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United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Provides for an additional judgeship in the Western District of New York. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 133)
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Extends for three years the programs under the Public Health Service Act for comprehensive State and areawide health planning, and for comprehensive public health service and health services development. Provides for the repeal of the requirement that at least 15 percent of a State's formula allotment for public health services be available only for mental health services.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
National Correctional Standards Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to require the formulation and application of a more explicit and responsive set of national standards to guide the Federal role in the reform of the corrections component of Federal, State, and local criminal justice systems. Authorizes the President, in consultation with the Attorney General, to appoint a National Advisory Commission on Correctional Standards. Provides that such Commission shall consist of fifteen members who shall be appointed by and with the consent of the Senate. States that it shall be the duty of the Commission within one year of its appointment to establish minimum standards relating to the administration of correctional and pre-trial detention institutions and facilities and to hold public hearings on the proposed standards prior to submitting its final recommendations to the Attorney General for his approval. Provides that the Attorney General shall approve the standards as a whole or secure the concurrence of the Commission by a majority vote of its members to changes therein. States that such standards shall then be published and shall be applicable to all correctional and pre-dentention facilities receiving Federal financial assistance. Provides that State and local agencies shall not receive grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act unless they provide for the promulgation and implementation of such minimum standards. Sets forth general objectives for the Commission to consider prior to the establishment of such minimum standards. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000 for the purpose of carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Midair Collision Avoidance Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to expedite the evaluation and selection of a national standard for a collision avoidance system; proceed to develop plans for operating rules and regulations integrating this system into the ground-based air traffic control system; and require the installation of a collision avoidance system on all classes of aircraft by certain dates. Not later than March 30, 1974, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Secretary of Defense acting through the Interdepartment Group on Collision Avoidance and Pilot Warning, shall complete the flight test and evaluation currently competing airborne collision avoidance systems, as defined in the Federal Aviation Act, and, not later than June 30, 1974, shall select a national standard for such systems. Provides that not later than December 30, 1974, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall publish implementation rules and regulations to describe compatible use and operating procedures between CAS systems and the existing air traffic control system. Sets forth minimum standards regarding collison avoidance systems and the specified dates upon which there must be compliance with such standards.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1973
Federal Disaster Insurance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish and implement a disaster insurance program which will enable interested persons to purchase insurance indemnifying them against property damage due to natural catastrophes. Directs the Secretary to encourage participation in the program by insurance carriers. Directs the Secretary to provide for the terms and conditions of insurability and coverage of various kinds of property. Provides for limitations on coverage of residential and other properties when the chargeable premium rate is less than the estimated premium rate, as determined by criteria set forth in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to have deposited in the United States Treasury a Disaster Insurance Fund which shall serve as a revolving fund for the payment of expenses, claims and obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Prohibits the payment of any other Federal disaster assistance to persons for losses which were idemnified by insurance under this Act or could have been indemnified under certain conditions, to the extent of their indemnification. Requires the Secretary to make information and data available to the public and State and local agencies regarding the disaster insurance program. Provides for judicial review of any order adverse to a party in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Employee Benefits Protection Act - Revises and extends the provisions of the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act. Avers that the effect of employee benefit plans has become increasingly interstate in character. Declares it to be the policy of the Act to establish fiduciary standards of conduct for persons having the power or duty to control and dispose of employee benefit funds. Defines additional terms for the purposes of this Act, such as "relative", "administrator", "employee benefit plan" (including either or both types of benefit plans, welfare or pension), "employee benefit fund", "separate account", "adequate consideration", "nonforfeitable pension plan", "accrued benefit", "security", "fiduciary", and "market value" or "value". Permits a person to maintain a civil action for recovery of benefits due him notwithstanding the fact that the plan in which he is enrolled has no more than twenty-five enrollees. Reasserts the duty imposed on the administrator of an employee benefit plan to publish and distribute to each participant or beneficiary of that plan an annual financial report, a plan description, and a report upon termination of the plan. Sets forth the criteria for adequacy of a plan description, and vests authority for making rules and regulations concerning this reporting requirement in the Secretary of Labor. Extends the reporting requirement to the administrator of any employee benefit plan covering one hundred or more participants or if the plan provides for an employee benefit fund subject to the obligations set forth in this Act. Requires an annual audit of any employee benefit established in connection with an employee benefit plan. Enumerates the required disclosures which shall appear in the annual report, and sets forth the publication and distribution requirements. Makes any administrator failing to comply with the provisions of this Act regarding a participant's or beneficiary's request for a report or plan description liable to that participant or beneficiary for up to $50 per day. Provides that the jurisdiction, powers, and duties shall be vested in the Secretary with regard to witnesses, testimony, and disclosures pursuant to investigations under this Act. Provides for maintenance of civil actions by either the Secretary or a participant for appropriate legal or equitable relief for any breach of duty by a fiduciary. Sets forth the bases for jurisdiction, venue and removal of such suits. Permits the court to allow recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and costs and the posting of security by the plaintiff. Declares that every employee benefit fund shall be deemed to be a trust, and shall be held for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and beneficiaries, and of defraying reasonable expenses in the administration of the plan. Details the duties of a fiduciary of a fund. Makes a fiduciary personally liable for losses to the fund. Sets forth the several obligations of multiple fiduciaries of a fund. Requires that, any action based on a violation of a fiduciary's obligation be brought within three years after the complainant has notice of the facts constituting a violation; but in all cases where notice is lacking, excepting willful misrepresentation, within six years of the time that the violation occurred; and within ten years in the case of willful misrepresentation. Prohibits the holding of office as administrator, counsel, employee, fiduciary or consultant by any person convicted of any crime enumerated in this Act. Makes a violation of this prohibition punishable by $10,000 fine and/or one year imprisonment. Preempts any other Federal or State laws relating to the fiduciary, reporting and disclosure responsibilities of persons acting on behalf of employee benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Job Training and Community Services Act - Title I: State and Local Sponsorship of Programs - Declares it to be the purposes of this Act (1) to establish a system of State and local programs providing job training opportunities and community services for the economically disadvantage; (2) to make funds available to meet locally determined needs; and (3) to assure that training and other programs lead to employment and enhanced self-sufficiency. Authorizes appropriations of $1,880,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the three suceeding fiscal years. Provides for advance funding. States that States and specified units of local government shall qualify as prime sponsors under this Act. Requires such sponsors to submit a plan prior to their satisfactory sponsorship. Provides that such plan contain specified provisions, including that the plan: (1) evidence the capability for effectively carrying out programs under this Act; and (2) provide that the prime sponsor shall be responsible for the planning and development of programs in the prime sponsorship area: Title II: Job Training Programs - Provides that programs receiving financial assistance shall include provision of training opportunities needed to enable individuals to secure and retain employment consistent with their full potential. Specifies programs which may be assisted under this Act, including: (1) new carriers programs; (2) neighborhood youth programs; (3) opportunities industrialization centers; (4) jobs for progress; (5) job opportunities in the business sector; (6) skill centers; and (7) public service employment programs. Provides for allocation of any funds appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this title. Sets forth the standards which a prime sponsorship plan must meet in establishing an employment and training council. Specified the requirements of the program statement which the prime sponsor must submit in order to receive financial assistance. Delegates specified responsibilities and authorizations to the Secretary of Labor for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Directs the role the comprehensive State plan must follow in providing services, financial assistance, publishing information and technical assistance. Sets forth the circumstances under which the Secretary shall not provide program assistance. Authroizes the Secretary to provide for payments of weekly allowances to individuals receiving service under this title. Title III: Community Services for the Economically Disadvantaged - Allocates 17.5 percent of the funds authorized under this Act to the purposes of this title. Requires a prime sponsor to use funds to assist economically disadvantaged persons, including the elderly poor, to achieve self-sufficiency. Title IV: General Provisions - Empowers the Secretary to revoke a prime sponsor's designation upon failure of the sponsor to administer activities in accordance with national purposes. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Specified the circumstances under which the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance under this Act, including: (1) if a program involves political activities or (2) if the participants in the program will be employed in a facility used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship. Establishes, by Presidential appointment, a National Employment Opportunities Council. Directs such Council to (1) identify the employment goals and needs of the National and assess programs to determine the extent to which they represent a coordinated approach to meeting such goals; (2) review the administration and operation programs and advise the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health Education, and Welfare as to the carrying out of their duties under this and related acts; and (3) conduct independent evaluations of programs carried out under this and related Acts and publish the results thereof. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make reports and recommendations to the President, for transmittal to Congress, pertaining to employment and occupational requirements, resources, use, and training. Requires the Secretary to gather and publish data on unemployment, underemployment and job vacancies by State, labor market area, rural area, and city and poverty neighborhoods.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Emergency Employment Amendments - Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975, to carry out the provisions of the Emergency Employment Act. Provides that an application for assistance under such Act shall include a provision setting forth assurances that all persons employed under any such program, other than necessary technical, supervisory, and administrative personnel, will be selected from among unemployed and underemployed persons who are from economically disadvantaged backgrounds or have been unemployed for not less than fifteen weeks immediately prior to employment under such program. States that in allocating funds apportioned to each State, the Secretary shall establish procedures to assure that all persons newly hired in public service jobs from funds made available out of appropriations with respect to the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975, shall be veterans who meet the requirements of the Act until such time as the number of such veterans constitutes 50 percent of the number of all persons employed in such jobs under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Community Service Educational Benefits Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide educational benefit payments to young people who have served in community service programs and thereby to balance formal education with community services. Outlines those terms applicable to this act. Authorizes those sums that are necessary to carry out this Act. Directs the Director of Action to make payments to eligible individuals for progress of community service trainers or causes of study conducted by State institutions and agencies approved by time. Authorizes the Director to keep a list of approved programs, and to develop procedures for choosing eligible individuals. Establishes a Board known as the Community Services Educational Benefits Board to advise the Director under this Act. Specifies the composition and responsibility of such Board. Prescribes those methods by which individuals shall make applications for assistance under this Act. Outlines the administrative powers of the Director under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the Civil Aeronautics Board should authorize commercial airlines to provide free air transportation for the former Prisoners of War and their families to and from Dallas, Texas, on June 1, 2, and 3, 1973, for their participation in ceremonies honoring the veterans of the Vietnam War.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Congressional Budgetary Procedures Act - Establishes a standing Committee of the Senate to be known as the Committee on the Budget and a Standing Committee of the House of Representatives to be known as the Committee on the Budget. Outlines the composition and duties of each committee. Authorizes these committees to consider those bills introduced in each respective House, providing new advance obligational authority. Provides that neither committee of the House or Senate shall consider such new budgetary measures after the first of May except in emergency or the waiver of such time limitation by 2/3 vote. Creates a Congressional Office of the Budget and outlines the duties of such Office. Provides that the function of the office is to provide information to the Budget Committees of the two Houses and to other Committees of the two Houses with respect to budget and appropriation bills. Abolishes the joint committee on reduction of Federal Expenditures. Requires the office to recommend to each budget committee of the two houses the amount by which budget outlays of the U.S. should exceed revenues expected to be received or the amount by which such revenues should exceed such budget outlays in order to provide for appropriate growth and stability of the economy of the U.S. Requires each budget committee to give consideration to such recommendations and make a report to the office concerning such budget considerations. Requires that by March 1 of each year the Committees submit a concurrent resolution to their respective Houses containing specified budget information. Outlines those procedures for review and debate of such concurrent resolution. Provides that there shall be a conference of two Houses to resolve any difference between the concurrent resolutions passed by each House. Makes conforming amendments in the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. Provides that all bills and resolutions providing budget authority with respect to any fiscal year shall provide a limit on budget outlays in such fiscal year under such budget authority. Provides that the provisions of this Act are enacted by Congress as an exercise of the rulemaking powers of the House and Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Creates the Military Installation closing Commission with members from specified Government agencies, the legislative branch, and the private sector. States that the Commission's duties shall be to review and evaluate any decision of the Department of Defense to close any military installation with a view toward determining whether the losing of such installation is in the best interests of national defense, the nation's economy, and military efficiency.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Provides for an extension through June 30, 1975, of authorization for special project grants under title V of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Maternal and Child Welfare).
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Delets the termination date for title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (presently June 30, 1973). (Repeals 42 U.S.C. 2620)
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Provides that the income tax deduction for a charitable contribution of a copyright, a literary musicial, or artistic composition, a letter of memorandum, or similar property by a taxpayer to a charitable organization as defined in the Internal Revenue Code shall be computed by decreasing by 75 percent the reduction amount computed under the Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to contributions of ordinary income and capital gain property. Requires such a taxpayer to receive from the donee of such property a written statement that the property represents material of historical or artistic significance and that the use by the donee will be related to the purpose constituting the basis for its exemption. Exempts from these provision, letters and other papers collected by a public official during his term of office. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 170(e))
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Lobster Conservation and Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for effective control of lobster fisheries on the Continental Shelf of the United States until such time as the United States can enter into an appropriate treaty or treaties providing for such control. Includes lobster as a Continental Shelf fishery resource within the meaning of the Act entitled an Act to prohibit fishing in the territorial waters of the United States and in certain other areas by vessels other than vessels of the United States and by persons in charge of such vessels. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 1085(a))
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Makes permanent the authority to conduct national health surveys and studies under the Public Health Service Act, presently administered by the National Center for Health Statistics.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Establishes the Van Buren Historic Site at Kinderhook, New York. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Rural Job and Business Development Tax Act - Allows a double investment credit under the Internal Revenue Code for property placed in service in rural areas which will assist in providing new employment opportunities. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 46(c)(5))
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Requests the President to enter into negotiations with the major oil importing countries for the purposes of establishing an international organization of oil importing countries and establishing common practices and policies affecting oil pricing, importation, and consumption.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Authorizes the President to proclaim the first Sunday of June of each year as "American Youth Day".
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Medical Library Assistance Amendments - Extends the authorizations for appropriations for assistance to medical libraries through fiscal year 1976 under the Public Health Service Act. Repeals provisions for assistance for construction of facilities and for grants for training in medical library sciences.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Medical Device Safety Act - Title I: Authority to Establish Standards - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish safety standards for medical devices. Provides that such standards may include provisions for the testing of the device, and may prescribe the form of instructions or warnings necessary for the proper installation, maintenance, operation, and use of the device. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate a standard governing the performance or other characteristics of a medical device whenever, in his judgment, a standard is necessary to reduce or eliminate unreasonable risk of illness or injury associated with exposure to or use of the device, and there are no other more practicable means to protect the public. Requires the Secretary, prior to the initiation of a proceeding to promulgate a standard, and prior to publishing a proposed standard in the course of such proceeding, to consult with other Federal agencies concerned with standard setting and other nationally or internationally recognized standard-setting agencies or organizations, and to use the technical support of other Federal agencies. Provides that the Secretary would initiate a proceeding to promulgate a device standard by publishing a notice which would invite interested persons to submit to the Secretary an existing standard or an offer to develop a standard. Authorizes the Secretary to accept one or more of such offers, or to adopt an applicable existing standard, or in appropriate cases to develop a standard using the resources of the Department and other agencies, or by contracting with qualified non-governmental entities. Provides that prior to his issuance of an order to promulgate a standard, the Secretary shall consider: (1) the degree of risk or injury associated with those aspects of the devices subject to the order; (2) the approximate number of devices, or types or classes thereof, subject to the order; (3) the need of the public for the devices subject to the order, and the probable effect of the order upon the utility, costs, or availability of the devices to meet that need; and (4) means of achieving the objective of the order with a minimal disruption or dislocation of competition and of reasonable manufacturing and other commercial practices. Empowers the Secretary to revoke any standard, in whole or in part, upon the ground that there no longer exists a need therefor or that such standard (or part thereof) is no longer in the public interest. Provides that after publication of a proposed standard, interested persons may for good cause require the Secretary to refer the standard to an advisory committee for recommendations with respect to any matter involved in the proposal which requires the exercise of scientific judgment. Requires every manufacturer of a device subject to a standard to assure the Secretary that appropriate tests under a quality control program in accord with good manufacturing practice show the device to conform to the standard. Exempts from this requirement devices intended solely for use in connection with animals other than man. Title II: Scientific Review of Certain Medical Devices - Authorizes the Secretary to subject a device, or a type or class of device, to scientific review for safety and efficacy if after consultation with an appropriate scientific panel, he found the device to be unreasonably hazardous when used, as intended, in life-threatening situations, and determined that there was no more practical means than such review to reduce the hazard. Sets forth the procedures for: (1) the establishment of advisory scientific review panels; (2) applications for scientific reviews; (3) consideration of and initial action on such applications; and (4) withdrawal of approval of an application by the Secretary. Provides that an applicant may obtain judicial review of a final order of the Secretary denying or withdrawing approval of an application. Provides for the exemption from scientific review of devices intended solely for investigational uses by qualified experts. Authorizes the Secretary to make such exemptions conditional in specified instances and upon meeting specified testing requirements by the manufacturer. Title III: Notification of Defective Devices, Repair or Replacement - Provides that a manufacturer or importer would be required to notify the Secretary of any defects in devices produced, assembled, or imported by him if the defect is likely to create a substantial risk to the health or safety of any person, or of the failure of a device to comply with an applicable standard. States that unless exempted by the Secretary the manufacturer or importer would also be required to notify his dealers or distributors, and purchasers who are known to him, of the defect. Provides that dealers or distributors who are notified of a defect by the manufacturer would be required to provide to the manufacturer or importer the names and addresses of each purchaser. Authorizes the Secretary to require the manufacturer or importer to: (1) remedy the defect; (2) replace the device; or (3) refund the purchase price. Title IV: Requirement of Good Manufacturing Practice - Requires devices to be manufactured in accordance with current good manufacturing practice, as determined by the Secretary, to assure their safety and efficiency. Title V: Reports and Records; Inspection and Registration of Establishments; Official Names - Requires the registration of device manufacturers, and their continuing notification to the Secretary of the devices that they are producing and marketing. Authorizes the Secretary to establish official names for devices. Requires manufacturers and distributors of devices subject to a standard or marketed under an approval of a scientific review application to maintain certain records relating to the safety and efficacy of the devices. Gives the Secretary authority to inspect research data on devices, and to extend to devices certain exemptions from inspection which are now applicable to drugs. Title VI: General Provisions - Establishes an Advisory Council on Devices to advise the Secretary with respect to matters of policy in carrying out the Acts provisions. Authorizes the Secretary, directly or through contracts with public or private agencies, institutions and organizations and with individuals, to plan, conduct, coordinate, and support research and studies relating to devices.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Prohibits the transportation of contraband cigarettes in interstate commerce. Defines contraband cigarettes as a quantity in excess of twenty thousand cigarettes, bearing no evidence of the payment of applicable State cigarette taxes, in the possession of unauthorized carriers. Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of cigarettes transported and vehicles used for such transportation in violation of State laws. Provides for a penalty of a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, for anyone violating this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Deletes the provison of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which, authorizes the Secretary to require the designation of optional ingredients on the labeling of standardized foods. Repeals the exemption of standardized foods from the general requirement applicable to other foods that, subject to certain exemptions, the labeling of such other foods bear a listing of their ingredients. Requires that any food, whether a standardized food or otherwise, list its ingredients on its label in the order of their predominance. Provides for the Act to take effect 12 months after the month of its enactment except that the Secretary would be authorized to postpone the effective date for good cause for up to an additional year with respect to any specific food product, provided that the label of such food had not been printed more than 3 months after the month of the Acts enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Creates a temporary select committee composed of ten Members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate to conduct a thorough and complete study with respect to the operation and implementation of rules XXIV, XXV, and XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including committee structure of the Senate, the number and optimum size of committees, their jurisdiction, the number of subcommittees, committee rules and procedures, media coverage of meetings, staffing, space, equipment, other committee facilities and appointment of Senate conferees to committees of conference. Directs the select committee to report to the Senate with respect to any matters covered by this resolution and to make a report with respect to its study and investigation by January 30, 1974. Provides that expenses of the select committee, not to exceed $1,500,000 to be available one-half to the majority and one-half to the minority, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers approved by the chairman of the select committee. Provides that the select committee shall cease to exist on January 2, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University, Stanford, California, on condition that the funds will be used for the construction of a new building, for the equipment of such building, and for the establishment of a capital fund administered by the Hoover Institution, the income from which shall be used for the purchase and processing of books and other documents for the library of the Hoover Institution. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury for making grants under this Act amounts in which the aggregate will not exceed gifts, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property, made to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the aggregate amount so appropriated shall not exceed $5,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Congressional Budget Control Act - Requires the Budget of the United States Government to be organized and submitted on the basis of national needs, agency programs, and basic program steps. Sets forth the meaning of terms used in this Act, and the requirements for each Government agency.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Permits, under the Labor Management Relations Act, employer contributions to jointly administered trust funds established by labor organizations to defray costs of legal services.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Provides that whenever the Small Business Administration determines that action is necessary or desirable to assist small business concerns whose participation in the free enterprise system is hampered because of social or economic considerations not generally applicable to other business enterprises to obtain the equity capital needed for viable and prudently managed business operations, it may guarantee equity investments in such concerns made by investment companies or other qualified investors. States that such guarantee shall be made pursuant to an agreement by the Administration to purchase equity securities evidencing the interest of an investor in such a concern in accordance with terms and conditions prescribed by the Administration subject to specified limitations and restrictions. States that a guarantee agreement entered into under this Act by the Administration shall obligate the Administration to purchase securities covered by the agreement and held by an investor. Provides that the Administration shall fix a uniform fee which it deems reasonable and necessary for any guarantee issued under this Act to be payable at such time and under such conditions as may be determined by the Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Requests the President of the United States to take such action as is necessary to begin a national program of public information to inform the commuter of the benefits of car pools and economy cars and that the President report to the Congress on possible legislative incentives to promote such a program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Increases the authorization for fiscal year 1974 to $240,000 for the Committee for Purchase of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped. (Amends 41 U.S.C. 48c)
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1973
Provides that where real property has been transferred on or after January 1, 1946, from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to any Government department, and title to such real property has been held by the United States continuously since such transfer, then on each date occurring on or after January 1, 1971, and prior to January 1, 1975, on which real property taxes levied by any State or local taxing authority with respect to any period become due, the Government department which has custody and control of such real property shall pay to the appropriate State and local taxing authorities an amount equal to the amount of the real property tax which would be payable to each such State or local taxing authority on such date if legal title to such real property has been held by a private citizen on such date and during all period to which such date relates. States that the failure of any Government department to make, or to make timely payment of, any payment authorizeu' authorized by this Act shall not subject: (1) any Government department, or any person who is a subsequent purchaser of any real property from any Government department, to the payment of any penalty or penalty interest, or to any payment in lieu of any penalty or penalty interest; or (2) any real estate or other property or property right to any lien, attachment, foreclosure, garnishment, or other legal proceeding. Exempts specified Government held real estate from the provisions of this Act. um43;49
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act - Provides for the recognition of the entire Grand Canyon as a natural feature of national and international significance. Prohibits the transfer of any lands held in trust for any Indian Tribe. Establishes the Grand Canyon Zone of Influence which gives the Secretary of the Interior the authority to coordinate a protective management program for those lands adjacent to the Grand Canyon or affecting the environment of the Grand Canyon. Institutes programs for the recreational, historical and cultural development of the area, and authorizes cooperative agreements between the States, Indian Tribes, and the Federal Government for the regulation of the area. Provides for the Administration of wilderness land under the Wilderness Act. Authorizes those sums as are necessary for the carrying out of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
National Energy Research and Development Policy Act - Title I: Coordination and Augmentation of Federal Support for Research and Development of Fuels and Energy - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to establish and maintain a national program of research and development in fuels and energy adequate to meet specified objectives. Establishes an Energy Research Management Project which shall have a Chairman appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the duties of the Project, initiating: (1) to review the full range of Federal activities in and financial support for fuels and energy research and development, giving consideration to research and development being conducted by industry and other non-Federal entities, to determine the capability of ongoing research efforts to carry out the policies established by this Act and other relevant Federal policies, particulary the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; and (2) to formulate a comprehensive energy research and development strategy for the Federal Government which will expeditiously advance the policies established by this Act. Provides that in evaluating proposed opportunities for particular research and development undertakings pursuant to this title, the Management Project shall assign priority to types of projects listed in this title. Requires the President not later than five years from the date of this Act, if the authorities and duties of the Management Project are not reassigned to a permanent agency in the interim, to report to the Congress on his evaluation of the progress of fuels and energy research and development and his recommendation for further management of the Federal research and development programs. Provides that the Chairman shall keep the Congress fully and currently informed of all of the Management Project's activities and shall submit to the Congress an annual report. States that neither the Chairman nor any other member of the Management Project or his employees may refuse to testify before the Congress or to submit information to the legislative or appropriations committees of either House of the Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 annually for the administrative expenses of the Management Project. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and, subject to annual congressional authorizations, $800,000,000 for each of the four following fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this title with respect to energy research and development. Title II: Establishment of a Coal Gasification Corporation - Establishes the Coal Gasification Development Corporation. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for manufacturing substitute natural gas from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a fullscale, commercial-size facility to manufacture substitute natural gas from coal by such method. Provides that the Corporation shall transmit to the President of the United States and the Congress, annually, commencing one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, and at such other times as it deems desirable, a comprehensive and detailed report of its operations, activities, and accomplishments under this title. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $6,000,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Establishment of a Shale Oil Development Corporation - States that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of shale oil as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program jointly managed and funded to demonstrate commercial methods of producing environmentally acceptable fuels from shale oil. Establishes the Shale Oil Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing a syncrude from shale oil. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce a syncrude from shale oil by such method. Requires the Corporation to transmit an annual report to the President and the Congress and at such time to submit such legislative recommendations as it deems desirable. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $5,000,000 and for each of the next seven succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Establishment of an Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation - Establishes the Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing electricity at high efficiencies using advanced power cycles with minimum adverse environmental impacts using coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible a full-scale commercial-size facility to produce electricity from coal by such mehtod. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $6,500,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary. Title V: Establishment of a Geothermal Energy Development Corporation - Establishes the Geothermal Energy Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation, on the basis of the best geologic information and after field exploration, to select suitable sites for the construction of two or more demonstration installations to develop technologies for the generation of steam and electric power from geothermal resources. Authorizes the Corporation to operate a full scale commercial-size facility to produce electricity from geothermal energy. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $8,000,000, and for each of the next fourteen succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title VI: States that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of coal liquefaction processes as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program jointly managed and funded to demonstrate commercial methods of producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal. Establishes the Coal Liquefaction Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasiblity thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce synthetic fuel from coal by such method. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, fiscal year 1974, the sum of $7,500,000, and for each of the next eleven succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the month of May in each year as "National Arthritis Month".
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to undertake emergency erosion control projects. Authorizes an appropriation of $35,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 426)
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to Eisenhower College, in Seneca Falls, New York, out of proceeds from the sale of silver dollar coins bearing the likeness of the late President of the United States, Dwight David Eisenhower.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Makes the fact findings that there is a need for further research and study in determining the causes and means of preventing shore line erosion. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to secure the assistances of the States in entering into research studies on shore line erosion. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes reimbursement to local interests for undertaking repair of shore damages attributable to Federal navigation works. (Adds 33 U.S.C. 426)
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Methaqualone Control Act - Places the substance methaqualone on Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 812)
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Makes disaster assistance available under the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 to those communities affected by extraordinary shoreline erosion damage.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Authorizes common carriers, engaged in interstate or foreign communications by wire or radio and subject to the Communications Act to provide free or reduced rate service for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. (Amends 47 U.S.C. 210)
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Limits the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose, by regulations, restrictions upon the availability and use of Federal funds authorized for social services under the public assistance programs established by the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Establishes an Antitrust Review and Revision Commission composed of eight members of Congress, four members of the executive branch, and six experts from the private sector. Provides that the Commission shall study the effects of antitrust laws upon: (1) price levels, product quality and service; (2) employment, productivity, output, investment and profit; (3) concentration of economic power and financial control; (4) foreign trade and international competition; and (5) economic growth. Authorizes the Commission to enter into contracts with Federal and State agencies, private firms, institutions and individuals for the conduct of research and the preparation of reports necessary to the discharge of the Commission's duties. Provides that the Commission shall submit a final report to the President and to the Congress not later than two years after the first meeting of the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Permits a married couple to deduct under the Internal Revenue Code household and depandent care expenses when one spouse is a full-time student to the same extent that a deduction would be allowable were both spouses employed. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 214 (e))
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall elect two Senators and the number of Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled by apportionment if it were a State. Requires each Senator or Representative so elected to be an inhabitant of the District and to possess the same qualifications as to age and citiizenship and have the same rights, privileges, and obligations as a Senator or Representative from a State. Provides that this article shall have no effect on the provision made in the twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution for determining the number of electors for President and Vice President to be appointed for the District. Entitles each Representative or Senator from the District to participate in the choosing of the President or Vice President in the House of Representatives or Senate under the twelfth article of amendment as if the District were a State. Grants Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Child Abuse Prevention Act - Establishes a National Center of Child Abuse and Neglect to monitor research, maintain a clearinghouse on child abuse programs, and compile and publish training materials for persons working in the field. Establishes a program of demonstration grants to be used in training personnel in the fields of medicine, law and social work and to support innovative projects aimed at preventing or treating child abuse or neglect. Creates a National Commission on Child Abuse and Neglect to examine some of the issues relating to child abuse including the effectiveness of existing laws and the proper role of the Federal Government in the area of child abuse. Modifies existing legislation authorizing child welfare programs to require a State plan outlining the system used to deal with child abuse. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Rolling Stock Utilization and Financing Act - Title I: National Rolling Stock Information Service and Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund - States that the purposes of this Act is: (1) to improve the utilization and distribution of rolling stock to meet the needs of commerce, users, shippers, the national defense, and the consuming public; (2) to assist railroads in acquiring additional rolling stock to provide fast and expeditious service to meet the increasing demands of the Nation's economy; and (3) to assist in achieving full employment by insuring adequate equipment necessary to transport the products of American industry. Defines the terms used in this Act. Creates a Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund to be used to insure the interest on, and the unpaid principal balance of, any equipment obligation determined eligible for insurance. Establishes a Board to administer this Fund. Requires the Board before insuring any equipment obligation to determine in writing that specified limitations and conditions are met, including: (1) that the equipment obligation is secured by rolling stock to be financed or refinanced thereby; (2) that the terms of the equipment obligation require full payment within fifteen years from the date thereof; and (3) that the financing or refinancing of the rolling stock is justified by the present and future demand for transportation services to be rendered by the railroad or car-pooling company for which the rolling stock is procured. Authorizes the Board to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury if at any time the moneys in the fund are not sufficient to pay any amount under an agreement entered into under this section. Allows the Board to consent to the modification of the provisions of an equipment obligation as to rate of interest, time of payment of interest or principal, security, or the terms and conditions or any contract of insurance entered into pursuant to this Act. Requires the transactions of the Board to be audited by the Comptroller General in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe and requires a report to be made to the Congress. Title II: To Improve Utilization - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to design and assist railroads in establishing a national rolling stock information system. Provides that such system shall facilitate equitable distribution and economic utilization of rolling stock by furnishing information to railroads, shippers, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the public about rolling stock with respect to physical characteristics, origin, destination, location, availability for future loadings, and such other information as determined useful. Requires a semiannual report to Congress on progress under this title. Relieves persons contracting for the design of a national information system or the use of such information from the antitrust laws with respect to such contract. Authorizes an appropriation of $10,000,000 for purposes of this provision. Requires the Secretary to develop an index measuring the degree of utilization of freight cars, and to publish such index at least quarterly together with a report setting forth the changes in such utilization and the causes thereof. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to publish a report on utilization of freight cars thirty days after each report by the Secretary. Provides for a study by the Secretary, with legislative recommendations, on the utilization of freight cars and means to improve such utilization. Provides for a study on the use of abandoned railroad trackage and rights-of-way as recreational trails and camp sites. Title III: Rolling Stock Authority - Authorizes the establishment of a corporation known as the Rolling Stock Authority if substantial progress in freight car supply and utilization has not been made within three and one-half years of enactment of this Act. States that the purposes of the Authority shall be to acquire, maintain, and provide rolling stock, to manage a pool of such rolling stock, and to employ innovative concepts for equitable distribution and efficient use of such rolling stock to meet the needs of the national economy. Provides that the Authority shall have a Board of eleven Directors, consisting of the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, and nine members, to be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of specified railroad, labor, shipping, and consumer organizations. Empowers the Authority to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its business; sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of its property and assets; build, own, and maintain rolling stock to be operated for the purpose of providing modern, efficient freight transportation of goods; and conduct research and development related to the purposes of this Act. Provides that every railroad shall pay to the Authority a per diem surcharge of fifty cents per car day on each general service freight car for each day that such a railroad incurs a car-hire charge for the use of such car. States that the levy shall continue until the Board of Directors determines that such sum as may be necessary for this Act but not less than $10,000,000 nor more than $30,000,000 will be due or will have been paid as of a certain date, whereupon the levy will cease. Requires the Authority to issue a negotiable interest-bearing debenture to each railroad in the amount of the per diem surcharge paid by such railroad. Empowers the Authority to incur debts for capital purposes. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase the obligations of the Authority guaranteed by the United States in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 to acquire capital stock of the Authority; and such sums as may be necessary for the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on notes or obligations issued as guarantees under this section. Provides for the audit of expenditures under the Government Corporation Control Act. Requires a plan for the public sale of stock in the Authority, including a program to require refinancing, and to assure that the sale of the stock will result in a wide dispersion in the ownership of the stock. Requires the Authority to establish a national rolling stock information system within one year of enactment if such system is not in operation at the date of incorporation. Provides that the Authority shall establish charges for the use of rolling stock supplied by it, and shall establish terms and conditions governing the use of its equipment. States that the Authority shall be subject to the car service provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, and the orders of the Commission thereunder to the extent applicable. Provides that the Authority may enforce compliance with any obligation owing to it under this Act by an appropriate civil action. Prohibits a railroad from refusing to transport general service freight cars owned by the Authority. Requires an annual report to the President and the Congress by the Authority on its activities under this Act. Title IV: General Provisions - Requires the Authority, in contracts under this Act: (1) to include equitable arrangements to protect the interests of individual employees affected in their employment by any such contract; (2) to conform to prevailing practices of the railroads and nonrailroads with rolling stock building and rebuilding facilities; and (3) to insure provailing wages for construction work.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Title I: Coordination, and Personnel - Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, shall coordinate efforts, in carrying out the purposes of all other Federal health, welfare, rehabilitation, highway safety, law enforcement and economic opportunity legislation, to deal with alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Provides that the Director of the Institute may employ and prescribe the functions of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to administer the programs and authorities under the Act. Title II: Federal Assistance for State and Local Programs - Authorizes further appro- priations for grants to States under the Act of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that State plans for assistance under the Act must set forth standards for construction and licensing of public and private treatment facilities, as well as standards for other community services or resources available to assist individuals to meet problems resulting from alcohol abuse. Provides that the Secretary acting through the Institute is authorized to make grants to the states for the implementation of the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act. Transfers all authorities pertaining to alcohol abuse and alcoholism under the Community Mental Health Centers Act to the authority authorized under the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act. Provides that grants under the Community Mental Health Centers Act for the construction of facilities for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism shall be approved in accordance with plans setting forth: (1) a description of the site of the project; (2) plans and specifications therefor in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary for general standards of construction and equipment for facilities of different classes and different types of locations; and (3) reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors of the project will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act. Removes the requirement under the Act that grants for specialized facilities may be made only to facilities which are a part of or affiliated with a Community Mental Health Center providing at least those essential elements of comprehensive community mental health services which are prescribed by the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out part B of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, 120,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and 120,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974, and each of the next nine fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to continue to make grants for staffing with respect to sections under such part for which a staffing grant was made from appropriations under the above for any fiscal year ending before July 1, 1976. Removes the compulsory suspension of Federal financial assistance, under the Act, to private and public hospitals for refusing to admit or treat alcoholics.