United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
National Food Bank Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the storage of food commodities in geographically dispersed areas of the United States so that such commodities will be readily available for distribution in any area which suffers a major disaster. Authorizes the Secretary to take such action as he deems necessary to maintain fresh, nutritious supplies of food commodities and to provide for the periodic turnover of such commodities to avoid spoilage.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Expresses the gratitude and respect of the Congress to Vietnam veterans on Veterans Day 1973 for their gallant part in attaining peace in Vietnam and making it possible to observe Veterans Day 1973 in peace.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Provides, under the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments, that grants for construction of treatment works shall be available to projects (1) initiated after January 1, 1973 and (2) not receiving Federal support to the same extent that they would otherwise have been provided.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Catastrophic Health Insurance and Medical Assistance Reform Act - Title I: Catastrophic Illness Insurance - Establishes a Catastrophic Health Insurance Program under the Social Security Act. Sets forth the eligibility criteria for indviduals. Provides that every individual who: (A) is fully insured or otherwise entitled to monthly insurance benefits under title II of such Act; (B) is the wife, husband, widow, or widower, or dependent child of an individual who is fully insured or otherwise entitled to monthly insurance benefits; and (C) has appropriately applied therefor, shall be entitled to castastrophic health insurance benefits. Delimits the scope of benefits. Includes therein hospital insurance benefits (hospital, post-hospital, home health, outpatient physical therapy and medical and other health services) and medical insurance benefits (medical and other health services and emergency hospital services). Sets forth the terms and conditions for payment, deductibles and coinsurance. Directs that a payment shall be made from the Federal Catastrophic Health Insurance Trust Fund to an eligible individual equal to the reasonable cost of services covered by this Act which are furnished after the 60th day of inpatient hospital services, reduced by a coinsurance amount equal to one-fourth of the inpatient hospital deductible as determined by title XVIII of this Act. Enumerates such reductions as they apply to other types of hospital insurance benefits. Provides for a general deductible from: (a) the reasonable costs of inpatient hospital services past the 60th day; and (b) inpatient hospital benefits of the higher of the following: (1) $2,000, or (2) $2,000 adjusted by the Consumer Price Index to reflect changes in fees for physician services (in $50 increments). Provides for State agreements for coverage of annuitants and members of retirement systems and their dependents and survivors in order to extend the benefits of this Act to such individuals. Creates, in the United States Treasury, a "Federal Catastrophic Health Insurance Trust Fund" to provide a reserve for payment of benefits authorized by this Act. Imposes a tax for catastrophic health insurance protection under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, on the self-employment income of every individual and other individuals income in the following amounts for the calendar years indicated: (a) 0.30 percent of income for 1974, 1975, and 1976; (b) 0.35 percent of income for 1977 through 1981; and (c) 0.40 percent of income for each year thereafter. Imposes similarly, an excise tax on employers on the amount of wages paid by the employer in the same percentages for the respective years indicated above. Title II: Medical Assistance Plan for Low-Income People - Provides, for low-income individuals and families, assistance toward the costs of necessary hospital, skilled nursing facility, medical, and other health care services. Guarantees free choice by patients of health services from any person, institution, or agency qualified under this Act. Permits individuals the option of obtaining other health insurance protection. Describes the medical assistance plan, what individuals are eligible to receive its health benefits, and the application procedure. Enumerates the scope of benefits under the plan, including: (1) 60 days of inpatient hospital services; (2) skilled nursing facility services; and (3) home health services. Prescribes the co-payment requirements and procedures of persons eligible for benefits. Makes special provisions relating to Medicade eligibles and the circumstances under which such persons are eligible for health benefits under this title. Authorizes the Secretary to require consolidation of facilities of carriers and intermediaries in geographic regions with minimum size populations of persons covered under this title. Creates the Medical Coverage Trust Fund to consist of gifts and bequests and held by a Board of Trustees. Makes provisions for State constitutions to the Fund. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this title, including the meaning of "income," "health care expenses," and "inpatient hospital services." Prohibits exclusion by employers of specified employees from coverage under group health insurance plans. Title III: Private Basic Health Insurance Certification Program - States that any insurer may provide any health insurance policy to the Secretary for his examination and certification. Sets forth the standards under which the Secretary shall not certify any such insurance policy.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000; $175,000,000; and $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively, for the nutrition program for the aged under title VIII of the Elder Americans Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Provides that any regulations published or promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency for grants for the construction of treatment works under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, prior to the date of enactment of this joint resolution are hereby set aside and are declared to be of no legal effect and no moneys appropriated shall be distributed in accordance with such regulations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within thirty days after enactment of this joint resolution, to publish and submit to the Congress regulations for grants for the construction of treatment works so as to effect an equitable allocation of appropriated funds among all qualified projects on which construction was initiated after June 20, 1966, but before July 1, 1972. Within thirty days of congressional session following the receipt of such regulations. Authorizes the Committee on Public Works of either House to report a resolution of disapproval of such regulations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, at the time such regulations are submitted to the Congress, to notify each State.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Directs the President, under the Economic Stabilization Act, to permit all classes of marketers of petroleum products at all levels of distribution a dollar-for-dollar passthrough for increases in the cost of such products.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Combined Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance - Income Tax Reporting Amendments - Title I: Amendments to Title II of the Social Security Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available specified tax returns to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Empowers the Secretary of HEW and the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement for the processing of information contained in such returns. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to the Secretary of the HEW any documents they agree are necessary for such processing. Directs the Managing Trustee of the Trust Funds, including the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, to pay into the Treasury the amounts he and the Secretary of HEW estimate will be expended from the general fund of the Treasury by the Department of HEW and Treasury for the administration of (1) titles II, XVIII of the Social Security Act, and (2) specified chapter and subchapters of the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary of HEW to apportion (between each Trust Fund and the general fund in the Treasury) the costs of administratering titles II, XVI and XVIII of the Social Security Act and its costs in carrying out specified functions of this Act. Provides that average monthly wage, quarters of coverage, and coverage credits derived from self-employment income for taxable years beginning before 1974 are to be determined on a basis of income credited to calender quarters. Limits quarters coverage to quarters occuring before 1974 and make additonal modification to taxation of self-employed persons. Allocates, under the Social Security Act, coverage credits for earnings before 1974 based on quarters of coverage and after 1973 on the basis of earnings durings the calendar year. Provides that a person will satisfy the requirements prerequisite to a determination of disability if he has 20 or more coverage credits which were credited to the period ending on the day the disability arose and consisting of that part of the current calendar year up until the day the disability began and the nine prior calendar years. Redefines a "fully insured individual" in terms of coverage credits rather than quarters of coverage." States that any person upon obtaining the age of 62 with the proper number of coverage credits is fully insured. Provides that specified benefits be paid to individuals not citizens of the United States who amassed sufficient coverage credits. Title II: Amendments Preserving Relationship Between Railroad Retirement and Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance - Provides, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, that in the calculation of an employee's "average monthly renumeration" after calendar 1974 an individual employee shall obtain the benefit of full allowable coverage credits, irrespective of whether particular quarters of coverage were otherwise available for calculation purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Provides, under the Economic stabilization Act of 1970, that the President, in exercising authority with respect to retail pride levels, shall permit the passthrough of all increases in the cost of goods sold or services performed.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1973
States that the increases in the monthly benefits and lump-sum death payments under title II of the Social Security Act shall be increased by 7 percent beginning January 1974 (presently increased by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for June 1973 exceeds that for June 1972, beginning April 1974).
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Designates the Chattooga River in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands not to exceed $528,000 for development to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individuals' earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce to report to the Congress on all matters concerning the proposed grain sale to the People's Republic of China, including all possible effects such a sale may have on the domestic grain market, effects on the American consumer, farmer, worker, and businessman, and other effects on the economy of this Nation.
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 · 2 August 1973
Provides that whoever, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes or attempts to take, from the person or presence of another, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of a narcotic controlled substance set forth in a schedule of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or posession of, any pharmacist, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Provides that whoever takes and carries away, with intent to steal or purloin, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of a narcotic controlled substance belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of, any pharmacists, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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 · 23 July 1973
Offshore Marine Environment Protection Act - Declares that the purpose of this title, to be included in the Ports and Waterways Safety Act, is to regulate the siting, construction, and operation of deepwater port facilities and to provide for the protection of the marine and coastal environment. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides that no citizen of the United States may construct or operate a deepwater port facility except on the basis of written plans recommended for authorization and approval by the Commandant of the Coast Guard and authorized and approved by the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Prescribes the conditions under which the Secretary may issue a license to construct or operate a deepwater port facility. Specifies the circumstances under which such licenses shall be revoked or suspended. States that prior to the issuance of any license the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall grant or deny certification of a deepwater port facility which would affect the marine and coastal environment. Directs the Secretary to consider specific criteria, including: (1) the effect on recreational values; (2) the effect on fish plankton, shellfish, and wildlife resources; and (3) the effect on the oceanographic currents. Provides that no certification shall be issued unless the adjacent coastal State or States shall have an approved coastal zone management program pursuant to the National Coastal Zone Management Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, prior to the issuance of any license, to grant or deny certification of a deepwater port facility. Prescribes the licensing procedure to be followed under this Act, including requirements for submission of plans, environmental impact statements and hearing requirements. Outlines the rules for enforcement of regulations and conditions on licenses and the penalties and remedies for civil and criminal violations of this Act. Establishes an 'Advisory Council for Deepwater Port Policy' to assist the Secretary in the performance of his duties. Sets forth the membership composition and terms of office for Council members. Empowers, with specified exceptions, any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief on his own behalf whenever such action constitutes a case or controversy. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, for the administration of this Act. Directs specified authorities to coordinate a study and prepare a plan or plans for the development and protection of the offshore marine environment of the United States. Authorizes, for such purpose, to be appropriated such sums as are necessary, not to exceed $10,000,000.
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
Emergency Anti-inflation Act - Provides that the President shall submit a budget pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 in which nontrust fund expenditures do not exceed nontrust fund revenues for each fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1973
Emergency Rural Housing Act - Finds that there are millions of substandard dwelling units in rural areas, that existing agencies operating under existing authorities could not meet the needs of millions of the rural poor, and that there is a need for emergency action in rural housing programs. Establishes an Emergency Rural Housing Administration, the management of which shall be vested in an Administrator appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. Makes it the duty of the Administrator to provide minimal housing facilities for eligible persons in rural areas and small communities and to do so, to the extent possible, within a five-year period. Forbids the duties and powers of the Administration to be transferred to any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to make loans to eligible persons to finance the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of minimal housing facilities, or to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing facilities in accordance with minimum housing facilities standards. Provides that at least 50 percent of the principal amount of any loan made shall be amortized over a period of not more than forty years, shall bear interest at a rate of not less than one percent per year, and shall be secured by a first mortgage. Authorizes the Administration to make rehabilitation grants up to $3,500 to owners who occupy substandard housing and whose income is too low to repay specified types of loans. Authorizes the Administrator to acquire land and engage in the development of housing projects to be sold under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide financing to rural housing associations which meet specified requirements for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of: (1) minimal housing facilities in rural areas and small communities to be rented by eligible persons; (2) water and sewer facilities for such housing; and (3) related community facilities for such housing. Provides that financing of rental units shall be made in the form of a non-interest-bearing loan. Empowers the Administrator to enter into contracts for annual assistance payments with a borrower. Provides that the Administrator may enter into area responsibility agreements with State-chartered rural housing associations. Sets forth the requirements which a local rural housing association must meet prior to receiving loans under this Act, including the chartering of such association and providing for a board of directors. Provides that when a State fails to establish an association within one year, then the Administration shall establish an organization to carry out this Act. Forbids the Administrator to require, as a condition of assistance under this Act, the relocation of any eligible person in order to engage in or to facilitate the economic development of any area. Requires the Administration to submit an annual report to the Congress and the President on the operation of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Establishes the Rural Investment Fund to be utilized by the Administration for specified purposes under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Civilian Oceanographic underwater Research Facilities Act - Expresses the finding of Congress that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in the Department of Commerce, is the civilian agency designated to provide leadership in developing a national oceanic and atmospheric research program and, as such, is the primary Federal agency responsible for promoting Federal and private nonmilitary underwater research. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe minimum standards of human safety for the use, occupation, inhabitation, maintenance, and intrinsic construction of underwater research facilities. Specifies elements to be included in such standards. Establishes the Underwater Research Facilities Safety Advisory Board. Sets forth the membership composition of such Board. Directs the Board to assist the Secretary in the prescription of safety standards for underwater research facilities. Prohibits the use of any appropriated funds to finance, directly or indirectly, any research utilizing an underwater facility unless the facility is determined to meet the applicable safety standards prescribed by this Act. Provides that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall, on request, provide advice and assistance to Federal agencies and others in interpreting the standards prescribed. States that the Coast Guard shall be responsible for making investigations and discovering violations, and shall report its findings to the Comptroller General of the United States, the Secretary, and the affected Federal agency. Requires that all underwater research facilities in existence on the effective date of this Act shall be subject to all its requirements just as those which in the future are constructed. Empowers the Secretary to grant exceptions from applicable standards when conditions cannot be altered without substantial expense or hardship and which will not pose an unreasonable threat to human safety in the underwater research to be undertaken. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 and each fiscal year thereafter for the purposes of administering this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to conduct a study relating to the procurement and use by the Federal Government of products manufactured from recycled materials. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to submit a final report to the Congress at the expiration of the twelve-calendar-month period following the date of enactment of this Act, giving the findings and results of the study, and specifically: (1) recommendations as to the necessary and proper legislative, administrative, or other actions that should be taken in order to insure that the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government procure and use (whenever possible) products and materials which have, as part of their composition, recycled and recyclable material; and (2) the feasibility, economically and otherwise, of recycling wastepaper from all Federal offices.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to utilize $350,000.00 of any fiscal year 1973 appropriation for the purpose of paying expenses from the appropriation "Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations, fiscal year 1973'. Provides that such sum shall be restored from funds appropriated for said appropriation in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1974.
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 · 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 · 12 June 1973
Increases to $3,000 the annual amount which individuals may earn under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) without suffering deductions from benefits on account of excess earnings. Lowers from seventy-two to seventy the age after which deductions on account of excess earnings are no longer made under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1973
Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Controlled Substances Act or of any other law, any person who violates the Controlled Substances Act by distributing two ounces or more of any mixture or substance containing any ingredient of one percent purity or more which is classified in schedule I or II and which is a narcotic drug shall be sentenced as follows: (1) if such person, at the time of the commission of such violation, was eighteen years of age or older and was an addict, for any term of years up to and including life imprisonment, but in no event less than ten years; (2) if such person, at the time of the commission of such violation, was eighteen years of age or older and was not an addict, to life imprisonment; (3) if such person, at the time of the commission of such offense, was at least sixteen years of age but under the age of eighteen years and was an addict, for a term of not less than five years or more than ten years; and (4) if such person, at the time of the commission of such violation, was at least sixteen years of age but under the age of eighteen years and was not an addict, for a term of not less than fifteen years or more than thirty years. Provides that any person who violates this Act by distributing less than two ounces but at least one-sixteenth of an ounce of any mixture or substance containing any ingredient of 1 percent purity or more which is classified in schedule I or II and which is a narcotic drug shall be sentenced as follows: (1) if such person, at the time of the commission of such violation, was eighteen years of age or older and was an addict, for a term of not less than five years or more than ten years; (2) if such person, at the time of the commission of such violation, was eighteen years of age or older and was not an addict, for a term of not less than ten years or more than twenty years; (3) if such person, at the time of the commission of such violation, was at least sixteen years of age but under the age of eighteen and was an addict, for not less than one year or more than five years; and (4) if such person, at the time of the commission of such violation, was at least sixteen years of age but under the age of eighteen years and was not an addict, for a term of not less than three years or more than ten years. States that any person who violates this Act by distributing less than one-sixteenth of an ounce of any mixture or substance containing any ingredient of 1 percent purity or more which is classified in schedule I or II and which is a narcotic drug shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than three years. Provides that any person who attempts or conspires to commit any violation referred to in this Act which is punishable under this Act, shall be punished by imprisonment in the same manner and to the same extent as that provided for therein for the violation the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy. Directs that any person convicted of any violation of this Act which is punishable pursuant to the provisions of this Act and who is awaiting sentence, or who is so convicted and sentenced to a term of confinement or imprisonment and has filed on appeal or a petition for a writ of certiorari, shall be detained in custody pending determination of such appeal or petition. States that upon the first appearance before a judicial officer of any person arrested for a violation of this Act which is punishable pursuant to this Act, the judicial officer shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or of any other law, order such person to be placed under medical supervision for an examination to determine whether the person is an addict. Provides that with respect to any sentence imposed pursuant to this Act, the imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, probation shall not be granted, and the provisions of the Youth Corrections Act shall not apply. States that in any case in which a person is indicted for any such violation punishable pursuant to this Act, such person shall not be permitted to plead guilty to a lesser offense in lien of such violation for which he was so indicted.
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 · 30 May 1973
Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Act - Provides that the Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with the provisions of this Act both interim and final standards of fuel economy applicable to all new models of motor vehicles sold or offered for sale in the United States. States that such standards shall set minimum levels of fuel economy for each class of motor vehicles and apply to any new motor vehicle sold in any State after September 1 of the year in which the regulations are to become effective. Directs the Secretary to promulgate within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, Standards of performance for those classes of propulsion equipment which, in the judgment of the Secretary, have potential for achieving significant improvement in the fuel economy of used motor vehicles in which such equipment may be installed. Provides that in setting standards under this Act, the Secretary shall consider all relevant factors, including but not limited to fuels, engines, emission characteristics, safety, state of the art in international automotive technology, initial and maintenance costs to consumers, the effects on fuel economy of accessory equipment such as air-conditioning and radial tires, the amount of energy required to produce each fuel, and in the case of motor vehicles powered by electricity the amount of fuel required to generate such electricity. Provides that any person who may be adversely affected by any rule issued under this Act may at any time prior to sixty days after such rule is issued file a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, or any circuit wherein such person resides or has his principal place of buisness, for judicial review of such rule. Sets forth the powers of the Secretary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act. States that the Secretary shall study and investigate the fuel economy of any motor vehicle which is subject to the standards of fuel economy issued under this Act. Provides that upon the basis of such studies and investigations, the Secretary shall, not later than June 1, 1976, and each year thereafter, prepare and publish a schedule of the fuel economy of each such motor vehicle model with and without accessories which have a significant effect on fuel economy. States that within one year after the date of enactment of this Act and from time to time thereafter, the Secretary shall issue regulations to establish test protocols for continuous testing of fuel economy in actual operation of new motor vehicles sold in the United States. States that each manufacturer and dealer shall cause to be affixed and maintained on each new motor vehicle in a prominent place and easily legible and readable form a sticker indicating the fuel economy which a prospective purchaser can expect from such vehicle and the amount of the fuel conservation fee. Provides that on each new motor vehicle which is subject to the standards of fuel economy issued under this Act, the Secretary shall impose a fuel conservation fee. Sets forth the schedule for determining the amount of such fee. Allows as a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code, automobile propulsion equipment conversion expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year, not to exceed $1,000 per vehicle, by the taxpayer to obtain for his motor vehicle new propulsion equipment manufactured in compliance with regulations issued by the Secretary of Transportation. Authorizes the Secretary, in cooperation with the Director of the National Bureau of Standards and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct such research as is necessary to promote the purposes of this Act. States that it shall be unlawful and a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any person (including any partnership, corporation, or association) subject to the provisions of this Act to fail to comply with any requirement imposed on such person by or pursuant to this Act or to violate any prohibition contained in this Act. Prohibits: (1) the failure to comply with any provisions of this Act or any regulation or order issued by the Secretary pursuant to this Act; (2) the failure to provide information as required in accordance with this Act; (3) the failure to permit entry and administrative inspection pursuant to this Act; and (4) the manufacture, processing, sale distribution, or importation into the United States of any motor vehicle or propulsion equipment whenever such manufacture, assembly, sale, distribution, or importation is known to be or should have been known to be for use in violation of this Act or any regulation issued under this Act. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act the moneys collected by the Secretary pursuant to this Act together with such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and not to exceed $3,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975 and June 30, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on the Handicapped within two years of enactment in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in the field of the handicapped, and to further the policies set forth in this joint resolution. Provides that such conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. Requires a final report of the White House Conference on the Handicapped to be submitted to the President not later than 120 days following the date on which the conference is called, and the findings and recommendations included therein to be made available immediately to the public. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the submission of such report, to transmit to the President and the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations contained in such report. Gives the Secretary administrative powers to carry out this Resolution. Provides that in carrying out his functions under this joint resolution, the Secretary shall employ handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on the Handicapped composed of 28 members, of whom not less than 10 shall be handicapped or parents of handicapped persons. Provides that such Advisory Committee shall cease to exist 90 days after the submission of the final report required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Sets forth the definition of the term "recycled wool" as it is to be used in the Wool Products Labeling act. States that labels under the Wool Products Labeling Act shall use the term recycled rather than reused or reprocessed.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Transfers the authority for the administration of the Federal Reports Act from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the General Accounting Office under the Comptroller General. Establishes within the General Accounting Office a unit to review tax forms and other public use documents prepared by the Internal Revenue Service and to make recommendations for their simplification, frequency with which such forms should be completed and the scope of such forms. Sets forth a procedure by which the Comptroller General may order the simplification, combining or completion use frequently of any such tax form.
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 · 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
Student Freedom of Choice Act - States that no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program or activity at any public school by way of grant, loan, or otherwise shall withhold, or threaten to withhold, such financial assistance from any such program or activity: (1) on account of the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class at any public school in any case whatever where the school board operating such public school or class maintains, in respect to such public school and class, a freedom of choice system; (2) to coerce or induce the school board operating such public school to transport students from such public school to any other public school for the purpose of altering in any way the racial composition of the student body at such public school or any other public school; (3) to coerce or induce any school board operating such public school system to close any public school, and transfer the students from it to another public school for the purpose of altering in any way the racial composition of the student body at any public school; and (4) to coerce or induce the school board operating such public school system to transfer any member of any public school faculty from the public school in which the member of the faculty contracts to serve to some other public school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the faculty at any public school. Provides that whenever any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States violates or threatens to violate this Act, the school board aggrieved by the violation or threatened violation, or the parent of any student affected or to be affected by the violation or threatened violation, or any student affected or to be affected by the violation or threatened violation, or any member of any faculty affected or to be affected by the violation or threatened violation may bring a civil action against the United States in a district court of the United States complaining of the violation or threatened violation. Provides that no court of the United States shall have jurisdiction to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order requiring any school board to make any change in the racial composition of the student body at any public school or in any class at any public school to which students are assigned in conformity with a freedom of choice system, or requiring any school board to transport any students from one public school to another public school or from one place to another place or from one school district to another school district in order to effect a change in the racial composition of the student body at any school or place or in any school district, or denying to any student the right or privilege of attending any public school or class at any public school chosen by the parent of such student in conformity with a freedom of choice system, or requiring any school board to close any school and transfer the students from the closed school to any other school for the purpose of altering the racial composition of the student body at any public school, or precluding any school board from carrying into effect any provision of any contract between it and any member of the faculty of any public school it operates specifying the public school where the member of the faculty is to perform his or her duties under the contract.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Eduction to make grants to state education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out programs to provide, through the use of students in institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational rehabilitation, and to students with greater financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of education for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to state educational agencies on the merits of their proposals to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975, and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each state in proportion to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the state bears to the number of such children in all the states.
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
Extends insurance coverage under the Federal Crop Insurance Act to all areas of the United States and to all agricultural commodities. Removes the appropriations limit on amounts that may be authorized under the Act. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 1508(a),1516(a))
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1973
Energy Fuels and Energy Allocation Act - Authorizes the President of the United States to allocate energy and fuels when he determines and declares that extraordinary shortages or dislocations in the distribution of energy and fuels exist or are imminent and that the public health, safety, or welfare is thereby jeopardized. Provides for the delegation of authority to the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the President to submit to Congress findings declarations and rules and regulations promulgated concerning fuel allocation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Lobster Conservation and Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for effective control of lobster fisheries on the Continental Shelf of the United States until such time as the United States can enter into an appropriate treaty or treaties providing for such control. Includes lobster as a Continental Shelf fishery resource within the meaning of the Act entitled an Act to prohibit fishing in the territorial waters of the United States and in certain other areas by vessels other than vessels of the United States and by persons in charge of such vessels. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 1085(a))
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Earthquake Prediction Act - Provides that it shall be the function and duty of the Director of the Geological Survey to develop and carry out an earthquake prediction program which shall include: (1) heavy instrumentation of the San Andreas fault and closely related faults of California and Nevada to obtain detailed records of data useful in developing an earthquake prediction capability; (2) establishment of facilities for the collection and computerized reduction, analysis, and interpretation of the data flow from such instruments; (3) supporting field, laboratory, and theoretical studies; and (4) development and field-testing of additional instruments which are useful in connection with the development and implementation of this program. States that the Director shall utilize the services of research personnel in institutions of higher education and public entities or organizations and private entities or organizations concerned with seismic research. Establishes an advisory committee for the earthquake prediction program which shall consist of not less than seven nor more than fifteen members who shall be appointed by the Director from among individuals recommended by the National Academy of Sciences. States that it shall be the function of the advisory committee to advise and assist the Director in developing and carrying out the earthquake prediction program. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness to establish and carry out a program to review and assess the current state of knowledge on earthquake prediction and warning systems, to identify key problem areas for further research and evaluation, and to determine what additional steps are needed to reduce primary and secondary losses from earthquakes. Provides that information developed under this Act shall be made available to the Office of Science and Technology, the Congress, Governors in States of high seismic risk and other concerned government and private organizations. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of developing an earthquake prediction program the sum of $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next following four fiscal years. Authorizes to be appropriated for the other provisions of this Act the sum of $200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next following four fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Establishes a program, under the National Science Foundation Act, to advance earthquake research, including ground and soil analyses, criteria of earthquake resistant construction, methods of assessing risks, and development of necessary instruments. Provides that the National Science Foundation shall report to the President and Congress, and make their research available to various State and Federal agencies. Authorizes an appropriation of $10,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Provides that any executive agreement made on or after the date of enactment of this Act shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State who shall then transmit such agreement to the Congress. States that if, in the opinion of the President, the immediate disclosure of such an agreement would be prejudicial to the security of the United States the agreement shall be transmitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House under an appropriate written injuction of secrecy to be removed only upon due notice from the President. Provides that any such agreement shall come into force with respect to the United States at the end of the first period of 60 calendar days after the date on which the executive agreement is transmitted to the Congress or such committees, as the case may be unless, both Houses pass a concurrent resolution stating in substance that both Houses do not approve the executive agreement. Sets forth the procedure to be followed by the Congress in the case of concurrent resolutions described above.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Parole Commission Act - Creates as an agency of the Department of Justice the United States Parole Commission, the members of which shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the President shall designate from among the Commissioners one to serve as Chairman, five to serve as National Parole Commissioners and such others as may be necessary to serve as Regional Parole Commissioners. Specifies the duties of the Chairman of the Commission. Provides that the national Parole Commissioners, by majority vote, shall: (1) have authority to accept, reject, or modify any decision of any Regional Parole Commissioner; (2) give reasons in detail for their decisions in any appropriate case, including the review of any decision of any region; (3) transfer to themselves the authority to grant, modify, or revoke an order paroling any eligible person when the national well-being so requires; and (4) perform other functions specified in this Act. Authorizes a Regional Commissioner to carry out specified duties, including: (1) to grant or deny any application or recommendation to parole or re-parole any eligible person, (2) to specify reasonable conditions of any order granting parole; and (3) to re-parole any person whose parole has been revoked and who is not otherwise ineligible for parole. Makes a person eligible for parole after serving one-third of his term or terms or after serving fifteen years of a life sentence or of a sentence of more than forty-five years. Provides that once a person is eligible for parole he must be given a parole appearance and at least one additional parole appearance every two years. Authorizes the Commission to release such a person if it appears from a report and recommendation by proper institution officers that such person has observed the rules of the institution, that there is a reasonable probability that such person will live and remain at liberty without violating the law and if in the opinion of the Commission such release is not incompatible with the welfare of society. Sets forth the procedures for an appearance of a person before the Parole authority. Provides that a warrant for the retaking of any person who is alleged to have violated his parole may be issued by any Commissioner within the maximum term or terms for which such prisoner was sentenced. States that such person shall be given a hearing before a United States magistrate as soon as possible subsequent to his being retaken pursuant to such a warrant. Provides that counsel may be appointed if the alleged violator is unable to retain counsel. Authorizes the magistrate to release the parolee on bail until a determination has been made as to whether or not his parole will be revoked. Provides that, upon entering a judgement of conviction, the court having jurisdiction to impose sentence, when in its opinion the ends of justice and best interests of the public require that the defendant be sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, may: (1) designate in the sentence of imprisonment imposed a minimum term at the expiration of which the person shall become eligible for parole, which term may be less than but shall not be more than one-third of the maximum sentence imposed by the court, or (2) fix the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be served in which event the court may specify that the person may become eligible for parole at such time as the Commission may determine. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, upon the commitment of any person sentenced to imprisonment under any law of the United States for a definite term or terms of over one hundred and eighty days, and under such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, to cause a complete study to be made of the person and to furnish to the Commission a summary report, together with any recommendations which in the Director's opinion would he helpful in determining the suitability of the prisoner for parole. Creates an Advisory Corrections Council and specifies the members of such Council. Provides that the Council shall consider problems of treatment and corrections of all offenders against the United States and shall make such recommendations to the Congress, the President, the Judicial Conference of the United States and other appropriate officials as may improve the administration of criminal justice and assure the coordination and integration of policies of the Federal agencies, private industry, labor and local jurisdictions respecting the disposition, treatment and correction of all persons convicted of crime. Provides that the Commission may grant or deny any application or recommendation for parole, modify, or revoke any order of parole of any person sentenced pursuant to the Federal Youth Corrections Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to designate one Commissioner to serve as Youth Corrections Comissioner. States that it shall be the responsibility of such Commissioner to oversee the policies pertaining to offenders sentenced under such Act, and to serve as vice chairman of the Commission. Re-enacts applicable sections of the Federal Youth Corrections Act to make the language conform to the changes made by this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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