United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Declares that the United States Senate does hereby congratulate and felicitate the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the Honorable John C. Stennis, on his birthday and expresses the wish that he will enjoy many other such anniversaries in the future. Declares that members of the Senate greatly miss the distinguished Senator and wish for him an early return to the Senate Chamber and to his duties in the Senate. Directs that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and a copy furnished to Mr. Stennis.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Provides that each Senator shall be entitled to not more than three offices (including mobile offices) for official use within the State he represents. States that in the event that (1) office space is not available in any post office or Federal building, or (2) the Senator desires mobile offices, the amount available to the Senator may be extended to secure such other office space or mobile offices.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
Joint Funding Simplification Act - Allows the heads of Federal agencies to take action, by internal agency order or interagency agreement, including but not limited to: (1) identification of related programs appropriate for providing joint support for specific projects; (2) development of guidelines to assist in the planning and development of projects drawing support from different programs; (3) review of administrative requirements with a view to modifying these to allow joint support of projects; (4) establishment of common rules among related programs; and (5) creation of joint supervision procedures. Requires that application processing assure: (1) that reviews and approvals are handled expeditiously; (2) that full account is taken of any special considerations of timing that are made known by the applicant that would affect the feasibility of a jointly funded project; (3) a minimum number of Federal representatives are involved; (4) that applicants are promptly informed of decisions; and (5) that the applicant need not get information for one agency about another that would best be handled by interagency communications. Allows the agencies to establish uniform technical or administrative requirements with respect to accounting, auditing, timing of Federal payments, forms of assistance, and accountability for property. Permits a review by one board for all agencies rather than one per agency. Allows agencies to delegate certain powers to other agencies to better carry out this Act. Provides for the establishment of joint management fund for these projects.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
Permits, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, a wife, who is caring for her disabled husband to receive wife's insurance benefits without regard to her age, if her husband is entitled to old-age or disability benefits and requires the services of a full-time aid or attendant.
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 · 20 July 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States that the Government of the United States shall cease forthwith all consideration of aid, trade, diplomatic recognition or any other form of communication, travel or accommodation with the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam or the Provisional Revolutionary Government (Viet Cong) until such time as various agreements are complied with to the fullest extent.
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
Energy Research and Development Administration Act - Title I: Declares that the Congress finds that the general welfare of the Nation requires that its limited natural resources, including energy sources, be conserved, managed, and utilized so as to help achieve the highest practicable environmental quality, between man and nature, economic and community development, individual fulfillment, and security of the American people of this and future generations. Provides that to best achieve these objectives, improve operations, and assure the coordinated and effective administration of natural resource programs, it is necessary to establish a Department of Energy and Natural Resources to bring together and provide leadership and direction for Federal activities which most directly relate to the discovery, assessment, preservation, development, utilization, future adequacy, and enjoyment of natural resources, including energy sources, achieving a sound balance between preservation and development. Provides that among other things it shall be the function of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, through providing national leadership and establishing effective working relationships with State and local governments, public and private institutions and individuals, and other Federal agencies, to: (1) foster the conservation, management, and utilization of natural resources; (2) help assure maintenance of the ecological balance necessary to sustain human and unique plant and animal life systems; (3) explore and survey the earth, the atmosphere, and the oceans; (4) conduct scientific research and encourage development of technology to conserve and efficiently utilize natural resources with minimum impact on the environment; (5) assess national energy requirements and resources, provide physical and economic data, maps, charts, and hazard warnings; (6) manage Federal lands, including national parks and forests, and minerals; (7) preserve irreplaceable park, wilderness, scientific, historic, fish and wildlife resources; (8) assist in providing outdoor recreational opportunities; and (9) provide for the fullfillment of Federal trust responsibilities over land and other resources of Indians, Alaska Natives, and Territorial peoples and assist such people to achieve their cultural and economic objectives. Title II: Establishment of the Department - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. Provides that there shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Department shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the Secretary, who shall be responsible for the efficient and coordinated management of the Department. Provides that there shall be in the Department: (1) a Land and Recreation Resources Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Land and Recreation Resources; (2) a Water Resources Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Water Resources; (3) an Energy and Minerals Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Energy and Minerals; (4) an Oceanic, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Oceanic, Atmospheric,and Earth Sciences; and (5) an Indian and Territorial Affairs Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Indian and Territorial Affairs. Provides that the Administrators appointed pursuant to this subsection shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Title III: Transfers and vests in the Secretary: (1) except as provided in this Act, all of the functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and all officers and components of that Department; (2) such of the functions of the Secretary of Commerce, the Department of Commerce, and officers and components of that Department, as relate to or are utilized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (3) such of the functions of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and the Chief of Engineers and the Corps of Engineers of the Department of the Army as relate to or are utilized for civil works and civil regulatory functions; (4) such of the functions of the Secretary of Transportation, the Department of Transportation, and its officers, as relate to or are utilized for pipeline safety; and (5) all of the functions of the Water Resources Council, its Chairman, and members. Title IV: Definitions and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such policies, standards, criteria, procedures, rules, and regulations as he may deem to be necessary or appropriate to perform functions vested in him under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to engage in joint projects of a research, developmental, or experimental nature with nonprofit or public agencies or organizations and to perform services on matters of mutual interest. Title V: Transitional and Conforming Provisions - Provides that whenever all of the functions of a department, agency, or other body, or any component thereof, affected by this Act, have been transferred from that department, agency, or other body, or any component thereof by title III of this Act the department agency, or other body, or component thereof shall lapse. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to make such additional incidental dispositions of functions, personnel, personnel positions, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of approriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from or to be made available in connection with the functions transferred by this Act as he may deem necessary or appropriate to accomplish the intent and purpose of this Act. Title VI: Savings Provisions - Provides that all orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, contracts, certificates, licenses, and privileges shall remain in effect: (1) which have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to become effective by the President, any Federal department or agency or official thereof, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of functions which are transferred under this part, and (2) which are in effect at the time this part takes effect, to remain in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by the President, the Secretary, or a court of competent jurisdiction. Title VII: Separability - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. Title VIII: Effective Date and Interim Appointments - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect one hundred and twenty days after the Secretary first takes office, or on such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, except that any of the officers provided for in title II of this Act may be nominated and appointed, as provided in that title, at any time after the date of enactment of this Act. Title IX - XI: Department of Energy and Natural Resources Act - Presents the declaration of Congress that the general welfare and the common defense and security require effective action to develop all forms of energy sources to meet the needs of present and future generations, to increase the productivity and self-sufficiency of the national economy and strengthen its position in regard to international trade, and to advance the goals of restoring, protecting, and enhancing environmental quality. Presents the further declaration of the Congress that, among other things, it shall be the function of the Energy Research and Development Administration to exercise central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all forms of energy sources. Title XII: Establishment of Administration - Establishes at the seat of the Government an independent executive agency to be known as the Energy Research and Development Administration. Provides that there shall be at the head of the Administration an Administrator of Energy Research and Development who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Administration shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the Administrator, who shall be responsible for the efficient and coordinated management of the Administration. Title XIII: Transfers - Transfers to the Administrator all functions of the Atonmic Energy Commission and of the Chairman and members of the Commission, except as provided in this Act. Title XIV: Definitions and Administrative Provisions - Adopts by reference and makes applicable to this Act provisions of existing law. Title XV: Savings Provisions - Provides that title VI of part A of this Act is adopted by reference and made applicable to this part, the Administrator, and the Administration. Title XVI: Separability - Provides that if any provisions of this part, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this part, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Title XVII: Nuclear Energy Commission - Directs the Atomic Energy Commission to continue to perform the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Chairman and members of the Commission, the General Counsel, and other officers and components. Renames the Atomic Energy Commission as the Nuclear Energy Commission. Title XVIII: Effective Date and Interim Appointment - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect one hundred and twenty days after the Administrator first takes office, or on such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, except that any of the officers provided for in title XII of this Act may be nominated and appointed, as provided in that title, at any time after the date of enactment of this part. Provides that funds available to any department or agency (or any official or component thereof), any functions of which are transferred to the Administrator by this part may, with the approval of the President, be used to pay the compensation and expenses of any officer appointed pursuant to this subsection until such time as funds for that purpose are otherwise available. Title XIX: Provides that this Act shall be known as the Energy Research and Development Administration Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Establishes in the State of Florida the Egmont Key National Park. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Declares that each operator of a motor vehicle should be encouraged, when traveling during weekends or holidays, between July 4, 1973, and September 3, 1973, on any road where the posted speed limit is fifty-five (55) miles per hour or greater to: (1) travel at a speed no greater than ten (10) miles per hours 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. States 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 encouraginig motor vehicle operators to observe the provisions of this resolution. Declares that the television, radio and print media should publicize, to the maximum extent possible, the details of this resolution in such a fashion as to encourage motor vehicle operators to observe these provisions. 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, for the purpose of encouraging motor vehicle operators to observe the provisions of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Provides that no person may mail, or cause to be mailed, to any other person any obscene material without obtaining the prior consent of the other person, or if the other person is a minor living with a parent or guardian, the prior consent of such parent or guardian, to the sending of such material. States that the receipt of such obscene material shall constitute an invasion of the privacy of the person receiving such material. Permits the person receiving obscene material to commence a civil action against the mailer. Provides for compensatory damages and punitive damages of no less than $5,000. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act, including "obscene material", "nudity", and "sexual conduct". (Adds 28 U.S.C. 2941)
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Declares that the Senate request the President to seek an international agreement with the government of other countries providing that any person responsible for knowingly sending pornographic material from one country which is a party to the agreement to another such country, and any person who knowingly so send such material, shall be (1) guilty of a criminal offense in the country from which, and in the country to which, such material is sent, to be punished in accordance with uniform criminal penalties agreed upon; and (2) civilly liable to the person to whom such material is addressed, with the damages to be awarded, a minimum monetary amount for punitive damages, his costs of the civil proceeding, and his reasonable attorneys' fees.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Flexible Hours Employment Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States Government that, unless adjudged impossible by the Secretary of Labor, at least 2 percent of the positions at each and all levels in all executive agencies shall be available on a flexible hours employment basis for persons who cannot work or do not desire to work full time within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 4 percent within two years, 6 percent within three years, 8 percent within four years, and 10 percent within five years. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the procedures, activities, projects, and other efforts undertaken to carry out this policy. Provides that no person who is otherwise qualified for fulltime Federal employment shall be required to accept flexible hour employment as a condition of new or continued employment. Provides that all persons employed in flexible hours employment positions pursuant to the policy established by this Act shall receive, on a pro rata basis, all benefits normally available to full-time employees of all executive agencies in similar position or grade.
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 · 4 June 1973
Makes it a crime, in connection with the sale or distribution of goods, services, or other property in interstate or foreign commerce or by the use of the mails, to sell, offer, or attempt to sell a participation or the right to participate in a pyramid sales scheme. Provides for a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both for anyone who violates the provisions of this Act. Makes any contract made in violation of this Act void and provides that any person who induces another person to participate in such a sales scheme liable to that person in an amount equal to the sum of twice the amount of consideration paid, plus a reasonable attorney's fee. Authorizes the Attorney General or the chief law enforcement officer of the State in which any person is engaged in a pyramid sales scheme to bring an action in the appropriate United States district court to enjoin such act or practice.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Environmental Centers Act - Allows the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide financial assistance to enable any State, if such State does not participate in a regional environmental center assisted under this title, to establish and operate one State environmental center. Establishes prerequisites for the designation of such State environmental centers. Allows the Administrator to provide financial assistance to enable two or more States, if none of such States has a State environmental center, to establish and operate a regional environmental center. Establishes prerequisites for the designation of such regional centers. Establishes eligibility requirements for environmental centers. Declares that the functions of each State and regional environmental center shall include: (1) the planning and implementing of research, investigations, and experiments relating to the study and resolution of environmental pollution, natural resource management, and other local, State, and regional environmental problems and opportunities; and (2) the training of environmental professionals through such research, investigations, and experiments, which training may include, but is not limited to, biological, ecological, geographic,geological, engineering, economic, legal, energy resource, natural resource and land use planning, social, recreational, and other aspects of environmental problems. Authorizes $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $9,800,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to be disbursed in equal shares to the environmental centers, except that each regional center shall receive a number of shares equal to the number of states participating in such regional center. Authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 to be allocated to the environmental centers on a proportional basis determined by population, land area, severity of the environmental problems in the areas served by the centers, and the ability and willingness of such centers to address themselves to such problems. Establishes the Environmental Centers Research Coordination Board for the purpose of assisting the Administrator with the development and operation of the program. Requires the Governor of each State having a State environmental center, and the Governor of States participating in each regional environmental center, to appoint an advisory board to advise such centers of the efforts of Federal, State, and local governments and private industry relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment. Requires the Administrator to report on or before January 1, of each year to the President and to Congress regarding the receipts and expenditures and works of all State and regional environmental centers.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Removes the limits on payments for skilled nursing homes and intermediate care facilities under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Medical Assistance).
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Authorizes specified members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were captured and held by an enemy force during the Vietnam conflict to enter, without charge, certain designated units of the National Park System and national recreation areas.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Provides for a phrasing out of specified entitlements under the present law relating to financial assistance for schools in areas affected by Federal activities beginning in fiscal years after 1975.
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 · 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 · 18 April 1973
State Court Assistance Act - Establishes within the Federal Judical Center a Division of State Court Assistance whose purpose it shall be to furthur the adoption and development of improvements in the organization, procedure, and administration of local and State courts. Provides that the activities of the Division shall be supervised by a Board which shall have final responsibility for establishing Division policies, and shall, except as otherwise provided, exercise the authority granted to the Division. Provides that 5 members of the Board shall be appointed by the President. Provides that representatives from the Conference of Chief Justices, the National Conferences of Court Administrators, the National Conference of State Trial Judges, and the National Conference of Appellate Judges shall also be on the Board. Provides that in carrying out the purpose of the Division, the Board is authorized: (1) to conduct or cause to be conducted seminars and other educational programs for judges and personnel of local and State courts; (2) to collect, evaluate, publish, and disseminate information, materials, and other data relating to studies, programs, and projects conducted or carried out under this chapter; (3) to cooperate with and render technical assistance to Federal, State, local or other public or private agencies; and (4) to accept, in its discretion, gifts and other donations to be used in carrying out the purposes of the Divisions. Authorizes the Board to make grants to local or State courts or to public or private nonprofit organizations for the following purposes: (1) to study and evaluate local and State court systems, and to prepare recommendations for organizational, procedural, and administrative improvements of such systems; (2) to present seminars and other educational programs for judges and personnel of local and State courts; (3) to establish in accredited universities and colleges programs of instruction in court administration, management and other parajudicial duties; (4) to defray the expense necessary to implement and maintain for a period of 4 years any approved improvement (5) for such other purposes, as it shall determine necessary or desirable in carrying out the purpose of the Division: Provided, that no such grant or part thereof be used for the construction, improvement, or alteration of buildings. Provides that the Board shall appoint and fix the duties of the Director of the Division who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Asserts that the Director's per annum compensation shall be $36,000 per annum. Provides that the Director shall, after consultation with the Board, issue regulations establishing general standards for obtaining grants under this Act. Provides that the regulations shall provide for regular reports to the Director by a recipient of a grant under this Act, and the Director shall from time to time, on the basis of the reports and other information available to him, review and, if necessary, revise the regulations issued pursuant to this section. Asserts that such regulations and revisions thereof shall not become effective until approved by the Board. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the Division to supervise or control in any manner or to conduct or cause to be conducted any study, of any State or local court without prior approval from the highest judicial authority of the State. Provides that on or before 1st April of each calendar year, the Board shall report in writing to the President and to the Congress on its activities pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
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 · 11 April 1973
Congressional Budgetary Procedures Act - Establishes a standing Committee of the Senate to be known as the Committee on the Budget and a Standing Committee of the House of Representatives to be known as the Committee on the Budget. Outlines the composition and duties of each committee. Authorizes these committees to consider those bills introduced in each respective House, providing new advance obligational authority. Provides that neither committee of the House or Senate shall consider such new budgetary measures after the first of May except in emergency or the waiver of such time limitation by 2/3 vote. Creates a Congressional Office of the Budget and outlines the duties of such Office. Provides that the function of the office is to provide information to the Budget Committees of the two Houses and to other Committees of the two Houses with respect to budget and appropriation bills. Abolishes the joint committee on reduction of Federal Expenditures. Requires the office to recommend to each budget committee of the two houses the amount by which budget outlays of the U.S. should exceed revenues expected to be received or the amount by which such revenues should exceed such budget outlays in order to provide for appropriate growth and stability of the economy of the U.S. Requires each budget committee to give consideration to such recommendations and make a report to the office concerning such budget considerations. Requires that by March 1 of each year the Committees submit a concurrent resolution to their respective Houses containing specified budget information. Outlines those procedures for review and debate of such concurrent resolution. Provides that there shall be a conference of two Houses to resolve any difference between the concurrent resolutions passed by each House. Makes conforming amendments in the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. Provides that all bills and resolutions providing budget authority with respect to any fiscal year shall provide a limit on budget outlays in such fiscal year under such budget authority. Provides that the provisions of this Act are enacted by Congress as an exercise of the rulemaking powers of the House and Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Provides that in any proceeding before the Tax Court for the redetermination of a deficiency, the prevailing party may be awarded a judgment of costs to the same extent as is provided for civil actions brought against the United States. States that a judgment of costs entered by the Tax Court shall be treated, for purposes of this Act in the same manner: (1) as an overpayment of tax, in the case of a judgment of costs in favor of the petitioner, and (2) as an underpayment of tax, in the case of a judgment of costs against the petitioner. Provides that interest or penalty shall be allowed or assessed with respect to any judgment of costs. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 7465)
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Timber Export Management Act - Provides that the Secretary of Commerce shall manage the export of softwood from the United States by limiting the volume of board feet of softwood exports in accordance with the specified formulae in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out his functions under this Act, including such rules of procedure as he determines to be necessary to insure the equitable allocation of export authority within the limits set forth in the Act. Provides that whoever knowingly and willfully exports any softwood in violation of this title, or in violation of any rule or regulation hereunder, or knowingly and fraudently files a false report, or fails to permit the Secretary access to his books, records, and accounts, and softwood storage areas, as provided for in this Act, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both for each such violation and shall not thereafter be permitted to export softwood for a period of not to exceed five years. Authorizes the Secretary to charge reasonable fees to those engaged in the export of softwood or seeking to export softwood, to defray the cost of processing and approving applications and carrying out his functions under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Expresses the gratitude of the Congress to the President for attaining an honorable termination of the involvement of the United States in hostilities in Vietnam.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments - Authorizes to be appropriated for carrying out the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, $697,482,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $700,096,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. Provides for the making of grants to public or nonprofit private agencies for paying part of the cost of planning, preparing for, and initiating programs to provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with spinal cord injuries or to low-achieving deaf individuals. Provides for grants to any State agency designated pursuant to a plan approved under this Act, or to any local agency participating in the administration of such a plan, for paying part of the cost of pilot or demonstration projects for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, are migratory agricultural workers, and to members of their families (whether or not handicapped) who are with them, including maintenance and transportation of any such individual and members of his family where necessary to the rehabilitation of that individual. States that whenever the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines that any amount of an allotment to a State for any fiscal year will not be utilized by such State in carrying out the purposes of this Act, he may make such amount available for carrying out the purposes of this Act to one or more other States to the extent he determines such other State will be able to use such additional amount during such year for carrying out such purposes. Provides for the inclusion of American Samoa and Trust Teritory of the Pacific Islands in State Programs. States that the State agency plan submitted for approval must provide satisfactory assurance to the Secretary that the State agency designated (or each State agency if two are so designated) and any sole local agency administering the plan in a political subdivision of the State will take into account, in connection with matters of general policy arising in the administration of the plan, the views of, among others, individuals who are recipients of vocational rehabilitation services, individuals who represent citizen groups, individuals who represent professional groups, and individuals who are providers of vocational rehabilitation services. Increases the training allowances under the Act from $25 or $30. Allows State agencies for the blind to act as State evaluation and work adjustment agencies under this Act. Provides that an individual who, as a part of his rehabilitation under a State plan approved under this Act, participates in a program of work experience in a Federal agency, shall not, by reason thereof, be considered to be a Federal employee or to be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, including those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation, and Federal employee benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Permits, under the Labor Management Relations Act, employer contributions to jointly administered trust funds established by labor organizations to defray costs of legal services.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Allows Federal officers and employees to elect coverage under the old-age, survivors' and disability insurance system of the Social Security Act by filing a certificate with the Internal Revenue Service stating such intention. Prescribes time limits for filing such certificate, and the period of time for which it is effective. Requires an individual filing a certificate to give notice thereof to the head of the Federal agency or instrumentality in or by which he is employed, at or before the time of filing such certificate. (Adds 42 U.S.C. 410(p) 26 U.S.C. 3121(r))
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that a person shall be subjected to the penalty of death for any offense prohibited by the laws of the United States only if a hearing is held in accordance with this Act. States that when a defendant is found guilty of or pleads guilty to an offense for which one of the sentences provided is death, the judge who presided at the trial or before whom the guilty plea was entered shall conduct a separate sentencing hearing to determine the existence or nonexistence of the factors set forth in this Act for the purpose of determining the sentence to be imposed. Provides that the hearing shll not be held if the government stipulates that none of the aggravating factors set forth in the Act exists or that one or more of the mitigating factors set forth in the Act exists. Provides that in the sentencing hearing the court shall disclose to the defendant or his counsel all material contained in any presentence report, if one has been prepared, except such material as the court determines is required to be withheld for the protection of human life or for the protection of the national security. Sets forth rules of evidence to be used in such hearing. States that the jury or, if there is no jury, the court shall return a special verdict setting forth its findings as to the existence or nonexistence of each of the factors set forth in this Act. Provides that the jury or, of there is no jury, the court finds by a preponderance of the information that one or more of the aggravating factors set forth in the Act exists and that none of the mitigating factors set forth in this Act exists, the court shall sentence the defendant to death. States that if the jury or, if there is no jury, the court finds that none of the aggravating factors exists, or finds that one or more of the mitigating factors exists, the court shall not sentence the defendant to death but shall impose any other sentence provided for the offense for which the defendant was convicted. States that the court shall not impose the sentence of death on the defendant if the jury or, if there is no jury, the court finds by a special verdict as provided in the Act that at the time of the offense there existed one of the specified mitigating factors. Lists the mitigating factors which the courts are to recognize. Sets forth specified crimes and circumstances which shall be considered aggravating factors for the purposes of this Act. Makes conforming technical amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that the Postal Service shall be obligated to provide postal services at rates which will encourage and support the widest possible dissemination of news, opinion, scientific, cultural, and educational matter. States that postal rates shall be established to apportion the costs of all postal operations to all users of mail on a fair and equitable basis that takes into consideration all aspects of postal policy. Provides that the rates of postage established for matter mailed at reduced rates may not include a per piece charge that is added to the basic rate of postage established for such mail matter. Provides that each rate of reduced postage for specified types of matter shall be at the rate that existed for such matter on June 1, 1972, for the first 250,000 copies of each issue mailed. Provides that any further increases after July 6, 1972, in second-class mail rates shall be subsidized by a 50 percent Federal payment.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
National Mobile Home Safety Standards Act - Title I: Mobile Home Safety Standards - Directs the Secretary of Housing and urban Development to establish by order appropriate Federal mobile home safety standards. Provides that in prescribing standards under this Act, the Secretary shall: (1) consider relevant available mobile home safety data: (2) consult with such State or interstate agencies (including legislative committees) as he deems appropriate; (3) consider whether any such proposed standard is reasonable, practicable, and appropriate for the particular type of mobile home for which it is prescribed; (4) consider whether any such standard will place an undue financial burden upon manufacturers and distributors of mobile homes; (5) consider whether any such standard will result in a substantial increase in the retail price of mobile homes; and (6) consider the extent to which any such standard will contribute to carrying out the purpose of this title. Directs the Secretary to issue initial Federal mobile home safety standards upon the expiration of a one hundred eighty-day period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall issue new and revised Federal mobile home safety standards under this title upon the expiration of the three hundred sixty-day period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Mobile Home Safety Advisory Council, a majority of which shall be representatives of the general public, including representatives of State and local governments, and the remainder shall include members of the American National Standards Institute Committee on Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles and representatives of mobile home manufacturers, dealers and insurers. Provides that the Secretary shall consult with the Advisory Council before establishing or revoking any mobile home safety standard pursuant to this title. Directs the Secretary to conduct research, testing, development and training necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Provides that no person shall: (1) manufacture for sale, sell, offer for sale, or introduce or deliver for introduction in interstate commerce, or import into the United States, any mobile home manufactured on or after the date any applicable Federal mobile home safety standard takes effect under this title unless it is in conformity with such standard; (2) fail or refuse access to or copying of records, or fail to make reports or provide information, or fail or refuse to permit entry or inspection, as required under this Act; (3) fail to issue a certificate required by this Act, or issue a certificate to the effect that a mobile home conforms to all applicable Federal mobile home safety standards, if such person in the exercise of due care has reason to know that such certificate is false or misleading in a material respect; or (4) fail to furnish notification of any defect as required by this Act. Prescribes a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each violation of this title. Provides that each violation shall constitute a separate violation, and that the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed $400,000 for any related series of violations. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Establishes the National Mobile Home Safety Bureau within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Provides that the provisions of this title shall be carried out through such Bureau. Title II: Changes in Existing Law - Authorizes Federal participation under the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 in any loan made for the purchase of a mobile home which meets or exceeds the mobile home safety standards established under this Act. Provides for Federal participation in loans made to veterans purchasing mobile homes which meet such standards.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Heroin Trafficking Act - Title I: Increased Penalties - Increases the penalties for manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a mixture or substance containing any amount of heroin or morphine which is a controlled substance under schedule I or II. States that if the person was convicted of the offense with respect to less than four ounces of such mixture or substance, he would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years imprisonment, and could also be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that if the person was convicted of the offense with respect to four ounces or more of such mixture or substance, he would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than ten years, or for life, and could be fined not more than $100,000. States that if a person convicted of an offense involving less than four ounces had previously been convicted of a Federal, State or foreign felony relating to herion or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, or committed the offense while released pending trial, appeal, or sentencing on a charge involving heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, he shall be subject to a minimum mandatory sentence of not less than ten years, or a life sentence, and may be fined not more than $100,000. Provides that if a person convicted of an offense involving four ounces or more had previously been convicted of a Federal, State, or foreign felony relating to heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, or committed the offense while released pending trial, appeal, or sentencing, on a charge involving heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, he shall be subject to life imprisonment with no parole. Directs that no sentence under these provisions could be suspended, probation could not be granted, and the Federal Youth Corrections Act could not be applied. Provides that conviction of illegally possessing four or more ounces of a mixture or substance containing any amount of heroin or morphine would require a sentence of imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 10 years, or for life, with parole, and, in addition, a possible fine of not more than $100,000. States that if the person had been convicted of a Federal, State, or foreign felony relating to heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, or if the offense was committed while the person was released pending trial, appeal, or sentencing on a charge involving heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, there would be a sentence of life imprisonment with no parole. Provides that execution of a sentence imposed under these provisions could not be suspended, probation could not be granted, and the Federal Youth Corrections Act could not be applied. Increases the penalties for illegal importation or exportation, or manufature or distribution for illegal importation, of heroin or morphine. States that if the person was convicted of the offense with respect to less than four ounces of a mixture or substance containing any amount of heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, he would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years imprisonment, and could also be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that if the person was convicted of the offense with respect to four ounces or more of such a mixture or substance, he would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years, or for life, and could be fined not more than $100,000. States that sentence could not be suspended, probation could not be granted, and the Federal Youth Corrections Act could not be applied Title II: Conditions of Release - Requires a judicial officer in setting conditions of pretrial release, under the Bail Reform Act of 1966, of a person charged under the Controlled Substances Act or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act with an offense relating to heroin or morphine which is a controlled substance in schedule I or II, to consider the safety or others and their property and the safety of the community in addition to the consideration of risk of flight. Denies release pending trial, absent compelling circumstances, to certain categories of persons charged with a violation of this Act. Provides for appeals from orders denying pretrial release to be taken by the individual Appeals from orders granting pretrial release to be taken by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to undertake emergency erosion control projects. Authorizes an appropriation of $35,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 426)
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Makes the fact findings that there is a need for further research and study in determining the causes and means of preventing shore line erosion. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to secure the assistances of the States in entering into research studies on shore line erosion. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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