United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as adversely affecting our resolve to uphold our vital interests, nor be tempted to seize upon them as an opportunity to undermine the security of the United States. Expresses the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as impairing the full commitment of our Government to achieve a just and durable peace in the Middle East. Calls upon all friendly nations to join with the United States in pursuance of these vital common objectives, which have as their goal respect for law and a stable and secure peace throughout the world.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1973
Independent Special Prosecutor Act - Establishes an Independent Special Prosecution Office responsible for investigating and initiating prosecution of all offenses and other matters arising out of the Presidential election of 1972 and relating to such election, including all matters which were properly under investigation by the special prosecution force prior to October 19, 1973, pursuant to the agreement made between the former Special Prosecutor and the Attorney General designate on May 19, 1973. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Special Prosecutor, to be assisted by a Deputy Special Prosecutor, both of whom shall be appointed by the Attorney General, within thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Grants the Special Prosecutor exclusive jurisdiction, to investigate and prosecute on behalf of the United States: (1) offenses arising out of the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate; (2) other offenses arising out of the 1972 Presidential election; (3) offenses alleged to have been committed by the President, Presidential appointees, or members of the White House staff in relation to the 1972 Presidential campaign and election; (4) all other matters heretofore referred to the for Special Prosecutor pursuant to regulation of the Attorney General; and (5) offenses relating to or arising out of any such matters. Provides that all materials, tapes, documents, files, work in process, information, and all other property relevant to the duties of the Special Prosecutor under this Act, collected by or in the possession of the former Special Prosecutor shall be delivered to the Special Prosecutor appointed under this Act. States that all investigations, prosecutions, cases, litigation, and grand jury or other proceedings initiated by the former Special Prosecutor shall be continued, as the Special Prosecutor deems appropriate by him. Provides annual salaries for the Special Prosecutor and Deputy Special Prosecutor equal to the annual salary and expense allowance payable to a judge of the United States district court. Provides that the Special Prosecutor shall have the power to appoint, fix the compensation, and assign the duties of such employees as he deems necessary. Requires the Special Prosecutor to submit to the Congress directly requests for such funds, facilities, and legislation as such request shall receive priority consideration by the Congress. Directs the Special Prosecutor to carry out his duties under this Act within two years, except as necessary to complete trial or appellate action on indictments then pending. States that the Special Prosecutor and the Deputy Special Prosecutor may be removed by the Attorney General for neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, or violation of this Act, but for no other cause, or by the Congress. Provides that if any of this Act is held invalid, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected thereby. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1973
Authorizes reduced rate transportation for handicapped persons and for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older or twenty-one years of age or younger under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the Interstate Commerce Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1973
Solar Home Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act Establishes a National Solar Energy Coordinating Council to advise the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on the implementation of this Act. Outlines the composition of Council membership. Delegates to the Council the responsibility for developing practices designed to maximize effort and eliminate duplication among the operations of the various departments of the Federal Government responsible for research and demonstration of solar energy technology. Directs the Secretary to initiate a program for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems for use in residential dwellings. Requires the Secretary, in carrying out such program, to: (1) prescribe performance criteria for solar heating equipment and systems to be used in residential dwellings; (2) approve, on the basis of open competitions, at least three designs for residential dwellings suitable for the installation of solar heating systems meeting such criteria; and (3) enter into contracts for the development and manufacture of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for the development and demonstration of combined solar heating and cooling systems for use in residential dwellings. Requires that the residential dwellings of such program shall be located in at least five climatic regions in the United States to assure a realistic demonstration of the combined solar heating and cooling systems involved under climatic conditions that vary as much as possible. Provides for the development of solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling systems for public buildings and commercial use. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation, jointly with the Secretary in consultation with the Council, and upon recommendation of appropriate scientific peer review panels, to initiate, support, and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy. Establishes on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the "Solar Energy Trust Fund" for obligation and expenditure by the Secretary for purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make available to the public full information with respect to activities conducted under this Act. Requires the Secretary to, directly or by grant or contract: (1) study and investigate the effect of existing building codes, zoning ordinances, and other laws, upon the practical use of solar energy to heat and cool buildings; and (2) determine the extent to which such laws should be changed to facilitate such use. Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to the President and the Congress summarizing activities under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall maintain continuing liaison with the building industry and related industries and interests to assure that the projected benefits of such programs are and will continue to be effectively realized. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Solar Energy Trust Fund, out of any amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 1974, $50,000,000, which shall remain available without fiscal year limitation through 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength be implemented by continuing to transfer to Israel, by whatsoever means necessary, Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the aggressors.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1973
Confers jurisdiction on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii to hear and determine and to render judgment on the claims of Mrs. Agnes J. Wong and Doctor Samuel J. Wong, Junior against the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that its members support the efforts of the President and the Secretary of the State to achieve a cease fire in the Middle East and a return of the parties involved to lines and positions occupied by them prior to the outbreak of the current hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1973
Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments - Lowers the age applicability of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to include individuals who are 40 years of age or older (previously a sixty-five-year age limitation).
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 · 23 July 1973
Permits a person over 50 years old who has resided in the United States for 20 years who can demonstrate an ability to read, write, and speak words in ordinary usage in his own language to be exempted from the English literacy requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Allows such a person to demonstrate a knowledge of the fundamentals of history and the principles and forms of Government of the United States in a language other than English. Waives the literacy requirement for those persons over the age of 60 years, who have resided in the United States for 20 years, who are illiterate, but who otherwise meet the qualifications for naturalization. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1143)
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Provides, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, that the ceiling on immigrants be raised from 45,000 to 75,000 in the first three quarters of any fiscal year and from 170,000 to 290,000 for the total for any fiscal year. Redefines "special immigrant" so that the term does not apply only to immigrants from the Western Hemisphere. Repeals the percentage system of admitting specified immigrants.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Expands the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to the deportation of aliens within the United States on the ground that they were excludable at the time of entry as aliens who have sought to procure, or have procured, visas or other documentation, or entry into the United States by fraud or misrepresentation so that the provisions shall not apply to an alien otherwise admissible at the time of entry who is the son or daughter of a United States citizen.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Includes sons and daughters within the provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to waiving the exclusion from the United States for fraud. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1182 (i))
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Makes parents of permanent residents eligible under the Immigration and Nationality Act for second preference visas along with the now eligible spouses, and unmarried sons and daughters of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1153 (a) (2))
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Constitutional Amendment - States that a person who is a citizen of the United States shall be eligible to the Office of President if he has been a resident of the United States for a total of at least fourteen years at any time preceding the date on which commences the term of office for which he is elected, and if he is otherwise eligible to such office.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1973
Provides that any air carrier or foreign air carrier, under such terms and conditions as the Civil Aeronautics Board may prescribe, may grant reduced-rate transportation to members of a family traveling together or may grant reduced-rate transportation to ministers of religion, youth and elderly people, on a space-available basis.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1973
Redefines the terms "widow" and "widower" for purposes of the civil service retirement system by reducing from two years to one that a widow or widower must have been married for entitlement to a survivor's annuity. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8341)
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Allows Federal employees eligible for retirement under the Civil Service retirement system before a cost-of-living annuity increase goes into effect to retire after that date and still have included in the computation of their annuities that cost of living increase. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8340)
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Revises the terms of members of the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. Includes Delegates to the House of Representatives, the Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the majority and minority leaders of the House and Senate within the areas in which a review by the Commission of pay rates is required. Provides that the President shall transmit to Congress, not later than the August 31 first occurring after the submission of the Commission's report to the President, his recommendations with respect to exact rates of pay which he deems advisable for those offices and positions within the purview of this Act. Sets forth the procedure by which the President's recommendations become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Allows a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for contributions to organizations providing services to the community. Limits such deductions to the amount of $200 per organization. Excludes charitable contributions, contributions relating to trade or business expenses, and contributions made as a condition of receiving services provided by the donee or by reason of which the donor is entitled to such services.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Board for International Broadcasting Act - Establishes a Board for International Broadcasting Provides that the Board shall consist of seven members, two of whom shall be ex officio members. States that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, five voting members, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Sets forth the terms and compensation of the Board. Authorizes the Board to perform specified functions, including: (1) to make grants to Radio Free Eupope and to Radio Liberty; (2) to review and evaluate the mission and operation of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, and to assess the quality, effectiveness and professional integrity of their broadcasting within the context of the broad foreign policy objectives of the United States; and (3) to encourage the most efficient utilization of available resources by Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty and to undertake, or request that Radio Free Europe or Radio Liberty undertake, such studies as may be necessary to identify areas in which the operations of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty may be made more efficient and economical. Provides for an audit of the books, documents, papers, and records of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty by the Board and the Comptroller General. Authorizes to be appropriated, to remain available until expended, $50,300,000 for fiscal year 1974 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Rehabilitation Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a statutory basis for the establishment of a Rehabilitation Services Administration and to authorize specified programs. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be administered by a Commissioner. Provides that the Commissioner shall carry out and administer all programs and direct the performance of all services for which authority is provided to the Secretary of HEW under this Act. Authorizes the inclusion of appropriations under this Act in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. Provides that where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering such funds, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes to be appropriated in order to make grants to States under part B of this title $590,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $610,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $640,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making grants to States and public and nonprofit agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals $35,860,000 for fiscal year 1973. $37,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $39,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Sets forth conditions which shall be included in a State plan for vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services submitted to the Commissioner for approval under this title. Provides for judicial review of an adverse decision of the Commissioner with respect to a State plan submitted for approval under this title. Part B: Basic Vocational and Comprehensive Rehabiliation Services - Provides for the allocation of the funds appropriated under Part A for Part B to the several States. States that the allocation to any State shall not be less than l/4 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated, or $2,000,000, whichever is greater. Provides that for each fiscal year the Commissioner shall pay to each State from each State's allotment an amount equal to the Federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services under an approved State plan. States that this payment shall not exceed such State's allocation under this part. Requires the Commissioner to set aside funds in an amount between $500,000 and $l,500,000 for fiscal year 1973, and up to $2,500,000 but no less than $1,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1975, to establish a system of client assistance pilot projects to advise clients of benefits available under this Act. Part C: Innovation and Expansion Grants - Entitles States to grants for special programs to expand vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with the most severe handicaps, particularly those who are poor and responsibility for whose treatment is shared by the State. Sets forth provisions for allotments among the States. Directs the Commissioner to conduct a comprehsensive study, which may include a research and demonstration project of the feasibility of methods designed to prepare and assist individuals with the most severe handicaps for entry into programs under this Act. States that the commissioner shall report the findings of the study, research, and demonstrations to the Congress and to the President together with such recommendations for legislative or other action. Title II: Research and Training - Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to, and contracts with, State public and nonprofit organizations to pay part of the cost of research projects which bear directly on the provision of services under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to pay all or part of the cost of specialized activities including the establishment and support of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purpose of this title. Title III: Special Federal Responsibilities - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants and contracts to assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, initial staffing, and planning assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $550,000 for fiscal year 1973, $500,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agencies to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects for providing vocational training services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps, in public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $10,300,000 for fiscal year 1973, $10,300,000 for fiscal year $l0,300,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations for paying part of the cost of special projects and demonstrations: (1) for establishing facilities and providing services which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps; and (2) for applying new types or patterns of services or devices. Allows the Commissioner to make grants to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects or demonstrations for the provision of vocational or comprehensive rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultrual workers or seasonal farmworkers, and to members of their families who are with them. Provides that the Commissioner may make contracts or jointly finance cooperative arrangements with employers and organizations for the establishment of projects designed to prepare handicapped individuals for gainful and suitable employment in the competitive labor market under which such handicapped individuals are provided training and employment in a realistic work setting and such other services as may be necessary for such individuals to continue to engage in such employment. Authorizes the Commissioner to provide technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, and for the purpose of removal of architectural and transportation barriers, to any public or nonprofit agency, institution, organization or facility. Authorizes to be appropriated, for the purpose of making grants for special projects and demonstrations, as necessary $12,200,000 for fiscal year 1973, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $17,500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated a total of $1,200,000 for construction for fiscal years 1973-1975, and such sums as necessary for operations for fiscal years 1973-1975 establishing and operating a National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Title IV: Administration and Program and Project Evaluation - Provides that, in carrying out his duties under this Act, the Commissioner shall: (1) cooperate with, and render technical assistance to, States in matters relating to the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals; (2) provide short-term training and instruction in technical matters relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services; and (3) disseminate information relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services, and otherwise promote the cause of the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals and their greater utilization in gainful and suitable employment. Directs the Secretary to measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is repealed ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees to insure the adequacy of hiring, placement, and advancement practices with respect to handicapped individuals by each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of Government. Establishes an Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to investigate and examine alternative approaches to the architectural, transportation, and attitudinal barriers confronting handicapped individuals. Authorizes such appropriations as necessary for fiscal years 1973-1975 to carry out the duties and functions of the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the Center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a Board of Trustees. Provides that such Board shall be composed of four members appointed by the President eight members appointed by the Librarian of Congress the Librarian of Congress ex officio and the Director of the Center ex officio. Authorizes the Center to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, revitalize and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years. States that such research or training may be extended to a period not to exceed five years with the concurrance of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board. Provides that no former employee of the Federal Govermnent shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the Center to submit to the Library of Congress, for inclusion in its annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Provides, under the National Housing Act, that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may increase the maximum mortgage amounts insurable for the construction of dwellings and mobile home courts in Alaska, Guam and Hawaii where cost levels so require by more than 100 percent thereof. Revises the requirements of a mortgage in determining eligibility for insurance under the National Housing Act. Authorizes, under the Home Owners Loan Act, an increase in the principal amount of mortgages on properties in Alaska, Guam and Hawaii. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 1715(d), 1709(b))
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 · 14 May 1973
Provides that a Federal employee who is separated from service during a period when the agency in which he is employed is undergoing a major reduction in force shall be eligible for immediate retirement if such employee has completed twenty-five years of service or reached the age of fifty and completed 20 years of service.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Provides that time spent by individuals interned in places operated by the United States Government for individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II shall be considered creditable services for purposes of civil service retirement.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Makes it unlawful for any Executive Branch officer or any person acting under such officer's authority to require any of the following from any United States Government employee or any applicant for employment in the Executive Branch of the Government: (1) disclose their race, religion, or national origin; (2) attend Government-sponsored meetings and lectures or participate in outside activities unrelated to their employment; (3) report on their outside activites or undertakings unrelated to their work; (4) submit to questioning about their religion, personal relationships or sexual attitudes through interviews, psychological tests, or polygraphs; and (5) support political candidates or attend political meetings. Permits inquiries into national origin when necessary for the national interest or overseas work. Allows agency officers to advise employees of charges of sexual misconduct as long as the employee has an opportunity to refute the charge. Makes it illegal to coerce an employee to buy bonds or make charitable contributions; or to require him to disclose his own personal assets, liabilities, or expenditures, or those of any member of his family unless they would show a conflict of interest. Provides a right to have a counsel or other person present, if the employee wishes, at an interview which may lead to disciplinary proceedings. Makes it unlawful for any Civil Service Commission officer to require any executive department or agency to do any prohibited act; or to require a person seeking to establish Civil Service status or employment in the executive branch to submit to interrogation, polygraph testing, or psychological testing designed to elicit views regarding religion, personal relationships, or sexual attitude. Accords the right to a civil action in a Federal court for violation or threatened violation of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to defend all persons sued who acted pursuant to an order or who, in his opinion, did not willfully violate this Act. Establishes a three-member Board on Employees' Rights with members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Grants the Board the authority and duty to receive and investigate written complaints from any person claiming to be aggrieved by any violation or threatened violation of this Act and to conduct a hearing on each such complaint. Grants the Board powers which will eliminate violation of this Act. Directs the Board to make an annual report of its activities to Congress. Excludes the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency from the provisions of this Act. Permits the establishment of agency grievance procedures to enforce this Act, but the existence of such procedures shall not preclude the use of other remedies.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
United States Pacific Islands Surface Commerce Act - Provides that no strike or lockout in the longshore or maritime industry in the States of Washington, Oregon, or California shall be permitted to interrupt normal shipping from any port on the west coast to Hawaii, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Guam, or American Samoa or from Hawaii or any United States Pacific island to any port on the west coast for a period of 160 days beginning on the first day of the strike or lockout. Authorizes an employer, labor organization, or executive official of Hawaii and such United States Pacific islands to petition any United States district court having jurisdiction to issue an injunction or temporary restraining order to enforce this provision. Provides that employees working during this 160 day period shall receive in addition to regular wages, if strike or lockout is resolved, wages at a rate equal to the difference between the wage provided under the agreement which resolves the dispute and the wage received prior to resolution of the dispute.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Sets forth uniform expiration dates for agreements in the longshore and maritime industries in the States of Washington, Oregon, and California, with three-year periods between such expiration dates.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Enables domestic growers or canners of seasonal fruits or vegetables or of fruit juices, fruit nectars, or fruit drinks prepared from such seasonal fruits, which were packed in hermetically sealed containers and sterilized by heat, to secure adjudication of claims for losses in the Court of Claims arising from the actions relating to cyclamic acid taken by the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Provides that no declaration of estimated tax is required under the Internal Revenue Code in the case of a taxpayer who has attained the age of 65, with respect to income from pensions and retirement annuities, or with respect to income from interest or dividends to the extent that such interest or dividend income does not exceed $2,000 during the taxable year. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 6015(a))
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Permits as a credit against the income tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code an amount equal to 15 percent of the retirement income received by a qualified taxpayer during the taxable year. Limits the amount of retirement income which may be taken into account for the purpose of computing the credit to $2500, in the case of an unmarried individual and $3750 in the case of a joint return where both spouses are eligible. Provides for a reduction in the amount of retirement income, before applying the limitation figures, of (1) any amount received by an individual as a pension or annuity under title II of the Social Security Act, under the Railroad Retirement Act or otherwise excluded from gross income; (2) one-half the amount of earned income (in excess of $2000) received by an individual who has not attained the age of 72; and (3) any amount of earned income in excess of $1000 if the individual has not attained the age of 62 before the close of the taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Permits the deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of all expenses for the medical care of a taxpayer and his spouse if either of them attained the age of 65. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 213(a))
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Expresses the gratitude of the Congress to the President for attaining an honorable termination of the involvement of the United States in hostilities in Vietnam.
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