United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1973
Energy Research and Development Administration Act - Title I: Declares that the Congress finds that the general welfare of the Nation requires that its limited natural resources, including energy sources, be conserved, managed, and utilized so as to help achieve the highest practicable environmental quality, between man and nature, economic and community development, individual fulfillment, and security of the American people of this and future generations. Provides that to best achieve these objectives, improve operations, and assure the coordinated and effective administration of natural resource programs, it is necessary to establish a Department of Energy and Natural Resources to bring together and provide leadership and direction for Federal activities which most directly relate to the discovery, assessment, preservation, development, utilization, future adequacy, and enjoyment of natural resources, including energy sources, achieving a sound balance between preservation and development. Provides that among other things it shall be the function of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, through providing national leadership and establishing effective working relationships with State and local governments, public and private institutions and individuals, and other Federal agencies, to: (1) foster the conservation, management, and utilization of natural resources; (2) help assure maintenance of the ecological balance necessary to sustain human and unique plant and animal life systems; (3) explore and survey the earth, the atmosphere, and the oceans; (4) conduct scientific research and encourage development of technology to conserve and efficiently utilize natural resources with minimum impact on the environment; (5) assess national energy requirements and resources, provide physical and economic data, maps, charts, and hazard warnings; (6) manage Federal lands, including national parks and forests, and minerals; (7) preserve irreplaceable park, wilderness, scientific, historic, fish and wildlife resources; (8) assist in providing outdoor recreational opportunities; and (9) provide for the fullfillment of Federal trust responsibilities over land and other resources of Indians, Alaska Natives, and Territorial peoples and assist such people to achieve their cultural and economic objectives. Title II: Establishment of the Department - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. Provides that there shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Department shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the Secretary, who shall be responsible for the efficient and coordinated management of the Department. Provides that there shall be in the Department: (1) a Land and Recreation Resources Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Land and Recreation Resources; (2) a Water Resources Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Water Resources; (3) an Energy and Minerals Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Energy and Minerals; (4) an Oceanic, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Oceanic, Atmospheric,and Earth Sciences; and (5) an Indian and Territorial Affairs Administration, at the head of which shall be an Administrator of Indian and Territorial Affairs. Provides that the Administrators appointed pursuant to this subsection shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Title III: Transfers and vests in the Secretary: (1) except as provided in this Act, all of the functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and all officers and components of that Department; (2) such of the functions of the Secretary of Commerce, the Department of Commerce, and officers and components of that Department, as relate to or are utilized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (3) such of the functions of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and the Chief of Engineers and the Corps of Engineers of the Department of the Army as relate to or are utilized for civil works and civil regulatory functions; (4) such of the functions of the Secretary of Transportation, the Department of Transportation, and its officers, as relate to or are utilized for pipeline safety; and (5) all of the functions of the Water Resources Council, its Chairman, and members. Title IV: Definitions and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such policies, standards, criteria, procedures, rules, and regulations as he may deem to be necessary or appropriate to perform functions vested in him under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to engage in joint projects of a research, developmental, or experimental nature with nonprofit or public agencies or organizations and to perform services on matters of mutual interest. Title V: Transitional and Conforming Provisions - Provides that whenever all of the functions of a department, agency, or other body, or any component thereof, affected by this Act, have been transferred from that department, agency, or other body, or any component thereof by title III of this Act the department agency, or other body, or component thereof shall lapse. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to make such additional incidental dispositions of functions, personnel, personnel positions, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of approriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from or to be made available in connection with the functions transferred by this Act as he may deem necessary or appropriate to accomplish the intent and purpose of this Act. Title VI: Savings Provisions - Provides that all orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, contracts, certificates, licenses, and privileges shall remain in effect: (1) which have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to become effective by the President, any Federal department or agency or official thereof, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of functions which are transferred under this part, and (2) which are in effect at the time this part takes effect, to remain in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by the President, the Secretary, or a court of competent jurisdiction. Title VII: Separability - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. Title VIII: Effective Date and Interim Appointments - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect one hundred and twenty days after the Secretary first takes office, or on such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, except that any of the officers provided for in title II of this Act may be nominated and appointed, as provided in that title, at any time after the date of enactment of this Act. Title IX - XI: Department of Energy and Natural Resources Act - Presents the declaration of Congress that the general welfare and the common defense and security require effective action to develop all forms of energy sources to meet the needs of present and future generations, to increase the productivity and self-sufficiency of the national economy and strengthen its position in regard to international trade, and to advance the goals of restoring, protecting, and enhancing environmental quality. Presents the further declaration of the Congress that, among other things, it shall be the function of the Energy Research and Development Administration to exercise central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all forms of energy sources. Title XII: Establishment of Administration - Establishes at the seat of the Government an independent executive agency to be known as the Energy Research and Development Administration. Provides that there shall be at the head of the Administration an Administrator of Energy Research and Development who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Administration shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the Administrator, who shall be responsible for the efficient and coordinated management of the Administration. Title XIII: Transfers - Transfers to the Administrator all functions of the Atonmic Energy Commission and of the Chairman and members of the Commission, except as provided in this Act. Title XIV: Definitions and Administrative Provisions - Adopts by reference and makes applicable to this Act provisions of existing law. Title XV: Savings Provisions - Provides that title VI of part A of this Act is adopted by reference and made applicable to this part, the Administrator, and the Administration. Title XVI: Separability - Provides that if any provisions of this part, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this part, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Title XVII: Nuclear Energy Commission - Directs the Atomic Energy Commission to 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. Renames the Atomic Energy Commission as the Nuclear Energy Commission. Title XVIII: Effective Date and Interim Appointment - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect one hundred and twenty days after the Administrator first takes office, or on such earlier date as the President may prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, except that any of the officers provided for in title XII of this Act may be nominated and appointed, as provided in that title, at any time after the date of enactment of this part. Provides that funds available to any department or agency (or any official or component thereof), any functions of which are transferred to the Administrator by this part may, with the approval of the President, be used to pay the compensation and expenses of any officer appointed pursuant to this subsection until such time as funds for that purpose are otherwise available. Title XIX: Provides that this Act shall be known as the Energy Research and Development Administration Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Modifies the project for hurricane-flood protection and beach erosion control at East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet and Jamacia Bay, New York. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to commence work on the beach erosion control aspect of the project, independently of the hurricane-flood protection aspect of the project, following the completion of environmental studies regarding that aspect.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments - Title I: Amendments to the General Provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 - Sets forth the definition of "mine" under this Act. Transfers the functions of the Secretary of the Interior in developing health and safety standards to the Secretary of Labor. Title II: Mine Safety and Health Standard Amendments - Establishes the duty of: (1) each mine operator and miner to comply with the health and safety standards of this Act, and (2) each mine operator to furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards causing or likely to cause death or physical harm. Provides that the Secretary may by rule promulgate, modify, or revoke any health and safety standard. Provides that the Secretary may request the recommendations of an advisory committee whenever he determines that a rule should be promulgated. Sets forth the time period for the reporting of any recommendations by the Committee. Prescribes procedures for publication and public hearings with respect to any rules proposed by the Secretary, prior to its issuance. Requires the Secretary, in promulgating standards, to set the standard which assures that miners will not suffer impairment of health, functional capacity, or diminished life expectancy even if regularly exposed to the hazards throughout their working lives. Directs the Secretary to consider (1) the latest available scientific data in the field; (2) the feasibility of the standards; and (3) experience gained under this and other health and safety statutes. Provides that any standard promulgated must prescribe the use of labels or other warnings necessary to ensure that miners are apprised of all hazards to which they are exposed, relevant symptoms and appropriate emergency treatment and proper conditions and precautions of safe use or exposure. Sets forth additional factors which must be prescribed in specified instances. Requires that no safety or health standard promulgated under this Act shall reduce the protection afforded miners below that provided by any safety or health standard previously in effect. States that where the Secretary determines that miners are potentially subjected to physical or mental impairment from exposure to toxic substances, he may promulgate an emergency standard. Sets forth the procedures for the promulgation of such emergency standard. Allows any operator to apply to the Secretary for a temporary order permitting limited non-compliance with a standard. Specifies the circumstances under which such order shall be originally granted and renewed. Allows an operator to apply for a variance from a standard. Permits persons adversely affected by a standard to challenge its validity, within 60 days of its promulgation, in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Empowers the Secretary to appoint advisory committees to assist him in his standard setting functions and advise him on other health and safety matters. Sets forth the composition and compensation of the members of any such committee. Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of HEW,: (1) to enter any mine subject to this Act and (2) to make reasonable inspections and investigations and to question privately employers, owners, operators, agents, or employees. Requires inspections of underground mines at least four times a year. States that no advance notice of inspections shall be given. Sets forth rules regarding the maintenance of records by operators with regard to work-related deaths, injuries, illness, miner exposure to toxic substances, and all accidents, except specified unintentional roof falls. Provides that if any miner or their representative believes that a standard violation exists that threatens physical harm or that an imminent danger exists, he may request an inspection by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to provide a minimum of one spot inspection of all or part of a mine during every 5 working days at irregular intervals, if the mine contains some especially hazardous conditions. Provides that if, upon inspection or investigation, the Secretary or his representative believes an operator has violated any standard, he shall issue a citation to the operator, describing the nature of the violation, and fixing a reasonable time for the violation's abatement. Prescribes rules governing (1) gross violations of standards; (2) follow-up inspections; and (3) withdrawal from the area of unabated violations of all but specified personnel. Requires the Secretary to notify within a reasonable time an operator issued a citation of any penalty to be assessed, and that the operator has 15 working days to notify the Secretary that he wishes to contest the citation or proposed penalty. Prohibits discharging, discriminating against, or interfering with the exercise of statutory rights by any mine employee or applicant for employment because he filed a complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act or testified or is about to testify in any such for himself or others. Provides that if an operator notifies the Secretary that he intends to contest a citation, the Secretary shall immediately so advise the Commission, which must then provide an opportunity for a hearing and issue an order affirming, modifying, or vacating the Secretary's order. Permits any person adversely affected or aggrieved by an order of the Commission to obtain review of such order in any appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals and specifies the procedures to be followed after a petition for review is filed. Provides procedures for counteracting dangerous conditions, including: (1) issuance of withdrawal orders barring all except specified persons from an area, and (2) issuance of notices where less than imminent dangers exist and investigations into such conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to institute civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction in any appropriate United States district court whenever an operator or his agent: (a) violates or does not comply with any order or decision issued under this Act, (b) hinders the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or their representatives in carrying out the provisions of the Act, (c) refuses to admit such representatives to the mine, (d) refuses to permit the inspection of the mine, or the investigation of an accident or occupational disease related to such mine, (e) refuses to furnish any information or report requested by the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in furtherance of the Act's provisions, or (f) refuses to permit access to and copying of such records as the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines necessary in carrying out provisions of the Act. Provides that a civil penalty of up to $10,000 shall be assessed for each violation of any standard, rule, order or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act. Provides that any operator who willfully violates any standard shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. Sets forth additional penalties for specified violations of this Act. Provides that if a mine is closed by an order issued under this Act, all miners working during the shift when the order was issued who are idled shall be entitled to full compensation at their regular rates of pay for the period they are idled, but not more than the balance of the shift. Authorizes the Secretary to administer this Act through the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Authorizes the appropriations of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Relationship to Occupational Safety and Health Program - Provides that nothing in this Act applies the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972 to the working conditions in the mines. Increases the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from 3 to 5 members appointed by the President with the Senate's consent. Sets forth the duties and procedure for operation of the Commission. Directs the Commission to prescribe rules of procedures for its review of decisions in cases under this Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which shall meet specified standards for review. Authorizes the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct research related to the development of safety and health standards under this Act and to perform all functions with respect to mines that it performs with respect to employments subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Provides that the Secretary, in carrying out his functions under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, shall include accurate statistics on the work injuries and illness occurring in the mines. States that nothing in this Act prohibits the application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to sand and gravel mines. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Transfers the functions of the Secretary of the Interior under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and the Federal Metallic and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 1966 to the Secretary of Labor, except those expressly transferred to the Commission by this Act. Provides that the mandatory and advisory standards relating to mines, which are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect as mandatory standards under Title I of this Act until the Secretary issues new or revised standards. Establishes in the Labor Department, a Mine Administration for Safety and Health to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, with the Senate's advice and consent. Provides that research activities relating to mine health will be carried out by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Secretary's research activities relating to safety are extended to all mines now covered by this Act. Extends to all mines covered by this Act, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare's authorization to conduct studies and research involving the protection of life and prevention of diseases relating to certain non-miners who work with or around mine products. Prescribes that any State law or regulation providing for health and safety standards applicable to any mine now covered by this Act and that (1) is more stringent than Federal law, or (2) applies to any area not covered by Federal law, shall not be held to be in conflict with this Act. Repeals the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1973
Establishes a nonprofit, nongovernmental National Institute of Building Sciences to make findings and to advise the public and private sectors concerning the use of building science and technology in achieving nationally acceptable standards and provisions for use in Federal, State, and local housing and building regulations. Creates a National Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering-National Research Council: (1) to assist in establishing the Institute; (2) to develop an organizational framework to provide for the maximum feasible participation of scientific, technical, and financial organizations in promulgating building codes and regulations; and (3) to publish appropriate organizational rules and procedures for the Institute. Sets forth provisions for the membership, organization, and administration of the Institute. Authorizes the Institute to accept contracts and grants from Federal, State, and local governmental agencies, and from private organizations. Provides for cooperation with the Institute by Federal, State, and local agencies in carrying out any building or construction related programs. Authorizes $10,000,000 annually for the first two years of the Institute's operation, $6,000,000 annually for the next two years, and $4,000,000 for the fifth year of operation. Provides for an annual report to the Congress on the operations of the Institute.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Protection of Human Subjects Act - Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavorial Research. Sets forth the membership composition of such Commission and their rates of compensation. Directs the Commission to: (1) investigate the ethical, social and legal implications of advances in biomedical and behavorial research; (2) develop ethical principles underlying the conduct of such research involving human subjects and implement regulations assuring that such research is carried out in accordance with those principles; (3) develop procedures for the certification of Institutional Review Boards; (4) develop sanctions for failure of the review boards to respond to Commission rules; and (5) develop a means for compensating individuals and their families for injuries or death proximately caused by such individual's participation in a biomedical or behavorial research program. Sets forth the subjects the Commission shall consider in carrying out these duties. Provides that no institution may receive assistance from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to conduct biomedical or behavorial research involving human subjects unless such institution has established an Institutional Review Board certified by the Commission. Requires that until certification of such Boards has been established, each institution shall protect the welfare of subjects involved in research and attain, by adequate methods, their informed consent. Defines the term "informed consent." Stipulates that no exculpatory language of the agreement shall waive the subject's legal rights or release the institution or its agents from liability for negligence. Prescribes the duties of the Institutional Review Boards. Provides for inspection of facilities involved in biomedical and behavorial research programs involving human subjects. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements to be met by every biomedical research program under the Commission's jurisdiction. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Tay-Sachs Disease Screening and Counseling Act - Provides that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program, under the Public Health Service Act, for voluntary Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1974 for the making of grants to public and nonprofit entities to establish and operate such screening programs. Sets forth the procedure for applications for and administration of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Research Service Award Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act, by consolidating existing research training and fellowship authorities into a single National Research Service Awards Authority, to increase the capability of the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health to carry out their responsibility of maintaining a superior national program of research into physical and mental diseases. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to provide, under the Public Health Service Act, National Research Service Awards in the following manner: (1) biomedical and behavioral research at the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health; (2) training at such institutes of individuals to undertake research in specified matters (3) biomedical research at non-Federal public and at nonprofit private institutions; and (4) training at such public and private institutions of individuals to undertake such research. Provides that applicants for National Research Service Awards must be sponsored by the institution at which training shall be carried out. Limits the period of any National Research Service Award to three years in the aggregate, unless the Secretary should waive such limit. Requires that each individual who receives a National Research Service Award shall (1) engage in health research or teaching, or (2) if authorized, serve as a member of the National Health Service Corps; serve in his specialty in private practice in an area designated by the Secretary as requiring that specialty; or serve in his specialty as a member of a nonprofit prepaid group practice authorized for reimbursement under title XVIII (Health Insurance for the Aged) of the Social Security Act, for a specified period. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section $207,947,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct studies to: (1) establish the Nation's overall need for biomedical research personnel; (2) assess current training programs available for the training of biomedical research personnel; and (3) identify the kinds of research positions available to and held by individuals completing such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1973
Domestic Enterprise Bank Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to: (1) contribute to the elimination of unemployment and poverty in the Nation, and (2) assist in the preservation and increase of job opportunities and the growth of business enterprises throughout the Nation. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Designation of Eligible Areas and Enterprises - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the Domestic Council and the Secretary of Labor, to identify and designate as eligible areas within the meaning of this Act: (1) those urban areas which have high concentrations of unemployed or a high incidence of poverty; (2) those rural areas which have high concentrations of unemployed and low-income persons and which are characterized by substantial outmigration of persons; and (3) those Indian reservations which the Secretary of the Interior determines should be subject to the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, to publish criteria under which business enterprises may be designated as eligible businesses. Title II: Establishment of a Domestic Enterprise Bank - Authorizes the creation of a corporation for profit to be known as the Domestic Enterprise Bank which shall be an instrumentality of the United States Government. Provides for a Board of Directors of such Bank. Specifies the composition and compensation of such board members. Establishes an Advisory Committee of not less than twenty persons, selected by the Board of Directors, which shall be broadly representative of industry, commerce, finance, labor, private social welfare agencies, and government at all levels, to advise the bank on general policy. Provides that, subject to the provisions of this Act, the bank is authorized to issue and to have outstanding capital stock of an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $3,000,000,000. Requires that shares of such stock shall be nonvoting and without par value, and shall be eligible for dividends. Provides for the capitalization of the bank. Authorizes the bank to: (1) provide financing for the establishment, expansion, or preservation of any business, commercial facility or supporting public development facility which meets specified requirements; (2) provide interim financing for the construction or improvement of such facilities; (3) provide insurance; (4) own, and manage such facilities where no appropriate party is available; (5) provide supportive assistance in connection with its financing operations; and (6) carry on such other activities as would further the purposes of this Act. Enumerates those powers which the bank is authorized to exercise. Provides that the operations of the bank shall be conducted in accordance with specified principles, including: (1) to encourage financial institutions to participate in its financing; (2) to give emphasis to providing assistance to facilities owned by residents of eligible areas or to facilities in which such ownership is made available to such persons; and (3) to give emphasis to providing assistance to eligible business enterprises most severely affected by foreign imports or technological obsolescence. States that the bank shall not provide financing for any business or commercial facility or public development facility, nor shall it plan, initiate, own, or manage such a facility, unless it determines that specified requirements are met. Enumerates the limitations on loans and guarantees made under this Act. Provides that, for the purpose of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, the bank shall be considered to be an instrumentality of the United States and shall be exempt from all taxation. Title III: Amendments to Other Acts - Provides that debentures or other obligations of the bank shall not be subject to any limitation on capital and surplus. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 84)
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Requires that future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Executive Director of the Domestic Council, and the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Authorizes the President, under the Foreign Assistance Act, to provide assistance for the purpose of aiding South Vietnamese children through (1) governmental agencies of South Vietnam; (2) day care centers, orphanages, and health and welfare programs; and (3) adoption by United States citizens of South Vietnamese children. Allocates specified amounts of funds appropriated under the Foreign Assistance Act for the purpose carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Flexible Hours Employment Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States Government that, unless adjudged impossible by the Secretary of Labor, at least 2 percent of the positions at each and all levels in all executive agencies shall be available on a flexible hours employment basis for persons who cannot work or do not desire to work full time within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 4 percent within two years, 6 percent within three years, 8 percent within four years, and 10 percent within five years. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the procedures, activities, projects, and other efforts undertaken to carry out this policy. Provides that no person who is otherwise qualified for fulltime Federal employment shall be required to accept flexible hour employment as a condition of new or continued employment. Provides that all persons employed in flexible hours employment positions pursuant to the policy established by this Act shall receive, on a pro rata basis, all benefits normally available to full-time employees of all executive agencies in similar position or grade.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
National Workers' Compensation Standards Act - States that commencing on January 1, 1975, and during each three-calendar-year period thereafter, unless the workers' compensation law of a State has been determined by the Secretary of Labor during the calendar year preceding such three-year period to meet the minimum standards prescribed in or pursuant to this Act during such three-year period, the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act shall apply in accordance with the provisions of this Act within such State. Sets forth the minimum standards which each State workers' compensation law shall meet in order to satisfy the requirements of this Act. States that during any period when the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act is applicable within a State pursuant to this Act: (1) it shall apply to all employers within the State with respect to the injury or death of any employee of such employer irrespective of the place where the injury or death occurred, and (2) if any of the minimum standards specified in this Act would require higher compensation or death benefits to be paid than would be required under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act then such standard shall apply within such State during such period. Directs, within ninety days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register and furnish to the Governor of each State detailed criteria required in the application for State plans for workers' compensation programs. Sets forth the criteria for qualified plans. Provides that whenever a State is subject to the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act as prescribed in this Act, the Secretary, in administering that Act, shall endeavor to enter into an agreement with the State Workers' compensation agency under which the administration of that Act within such State may be carried out by the State workers' compensation agency under the general supervision and direction of the Secretary in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Sets forth the manner through which the Secretary may by rule promulgate any new or improved minimum workers' compensation standard. Provides that any State, any employer or association of employers in a State, or any employee or organization of employees within a State, may obtain judicial review of decisions by the Secretary under this Act by filing in the United States court of appeals in the circuit in which the State is located within thirty days following receipt of notice of the Secretary's decision a petition to review in whole or in part the decision of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and the two succeeding fiscal years, to make grants to the States which have designated a State agency under this Act to assist them: (1) in identifying thier needs and responsibilities in the area of workers' compensation, (2) in developing State plans under this Act, or (3) in developing plans for establishing systems for the collection of information concerning workers' compensation, increasing the expertise and enforcement capabilities of their personnel engaged in workers' compensation programs, or otherwise improving the administration and enforcement of State workers' compensation laws, consistent with the objectives of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated during fiscal year 1974 and each of the next two fiscal years the sum of $15,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, which shall remain available until expended. Establishes the Federal Workers' Compensation Advisory Commission, to be composed of five members, appointed by the President by and with the advice of the Senate. Sets forth the duties and functions of such a Commission. States that the Commission shall transmit to the President and to the Congress, not later than February 1 of each year, a report of its activities, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable in the field of workers' compensation programs. Provides that in order to further the purpose of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall develop and maintain an effective program of collection, compilation, and analysis of workers' compensation statistics. Authorizes to be appriated to carry out this Act for each fiscal year such sums as the Congress shall deem necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Community Mental Health Centers Extension Act - Declares the finding of Congress that community care is the most effective and humane form of care for the majority of mentally ill and retarded individuals. States that it is the Federal Government's responsibility to insure the expansion of the community mental health center concept. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000 per year for specified fiscal years for grants for facilities of public and nonprofit community mental health centers. Provides for grants for specified portions of the costs of operation of such centers, under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. States that where an application for a grant is made, the applicant must provide specified assurances, including that specialized services will be provided for the mental health of children and of the elderly. Sets forth requirements for an applicant providing programs for alcoholism and drug abuse. Limits the amount of appropriations which may be used for the evaluation of programs under this Act. Distinguishes, for purposes of granting assistance, between community mental health centers serving poverty areas and those not serving poverty areas. Provides for grants to community mental health centers for consultation and education services. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for funding such grants. States that no individual, especially alcoholics, narcotic addicts and other persons with drug dependence problems, shall be made the subject of any research carried out with funds provided by this Act unless such individual explicitly agrees to become a subject of such research. Repeals specified provisions of the Communtiy Mental Health Centers Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Requires the President to specify the statutory authority in a reorganization plan transmitted to Congress, with respect to each function abolished under the plan. Requires the President to send to both Houses of Congress, at least 30 days prior to transmittal of such plan, notice of the proposed reorganization and a statement of the purposes and substance of such plan.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Provides that there shall be held in the Senate, on at least one day in any calendar week in which the Senate is in session a question and report period, which shall not consume more than two hours, during which heads of executive departments and agencies are requested to answer orally, written and oral questions propounded by Members of the Senate. Requires each written question to be submitted in triplicate to the committee having jurisdiction of the subject matter of such question and if approved by such committee, one copy shall be transmitted to the head of the department or agency concerned, with an invitation to appear before the Senate, with one copy to the Committee on Rules and Administration with a request for allotment of time in a question period to answer such question. Permits live television and radio coverage of proceedings authorized under this paragraph. Provides that the Committee on Rules and Administration shall make all appropriate arrangements and establish appropriate procedures for providing such coverage.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides that Federal agencies keep standing congressional committees fully and currently informed of matters relating to that agency which are within the jurisdiction of such committee.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
State Education Finance Assistance Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide Federal financial assistance to States in order to assist the States to assume financial responsibility for the non-Federal expenditures for public elementary and secondary education over a reasonable period of time and thereby to assist the Sates to meet the educational needs of the children of that State. Authorizes the Commisssioner of Education in accordance with the provisions of this Act to make payments to State educational agencies for grants to local educational agencies. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making such payments $2,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the three succeeding fiscal years. Sets forth the formula for alloting such funds to the States. Provides that a State educational agency shall use the payments received under this Act for grants to local educational agencies within that State on the basis of need criteria established by the State educational agency in accordance with this Act. States that grants to local educational agencies pursuant to this Act may be used in accordance with applications and plans approved under this Act for educational programs and activities conducted by the local educational agencies. States that a State desiring to receive its allotment of Federal funds under this Act shall submit a State plan through its State educational agency at such times, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require. Sets forth criteria necessary for approval of a State plan. Provides that a local educational agency may receive a grant from the appropriate State educational agency under this Act for any fiscal year only upon an application approved by the appropriate State educational agency, upon its determination consistent with such criteria as the Commissioner may establish. Sets forth specific criteria to be complied with by local educational agencies. Sets forth the method of computation for determining the payments to be made under this Act. Provides that in any State which has a State plan approved under this Act and in which State law does not provide for the furnishing of, or a local educational agency fails to provide, educational services and arrangements on an equitable basis to children enrolled in private nonprofit elementary or secondary schools located in the area under the jurisdiction of such agency, the Commissioner shall arrange for the provision, on an equitable basis of such services and arrangements and shall pay the costs thereof for any fiscal year from that State's allotment. Permits the Commissioner to arrange for such programs through contracts with institutions of higher education or other competent nonprofit institutions or organizations. States that whenever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to any State educational agency, finds that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision set forth in the State plan of that State approved under this Act, the Commissioner shall notify the agency that further payments will not be made to the State under this Act until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply. Provides that until he is so satisfied, no further payments shall be made to the State under this Act, or payments by the State educational agency under this Act shall be limited to local educational agencies whose actions did not cause or were not involved in the failure, as the case may be. States that if any State is dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of its application submitted under this Act or with his final action such State may within sixty days after notice of such action, file with the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such State is located a petition for review of that action.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on the Handicapped within two years of enactment in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in the field of the handicapped, and to further the policies set forth in this joint resolution. Provides that such conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. Requires a final report of the White House Conference on the Handicapped to be submitted to the President not later than 120 days following the date on which the conference is called, and the findings and recommendations included therein to be made available immediately to the public. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the submission of such report, to transmit to the President and the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations contained in such report. Gives the Secretary administrative powers to carry out this Resolution. Provides that in carrying out his functions under this joint resolution, the Secretary shall employ handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on the Handicapped composed of 28 members, of whom not less than 10 shall be handicapped or parents of handicapped persons. Provides that such Advisory Committee shall cease to exist 90 days after the submission of the final report required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Rehabilitation Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a statutory basis for the establishment of a Rehabilitation Services Administration and to authorize specified programs. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be administered by a Commissioner. Provides that the Commissioner shall carry out and administer all programs and direct the performance of all services for which authority is provided to the Secretary of HEW under this Act. Authorizes the inclusion of appropriations under this Act in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. Provides that where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering such funds, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes to be appropriated in order to make grants to States under part B of this title $590,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $610,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $640,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making grants to States and public and nonprofit agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals $35,860,000 for fiscal year 1973. $37,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $39,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Sets forth conditions which shall be included in a State plan for vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services submitted to the Commissioner for approval under this title. Provides for judicial review of an adverse decision of the Commissioner with respect to a State plan submitted for approval under this title. Part B: Basic Vocational and Comprehensive Rehabiliation Services - Provides for the allocation of the funds appropriated under Part A for Part B to the several States. States that the allocation to any State shall not be less than l/4 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated, or $2,000,000, whichever is greater. Provides that for each fiscal year the Commissioner shall pay to each State from each State's allotment an amount equal to the Federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services under an approved State plan. States that this payment shall not exceed such State's allocation under this part. Requires the Commissioner to set aside funds in an amount between $500,000 and $l,500,000 for fiscal year 1973, and up to $2,500,000 but no less than $1,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1975, to establish a system of client assistance pilot projects to advise clients of benefits available under this Act. Part C: Innovation and Expansion Grants - Entitles States to grants for special programs to expand vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with the most severe handicaps, particularly those who are poor and responsibility for whose treatment is shared by the State. Sets forth provisions for allotments among the States. Directs the Commissioner to conduct a comprehsensive study, which may include a research and demonstration project of the feasibility of methods designed to prepare and assist individuals with the most severe handicaps for entry into programs under this Act. States that the commissioner shall report the findings of the study, research, and demonstrations to the Congress and to the President together with such recommendations for legislative or other action. Title II: Research and Training - Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to, and contracts with, State public and nonprofit organizations to pay part of the cost of research projects which bear directly on the provision of services under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to pay all or part of the cost of specialized activities including the establishment and support of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purpose of this title. Title III: Special Federal Responsibilities - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants and contracts to assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, initial staffing, and planning assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $550,000 for fiscal year 1973, $500,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agencies to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects for providing vocational training services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps, in public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $10,300,000 for fiscal year 1973, $10,300,000 for fiscal year $l0,300,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations for paying part of the cost of special projects and demonstrations: (1) for establishing facilities and providing services which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps; and (2) for applying new types or patterns of services or devices. Allows the Commissioner to make grants to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects or demonstrations for the provision of vocational or comprehensive rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultrual workers or seasonal farmworkers, and to members of their families who are with them. Provides that the Commissioner may make contracts or jointly finance cooperative arrangements with employers and organizations for the establishment of projects designed to prepare handicapped individuals for gainful and suitable employment in the competitive labor market under which such handicapped individuals are provided training and employment in a realistic work setting and such other services as may be necessary for such individuals to continue to engage in such employment. Authorizes the Commissioner to provide technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, and for the purpose of removal of architectural and transportation barriers, to any public or nonprofit agency, institution, organization or facility. Authorizes to be appropriated, for the purpose of making grants for special projects and demonstrations, as necessary $12,200,000 for fiscal year 1973, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $17,500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated a total of $1,200,000 for construction for fiscal years 1973-1975, and such sums as necessary for operations for fiscal years 1973-1975 establishing and operating a National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Title IV: Administration and Program and Project Evaluation - Provides that, in carrying out his duties under this Act, the Commissioner shall: (1) cooperate with, and render technical assistance to, States in matters relating to the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals; (2) provide short-term training and instruction in technical matters relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services; and (3) disseminate information relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services, and otherwise promote the cause of the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals and their greater utilization in gainful and suitable employment. Directs the Secretary to measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is repealed ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees to insure the adequacy of hiring, placement, and advancement practices with respect to handicapped individuals by each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of Government. Establishes an Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to investigate and examine alternative approaches to the architectural, transportation, and attitudinal barriers confronting handicapped individuals. Authorizes such appropriations as necessary for fiscal years 1973-1975 to carry out the duties and functions of the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides that the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act concerning the importation of chrome shall not apply to prohibitions or regulations issued under the United Nations Participation Act of 1954. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 287e(a))
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Fair Labor Standards Amendments - Includes in the definition of "employer" under the Fair Labor Standards Act the United States and any State or political subdivision of a State. Includes under the definition of "employee" any individual employed in domestic service, except babysitters. Brings under the mainland minimum wage the employees of hotels, motels, and restaurants in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 205, 208) Establishes, for employees in activities covered by the Act prior to the 1966 amendments, an hourly minimum wage of $2 per hour during the first two years from the effective date of this Act, and $2.20 per hour thereafter. Establishes for employees in agriculture an hourly minimum wage of $1.60 during the first year from the effective date of this Act, $1.80 during the second year from the effective date of this Act, $2 during the third year from the effective date of this Act, and $2.20 thereafter. Requires that covered employees in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands making less than $0.80 per hour under the most recent wage order be paid not less than $1. per hour. Provides that thereafter their wages are increased by $0.20 per hour each year until parity is achieved with the mainland minimum. Eliminates clauses in the Fair Labor Standards Act excluding certain linen supply establishments from full coverage. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 206) Eliminates those provisions of the Act which provide partial overtime exemptions in agricultural processing industries. Provides for overtime averaging over a twenty-eight day period and a phase down from forty-eight to forty hours per week without a time-and-a-half penalty for State and local government employees engaged in fire protection and law enforcement activities, including security personnel in correctional institutions. Exempts voluntary charter activities from hours worked in local transit for purposes of calculating overtime. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 207) Permits the Secretary of Labor to require employers to obtain proof of age from any employee in order to carry out the objectives of the child labor provisions of the Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 212) Brings executive, administrative, and professional employees under the equal pay provison of the law. Prohibits employment in agriculture outside of school hours for all children under the age of twelve, except on a farm owned or operated by a parent. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 207) Prevents unwarranted displacement of full-time employees by student workers in retail and service establishments that are brought within the coverage of the Act by these amendments. Provides for student certificates for educational institutions. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 214) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to bring suit to recover unpaid minimum wages or overtime compensation and an equal amount of liquidated damages without requiring a written request from employee. Provides for a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the provisions of the Act relating to child labor. (Amends 29 U.S.C.)
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the Center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a Board of Trustees. Provides that such Board shall be composed of four members appointed by the President eight members appointed by the Librarian of Congress the Librarian of Congress ex officio and the Director of the Center ex officio. Authorizes the Center to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, revitalize and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years. States that such research or training may be extended to a period not to exceed five years with the concurrance of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board. Provides that no former employee of the Federal Govermnent shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the Center to submit to the Library of Congress, for inclusion in its annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Adult Education Amendments - Provides that not more than 15 percent of funds appropriated under the Adult Education Act shall be reserved for special projects. Provides that State plans desiring an allotment of Federal funds under such Act shall provide for cooperation with manpower development and training programs and occupational education programs and shall provide that the State agency will make available not to exceed 25 percent of the State's allotment for programs of high school equivalency certificates. Permits any State which receives assistance under the Act to establish and maintain a State advisory council which shall be appointed by the Governor. Sets forth the functions of such Council. Authorizes to be approprated $225,000,000 for each of the next six fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Transfers the authority for the administration of the Federal Reports Act from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the General Accounting Office under the Comptroller General. Establishes within the General Accounting Office a unit to review tax forms and other public use documents prepared by the Internal Revenue Service and to make recommendations for their simplification, frequency with which such forms should be completed and the scope of such forms. Sets forth a procedure by which the Comptroller General may order the simplification, combining or completion use frequently of any such tax form.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Provides for an additional year of authorization for programs under the Eocnomic Opportunity Act of 1964. Provides that the Director shall not delegate to any other existing agency his functions with respect to specified legal programs.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Declares that on Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, special remembrance be given by a grateful people to the 1,288 members of the Armed Forces of the United States currently listed as missing in action in Indochina. Declares that all American motorists are encouraged to turn on their automobile lights throughout Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, as a symbol of this remembrance. Provides that every effort be made to secure the cooperation of all parties in the Indochina conflict to insure the fullest and most expeditious resolution of the status of members of the U.S. Armed Forces missing in Indochina.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Provides that whoever being a national of the United States or otherwise under or within the jurisdiction of the United States, willfully without justification cause, commits, within or without the territory of the United States in time of peace or in time of war, any of the following acts with the intent to destroy by means of the commission of that act, or with the intent to carry out a plan to destroy, the whole or a substantial part of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group shall be guilty of genocide: (1) kills members of the group; (2) causes serious bodily injury to members of the group; (3) causes the permanent impairment of the mental faculties of members of the group by means of torture, deprivation of physical or physiological needs, surgical operation, introduction of drugs or other foreign substances into the bodies of such members, or subjection to psychological or psychiatric treatment calculated to permanently impair the mental processes, or nervous system, or motor functions of such members; (4) subjects the group to cruel, unusual, or inhumane conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the group or a substantial part thereof; (5) imposes measures calculated to prevent birth within the group as a means of effecting the destruction of the group as such; or (6) transfers by force the children of the group to another group, as a means of effecting the destruction of the group as such. Provides that whoever is guilty of genocide or of an attempt to commit genocide shall be fined not more than $20,000, or imprisoned for not more than twenty years, or both; and if death results shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years or life imprisonment. Provides that whoever directly and publicly incites another to commit genocide shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Provides that if two or more persons conspire to violate this Act, and one or more of such persons does any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years or both.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Fire Prevention And Control Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that the federal government must help to develop solutions to fire problems. States that the intention of Congress is to supplement existing programs of fire research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments. Title I: United States Fire Administration - Establishes, within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the United States Fire Administration. Sets forth the duties of the Administration, including: (1) to survey the fire problem, evaluate progress in fire prevention, assess new problem areas, and to evaluate the cost; (2) to recommend actions to be taken by federal, state, and local governments and private organizations and individuals to improve fire prevention; (3) to act as a coordinator of studies of fire protection methods; (4) to cooperate with and render assistance to other federal departments, and to all organizations in matters relating to fire prevention and control; and (5) to undertake research relating to fire prevention and control. Title II: National Fire Academy - Establishes, within the Administration, a National Fire Academy; (1) to facilitate specialized training in fire protection; (2) to assist State and local jurisdictions in planning and implementing fire protection programs; (3) to assist in the dissemination of information on fire prevention and control; and (4) to encourage fire protection agencies to give greater attention to fire prevention measures. Directs the Academy to establish a Nationa Fire Academy Advisory Board. Sets forth composition and compensation of Board members. Title III: National Fire Data System - Establishes within the Administration a National Fire Data System. Directs the System to collect data on fire injuries and deaths, property losses, and information concerning causes, locations, and numbers of fires, to be incorporated into an information retrieval system. Title IV: Research and Development - Sets forth the functions and responsibilities of the Administration, including to (1) evaluate the total area of fire research needs in the Federal, state, and local government sectors and the private sector; (2) sponsor and encourage research into promising but highly unconventional solutions to fire problems; and (3) encourage research or firefighting equipment and personal protective equipment for firefighters. Title V: Grants for State and Local Program Assistance - Directs the Administration to make grants to States for (1) the establishment and operation of state fire prevention and control planning agencies; and (2) for programs to improve and strengthen fire prevention and control. Sets forth the requirements a State plan must encompass in order to receive grants. Directs the allocation of funds appropriated to the Administration for the purpose of making grants. Title VI: Functions of Certain Other Federal Agencies - Expands the authorizations of the Secretary of Commerce to include specified fire research and safety programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institutes of Health, a program to augment current sponsorship of research on burns and burn treatment. Requires the Federal Insurance Administration to provide low-cost insured loans to homeowners and businessmen for the purpose of installing fire protection equipment. Title VII: Administrative Provisions - Grants the Administration specified powers in carrying out its functions including (1) the power to hold hearings; and (2) to use services of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sets forth the procedure to be followed when an application for a grant has been rejected. Directs the Administration to carry out the programs of this Act during fiscal year 1974, and for the five succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $128,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and for succeeding fiscal years such sums as the Congress might authorize. Title VIII: General Provisions - Makes the provisions of this Act separable if one is found invalid.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Provides that the amount of the investment tax credit rate under the Internal Revenue Code shall be 7 percent except that the percentage may be reduced to not less than 1 percent or increased to not more than 15 percent by the President, subject to disapproval by either House of Congress, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Sets forth the rule making and approval procedure to be followed in either House of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Establishes the Frederick Law Olmsted Home and Office in Brookline, Massachusetts, as a national historic site. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit institutions to pay the Federal share of the cost of research designed to identify the causes and to develop preventive measures to eliminate sudden infant death syndrome. Sets forth the activities for which a payment may be made under this Act. Provides that payment in any fiscal year to any single institution under this Act may not exceed $50,000. States that the Federal share of the cost of any activities for which application is made under this Act shall be 50 percent. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Bilingual Courts Act - Provides for the determination of each of those judicial districts in which at least 5 percent or 50,000 residents of that district, whichever is less, do not speak or understand the English language with reasonable facility, and the certification of each such district as a bilingual judicial district by certificate transmitted to the chief judge of the district court for that district. Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to provide facilities and personnel for bilingual proceedings. States that any bilingual proceeding shall be recorded verbatim in addition to any stenographic transcript of the proceeding taken. Provides for the distribution of costs of bilingual facilities among the parties using them and authorizes to be appropriated to the Administrative Office of the United States courts sums necessary to carry out the amendments made by this Act. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 604(a); Adds 28 U.S.C. 1827)
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Full Employment and Job Development Act - States that the purpose of the Act is to provide for the implementation of a full employment policy through the establishment of a Federal Full Employment Board and the provision of assistance for job development in the public and non-profit private sectors and related training and assistance. Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch a Federal Full Employment Board, to consist of five members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: one representative of labor, one of management, one distinguished economist, one distinguished manpower expert; and one member of the general public. Authorizes and directs the Board to: (1) recommend to the President and to the Congress a program to achieve full employment; (2) undertake manpower planning and long-range and short-term surveys in terms of demand, supply and sector; (3) review decisions made by public and private employers affecting full employment; (4) develop guidelines and standards for use of public funds in job development programs; (5) review the implementation of manpower training and employment implementation of manpower training and employment programs in terms of the extent to which they contribute to full employment; (6) direct the Secretary of Labor to obligate funds made available under the Full Employment Assistance Fund; (7) hold nationwide and regional conferences; (8) analyze the extent to which the Federal budget may assist in reaching full employment; (9) evaluate programs; and (10) carry out such other functions as the President may direct. Authorizes $3,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 and for each fiscal year thereafter for the activities of the Board. Provides for an annual Full Employment Report setting forth the Board's recommendations with respect to implementation of a full employment policy for each fiscal year and for succeeding fiscal years. Establishes the Full Employment Assistance Fund and authorizes therefor $1 billion for fiscal 1974, and such funds as necessary for each year thereafter. Provides that the Secretary of Labor is to provide assistance from the fund pursuant to specific directions of the Board to public agencies and non-profit private organizations (including prime sponsors of manpower training and employment programs) for public service job development programs, and related training and assistance. Provides that assistance is to be provided by the Secretary only by application submitted to the Secretary and approved by him. States that each application must set forth a program to provide employment and related training and assistance for unemployed persons to enable them to obtain employment not supported under the Act and meet other special requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to use such sums as may be necessary from those appropriated to the Fund for training and other services related to employment. Requires the President to establish an Intergovernmental Full Employment Advisory Council, which shall meet at least twice a year to advise the Board with regard to matters related to achieving the objective of full employment. Provides that in selecting members of the Council, the President shall assure an equitable balance in political and geographical affiliation of its members and shall insure inclusion of State and local prime sponsors and other public and private agencies and organizations responsible for conducting manpower training and employment programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Family Planning Services and Population Research Amendments - Requires the Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science to report (through the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to Congress not later than six months after enactment of this Act on: (1) the number of individuals in need of family planning services - organized and otherwise - and a timetable for serving them; (2) the types of information and educational materials to be developed; (3) research goals to be established and a timetable for their achievement; and (4) the manpower required to meet these objectives. Requires the Assistant Secretary to submit progress reports annually on specific achievements made in reaching goals established by the six-month report. Authorizes grants to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning programs and projects. Authorizes appropriations for a three-year period-fiscal years 1974 ($159.5 million), 1975 ($207.5 million) and 1976 ($255.5 million). Extends appropriations authorizations for a three-year period-fiscal years 1974 ($5 million), 1975 ($7.5 million), and 1976 ($10 million) for training grants and contracts for the training of such personnel to carry out family planning services programs eligible for support under this Act as are needed to meet program objectives specified in the plan. Specifies that grants and contracts awarded under this Act must be made with the concurrence of the Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science and be carried on through the National Center for Family Planning Services and in consultation with the National Advisory Council. Authorizes the Secretary, throught the Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science, to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals for: (1) the development of educational and informational materials on voluntary family planning; (2) the development of educational and informational materials on the causes and consequences of demographic characteristics and trends; and (3) the distribution of such materials to all persons desiring such information and materials. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the development and distribution of such materials. Provides that grants and contracts made under this Act shall be made in accordance with regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe. States that the acceptance by any individual of family planning services or family planning or population information provided through financial assistance under this Act shall be voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other service or assistance from, or to participation in, any other program of the entity or individual that provided such services or information. Directs that none of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning. Establishes within the Office of the Secretary an Office of Family Planning and Population Science to be directed by an Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Assistant Secretary. Establishes within the Office a National Center for Family Planning Services and a National Center for Population Science, which shall, respectively, be assigned and carry out the functions assigned to such Centers by this Act and such other duties and responsibilities as the Assistant Secretary may specify in regulations. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Family Planning and Population Science Advisory Council with which he and the Assistant Secretary shall consult on a continuing and regular basis in administering this title. Specifies the membership of the Council.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States prisoners of war have been released; (2) all United States combat forces have been withdrawn from Indochina; (3) the United States has no commitment to Cambodia to provide for its defense; (4) the bombing of Cambodia and elsewhere in Indochina is an act of war; and (5) the territory of the United States or its vital national interests are not endangered by any nation in Indochina. Makes it the sense of Congress that any combat actions by the United States Armed Forces in, over, or off the shores of Indochina are contrary to the laws of the United States. Declares that the Senate advises the President: (1) to cease immediately any hostilities in Indochina by United States Armed Forces, and (2) that any future engagement of United States Armed Forces in Indochina only be undertaken in conformity with statutes and in accordance with constitutional processes.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Civilian Science and Technology Policy Act - Title I: National Civilian Science and Technology Policy and Priorities - Authorizes the National Science Foundation to: (1) undertake programs to assess national problems and the potential of science and technology to contribute to the solution of such problem; (2) conduct and support studies and analyses designed to identify and assess alternatives available for the application of science and technology to civilian needs; (3) initiate and maintain a program to collect and analyze information concerning civilian research and development activities carried on by public agencies and private concerns; and (4) make information collected under this Act available for use in the formulation of policy and the development of research and development activities priorities. Title II: Intergovernmental Science and Technology Advisory Council - Establishes in the National Science Foundation an agency to be known as the Intergovernmental Science and Technology Advisory Council. Sets forth the membership and the terms of office of the Council. Provides that the Council shall advise and assist the Foundation in (1) identifying and defining civilian problems at the State, regional, and local levels and the environment in which solutions to these problems must be provided; (2) identifying areas of highest priority for study, assessment, and development of policy alternatives by the Foundation under this title; and (3) finding ways to facilitate the transfer and utilization of results of civilian research and development activities so as to maximize the application of science and technology to civilian needs. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $350,000 in any fiscal year, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Grants for State and Regional Science and Technology Programs - Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation, after consultation with the Intergovernmental Science and Technology Advisory Council, to make grants of up to $100,000 to the States to pay the Federal share of the State an Office of State Science and Technology. Sets forth the requirements which each application for such grants shall contain. Authorizes the Director, after consultation with the Intergovernmental Science and Technology Advisory Council, to make grants to pay the Federal share of the cost of science and technology programs in accordance with the provisions of this title. Sets forth the requirements and limitations upon such grants. States that whenever a Federal department or agency enters into a contract, or makes a grant or other arrangement, concerning civilian research and development activites in any State which has an office of science and technology meeting the requirements of this Act such department or agency is encouraged to establish and carry out procedures for the full consultation with that office of science and technology, including an opportunity by the State office of science and technology to review and comment on any such contract, grant, or other arrangement. Authorizes to be appropriated to make grants for State offices of State Science and Technology, $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for the succeeding fiscal year. Authorizes to be appropriated to make grants under this title, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $50,000,000 for the succeeding fiscal year. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year, as may be necessary for administrative expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Menominee Restoration Act - Provides for the repeal of the Act of June 17, 1954 which terminated Federal supervision of the Menominee Tribe. Provides that within fifteen days after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall announce the date of a general council meeting of the tribe to elect the Menominee Restoration Committee. States that the Menominee Restoration Committee shall represent the Menominee people in the implementation of this Act and shall have no powers other than those given to it in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Menominee Restoration Committee, under contract with the Secretary, to proceed to make current the membership role of the Menominee Tribe in accordance with the terms of this Act. Requires the Menominee Restoration Committee to conduct elections by secret ballot for the purposes of determining the tribe's constitution and bylaws and the individuals who shall serve as members of the tribe's governing body. States that subject to the approval of the shareholders as required by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the board of Directors of Menominee Enterprises Incorporated shall transfer to the Secretary all assets held by such corporation. Provides that such assets shall be held in trust by the Secretary, on behalf of the United States for the tribe. Authorizes the Secretary to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President immediately designate an individual of the highest character and integrity from outside the Executive Branch to serve as special prosecutor for the government of the United States in any and all criminal investigations, indictments, and actions arising from any illegal activity by any persons, acting individually or in combination with others, in the Presidential election of 1972, or any campaing, canvass, or other activity related to it; (2) the President should grant such special prosceutor all authority necessary and proper to the effective performance of his duties; and (3) the President should submit the name of such designee to the Senate, requesting a resolution of approval thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Development Disabilities Amendments - Makes appropriation authorizations for the Development Disabilities Services and Facilities construction Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of next two fiscal years. Provides for the minimum allotment of funds under such Act for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Guam. Removes the present requirement of Federal approval of each construction project under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Establishes a Commission on the Reform of the Federal Income Tax Laws for the purpose of determining the best means to reform such laws. Outlines the membership of the Commission and authorizes it to appoint an Executive Director, a Deputy Director, and a General Counsel. Specifies the duties of the Commission including the procurement of services of experts, the gathering of information necessary to carry on its study and the submittal of an interim report not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Modifies the authorization of appropriations for the program of special project grants and contracts, under the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act by providing such sums as may be necessary, rather than specified appropriation amounts.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Criminal Justice Professions Development Act - Authorizes the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants to States and local governmental agencies and to institutions of higher education and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of paying not more than 85 percent of the cost of establishing, staffing and operating regional crime and delinquency centers in various areas of the country. Defines the term "crime and delinquency center" to mean a public or private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization which serves as: (a) a training institution for students and practitioners of criminal justice; (b) a centralized channel for the recruitment of criminal justice personnel in conjunction with Federal, State, and local criminal justice agencies; (c) a consultation center for criminal justice. Provides academic assistance for corrections systems professional personnel for study in subjects related to correctional administration and rehabilitative services. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out such a program $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1972; $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. States that the President shall appoint within ninety days after the enactment of this Act a National Advisory Council on Criminal Justice Professions Development for the purpose of reviewing the operations of this Act and of other Federal programs for the training and development of criminal justice professional personnel. Provides that the Council shall make an annual report of its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress not later than January 31 of each calendar year. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $150,000 for fiscal year 1973 and the sum of $250,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Provides that the Attorney General shall, from time to time, appraise existing and future personnel needs of the Nation in the field of criminal justice and the adequacy of the Nation's efforts to meet those needs. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to or contracts with State or local criminal justice agencies, institutions of higher education or other public or nonprofit agencies for the purpose of encouraging persons to pursue a career in the field of criminal justice. Authorizes to be appropriated for this purpose the sum of $2,500,000 for fiscal year of 1973 and the sum of $5,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to State and local corrections departments to assist them in the recruitment, employment and compensation of professional and paraprofessional personnel. Sets forth conditions under which applications for such grants shall be approved. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants the sum of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $20,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Budget Control Act - Title I: Changes in Rules of House and Senate - Committee on the Budget consisting of 21 members: 7 members from the Committee on Ways and Means, and 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House. Provides for the selection of the Chairman of the Committee and for the filling of vacancies on the Committee. Refers to the Committee matters relating to (a) the establishment of an overall limitation on budget outlays, and an overall limitation on new budget authority, (b) the determination of the overall level of Federal revenues, (c) the determination of the appropriate level of surplus or deficit in the budget in the light of economic conditions and (d) the allocation of the overall limitation on budget outlays, and the overall limitation on new budget authority. Requires the committee to report during each regular session of Congress at least two concurrent resolutions concerning matters referred to the Committee and to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of these studies to the House of Representatives. Establishes in the United States Senate a Committee on the Budget consisting of 15 members: 5 members from the Committee on Appropriations, 5 members from the Committee on Finance, and 5 members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate. Grants to the Senate Committee the same matters for consideration and the same duties as the House Committee. Declares that annually, on or before May 1, Congress shall complete action on a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year beginning July 1. States that the concurrent resolution shall include with respect to budget outlays and with respect to new budget authority: (1) a general contingency reserve (for allocation only by a subsequent concurrent resolution on the budget) for possible new legislation (including enlargements of existing programs and activities); and (2) an emergency reserve (in amounts which do not exceed 2 percent of the amount of budget outlays otherwise allocated to the Committees on Appropriations and 2 percent of the amount of new budget authority otherwise allocated to such committees) which shall be available only for allocation by the Committees on Appropriations to specific programs and activities (or to subcommittees) to meet emergencies and other unforeseen contingencies. Provides for other matters which may be dealt with in the concurrent resolution. Sets forth a timetable for the first concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year. Requires Congress to adopt a final concurrent resolution on the budget before adjourning and provides for consideration of concurrent resolution to be expedited. Declares that a tax surcharge is required where the budget deficit will be greater, or the surplus will be smaller, than that determined to be appropriate. States the requirements for amendments to concurrent resolutions. Provides that legislation dealing with the congressional budget must be handled by budget committees and that the concurrent resolution on budget must be adopted before appropriations and changes in revenues and public debt limit are made. Sets forth the requirements for legislation and amendments providing new budget authority, and declares that budget authority legislation may be required to contain outlay limitations. Places limitations on new permanent budget authority and on new spending authority. Requires the legislative committees to authorize the enactment of new budget authority before the beginning of the fiscal year. Authorizes the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations to consider and to report legislation rescinding budget authority. Provides for technical and conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives and to the Standing Rules of the United States Senate, as well as amendments to the Legislative Reorganization Acts of 1946 and 1970. Title II: Legislative Budget Director and Staff - Establishes a Joint Legislative Budget Staff, headed by a Legislative Budget Director appointed by the record vote of a majority of the members of the Committee on the Budget of each House, and provides for staffing and compensation. Authorizes the Legislative Budget Director to secure directly from any executive department or instrumentality of the government, information, data, estimates, and statistics relating to the function of the Joint Legislative Budget Staff. Directs the Joint Legislative Budget Staff to develop methods of using computers and other techniques for the analysis of information to improve not only the quantitative but the qualitative evaluation of budgetary requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Emergency Urban Crime Reduction Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to authorize the Attorney General to make grants and provide technical assistance to cities in the United States where the need to combat crime is greatest, in order to permit such cities to strengthen police protection, improve the administration of the local courts, and reform and rehabilitate the local correctional system. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act $300,000,000 for the fiscal year 1972 and for each of the two fiscal years thereafter. Provides that the funds appropriated to carry out this Act shall be allotted by the Attorney General to eligible cities on the basis of the population and crime index of each such city. Defines the term "eligible city" to mean any city determined by the Attorney General to be among the first twenty-five cities in the United States on a crime index prepared by him for the purposes of this Act. States that each eligible city desiring to participate in the program shall submit an application which meets the criteria enumerated in this Act. Provides that the Attorney General shall not finally disapprove a city plan without affording the Council reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. Provides for judicial review of the Attorney General's final action with respect to the approval of a city's plan. States that the Federal payment under this Act shall not exceed ninety percent of the cost of carrying out a program under this Act. Provides that the Comptroller General shall have access for the purpose of examination and audit to any books, documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to any grantee under this Act.
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