United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Extends the authorization of appropriations for the continuance of civil government for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the appropriation of funds to aid in the transition of the Marianas Islands District to a new Commonwealth status as a territory of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1974
Savings and Investment Act - Increases the investment credit, under the Internal Revenue Code, from 7 to 15 percent. Increases the variance from 20 to 40 percent, under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to class lives for purposes of depreciation. Permits a 12-month amortization of pollution control facilities. Permits an income tax exclusion from capital gains for securities sales or exchanges under $1000. Allows an income tax credit of up to $200 for an amount equal to 10 percent of qualified savings deposits during a taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should, in the application of regulations pursuant to the Clean Air Act with respect to supplying, after July 1, 1974, unleaded gasoline for automobiles: (1) grant reasonable extensions of time for compliance to retailers who are unable to obtain such gasoline or delivery systems for such gasoline; and (2) consult with the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration in order to obtain a fair allocation of such gasoline for all segments of the petroleum industry marketing structure.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
States that a court of appeals of the United States may appoint necessary legal assistants to positions authorized by the Judicial Conference of the United States. Provides that such legal assistants shall perform duties involving the preliminary processing of matters filed in the court. States that the approval of the Judicial Conference of the United States shall be required prior to the establishment of each such position. (Adds 28 U.S.C. 714)
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the leadership of the Nation responsible for our economic wellbeing meet together immediately in a spirit of unity to design a set of policy actions to achieve the common goal of restoring stability and growth to the American economy and confidence and prosperity to the American people. Directs that this domestic summit be convened forthwith comprised of the President, the majority and minority leadership of both Houses of the Congress, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Appropriations Committees of both Houses, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, together with leaders of labor and business, and such other participants as they may agree upon. Provides that they shall meet and devote such time as necessary until a plan of action is decided upon which, by its demonstration of renewed unity, direction, and purpose, will gain the public support and confidence necessary to be effective in overcoming these difficulties.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1974
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Commerce to make a full and complete investigation and study for the purpose of determining a policy and role for the Federal Government on tourism in the United States which will most effectively enable the industry to realize fully its potential to contribute to the social well-being, the cultural understanding, and the economic prosperity of the United States. Provides that the chairman and ranking minority member of each of the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture and Forestry, Interior and Insular Affairs, Public Works, Foreign Relations, Government Operations, Labor and Public Welfare, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Small Business, or a member of such committees designated by each such chairman or ranking minority member to serve in his place, shall serve as ex officio members of the Committee on Commerce for purposes of this study. Directs the Committee on Commerce to report its findings, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it deems advisable, to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should immediately terminate the suspension of any Presidential proclamation limiting the total quantity of imports, or withdrawals from warehouses for consumption, of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle, sheep and other specified meat.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1974
Declares that Dr. Kissinger be commended on his outstanding contributions to the cause of world peace and that deep gratitude to Dr. Kissinger for his services is hereby expressed by the Senate. Declares that the United States Senate holds in high regard Dr. Kissinger, and regards him as an outstanding member of this Administration, as a patriotic Amercian in whom it has complete confidence, and whose integrity, and veracity are above reproach, and that the U.S. Senate wishes for him success in his continuing efforts to achieve a permanent peace in the world.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1974
National Oil Recycling Act - Directs all Federal officials to act within their authority to encourage the use of recycled oil. States that this Act shall in no way preempt State regulation of recycled oil or used oil disposal whenever such regulation provides for stricter control of recycled oil or used oil than provided for by Federal law. States that the States should encourage the use of recycled oil in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Requires that in order to qualify for Federal grants under this Act, a State shall adopt laws, regulations, and administrative machinery which shall provide for, but not be limited to: (1) requiring that used oil collectors obtain a State permit prior to engaging in used oil collecting activities; (2) requiring that used oil recyclers obtain a State permit prior to engaging in recycling operations; (3) when recycled oil is available at prices competitive with new oil produced for the same purpose, using recycled oil for all automotive and industrial uses of the State government, and requiring all parties contracting with the State to use recycled oil in the performance of such contracts; (4) regulating the retail sales of automobile oil so as to encourage the recycling of used oil; (5) prohibiting the use of used oil as fuel oil or for the oiling of State roads, unless such oil has been processed to meet the minimum standards for such uses established by Federal and State pollution control laws; and (6) educating the public and private sectors of the State as to the merits of recycled oil, and the need for its use in order to reduce the drain on the Nation's oil reserves and minimize the disposal of used oil in ways harmful to the environment. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations with respect to the labeling of recycled oil in order to carry out the purpose of this Act. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring all containers of automotive and industrial oil, both new and recycled, to bear labels relating to the proper disposal of such oils after use. Makes it unlawful for any person to enter into any contract or agreement where the intent of such contract or agreement is to discourage the recycling of used oil. Provides for a fine of $50,000 for a violation of such prohibition, or imprisonment for a term of one year or less, or both. Requires records to be kept by parties covered by the provisions of this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make annual reports to the Congress. Sets forth the contents of such reports. Provides that whenever the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that: (1) in implementing the provisions of this Act, a United States patent right not otherwise available is necessary to enable any person to comply with this Act; (2) there are no reasonable alternative methods to accomplish this Act's purposes; and (3) the inavailability of such patent right may result in a substantial lessening of competition or a tendency to create a monopoly in any line of the Nation's commerce; the Administrator, through the Attorney General, may so certify to a district court of the United States, which may order the person owning the patent to license it on such reasonable terms as the court, after hearing, may determine. Provides that any person violating any provision of this Act which does not provide for specific penalties or punishment thereunder shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor which shall be punishable by a term of six months in prison for each violation, or a fine of not to exceed $25,000, or both. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974, and for each succeeding fiscal year, $25,000,000 for grants to the States to assist them in fulfilling the purposes and provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make allotments to the States, not to exceed 10 cents per capita for any State based on the latest national census, when he has determined that they are in compliance with this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974, and for each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 1977, $10,000,000 for the development of new processes and technology to be used in the economical and ecological recycling of used oil. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974, and for each succeeding fiscal year, through fiscal year 1977, $5,000,000 for the development of standards and testing methods to facilitate the comparison of recycled oil with new oil. Imposes a tax of 6 cents per gallon on specified oils other than recycled oils sold in the United States by the manufacturer or producer.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Provides that the United States shall relinquish and disclaim any title to specified lands in Arizona. Directs and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified lands situated in Yuma County, Arizona.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Provides for the lifting of the suspension under Federal law setting quotas for the importation of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat or goat and sheep meat. Sets limits upon the length of any such suspension imposed under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Army to establish one or more national cemeteries in the State of Arizona. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds available for the direct distribution of food to needy children and low income persons for donation to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, disaster relief, and, until July 1, 1976, the family commodity distribution program on Indian reservations not requesting the food stamp program. Provides that the Secretary may, if stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof of the types customarily available under the program of commodity distribution to prevent waste. Provides, under the Food Stamp Act, that upon request to the Secretary by the appropriate officials of any Indian tribe, such tribe is authorized to administer a food stamp program under this Act on behalf of the eligible households of such tribe living on an Indian reservation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or any State to administer a food stamp program on behalf of any tribe residing on an Indian reservation. Authorizes the Secretary under such Act to pay to each State agency an amount equal to 62.5 percent of all administrative costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the certification of households; (2) the acceptance, storage, and protection of coupons after their delivery to receiving points within the States; (3) the issuance of such coupons to eligible households; (4) the outreach and fair hearing requirements of this Act; and (5) the control and accounting of coupons. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to encourage milk consumption in schools. Provides that, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for subsequent fiscal years, the minimum rate of reimbursement for a half-pint of milk served in schools and other eligible institutions shall not be less than 5 cents per half-pint served to eligible children, and such minimum rate of reimbursement shall be adjusted on an annual basis each fiscal year thereafter, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, to reflect changes in the series of food away from home of the Consumer Price Index.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974
Provides that the Secretary of Labor shall not apply the Federal regulations governing permanent housing for agricultural workers to the nonwintering, mobile housing facilities (commonly known as "camp wagons") used in the range sheep industry.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1974
Coal Research Laboratory and Energy Research Fellowship Act - Title I: University Coal Research Laboratories - Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation, after consultation with the National Academy of Engineering, to designate five institutions of higher education at which university coal research laboratories will be establsihed and operated. States that in making designations under this Act, the Director shall consider the following criteria: (1) the institution of higher education shall be located in a State with abundant coal reserves; (2) the institution of higher education shall have experience in coal research, expertise in several areas of coal research, and currently active, outstanding programs in coal research; and (3) the institution of higher education has the capacity to establish and operate the coal laboratories to be assisted under this title. Provides that not more than one coal laboratory established pursuant to this title shall be located in a single State. Specifies information to be included in applications by institutions of higher education desiring to be designated under this title. Authorizes the Director to make grants to any designated institution of higher education to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and maintaining a coal laboratory. States that no institution of higher education may receive more than $4,000,000 for the construction of its coal research laboratory, including initially installed fixed equipment, nor may it receive more than $1,500,000 for initially installed movable equipment, nor may it receive more than $500,000 for new program startup expenses. Provides that no institution of higher education may receive more than $1,500,000 per year from the Federal Government for operating expenses. Establishes an Advisory Council on Coal Research. Stipulates that the Advisory Council advise the Director with respect to the general administration of this title, and furnish such additional advice as he may request. Authorizes appropriations of not to exceed $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 (including the cost of construction, equipment, and startup expenses; and $7,500,000 beginning with the fiscal year 1976 and each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1980, to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Energy Resource Graduate Fellowships - Authorizes the Director to award under the provisions of this title not to exceed one thousand five hundred fellowships for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and each of the five succeeding fiscal years. States that fellowships shall be awarded under the provsions of this title for graduate study and research in those areas of applied science and engineering that are related to the production, conservation, and utilization of fuels and energy. Provides that fellowships shall be awarded to students in programs leading to master's degrees. States that fellowships shall be awarded for graduate study and research at any institution of higher education, library, archive, or any other research center approved by the Director after consultation with the Commissioner of Education. Provides that recipients of fellowships under this title shall be: (1) persons who have been accepted by an institution of higher education for graduate study leading to an advanced degree or for a professional degree, and (2) persons who plan a career in the field of energy resources, production, or utilization. States that each person awarded a fellowship under this title shall receive a stipend of $4,000 for each academic year of study, and an additional amount of $500 for each such calendar year of study shall be paid to such person on account of each of his dependents. Authorizes appropriations of $11,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
National Health Standards Act - Title I: Health Benefits for Employees - Requires employers to provide employees and their families with an approved health care plan. Allows existing health plans to expire before a plan under this Act is required. Limits employer contributions to such plans to 50 percent of the cost. Sets forth mandatory services under such plans, including: inpatient hospital services, physicians services, medical supplies in connection with hospitalization or surgery, prescription drugs, lab and X-ray services, and psychiatric care. Excludes from such plans expenses for eyeglasses, orthopedic shoes, cosmetic surgery, custodial care, dentistry, hearing aid, and general physical examinations. Requires an individual or family to pay $100 per year for each individual or $200 per family per year for expenses and 25 percent of the next $10,000 of expenses per year for such services. Limits obstetrical care under the plan to 50 percent of charges up to a maximum of $500 for any one pregnancy. Prescribes penalties for employer noncompliance with this Act, including payment of all employee medical expenses during noncompliance. Sets forth requirements for hospitals and doctors in order to be paid from such plans, including utilization review. States that any employer who does not arrange with an insurance company, but makes a plan directly available to his employees shall notify the appropriate State official of the contents of his plan. Requires insurance companies making large plans available to also make plans available for small employers and the self-employed. Allows employees the option of membership in a qualified Health Maintenance Organization. Title II: Health Benefits for Low-Income Individuals and Their Dependents - Adds "Title XX - Health Benefits for Low-Income Individuals and Families" to the Social Security Act. Establishes a comprehensive medical and hospital benefits program for "low-income individuals," "low-income families," and "dependent beneficiaries" as defined by this title. Allows the payment of full premiums for a health care plan for qualified individuals. Sets forth minimal payments, based on income, of those not qualifying for full premium payment. Requires the payment to States of 100 percent of health care costs under this title. Describes mandatory services, excluded services, and doctor and hospital requirements under this title which are similar to those under title I. Requires each beneficiary under this title to pay 10 percent of the cost of each service, not to exceed 5 percent of annual income. Prohibits participation by an insurance company under this Act unless such company develops health care policies which may be purchased for individuals and families under this title. Requires States to contract with an insurance company (or companies) to pay for services to beneficiaries under this title. Title III: General Provisions - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a Council of Health Advisers to appraise health programs of the Federal Government. States that the insurance pools authorized in this Act shall be administered by the administering carrier under regulations of the appropriate State agency, and shall pay all State plan benefit claims certified by the administering carrier. Repeals Title XIX - "Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs" under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Provides for the relief of Evaristo Laborin, his wife, Amparo Laborin, and their children, Evaristo Laborin, Junior, Francisco Laborin, Catalina Laborin, Jesus Laborin, and Benito Laborin.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,00 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30l 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to ddisseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $150,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1085, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment. National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screeening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $150,000 for the fiscal year ednding June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1974
Provides the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation with authority to procure the temporary services of city planners, architects, engineers and other experts. States that no new construction shall be authorized or conducted within the development area except upon certification by the Corporation. Authorizes to be appropriated up to $1,750,000 for the preparation of the development plan and administrative and operating expenses for fiscal year 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Declares that the Congress hereby calls upon the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to cause to be conducted on or about August 10, 1974, appropriate ceremonies in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, in the town of West Branch, Iowa.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States soverign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible,except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) there be no cession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or tangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Consitituion.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Solar Energy Research Act - Declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government to pursue a vigorous and viable program of research and development into the utilization of solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Provides that, within sixty days from the date of enactment of legislation creating any permanent Federal organization or agency having jurisdiction over the energy research and development functions of the United States Government, the Office of Solar Energy Research shall be established within that agency. Provides that if, within sixty days from the date of enactment of this Act, no agency with jurisdiction over Federal energy research and development has been established, the Office of Solar Energy Research authorized under this Act shall be established, on an interim basis, within the Atomic Energy Commission, until sixty days from the date of enactment of legislation authorizing the new Federal office of energy research and development. Authorizes the Chairman or Administrator to conduct appropriate research and technical development work: (1) to determine, by laboratory and pilot testing, the usable results of scientific research, (2) to develop and fabricate solar energy transformation processes, equipment designs, and components to the point where they can be demonstrated, certified, produced, and operated on a commercially practical scale; (3) to recommend to the Congress, as deemed appropriate, authorizations for the construction and operation or for participation in the construction and operation, of solar energy conversion facilities, and (4) to undertake, through research grants and contracts, studies of possible economic, social, and environmental effects which will result from the use of solar energy. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Council to be chaired by the Chairman or Administrator to coordinate policy and programs in solar energy research. Specifies the composition of the Council. Directs the development of a program to expedite the increased utilization of solar energy technology by the public and private sectors. Establishes a solar energy incentives task force to carry out the following functions: (1) report to the President and the Congress within one hundred and twenty days following enactment, and at least annually thereafter, recommendations for a viable program, of specified, time limited, incentives or modifications to existing and/or proposed incentives programs to accelerate the commercial application of solar energy technology; and (2) carry out a program of research and investigation into the barriers to innovation in the field of solar energy, the barriers to the acceleration of the commercial application of solar energy technology, and the programs needed to remove such barriers. Authorizes the compilation on a semi-annual basis of a listing of all solar energy conversion components, facilities, and equipment, commercially available in the Nation for private or public use. States that utilization of solar energy shall include such applications of solar energy as, but not limited to, the solar heating and cooling of buildings, solar crop drying and other agricultural applications of solar energy, solar thermal and photovoltaic power generation for terrestrial applications, whether situated on the ground or in space, wind energy conversion, ocean thermal gradient conversion, solar stimulated bioconversion, and solar production of synthetic gases and hydrogen. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act the following amounts: (1) for fiscal year 1975, $56,000,000; (2) for fiscal year 1976, $94,000,000; (3) for fiscal year 1977, $150,000,000; (4) for fiscal year 1978, $150,000,000; and (5) for fiscal year 1979, $150,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Indian Food Stamp Program Amendments - Expands the definition of "State agency" under the Food Stamp Act to include, in specified circumstances; (1) the Secretary of the Interior; (2) the official governing body of any Indian tribe; and (3) any State. Provides that upon request to the Secretary of Agriculture by the appropriate officials of any tribe, such tribe is authorized to administer a food stamp program under this Act on behalf of the eligible households of such tribe living on an Indian reservation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or any State to administer a food stamp program on behalf of any tribe residing on an Indian reservation. States that the Secretary shall pay any tribe administering a food stamp program on any Indian reservation an amount equal to 100 percent of all expenses attributable to the administration of such program and shall reimburse the Department of the Interior or any State administering a food stamp program on any Indian reservation for all expenses incurred by such Department or State in accordance with any agreement entered into under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
States that the Secretary of the Interior is prohibited from publishing any orders with respect to any prohibition of the use of lead shot for the hunting of waterfowl, until the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs holds public hearings and issues legislative findings.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Energy Information Disclosure Act - Authorizes the President to acquire necessary energy information by specified means. Defines the extent of such authority, and the persons to whom it may be delegated. Establishes the means for dissemination of energy information to the public, and excludes defined categories of classified or confidential information from the requirement of disclosure to the public. Provides for evaluation and review by the Comptroller General of the data collected by the President. Provides a fine of not more than $20,000, imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both, for the submission of a materially false or fraudulent reply to any request or demand for energy information made under this Act. Prescribes a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for the refusal of a person as defined in this Act to submit a reply to a request for energy information made pursuant to this Act. Provides a civil penalty of $5,000 for the submission of each materially false, inaccurate, or incomplete reply to a request for energy information made under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Extends the use of tax-free industrial bonds under the Internal Revenue Code, without limit, to be used in the conversion from gas burning to oil burning equipment or oil burning equipment to other energy burning materials. Raises the limit of general industrial revenue bonds intended for small business.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Weather Modification Regulation Act - Title I: Weather Modification Licenses and Permits, Reporting Requirements, and Penalties - Requires any State which establishes a system to regulate any weather modification activity to license any person engaged in such activity and enumerates qualifications for such licenses. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to assist any State in its regulation of weather modification activity and in the dissemination of information concerning such activity. Requires a Federal permit for any person engaged in any weather modification activity, and enumerates qualifications for such permit. States that no permit shall be issued unless the applicant has first obtained a license. Outlines conditions whereby a permit may be revoked or suspended by the Secretary after an opportunity of hearing. Requires any holder of a permit to make daily reports covering any weather modification which are to be transmitted to the Secretary by certified mail daily. Outlines what information shall be included in each report. Requires additional weather reports if the Secretary requests them. Allows the Secretary to require records to be maintained by each holder of a permit which can be inspected under prescribed conditions by the Secretary. Requires any agency, military department, local government or State conducting weather modification activities to prepare daily reports, and to submit such reports to the Secretary by certified mail daily. Prescribes penalties for the violation of requirements for a Federal permit of fines between $10,000 and $50,000, and fines of not more than $25,000 for failure to make weather reports to the Secretary. Gives the U.S. district courts power to enjoin any violation concerning Federal permits reporting requirements, or other regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Title II: Weather Modification Information System - Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a weather modification information system to monitor daily weather conditions, and to record and evaluate weather modification. Permits the Secretary to use the system to assist in determining whether: (1) to issue, revoke or suspend permits; (2) to obtain data from the Weather Bureau on a timely basis; and (3) to use such system to maintain records of any weather modification and such activity conducted in any State. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a computerized data processing system to facilitate the operation of the weather modification information system. Title III: International Weather Modification Control - Allows the President to enter into agreements with other nations and international organizations to establish, monitor, and regulate weather modification activities. Requires any U.S. citizen who has primary supervisory responsibility for carrying out weather modification activities in any foreign nation to submit reports to the Secretary at lease 10 days prior to such activity. Outlines what information is to be included in these reports. Requires the Secretary to establish and maintain a register of persons engaged in weather modification activities in the U.S. and other nations whom he deems properly qualified. Allows the Secretary to distribute copies of such register upon request to any foreign nation. Requires approval by the Secretary of State, unless the President determines it unnecessary in a particular case, for any agency or military department before engaging in any weather modification activity in any foreign nation. Prescribes penalties of fines up to $25,000 for failure of a U.S. citizen to make reports or register while engaging in weather modification activities in any foreign country. Title IV: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to make such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out this Act. Repeals the former provisions of law regulating weather modification activities. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 330 et seq.)
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1974
Provides that moneys due the States under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 may be used for planning, construction and maintenance of public facilities and for the provision of public services. (Amends 30 U.S.C. 191)
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1974
Provides that moneys due the States under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, derived from the development of oil shale resources, may be used for planning, construction, and maintenance of public facilities, and for the provision of public services, as the State legislature directs. (Amends 30 U.S.C. 191)
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1974
Declares that all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified lands in New Mexico, acquired for school purposes, together with all improvements thereon, which is now excess to the needs of the Secretary of the Interior, is held in trust for the Pueblo of Cochiti.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Adds the Escalante Trail to the National Trails Act. Describes such trail as the route of the 1776 expedition of Father Velez de Escalante through New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. (Adds 16 U.S.C. 1244(c)(15))
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1974
Indian Health Care Improvement Act - Declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make scholarship grants to individuals: (1) who are enrolled in medical schools; schools of optometry, osteophathy, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, or nursing, or schools licensed by a State to train persons in the allied health professions, and (2) who agree to provide their professional services to Indians after completion of their professional training. Establishes a priority according to which the Secretary shall award scholarship grants under this Act. States that any scholarship grant awarded to any individual under this Act shall be awarded under the condition that such individual will, after the completion of his professional training, provide his professional services to Indians for a reasonable period of time as prescribed by the Secretary. Sets forth a formula by which the United States shall be entitled to recover scholarship grants from individuals who fail to comply with such condition for the full period. Authorizes to be appropriated for this program: $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $22,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $30.000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $34,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and for each succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to continue to make such grants to individuals who (prior to July 1, 1979) have received such grants and who are eligible for such grants under this Act during such succeeding fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make scholarship grants for a period not to exceed two academic years to Indians who: (1) have successfully completed their high school education; and (2) have demonstrated an aptitude for being capable of successfully completing a premedical, predental, or preosteopathy course of study. Authorizes to be appropriated for the above program: $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $3,000,000 for each of the next three fiscal years. Permits the Secretary to provide continuing education allowances to Indian Health Service physicians. Authorizes to be appropriated for such programs: $350,000 each year for fiscal years 1975 and 1976; $375,000 for fiscal year 1977, $390,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $410,000 for fiscal year 1979. Title II: Health Services - Authorizes the Secretary to expend over a five-fiscal-year period $123,500,000, in addition to the annual appropriations required to continue the health service program to the Indian people, and to employ additional personnel for the purpose of eliminating backlogs in Indian health care services and to supply known, unmet medical, surgical, dental and other Indian health needs. Title III: Health Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary to expend $400,000,000 over a five-fiscal-year period for the purpose of eliminating inadequate, outdated, and otherwise unsatisfactory Service hospitals, health centers, health stations, and other Service facilities. Enables the Secretary to expend $470,000,000 within a five-fiscal-year period to supply unmet needs for safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities in existing and new Indian homes and communities. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan, together with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to assure that the five-year schedule provided for in this Act will be met. Title IV: Access to Health Services - States that the Service facilities used to provide health care and services to Indians are hereby deemed to be accredited facilities for the purposes of title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Title V: Access to Health Services for Urban Indians - Defines "Urban Indian", "urban Indian organization" and "urban center" as used in this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations to provide Federal assistance to such organizations for the purpose of establishing and administering outreach programs to make urban Indians in the urban centers in which such organizations are situated knowledgeable of the health service resources available within such centers and the means of gaining access to those resources. Directs the Secretary to prescribe the criteria for selecting urban Indian organizations with which to contract pursuant to this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for this program: $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides that, within six months after the end of fiscal year 1976, the Secretary shall review the above program and shall submit to the Congress his assessment of it and recommendations for any further legislation. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on progress made in effecting the purposes of this Act. States that within three months after the end of fiscal year 1978, the Secretary shall review the programs established or assisted under this Act and shall submit to the Congress his assessment and recommendations of additional programs or additional assistance necessary to, at a minimum provide health services to Indians, and insure a health status for Indians, which is at a parity with the health services available to, and the health status of, the general population. Provides that the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall remain available until expended.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1974
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act - Title I: Programs Downstream from Imperial Dam - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with a program of works of improvement for the enhancement and protection of the quality of water available in the Colorado River for use in the United States and the Republic of Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to construct, operate, and maintain a desalting complex, including: (1) a desalting plant to reduce the salinity of drain water from the Wellton-Mohawk division of the Gila project, Arizona, (2) the necessary appurtenant works including the intake pumping plant system, product waterline, power transmission facilities, and permanent operating facilities; (3) the necessary extension of the existing bypass drain to carry the reject stream from the desalting plant and other drainage waters to the Santa Clara Slough in Mexico, subject to arrangements made pursuant to this Act; (4) replacement of the metal flume in the existing main outlet drain extension with a concrete siphon; (5) reduction of irrigation return flows through acquisition of lands to reduce the size of the division, and irrigation efficiency improvements to limit return flows; and (6) regulation of Gila River floodwaters entering the division, including possible acquisition of private lands above Painted Rock Dam in Arizona. Provides that the desalting plant shall be designed to reduce the salinity of approximately one hundred and twenty-nine million gallons a day of drain water by a membrane process using advanced technology commercially available. Requires that the Secretary shall use sources of electric power supply for the desalting complex that will not diminish the supply power to preference customers from Federal power systems operated by the Secretary. Authorizes the appropriation of $153,500,000 to accomplish the purposes of this title. Title II: Measures Upstream from Imperial Dam - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the salinity control policy adopted for the Colorado River in the "Conclusions and Recommendations" published in the Proceedings of the Reconvened Seventh Session of the Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming, held in Denver, Colorado, on April 26-27, 1972, under the authority of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $121,200,000 to carry out this title.
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
Alaska Conservation Act - Provides for the addition of specified lands in the State of Alaska to the National Park, National Wildlife Refuge, National Forest, and Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems. Title I: National Park System - Adds specified areas to the existing Mount McKinley and Katmai National Parks. Establishes nine new areas in Alaska as national monuments, parks, rivers and reserves. Sets forth general administration provisions governing such areas, including: (1) boundaries and acquisition of property; (2) applicability of mining and mineral leasing laws; (3) sport hunting; (4) subsistence uses; (5) cooperative agreements; and (6) wilderness review for suitability of such areas. Designates seven additions to the Wild and Scenic River system. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this title. Title II: National Wildlife Refuge System - Establishes twelve national wildlife refuges, one national arctic range and one national resource range. Sets forth general administrative procedures governing such lands. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: National Forest System - Establishes the Wrangell Mountains, Porcupine and Yukon - Kuskokwim National Forests. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Additions to National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Located Outside National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, and National Forests - Designates specified streams, rivers, and segments in Alaska as scenic rivers. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Deep Seabed Hard Minerals Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress and the purposes of the Act. Defines the terms used in the Act. Declares that, except as authorized pursuant to the provisions of this Act or under a treaty ratified by the United States, no person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall engage directly or indirectly in the development of hard mineral resources of the deep seabed. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept applications from and to issue licenses to eligible applicants for the development of hard mineral resources of the deep seabed. Sets forth the provisions for the issuing of such licenses. Declares that in no event shall any license issued under this Act authorize the commercial recovery of such resources prior to January 1, 1976, and that except to the extent that such licenses are authorized pursuant to the provisions of an international agreement establishing a regime for the development of mineral resources of the international seabed area beyond the limits of costal State territorial or resource jurisdiction, no licenses shall be issued under this Act subsequent to the ratification by the United States of any such international agreement. Provides that every license issued under this Act shall remain in force for 10 years. Makes provisions for licensing procedures under this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, prior to the issuance of any license under this Act, to establish and apply criteria for evaluating the potential impact on the marine environment of deep seabed hard mineral mining operations. Sets forth a table of minimum expenditures per licensed block until commercial recovery from such block is initiated. Authorizes the Secretary to begin commercial recovery and for the withdrawal of areas from licensing. Makes provisions for investment guaranty and insurance through the Secretary of Commerce. Provides a civil penalty of $10,000 per day during which violations of this Act occur and a criminal penalty of $25,000 per day for willful and knowing violations of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for the current fiscal year and the two succeeding fiscal years sums as may be necessary for the administration of this Act. Authorizes necessary appropriations for fiscal years 1976-1978 to implement the investment guaranty provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Hobbs Act Amendment - Provides that anyone who interferes with Commerce by damaging to the extent of $2,000 or more any property of a person where business is conducted or property is maintained shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years or both. Defines the term "extortion" to mean the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right notwithstanding that the same acts or conduct may also be a violation of State or local law and notwithstanding that the actual or threatened force, violence, or fear was used in the course of a legitimate labor dispute or in the pursuit of legitimate union or labor ends or objectives. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1951)
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
National Arthritis Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to expand the authority of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Disgestive Diseases in order to advance a national attack on arthritis. Establishes a National Task Force on Arthritis to formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal and other related diseases. Provides that the Arthritis Plan shall include recommendations for the utilization and organizations of national resources for the campaign against arthritis, and a program for the National Institute of Arthritis Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases as a major participant in the campaign against arthritis specifies the composition of the Task Force membership. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000 for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the purposes of the national arthritis program. Establishes within the Institute the position of Associate Director for Arthritis, responsible for programs regarding arthritis within such Institute. Provides that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis Coordinating Committee to be composed of representatives who can make policy commitments for each of the Institutes and divisions involved in arthritis-related research. Creates within the Federal Government an Interagency Technical Committee on Arthritis which shall be responsible for promoting the coordination of those aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to arthritis to assure the adequacy and technical soundness of such programs and activities and to provide for the full communication and exchange of information necessary to maintain adequate coordination of such programs and activities. States that the Director of the Institute shall establish programs for cooperation with other health agencies in the screening, detection, prevention, and control of arthritis which emphasize the development of new diagnostic and treatment methods for arthritis, and the dissemination of the knowledge about these methods to the health professions. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides that the Director of the Institute, shall provide for the development of centers for basic and clinical research into, training, in, and demonstration of, advanced diagnostic, prevention, control, and treatment methods for arthritis. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Requires the Director of the Institute after the end of each calendar year, to submit to the President and Congress a report including: (1) a proposal for the Institute's activities during the next five years; and (2) a program evaluation section.
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