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United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1974
States that the Senate disapproves the proposed deferral of budget authority to carry out the homeownership assistance program under section 235 of the National Housing Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1974
Authorizes the Government National Mortgage Association, under the emergency program authorized by the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act, to purchase qualified mortgages covering multifamily rental, cooperative, or condominium housing.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1974
National Center for Productivity and Economic Competition Act - Title I: General Provisions - States that it is the purpose of this Act to consolidate in one governmental unit the responsibility to: (1) establish a national policy for short-term and long-term productivity growth and work quality in the United States; (2) correct those public and private structural imbalances which impede productivity, growth, improved work quality, and the effective performance of society and the economy; (3) identify ways and means for more effective collaborative joint efforts by labor and industry to effect growth in productivity and improved work quality; (4) identify, encourage, and support development and implementation of all useful technologies, systems, incentives, methods, and techniques for enhancing growth of productivity and improving work quality in the public and private sectors of the United States; (5) maximize the contributions of the Federal Government to productivity growth and improved work quality in both the private and public sector, including the Federal Establishment; and (6) increase public understanding of productivity and work quality, the ways in which productivity and work quality can be improved, and the urgency of such improvement in all sectors of the economy. Title II: National Center for Productivity and Economic Competition - Establishes as an independent establishment of the executive branch the National Center for Productivity and Work Quality to be under the general direction of a board of directors of specified membership. Specifies the functions of the Center consonant with the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Executive Director of the Center to enter into contracts, without regard to Federal procurement statutes, for research and demonstration programs or projects to effectuate the achievement of the purposes of this Act. Specifies limitations to be placed on the authority to make grants and contracts under this Act. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that the duties, functions, and personnel of the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality are transferred to the Center, and the Commission is abolished. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act specified sums for fiscal years 1975 through 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1974
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that, for the purposes of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, there is a State "emergency on" indicator for a week if there is a State or National "emergency on" indicator for such a week. Provides, for the same purposes, that there is a State "emergency off" indicator for a week if there is both a State and National "emergency off" indicator for such week. States that, with respect to the period which begins January 1, 1975, no emergency compensation shall be payable after a specified time pursuant to the provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 relating to the payment of extended compensation. Changes the rate of insured unemployment definitive of a national "on" indicator from 4.5 to 4 percent for all States. Provides that there shall be paid to the States 100 percent of the sharable extended compensation and sharable regular compensation paid to individuals under State law.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Congressional Election Financing Act - Adds to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 a Title V: Public Financing of Congressional Elections. Sets forth the definitions of terms to be used in this Act. States that to be eligible to receive payments under this title, a candidate for election to Federal Office shall agree: (1) to obtain and to furnish to the Commission any evidence it may request about his campaign expenditures and contributions; (2) to keep and to furnish to the Commission information it may request; (3) to permit an audit and examination by the Commission and to pay any amounts required; and (4) to furnish statements of campaign expenditures and proposed campaign expenditures. Enumerates the eligibility certification requirements to be met by every candidate prior to receiving payments under this Act. Provides that every eligible candidate is entitled to payments in connection with his primary election campaign in an amount which is equal to the amount of contributions he accepts for that campaign. Describes the amounts which major party and minor party candidates are entitled to receive. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund a separate account to be known as the Congressional Election Account. Directs the Secretary to deposit in the Account the amount available after payments for Presidential elections and nominating conventions have been set aside plus such additional amounts as may be authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary to pay to candidates from this Account the amounts certified by the Federal Elections Commission. Requires that, after each congressional election, the Commission shall conduct a thorough examination and audit of the campaign expenditures of all candidates who received payments under this title. Provides for repayment of funds to the Account in the case of excess payments, the failure to make expenditures of any portion of the payments received, or the expenditure of such payments for purposes other than campaign expenses. Directs every candidate to furnish a detailed statement of expenditures and proposed expenditures whenever the Commission so requires, and directs the Commission to make available for public inspection summaries of all such statements. Requires the Commission to submit an annual report to Congress setting forth the expenditures of each candidate who received payments, the amounts certified for payment to each, and any amount required to be returned by a candidate. States that each such report submitted shall be printed as a Senate document. Imposes for violation of this title a fine of not more than $50,000, or not more than five years imprisonment, or both. Raises from $1 to $2 the amount which each individual may designate to be paid from his federal income taxes to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1974
Provides for the referral, for appropriate services provided by other State agencies, of blind or disabled children who are receiving supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Extends until December 1, 1975, the time for submission of two studies (on: (1) the interrelationship of benefit programs for the elderly; and (2) the impact of taxes on the elderly), with recommendations, to the Congress by the Federal Council on Aging, as required under the Older Americans Act. (Amends P. L. 93-29).
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Extends to forty-five months (presently thirty-six) the maximum number of school months covered by veterans' educational benefits for eligible veterans and for specified dependents. ( Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661 )
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Market Efficiency Study Act - Establishes a Commission on Economic Efficiency. States that it shall be the duty of the Commission to conduct a study and investigation to determine the extent of, and to formulate recommendations for removing, all public and private barriers to an efficient market economy. Requires that in carrying out its duty with respect to public barriers, the Commission shall examine and consider the elimination, retention, or modification of: (1) direct subsidies; (2) indirect subsidies, including tax subsidies; (3) production and marketing quotas; (4) price-support programs; (5) stockpiling programs; (6) prevailing wage determination programs; (7) excessive or counterproductive regulation of transportation, communication, or fuels and resources; (8) import quotas and voluntary import curtailment agreements; (9) retail price maintenance programs; and (10) such other barriers as the Commission shall determine interfere substantially with the operation of an efficient market economy. Stipulates that in examining private barriers to free market economy the Commission should take into account the need for: (1) divestiture in or reorganization of noncompetitive industries; (2) improved enforcement and administration of antitrust laws, including the transfer of all enforcement responsibilities to an independent Federal agency; (3) the removal of artificial barriers to employment; and (4) such other barriers as the Commission shall determine interfere substantially with the operation of an efficient market economy. States that the Commission shall also make such recommendations as may be appropriate for the provision of adjustment assistance for employees who suffer economic injury as a result of the implementation of the Commission's recommendations. Authorizes appropriations of up to $3,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Provides for the relief of Gabriel Gellerman.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Raises the total amount which may be expended for qualified social services under the Social Security Act. Provides for the reallotment of funds which would otherwise not be used. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1320b)
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the month of May 1975, as "Exceptional Children's Month".
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the Interior shall offer oil and gas leases pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act only in accordance with the following specified criteria, including: (1) the Council on Environmental Quality, with the concurrence of the Review Panel of the National Academy of Sciences, has specified and evaluated all necessary environmental research for any areas to be leased; and (2) the adjacent coastal States have established or are establishing coastal zone management programs to prevent or ameliorate environmental and socioeconomic impacts from activities resulting from leasing.
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 · 2 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that, pursuant to the statutory mandate that the price of milk be supported at such level as to assure the maintenance of productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs, the Secretary of Agriculture redetermine and set the support level at 80 percent of parity for the remainder of the 1974-1975 marketing year, based on the latest available data, thereby enabling milk producers to offset part of their rising production costs.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1974
Capital Markets Advisory Committee Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that a united and national approach is essential to correct costly distortions within credit markets and to assist financial institutions in allocating credit to productive and essential investment. States that, under the authority of the Defense Production Act of 1950, the President, acting through the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, shall convene a Capital Markets Advisory Committee to develop criteria for advising financial institutions as to which demands on the credit markets merit priority in lending. Enumerates the types of loans to be given priority considerations, including loans: (1) for the construction or expansion of plant and equipment in basic industries where it can be shown that productive capacity is presently insufficient or where substantial increases in demand for essential goods or services can be reasonably anticipated; (2) for the construction or expansion of plant and equipment necessary to improve energy and materials conservation and the environment; and (3) for the production, processing, and orderly distribution of agricultural commodities and products. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that the authority conferred under this Act shall terminate on December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974
States that the purpose of this Act is to eliminate the obstructions to the free flow of commerce in wine among the several States resulting from acts of the States which impose discriminatory and unreasonable burdens upon such commerce. Prohibits any State which permits the transportation or importation of wine into that State from imposing, with respect to any wine produced outside the State, or from materials originating outside the State, any tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement which is not equally applicable with respect to wine of the same class (1) produced in, or from materials originating in, the State imposing such tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement, or (2) produced outside the State, or produced from products produced outside the State. Stipulates that a State which permits the sale of wine within the State shall permit the transportation or importation of wine of the same class produced outside the State, or from materials originating outside the State, into such State for sale therein upon terms and conditions equally applicable to all wine of the same class sold in the State. Declares that notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, each State retains the right: (1) to engage in the purchase, sale, or distribution of wine; and (2) to exercise discretion in the selection and listing of wine to be purchased or sold by each such State.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the well-being of the world and all of its people is gravely threatened by exorbitant or rigged foreign oil prices. States that it is further the sense of the Senate that Congress and the American people support President Ford and Secretary Kissinger in their call to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to lower the price of petroleum.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974
Joint Committee on Intelligance Oversight Act - Establishes a Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, specifying the composition of such Committee and enumerating its duties, including to conduct a continuing study of the activites of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other specified agencies of the Federal Government. States that no funds may be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out any intelligence or surveillance activity unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after this Act. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Committee, the procedures for classification of information, and the recordkeeping requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1974
Presidential Recordings Preservation Act - Directs the Administrator of General Services to obtain, or, as the case may be, retain complete possession and control of all tape recordings of conversations which: (1) involve former President Richard M. Nixon and/or other individuals who, at the time of the conversation, were employed by the Federal Government; (2) were recorded in the White House or the Executive Office Building located in Washington, District of Columbia; and (3) were recorded between January 20, 1969, and August 9, 1974, inclusive. Requires that none of the tape recordings covered by this Act shall be destroyed except as may be provided by Congress. Provides that if a Federal court of competent jurisdiction should decide that the provisions of this Act have deprived any individual of private property without just compensation, the Administrator is authorized to provide such compensation, from funds in the Federal treasury, as may be adjudged just by a Federal court of competent jurisdiction. Directs the Administrator to issue such reasonable regulations as may be necessary to assure the protection of such tape recordings above from loss, destruction, or access to unauthorized persons. Directs the Administrator to issue reasonable regulations governing public access to such tape recordings. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Authorizes guarantees of leases of commercial and industrial personal property under the Small Business Investment Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
National Productivity Councils Act - Declares the finding of the Congress that in view of the continuing rapid increase in inflation, and the recent decline in productivity, it is necessary to focus attention at the regional and industry level on the need to increase productivity. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to establish regional and industry productivity councils, to improve productivity in regions and industries. Directs that the productivity councils shall be composed of representatives of management, labor, and of the public, with expertise in the relevant industry. Directs that each productivity council shall report to the Secretary of Labor not less than once a year on actions needed to improve productivity. Provides that the reports of the productivity councils shall be made available to the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality, to Congress, and the public. Directs that the productivity councils shall consult regularly with the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality and the Council on Wage and Price Stability, and shall make recommendations on productivity to further the work of such Commission and such Council. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $50,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Changes the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the immigration of children of individuals suffering from Hansen's disease in the case of children who have been adopted by United States citizens or who are coming to the United States for adoption by a United States citizen who has complied with the applicable preadoption requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Provides that tax returns are confidential, and, therefore, are not open to inspection, and that information contained in them shall not be disclosed. Permits, under regulations established by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the inspection of tax returns by the taxpayer, the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, State tax authorities, the President, and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Requires a report to the Joint Committee of returns inspected and by whom inspected. Establishes criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure or receipt of tax return information.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Federal Domestic Development Bank Act - Establishes the Federal Domestic Development Bank. States that it shall be the function of the Bank to extend credit and participate in extensions of credit to government entities and private businesses, upon application by such entities or businesses. Stipulates that, in considering any application for assistance under this Act, the Bank shall accord preferential consideration to projects or programs which, if approved, will meet specified criteria. Sets forth limitations and conditions for the provision of assistance by the Bank. Authorizes the Bank to plan, initiate, own, and manage facilities to further the purposes of this Act where it determines that (1) no appropriate applicant is available, and (2) there is reasonable ground to believe that it can later terminate its ownership by means of a planned program of incremental divestment at which point the facility or enterprise can survive without the direct control of the management of the Bank. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a General Development Fund which shall be available to the Bank without fiscal year limitation as a revolving fund to finance projects and programs approved by the Bank or to carry out other purposes of this Act. Stipulates that, in carrying out its functions, the Bank shall establish and adhere to procedures which assure that: (1) projects and programs assisted by the Bank are not inconsistent with or disruptive to other Federal or State programs authorizing developmental assistance; and (2) projects or programs assisted by the Bank are not inconsistent with Federal or State environmental programs or plans or with areawide and local comprehensive planning. Authorizes appropriations of up to $1,500,000 to provide initial operating and administrative expenses for the Bank. Authorizes appropriations, without fiscal year limitation, of such sums as may be necessary to pay the difference, if any, between interest paid by the Bank on obligations issued by it and interest or other income received by the Bank on its investments.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Declares that President Ford shall take all steps necessary to assure full public access to all facts connected with and relating to Watergate matters and the fruits of all investigations conducted pursuant thereto. Declares that, except in cases clearly vital to the national security interests of the United States, President Ford shall afford the American public full access to all such papers, documents, memoranda, tapes and transcripts originating at anytime during the period January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974 at the earliest practicable time and in an adequate and effective manner.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Presidential pardons not be granted to individuals accused of committing criminal offenses in connection with the Presidential campaign and election of 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that executive pardons with respect to Watergate and related offenses should not be considered until the judicial process has run its full course with respect to such matters.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1974
Home Purchase Assistance Act - Requires that whenever the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines that a substantial number of families are unable to obtain mortgage credit at reasonable rates due to high interest rates or reduced availability of mortgage credit and that the inability to obtain such credit is causing or threatening to cause a significant reduction in the volume of home construction or acquisition and thereby adversely affect the economy and delay the orderly achievement of the national housing goals contained in title XVI of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, the Secretary shall direct the Government National Mortgage Association to begin making commitments to purchase mortgages in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Establishes within the Association a housing trust fund which shall be used to carry out such purposes. Provides that mortgages may be purchased under this Act only if: (1) such mortgage was executed to finance the acquisition of the principal residence of the mortgagor; and (2) such mortgage involves the acquisition or construction of a residential dwelling at a cost which does not exceed $30,000 (or such greater amount, but not to exceed $45,000 as may be necessary to meet the need for mortgage credit in high cost areas). States that the Association shall not permit the aggregate outstanding amount of mortgages held by the fund under this section to increase by more than $10,000,000,000 in any single fiscal year. Requires that 50 percent of the aggregate principal amount of home mortgages purchased under this Act in any fiscal year shall involve residences upon which construction has been completed within 12 months preceding the date of purchase.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress of the United States that: (1) the United States deplores and condemns the repeated violations by the armed forces of Turkey of the ceasefire declarations agreed to by the United Nations Security Council and the Three Party Negotiations in Geneva, finds inexcusable the repeated attacks on members of the United Nations Force in Cyprus by Turkish armed forces and deems unjustified the effort by the Government of Turkey to seek to impose its will on Cyprus by the use of force; (2) the United States in concert with other nations should continue to provide its fair share of the emergency refugee relief assistance required to alleviate the needs of all Cypriot refugees, and should support a comprehensive program of economic assistance designed to rehabilitate the crippled economy of Cyprus; (3) in order to restore peace, unity and stability to Cyprus, all foreign armed forces, other than United Nations peacekeeping forces, should be withdrawn promptly from Cyprus; and (4) the Congress supports the efforts of President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger to restore the sovereignty and constitutional integrity of Cyprus and to establish appropriate safeguards for the preservation of human rights and for the safety of its minority and any additional measures in pursuance of these objectives that may be required by the circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
National Emergencies Act - Title I: Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies - States that all powers and authorities conferred by law upon the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or upon any department, agency, independent establishment, or any other body of the Federal Government, and all powers and authorities conferred by any Executive Order pursuant to law as a result of the existence of any national emergency in effect immediately prior to the two hundred and seventy-first day after the date of enactment of this Act, are terminated on such two hundred and seventy-first day. Title II: Future National Emergencies - Provides that in the event the President finds that the proclamation of a national emergency is essential to the preservation, protection, and defense of the Constitution, and is essential to the common defense, safety, or well-being of the territory and people of the United States, the President is authorized to proclaim the existence of a national emergency. Title III: Declarations of War by Congress - Stipulates that whenever Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during time of war or a national emergency shall be effective from the date of such declaration and remain in effect only in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Title IV: Future National Emergencies - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during such a national emergency or during a war declared by the Congress shall be effective and remain in effect with respect to such emergency or war only in accordance with this Act. States that when the President declares a national emergency, no powers made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall become operative unless and until the President specifies by Executive Order the specific provisions of law under which he proposed that he, or other officers of the executive branch, will act. Provides that any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with this title shall terminate 180 days after the date the national emergency was declared unless Congress, by concurrent resolution, provides otherwise. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file, and an index thereof, of all Executive Orders issued by the President. Directs the President to transmit to the House of Representatives and the Senate and to the appropriate committees of the Congress the texts of each order, rule, or regulation, by whatever name called, promulgated by any executive department, administration, independent establishment, board, commission, official, group of officials, or other rulemaking authority. Title VI: Repeal of Certain Emergency Power Statutes - Provides for the repeal of specified provisions of law dealing with emergency powers.
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
Library Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide financial assistance, by means of grants and contracts, to State and local library agencies and other public and nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions which are responsible for or involved in: (1) the administration of libraries; (2) the provision of library or other information services; (3) supporting or coordinating the provision of library or other information services; or (4) other activities which relate to developing networks for sharing of information resources and services within and among local, State, and regional jurisdictions. Enumerates the criteria for approval of applications for grants and contracts under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Provides for the indemnification of the Metropolitan Museum of New York for loss or damage suffered by objects in exhibition in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1974
Increases from $16,000,000 to $26,000,000 the funds authorized to be appropriated for the acquisition of lands pursuant to the Act establishing the Fire Island National Seashore. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to petition in the United States District Courts for injunctive relief concerning any action covered by the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1974
States that, notwithstanding any other provision for funds, each Member of the Senate shall have made available from the contingent fund of the Senate, until otherwise provided by law, an amount not to exceed $3,600 to hire additional employees to be known as United States Senate Student Interns, during the period July 1 to June 30, inclusive, each fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Economic Review Act - Directs the President to establish an Economic Review Board, to be composed of not more than five members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Economic Review Board, by regulation or order, to obtain such information from, require such reports, and to keep such records by, make such inspections of the books, records, and other writings, premises, or property of, take the sworn testimony of, and administer oaths and affirmations to, any person as may be necessary or appropriate. Provides that upon a finding, based on information obtained under the provisions of this Act, that a wage or price increase is likely to have widespread injurious effects on the economy, the Economic Review Board is authorized to issue an order delaying the implementation of such increase for a period not to exceed sixty days. Provides that upon the request of any person affected by an order of the Board under this Act, or if the Board determines that it would contribute to carrying out the objectives of this Act, the Board may hold hearings on the wage or price increase, conducted with such notice, under such regulation, and subject to such review as the Board determines appropriate. Authorizes the Board to review and appraise the various programs and activities of the departments and agencies of the United States for the purpose of determining the extent to which those programs and activities are contributing to the rate of inflation. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Supplemental Security Income Amendments - Provides, for purposes of determining benefits under the supplemental security income provisions of the Social Security Act, that individuals in residential institutions which charge more than the basic benefits allowable but which waive such excess shall not have any amount greater than such excess counted as unearned income. Excludes from the computed income of such individuals one-half of the unearned income received as support in cash or kind. Requires the establishment of criteria for determining presumptive disability under such program. Sets forth increased amounts which may be paid as cash advances to persons in an emergency who are initially applying for supplemental security income benefits. Requires administrative coordination of such benefits program with other assistance programs. Removes the requirement defining "household" under the Food Stamp Act that household members be related. Includes, in such definition, specified alcoholics, addicts, and elderly residents of federally subsidized housing. Places households where someone receives supplemental security income within the food stamp eligibility requirements of non-public assistance households. Removes the third-party payee requirements of the supplemental security income provisions where direct payment would be therapeutic to the recipient. Requires action within 30 days upon applications for such income benefits. Allows a hearing to the aged, blind, and disabled who are denied social services.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
States that in order to implement the seacoast status of the Great Lakes, as recognized in the Merchant Marine Act, there is established within the Maritime Administration a Great Lakes Region Office through which the Secretary of Commerce shall carry out the activities of the Administration with respect to programs relating to the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway system. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1974
National Institutions Act Title I: Executive Accountability: - Directs the President, at the beginning of each regular session of Congress, to report to the Congress on the Steps taken to faithfully execute the laws passed by Congress and enacted into law during its preceding session in accordance with the provisions of this section. Provides that, not later than thirty days after the report of the President is received by the Congress, the Committee on Rules and Administration of each House after consultation with the appropriate standing committee shall report to its House a joint resolution on the report of the President which approves or disapproves such report. States that any joint resolution of disapproval shall also specify in detail the steps to be taken by the President in order to execute any such laws in accordance with the intent of the congress. Specifies that each standing committee of the Senate shall: (1) review and study, on a continuing basis, the application, administration, and execution of the laws within its jurisdiction; (2) assign employees to carry out the above requirement; and (3) report, not less often than annually, on its studies and reviews including such comments and recommendations as may be appropriate. Title II: Congressional State of the Union: - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives to report to the Congress at the beginning of each regular session of the Congress on the State of the Union. Stipulates that such report shall include a statement of congressional legislative priorities and recommendations to the executive branch for action which may be required to implement those priorities. Title III: Financial Disclosure: - Requires the President, Vice President, each Member of Congress, and other specified Government employees to file annually, with the Comptroller General, a report containing a full and complete statement of: (1) amount of gross and taxable income, total deductions and tax liabilities, as well as tax paid reflected on his Federal income tax return for the preceding calender year, and for purposes of this paragraph; (2) the amount and source of income, each item of reimbursement for any expenditure, and each gift or aggregate of gifts from one source (other than gifts received from his spouse or any member of his immediate family) received by him or by him and his spouse jointly during the preceding calendar year which exceeds $100 in amount or value, including any fee or other honorarium received by him for or in connection with the preparation or delivery of any speech or address, attendance at any convention or other assembly of individuals, or the preparation of any article or other composition for publication, and the monetary value of subsistence, entertainment, travel, and other facilities received by him in kind; (3) the value of each asset held by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, which has a value in excess of $1,000, and the amount of each liability owed by him or by him and his spouse jointly, which is in excess of $1,000 as of the close of the preceding calendar year; (4) any transactions in securities of any business entity by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction, during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in transactions in the securities of such business entity exceeds $1,000 during such year; (5) all transactions in commodities by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction, during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in such transactions exceeds $1,000; and (6) any purchase or sale, other than the purchase or sale of his personal residence, of real property or any interest therein by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction, during the preceding calendar year if the value of property involved in such purchase or sale exceeds $1,000. Title IV: Office of Legal Counsel to the Congress: - Establishes in the legislative branch the Office of Legal Counsel to the Congress, which shall be under the direction and control of the Legal Counsel. Stipulates that any appointment as Legal Counsel shall be with the approval of the House of Representatives and the Senate, without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the office. States that it shall be the duty of the Legal Counsel, subject to professional standards: (1) to render to committees, Members, and other officers of the Congress legal opinions upon questions arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States; (2) to render, upon request, to committees and Members of Congress advice with respect to the purpose and effect of provisions contained in existing or proposed laws; (3) to perform such other duties with respect to legislative review of executive actions as shall be prescribed by the Congress; (4) (A) upon the request of any Member and subject to the direction and control of that Member's House, to intervene or appear as amicus curiae in any action pending in any court of the United States, or of a State or political subdivision thereof, in which there is placed in issue the constitutional validity or interpretation of any law or regulation of the United States, or the validity of any official proceeding of, or official action taken by, either House of Congress, any committee of either House of the Congress, any joint commitee, Member, officer, employee, office, or agency of the Congress; and (B) to represent Congress, committees, Members, and employees of Congress. Title V: Miscellaneous: - States that specified provisions of this Act are enacted by the Congress: (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that Chautauqua Institution be congratulated on the occasion of its one hundredth anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Requires the heads of the respective executive agencies to provide the Congress with advance notice of planned organizational and other changes or actions which would affect Federal civilian employment by the closing down of plants or the transfer of civilian employees.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Provides that no list of individuals registered to vote in any Federal election, compiled by the Federal Government, any State or political subdivision, or agency, may be made available to or received by any person for any nongovernmental purpose, except that such list may be: (1) made available to, or received by, a candidate for conducting a campaign for public office or an organization conducting a voter registration campaign; and (2) made available to persons conducting such campaign, if that list is used solely for such campaign. Provides that violations of this Act are punishable by a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both. Directs the Office of Federal Elections in the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of the effects on voter registration of the use of voter registration lists or lists of actual voters for jury selection, and to submit a report to Congress, including recommendations for legislation, on or before January 31, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1974
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that a married individual who files a separate return shall be taxed on his or her earned income at the same rate as an unmarried individual.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should, in the application of regulations pursuant to the Clean Air Act with respect to supplying, after July 1, 1974, unleaded gasoline for automobiles: (1) grant reasonable extensions of time for compliance to retailers who are unable to obtain such gasoline or delivery systems for such gasoline; and (2) consult with the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration in order to obtain a fair allocation of such gasoline for all segments of the petroleum industry marketing structure.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Economic Opportunity and Community Partnership Act - Extends the authorization for appropriations of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, for an additional three year period through fiscal year 1977. Extends such Act for an additional three year period, through fiscal year 1978. Authorizes an aggregate of $1,548,000 for fiscal year 1975, $1,761,500 for fiscal year 1976, and $1,983,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides for automatic extension of the authorizations beyond fiscal year 1977, unless the Congress passes or formally rejects extension of authorizations, or by concurrent resolution, provides that the automatic extension shall no longer apply. Establishes an independent "Community Services and Community Economic Development Administration," headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. States that "Community Services" would include continued direct funding for community action "local initiative" programs, "Community Partnership Agreements", and national emphasis anti-poverty activities such as Emergency Food and Medical Services, Senior Opportunities and Services, and other projects such as evaluation and demonstration activities. Provides for the continuation of the current legal services program. Stipulates that "local-initiative" programs would be continued under current authority. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes of $330,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, 330,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and such sums as may be necessary in succeeding fiscal years. States that the Federal share for such activities would be 80 percent. Provides that demonstration community partnership agreements would be funded by the Agency upon approval of an agreement entered into by a community action agency or similar public or private non-profit agency, and the public agency of a State or political subdivision of a State, or any combination, for local initiative type programs. Sets forth requirements concerning the use of funds. Stipulates that funds should not be used in substitution of local-initiative or other antipoverty programs. Establishes a National Intergovernmental Review Board on the Financing of Community Services to review community partnership agreements, as well as sources for funding of antipoverty efforts. States that the Board, appointed by the President, and subject to Senate confirmation, would consist of nine members, including three representives of State and local government, three of community action and similar agencies and the remainder from the private sector. Stipulates that community economic development programs would include "special impact" programs through community development corporations in rural and urban areas; special rural programs, including funding of rural cooperatives; developmental loans for community economic development programs including establishment of a model domestic development enterprise corporation; and training and technical assistance. Establishes an Interagency Community Economic Development Resource Committee to insure the maximum application of reasources of other agencies, such as the Small Business Administration, the Department of Houasing and Urban Development, and the Department of Commerce and the Economic Development Administration. Provides for a Joint Congressional study during the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, to provide for an appropriate administering agency to conduct the community economic development program in the future, including consideration of an independent community economic development agency.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
States that a court of appeals of the United States may appoint necessary legal assistants to positions authorized by the Judicial Conference of the United States. Provides that such legal assistants shall perform duties involving the preliminary processing of matters filed in the court. States that the approval of the Judicial Conference of the United States shall be required prior to the establishment of each such position. (Adds 28 U.S.C. 714)
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 17 July 1974
Economic Review Act - Title I: Establishes an Economic Review Board to review the factors in the present international and domestic economic situation that contribute to inflation and to discern the relative economic impact of each of these factors in fostering the current lack of price restraint. Title II: Productivity - States that the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality shall establish regional and industry productivity councils to improve productivity in regions and industries. Title III: Authorizes to be appropriated up to $50,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.