy conservation and recommendations for a continuing program. Directs the President to report monthly to the American people and Congress the state of energy resources.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Permits individuals who are residents in skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, or residential facilities to receive supplementary security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Directs the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to provide for radio and television coverage of proceedings in the Senate Chamber during the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, except for closed-door sessions. Requires video tapes of such broadcasts to be kept and made available to commercial broadcast stations. Provides for monitors of such broadcasts in various offices and for audio monitors in members' offices, if desired.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
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 · 23 January 1975
Natural Gas Agricultural Priority Act - Provides, under the Natural Gas Act, a priority system for specified agricultural uses of natural gas. Directs the Federal Power Commission to prohibit any interruption or curtailment of natural gas and take such other steps as are necessary to assure as soon as possible the availability in interstate commerce of sufficient quantities of natural gas for use as a raw material feedstock or process fuel in the production of fertilizer, animal feed grade chemicals, essential agricultural chemicals, and for use in agricultural crop drying. Defines "sufficient quantities of natural gas" for purposes of this Act. Provides that the rule implemented by the Commission shall also apply with respect to the availability of natural gas sold in intrastate commerce in any State which has not, within ninety days, adopted a rule to implement the purposes of the first provision of this Act. Directs the Commission to, by rule, prohibit boiler fuel use of natural gas and propane in interstate and intrastate commerce not contracted for prior to the date of enactment of this Act by users other than residential or small commercial users unless, upon petition by a user, the Commission determines that enumerated criteria are met.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Emergency Natural Gas Act - Directs the Federal Power Commission to grant relief from any existing natural gas allocation plan to producers of fertilizer and agricultural chemicals which require natural gas for their production, when necessary to prevent the impairment of such production. Exempts from this provision such amounts of natural gas as are required by residential and small commercial users. Provides that this Act shall expire on December 31, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Provides that no new tariff, fee or other charge, no increase in existing tariffs, fees or other charges, and no new quota or other limitation on imports of crude oil or petroleum products other than those in effect on January 1, 1975, may be imposed unless: (1) such action is specifically authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of this joint resolution; or (2) the specific action proposed to be taken is submitted to both Houses of the Congress. States that if such action is disapproved by either House within the thirty-day review period, no officer or agency shall have authority to take any action inconsistent with the provisions of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Prohibits the use of funds to furnish food stamps under the Food Stamp Act to persons over 18 years of age, enrolled in institutions of higher education, and who are claimed as dependents for income tax purposes by households not eligible for food stamps.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
States that all tax returns made with respect to taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code are confidential records, and that, except where provided otherwise, no return shall be open to inspection nor shall information contained therein be disclosed. Authorizes inspections of returns by the following persons: (1) the taxpayer or his representative; (2) officers and employees of the Departments of Justice, the Treasury, State agencies entrusted with carrying out the income tax laws, and the Internal Revenue Service solely for administration and enforcement of the income tax laws; and (3) the President of the United States. Authorizes the disclosure of statistical information to State and Federal agencies and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
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