United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1974
Natural Gas Agricultural Priority Act - Provides, under the Natural Gas Act, a priority system for specified agricultural uses of natural gas. Directs the Federal Power Commission to prohibit any interruption or curtailment of natural gas and take such other steps as are necessary to assure as soon as possible the availability in interstate commerce of sufficient quantities of natural gas for use as a raw material feedstock or process fuel in the production of fertilizer, animal feed grade chemicals, essential agricultural chemicals, and for use in agricultural crop drying. Defines "sufficient quantities of natural gas" for purposes of this Act. Provides that the rule implemented by the Commission shall also apply with respect to the availability of natural gas sold in intrastate commerce in any State which has not, within ninety days, adopted a rule to implement the purposes of the first provision of this Act. Directs the Commission to, by rule, prohibit boiler fuel use of natural gas and propane in interstate and intrastate commerce not contracted for prior to the date of enactment of this Act by users other than residential or small commercial users unless, upon petition by a user, the Commission determines that enumerated criteria are met.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1974
Intergovernmental Emergency Heating Fuel Assistance Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to provide financial assistance payments to the States to help them pay for assistance to low-income families who cannot afford the cost of heating their homes this winter. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to make grants to States for assisting families with annual incomes of $8,000 or less to meet the high cost of acquiring heating fuel during the present energy emergency. Authorizes appropriations of $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for the purpose of making such grants. Directs the Administrator to allot to each State an amount equal to the amount appropriated under this Act multiplied by the ratio obtained by multiplying the temperature factor of the State by the number of eligible families in the State and then dividing that product by the sum of such products for all States.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Requires that retired officers of the Armed Forces who are recalled to active duty and appointed to positions of importance and responsibility by the President shall be appointed only by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Commodity Credit Corporation, during calendar year 1975, to expend an additional $1,000,000,000 to $2,000,000,000 for (1) the purchase of cows, calves, hogs, sheep, or other food animals and products, processing and packaging, or (2) the purchase of animal products already processed for contribution to domestic and foreign food programs for the relief of starvation and malnutrition. Directs that the containers of such products bear labels indicating the contents are donated by the people of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Energy Administration should withdraw its proposed price regulation change and maintain propane gas prices at or below the level established by existing regulation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Social Services Amendments - Authorizes necessary appropriations each fiscal year for payments to States for provision of social services directed toward the goal of: (1) achieving or maintaining economic self-support to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency; (2) preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children and adults unable to protect their own interests, or preserving, rehabilitating, or reuniting families; (3) preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by providing for community-based care, home-based, or other forms of less intensive care, or; (4) securing referral or admission for institutional care when other forms of care are not appropriate. Requires that 50 percent of such payments to States be for provision of services to individuals who are receiving (or are eligible to receive) aid under the Aid to Needy Families with Children, Supplemental Security Income, and Medicaid programs of the Social Security Act. Prohibits payments to States for aid to individuals with incomes above specified levels. Requires that expenditure by States under this Act for child day care services be for day care services which meet the Federal interagency day care requirements as approved by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, State expenditures under this Act for services to individuals living in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, prisons, or foster homes. Prohibits such expenditures for services to individuals eligible for Medicare aid. Requires that States participating in the programs established under this Act report annually on the results of specified evaluations and audits of their participation. Allows suspension of payments to States failing to meet requirements under this Act. Requires States to provide hearings for individuals whose claims to services under this Act are denied, to restrict disclosure of information obtained on individuals pursuant to this Act, and to refrain from imposing durational residency or citizenship requirements upon individuals as a condition to participation in programs under this Act. States that comprehensive plans must be published by States setting forth their programs under this Act which will be pursued in the ensuing year. Requires that such plan include descriptions of objectives, individuals and geographic areas to be served, descriptions of implementation procedures, estimated expenditures, and services to be rendered. Requires annual evaluations of the programs under this Act by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Emergency Public Service Employment Act - Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 such sums as are necessary to carry out public service employment programs under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. Makes $500,000,000 available for obligation by the Secretary of Labor when the average national rate of unemployment exceeds 4 1/2 percent for three consecutive months during any 12 month period; an additional $500,000,000 if such rate exceeds 5 percent for three consecutive months in any twelve month period; another $1,000,000,000 if such rate exceeds 5 1/2 percent under the same circumstances; and an additional $2,000,000,000 if such rate exceeds 6 percent. Provides for the allocation of funds under this Act to areas in proportion to the number of unemployed persons in such areas as compared to the number of all such persons in all areas under the jurisdiction of the applicant. Authorizes the Secretary to make such reallocations as he deems appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act - Increases disability and death pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation for veterans and their survivors. Increases the income limitations for such pension payments. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out a thorough study and investigation of the economic needs and problems of veterans and their widows seventy-two years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Social Security Recipients Fairness Act - Title I: Replacement of Lost, Stolen, or Delayed Checks - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish procedures for expedited payment of monthly benefits. Requires the Secretary, within one day after the date an individual files for late payment of benefits, to cause such monthly insurance benefits to be paid. Title II: Expediting of Hearings and Determination - States that in the administration of the programs established by titles II, XVI, and XVIII of the Social Security Act, the Secretary shall establish procedures designed to assure that: (1) any duly requested hearing to which an individual is entitled thereunder will be held within a reasonable period of time after such hearing is so requested, if such hearing is requested with respect to a determination of entitlement to benefits; and (2) not later than ninety days after such a hearing is requested, the Secretary shall render a final determination on the issues which were the subject of such hearing, or if no final determination of the Secretary has been made at that time, the Secretary shall make payments of benefits to such individual in like manner as if a final determination has been made fully in favor of such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Foreign Investment Review Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish procedures which require maintenance of records and submission of reports by foreign investors who acquire specified interests in domestic businesses and property. Sets forth what information must be kept and submitted by such investors, including country with which affiliated and extent of ownership in domestic businesses. Requires that such information shall be made public by the Secretary. Grants powers to the Secretary to enable him to collect such information. Establishes penalties for violations of this Act, including injunctive remedies. Establishes the Foreign Investment Review Administration in the Commerce Department to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) act to relieve immediate threats of famine where it exists and assist food-short nations in increasing food production; (2) attempt to achieve an international agreement on a food reserve to be used in emergencies; (3) assist in social and economic growth and in population control (as requested) in underdeveloped nations; and (4) support the efficient use and equitable distribution of food worldwide.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1974
Veterans Housing Act - Authorizes increases in the amount limitations of the veterans home loan programs. Eliminates specific provisions of Federal law pertaining to the dormant farm and business loans available to veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the leadership of the Nation responsible for our economic wellbeing meet together immediately in a spirit of unity to design a set of policy actions to achieve the common goal of restoring stability and growth to the American economy and confidence and prosperity to the American people. Directs that this domestic summit be convened forthwith comprised of the President, the majority and minority leadership of both Houses of the Congress, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Appropriations Committees of both Houses, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, together with leaders of labor and business, and such other participants as they may agree upon. Provides that they shall meet and devote such time as necessary until a plan of action is decided upon which, by its demonstration of renewed unity, direction, and purpose, will gain the public support and confidence necessary to be effective in overcoming these difficulties.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1974
Emergency Health Professions Educational Assistance Act - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1975 for Federal capital contributions into the student loan funds of health professions education schools.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1974
Child and Family Services Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that the purposes of this Act are to establish and expand children and family service programs, build upon the experience of Headstart, give special emphasis to preschool children and families with the greatest needs, and provide decision making with direct parent participation through a partnership of parents, State, local and Federal government. Authorizes to be appropriated $150 million for fiscal year 1975 and $200 million for fiscal year 1976 for training, planning, and technical assistance and $500 million in fiscal year 1976 and $1 billion in fiscal year 1977 for program operation. Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Establishes the Office of Child and Family Services in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the principal agency for administration of this Act. Creates the Child and Family Services Coordinating Council with representatives from various federal agencies to assure coordination of federal programs in the field. Defines the purposes for which Federal funds can be used: (1) planning and developing programs, including pilot programs; (2) establishing programs, including child care in the home: after-school programs; family prenatal care; programs to meet special needs of minorities, Indians, migrants and bilingual children; food and nutrition services; and special activities for handicapped children within regular programs; (3) rental, renovation, acquisition or construction of facilities, including mobile facilities; (4) preservice and inservice training; (5) staff and administration expenses of councils and committees required by the Act; and (6) dissemination of information to families. Provides for the reservation of funds proportionately for handicapped children and for migrant and Indian children, and up to 5 percent for model programs. Allocates the remainder among the States and within the States, and within the States, 50 percent according to relative number of economically disadvantaged children, 25 percent according to relative number of children through age five, and 25 percent according to relative number of children of working mothers and single parents. Allows the use of up to 5 percent of a State's allocation for special State programs. Provides that a State, locality, or combination of localities may be designated by the Secretary as a prime sponsor for the purpose of entering into arrangements to carry out programs under this title. Establishes performance criteria for prime sponsors, including coordination of all services for children within the prime sponsorship area and establishment of a Child and Family Service Council to administer and coordinate programs. Empowers the Secretary to directly fund an Indian tribe to carry out programs on a reservation and public or private nonprofit agencies to operate migrant programs, model programs, or programs where no prime sponsor has been designated or where a designated prime sponsor is not meeting certain needs. Provides for the Governor to comment on prime sponsorship applications and provides appeal procedures for applicants who are disapproved. Sets forth the composition, method of selection, and functions of Child and Family Service Councils to be established by each prime sponsor. Requires that at least one-third of the total membership of the Child and Family Service Council shall be persons who are economically disadvantaged. States that financial assistance under this title may be provided by the Secretary for fiscal year 1975 and any subsequent fiscal year to a prime sponsor only pursuant to a child and family service plan which is approved by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this title. Sets forth the conditions for such approval, requiring that any such program shall: (1) provide that programs or services under this title shall be provided only for children whose parents request them; (2) identifies child and family service needs and goals within the area and describes the purposes for which the financial assistance will be used; and (3) meets the needs of children and families in the prime sponsorship area, with priority for services to children who have not attained six years of age, and other enumerated criteria. Allows Federal funding for construction or acquisition only where no alternatives are practicable. Provides that no more than 15 percent of a prime sponsor's funds may be used for construction, and that no more than half of that may be in the form of grants rather than loans. Requires that the Federal Government and prime sponsors make available for child and family service programs, facilities they own and lease, when they are not fully utilized for other purposes. Provides a 100 percent Federal share for planning in the first year, 90 percent Federal share for fiscal years 1976 and 1977, and 80 percent for subsequent fiscal years. Provides a 100 percent Federal share for programs for migrants and Indians, and allows waiver of part or all of the non-Federal share where necessary to meet needs of economically disadvantaged children. States that the non-Federal share may be in cash or in kind. Requires that revenues generated by fees may not be used as the non-Federal share but must be used as the non-Federal share but must be used by the prime sponsor to expand programs. Title II: Supportive Services and Special Activities - Requires a national committee on Federal standards, with one-half parent participation, to establish standards for all child care services programs funded by this or any other Federal act. Requires a committee to develop a uniform minimum code dealing with health and safety of children and applicable to all facilities funded by this Act. Requires the Secretary to make annual evaluations and report to Congress on Federal child family services activities. Title III: Research and Demonstrations - Authorizes child and family services research and requires that the Office of Child and Family Services coordinate research by Federal agencies. Title IV: General Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act. Requires that procedures be established to assure adequate nutrition services in programs under this Act, including use of the special food service programs of the School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. Sets forth an anti-crimination provision, including separate provisions on sex discrimination. Requires that programs meet the minimum wage. Prohibits the use of funds for constructing, operating, or maintaining facilities for sectarian instruction or religious worship. Provides that no child may be the subject of research or experimentation without parental approval, and that no child may be forced to undergo examination or treatment if parents object. Requires approval of the Secretary for child development programs for very young children. Requires that all applications, plans, and written material pertaining thereto be made available to the public without charge.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Emergency Petroleum Allocation Extension Act - Provides for the extension of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 from February 28, 1975, to June 30, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1974
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Commerce to make a full and complete investigation and study for the purpose of determining a policy and role for the Federal Government on tourism in the United States which will most effectively enable the industry to realize fully its potential to contribute to the social well-being, the cultural understanding, and the economic prosperity of the United States. Provides that the chairman and ranking minority member of each of the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture and Forestry, Interior and Insular Affairs, Public Works, Foreign Relations, Government Operations, Labor and Public Welfare, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Small Business, or a member of such committees designated by each such chairman or ranking minority member to serve in his place, shall serve as ex officio members of the Committee on Commerce for purposes of this study. Directs the Committee on Commerce to report its findings, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it deems advisable, to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for thorough health and sanitation inspection at time of entry of all livestock products imported into the United States. Provides that the inspection program shall be financed by a charge on the imported animals to be set by the Secretary of Agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1974
Authorizes and directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library. Provides that expenses incurred by the Joint Committee on the Library in carrying out this concurrent resolution, which shall not exceed $2,500, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers approved by the chairman of the joint committee.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should immediately terminate the suspension of any Presidential proclamation limiting the total quantity of imports, or withdrawals from warehouses for consumption, of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle, sheep and other specified meat.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Social Security Recipients Fairness Act - Establishes, under the Social Security Act, a procedure for the prompt payment of social security benefits to individuals whose social security checks have been lost, stolen, or otherwise delayed. Provides for expedited hearings and determinations respecting claims for benefits under titles II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require that transportation facilities built and rolling stock purchased with Federal funds under the Urban Mass Transportation Act are designed and constructed to be accessible to the physically handicapped and the elderly. Provides that, with regard to buses only, a Governor or local public body may satisfy the requirements of this Act by providing alternative transportation service for physically handicapped persons and elderly persons with limited mobility in accordance with standards promulgated by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1974
States that in order to provide temporary emergency assistance to persons engaged in the cattle raising business during the current period of declining cattle prices, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to guarantee and make commitments to guarantee the repayment of 90 percent of the outstanding principal amount of any loan made to any such person by a bank or other lending institution for the purpose of assisting such person to purchase cattle, to feed his cattle and otherwise maintain his farm or ranch operation. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee the repayment of 90 percent of the outstanding principal amount of any loan made to any such person prior to the date of enactment of this Act and which is renewed or extended by the lending institution holding such loan. Specifies that the authority of the Secretary to guarantee loans under this Act shall expire June 30, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is especially appropriate to honor former President Harry S. Truman through the creation of a perpetual educational scholarship program to develop increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare and pursue careers in public service. Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, to be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. Authorizes the Foundation to award fifty-one scholarships in any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1973, for undergraduate study for persons who plan to pursue a career in public service. States that each recipient shall be known as a Truman scholar. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the scholarship requirements; (2) the procedure for selection of Truman scholars; (3) stipends and institutional allowances; and (4) the scholarship conditions. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. Prescribes the procedure for expenditures from the fund. Directs that there shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation, appointed by the Board, who shall be the chief executive officer and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 to the fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the contribution by the United States to the growing economic and human crisis in the developing world should be primarily in the form of food and the means and technology to produce it; (2) the President, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Agriculture and their advisors should give the highest priority to the immediate expansion of American food assistance and take such additional steps as might be necessary to expedite the transfer of American food commodities on concessional and donation terms to those nations most severely affected; (3) the United States should increase its matching pledge to the World Food Program for 1975-1976 and encourage other nations to do so; (4) the President and the Secretary of State should negotiate with other major food exporting nations to seek to obtain their participation in this emergency effort proportionate to their share of world food exports, and should strongly encourage oil exporting nations to contribute a fair share to these efforts to assist the most severely affected nations; (5) the United States should announce its desire to work with the oil exporting and other nations in a major effort to increase world fertilizer production with the possibility of including the offer of American technology and capital; and (6) the President should encourage the American people to reduce the non-critical, non-food-producing uses of fertilizer which now total nearly three million tons of nutrient a year, to make available increased fertilizer supplies for raising food production at home and in the developing world. Declares the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States and the Secretaries of State and Agriculture should, and are hereby urged and requested to: (1) maintain regular and full consultation with the appropriate committees of the Congress and (2) report to the Congress and the Nation at regular intervals on the progress toward formulating an American response in a cooperative framework to the world food crisis and the needs of the most severely affected developing countries.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1974
National Summer Youth Sports Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants or enter into contracts for the conduct of an annual National Summer Youth Sports Program concentrated in the summer months, with opportunity for continued activities throughout the year, designed to offer disadvantaged youth living in areas of concentrated poverty an opportunity to receive educational instruction, sports instruction, and health and nutritional services, and to participate in educational programs and sports competitions. Prohibits assistance under this Act unless 90 percent of the youths participating in a program are from families with incomes below the poverty level and that such youths will have maximum participation in program planning and operation. Provides that programs under this Act shall be administered by the Secretary, through grants or contracts with the National Collegiate Athletic Association or any other qualified national organization of colleges and universities. Provides that each such grant or contract shall contain provisions to assure that the program to be assisted will: (1) expand educational opportunities for disadvantaged youths, designed to provide an opportunity to engage in competitive sports and benefit from sports skills instruction; (2) help young people learn good health practices and become better citizens by utilizing the personnel and facilities of higher education; (3) enable the contractor and institutions of higher education located conveniently to areas of concentrated poverty and their personnel to participate more fully in community life and in the solution of community problems; (4) provide a combination of employment and on-the-job training in sports instruction and administration; and (5) serve major metropolitan centers of the United States as well as other areas, within the limits of program resources. Requires local projects under any such program to be conducted under approved contracts between the principal contractor or grantee and selected institutions of higher education qualified to carry out a program under this Act. Provides that, except where the Secretary determines that unusual circumstances make a larger percentage necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act, a contract under this Act with respect to any program may not provide for payment of more than 80 percent of the direct costs incurred in carrying out the total program. Provides that the non-Federal share may be cash or in-kind contributions. Permits such payments to be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such conditions as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, June 30, 1976, and June 30, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
Federal Employees Political Activities Act - Provides that an employee of an executive or Federal agency, or of the District of Columbia, may not use his official authority to affect the result of any election or process defined in this Act. Defines such employee's right to express his opinion on political subjects and candidates, and to take an active part in any partisan or non-partisan political activity. Prohibits Presidential appointees, employees of Congress, or members of the uniformed service from requesting or inviting political contributions from other such employees. Provides for enforcement of this provision by the Civil Service Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Provides for cost-of-living increases in the benefits provided under the program of supplemental security income for the aged, blind, and disabled under title XVI of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1974
Requires motor common carriers of household goods to keep specified records, including late shipments, damaged shipments, and claims settlements, and to file such records quarterly with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). Requires carriers to submit such information on all carriers, to be compiled by the ICC to prospective shippers and to retain a receipt thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1974
Designates the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide for the care, maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the official residence and grounds. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that living accommodations, generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided for the Chief of Naval Operations. Repeals the Federal law authorizing the planning, design, construction, furnihsing, and maintenance of an official residence for the Vice President of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Health Services Act - Title I: Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, and Community Mental Health Centers - Sets forth congressional findings regarding the need for the provision of high quality essential health services and comprehensive mental health services in all American communities. States that the essential health services which shall be provided by a community health center are: (1) physician services (including consultant and referral services by a physician) and, where feasible, services of physicians' assistants and nurse clinicians; (2) emergency medical services; (3) diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services; (4) preventive health services; (5) transportation services necessary to overcome special difficulty of access to services provided by the community health center; and (6) services which promote and facilitate optimal use of available health services. Specifies that a community health center shall provide services in the following manner: (1) directly through its own professional staff and supporting resources; and (2) indirectly under agreements with providers designed to assure to the patient maximum accessibility to efficient, economical, and high-quality services. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make planning grants to any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which has demonstrated the capacity to prepare a satisfactory plan for providing essential health services through a community health center. Provides that the Secretary may make development grants to any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which has a plan satisfactory to the Secretary for providing essential health services through a community health center. States that grants for development shall be made to assist in meeting the costs of: (1) development of essential and supplemental health services, including the addition of new services to those already offered, to the extent that such costs are not ordinary costs of operation, as defined in regulations of the Secretary; (2) development of the resources and techniques to achieve compliance with specified conditions; and (3) acquisition and construction of new facilities, expansion and remodeling of existing facilities, leasing of facilities, and initial equipment of facilities acquired, constructed, expanded, remodeled, or leased with financial assistance provided for grants under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make operating grants to any: (1) community health center; or (2) public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which is providing services or meets the definition of a community health center except that it is not providing all of the essential health services described in this Act. Sets forth conditions to be met for approval of grant applications. Directs the Secretary to appoint and organize a National Advisory Council on Community Health Centers which shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters concerning the organization, operation, and funding of community health centers and other grantees. Authorizes appropriations of $500,000 for each fiscal year 1975-1979 for planning grants. Authorizes appropriations of $30,000,000 for each fiscal year 1975-1979 for development grants. Authorizes necessary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the succeeding four fiscal years to make operating grants. Directs the Secretary to make available planning, development, and operating grants for the establishment and maintenance of migrant health centers. Sets forth conditions for the approval of migrant health center grants. Directs the Secretary to appoint and organize a National Advisory Council on Migrant Health Centers which shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters concerning the organization, operation, and funding of migrant health centers and other grantees under this part. Authorizes appropriations for migrant health center grants for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Directs the Secretary to make available planning, development, and operating grants for the establishment and maintenance of community mental health centers. Sets forth conditions for the approval of mental health center grants. Authorizes the Secretary to provide all necessary technical and other nonfinancial assistance (including fiscal and program management and training in fiscal and program management) to any public or private, nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which is eligible to receive grants under this Act to assist such agency, organization, or institution in developing plans for and in becoming a community health center. Authorizes appropriations for community mental health center grants for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Title II: Health Revenue Sharing - Authorizes appropriations of $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for grants to States for comprehensive public health resources.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Declares that the Congress hereby calls upon the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to cause to be conducted on or about August 10, 1974, appropriate ceremonies in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, in the town of West Branch, Iowa.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Extends the coverage of the National Labor Relations Act to employees of nonprofit hospitals. Defines the term "health care institution" for purposes of this Act. Sets forth collective bargaining notice, mediation, and agreement procedures to govern employees of a health care institution.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1974
Makes it the sense of Congress that: (1) the President of the United States should seek direct negotiations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, designed to achieve agreements on limiting deployment of their respective naval and other military forces in the Indian Ocean and littoral states; (2) these negotiations should be convened, as rapidly as possible, either in a bilateral forum, or within the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean, augmented to include the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; (3) these negotiations should consider, among other topics, agreed limitations by the two Powers on establishment or use of naval and other military facilities in the Indian Ocean and littoral states, numbers of war-ships (or ship-days) deployed in the Indian Ocean basin, and the size and characteristics of warships and other military forces deployed there; (4) during these negotiations, the President should reaffirm the principal of Freedom of the Seas, in regard to the Indian Ocean, and bear in mind the deliberations of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean regarding relevant issues; and (5) the President should report to the Congress at regular intervals, not less frequently than every six months, on progress made pursuant to this concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Comprehensive Medicare Reform Act - Title I: Revision of Medicare Entitlement and Benefits - Repeals Parts A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged) and Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged) of Title XVIII (Health Insurance for the Aged) of the Social Security Act and enacts in lieu of those parts the provisions of this title. Lowers the age for participation in the Insurance Plan (Medicare) provided under title XVIII for specified classes of individuals. Makes the following classes of persons entitled to benefits under such title: (1) specified individuals receiving disability payments, and (2) specified individuals with chronic renal disease. Specifies covered institutional services including, but not limited to: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital services; (2) skilled-nursing home services; (3) intermediate-care facility services; and (4) home health services. Lists the following covered services: (1) physicians' services (including psychiatric services if provided by a health maintenance organization); (2) dental services; (3) drugs; (4) devices, appliances, and equipment (if the item is prescribed or certified as medically necessary by an appropriate professional practitioner and if it appears on a current list of items established by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare); and (5) other professional and supporting services, including, but not limited to (a) the professional services of optometrists, (b) the professional services of podiatrists, and (c) the diagnostic services of independent pathology laboratories, and diagnostic and therapeutic radiology furnished by independent radiology services. Excludes services and items from coverage under this title, including but not limited to: (1) services furnished outside the United States, with an exception for specified hospital services and related professional services; (2) the furnishing of personal comfort items; (3) purely custodial care; (4) cosmetic services; and (5) services for which the individual has no legal obligation to pay. Provides for the reduction in the amount otherwise payable under this title from the Medicare Trust Fund with respect to a covered service based upon the applicable amount of coinsurance held by individuals entitled for benefits under this title. Provides for exceptions to the above reductions in the cases of low-income persons, members of low-income families, and specified cases of payment of catastrophic expense benefits. Sets forth a schedule for the degree of payment reduction by type of service to be effectuated by the individual's coinsurance amount. Sets forth an initial table for the determination of income classes for individuals and members of families under this title. Provides for the periodic revision of income classes established under this title. Provides for the periodic revision of the catastrophic expense benefit expenditure limitations under this title. Provides that payment of covered services provided to an individual by an institutional provider shall be made only to that provider. States that the amount payable to that provider with respect to such services shall be the reasonable cost of the services to the provider governed by the provisions of this title less the amount of any payment of coinsurance. Provides that payment for covered services that were furnished to an individual by a noninstitutional provider shall be made only to: (1) the participating provider who furnished the services, or (2) in the case of emergency services furnished by a nonparticipating provider, either (a) to the individual on the basis of an itemized bill, or (b) to the provider on the basis of an assignment from the individual. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with carriers under which the carrier, on behalf of the Secretary (and subject to review by the Secretary), will perform administrative functions, including the administration of benefits under this Act. Provides that no contract shall be entered into with a carrier unless the Secretary finds that the carrier will perform its obligations under the contract efficiently and effectively and will meet such requirements as to financial responsibility, legal authority, and other matters as he finds pertinent. Creates the Medicare Trust Fund which shall consist of the assets and liabilities of the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Trust Fund a Government contribution in an amount, as estimated by the Board of Trustees, which when added to other income and assets of the Trust Fund will make the Trust Fund sufficient for the prompt payment of all amounts required or authorized by law to be paid therefrom. Authorizes the Board to borrow funds from the Treasury, pending the approval by Congress of the Government contribution, if the Board determines that the amount of the Trust Fund is insufficient to make all required payments in the next three calendar months. Creates an Institutional Provider Reimbursement Review Board to hear disputes presented by any institutional provider of services which has filed a required cost report (for purposes of reimbursement) within the time specified in regulations if: (1) the provider is dissatisfied with a final determination of the organization serving as its fiscal intermediary as to the amount of total program reimbursement due the provider for the items and services furnished to individuals for which payment may be made under this title for the period covered by the report; (2) the amount in controversy is $10,000 or more; and (3) the provider files a request for a hearing within 180 days after notice of the intermediary's final determination. Title II: Health Insurance Taxes - Defines the term "employment" for purposes of the health insurance tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Provides for the exclusion of employer payment of employee taxes from employees' gross income as determined under such provisions of such Code. Title III: Studies Related to Long-Term Care - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a joint study on the subject of health related and other long-term institutional care. Authorizes additional studies by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development concerning the provision of social services to enable elderly persons to live in their own homes. Requires the Secretaries to submit reports to the President and the Congress not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Provides for the establishment, under the Rail Passenger Service Act, of a demonstration project providing regular scheduled rail transportation between the major metropolitan areas and the major recreation areas of the Nation for highway recreational vehicles with passengers being transported in such vehicles. Defines "highway recreational vehicle" as a self-propelled or trailer type vehicle for use on the highways to provide recreational transportation and lodging, and includes the vehicle used to tow such a trailer. Authorizes to be appropriated funds to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Act - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation to widows of veterans by sixteen percent. Authorizes dependency and indemnity compensation for a survivor of any veteran released from the service with a disability permanent and total in nature. Provides that survivors of an eligible veteran whose subsequent release from active duty developed a service-connected disability, permanent and total in nature, are eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation if the veteran had that rating for at least 20 years prior to his death.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Veterans Disability Compensation Act - Increases the rates of disability compensation for veterans who have been disabled in or due to their service. Increases by 15 percent: (1) the basic disability compensation, and (2) the dependency allowances payable to veterans with disabilities rated 50 percent or more.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
Provides, relating to travel expenses of persons going to and from a Veterans' Administration facility, that in no event shall the per diem rate for meals and lodging be less than $20 or the mileage rate be less than the current Department of Transportation estimate of the average costs of operating an automobile. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 111(a))
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Emergency Energy Conservation Economic Opportunities Amendments - Provides, under the Economic Opportunity Act, for the establishment of an Emergency Energy Conservation Services Program, designed to enable low-income individuals and families, including the elderly and the near poor, to participate in energy conservation programs designed to lessen the impact of the energy crisis on such individuals and families. States that such program shall provide financial and other assistance for enumerated activities, including winterization of old or substandard dwellings; emergency loans, grants, and revolving funds to deal with increased housing expenses relating to the energy crisis; special fuel voucher or stamp programs; and outreach efforts, including the establishment of energy crisis centers. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal year 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Full Disclosure Act - Requires, under the Federal Election Campaign Act, that each candidate for nomination for election to Federal office (other than a candidate who holds the office of President, Vice President, or Member of Congress) shall file with the Comptroller General a financial disclosure report for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of that individual's candidacy. Requires each individual who has served at any time during any calendar year as President, Vice President, or Member of Congress to file with the Comptroller General a financial disclosure report for that year. Prescribes the deadline dates for such filings. Provides that each such report shall contain a full and complete statement of: (1) the amount and sources of all income, other than reimbursements for expenditures actually incurred, and each gift or aggregate of gifts from one source of a value of more than $100 (other than gifts received from any relative or his spouse) received by him or by him and his spouse jointly or by his spouse or by his children during the preceding calendar year, including any fee or other honorarium received; (2) the value of all assets held by him, and of each liability owed by him, or by him and his spouse jointly; (3) all dealings in securities or commodities by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf; (4) all purchases and sales of real property or any interest therein; (5) the amount of each tax paid by the candidate during the preceding calendar year. States that all reports filed under this Act shall be maintained by the Comptroller General as public records, and shall be available, under such regulations as the Comptroller General may prescribe, for inspection by the public.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) all agencies of the Federal Government, which have any responsibility for establishing priorities for the allocation of materials and facilities utilized in the production or distribution of fertilizer, give the highest priority to the fertilizer industry regarding the allocation of such materials and facilities; (2) the Federal Power Commission and appropriate State regulatory agencies do everything within their power, in the establishment of priorities for the allocation of natural gas (including gas sold under interruptible contracts), to insure producers of nitrogen with supplies of natural gas sufficient to maintain maximum production levels; (3) the Federal Energy Office include all of the energy and fuel requirements of the fertilizer industry, including local dealer requirements, in its highest priority category regarding allocation of gasoline, middle-distillates, and other liquid fuels utilized by this industry in the production, distribution, and application of fertilizer supplies; (4) the Cost of Living Council and the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce continue their monitoring and reporting of fertilizer supply availabilities, wholesale and retail prices, and export shipments; and (5) the Cost of Living Council establish an investigatory program through the field offices of the Internal Revenue Service to monitor and analyze any reports of fertilizer price gouging at either wholesale or retail levels, and any changes in manufacturer marketing operations or relationships between manufacturers and local dealers and between local dealers and their customers which may affect continued availability or pricing of fertilizer supplies to farmers.
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