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 · 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 · 4 March 1974
Provides for the establishment, under the Rail Passenger Service Act, of a demonstration project providing regular scheduled rail transportation between the major metropolitan areas and the major recreation areas of the Nation for highway recreational vehicles with passengers being transported in such vehicles. Defines "highway recreational vehicle" as a self-propelled or trailer type vehicle for use on the highways to provide recreational transportation and lodging, and includes the vehicle used to tow such a trailer. Authorizes to be appropriated funds to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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 · 27 February 1974
Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, that if for any year (previously for 1973 only) a natural disaster prevents the planting of rice acreage allotments, transfer of such allotments may be made to a near county (previously to adjoining counties only). (Amends 7 U.S.C. 1353(g))
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
Provides, under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, that expenditures for certified pollution control facilities will be credited against the payments required as a return on the appropriation investment in power facilities and the annual repayment sum. Defines the term "certified pollution control facility" for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1974
Provides that whoever, for the purpose of obtaining any official document or paper of the United States, involving an element of identification, knowingly uses or supplies false information, documentation, or any document or paper evidencing the birth or identity or entry into the United States of any individual other than the individual officially intended to be documented thereby, shall be fined or imprisoned or both. Provides that whoever, for the purpose of obtaining any official document or paper of any State, involving an element of identification, knowingly utilizes any facility in interstate or foreign commerce, including the mail, to move in interstate or foreign commerce any false information, false or falsified documentation, or any document or paper evidencing the birth or identity or entry into the United States of any individual other than the individual officially to be documented thereby, shall be fined or imprisoned or both. Imposes criminal penalties on any individual who, for a monetary or other consideration: (1) falsely makes or alters, or makes improper use of, any official document or paper of the United States, involving an element of identification; (2) falsely makes or alters or makes improper use of, any official document or paper of any State involving an element of identification, knowing that such document is being used for obtaining any official document or paper of the United States, involving an element of identification; or (3) sells, transfers, or otherwise delivers any such document or paper of the United States or of any State knowing such document or paper to have been so made, forged, counterfeited, or altered or so used or intended to be used improperly or without authorization. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1028, 1029)
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Provides, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, that whenever any person is born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions and is a citizen of the United States at birth, the birth of that person shall be registered with a consular officer in the country in which that person was born within such time and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State. Provides that if such registration is not made within the time prescribed, it shall be presumed that such person is not a citizen of the United States by birth. Imposes criminal penalties on persons for failure to surrender a passport when requested to do so and for collusion with foreign governments to evade passport laws and regulations. Provides that no person who refuses to swear or affirm his allegiance to the United States shall be entitled to receive, hold, or use any passport or other credential issued by, or under authority of, the United States which identifies such person as one bearing allegiance to the United States. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1401, 1548, 1547)
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Authorizes the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, or any subcommittee thereof, from March 1, 1974, through February 28, 1975, for the purposes stated and within the limitations imposed by the following sections, in its discretion: (1) to make expenditures from contingent fund of the Senate, (2) to employ personnel, and (3) with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to use on a reimbursable basis the services or personnel of any such department or agency. Authorizes the Committee on the Judiciary, or any subcommittee thereof, from March 1, 1974, through February 28, 1975, to expend not to exceed $4,778,200 to examine, investigate, and make a complete study of any and all matters pertaining to each of the subjects set forth below. Provides that not to exceed: (1) $453,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of administrative practice and procedure; (2) $797,600 shall be available for a study or investigation of antitrust and monopoly; (3) $291,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of constitutional amendments; (4) $345,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of constitutional rights; (5) $245,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of criminal laws and procedures; (6) $16,500 shall be available for a study or investigation of Federal charters, holidays, and celebrations; (7) $205,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of immigration and naturalization; (8) $255,500 shall be available for a study or investigation of improvements in judicial machinery; $633,000 shall be available for a complete and continuing study and investigation of the administration, operation, and enforcement of the Internal Security Act, other laws relating to espionage, sabotage, and the protection of the internal security of the United States, and the extent, nature, and effect of subversive activities in the United States, its territories and possessions; (10) $393,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of juvenile delinquency; (11) $188,000 shall be available for a study or investigation patents, trademarks, and copyrights; (12) $88,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of national penitentiaries; (13) $245,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of refugees and escapees; (14) $64,800 shall be available for study or investigation of revision and codification; (15) $315,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of separation of powers between the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of Government; (16) $192,100 shall be available for a study or investigation of citizens' interest; and (17) $20,000 shall be available for a study or investigation of F.B.I. Oversight. Requires the committee to report its findings, together with such recommendations for legislation as it deems advisable with respect to each study or investigation for which expenditure is authorized by this resolution to the Senate at the earliest practicable date, but not later than February 28, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
Provides that there be printed with an illustration as a Senate document a compilation of materials eulogizing the late J. Edgar Hoover, including: Memorial tributes in the Congress; the eulogy by Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States, in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol, on May 3, 1972; the funeral services for Mr. Hoover at the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., including the eulogy by President Richard M. Nixon and the tribute by the Reverend Edward L. R. Elson, Chaplain of the United States Senate; and various articles and editorials relating to the life and work of J. Edgar Hoover and his contributions to the well being of the American people. Provides that there shall be printed 5,550 additional copies of the document of which 4,420 shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 1,030 shall be for the use of the United States Senate, and 100 shall be for the use of Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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 January 1974
Prevents the Secretary of Transportation, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, from requiring any motor vehicle to be equipped with any starter interlock system associated with seat belts or upper torso restraints. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1392)
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Chlorine Allocation Act - Makes it the policy of the Congress to require priority dispersal of chlorine for the treatment of safe drinking water and waste water and to encourage priority dispersal of other chemicals and substances necessary for the treatment of safe drinking water and waste water. Provides that, within 30 days after enactment, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall promulgate regulations providing for mandatory allocation of chlorine from the processing of chlorine to its final use in amounts specified in such regulations to the extent necessary to protect the public health and environment. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations providing for mandatory allocation of other chemicals and substances used in the treatment of drinking water or waste water. Provides that an imminent hazard shall be considered to exist when the evidence is sufficient to show that shortages of chlorine, chemicals, or substances for treating drinking water or waste water will result in any unreasonable threat to human health or the environment prior to the completion of an administrative hearing or other formal proceeding held pursuant to this Act. Provides that, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall promulgate regulations delineating which functions under this Act shall be performed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Preparedness of the General Services Administration, the Department of Commerce, or the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Prescribes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief for violations under this Act. Directs the Administrator to establish such advisory committees as he determines are necessary. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to have adequate advance notice of any meeting of such committees and may have an official representative attend and participate in any such meeting. Provides that, within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, subject to the approval of the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission, shall promulgate, by rule, standards and procedures by which persons engaged in the business of processing, distributing, importing or repackaging of chlorine or other chemical or substance may develop and implement voluntary agreements and plans of action to carry out such agreements which the Administrator determines are necessary to accomplish the objectives. Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General to each prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out their responsibilities under this Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall terminate on June 30, 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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 · 14 December 1973
Energy Adjsutment Act - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Agency for Energy Adjustment to administer a guarantee program for industrial adjustment loans to enable business concerns to achieve energy efficiencies. Authorizes the Federal Government to guarantee the principal and interest of loans made for the following purposes: (1) installation of energy-saving production equipment; (2) conversion from industrial usage of petroleum and natural gas to more abundant forms of energy; and (3) conversion to other lines of products and services less dependent on high energy usage. Grants borrowers a priority under the Federal energy allocation programs to insure that plants are able to continue production during the conversions. Provides for loan guarantees of up to one and a half billion dollars over the next 18 months.
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 · 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 · 18 October 1973
Carpool Incentives Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration projects designed to encourage the use of carpools in urban areas throughout the country while not adversely affecting bus and other mass transportation ridership in such areas. Provides that from proposals submitted by the States to the Secretary, the Secretary shall approve for funding those projects which offer the best prospects of achieving the objectives of this Act and which provide a reasonable balance among cities of various population sizes, traffic patterns, and geographical locations. States that the Federal share of the cost of such work shall be 90 per cent, except that the Federal share shall not exceed $1,000,000 for any single project. Directs the Secretary to give permits to demonstration projects proposed for cities or areas in air quality control regions after consultation with the Environment Protection Agency as to the value of such projects as a part of a transportation control plan for such region. Directs the Secretary to conduct a full investigation of the effectiveness of measures employed in the demonstration projects authorized by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $10,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Authorizes the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to: (1) extend the term of the grand jury of that court which was impaneled on June 5, 1972, for an additional period of six months, if the court determines that the business of that grand jury has not been completed at the expiration of the term otherwise provided by law; and (2) further extend the term of that grand jury for another additional period of six months, if the business of that grand jury has not been completed at the end of the extended term. States that with respect to any failure to extend the term of the grand jury under this Act, the grand jury shall be considered a special grand jury.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Authorizes the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to extend the term of the grand jury of that court which was impaneled on June 5, 1972, for an additional period of six months, if the court determines that the business of that grand jury has not been completed at the expiration of the term otherwise provided by law. States that with respect to any time failure to extend the term of the grand jury under this Act, the grand jury shall be considered a special grand jury.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1973
Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments - Expresses the findings of Congress. Provides that blind persons licensed under the provisions of this Act shall be authorized to operate vending facilities on any Federal or other property. Gives preference to blind persons licensed by a State agency as provided in this Act. Requires the head of each department or agency in control of Federal property to prescribe regulations assuring such preference. Eliminates the requirement that licensees be 21 years of age. Eliminates the requirement that licensees shall have resided for at least one year in the State for which a license is requested. Requires that in the design, construction, or substantial alteration of each public building after June 30, 1974, there shall be a satisfactory site or sites suitable for the location and operation of a vending facility by a blind person or persons. Authorizes State licensing agencies or any blind licensee to file a complaint with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare who shall convene an arbitration panel to hear appeals when the State licensing agency or licensee feels that any department or agency is failing to comply with the provisions of this Act. States that with specified exceptions, all vending machine income shall accrue to the blind licensee operating the facility. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Declares that the United States Senate hereby takes note of the national tribute being paid to the Honorable John C. Stennis on Monday, October 15, 1973 and does hereby declare that day to be John C. Stennis Day to celebrate his remarkable and complete recovery from grave wounds inflicted on him in the course of an armed robbery, and to recognize his deep and sincere interest in promoting the education of our young people in the duties of citizenship, in particular through the John C. Stennis Chair of Political Science at Mississippi State University, where future generations of citizens will be trained to participate fully in our democratic form of government at every level.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States Government, while engaged in a lessening of tensions with the People's Republic of China, do nothing to compromise the freedom of our friend and ally the Republic of China and its people.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Provides that any regulations published or promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency for grants for the construction of treatment works under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, prior to the date of enactment of this joint resolution are hereby set aside and are declared to be of no legal effect and no moneys appropriated shall be distributed in accordance with such regulations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within thirty days after enactment of this joint resolution, to publish and submit to the Congress regulations for grants for the construction of treatment works so as to effect an equitable allocation of appropriated funds among all qualified projects on which construction was initiated after June 20, 1966, but before July 1, 1972. Within thirty days of congressional session following the receipt of such regulations. Authorizes the Committee on Public Works of either House to report a resolution of disapproval of such regulations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, at the time such regulations are submitted to the Congress, to notify each State.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may loan specified Rural Loan Investment Companies up to five times their capital for a period of five years to allow them to purchase government guaranteed loans from qualified lenders in rural areas of less than fifty thousand population.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Directs the President, under the Economic Stabilization Act, to permit all classes of marketers of petroleum products at all levels of distribution a dollar-for-dollar passthrough for increases in the cost of such products.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1973
Provides, under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, that no later than thirty days following enactment of this Act, the President or his delegate shall issue an order for the following: (1) stabilizing the wholesale prices of petroleum fuels at the September 7, 1973, levels; (2) requiring wholesalers of such fuels to notify the President or his delegate of any increase in the wholesale price for any such fuel at least fifteen days prior to the date on which such increase is put into effect; (3) establishing base prices for retail sales of each such fuel at the freeze price levels; and (4) permitting a passthrough of any cost increase incurred by retailers of such fuels. Defines 'freeze price' as meaning the highest lawful price charged by a retailer of a petroleum fuel for such fuel during the period June 1, 1973, to June 8, 1973, or in the case of a retailer who has no transactions during such period, during the nearest preceding seven-day period in which he had a transaction.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Provides, under the Economic stabilization Act of 1970, that the President, in exercising authority with respect to retail pride levels, shall permit the passthrough of all increases in the cost of goods sold or services performed.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
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 individuals' earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Public School Jurisdiction Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is necessary and proper that the Congress take action: (1) to enhance the enforcement of court determinations under the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (2) to make court enforcement uniform; and (3) to relieve the congestion of court calendars by providing for the orderly release of continuing Federal jurisdiction over desegregated public schools. Sets forth the definition of "unitary school system" under this Act. Provides, under title IV of the Civil Rights Act, that the continuing applicability of any court order requiring the desegregation of public schools shall terminate upon a determination by jury or by a court having review jurisdiction that such schools are and have been a unitary school system for a period of not less than a full school year. States that no district court or court of appeals of the United States shall have original, continuing, or pendent jurisdiction to issue in any case or controversy any command directing, forbidding, or changing: (1) the assignment or transportation of any student; (2) the employment, transfer, or retention of teaching or administrative staffs; (3) any appropriation or expenditure of any funds for any such school; or (4) the accreditation of any such school.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Declares that the United States Senate does hereby congratulate and felicitate the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the Honorable John C. Stennis, on his birthday and expresses the wish that he will enjoy many other such anniversaries in the future. Declares that members of the Senate greatly miss the distinguished Senator and wish for him an early return to the Senate Chamber and to his duties in the Senate. Directs that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and a copy furnished to Mr. Stennis.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
National Forest Environmental Management Act - Declares that comprehensive planning is needed to secure the greatest net public benefit from the National Forest System. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act, including differentiations between "forest land," "rangeland," and "recreational land." Title I: General Management Authority - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage the National Forest System in a manner which will assure payment of fair market value by users of such lands and which will provide maximum opportunities for the public to participate in decisionmaking concerning such lands. Prescribes rules regarding the management of national forest lands and the authority for promulgation of such rules. Requires the Secretary to prepare an inventory of all national forest lands, and their tangible and intangible resource values. Specifies the content and currency of such inventory. Provides that the Secretary shall develop, maintain, and revise land use plans for the National Forest System. States that in the development and maintenance of such land use plans, the Secretary shall: (1) use a systematic interdisciplinary approach integrating physical, biological, economic, and social sciences considerations; (2) give priority to the protection of areas of critical environmental concern; (3) consider the relative scarcity of the values involved; (4) weigh long-term public benefits against short-term local or individual benefits; and (5) consider the requirements of applicable pollution control laws. Provides that the Secretary shall present to the Congress a long-range natural resources physical budget for the National Forest System which sets forth specified factors. Enumerates such factors. States that in fiscal year 1975 and thereafter at the start of each decade the Secretary shall present to the Congress his estimate of the natural resources physical budget of the National Forest System along with his recommendations for each of the next 5 decades ahead. Provides for public hearings and a joint resolution by Congress on such policy. Requires that there be included in the annual fiscal budget for the management of the National Forest System a request for funding sufficient to assure a high level of resource growth and production under high environmental standards. Requires that as part of this goal each annual budget contain a request for funds sufficient to reforest an acreage equal to at least 110 percent of the area on which it is estimated timber will be harvested in the preceding fiscal year plus an amount to improve the stands of young growing forests with trees between the ages of five years and seventy-five years on an acreage equal to at least 110 percent of the areas computed above. Directs the Secretary to determine an environmentally sound level of timber harvest for the commercial forest land within each national forest management unit. Provides that the Secretary shall determine an environmentally sound level of grazing, water, soil, recreation, and wildlife management for each national forest management unit. Title II: Other Acts Amended - Specifies new procedures for the sale of trees and forest products. Provides that the Secretary shall maintain a long-term, decade ahead, and annual transportation plan for the national forests. States that the on-the-ground field offices, district rangers and forest supervisors, and the field supervisory offices and regional offices shall be so situated as to provide the optimum level of convenient, useful services to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Provides for grants under the Public Health Service Act to public and private nonprofit organizations to assist them in purchasing mobile health units to serve residents of medically underserved areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1976, respectively, of $10,000,000; $15,000,000; and $20,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Provides that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, the number of permanent, full-time employees employed by the Department of Agriculture to carry out the activities of the Forest Service shall be maintained at not less than four hundred and fifty above the June 30, 1973, permanent, full-time personnel ceiling authorized for such Service by the Department of Agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1973
National Fuels and Energy Conservation Act - Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Energy Conservation which shall have a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office, shall: (1) work with the Council on Environmental Quality in developing new energy conservation initiatives for the Federal Government; (2) cooperate with private industry in developing energy conversation programs in industry; and (3) provide assistance to State governments in developing State energy conservation programs. Authorizes appropriations of $8,000,000 for each of the three fiscal years following enactment of this Act for the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the National Bureau of Standards an energy conservation research and development program to stimulate new or improved manufacturing and industrial processes, better building construction, materials, and techniques. Authorizes $4,000,000 for each of the three years following enactment for the Secretary of the Interior to establish development and testing centers for more efficient equipment for transmission of electrical energy. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to use equipment, construction methods and management policies which make the maximum efficient use of energy in design, construction and operation of Federal buildings. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop improved design, lighting, and insulation standards to promote efficient energy use in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and publish standards of efficiency for electrical appliances and equipment. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate standards for labeling major electrical appliances and equipment so that shoppers may compare the efficiency of energy usage of such appliances and equipment. Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers of electrical appliances and equipment from: (1) selling in interstate commerce any electrical appliance or equipment which is not labeled according to the FTC standard; and (2) advertising any electrical appliance or equipment unless the advertisement contains a statement in accord with the labeling standard. Establishes a $5,000 civil penalty for each violation of such selling and advertising requirements. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare proposed minimum standards for average degree of fuel use for motor vehicles, and such standards shall be designed to achieve a substantial increase in degree of fuel use by motor vehicles not in compliance with such standards within three years from the enactment of such standards by Congress, with all motor vehicles being required to meet such standards within five years. Requires manufacturers of motor vehicles to conduct tests and make such reports as the Secretary may require for the purpose of establishing such standards. Requires that all motor vehicles sold or manufactured in the United States shall bear a label stating in nontechnical language the degree of fuel use, and prohibits the advertisement of such vehicles unless the advertisement states the degree of fuel use. Establishes a $1,000 civil penalty for offering an improperly labeled vehicle for sale and a $50,000 penalty for each advertisement not disclosing degree of fuel use. Directs the Federal Power Commission to promulgate regulations requiring electric and gas public utilities to submit to the Commission annual reports on energy conservation policies. Directs each agency of the Federal Government engaged in the sale of electrical energy to submit to the Congress a study of the impact of the rate structure of such agency on the consumption and conservation of energy. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations for advertising and promotion of energy and fuels which: (1) shall be designed to prohibit advertising or promotion of energy or fuels by any person or corporation when such person or corporation is unwilling or unable to meet customers' requirements for energy or fuel; and (2) shall generally prohibit advertising and promotion which are calculated or likely to result in unnecessary energy consumption. Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each violation of such advertising and promotion regulations. Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to submit to the Congress: (1) a report evaluating the impact on fuel consumption of national and regional systems of freight transportation; and (2) a study of the relationships between motor vehicle sizes, the needs of motor vehicle users, and the public interest. Authorizes for each fiscal year such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Provides that public utility cooperatives serving producers of food, fiber, and other agricultural products shall be eligible to borrow from a bank for cooperatives provided that no less than 60 percent of the voting control of the cooperative is held by farmers, producers, or harvesters of aquatic products. (Amends 85 Stat. 383)
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that each operator of a motor vehicle should, when traveling during weekends or holidays between the date of passage of this Resolution and September 3, 1973, on any road where the posted speed limit is fifty-five (55) miles per hour or greater: (1) travel at a speed no greater than ten (10) miles per hour less than the posted speed limit; and (2) turn on the headlights of his or her motor vehicle in order to publicize his or her participation in a national consumer effort to decrease consumption of motor vehicle gasoline and to increase safety on the nation's roads. Declares that the Governor of each State should, as soon as practicable, make State funds available on an equitable basis and encourage private and other governmental organizations within the State to make funds available on an equitable basis to State and local agencies, including but not limited to State highway patrols and traffic safety organizations, and to appropriate private organizations or individuals, for the purpose of encouraging motor vehicle operators to observe the provisions of this Resolution, and to inform motor vehicle operators that substantial amounts of gasoline can be saved if motor vehicles are driven less frequently, or without excessive idling, rapid acceleration or deceleration. Provides that the television, radio and print media should publicize, to the maximum extent possible, the details of this Resolution. Provides that each Federal agency which has or can make funds available through such agency's own programs or to State or local governments or to private organizations or individuals for the purpose of publicizing traffic safety efforts, should do so to the maximum extent possible, and as soon as practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Provides that no person may mail, or cause to be mailed, to any other person any obscene material without obtaining the prior consent of the other person, or if the other person is a minor living with a parent or guardian, the prior consent of such parent or guardian, to the sending of such material. States that the receipt of such obscene material shall constitute an invasion of the privacy of the person receiving such material. Permits the person receiving obscene material to commence a civil action against the mailer. Provides for compensatory damages and punitive damages of no less than $5,000. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act, including "obscene material", "nudity", and "sexual conduct". (Adds 28 U.S.C. 2941)
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Increases to $3,000 the annual amount which individuals may earn under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) without suffering deductions from benefits on account of excess earnings. Lowers from seventy-two to seventy the age after which deductions on account of excess earnings are no longer made under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that with respect to the right to life, the word "person", as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth articles of amendment to the U.S. Constitution applies to all human beings, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Declares that on Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, special remembrance be given by a grateful people to the 1,288 members of the Armed Forces of the United States currently listed as missing in action in Indochina. Declares that all American motorists are encouraged to turn on their automobile lights throughout Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, as a symbol of this remembrance. Provides that every effort be made to secure the cooperation of all parties in the Indochina conflict to insure the fullest and most expeditious resolution of the status of members of the U.S. Armed Forces missing in Indochina.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make annual grants, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to each school of medicine or osteopathy which has entered into an agreement under this Act for the improvement of the educational program of such school. Sets forth the formula for computing the amount of such grant and the contents of the above mentioned agreement. States that the Secretary shall pay to each individual who is a participant: (1) the full regular tuition and fees imposed by the school; and (2) an annual stipend of $5,000. States that no individual shall be a participant under this Act until and unless he has entered into an agreement with the Secretary. Provides that any such agreement with any individual shall provide that such individual will, upon completion of his professional training, serve, as an employee of the Federal Government, for a period of threee years in any physician-shortage area to which he is assigned by the Secretary. Provides that an individual who fails to commence within a reasonable time to serve his three years will be obligated to pay $60,000 to the United States. States that the Secretary shall, to the extent that they are available, assign at least two physician-participants to each physician-shrotage area, or a physician and a registered nurse to each such area. Provides that the Secretary shall provide for physician-participants assigned to any area such office space, equipment, and supplies as may be necessary to enable them to practice their profession in meeting the needs for primary care of the resident in such area. States that fees collected by any physician-participant shall be deposited in the Treasury. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Student Freedom of Choice Act - States that no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program or activity at any public school by way of grant, loan, or otherwise shall withhold, or threaten to withhold, such financial assistance from any such program or activity: (1) on account of the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class at any public school in any case whatever where the school board operating such public school or class maintains, in respect to such public school and class, a freedom of choice system; (2) to coerce or induce the school board operating such public school to transport students from such public school to any other public school for the purpose of altering in any way the racial composition of the student body at such public school or any other public school; (3) to coerce or induce any school board operating such public school system to close any public school, and transfer the students from it to another public school for the purpose of altering in any way the racial composition of the student body at any public school; and (4) to coerce or induce the school board operating such public school system to transfer any member of any public school faculty from the public school in which the member of the faculty contracts to serve to some other public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the faculty at any public school. Provides that whenever any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States violates or threatens to violate this Act, the school board aggrieved by the violation or threatened violation, or the parent of any student affected or to be affected by the violation or threatened violation, or any student affected or to be affected by the violation or threatened violation, or any member of any faculty affected or to be affected by the violation or threatened violation may bring a civil action against the United States in a district court of the United States complaining of the violation or threatened violation. Provides that no court of the United States shall have jurisdiction to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order requiring any school board to make any change in the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class at any public school to which students are assigned in conformity with a freedom of choice system, or requiring any school board to transport any students from one public school to another public school or from one place to another place or from one school district to another school district in order to effect a change in the racial composition of the student body at any school or place or in any school district, or denying to any student the right or privilege of attending any public school or class at any public school chosen by the parent of such student in conformity with a freedom of choice system, or requiring any school board to close any school and transfer the students from the closed school to any other school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body at any public school, or precluding any school board from carrying into effect any provision of any contract between it and any member of the faculty of any public school it operates specifying the public school where the member of the faculty is to perform his or her duties under the contract.
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