United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Stipulates that expenditures and net lending during the fiscal year 1975 under the Budget of the United States Government shall be limited to $297,000,000,000. States that if such expenditures and net lending during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, exceed $297,000,000,000, a surtax of five percent shall be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers for taxable year 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Provides for the establishment of the Eutaw Springs National Battlefield Park in the State of South Carolina. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the well-being of the world and all of its people is gravely threatened by exorbitant or rigged foreign oil prices. States that it is further the sense of the Senate that Congress and the American people support President Ford and Secretary Kissinger in their call to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to lower the price of petroleum.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
Authorizes the President to reduce Federal expenditures for fiscal year 1975 to $295,000,000,000. Provides that in making reductions in amounts appropriated in order to reduce budget outlays to such amount, the President shall not reduce the amount of an item of appropriation: (1) if that appropriation does not exceed an amount equal to 95 percent of the sum requested in the budget for that fiscal year, unless (A) the President transmits a special message to Congress stating that he proposes to reduce the amount appropriated for such item and the sum by which that appropriation is to be reduced, and (B) neither House of Congress passes a resolution, during thirty calendar days of continuous session occurring immediately after transmittal of the message, stating in substance that it disapproves the reduction; and (2) in the case of any other item of appropriation, by more than 15 percent of the amount appropriated.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
States that a court of appeals of the United States may appoint necessary legal assistants to positions authorized by the Judicial Conference of the United States. Provides that such legal assistants shall perform duties involving the preliminary processing of matters filed in the court. States that the approval of the Judicial Conference of the United States shall be required prior to the establishment of each such position. (Adds 28 U.S.C. 714)
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1974
Requires, under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional Office of the Budget to prepare fiscal notes for bills and joint resolutions. States that such fiscal note shall contain an estimate of the costs which would be incurred, or the savings which would be realized in carrying out such bill, resolution, or amendment in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in the four fiscal years following such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1974
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Commerce to make a full and complete investigation and study for the purpose of determining a policy and role for the Federal Government on tourism in the United States which will most effectively enable the industry to realize fully its potential to contribute to the social well-being, the cultural understanding, and the economic prosperity of the United States. Provides that the chairman and ranking minority member of each of the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture and Forestry, Interior and Insular Affairs, Public Works, Foreign Relations, Government Operations, Labor and Public Welfare, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Small Business, or a member of such committees designated by each such chairman or ranking minority member to serve in his place, shall serve as ex officio members of the Committee on Commerce for purposes of this study. Directs the Committee on Commerce to report its findings, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it deems advisable, to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should immediately terminate the suspension of any Presidential proclamation limiting the total quantity of imports, or withdrawals from warehouses for consumption, of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle, sheep and other specified meat.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1974
Declares that Dr. Kissinger be commended on his outstanding contributions to the cause of world peace and that deep gratitude to Dr. Kissinger for his services is hereby expressed by the Senate. Declares that the United States Senate holds in high regard Dr. Kissinger, and regards him as an outstanding member of this Administration, as a patriotic Amercian in whom it has complete confidence, and whose integrity, and veracity are above reproach, and that the U.S. Senate wishes for him success in his continuing efforts to achieve a permanent peace in the world.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Provides for the lifting of the suspension under Federal law setting quotas for the importation of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat or goat and sheep meat. Sets limits upon the length of any such suspension imposed under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act - Declares the purposes of this Act to be: (1) to characterize Federal/non-Federal relationships in the acquisition of property and services and in the furnishing of assistance by the Federal Government; and (2) to establish Government-wide standards for selection of appropriate legal instruments to achieve uniformity in the use by the executive agencies of such instruments, a clear definition of the relationships they reflect, and a better understanding of the responsibilities of the parties. Requires each executive agency to use a procurement contract as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the Federal Government and a State or local government or other recipient whenever the principal purpose of the agreement is the acquisition, by purchase, lease, or barter, of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Federal Government. Requires each executive agency to use a grant agreement as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the Federal Government and a State or local government or other recipient whenever the principal purpose of the relationship is the transfer of money, property, services, or anything of value to the State or local government; and whenever no substantial involvement is anticipated between the executive agency, acting for the Federal Government, and the State or local government or other recipient during performances of the contemplated activity. Requires each executive agency to use a cooperative agreement as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the Federal Government and a State or local government or other recipient whenever the principal purpose of the relationship is the transfer of money, property, services, or anything of value to the State or local government; and whenever substantial involvement is anticipated between the executive agency, acting for the Federal Government, and the State or local government or other recipient during performance of the contemplated activity. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the executive agencies, to undertake a study to develop a better understanding of alternative means of implementing Federal assistance programs, and to determine the feasibility of developing a comprehensive system of guidance for Federal assistance programs.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism; and that the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to call upon all governments to condemn inhuman acts of violence against innocent victims and to strongly urge the countries where these groups and individuals are found to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terroism and senseless violence.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1974
Refers S. 3442, entitled "A bill for the relief of Paul M. Burkett and his wife, Ruth A. Burkett," to the Chief Commissioner of the United States Court of Claims for a report thereon.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Declares that the Congress hereby calls upon the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to cause to be conducted on or about August 10, 1974, appropriate ceremonies in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, in the town of West Branch, Iowa.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Establishes the Federal Tourism Energy Resources Board within the Federal Energy Office. Directs the Board to: (1) review all regulations, rules, orders, procedures, and actions of the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office carried out pursuant to the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, with a view to determining whether they adversely affect tourism industries in the United States; and (2) determine what, if any, modifications of existing laws or regulations, including such regulations, rules, orders, procedures, and other actions of the Administrator, are required to insure an adequate supply of energy to all parts of the tourism industry in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States soverign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible,except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) there be no cession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or tangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Consitituion.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Authorizes the use of rail passenger equipment by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, either by voluntary agreement between the Corporation and the railroads or by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission if an urgent need is established. (Amends 45 U.S.C. 562)
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make indemnity payments for poultry and egg products at a fair market value to poultry and egg producers and processors who have been directed by the United States Government to remove their poultry or egg products from commercial markets because such products contained residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal Government at the time of such use. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that the authority granted under this Act shall expire on December 31, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1974
Authorizes the President to issue regulations to prohibit the export of petrochemical feedstocks under the Export Administration Act in excess of the average annual amount of such materials exported during 1970 and 1971.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Requires that any request or regulation for an adjustment in gasoline allocation of not less than a 40 percent increase under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act shall be submitted to the supplier and the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office and acted upon by them within 7 days.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Requires the President, in allocating gasoline, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act, to base such allocation on the 1972 census of each State, the gasoline sales tax receipts of each State, the gasoline consumption increases in each State during the quarter, and the 1973 motor vehicle license registrations in each State.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Provides for the termination of oil and gas leases granted with respect to land in the Ocala National Forest in Florida. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay just compensation for such terminated leases.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Social Security Administration Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to strengthen the fiscal and administrative structure of the contributory social security programs. Title I: Social Security Administration - Establishes, as an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the Government, a Social Security Administration, headed by a Board appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Declares that it shall be the duty of the Administration to administer the programs established by titles II, XVI, and XVIII of the Social Security Act, and to discharge the duties and responsibilities imposed on the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in connection with the administration of the program established by title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. States that the Administration shall also have the duty of studying and making recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance, and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy. Provides for the appointment of an Executive Director and a General Counsel of the Administration. Makes the Administration responsible for administering the old age, survivors, and disability insurance program, medicare, supplemental security income, and the black lung benefit program under the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. Prohibits the mailing of announcements with Social Security and SSI checks which make reference by name, title, or signature to any officer of the United States. Transfers to the Social Security Administration: (1) all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with respect to the administration of programs and activities the administration of which is vested in such Administration, by reason of this Act; and (2) all personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, and records, which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines to be employed, held, or used by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare primarily in connection with the functions, activities, and programs which, by reason of this Act are vested in or become the responsibility of the Administration. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security. Title II: Miscellaneous and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Social Security Act, the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, the Budget and Accounting Act, and the Executive Schedules of the United States Code.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of this Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973", and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Requires, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, that the President provide for the mandatory allocation of plastic feedstocks produced in or imported into the United States. States that such allocation shall provide for: (1) preservation of a sound and competitive plastics industry; and (2) equitable distribution of plastic feedstocks at equitable prices. Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1974
Provides loans under the Small Business Act to any small business concern seriously and adversely affected by a shortage of: (1) fuel; (2) electrical energy; (3) energy-producing resources; or (4) raw or processed materials resulting from such shortages. Requires that the Small Business Administration determine that a concern has suffered or is likely to suffer substantial economic injury prior to the making of such loans. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 636(6))
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Increases, by 20 percent, the maximum limitations on loans made or guaranteed for the purchase of homes under the Veterans' Administration housing programs.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Increases the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, and training assistance allowances paid to veterans and other eligible persons.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
Provides, relating to travel expenses of persons going to and from a Veterans' Administration facility, that in no event shall the per diem rate for meals and lodging be less than $20 or the mileage rate be less than the current Department of Transportation estimate of the average costs of operating an automobile. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 111(a))
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Provides that the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System shall submit its report on the structure and internal procedures of the Federal Court System within twenty-four months (formerly fifteen months) from the date on which its ninth member is appointed. Increases the authorized appropriations to the Commission from $270,000 to not more than $1,000,000. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 41nt)
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Congress that it abhors and condemns the cruel and insensitive refusal of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam and the Lao Patriotic Front to comply with the provisions of those agreements to which they are signatories and which call for an accounting of the missing in action, and calls on those parties to respect and comply with those agreements. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should use every effort to bring about such reciprocal actions by the parties to the peace agreements, including the Government of the Republic of Vietnam and the Royal Lao Government, as will be most likely to bring an end to the abhorrent conduct of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam and the Lao Patriotic Front regarding the missing in action. Declares the Congresses staunch support to the families and loved ones of the Americans missing in action, who have suffered such deep human anguish for so long due to the undisclosed fate of the missing in action.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Requires the Secretary of Labor, within the thirty-day period following the date of the enactment of this Act and each thirty-day period thereafter, to submit to the Congress and the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office such reports as may be necessary to keep Congress and the Administrator informed as to the current and prospective unemployment rate in the United States, including the extent to which such unemployment rate is attributable to the energy shortage, together with the recommendations of the said Secretary with respect thereto. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office, upon being notified by the Secretary of Labor that the unemployment rate of any State has increased by 0.5 percent or more over the rate in 1972, shall, if such increase was attributable to the energy shortage, take such action as may be necessary to increase that State's petroleum allotment to return the unemployment rate in such State to that rate which existed for the period immediately preceding the period during which such rate so increased.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Designates Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi as the fifth judicial circuit; and Louisiana, Texas, and the Canal Zone as the eleventh judicial circuit. Divides the ninth judicial circuit, stating that it shall be composed of Alaska, the Eastern and Northern Judicial Districts of California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Guam. Creates the twelfth judicial circuit to be composed of Arizona, the Central and Southern Judicial Districts of California, and Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Designates Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi as the fifth judicial circuit; Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota as the eighth judicial circuit; and Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and the Canal Zone as the eleventh judicial circuit. Divides the ninth judicial circuit, stating that it shall be composed of Alaska, the Eastern and Northern Judicial Districts of California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Guam. Creates the twelfth judicial circuit, to be composed of Arizona, the Central and Southern Judicial Districts of California, and Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Designates Alabama, Florida, and Georgia as the fifth judicial circuit and Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and the Canal Zone as the eleventh judicial circuit. States that the ninth judicial circuit shall be composed of Alaska, the Eastern and Northern Judicial District of California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Guam. Creates the twelfth judicial circuit, to be composed of Arizona, the Central and Southern Judicial Districts of Californiaa and Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional circuit judgeship for the first circuit, two additional circuit judgeships for the second circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for the third circuit, two additional circuit judgeships for the fourth circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for the sixth circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for the seventh circuit, and one additional circuit judgeship for the tenth circuit. States that the two additional circuit judgeships authorized for the second circuit shall be filled only upon certification of need by the Judicial Conference of the United States.
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