United States · United States Congress · 7 December 1973
Increases the rates of educational assistance allowances to eligible veterans. Provides, in addition to such allowances, for the payment of tuition, the extension of educational assistance entitlement, acceleration of educational assistance allowances, and expansion of the work-study program. Establishes a Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center to: (1) evaluate the effectiveness of veterans outreach services programs; (2) make recommendations to the President and Congress for establishing new, and improving existing, procedures for informing Vietnam era veterans of all benefits and services to which they may be entitled; (3) coordinate all Federal programs pertaining to veterans of the Vietnam era; and (4) promote efforts for job employment opportunities for veterans. Creates the Vietnam Era Veterans Advisory Committee to consult with the Communication Center regarding all matters pertaining to the duties of the Center.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Federal Energy Administration - Establishes the Federal Energy Administration to assure that the nations energy needs are met for the foreseeable future. Directs the Administrator to plan, direct, and conduct programs related to the production, conservation, use, and allocation of all forms of energy. Transfers to and vests in the Administrator all functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and officers and components of that Department: (1) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Petroleum Allocation; (2) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Energy Conservation; (3) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Energy Data and Analysis; and (4) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Oil and Gas. Transfers to and vests in the Administrator all functions of the Chairman of the Cost of Living Council, the Executive Director of the Cost of Living Counsil, and officers and components as relate to or are utilized by the Energy Division of the Cost of Living Council. Empowers the Administrator to promulgate such rules, regulations, and procedures as may be necessary to carry out the functions vested in him; and to perform such other activities as may be necessary for the effective fulfillment of his duties and functions. Provides that final orders and actions of any official or component in the performance of functions transferred by this Act shall be subject to judicial review to the same extent and in the same manner as if such orders or actions had been made or taken by the officer, department, agency, or instrumentality in the performance of such functions immediately preceding the effective date of this Act. States that nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to limit, curtail, abolish, or terminate any function of the President which he had immediately before the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1973
Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the National Science Foundation, to make a study of the possibilities for international cooperation and cost sharing in the development of a system for the collection and conversion of solar energy. Provides that such study shall include the feasibility of: (1) establishing an international consortium; and (2) utilizing other existing international organizations, or establishing a new international organization, in the development of such an energy collection and transmission system. Requires the Administrator to report the results of such study to the President and the Congress within one year. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1973
Energy Reorganization Act - Title I: Energy Research and Development Administration - Establishes the Energy Research and Development Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President. Describes the functions of the Administrator as including: (1) exercising central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all energy sources; (2) undertaking research and development in the extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources; (3) participating in and supporting cooperative research and development projects which may involve contributions by public or private persons or agencies, of financial or other resources to the performance of the work; (4) developing, collecting, distributing, and making available for distributing, scientific and technical information concerning the manufacture or development of energy and its efficient extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization. Transfers to the Administrator all functions of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Chairman and members of the Commission, and the officers and components of the Commission, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of Interior, and officers and components of such department: (1) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Coal Research; and (2) as relate to or are utilized in connection with fossil fuel energy research and development programs and related activities conducted by the Bureau of Mines. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the National Science Foundations as relate to or are utilized in connection with: (1) solar heating and cooling development; and (2) geothermal power development. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Environmental Protection Agency and the officers and components thereof as relate to or are utilized in connection with the development and demonstration of alternative automotive power systems. Title II: Nuclear Energy Commission - Provides that the Atomic Energy Commission is renamed the Nuclear Energy Commission and shall continue to perform the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Chairman and members of the Commission, the general counsel, and other officers and components of the Commission, which functions, officers, components, and personnel are excepted from the transfer to the Administrator by this Act. Grants the Nuclear Energy Commission licensing authority as to the following facilities of the Administration: (1) demonstration liquid metal fast breeder reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system; (2) other demonstration nuclear reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system, except those in existence, under construction or authorized or appropriated for by the Congress on the date this part becomes effective; or (3) facilities used primarily for the receipt and storage of high level radioactive wastes resulting from activities licensed under such Act. Allows the Nuclear Energy Commission to engage in or contract for research which the Commission deems necessary for the discharge of its licensing and regulatory functions. Title III: Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions - Provides that except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever all of the functions or programs of an agency, or other body, or any component thereof, affected by this Act, have been transferred from that agency, or other body, or component, the agency, or other body, or component shall lapse.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1973
Fair Labor Standards Amendments - Provides for an increase in the minimum wage to $2.20 a hour over a specified period for employees covered before 1966, nonagricultural employees covered in 1966 and 1973, and agricultural employees. States that such increase shall not apply to employees in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, of the United States or of the government of the Virgin Islands; of a hotel, motel, or restaurant; or of any other retail or service establishment engaged in the offering of food. Establishes the minimum wage rate for such employees as equal to that of employees in States, as prescribed under this Act. Provides for the appointment of a special industry committee to recommend for employees in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the highest minimum wage rates. Includes Federal and State employees in the minimum wage coverage and defines such employees. Establishes minimum wage rates for domestic service employees and retail and service establishments. Excludes from overtime rates specified tobacco employees. Exempts for two years, telegraph agency employees from the maximum hours provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Establishes overtime rate and maximum hour requirements for telegraph agency employees, seafood canning and processing employees, nursing home employees; hotel, motel and restaurant employees; salesmen, partsmen, and mechanics; food service employees; bowling employees; substitute parents for institutionalized children; employees of conglomerates; seasonal industry employees; cotton ginning and sugar processing employees; local transit employees; and cotton and sugar services employees. Establishes special minimum wage rates for full-time students. Exempts specified agricultural workers from the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Establishes a civil penalty for violation of the child labor provisions. Requires the Secretary to conduct studies on the justification or lack thereof for each of the special overtime rate exemptions set and the economic effects of the application of such exemptions to such employees, and to submit a report of his findings and recommendations to the Congress with respect to the studies conducted not later than January 1, 1976. Provides for nondiscrimination on account of age in Government employment and Federal Government employment. Provides that, except as otherwise specifically provided, the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first full month which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1973
Provides that the numerical value appearing in the four corners on the face of all paper money of the United States which is printed after January 1, 1975, shall be embossed indicating the denomination thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1973
Authorizes the President of the United States to appoint a National Commission for the Control of Epilepsy and its Consequences. States that the Commission shall consist of not more than fifteen members qualified by reason of experience or training. Sets forth the duties of such Commission, including: (1) to call together a national conference of concerned organizations, under the coordinating arm of the Epilepsy Foundation of America, with the purpose of stating the problems and defining the gaps in and barriers to existing health care delivery systems; (2) to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data and information available on the disorder; and (3) to transmit to the President and the Congress no later than one year after the National Conference of Concerned Organization is convened, a report detailing the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with such recommendations, including recommendations for legislation and appropriations, as it deems advisable. Authorizes appropriations of $200,000 to carry out the purposes of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Increases the authorization, for fiscal year 1974 and succeeding fiscal years, for the Committee for Purchase of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped. Defines "direct labor" for purposes of the Wagner-O'Day Act relating to the handicapped, as work required for the preparation, processing, and packing of a commodity or work directly related to the performance of a service, but not supervision, administration, inspection or shipping.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Broadens the conditions under which post-hospital home health services and home health services may be provided under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare).
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
House Health Services Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the establishment and initial operation of public and nonprofit private agencies which will provide home health services in areas in which such services are not otherwise available. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants: (1) to meet the initial and expanding costs of such agencies; and (2) for programs for the training of professional and paraprofessional personnel to provide home health services. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as adversely affecting our resolve to uphold our vital interests, nor be tempted to seize upon them as an opportunity to undermine the security of the United States. Expresses the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as impairing the full commitment of our Government to achieve a just and durable peace in the Middle East. Calls upon all friendly nations to join with the United States in pursuance of these vital common objectives, which have as their goal respect for law and a stable and secure peace throughout the world.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1973
Solar Home Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act Establishes a National Solar Energy Coordinating Council to advise the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on the implementation of this Act. Outlines the composition of Council membership. Delegates to the Council the responsibility for developing practices designed to maximize effort and eliminate duplication among the operations of the various departments of the Federal Government responsible for research and demonstration of solar energy technology. Directs the Secretary to initiate a program for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems for use in residential dwellings. Requires the Secretary, in carrying out such program, to: (1) prescribe performance criteria for solar heating equipment and systems to be used in residential dwellings; (2) approve, on the basis of open competitions, at least three designs for residential dwellings suitable for the installation of solar heating systems meeting such criteria; and (3) enter into contracts for the development and manufacture of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for the development and demonstration of combined solar heating and cooling systems for use in residential dwellings. Requires that the residential dwellings of such program shall be located in at least five climatic regions in the United States to assure a realistic demonstration of the combined solar heating and cooling systems involved under climatic conditions that vary as much as possible. Provides for the development of solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling systems for public buildings and commercial use. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation, jointly with the Secretary in consultation with the Council, and upon recommendation of appropriate scientific peer review panels, to initiate, support, and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy. Establishes on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the "Solar Energy Trust Fund" for obligation and expenditure by the Secretary for purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make available to the public full information with respect to activities conducted under this Act. Requires the Secretary to, directly or by grant or contract: (1) study and investigate the effect of existing building codes, zoning ordinances, and other laws, upon the practical use of solar energy to heat and cool buildings; and (2) determine the extent to which such laws should be changed to facilitate such use. Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to the President and the Congress summarizing activities under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall maintain continuing liaison with the building industry and related industries and interests to assure that the projected benefits of such programs are and will continue to be effectively realized. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Solar Energy Trust Fund, out of any amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 1974, $50,000,000, which shall remain available without fiscal year limitation through 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1973
Independent Special Prosecutor Act - Directs the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to appoint a Special Prosecutor who shall have the duties and powers prescribed in this Act. Authorizes the Chief Judge to appoint a Deputy Special Prosecutor, to assist the Special Prosecutor in the performance of his duties and who, in the event of the disability of the Special Prosecutor or vacancy in the office of Special Prosecutor, shall temporarily become Special Prosecutor until the Chief Judge appoints a Special Prosecutor. Authorizes the Special Prosecutor to have exclusive jurisdiction, to investigate, as he deems appropriate, and prosecute against and in the name of the United States: (1) offenses arising out of the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate; (2) other offenses arising out of the 1972 Presidential election; (3) offenses alleged to have been committed by the President, Presidential appointees, or members of the White House staff; (4) all other matters referred to the former Special Prosecutor pursuant to regulations of the Attorney General; and (5) offenses relating to or arising out of any such matters. Empowers the Special Prosecutor with authority with respect to specified matters set forth in this Act; including (1) to determine whether or not to contest the assertion of Executive Privilege or any other testimonial privilege; and (2) to receive appropriate national security clearance and review all evidence sought to be withheld on grounds of national security and if necessary contest in court any claim of privilege or attempt to withhold evidence on grounds of national security. Provides that all investigations, prosecutions, litigation and grand jury or other proceedings initiated by the former Special Prosecutor shall be continued, as the Special Prosecutor deems appropriate, by him, and he shall become successor counsel for the United States in all such proceedings, notwithstanding any substitution of counsel made after October 20, 1973. States that the Special Prosecutor shall carry out his duties under this Act within two years, except as necessary to complete trial or appellate action on indictments then pending. Empowers the Chief Judge to dismiss the Special Prosecutor or the Deputy Special Prosecutor if he determines they have willfully violated the provisions of this Act or committed other extraordinary improprieties, and for no other reason. Provides that the Special Prosecutor solely shall exercise the powers and perform the duties specified in this Act and that neither the Chief Judge or the President of the United States, nor any other officer of the United States shall have any authority to direct, countermand, or interfere with any action taken by the Special Prosecutor pursuant to this Act. Provides that neither the President of the United States, nor any other officer of the United States, shall have any authority to remove the Special Prosecutor from office. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength be implemented by continuing to transfer to Israel, by whatsoever means necessary, Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the aggressors.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that its members support the efforts of the President and the Secretary of the State to achieve a cease fire in the Middle East and a return of the parties involved to lines and positions occupied by them prior to the outbreak of the current hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that a world food conference to include representatives from governments, multinational organizations, academic and research institutions, relief organizations and industry, be organized under United Nations auspices in 1974, to discuss means of increasing food production, improving distribution of food, developing a world policy on food reserves and providing for world relief in cases of natural disasters.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Social Services Amendments - Outlines the objectives to be achieved under this Act, including: (1) the goal of self-support; (2) the goal of family care or self-care; (3) the goal of community-based care; and (4) the institional care goal. Provides, under the Social Security Act, for maximum freedom for each State to determine which services will make available, the persons eligible for such services, the manner in which such services are provided, and any limitations on the receipt of such services. Requires that social services to be offered at the option of the States to all elibible persons shall include: (1) day care services for children; (2) day care services for children with special needs; (3) service for children in foster care; (4) protective services for children; (5) family planning services; (6) protective services for adults; (7) services for adults in foster care; (8) homemaker services for individuals in their own homes; (9) chore services; (10) home delivered or congregate meals; (11) day care services for adults; (12) health related services; (13) home management and other functional education services; (14) housing improvement services; (15) a full range of legal services; (16) transportation services necessary to travel to and from community facilities or resources for receipt of services; (17) educational and training services; (18) employment services; (19) information, referral, and determination of eligibility and the need for services, without regard to individual eligibility criteria; (20) special services for the mentally retarded, or special adaptations of generic services; (21) special services for the blind; (22) services for alcoholism and drug addiction; (23) special services for the emotionally disturbed as defined by the State; (24) special services for the physically handicapped as defined by the State; and (25) any other proposed services at the request of a State. Provides that States are entitled to Federal financial participation for the delivery of mandatory and optional social services under the State plan to the extent of the appropriations allocated by the Congress. Requires that State plans submitted with respect to the services program shall contain provision for a fair hearing, under which applicants and recipients may appeal exclusion from a service program. Provides that State plans shall provide for the establishment of a Social Services Advisory Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Authorizes to be appropriated, under the Foreign Assistance Act, additional funds of: (1) $95,000,000 for use by the President for emergency and recovery needs in connection with damage caused by floods in Pakistan; (2) $15,000,000 for emergency and recovery needs in connection with the damage caused by the earthquake in Nicaragua; and (3) $40,000,000 for emergency and recovery needs for the drought-stricken Sahelian nations of Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act - Declares the policies of Congress. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an agency to be known as the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. Directs the Administrator of such Office to provide overall guidance and direction of procurement policy, and to the extent he considers appropriate, to prescribe policies and regulations which shall be followed by executive agencies in the area of procurement. States that the functions of the Administrator shall include the following: (1) establishing a system of government wide, coordinated, uniform procurement regulations; (2) establishing criteria and procedures for an effective method of soliciting the viewpoints of interested parties in the development of procurement policies; and (3) monitoring and revising as necessary policies and regulations concerning reliance on the private sector to provide needed goods and services. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Administrator. Directs the Administrator to submit a report to Congress annually, and at such other times as may be necessary, with recommendations for amendment or repeal of existing laws or adoption of new laws. Provides that neither the administrator nor employees of the Office may refuse to testify before or submit information to Congress or any duly authorized committees thereof. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator to undertake a study to determine the feasibility of providing overall guidance for Federal assistance programs. Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1973
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Securities and Exchange Commission be directed to review and, if necessary, amend its rules and regulations to take recognizance of the role of small broker-dealers in the United States' securities markets and to permit such broker-dealers to effectively comply with the rules and regulations in the public interest without unnecessary administrative burdens; that it continue active consideration and implementation of the recommendations of the SEC Advisory Committee Study; that it continue to review the position of the small broker-dealer to insure the continued participation of such firms in the securities markets of the United States within the context of competitive policy and the protection of investors; and that it immediately proceed to examine and modify its rules and regulations to the extent it is found that the public interest is not commensurate with the burden imposed on small broker-dealers.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the President, in exercising the authority conferred by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 with respect to price levels applicable to sales of gasoline or diesel fuel grade number two, should permit the passthrough of any increase in the cost to the seller of gasoline or diesel fuel grade number two which was lawfully put into effect on or after August 1, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Child Abuse and Protective Services Amendments - Provides that where the State agency (which administers the plan for aid to needy families with children) has reason to believe that the home in which a relative and child receiving aid reside is unsuitable for the child because of the neglect, abuse, or exploitation of such child it shall bring such condition to the attention of the appropriate court or other agency, including law enforcement agencies, in the State providing such data with respect to the situation it may have, and that the State agency will provide such multidisciplinary services (including, but not limited to medical, legal, social, and other services) as necessary to aid the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Provides for payments to State child welfare plans if such plans provide for the establishment and implementation of effective procedures for the prevention, identification, and treatment of cases of child abuse or neglect including, but not limited to: (1) procedures for the discovery and reporting of instances of neglect or abuse of children; (2) use of the full resources of local communities including public and nonprofit agencies and organizations which provide services and activities that would be beneficial to a child and his parents or guardians; (3) a systematic method for receiving reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect on a twenty-four-hour a day basis; and (4) a central collection point for all data and information on child abuse and neglect. Exempts expenditures for multidisciplinary services (including, but not limited to, medical, legal, social, and other services) as necessary to aid the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect, from the requirement that not more than 10 percent are to be paid in providing services to individuals who are not recipients of certain aid or assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both: (1) studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and (2) planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Sets forth the qualifications and application such a grant must meet. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for: (1) the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems: (2) projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems; and (3) support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices and delivery. Defines "eligible entity" as a State, a unit of general local government, a public entity administering a compact or other regional arrangement or consorium, or any other public entity and any nonprofit private entity. Requires that an emergency medical services system shall: (1) include an adequate number of health professions, allied health professions, and other health personnel with appropriate training and experience; (2) provide for its personnel appropriate training and continuing education programs; (3) join the personnel, facilities, and equipment of the system by a central communications system; (4) include an adequate number of necessary ground, air, and water vehicles and other transportation facilities to meet the individual characteristics of the system's service area; and (5) provide other enumerated criteria services. Authorizes, for the purpose of making payments pursuant to specified grants and contracts, to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $70,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Directs the Secretary to administer the program of grants and contracts through an identifiable administrative unit within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that the Secretary shall establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy of all Federal activities which relate to emergency medical services. Provides for the appointment of Committee members. Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary may make grants to an enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, nursing, and training centers for allied health professions to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a study on the legal barriers to the effective delivery of medical care under emergency conditions and to report the results of such study to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Elementary and Secondary Education Assistance Act - Title I: General Grants for Elementary and Secondary Education Grants Authorized - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make payments to State educational agencies for the Federal share of the cost of grants to local educational agencies and for other elementary and secondary education programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commissioner, for the purpose of carrying out this title, $4,500,000 annually for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Provides for the reservation of specified precentages for enumerated purposes, and for the apportionment of sums not reserved. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides that any State desiring to receive financial assistance shall submit a plan to reduce disparities in per pupil expenditures among local educational agencies within such State. Enumerates the criteria to be met by such plan. Requires the chief State officer to submit annually to the Commissioner an application in such detail and containing or accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. States that a local educational agency may receive a grant from the appropriate State educational agency under this title for any fiscal year only upon an application approved by the appropriate State educational agency, upon its determination consistent with such basic criteria as the Commissioner may establish, including: (1) that the programs and activities will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; and (2) that such agency will make provisions for the benefit of children in schools of secular, neutral, and nonideological educational services, materials, and equipment. Provides that the State shall not finally disapprove any application for funds without first affording the local educational agency reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. Provides that the Commissioner shall pay to each State which has established eligibility under this Act, in advance or by way of reimbursement, the amount of such State's apportionment. States that no payments shall be made to any State in which per pupil expenditures for elementary and secondary education for the preceding year from State sources, excluding the payment of the State share for grants, programs, and activities undertaken pursuant to this Act, are less in such State than such expenditures for the second preceding fiscal year. States that if any State or local educational agency is dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of its application, they may file with the United States court of appeals for the circuit for which such agency is located a petition for review of that action. Title II: Experimental Achievement Progress Test - States that, after consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Education, the Commissioner is directed, on an experimental basis, to conduct a program to demonstrate the feasibility of administrating achievement progress tests in reading and mathematics to be given by local educational agencies to the elementary and secondary school children, in order to provide financial assistance to such agencies, in accordance with this Act, based upon the improvement reflected in such achievement progress tests.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Food Processing Establishment Registration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that it is necessary to provide for registration of all establishments in which foods are manufactured, processed, or packed. Requires, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that on or before December 31 of each even-numbered year, every person who owns or operates any establishment in any State engaged in processing food shall register with the Secretary of Health Education, and Welfare: (1) his name, (2) principal place of business, (3) the location of each such establishment, and (4) for each such establishment, a list of all classes of food processed and the type of processing being carried out at such establishment. Prescribes procedures for the issuance of registration numbers, access to registrations for purposes of inspection, and exemptions from registration and registration of foreign establishments.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Export Priorities Act - Title I: General Provisions - Makes technical amendments to the Export Administration Act of 1969. Title II: Agricultural Export Controls - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, within ninety days after the beginning of the crop year for any agricultural commodity, to determine the quantity of the crop of such commodity, if any, that will be available for export and inform the Secretary of Commerce thereof, who shall publicly announce such determination. States that no agricultural commodity may be exported to any foreign country unless the person exporting has been issued a license or unless the commodity has been exempted. States that the quantity of any commodity available for export shall be allocated among foreign countries by the Secretary. Specifies the basis for determining such allocation. Provides that the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of a commodity for export in order to meet unexpected foreign demand resulting from natural disaster, crop failure, and changes in existing trading patterns in that commodity. Prescribes the procedures for: (1) issuance of export licenses; (2) administrative revision of quantities available for export; and (3) exports to developing countries. Confers authority on the Secretary to issue such rules or regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that fees collected by the Secretary on export licenses shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall be available to carry out the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Food Stamp Act of 1964, and the commodity distribution program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, with specified exceptions.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1973
States that the increases in the monthly benefits and lump-sum death payments under title II of the Social Security Act shall be increased by 7 percent beginning January 1974 (presently increased by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for June 1973 exceeds that for June 1972, beginning April 1974).
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Federal Food Inspection Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, to propose regulations which shall specify the surveillance procedures that he will follow for the detection and prevention of adulterated food. States that any person adversely affected by proposed regulations may file objections with the Secretary and request a hearing. Provides that if the Secretary finds a threat to the public health or welfare which requires that there be an immediate increase in the level of surveillance with respect to any food, he may direct an increase in the level of such surveillance to the extent that he determines necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Medical Device Amendments - Title I: Classification of Medical Devices - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, to appoint and organize separate classification panels of experts to review and classify devices into appropriate categories based on the safety and effectiveness of such devices. Requires such panels to submit recommendations for the classification of devices into one of the three following categories: (1) exempt devices-those devices having a generally accepted medical use which are safe and effective when used according to instructions and warnings and which present a minimum risk; (2) devices subject to standards- those devices for which in order to reduce or eliminate unreasonable risk of illness or injury it is appropriate to establish reasonable standards to assure safety and effectiveness; and (3) devices subject to premarket scientific review-those devices for which inadequate evidence exists to assure safety and effectiveness. Requires the Secretary to publish a report on the device classification scheme in the Federal Register and to allow for comment by interested persons. Title II: Authority to Establish Standards - States that the standard is to relate to safety and effectiveness of device, including consideration of specified factors. Provides for periodic evaluation of the adequacy of standards. Directs the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies. agencies organizations. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a notice that proceedings have been initiated to promulgate a device standard. Specifies the content of such notification. Directs the Secretary to accept one or more offers to develop a proposed standard and to publish in the Federal Register names and addresses of persons whose offers are accepted and the terms of such offers. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations governing development of proposed standards. Sets forth alternatives to the development of standards, including: (1) the use of existing standards; and (2) the development of standards by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint independent advisory committees, to which could be referred any matters involving a proposed device standard, prior to or after its publication in the Federal Register. Prescribes the composition of such committees. Requires that manufacturers of devices subject to standards shall assure the Secretary that such devices comply with any testing methods prescribed or that such device has been manufactured in accord with current good manufacturing practices designed to assure such compliance. Provides exemptions from such requirements for specified devices. Title III: Scientific Review of Certain Medical Devices - Describes the circumstances under which scientific review premarket clearance of medical devices is required. States that scientific review of a device declared subject to such review may be otained by submitting to the Secretary an application containing specified information. Directs the Secretary to appoint standing advisory scientific panels to review device applications. Directs the Secretary, after considering the panel's recommendations, either to: (1) approve an application; (2) advise the applicant that his application is not in approvable form and inform applicant of measures required to meet approval; or (3) deny approval if the device fails to meet specified criteria. Sets forth the definition of "adequate scientific evidence". Provides for opportunity for review of applications denied. Sets forth provisions regarding withdrawal of approval and suspension of approval. Prescribes conditions pertaining to exemptions for clinical testing on humans, including: (1) submission of an outline of the plan of initial clinical testing; (2) submission of an adequate protocol for clinical testing together with a report of prior investigations, including tests on animals, adequate to justify the proposed testing; (3) obtaining of signed agreements from investigators that humans upon whom device to be used will be under their personal supervision; and (4) establishment and maintenance of records. Requires the informed consent of human participants. Requires the consent agreement to contain no language through which the individual waives any legal rights or releases the institution or its agents from liability for negligence. Defines "exceptional cases" as those in which consent is not feasible or where it would be contrary to the welfare or best interests of a particular subject, as determined by a physician in his professional judgment. Provides for the exemption of custom devices, ordered by a physician to be made in a special way for individual patients, if the device meets enumerated requirements. States that any person may petition the Secretary to establish a product development protocol for a particular custom device. Sets forth the grounds for revocation (or objection to notice of completion) of product development protocol. Title IV: Notification of Defective Devices; Repair or Replacement - Provides that every person acquiring information showing a device produced, assembled, or imported by him to contain a defect likely to create a substantial risk to the public health or safety, or to be in non-compliance with an applicable standard would be required to notify the Secretary of such defect or failure if device has left the control of the manufacturer. Specifies the content of such notification and enumerates the exemptions from such requirement. Sets forth the definition of "defect". Provides for the public disclosure of a defect and for the repair, replacement or refund on the cost of defective devices to the owner. Title V: Requirement of Good Manufacturing Practice - Requires that a device, and the methods used in its manufacture, must conform to good manufacturing practice. Title VI: Records and Reports; Inspection and Registration of Establishments; Official Names - Requires persons manufacturing, processing, repacking, labeling, or distributing a device subject to a standard which is in effect, or with respect to which there is in effect an approval of an application for scientific review, to maintain records and make reports to the Secretary on clinical experience and other data relating to safety or effectiveness of such device, or possibility of adulteration or misbranding. Title VII: General Provisions - Establishes an Advisory Council on Devices to advise the Secretary on policy matters relating to carrying out provisions of the Act. Prohibits States from establishing or maintaining standards or regulations for any device which is specifically subject to an official Federal standard or scientific review, unless State requirements are identical to the Federal requirements. Permits the Secretary to disclose information relating to trade secrets to a contractor in furtherance of provisions of the Act, subject to the contractor's observance of such security precautions as are prescribed in regulations. Defines the term "device" to mean instruments, apparatus, implements, machines, contrivances, implants, in vitro reagents, or similar articles, including their components, parts and accessories which are: (1) recognized in the official U.S. Pharmacopeia or National Formulary, or any supplement to them, or (2) intended for use in diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals, or (3) intended to affect any structure or any function of the body of man or other animals, and (4) not achieving any of their principal purposes through chemical action within or on the body of man or other animals and which are not dependent upon being metabolized for achievement of their principal purposes. Defines the term "prescription device". Makes various technical amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make existing law applicable to devices.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Domestic Volunteer Service Act - Title I: National Volunteer Anti-Poverty Programs - Provides for the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Program of full-time volunteer service, together with appropriate powers and responsibilities designed to assist in the development and coordination of such program. Authorizes the Director to recruit, select, and train persons to serve in the VISTA Program. Authorizes the Director to assign VISTA volunteers, upon the request of Federal, State, or local agencies or private nonprofit organizations, to work in the States in appropriate programs. Directs the Director, wherever feasible, to assign low-income VISTA volunteers to serve in their home communities in teams with nationally recruited VISTA volunteers having an appropriate specialty which would benefit that community. Requires the Director to terminate the assignment of an individual VISTA volunteer within thirty days of a Governor's request or within a mutually agreeable time frame. Requires that VISTA volunteers make a full-time, personal commitment to combating poverty, including, to the extent practicable, a commitment to live among and at the economic levels of the people with whom they are assigned to work, and to remain available for service, without regard to regular working hours, at all times during their term of service except for authorized periods of leave. Authorizes a two-year term of enrollment for VISTA volunteers. States that no volunteer shall serve for more than five years. Provides for the establishment of a grievance procedure for VISTA volunteers in connection with the terms and conditions of their service. Directs the Director to support volunteers serving under this Act through living allowances, travel allowances, and leave allowances, and through housing, supplies, equipment, subsistence, clothing, health and dental care, transportation, supervision, technical assistance, and any other support he deems appropriate for volunteers to carry out their assignments. Provides that the University Year for Action (UYA) program by students shall be used to assist in the coordination and development of programs through course work. Sets forth the conditions under which such students shall be utilized for volunteer service. Authorizes the Director to conduct special volunteer programs in areas of (1) alternatives to incarceration of youthful offenders; (2) programs to promote educational opportunities for veterans; and (3) peer-group counseling for drug abusers. Title II: National Older American Volunteer Programs - Provides for the making of grants by the Director of ACTION to State agencies to develop a volunteer service program, limiting those volunteers to individuals over 60 years of age. Requires the Director to coordinate programs under this title with relevant programs in other Federal agencies in disseminating information about the availability of assistance and in promoting the interest of older persons whose services may be utilized under this title. Title III: National Volunteer Programs to Assist Small Businesses and Promote Volunteer Service by Persons with Business Experience - Authorizes the Director to conduct volunteer programs, including Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) and Active Corps of Executives (ACE) programs, to provide managerial and other assistance to small businesses. Declares that such volunteers, while working on SBA projects or new programs under this title, shall be considered Federal employees for purposes of Federal tort claims provisions purposes. Prohibits SCORE/ACE volunteers serving in connection with responsibilities of the Director of the ACTION Agency under this Act from participating in any screening or evaluation activities on behalf of the Small Business Administration in connection with applications for loans from the Administration and prohibits them from providing services to a client of the Small Business Administration with a delinquent loan outstanding except when specifically requested by such a client after the loan has become delinquent. Title IV: Administration and Coordination - Provides the Director with general authorities which are in addition to those given him by other provisions of the Act. Prohibits funds appropriated to carry out the Act from being used to finance political activity or election, and authorizes the Director to issue rules and regulations for the enforcement of these political prohibitions and similar prohibitions in any programs assisted under the Act. Prohibits agencies or organizations to which volunteers are assigned, or which operates or supervises any volunteer program authorized by this Act, from requesting or receiving any compensation for services of those volunteers. Prohibits the use of funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from being used to finance labor or antilabor organizations. Authorizes the Director to prescribe requirements for volunteer service in programs authorized by this Act and requires volunteers and prospective volunteers to provide information concerning their qualifications. Establishes in the ACTION Agency a National Voluntary Services Advisory Council to be composed of not more than 25 members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the President. Provides that the Council shall advise the Director with respect to administrative and policy matters, and at his request, review the effectiveness of the program operating under this and the Peace Corps Act. Prohibits the Director from providing financial assistance for any program under this Act unless the financial arrangement specifically prohibits discrimination because of race, creed, belief, color, national origin, sex, age or political affiliation. Provides that no payment for supportive services made to persons serving pursuant to titles II and III of this Act shall be subject to any tax or be treated as wages or compensation for the purposes of unemployment, temporary disability, retirement, or similar benefit payments, or minimum wage laws. Title V: Authorization of Appropriations - Provides authorization for appropriations for each of the programs under ACTION for the next three fiscal years. Title VI: Amendments to Other Laws and Repealers - Supersedes the program and administrative provisions of reorganization Plan No. 7 relating to domestic volunteer programs. Provides that all official action taken by the Director of the ACTION Agency, his designee, or any other person under the authority of such reorganization plan which are in force on the effective date of this Act and for which there is continuing authority under the provisions of this Act, shall continue in full force and effect until modified, superseded or revoked by the Director. Provides that VISTA, University Year for Action volunteers, and volunteers serving in full-time programs of at least one-year's duration under title I of this Act who subsequently become members of the Federal Civil Service shall have their volunteer service time counted as creditable toward civil service retirement, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individuals' earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Declares that the United States Senate does hereby congratulate and felicitate the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the Honorable John C. Stennis, on his birthday and expresses the wish that he will enjoy many other such anniversaries in the future. Declares that members of the Senate greatly miss the distinguished Senator and wish for him an early return to the Senate Chamber and to his duties in the Senate. Directs that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and a copy furnished to Mr. Stennis.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Transfers the supervision and administration of Saint Elizabeths Hospital from the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, together with the statutory authority of the Secretary respecting the hospital and lands and buildings of the hospital. Provides for the transfer of all employees of the hospital with all rights, benefits and privileges. Authorizes necessary appropriations in order to pay the District of Columbia portion of the costs for operating and maintaining the hospital during the period of its integration into the programs of the District for the protection of mental health. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for remodeling and construction and repair at the hospital, except that the aggregate of such appropriations shall not exceed $43,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of Congress to the States of New Jersey and New York for specified amendments to the Waterfront Commission Compact and for entering into the Airport Commission Compact.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Freedom from Surveillance Act - States that, except as expressly provided, whoever, being a civil officer of the United States or an officer of the Armed Forces of the United States, employs any part of the Armed Forces or the militia of any State to conduct investigations into, maintain surveillance over, or record or maintain information regarding, the beliefs, associations, or political activities of any person not a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or of any civilian organization, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Exempts from such provisions the use of the Armed Forces of the United States or the militia of any State: (1) when they have been actually and publicly assigned by the President to the task of repelling invasion or suppressing rebellion, insurrection, or domestic violence pursuant to the Constitution or specified sections of the United States Code; or (2) to investigate criminal conduct committed on a military installation or involving the destruction, theft, or trespass of the property of the United States; or (3) to determine the suitability for employment of any individual for the Armed Forces of the United States, by the militia of any State, or by a defense facility; or (4) whenever the militia of any State is under the command of the chief executive of that State or any other appropriate authorities of that State. Sets forth the definitions of the terms used in this Act, including "surveillance". Prescribes procedures for the bringing of civil actions and special class actions against illegal surveillance.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1973
Increases, under the Internal Revenue Code, the maximum credit allowable for contributions to candidates for public office. Increases (1) the credit amount to $25 on individual returns and $50 on joint returns (formerly $12.50 and $25); and (2) the deduction amount to $100 on individual returns and $200 on joint returns (formerly $50 and $100). (Amends 26 U.S.C. 41(b)(1) and 218(b)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1973
Neighborhood Conservation Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to encourage the preservation of older neighborhoods which are threatened with blight and housing abandonment and to stimulate the broadscale conservation and upgrading of existing low and moderate income housing by establishing a program of neighborhood conservation grants and a new program of mortgage insurance designed to generate private capital for housing repairs, maintenance, and rehabilitation. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to cities, municipalities, counties and other general purpose units of local government to assist them in carrying out such programs. States that such grants may cover a period of not to exceed five years and may provide one hundred percent of the cost of activities set forth in this Act. Provides that to be eligible for grants under this Act a locality, acting through its chief executive authority, shall designate a specific area and prepare and submit to the Secretary a plan specifying: (1) the improvements in basic community facilities and services to be made in such area over the five year period in which such improvements shall be made; (2) the programs to be introduced to improve the quality of housing in the area; and (3) the public and private resources which will be used to carry out such improvements and programs. Authorizes to be appropriated for grants under this Act not to exceed $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, not to exceed $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and not to exceed $220,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Declares it to be the purpose of this part to help preserve and upgrade the quality of housing in designated neighborhood conservation areas by facilitating the rehabilitation financing of such housing or its transfer to tenant or neighborhood-based corporate ownership. Authorizes the Secretary to insure any mortgage which covers residential property located in a neighborhood conservation area approved for assistance under this Act. Sets forth requirements with respect to the type of property a mortgage may cover and the individual or organization who shall execute such mortgage. Provides that the Secretary shall not insure any mortgage under this Act unless he has received satisfactory and enforceable assurances from the mortgagor that the refinancing or sale of the property will not result, directly or indirectly, in any increase in the rentals or other charges for dwelling units in the property for a period of at least one year from the date of final endorsement of the mortgage insurance, or in any rent increases thereafter in excess of such increases as the Secretary finds justified and approves on the basis of increased operating expenses. Authorizes the Secretary, for the purpose of maintaining or reducing rentals or other charges for properties insured under this Act, to make and to contract to make periodic interest reduction payments on behalf of the owners of the properties which shall be accomplished through payments to mortgagees holding mortgages under the requirements of this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall cooperate with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to insure that funds appropriated under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 shall be made available on a priority basis for training and employment support use in connection with improvements financed under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall develop and maintain full information and statistics regarding the utilization of and experiences incurred under this program. States that the Secretary shall submit each year to the Congress and to the President an annual report summarizing such information, his analysis of the effectiveness and scope of the program, and his recommendations for its improvement and greater utilization.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Authorizes to be appropriated to the President $30,000,000 for emergency and recovery needs, including drought, famine and disaster relief and rehabilitation, for the Sahelian Nations of Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Civil Aeronautics Board, to undertake a study of existing conditions in the treatment of animals in air transportation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the results of such study, including his recommendations, not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to prescribe, not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act, regulations, including minimum standards, providing for the humane treatment of animals in air transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1973
Emergency Rural Housing Act - Finds that there are millions of substandard dwelling units in rural areas, that existing agencies operating under existing authorities could not meet the needs of millions of the rural poor, and that there is a need for emergency action in rural housing programs. Establishes an Emergency Rural Housing Administration, the management of which shall be vested in an Administrator appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. Makes it the duty of the Administrator to provide minimal housing facilities for eligible persons in rural areas and small communities and to do so, to the extent possible, within a five-year period. Forbids the duties and powers of the Administration to be transferred to any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to make loans to eligible persons to finance the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of minimal housing facilities, or to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing facilities in accordance with minimum housing facilities standards. Provides that at least 50 percent of the principal amount of any loan made shall be amortized over a period of not more than forty years, shall bear interest at a rate of not less than one percent per year, and shall be secured by a first mortgage. Authorizes the Administration to make rehabilitation grants up to $3,500 to owners who occupy substandard housing and whose income is too low to repay specified types of loans. Authorizes the Administrator to acquire land and engage in the development of housing projects to be sold under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide financing to rural housing associations which meet specified requirements for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of: (1) minimal housing facilities in rural areas and small communities to be rented by eligible persons; (2) water and sewer facilities for such housing; and (3) related community facilities for such housing. Provides that financing of rental units shall be made in the form of a non-interest-bearing loan. Empowers the Administrator to enter into contracts for annual assistance payments with a borrower. Provides that the Administrator may enter into area responsibility agreements with State-chartered rural housing associations. Sets forth the requirements which a local rural housing association must meet prior to receiving loans under this Act, including the chartering of such association and providing for a board of directors. Provides that when a State fails to establish an association within one year, then the Administration shall establish an organization to carry out this Act. Forbids the Administrator to require, as a condition of assistance under this Act, the relocation of any eligible person in order to engage in or to facilitate the economic development of any area. Requires the Administration to submit an annual report to the Congress and the President on the operation of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Establishes the Rural Investment Fund to be utilized by the Administration for specified purposes under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1973
Provides that three members of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare shall be ex-officio members of the Committee on Appropriations when there is consideration of the annual appropriation bill for the Department of Labor, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the National Science Foundation, the Office of Economic Opportunity, the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, and health and safety in mines.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Provides, under the Voting Rights Act, that no citizen of the United States shall be denied the right to vote in any Federal election on account of his having been convicted of any crime, if he has: (1) served the sentence of imprisonment imposed as punishment therefor; (2) completed any term of parole imposed in connection with such conviction; and (3) is no longer under the jurisdiction of the court with respect to such conviction.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Federal criminal Justice System Reorganization Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to reorganize, unify and coordinate Federal activities relating to the problems of criminal justice. Transfers specified duties and functions to the Attorney General. Abolishes the Advisory Corrections Council and the Federal Board of Parole. Establishes in the Department of Justice the Criminal Justice Services Administration to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for a Deputy Administrator of the Criminal Justice Services Administration. Creates within the Administration the National Criminal Justice Board to be composed of eleven members (one from each judicial circuit) who shall represent diverse background. Makes it the duty of such board: (1) to formulate, promulgate, and oversee a national policy on the treatment of persons under the jurisdiction of courts of the United States; (2) to prescribe the duties of probation officers; and (3) to perform such other duties as the Administrator may require. Provides for the publication of proposed guidelines, for making objections thereto, and for the holding of public hearings on such objections. Establishes in each judicial district a Criminal Justice Office, composed of not less than three members appointed by the Attorney General. Provides that immediately following the arrest of a person charged with a Federal offense, the case shall be assigned to the appropriate District Office, which shall: (1) investigate the defendant's background and the circumstances surrounding the alleged offense and make such information available to the appropriate judicial officer or court, along with a recommendation as to the setting of bail; (2) recommend, if indicated, mental observation; and (3) submit, within thirty days of arrest, a written report to the counsel of record for such defendant, and the office of the United States Attorney having jurisdiction over the case, and the appropriate judicial officer or court. States that such report shall set forth the findings and conclusions of the District Office as to any physical, mental, social, economic, or other problems of the defendant, and shall state whether diversion of the defendant from the criminal justice system of prosecution is desirable and, if desirable, the type of diversion recommended. Provides for the filing of additional reports by the Office when a defendant is convicted of a Federal offense. Specifies the content of such reports, including recommended sentence, reason for imprisonment and goals for the offender to attain while imprisoned. Directs the District Office to carry out, with respect to a defendant who has been sentenced, the function relating to probation, parole, or other form of release transferred to the Administration by the Federal Criminal Justice System Reorganization Act. Establishes within the Administration a Bureau of Juvenile Justice which shall be headed by a Director, appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Makes the Director responsible for all functions transferred to the Administration pursuant to the Federal Criminal Justice System Reorganization Act. Establishes within the Administration the Office of Ombudsman of the Federal Criminal Justice System, which shall be headed by a Director. Provides that any petition for collateral review of a conviction filed by a Federal offender, or any petition filed by an inmate in a State or Federal penal or correctional institution for redress of grievances concerning conditions within such institution, may be referred by the court to the Office of Ombudsman of the Federal Criminal Justice System. Provides that the Office shall have ninety days within which to consider such petition and, if possible, to resolve the matter contained therein. Creates, within the Administration, the Bureau of Federal Criminal Justice Coordination, which shall conduct a continuing study of all Federal activities within the Federal Criminal Justice System. Provides that the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the Bureau of Prisons shall be within the Administration. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Provides that the amount of time which a parole violator shall be required to serve as a result of his retaking shall be reduced by a period of time equal to that period commencing with his release by reason of his parole and ending with the date of the commission of the violation for which parole was revoked. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 4205)
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Provides that postal employees may choose, for collective bargaining agreements, their own representative in greviance and adverse actions. Provides that the official bargaining representative of the labor organization recognized by the majority of postal employees shall have the right to be present during these proceedings. (Adds 39 U.S.C. 1206(b))
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