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United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Provides that contract reports on the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics, as required under the Davis-Bacon Act, be public information. (Amends 40 U.S.C. 276(a))
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 · 20 July 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Civil Aeronautics Board, to undertake a study of existing conditions in the treatment of animals in air transportation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the results of such study, including his recommendations, not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to prescribe, not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act, regulations, including minimum standards, providing for the humane treatment of animals in air transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and to promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protect against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless the financial records are described with particularity and: (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act: (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide to a Federal agency or employee, or to any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas, and summary and judicial subpenas. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may not require an institution to maintain any financial records or to transmit any reports relating to customers unless: (1) such records are required for use by a supervisory agency in the supervision of that institution; or (2) such records are required to be maintained by the Internal Revenue Code. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
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 · 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 · 10 July 1973
Provides for the annual authorization of appropriations to the United States Postal Service. Requires such Service to keep the appropriate Senate and House committees on Post Office and Civil Service fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and responsibilities within the jurisdiction of such committees.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Reading Improvement Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to strengthen the reading instruction programs in the school systems of the nation. Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract with the States to encourage and assist elementary and secondary school systems in developing reading programs. Authorizes appropriations for this purpose of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides for the allotment of such funds to the States. Requires that the Commissioner shall establish standards for identifying the school-age population with reading deficiencies in each State. Provides that each contract entered into contain specified assurances. Requires the State agency to: (1) prepare a ten-year plan, (2) identify those elementary and secondary school children with reading deficiencies and give highest priority to the educational agencies with the highest concentration of such children; and (3) provide assurance that Federal funds made available under this title will be used to supplement State and local school funds. Sets forth the requirements which sub-contract applications with local education agencies must meet, including: (1) remedial reading instruction; (2) preservice training programs for teaching personnel; (3) parent participation in the program; (4) periodic testing of reading achievement; (5) bilingual methods where necessary; and (6) equitable participation by children in nonprofit private and public schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $65,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, for the purposes of making grants to institutions of higher education for assistance in improving undergraduate instruction in the teaching of reading and programs for solving reading problems. Establishes in the Office of Education an Office for the improvement of Reading Programs. Sets forth the responsibilities of such Office. Directs the National Institute of Education to conduct research on the use of educational technology in reading programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Institute of Education $5,000,000 for this purpose. Authorizes specified additional appropriations for achieving the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Rail Passenger Service Development Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide for the development of improved rail passenger services in transportation corridors in the United States placing major responsibility for development upon the States, local governments, and private agencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to determine the primary rail passenger transportation corridors in the United States and plan for their development. Directs the Secretary to establish organizations for each designated corridor, which will determine the extent of need for and the social costs of improved rail passenger transportation. Provides that the Secretary, upon finding need for improved rail passenger transportation service within a corridor, shall establish a Federal rail passenger service development corporation for such corridor. Provides for Boards of Directors to carry out the functions of each corporation. Sets forth the powers of such corporations. Enumerates the functions of such rail passenger service development corporations, including: (1) acquire by purchase or lease railroad property necessary for the development of rail passenger service; (2) contract for and hold title to capital improvements; (3) contract with individual railroad companies for the operation and maintenance of rail passenger facilities; (4) provide adequate facilities for necessary rail freight transportation in conjunction with rail passenger service; (5) upon request of a State or local government agency enter into contracts on a compensatory basis for the provision of local rail passenger services; and (6) contract with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the management of intercity rail passenger service in its designated corridor. Provides that each development corporation shall be deemed a common carrier by railroad and shall be subject to all provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, with specified exceptions. Empowers each development corporation to issue obligations, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; but the aggregate amount of obligations of each corporation shall not exceed $800,000,000. Provides that the Secretary of Transportation, upon his finding of public convenience and necessity in designated rail passenger transportation corridors, may make grants-in-aid to individual development corporations. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making such grants-in-aid. States that any contract for the construction or improvement of rights-of-way or facilities under this Act shall include fair and equitable arrangements, as certified by the Secretary of Labor, to protect the interests of individual employees. Authorizes appropriations of such additional amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Tay-Sachs Disease Screening and Counseling Act - Provides that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program, under the Public Health Service Act, for voluntary Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1974 for the making of grants to public and nonprofit entities to establish and operate such screening programs. Sets forth the procedure for applications for and administration of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Authorizes the President, under the Foreign Assistance Act, to provide assistance for the purpose of aiding South Vietnamese children through (1) governmental agencies of South Vietnam; (2) day care centers, orphanages, and health and welfare programs; and (3) adoption by United States citizens of South Vietnamese children. Allocates specified amounts of funds appropriated under the Foreign Assistance Act for the purpose carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Interim Fisheries Zone Extension and Management Act - Extends the jurisdiction of the United States over specified ocean areas and fish for purposes of protecting the domestic fishing industry. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out the provision of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research in order to promote the conservation of fish originating in the United States territorial sea and contiguous fisheries zone.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Establishes within the General Accounting Office a Division of Legislative Budget Review. States that within the Division there shall be a separate office for each executive agency which shall: (1) continuously observe and study the operation of the agency to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the agency in the utilization of appropriated funds; (2) review and analyze the budget estimates submitted by that agency for inclusion in the budget and in supplemental and deficiency requests; (3) review and analyze budget requests for that agency included in the budget and in supplemental and deficiency budget requests submitted to Congress; and (4) make its own present and future budget estimates with respect to that agency; (5) develop, establish, and maintain an up-to-date inventory of executive branch fiscal, budgetary, and program related information; and (6) review these agency operations on a continuing basis and determine whether the agency is satisfying congressional intent and requirements. Directs the Comptroller General to transmit to Congress, as soon as practicable, each review, analysis, and estimate of each such office. States that an officer or employee in an office for an executive agency shall not serve in that office for more than thirty six consecutive months and that upon termination of service in that office such officer or employee shall not be appointed, detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available to perform duties with respect to that same agency unless at least six years have elapsed since the date of such termination of service. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, but not more than 10 percent of the funds utilized by the various agencies of the executive branch in the formulation, presentation, and justification of agency estimates within the various agencies and departments; presentation and justification to the Office of Management and Budget; and presentation and justification to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the President is urged and requested to submit proposals to the Congress, beginning with extending the coverage provided under the supplementary medical insurance program of part B of Medicare to cover essential out-of-hospital prescription drugs. Requests the President to submit additional recommendations to the Congress for legislation to strengthen and improve Medicare coverage by September 1, 1973. Provides that the recommendation of the President to increase out-of-pocket payments for the aged and disabled under Medicare should be withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Expands the definition of "developmental disability" to include autism under the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 2691)
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Provides that there shall be held in the Senate, on at least one day in any calendar week in which the Senate is in session a question and report period, which shall not consume more than two hours, during which heads of executive departments and agencies are requested to answer orally, written and oral questions propounded by Members of the Senate. Requires each written question to be submitted in triplicate to the committee having jurisdiction of the subject matter of such question and if approved by such committee, one copy shall be transmitted to the head of the department or agency concerned, with an invitation to appear before the Senate, with one copy to the Committee on Rules and Administration with a request for allotment of time in a question period to answer such question. Permits live television and radio coverage of proceedings authorized under this paragraph. Provides that the Committee on Rules and Administration shall make all appropriate arrangements and establish appropriate procedures for providing such coverage.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Entitles any Federal employee who is separated from the civilian service to an annuity if such employee's age plus service aggregates at least 80 years. Entitles an employee, the duties of whose position are primarily the investigation, apprehension, or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States, including an employee engaged in this activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position, who is separated from the service after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service in the performance of these duties to an annuity. Grants an annuity to an employee separated from the service: (1) involuntarily, except by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency; or (2) while his agency, or subdivision thereof, is undergoing a major reduction in force, as determined by the Commission, and who is serving in such geographic areas as may be designated by the Commission; after completing 25 years of service or after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service. Provides that a Member who is separated from the service after attaining age plus service aggregating at least 80 years is entitled to an annuity. Reduces the annuity for an employee or Member by one-twelfth of one percent for each full month the employee or Member is under 55 years of age at the date of separation. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8336)
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Office of Management and Budget Act - Title I: Office of Management and Budget - Establishes, as an agency within the legislative branch of the Government, an Office of Mangement and Budget. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Director of Management and Budget who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and who shall serve for a term of ten years. Transfers to the Office all powers, duties, and functions, and all property, records, and files of the Office of Mangement and Budget originally established by the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, and redesignated by Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1970. Transfers to the Director all powers, duties, and functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and all powers, duties, and functions of the President insofar as such powers, duties, and functions are vested by or derived from the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, or any law related or supplementary to such Acts. Title II: Joint Committee on the Budget - Establishes a joint committee of the Congress which shall be known as the Joint Committee on the Budget. States that the joint committee shall be composed of twelve members. Sets forth the method and criteria for selecting the twelve members. States that it shall be the duty and function of the joint committee to oversee and supervise the operations and activities of the Office of Management and Budget, including the preparation and submission to the Congress of the Budget of the United States Government for each fiscal year. Sets forth the administrative functions and responsibilities of the committee.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Establishes within the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a Youth Conservation Corps. Specifies that the Corps shall consist of young men and women between the ages of 15 and 19 whom the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may employ without regard to civil service classification regulations for the purpose of developing, preserving, and maintaining the lands and waters of the U.S. Outlines the functions of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture under this Act. Provides for a program of grants to the States to assist in meeting the costs of this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and Agriculture to prepare a joint report to be annually submitted to the President and Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $150,000,000 for each fiscal year 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 · 23 May 1973
Provides for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Knight.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Refers S. 1878, entitled "A bill for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Knight," to the Chief Commissioner of the United States Court of Claims for a report thereon.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce in cooperation with the Interagency Craft Committee to establish and administer a program to promote the development of American arts and handicrafts in the U.S. and abroad. Establishes an office of American Arts and Handicrafts within the Department of Commerce to assist the Secretary in carrying out his responsibilities under this Act. Outlines the functions of such office and authorizes the Secretary in cooperation with the Interagency Craft Committee to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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 · 15 May 1973
Requires certification and subsidy of at least two air carriers to points receiving neither highway nor railroad service under the Federal Aviation Act.
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
Authorizes specified Indian hospital facilities to be made available to non-Indians under specified conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Fire Prevention And Control Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that the federal government must help to develop solutions to fire problems. States that the intention of Congress is to supplement existing programs of fire research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments. Title I: United States Fire Administration - Establishes, within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the United States Fire Administration. Sets forth the duties of the Administration, including: (1) to survey the fire problem, evaluate progress in fire prevention, assess new problem areas, and to evaluate the cost; (2) to recommend actions to be taken by federal, state, and local governments and private organizations and individuals to improve fire prevention; (3) to act as a coordinator of studies of fire protection methods; (4) to cooperate with and render assistance to other federal departments, and to all organizations in matters relating to fire prevention and control; and (5) to undertake research relating to fire prevention and control. Title II: National Fire Academy - Establishes, within the Administration, a National Fire Academy; (1) to facilitate specialized training in fire protection; (2) to assist State and local jurisdictions in planning and implementing fire protection programs; (3) to assist in the dissemination of information on fire prevention and control; and (4) to encourage fire protection agencies to give greater attention to fire prevention measures. Directs the Academy to establish a Nationa Fire Academy Advisory Board. Sets forth composition and compensation of Board members. Title III: National Fire Data System - Establishes within the Administration a National Fire Data System. Directs the System to collect data on fire injuries and deaths, property losses, and information concerning causes, locations, and numbers of fires, to be incorporated into an information retrieval system. Title IV: Research and Development - Sets forth the functions and responsibilities of the Administration, including to (1) evaluate the total area of fire research needs in the Federal, state, and local government sectors and the private sector; (2) sponsor and encourage research into promising but highly unconventional solutions to fire problems; and (3) encourage research or firefighting equipment and personal protective equipment for firefighters. Title V: Grants for State and Local Program Assistance - Directs the Administration to make grants to States for (1) the establishment and operation of state fire prevention and control planning agencies; and (2) for programs to improve and strengthen fire prevention and control. Sets forth the requirements a State plan must encompass in order to receive grants. Directs the allocation of funds appropriated to the Administration for the purpose of making grants. Title VI: Functions of Certain Other Federal Agencies - Expands the authorizations of the Secretary of Commerce to include specified fire research and safety programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institutes of Health, a program to augment current sponsorship of research on burns and burn treatment. Requires the Federal Insurance Administration to provide low-cost insured loans to homeowners and businessmen for the purpose of installing fire protection equipment. Title VII: Administrative Provisions - Grants the Administration specified powers in carrying out its functions including (1) the power to hold hearings; and (2) to use services of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sets forth the procedure to be followed when an application for a grant has been rejected. Directs the Administration to carry out the programs of this Act during fiscal year 1974, and for the five succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $128,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and for succeeding fiscal years such sums as the Congress might authorize. Title VIII: General Provisions - Makes the provisions of this Act separable if one is found invalid.
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
Provides that no developer or agent under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act shall make use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails to sell or lease any lot in any subdivision or offer to sell or lease any such lot unless such developer or agent has a license issued by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. States that the Secretary shall issue such license if the Secretary determines, on the basis of an application in such form as the Secretary may prescribe, that the developer or agent: (1) is of good character or business reputation; (2) meets such requirements as the Secretary may prescribe with respect to education, training, or experience; and (3) has not committed within the five years preceeding the date on which the application is filed any act which would be grounds for suspension of the license under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall suspend for not less than one year nor more than five years any license issued by him under this Act if he determines that the licensee has violated certain requirements specified in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Provides that a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a territory of the United States shall be considered to be a citizen of the United States for the purposes of the Ship Mortgage Act. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 922(a)(5))
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Declares that the Attorney General-Designate should vest the special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate case with all necessary attributes of independence, including but not limited to the following: (1) final authority over questions of convening and conducting proceedings before grand juries, subpoenaing witnesses, initiating prosecutions, framing indictments and seeking in court grants of immunity from prosecution for witnesses; (2) final authority over the selection of an adequate staff of attorneys, investigators and other personnel answerable only to himself; (3) assurance that the investigatory and other resources of the Department of Justice and funds to defray all expenses incurred in connection with the activities of the special prosecutor will remain available for the time necessary to complete the investigation and prosecute any offenders; (4) assurance that he will not be subject to removal from his position except for malfeasance in office; (5) assurance that he will enjoy full access to the relevant documents and personnel of the Department of Justice and all other officials and agencies of the Executive Branch; and (6) assurance that the special prosecutor can freely, and upon their request, appear before, consult with and cooperate in other respects with all Congressional committees having jurisdiction over any aspect of the special prosecutor's activities.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Bilingual Courts Act - Provides for the determination of each of those judicial districts in which at least 5 percent or 50,000 residents of that district, whichever is less, do not speak or understand the English language with reasonable facility, and the certification of each such district as a bilingual judicial district by certificate transmitted to the chief judge of the district court for that district. Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to provide facilities and personnel for bilingual proceedings. States that any bilingual proceeding shall be recorded verbatim in addition to any stenographic transcript of the proceeding taken. Provides for the distribution of costs of bilingual facilities among the parties using them and authorizes to be appropriated to the Administrative Office of the United States courts sums necessary to carry out the amendments made by this Act. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 604(a); Adds 28 U.S.C. 1827)
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Public Information Act - Title I: Amendments to Freedom of Information Act - Freedom of Information Act Amendments states that the court shall award reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs to the complainant if it issues any such injunction or order against the agency in any action taken under this Act. Authorizes the President and the heads of agencies to classify as 'Secret Defense Data' any official information or material originated or acquired by them, the unauthorized disclosure of which may reasonably be expected to cause damage to the national defense. States that official information or material may be classified as Secret Defense Data only if its unauthorized disclosure would adversely affect the ability of the United States to protect and defend itself against overt or covert hostile action. Provides that except as otherwise provided by law, no designation other than 'Secret Defense Data' shall be used to classify information or material in the interest of national defense. States that the head of each agency specified in this Act shall compile and maintain a complete list of the names and official addresses of all individuals within such agency who are authorized to classify official information and material. Provides that official information and material shall be classified according to what it contains or reveals and not according to its relationship with or reference to other information or material. Permits information or material furnished to the United States by a foreign government or international organization, the unauthorized disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to cause damage to the national defense or to the defense of a foreign government with which the United States is allied, to be designated as 'Secret Defense Data', except that any such information or material shall be provided to any Member or committee of Congress upon written request to the appropriate agency, notwithstanding any contrary agreement or stipulation. Sets forth the procedures for the declassification of any official information or material which is classified. States that any person may bring a civil action on his own behalf against the President or the agency head who is alleged to have deferred the automatic declassification date of official information or material which does not satisfy the requirements for classification as 'Secret Defense Data'. States that the Comptroller General of the United States shall monitor the actions taken by agencies to implement and adhere to the policies and provisions of this Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall not affect any requirement made by or under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, regarding the designation and protection of Restricted Data, as defined in that Act. Title II: Congressional Protection - States that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the courts of the United States, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the United States Commissioners, and the United States magistrates shall have no jurisdiction to conduct any criminal proceeding with respect to offenses against the laws of the United States if such proceeding relates to a legislative activity of a Member of Congress. Provides that if an attorney for the United States intends to issue a subpena to any person, and such attorney has reason to believe that the subpena, or any part thereof, relates to a legislative activity of a Member of Congress, then such attorney shall immediately notify the Attorney General of the United States, who shall approve personally the issuance of the subpena, and shall notify in writing such Member and the President pro tempore of the Senate, in the case of a Senator, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in the case of a Representative, a Resident Commissioner, or a Delegate of the House of Representatives, not less than forty-eight hours in advance of the issuance of the subpena. Sets forth the procedure for quashing any such subpena by a Member of Congress. Title III: Office of the General Counsel to the congress - Establishes in the Congress an office to be known as the Office of the General Counsel to the congress. States that the purpose of the Office shall be to provide legal advice, legal representation, legal counseling, and other appropriate legal services to the Congress, its two Houses, and their respective committees, Members, officials, and employees in those matters relating to their institutional or official capacities and duties. Sets forth the functions of the Office and the administrative operation of such Office. Authorizes to be appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title and to increase the efficiency of the Office and the quality of the services which it provides. Title IV: Privileged Information - States that any officer or employee of the Government summoned or requested to testify or produce information or material before Congress, any joint committee of the Congress, any committee of either House of the Congress, or any sub-committee of any such committee, shall not refuse to appear on the grounds that the requested testimony, information, or material is privileged. Provides that if such witness asserts that the requested information or material is privileged and refuses to supply the same, such person immediately shall provide a justification for the assertion of privilege, whereupon it shall then be a question of fact for the requesting body to determine whether or not the plea of privilege is well taken. Provides for the communication of information which is under the control of a government agency, officer, or employee to Members of Congress. Title V: Communications Media Privilege - Communications Media Privilege Act - Provides that no person shall be required to disclose in any Federal or State proceedings: (1) the source of any published or unpublished information obtained in the gathering, receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public, or (2) any unpublished information obtained or prepared in gathering, receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Provides for the relief of Hillary V. Gregg.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States prisoners of war have been released; (2) all United States combat forces have been withdrawn from Indochina; (3) the United States has no commitment to Cambodia to provide for its defense; (4) the bombing of Cambodia and elsewhere in Indochina is an act of war; and (5) the territory of the United States or its vital national interests are not endangered by any nation in Indochina. Makes it the sense of Congress that any combat actions by the United States Armed Forces in, over, or off the shores of Indochina are contrary to the laws of the United States. Declares that the Senate advises the President: (1) to cease immediately any hostilities in Indochina by United States Armed Forces, and (2) that any future engagement of United States Armed Forces in Indochina only be undertaken in conformity with statutes and in accordance with constitutional processes.
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 · 2 May 1973
National Amateur Sports Development Foundation Act - Establishes in the District of Columbia a body corporate by the name of the National Amateur Sports Development Foundation which shall not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. Provides that the foundation shall be directed in accordance with the provisions of this Act by a board to be known as the Trustees of the National Amateur Sports Foundation whose duty it shall be to maintain and administer the foundation and to execute such other functions as are vested in the board by this Act. Provides that the Board shall be composed of sixteen voting members and the president of the foundation ex officio. Authorizes the President of the United States to appoint incorporators, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve as the initial board of trustees of the foundation. Sets forth the powers of the Board. States that it shall be the purpose of the foundation to: (1) encourage the achievement of individual excellence in the field of physical endeavor; (2) reduce inequalities among social, economic, and geographic groups in opportunities to participate in amateur sports; (3) coordinate by voluntary means the interests and activities of national sports associations with one another and with related educational and recreational programs of local, State, and Federal Government; (4) strengthen and expand development of amateur sports in the United States; (5) strengthen the position of United States competitors in significant international amateur athletic events; (6) extend knowledge and facilitate the practice of amateur sports; (7) promote broadened cultural exchanges with foreign nations in the field of amateur sports; and (8) study national needs relating to amateur sports. Requires the Board to submit an annual report to the President for submission to the Congress on the activities and accomplishments of the foundation during the preceding calendar year. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 $1,000,000 to be used by the board in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the board for use by it in carrying out the provisions of this Act, for each fiscal year following fiscal year 1974, an amount equal to the amount of donations, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property received by the board during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which such appropriation is made, except that the total aggregate amount appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed $50,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Provides for the relief of Wallace O. Craig, and others.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Menominee Restoration Act - Provides for the repeal of the Act of June 17, 1954 which terminated Federal supervision of the Menominee Tribe. Provides that within fifteen days after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall announce the date of a general council meeting of the tribe to elect the Menominee Restoration Committee. States that the Menominee Restoration Committee shall represent the Menominee people in the implementation of this Act and shall have no powers other than those given to it in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Menominee Restoration Committee, under contract with the Secretary, to proceed to make current the membership role of the Menominee Tribe in accordance with the terms of this Act. Requires the Menominee Restoration Committee to conduct elections by secret ballot for the purposes of determining the tribe's constitution and bylaws and the individuals who shall serve as members of the tribe's governing body. States that subject to the approval of the shareholders as required by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the board of Directors of Menominee Enterprises Incorporated shall transfer to the Secretary all assets held by such corporation. Provides that such assets shall be held in trust by the Secretary, on behalf of the United States for the tribe. Authorizes the Secretary to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President immediately designate an individual of the highest character and integrity from outside the Executive Branch to serve as special prosecutor for the government of the United States in any and all criminal investigations, indictments, and actions arising from any illegal activity by any persons, acting individually or in combination with others, in the Presidential election of 1972, or any campaing, canvass, or other activity related to it; (2) the President should grant such special prosceutor all authority necessary and proper to the effective performance of his duties; and (3) the President should submit the name of such designee to the Senate, requesting a resolution of approval thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Provides that the Postal Service shall establish and assure, to all postal patrons, service standards which include but are not limited to: (1) next-day delivery of mail deposited for delivery within a five-hundred-mile radius; (2) delivery within not more than three consecutive days of mail deposited for delivery within the United States outside a five-hundred-mile radius; (3) carrier services, including parcel post delivery, on a six-day-a-week basis; (4) post office window service on a six-day-a-week basis; and (5) second attempt delivery of parcel post. States that any administrative or managerial official of the Postal Service who knowingly and willfully engages in specific actions to violate any of these service standards, or to prevent or impede the efficient and effective application of and adherence to such standards, shall be discharged from the Postal Service. Provides that public service costs, as determined by postal service, for providing a maximum degree of effective and regular postal service nationwide, in communities where postal office may not be deemed self-sustaining, as elsewhere, and in complying with this Act at reasonable and equitable rates and fees shall be paid out of the general fund of the Treasury and shall not constitute direct charges in the form of rates and fees upon any user or class of users of such public services, or of the mails generally.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Provides for a daily index of the Congressional Record.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board in docket 9977. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1382(c))
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Extends until November 1, 1978, the existing exemption of the steamboat Delta Queen from specified vessel laws requiring construction of large passenger boats to be of fire retardant material.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Federal Appropriations Reform Act - Title I: Change of Fiscal Year - Provides that beginning June 30, 1974, the fiscal year shall coincide with the calendar year. Sets April 15 as the date for the submission to Congress of the President's budget and economic messages and economic reports. Title II: Separate Consideration of Appropriations Measures - Provides that the legislative period of Congress shall open on January 3 for exclusive consideration of legislative matters, August 15, and set a specific date by which all authorizations bills must be enacted. Provides that the fiscal period of Congress shall convene thereafter, at a date set by joint resolution upon the adjournment of the legislative period, for the exclusive consideration of appropriation bills. Provides that the fiscal period can last no longer than December 1. Directs that during both periods, all committees, legislative and appropriation, shall meet to consider matters under their jurisdiction. Allows them to hold hearings and conduct studies, but states only legislative committees can report bills or resolutions to the floor during a legislative period, while only appropriations committees can report bills to the floor during the fiscal period. Provides the following exceptions: (1) Congress can make supplemental or deficiency appropriations during a legislative period; (2) the president of the United States or the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, acting jointly, may notify Congress that the consideration of specific bills is necessary because of a national emergency; and (3) during either the legislative or fiscal period, the Congress may consider overriding a veto by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in the States of Alaska and Washington. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Midair Collision Avoidance Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to expedite the evaluation and selection of a national standard for a collision avoidance system; proceed to develop plans for operating rules and regulations integrating this system into the ground-based air traffic control system; and require the installation of a collision avoidance system on all classes of aircraft by certain dates. Not later than March 30, 1974, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Secretary of Defense acting through the Interdepartment Group on Collision Avoidance and Pilot Warning, shall complete the flight test and evaluation currently competing airborne collision avoidance systems, as defined in the Federal Aviation Act, and, not later than June 30, 1974, shall select a national standard for such systems. Provides that not later than December 30, 1974, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall publish implementation rules and regulations to describe compatible use and operating procedures between CAS systems and the existing air traffic control system. Sets forth minimum standards regarding collison avoidance systems and the specified dates upon which there must be compliance with such standards.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Equal Consumer Credit Act - Provides that it shall be unlawful for any creditor or card issuer to discriminate on account of sex or marital status against any individual with respect to the approval or denial of terms of credit in connection with an consumer credit sale whether or not under an open credit plan, or with respect to the issuance, renewal, denial, or terms of any credit card. Sets forth civil penalties for such an offense.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Fair Housing Opportunity Act - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the sale or rental of housing. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 3604, 3605, 3606)