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(2) to specify reasonable conditions of any order granting parole; and (3) to re-parole any person whose parole has been revoked and who is not otherwise ineligible for parole.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.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Provides that children's benefits received by an individual under the Social Security Act shall be disregarded in determining whether that individual is a dependent of a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 152)
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University, Stanford, California, on condition that the funds will be used for the construction of a new building, for the equipment of such building, and for the establishment of a capital fund administered by the Hoover Institution, the income from which shall be used for the purchase and processing of books and other documents for the library of the Hoover Institution. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury for making grants under this Act amounts in which the aggregate will not exceed gifts, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property, made to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the aggregate amount so appropriated shall not exceed $5,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Congressional Budget Control Act - Requires the Budget of the United States Government to be organized and submitted on the basis of national needs, agency programs, and basic program steps. Sets forth the meaning of terms used in this Act, and the requirements for each Government agency.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
National Institute of Justice Act - Establishes an agency to be known as the National Institute of Justice to be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Institute, including: (1) undertake surveys, and collect, analyze, and disseminate information relating to the operation of the judicial system in the United States at all levels, with particular emphasis upon information with respect to improvements and innovations in the operation of that system, and (2) conduct, either directly or through contracts, grants, or other arrangements, an evaluation of the principal sources of delay in the administration of justice, criminal and civil, designed to identify existing problems and to provide a diagnosis of new anticipated problems in the timely and efficient disposition of civil and criminal cases. Sets forth the administrative functions and duties of the Director and of the Institute. Provides that no officer or employee of the Institute shall take any active part in political management or in political campaigns and no such officer or employee shall use his official position or influence for the purpose of interfering with any election or affecting the result of any election. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Provides that whenever the Small Business Administration determines that action is necessary or desirable to assist small business concerns whose participation in the free enterprise system is hampered because of social or economic considerations not generally applicable to other business enterprises to obtain the equity capital needed for viable and prudently managed business operations, it may guarantee equity investments in such concerns made by investment companies or other qualified investors. States that such guarantee shall be made pursuant to an agreement by the Administration to purchase equity securities evidencing the interest of an investor in such a concern in accordance with terms and conditions prescribed by the Administration subject to specified limitations and restrictions. States that a guarantee agreement entered into under this Act by the Administration shall obligate the Administration to purchase securities covered by the agreement and held by an investor. Provides that the Administration shall fix a uniform fee which it deems reasonable and necessary for any guarantee issued under this Act to be payable at such time and under such conditions as may be determined by the Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Educational and Cultural Postal Amendments - Authorizes a phased increase over a specified period of time in postage rates for second-class publications. States that such increases shall take place in two-year steps. Provides that the rates for the first 250,000 pieces of each issue of a second-class publication shall not exceed 66 2/3 percent of the applicable rates. Provides that after July 6, 1972, the revenues received from rates for second-class publications shall not exceed 50 percent of the published rate. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to credit to the Postal Service Fund such sums as may be determined by the Postal Service annually to be equal to the difference between the revenues the Postal Service would have received in the absence of specified reduced rates and the estimated revenues to be received on mail carried under such rates. Provides that the Postal Rate Commission shall in answering requests for changes in rates or fees in each class of mail or type of service, consider the educational, cultural, scientific, and informational value to the recipient of mailed materials. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3622)
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Grants the Interstate Commerce Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act certain authority over railroad car service when an emergency is or may be imminent.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide financial assistance to units of general local government and combinations of such units to permit them to develop and improve emergency communication procedures and facilities in such a manner so as to be able to dispatch, at the request of any person employing the telephone number "911", police, fire, medical, rescue, and other emergency services. Authorizes $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 and $7,500,000 for the fiscal year 1975 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Animal Health Research Act - Sets forth the purpose of this Act and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the several States for the purpose of encouraging and assisting them in carrying out programs of animal health research at eligible institutions. Authorizes the Congress to appropriate such funds as it may determine to be necessary to support such research programs. Specifies the formula by which funds appropriated under this Act shall be apportioned. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to support research on specific national or regional animal health problems. Provides that in developing plans for the use of such funds the Secretary shall consult the Advisory Board created by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to support costs of providing veterinary medical science research facilities. Provides that such funds shall be apportioned in accordance with the formula set forth in this Act. States that each dean or director of an eligible institution shall submit a brief annual report of research accomplishments on a project-by-project basis. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Veterinary Medical Science Research Advisory Board which shall consist of not less than nine nor more than twelve members. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1973
National Child Abuse Prevention Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to designated State agencies for the States and their political subdivisions in developing and carrying out child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention programs as provided in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums, not exceeding $60,000,000 in the aggregate, as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, and $20,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. States that in order for the designated State agency of a State to qualify for assistance under this title, such State must have in effect a child abuse prevention plan which embodies a program for effectively treating and preventing child abuse and neglect in the State. Sets forth criteria and standards for qualified child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention plans. Provides that as a condition of the approval of any State child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention plan, such plan shall provide for and require the reporting of cases of child abuse or neglect occuring in the State, with appropriate proceedings and other activities to deal with cases of child abuse or neglect so reported in the manner specified in this Act. States that any doctor, nurse, schoolteacher, social worker, welfare worker, medical examiner, or coroner who knowingly and willfully fails to report a case of child abuse or suspected child abuse as required by this Act shall be quilty of a misdemeanor. States that any doctor, nurse, schoolteacher, social worker, welfare worker, medical examiner, or coroner who in good faith submits a report under this Act or participates in the making of such a report shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability which might otherwise be incurred or imposed on account of his submitting or participating in the making of such reports. Provides that if the individual making a report with respect to any child under this Act determines that an emergency is involved, he may hold the child in temporary custody of another person or agency, pending action based on such report, in order to protect the child's health and welfare and prevent further abuse. Sets forth the procedures for a transfer of custody and for an investigation of all such reports, and specifies the judicial procedure involved in cases of child abuse. Provides for the compilation of such reports by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall require.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1973
Changes the name of the Passport Office to the United States Passport Service. Transfers the functions of the Passport Office to the new agency which shall be under the Department of State. Establishes a fund for the Service to be capitalized by an initial appropriation of at least $20,000,000 to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Establishes a passport service to finance the operation of the Unied States Passport Service. Increases passport and renewal fees to bring them in line with increased service cost. Provides the new passport service with its own accounting and internal audit system, under periodic audits by the General Accounting Office.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
International Voyage Load Line Act - Directs the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to prescribe loadlines, the marking therof and associated condition surveys for vessels engaged in international voyages. Provides that the Secretary shall indicate the minimum freebord to which each vessel may be loaded, giving due consideration to, and making differentials for, the service, type, and character of each vessel. Permits the Secretary, with the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury, to utilize officers of the bureau of Customs to enforce this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to issue a loadline certificate upon completion of survey requirements and a finding that the loadline is positioned and marked in the manner prescribed. Authorizes the appointment of surveyors and the revocation of such appointment by the Secretary. Provides for the issuance of a certificate of exemption to a vessel, which is so entitled by virtue of an international agreement to which the United States is signatory. Provides for the recognition of loadlines required by foreign countries, when they are equally effective. Prohibits any vessel from being loaded so as to submerge the prescribed loadline. Authorizes the Secretary to detain any vessel which violates the provisions of this Act. Imposes various civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Hemophilia Act - Provides that any individual suffering from hemophilia may file a claim for benefits under this part with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in such form and containing such information as he may reasonably require. States that benefits under this part shall be paid to, or on behalf of a claimant, in an amount equal to 100 percent of the actual cost of providing blood, blood products, and services associated with the treatment of hemophilia, less: (1) amounts payable by third parties (including governmental agencies), and (2) amounts determined by the Secretary (in accordance with this Act) to be payable by the individual suffering from hemophilia. Authorizes to be appropriated for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1976, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of no less than fifteen new centers for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals suffering from hemophilia. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this section $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Provides that the Secretary shall establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of individuals suffering from hemophilia. States that such program shall be made available through the facilities of the Public Health Service to any individual requesting diagnosis, treatment, or counseling for hemophilia. Permits the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities, and to enter into contracts with public and private entities and individuals to establish blood fractionation centers, for the purpose of fractionating and making available for distribution blood and blood products, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary to hemophilia treatment and diagnostic centers. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976 for this purpose. Establishes in the National Institutes of Health a National Hemophilia Advisory Board to be composed of twenty members. States that it shall be the function of the Board to: (1) establish guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia; and (2) submit a report to the President for transmittal to the Congress not later than January 31 of each year on the scope of activities conducted under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Full Benefits for Elderly Tenants Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to disregard the increase in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act pursuant to Public Law 92-336 in determining eligibility or the amount of assistance under specified laws relating to low-income housing.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Congressional Free Speech Act - Provides that no court or grand jury shall inquire of a Member or an aide either directly or indirectly into the protected legislative activities of a Member in a criminal proceeding without the Member's consent. Requires the Attorney General of the United States to personally approve the issuance of any subpena to a Member who is at that time serving in Congress, and to notify in writing that Member, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in the case of a Representative, and the President pro tempore of the Senate, in the case of a Senator, not less than forty-eight hours in advance of the issuance of the subpena. Provides that when an aide is served with a subpena which he has reason to believe may require his testimony on the protected legislative activity of a Member, the aide shall immediately inform that Member. Permits any Member to move in United States district court to quash any subpena issued by a court or grand jury in a criminal proceeding requiring him or an aide to appear to give testimony where the Member believes that the subpena seeks testimony about protected legislative activity. Sets forth the procedure for such a motion.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Rural Housing Insurance Fund for the purpose of making loans for housing and buildings on farms in the amounts specified in appropriation acts for such purpose. Provides that 60 percent of such funds shall be used to grant low interest rate loans to low and moderate income persons and families. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1487(c))
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
National Mobile Home Safety Standards Act - Title I: Mobile Home Safety Standards - Directs the Secretary of Housing and urban Development to establish by order appropriate Federal mobile home safety standards. Provides that in prescribing standards under this Act, the Secretary shall: (1) consider relevant available mobile home safety data: (2) consult with such State or interstate agencies (including legislative committees) as he deems appropriate; (3) consider whether any such proposed standard is reasonable, practicable, and appropriate for the particular type of mobile home for which it is prescribed; (4) consider whether any such standard will place an undue financial burden upon manufacturers and distributors of mobile homes; (5) consider whether any such standard will result in a substantial increase in the retail price of mobile homes; and (6) consider the extent to which any such standard will contribute to carrying out the purpose of this title. Directs the Secretary to issue initial Federal mobile home safety standards upon the expiration of a one hundred eighty-day period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall issue new and revised Federal mobile home safety standards under this title upon the expiration of the three hundred sixty-day period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Mobile Home Safety Advisory Council, a majority of which shall be representatives of the general public, including representatives of State and local governments, and the remainder shall include members of the American National Standards Institute Committee on Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles and representatives of mobile home manufacturers, dealers and insurers. Provides that the Secretary shall consult with the Advisory Council before establishing or revoking any mobile home safety standard pursuant to this title. Directs the Secretary to conduct research, testing, development and training necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Provides that no person shall: (1) manufacture for sale, sell, offer for sale, or introduce or deliver for introduction in interstate commerce, or import into the United States, any mobile home manufactured on or after the date any applicable Federal mobile home safety standard takes effect under this title unless it is in conformity with such standard; (2) fail or refuse access to or copying of records, or fail to make reports or provide information, or fail or refuse to permit entry or inspection, as required under this Act; (3) fail to issue a certificate required by this Act, or issue a certificate to the effect that a mobile home conforms to all applicable Federal mobile home safety standards, if such person in the exercise of due care has reason to know that such certificate is false or misleading in a material respect; or (4) fail to furnish notification of any defect as required by this Act. Prescribes a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each violation of this title. Provides that each violation shall constitute a separate violation, and that the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed $400,000 for any related series of violations. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Establishes the National Mobile Home Safety Bureau within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Provides that the provisions of this title shall be carried out through such Bureau. Title II: Changes in Existing Law - Authorizes Federal participation under the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 in any loan made for the purchase of a mobile home which meets or exceeds the mobile home safety standards established under this Act. Provides for Federal participation in loans made to veterans purchasing mobile homes which meet such standards.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Allows any Senator, or former Senator, to refuse to testify before any court or grant jury in a criminal proceeding concerning his legislative activity while a Member of the Senate. Prohibits an aide or former aide to a Senator or to a former Senator from testifying before a court or grand jury in a criminal prosecution in the performance of legislative activity by that Senator while he was a member of the Senate, unless otherwise instructed by that Senator. Provides that no memorial or other paper presented to the Senate, except original treaties, finally acted upon, shall be withdrawn from its files except by order of the Senate, except that when an act may pass for the settlement of any private claim, the Secretary is authorized to transmit to the officer charged with the settlement the papers on file relating to the claim, (contained in House Rule XXX). Provides that no memorial or other paper upon which an adverse report has been made shall be withdrawn from the files of the Senate unless copies thereof shall be left in the Office of the Secretary (presently contained in House Rule XXX). Requires a Senator to immediately notify the President Pro Tempore of any demands for testimony or documents made upon him or an aide which might fall within the provisions of this rule.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Public Service Employment Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide unemployed and underemployed persons with employment in jobs providing needed public services and appropriate training and related services. Authorizes to be appropriated annually to carry out this Act such sums as necessary prior to fiscal year 1977. Provides that the Secretary of Labor shall enter into arrangements with applicants for the purpose of providing financial assistance to public and private nonprofit agencies and institutions for the creation of jobs providing employment for unemployed or underemployed persons in carrying out needed public services. Provides that such eligible applicants shall be: (1) States, counties, cities, and other units or combinations of units of general local government which have established public service employment councils; and (2) other public and private agencies and institutions when government units of service are inadequate or nonexistent. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreement with eligible applicants, using twenty-five percent of the funds authorized under this Act, for the purpose of providing employment, for unemployed and underemployed persons residing in areas of substantial unemployment, in jobs providing needed public services, which shall be carried out to the maximum practicable extent, within such areas. Provides for the establishment of a public service employment council. Provides that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that: (1) the program will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available, will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers, will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed, and will not substitute public service jobs for other Federally assisted jobs; (2) persons employed in public service jobs assisted under this Act shall be paid wages which shall not be lower than whichever is the highest of the minimum wage which would be applicable to the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the State or local minimum wage for the most nearly comparable covered employment, or the prevailing rates of pay for persons employed in similar public occupations by the same employer; (3) funds under this Act will not be used to pay persons employed in public service jobs under this Act at a rate in excess of $12,000 per year; (4) all persons employed in public service jobs assisted under this Act will be assured of workmen's compensation, health insurance, unemployment insurance, and other benefits at the same levels and to the same extent as other employees enjoy; (5) provisions of law relating to health and safety conditions shall apply to such program or activity; (6) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, contribute to the occupational development or upwar mobility of individual participants; (7) not to exceed ten percent of the funds available for any program under this Act will be used for the acquisition or the rental or leasing of supplies, equipment, materials, or real property; and (8) every participant shall be advised, prior to entering upon employment, of his rights and benefits in connection with such employment. Provides that the Secretary shall transmit at least annually a detailed report setting forth the activities conducted under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall carry out a program of research and pilot projects into alternative ways and means to research full employment. Provides that the Secretary shall publish on a regular basis data on unemployment, underemployment, and job vacancies by State, labor market area, rural area, and city and poverty neighborhoods.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act - Provides for the recognition of the entire Grand Canyon as a natural feature of national and international significance. Prohibits the transfer of any lands held in trust for any Indian Tribe. Establishes the Grand Canyon Zone of Influence which gives the Secretary of the Interior the authority to coordinate a protective management program for those lands adjacent to the Grand Canyon or affecting the environment of the Grand Canyon. Institutes programs for the recreational, historical and cultural development of the area, and authorizes cooperative agreements between the States, Indian Tribes, and the Federal Government for the regulation of the area. Provides for the Administration of wilderness land under the Wilderness Act. Authorizes those sums as are necessary for the carrying out of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
National Historic Record Act - Establishes in the executive branch of the Government a National Historic Records Commission to develop and promote a broadly conceived national program for preserving and making accessible documentary resources throughout the Nation. Specifies the members of the Commission and their duties. Sets forth requirements for States applications for grants under this Act. Authorizes such appropriations as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
National Energy Research and Development Policy Act - Title I: Coordination and Augmentation of Federal Support for Research and Development of Fuels and Energy - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to establish and maintain a national program of research and development in fuels and energy adequate to meet specified objectives. Establishes an Energy Research Management Project which shall have a Chairman appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the duties of the Project, initiating: (1) to review the full range of Federal activities in and financial support for fuels and energy research and development, giving consideration to research and development being conducted by industry and other non-Federal entities, to determine the capability of ongoing research efforts to carry out the policies established by this Act and other relevant Federal policies, particulary the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; and (2) to formulate a comprehensive energy research and development strategy for the Federal Government which will expeditiously advance the policies established by this Act. Provides that in evaluating proposed opportunities for particular research and development undertakings pursuant to this title, the Management Project shall assign priority to types of projects listed in this title. Requires the President not later than five years from the date of this Act, if the authorities and duties of the Management Project are not reassigned to a permanent agency in the interim, to report to the Congress on his evaluation of the progress of fuels and energy research and development and his recommendation for further management of the Federal research and development programs. Provides that the Chairman shall keep the Congress fully and currently informed of all of the Management Project's activities and shall submit to the Congress an annual report. States that neither the Chairman nor any other member of the Management Project or his employees may refuse to testify before the Congress or to submit information to the legislative or appropriations committees of either House of the Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 annually for the administrative expenses of the Management Project. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and, subject to annual congressional authorizations, $800,000,000 for each of the four following fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this title with respect to energy research and development. Title II: Establishment of a Coal Gasification Corporation - Establishes the Coal Gasification Development Corporation. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for manufacturing substitute natural gas from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a fullscale, commercial-size facility to manufacture substitute natural gas from coal by such method. Provides that the Corporation shall transmit to the President of the United States and the Congress, annually, commencing one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, and at such other times as it deems desirable, a comprehensive and detailed report of its operations, activities, and accomplishments under this title. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $6,000,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Establishment of a Shale Oil Development Corporation - States that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of shale oil as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program jointly managed and funded to demonstrate commercial methods of producing environmentally acceptable fuels from shale oil. Establishes the Shale Oil Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing a syncrude from shale oil. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce a syncrude from shale oil by such method. Requires the Corporation to transmit an annual report to the President and the Congress and at such time to submit such legislative recommendations as it deems desirable. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $5,000,000 and for each of the next seven succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Establishment of an Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation - Establishes the Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing electricity at high efficiencies using advanced power cycles with minimum adverse environmental impacts using coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible a full-scale commercial-size facility to produce electricity from coal by such mehtod. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $6,500,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary. Title V: Establishment of a Geothermal Energy Development Corporation - Establishes the Geothermal Energy Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation, on the basis of the best geologic information and after field exploration, to select suitable sites for the construction of two or more demonstration installations to develop technologies for the generation of steam and electric power from geothermal resources. Authorizes the Corporation to operate a full scale commercial-size facility to produce electricity from geothermal energy. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $8,000,000, and for each of the next fourteen succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title VI: States that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of coal liquefaction processes as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program jointly managed and funded to demonstrate commercial methods of producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal. Establishes the Coal Liquefaction Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasiblity thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce synthetic fuel from coal by such method. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, fiscal year 1974, the sum of $7,500,000, and for each of the next eleven succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to undertake emergency erosion control projects. Authorizes an appropriation of $35,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 426)
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Makes the fact findings that there is a need for further research and study in determining the causes and means of preventing shore line erosion. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to secure the assistances of the States in entering into research studies on shore line erosion. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Interstate Taxation Act - Title I: Jurisdiction to Tax - Provides that no State or political subdivision thereof shall have power to: (1) impose a net income tax or a capital stock tax on a corporation other than an excluded corporation unless the corporation has a business location in the State or other political subdivision during the taxable year; (2) impose a gross receipts tax with respect to a sale of tangible personal property unless the seller has a business location in the State or political subdivision; or (3) require a person to collect and remit a sales or use tax with respect to an interstate sale of tangible personal property unless the person (A) has a business location in the State or political subdivision; or (B) regularly makes household deliveries in the State or political subdivision other than by common carrier or the United States Postal Service; or (C) regularly engages in the State or political subdivision in solicitation of orders for the sale of tangible personal property by means of salesmen, solicitors, or representatives. Provides that no State or political subdivision shall have power to require a seller without a business location in the State to collect or pay a sales or use tax when such seller has obtained in writing the buyer's registration number in accordance with this Act. Provides that a State or political subdivision shall have the power to impose a corporate net income tax or capital stock tax, or a gross receipts tax with respect to a sale of tangible personal property or to require a seller to collect the sales or use tax with respect to an interstate sale of tangible personal property if it is not denied the power to do so under this Act or other Federal Statute. Title II: Maximum Income or Capital Attributable to Taxing Jurisdiction - Prohibits a State or a political subdivision thereof from imposing on a corporation with a business location in more than one State, a net income tax (or capital stock tax) measured by an amount of net income (or capital) in excess of the amount determined by multiplying the corporation's base by an apportionment fraction which is the average of the corporation's property, payroll and sales factors for the State for the taxable year, plus, in the case of a tax measured by income, the amount of income allocable to the State for the taxable year. Sets forth definitions of the three factors used in determining the corporation's apportionment fraction (1) the property factor, (2) the payroll factor and (3) the sales factor. States that upon establishing that a taxpayer is engaged in a non-arm's-length transaction which causes a material distortion of income apportioned to the State, the State may require the apportioned income of such taxpayer to be determined by reference to the combined apportionable income of all parties to the non-arm's-length transactions. Provides that a non-arm's-length transaction is a transaction between two or more affiliated corporations consumated at a consideration in an amount which is more or less than the amount that would have been charged in an independent transaction between two or more unrelated corporations under similar circumstances considering all relevant facts. Provides that a taxpayer that is a member of an affiliated group shall be permitted to determine its income to be apportioned to any State by reference to the combined apportionable income if necessary to clearly reflect the taxpayer's income properly apportionable to the State. Title III: Sales and Use Taxes - Authorizes a State or political subdivision thereof to impose a sales or use tax or require a seller to collect a sales or use tax with respect to an interstate sale of tangible personal property only if the destination of the sale is: (1) in that State, or (2) in a contiguous State for which the Tax is required to be collected under reciprocal collection agreements as authorized under this Act. Provides that the amount of any use tax imposed with respect to tangible personal property shall be reduced by the amount of any sales or use tax previously incurred and paid by a person with respect to the property on account of liability to another State or political subdivision thereof. Provides that no State or political subdivision thereof may impose a sales tax, use tax, or other nonrecurring tax measured by cost or value with respect to household goods, including motor vehicles, brought into the State by a person who establishes residence in that State if the goods were acquired and used by that person ninety days or more before use of the property in the State in which he establishes such residence. Requires a person with a business location in a State and purchasing goods in interstate commerce to obtain a registration number from that State. Provides that persons without a business location in the State may rely upon such registration, as evidenced by receiving the registration number from the buyer, in writing as conclusive authority for not charging and collecting a sales or use tax. Title IV: Jurisdiction of Federal Courts - Provides that the United States Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to review de novo any issues relating to a dispute arising under this Act or under Public Law 86-272, as amended. Authorizes the Court of Claims to issue all necessary orders and process to bring before it the claims of all States to a share of a corporation's net income for the taxable year or years in issue, whether or not such States have previously been parties. Provides that the judgment of the Court of Claims shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States. Title V: Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides that the fact that a tax to which this Act applies is imposed by a State of political subdivision thereof in the form of a franchise, privilege, or license tax shall not prevent the imposition of the tax on a person engaged exclusively in interstate commerce within the State. Provides that such a tax may be enforced against a person engaged exclusively in interstate commerce within the State solely as a revenue measure and not by ouster from the State or by criminal or other penalty for engaging in commerce within the State without permission from the State. Provides that no provision of State law shall make any person liable for a greater amount of sales or use tax with respect to tangible personal property, or gross receipts tax with respect to tangible personal property, by virtue of the location of any occurrence in a State outside the taxing State, other than the amount of the tax for which such person would otherwise be liable if such occurrence were within the State.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Interns for Political Leadership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, under title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to enter into a contract or other arrangement with a private nonprofit agency (to be known as the "National Coordinating Agency") under which such Agency will plan, develop and carry out an internship program under which third-and fourth-year students at institutions of higher education will be provided practical political involvement with elected officials in the performance of their duties at all levels of government through internships in their offices. Provides that such internship program shall be carried out through arrangements with institutions of higher education and State and local governments under which students will serve as interns in offices of State and local elected officials. Provides that the students who have participated in the internship programs at State and local levels may become interns in the offices of Members of Congress for up to three months during the first year following the receipt of their bachelor's degree. Stipulates that students shall be chosen by the Agency from among those whose names are proposed by participating institutions. Limits the Federal contribution to the Program to one-half its cost. Authorizes the Agency to prescribe and administer the terms and conditions of internships, including stipends therefor. Authorizes an appropriation of $3 million in each of the three fiscal years 1974-1976, for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Property Tax Relief and Reform Act - Title I: Findings and Purpose - Enumerates the findings of Congress and declares the general purposes of this Act to be to: (1) provide for a program of assistance to State governments in reforming their real property tax laws, and (2) provide relief from real property taxes for low-income individuals. Title II: The Office of Property Tax Relief and Reform - Establishes, within the Department of the Treasury, the Office of Property Tax Relief and Reform to administer the real property tax relief and reform programs established under this Act. Provides that the office be headed by a Director, to be appointed by the President. Sets forth the functions of the Office, including: (1) administering property tax relief and reform programs; developing compatible fiscal and administrative systems of property taxation among Federal, State and local governments; (2) acting as a clearinghouse of information for State and local governments with respect to the Federal programs affecting the administration of property taxes; (3) providing technical and training assistance to States; (4) providing financial assistance for special experimental programs in the administration of property tax laws; (5) evaluating all Federal efforts in the areas of property tax relief and reform; and (6) reviewing Federal laws applicable to, or having an effect on property taxes. Title III: Real Property Tax Relief for Low-Income Individuals - Authorizes the Office to make grants to States which operate a qualified program of real property tax relief. Requires a State program, to qualify for such aid, to provide relief to both homeowners and renters of residential property (including apartments) which meets minimum standards specified in this Act. Empowers the Director to reduce the amount of the payments to a State unless the State has substantially implemented the reforms and complied with the guidelines of title IV and V of this Act. Title IV: Reform of Property Tax Administration; Disclosure, Access, and Appeal - Requires a State to publish the assessment-sales ratio of specified classifications of residential, commercial, industrial and vacant property for each taxing jurisdiction within the State. Stipulates that a State program must provide a real property assessment appeal procedure for taxpayers. Requires a State to provide public access to real property tax data, including a separate listing of all tax-exempt real property assessments. Authorizes loans to States for the purposes of fulfilling the requirements of this Title. Title V: Reform of Property Tax Administration; Uniform Assessment Practice - Requires that a State program shall provide for: (1) the certification of professionally qualified officials for assessing and appraising property; (2) training such officials; (3) the sharing of the cost of assessment personnel by taxing jurisdictions which lack the resources to maintain such personnel separately; (4) the compiling of maps to disclose the location of property and improvements and identification of ownership of such property; (5) the determination of (a) the degree to which State taxes on residential personal property, commercial inventories, farm personal property, personal holdings of bank deposits, and securities and other financial assets are uniformly enforced and (b) the cost of administering such taxes. Authorizes the Office to make loans to qualifying State programs for the purposes of carrying out this Title. Title VI: Federal Assistance to Training and Technical Programs - Provides that the Office shall grant assistance to States for the training of real property tax assessment and appraisal personnel. Authorizes the Office to develop, jointly with States, and provide grants for, special experimental programs to improve the administration of property tax laws. Title VII: Miscellaneous: Conditions of Grants and Loans - Provides that the Director shall establish standards for the qualification of firms engaged in providing property appraisal services to State and local governments, and shall certify any such firm which meets those standards. Authorizes appropriations to the Office such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act (other than title III and other than the grant and loan programs authorized by title IV and V) for the fiscal year 1974, and for each of the succeeding nine fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Authorizes common carriers, engaged in interstate or foreign communications by wire or radio and subject to the Communications Act to provide free or reduced rate service for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. (Amends 47 U.S.C. 210)
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Provides that Federal employees shall be entitled to accumulate annual leave in excess of thirty days, or receive payment therefor, for periods such employees have been in a missing status while serving in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 6304)
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to States to provide adequate television communications by satellite to remote areas in such States and Puerto Rico. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Limits the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose, by regulations, restrictions upon the availability and use of Federal funds authorized for social services under the public assistance programs established by the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall elect two Senators and the number of Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled by apportionment if it were a State. Requires each Senator or Representative so elected to be an inhabitant of the District and to possess the same qualifications as to age and citiizenship and have the same rights, privileges, and obligations as a Senator or Representative from a State. Provides that this article shall have no effect on the provision made in the twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution for determining the number of electors for President and Vice President to be appointed for the District. Entitles each Representative or Senator from the District to participate in the choosing of the President or Vice President in the House of Representatives or Senate under the twelfth article of amendment as if the District were a State. Grants Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Child Abuse Prevention Act - Establishes a National Center of Child Abuse and Neglect to monitor research, maintain a clearinghouse on child abuse programs, and compile and publish training materials for persons working in the field. Establishes a program of demonstration grants to be used in training personnel in the fields of medicine, law and social work and to support innovative projects aimed at preventing or treating child abuse or neglect. Creates a National Commission on Child Abuse and Neglect to examine some of the issues relating to child abuse including the effectiveness of existing laws and the proper role of the Federal Government in the area of child abuse. Modifies existing legislation authorizing child welfare programs to require a State plan outlining the system used to deal with child abuse. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1973
Older Workers Conservation Corps Act - Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish an Older Workers Conservation Corps in order to foster and promote useful part-time work opportunities in various and related conservation activities for unemployed low-income persons who are fifty-five years old and older and who have poor employment prospects. Authorizes the Secretaries: (1) to enter into agreements where feasible with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations, agencies of a State government or a political subdivision of a State, or a combination of such political subdivisions, in order to further the purposes and amend such regulations as may be necessary to effectively carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretaries to pay not to exceed ninety percent of the cost of any project which is the subject of any such agreement. Provides that eligible individuals who are employed in any project funded by this Act shall not be considered to be Federal employees. Provides that no contract shall be entered into under this Act with a contractor who is or whose employees are, under State law, exempted from the operation if the State workman's compensation law. Authorizes to be approrpriated to carry out this Act $130,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974, and $150,000,000 for the fiscal year 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Rolling Stock Utilization and Financing Act - Title I: National Rolling Stock Information Service and Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund - States that the purposes of this Act is: (1) to improve the utilization and distribution of rolling stock to meet the needs of commerce, users, shippers, the national defense, and the consuming public; (2) to assist railroads in acquiring additional rolling stock to provide fast and expeditious service to meet the increasing demands of the Nation's economy; and (3) to assist in achieving full employment by insuring adequate equipment necessary to transport the products of American industry. Defines the terms used in this Act. Creates a Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund to be used to insure the interest on, and the unpaid principal balance of, any equipment obligation determined eligible for insurance. Establishes a Board to administer this Fund. Requires the Board before insuring any equipment obligation to determine in writing that specified limitations and conditions are met, including: (1) that the equipment obligation is secured by rolling stock to be financed or refinanced thereby; (2) that the terms of the equipment obligation require full payment within fifteen years from the date thereof; and (3) that the financing or refinancing of the rolling stock is justified by the present and future demand for transportation services to be rendered by the railroad or car-pooling company for which the rolling stock is procured. Authorizes the Board to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury if at any time the moneys in the fund are not sufficient to pay any amount under an agreement entered into under this section. Allows the Board to consent to the modification of the provisions of an equipment obligation as to rate of interest, time of payment of interest or principal, security, or the terms and conditions or any contract of insurance entered into pursuant to this Act. Requires the transactions of the Board to be audited by the Comptroller General in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe and requires a report to be made to the Congress. Title II: To Improve Utilization - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to design and assist railroads in establishing a national rolling stock information system. Provides that such system shall facilitate equitable distribution and economic utilization of rolling stock by furnishing information to railroads, shippers, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the public about rolling stock with respect to physical characteristics, origin, destination, location, availability for future loadings, and such other information as determined useful. Requires a semiannual report to Congress on progress under this title. Relieves persons contracting for the design of a national information system or the use of such information from the antitrust laws with respect to such contract. Authorizes an appropriation of $10,000,000 for purposes of this provision. Requires the Secretary to develop an index measuring the degree of utilization of freight cars, and to publish such index at least quarterly together with a report setting forth the changes in such utilization and the causes thereof. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to publish a report on utilization of freight cars thirty days after each report by the Secretary. Provides for a study by the Secretary, with legislative recommendations, on the utilization of freight cars and means to improve such utilization. Provides for a study on the use of abandoned railroad trackage and rights-of-way as recreational trails and camp sites. Title III: Rolling Stock Authority - Authorizes the establishment of a corporation known as the Rolling Stock Authority if substantial progress in freight car supply and utilization has not been made within three and one-half years of enactment of this Act. States that the purposes of the Authority shall be to acquire, maintain, and provide rolling stock, to manage a pool of such rolling stock, and to employ innovative concepts for equitable distribution and efficient use of such rolling stock to meet the needs of the national economy. Provides that the Authority shall have a Board of eleven Directors, consisting of the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, and nine members, to be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of specified railroad, labor, shipping, and consumer organizations. Empowers the Authority to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its business; sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of its property and assets; build, own, and maintain rolling stock to be operated for the purpose of providing modern, efficient freight transportation of goods; and conduct research and development related to the purposes of this Act. Provides that every railroad shall pay to the Authority a per diem surcharge of fifty cents per car day on each general service freight car for each day that such a railroad incurs a car-hire charge for the use of such car. States that the levy shall continue until the Board of Directors determines that such sum as may be necessary for this Act but not less than $10,000,000 nor more than $30,000,000 will be due or will have been paid as of a certain date, whereupon the levy will cease. Requires the Authority to issue a negotiable interest-bearing debenture to each railroad in the amount of the per diem surcharge paid by such railroad. Empowers the Authority to incur debts for capital purposes. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase the obligations of the Authority guaranteed by the United States in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 to acquire capital stock of the Authority; and such sums as may be necessary for the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on notes or obligations issued as guarantees under this section. Provides for the audit of expenditures under the Government Corporation Control Act. Requires a plan for the public sale of stock in the Authority, including a program to require refinancing, and to assure that the sale of the stock will result in a wide dispersion in the ownership of the stock. Requires the Authority to establish a national rolling stock information system within one year of enactment if such system is not in operation at the date of incorporation. Provides that the Authority shall establish charges for the use of rolling stock supplied by it, and shall establish terms and conditions governing the use of its equipment. States that the Authority shall be subject to the car service provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, and the orders of the Commission thereunder to the extent applicable. Provides that the Authority may enforce compliance with any obligation owing to it under this Act by an appropriate civil action. Prohibits a railroad from refusing to transport general service freight cars owned by the Authority. Requires an annual report to the President and the Congress by the Authority on its activities under this Act. Title IV: General Provisions - Requires the Authority, in contracts under this Act: (1) to include equitable arrangements to protect the interests of individual employees affected in their employment by any such contract; (2) to conform to prevailing practices of the railroads and nonrailroads with rolling stock building and rebuilding facilities; and (3) to insure provailing wages for construction work.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Title I: Coordination, and Personnel - Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, shall coordinate efforts, in carrying out the purposes of all other Federal health, welfare, rehabilitation, highway safety, law enforcement and economic opportunity legislation, to deal with alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Provides that the Director of the Institute may employ and prescribe the functions of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to administer the programs and authorities under the Act. Title II: Federal Assistance for State and Local Programs - Authorizes further appro- priations for grants to States under the Act of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that State plans for assistance under the Act must set forth standards for construction and licensing of public and private treatment facilities, as well as standards for other community services or resources available to assist individuals to meet problems resulting from alcohol abuse. Provides that the Secretary acting through the Institute is authorized to make grants to the states for the implementation of the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act. Transfers all authorities pertaining to alcohol abuse and alcoholism under the Community Mental Health Centers Act to the authority authorized under the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act. Provides that grants under the Community Mental Health Centers Act for the construction of facilities for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism shall be approved in accordance with plans setting forth: (1) a description of the site of the project; (2) plans and specifications therefor in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary for general standards of construction and equipment for facilities of different classes and different types of locations; and (3) reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors of the project will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act. Removes the requirement under the Act that grants for specialized facilities may be made only to facilities which are a part of or affiliated with a Community Mental Health Center providing at least those essential elements of comprehensive community mental health services which are prescribed by the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out part B of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, 120,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and 120,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974, and each of the next nine fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to continue to make grants for staffing with respect to sections under such part for which a staffing grant was made from appropriations under the above for any fiscal year ending before July 1, 1976. Removes the compulsory suspension of Federal financial assistance, under the Act, to private and public hospitals for refusing to admit or treat alcoholics.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Provides for the repayment of specified sums advanced to providers of services under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Health Insurance For The Aged) by June 30, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Provides, under the Freedom of Information Act, that each Federal agency, upon a request under the Act that records be made available to the public, shall: (1) determine within ten days after the receipt of any such request whether to comply with such request and immediately notify the person making such request that such person has a period of twenty days within which to appeal such determination to such agency; and (3) make a determination with respect to such appeal within twenty days after the receipt of such appeal. Provides that in the case of an action in the United States district courts to enjoin an agency from withholding agency records and to order the production of any agency records improperly withheld the United States or an officer or agency thereof shall serve an answer to any complaint made in such action within twenty days after the service upon the United States attorney of the pleading in which such complaint is made. Provides that the court may assess against the United States reasonble attorney fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred in such action in which the United States or an officer or agency thereof has not prevailed. Provides that such disclosures under the Act may be obtained in the case of investigatory records for law enforcement purposes to the extent that such records are scientific tests, reports, or data, inspection reports of any agency which relates to health or safety, or records which serve as a basis for any public policy statement made by any agency or officer or employee of the United States or which serves as a bisis for rulemaking by any agency. Provides that each agency shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Government Operations of the Senate which shall include statistics on the request and appeal procedures of the Act. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 552)
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a program of Federal insurance against catastrophic natural disasters and other catastrophic disasters. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Establishes the Office of Federal Disaster Insurance within the Department of Housing and Urban Development which shall be under the direction of an Assistant Insurance Administrator for Disaster Insurance. Provides that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall carry out all of his functions and duties under this Act through the Administrator. Directs the Secretary to establish and carry out a program of Federal catastrophic disaster insurance in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report of his activities under this Act to the President for transmission to the Congress. Provides that the Secretary shall determine and specify the premium surcharge which shall be imposed on specified types of property and liability insurance. States that all premium surcharges imposed will be used for operating and capital expenses under this Act. Specifies the terms, limitations and coverage of insurance issued under this Act. Provides that each property insurance policy now in effect shall be endorsed to extend coverage to catastrophic disasters as specified by the Secretary. Provides that the States and municipalities are to be consulted by the Administrator regarding the particular kinds of disasters to be covered under the act; the nature of and limits of loss or damage to be covered; zoning and other land use provisions; and other similar matters. States that no catastrophic disaster insurance is to be made available for any property failing to meet land use regulations designed to restrict land development or occupancy in disaster-prone areas. Provides that the Secretary determines that private insurance companies established a catastrophic disaster insurance program before June 30, 1975, the Federal program established by this legislation would be terminated. Makes the benefits under this Act retroactive to June 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Federal Narcotics Drug Trafficking Offenses and Sentencing Act - Title I: Declaration of Purpose - Finds and declares that narcotic addiction in the United States is a significant factor in the commission of serious crimes against persons and property. States it is the purpose of this Act to insure the public safety more effectively by: (1) reducing on an emergency basis the incidence of illicit narcotics trafficking through the deterrent influence of criminal penalties; and (2) requiring the Attorney General to collect, analyze and report regularly information and data on the operation of the Federal, State and local sentencing systems and the relationship between minimum-maximum sentencing, and deterrence and recidivism. Title II: Increased Penalities as a Deterrent - States that in the case of a compound, mixture, or substance containing less than ten ounces of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II of the Controlled Substances Act which is a narcotic drug a person who violates the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years and may in addition be fined not more than $25,000, provided that in the case of such compound, mixture or substance containing less than one-eight of one ounce of such controlled narcotic drug, such person may be sentenced, in the discretion of the Court, to less than the mandatory minimum. Provides that the sentence may include a special parole term of not less than 3 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, and probation shall not be granted. States that if such person has been convicted of one or more felonies under any provision of the United States relating to controlled substances or any offense under State or foreign law relating to a narcotic drug in Schedule I or II which offense would be a felony under this Act and one or more of the convictions have become final, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 5 years nor more than 30 years, and may in addition be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that the sentence may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, and probation shall not be granted. States that if the crime was committed while such person was released prior to trial on a charge of violating this Act, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 5 years, nor more than 30 years, and may in addition be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that the sentence may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended and probation shall not be granted. States that in the case of a compound, mixture, or substance containing more than ten ounces of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II which is a narcotic drug such person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 5 years, or for life and may in addition be fined not more than $100,000. Provides that the sentence, if for a term of years, may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended and probation shall not be granted. States that if such a person has been convicted of one or more felonies under any provision of law of the United States relating to controlled substances or for an offense under State or foreign law relating to a narcotic drug in Schedule I or II which offense would be a felony under this Act and one or more of the convictions have become final, he shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 7 years, or for life and may in addition be fined not more than $200,000. Provides that the sentence, if for a term of years, may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, and probation shall not be granted. States that if the crime was committed while such person was released prior to trial on a charge of violating this Act he shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 7 years, or for life and may in addition be fined not more than $200,000. Provides that the sentence, if for a term of years, may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended and probation shall not be granted. States that any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this Act shall be punished as prescribed for the commission of the offense which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy. Title III: Development of Research on Impact and Effect of Federal, State and Local Sentencing Practices - Provides that the Attorney General shall direct the Institute for Criminal Justice of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration: (1) to collect, synthesize and formulate information and data and to conduct research on a continuing basis relating to the operation and effect of Federal, State and local sentencing systems; and (2) to develop and recommend guidelines and standards for Federal, State and local Courts in sentencing, probation, parole and other forms of release of offenders.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Social Security and Medicare Reform Act - Title I: Reduction in, and Eventual Elimination of, the Supplementary Medical Insurance Deductible - Reduces over a period of 5 years the supplementary medical insurance deductible of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Provides that in the fifth year the deductible shall be eliminated. Title II: Automatic coverage (Without Payment of Premium) Under Supplemental Medical Insurance Program - Eliminates the payment of the premium under the supplemental medical insurance program. Provides that the program shall be financed from funds appropriated by the Federal Government. Title III: General Revenue Contributions to Federal Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance Trust Fund - Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of funds appropriated to such fund from payroll taxes. Title IV: Eliminates the earnings limitations under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) for entitlement to social security retirement benefits. Provides that the elimination is to be effective in taxable years ending after December 31, 1973. Title V: Provides that individuals who are entitled to receive widow's or widower's benefits under title II shall receive 100 percent of such benefits when they attain retirement age.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Interstate Recycling Expansion Act - Sets forth the purposes and definitions of the Act - Title I: Establishment of Nondiscriminatory Rates and Charges for the Transportation of Recyclable and Recycled Solid Waste Materials in Interstate and Foreign Commerce - Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission to investigate all freight rate discriminations against recyclable commodities and within two years to enter appropriate orders terminating all such unreasonable discrimination in transportation charges. Title II: Expansion of Recycling Through Federal Procurement - Directs all Federal procurement agencies to work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency in the establishment of new rules and procedures to maximize the procurement of recyclable materials and products which contain recycled materials. Title III: Modifications of Other Federal Impediments to Expanded Recycling in Commerce - States that labels under the Wool Products Labeling Act shall use the term recycled rather than reused or reprocessed. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Provides that this Act shall be effective on the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act - Title I: Tax Simplification Relating to Small Business - Creates a Committee on Tax Simplification for Small Business for the purpose of devoting continued attention to the simplification of the Internal Revenue Code to small business, and the regulations, instructions, procedures, and other publications relating to small business taxation. Provides that the membership of the Committee would include representatives of the Secretary of the Treasury (for policy matters); Internal Revenue Service (for technical matters); Office of Management and Budget (for coordinating the paperwork aspects of IRS forms, in view of the Federal Reports Act) and the Small Business Administration (to express the interests of the small business community). Creates in the Treasury Department an Office of Small Business Analyst, which would be responsible for looking at tax problems primarily from the view of small business and the free enterprise system. Calls upon the Treasury Department to make a comprehensive study of depreciation policies with particular attention to: the impact of legislation; the rapid advances in technology to which small business must adopt; and the practices of other industrialized nations. Calls upon the Treasury to study the entire range of pension, retirement, health, medical, and insurance benefits in the larger context of what both corporations (including large corporate enterprise) and other forms of business are providing for their employees and executives. Authorizes a special study of the differential effect of tax law changes on businesses of different sizes. Title II: Adjustment of Corporate Normal Tax - Effects a progressive reform in the entire corporate tax structure by providing for reductions in normal corporate tax rates based on the corporations earning. Provides that as corporate earnings rise above $1 million per year the normal tax would incline upward to a maximum of 24 percent for corporations earning over $1 billion annually. Title III: Special Provisions to Encourage Establishment of New Small Business Enterprises - Permits eligible new small business corporations an income tax deduction equal to the corporations net operating income, so long as that amount does not exceed $83,333. Allows an income tax deduction to a partnership for its organizational expenses ratably over a period of 60 months. Provides for a bad debt tax deduction for guarantors of obligations of, and lenders to, small business corporations. Title IV: Provisions to Assist Small Business Growth - Increases the additional first-year depreciation limitation for small business property from $10,000 to $20,000. Reinstates the 7 percent investment credit for specified small business property. Provides that corporate manufacturing would be allowed $50,000 worth of qualified investment. Extends the period for use of the loss carryover provisions for small businesses by allowing existing corporations to carry these losses over a ten year period. Raises the earning credit in accordance with the costs of doing business to $150,000. Allows research and development expenses of small businesses to be amortized beginning at the time they are made. Permits a limited number of surtax exemptions (up to 5) in the event members of a family are placed in proprietary positions where they have ownership of at least 50 percent of the stock (or other interest) and full time management of a separately incorporated unit of a family business. Title V: Provisions Relating to Partnerships - Allows the closing of the partnership year for a decedent at any of the following times: (1) normal close of the partnership year if there has been no prior sale, exchange, or liquidation of the partnership interest; (2) the date of any of the above described transactions; or (3) the day after the partner's death. Permits a partner to deduct currently his share of partnership losses in excess of the adjusted basis of his partnership interests, in the event that the partner is unconditionally obligated for his share of such partnership losses. Title VI: Provisions Relating to Subchapter S Corporations - Increases the Subchapter S "tax-option" to small business corporations in the following 3 ways: (1) initial shareholders could number 15, rather than the present 10; (2) shareholders in excess of this ceiling who take their stock by reason of heirship would not disqualify election; and (3) after 5 years, the number of permissible shareholders would increase to 25. Provides that the classes of shareholders shall be expanded to include: (1) trusts where stock passes pursuant to a will, and where the trust is used merely to convey the stock to a long term eligible holder within 60 days; (2) trusts where the entire income is taxable to the grantor; and (3) certain small business investment companies. Provides for nondisqualification of a Subchapter S corporation by reason of exceeding the limit of 20 percent passive income in a single year. Provides that the election privilege shall be lost pursuant to this proposal if the limit is exceeded in any 2 of 4 consecutive years. Provides that if the corporation is able to establish that the termination was, in fact, inadvertent and can gain full compliance within 90 days of notification, its Subchapter S status would be preserved for future years. Title VII: Business Development Corporations - Permits State and local development companies to extend long-term financing to non-bankable new enterprises and such companies would be permitted a bad-debt reserve deduction up to 10 percent of outstanding loans. Provides that certain types of business development corporations would be nontaxable upon the condition that the proceeds from such unusual transactions are re-invested within the area of service and no part of these proceeds inures to the benefit of any individual or private institution. Title VIII: Preservation of Small Business Independence - Allows recovery of losses in 1 or 2 quarters to the extent the newly estimated tax for the year is less than the amount already paid in. Disallows interest deductions beyond $500,000 on any loan for small business acquisition purposes. Permits valuation comparisons with any similar closely held corporation whether or not it is listed on an exchange. Changes the standard of "undue hardship" (required to qualify for 10-year estate tax installments) to "hardship". Directs the Treasury Department to conduct a comprehensive examination of the pressures of income taxes, capital gains tax, reorganization rules, and estate and gift taxes which are causing so many small businesses to sell or merge out of existence rather than continue in independent form.
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