United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Public Health Service Act Extension - Extends authorizations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Public Health Service Act: (1) research and demonstrations relating to health facilities and services; (2) systems analysis of national health care plans; (3) national health surveys and studies; (4) traineeships for professional public health personnel; (5) project grants for graduate training in public health; (6) health services for domestic agricultural migrants; (7) grants to States for comprehensive State health planning; (8) project grants for areawide health planning; (9) project grants for training, studies, and demonstrations related to comprehensive national health planning; (10) grants for comprehensive public health services; (11) project grants for health services development; (12) assistance for construction of medical library facilities; (13) grants for training in medical library sciences; (14) grants for establishing, expanding, and improving the basic resources of medical libraries and related instrumentalities; (15) grants for establishment of regional medical libraries; (16) financial support of biomedical scientific publication; (17) grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit long-term care, outpatient, and rehabilitation facilities; (18) grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers; (19) grants for the modernization of long term care, outpatient, and rehabilitation facilities, and of hospitals and public health centers; (20) loan guarantees and loans for modernization and construction of hospitals and other medical facilities; (21) construction or modernization of emergency rooms; (22) grants for construction of teaching facilities for allied health professions personnel; (23) basic and special grants to improve the quality of training for allied health professions; (24) special projects for experimentation, demonstration, and institutional improvements related to training allied health personnel; (25) traineeships for advanced training of allied health professions personnel; (26) scholarship grants for allied health professions personnel; (27) grants to encourage full utilization of educational talent for allied health professions; (28) work-study programs for personnel in the allied health professions; (29) loans for students of the allied health professions; and (30) grants for education, research, training and demonstrations in the fields of heart disease, cancer, stroke, kidney disease and other related diseases. Extends authorizations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Community Mental Health Centers Act: (1) grants for construction of public and other nonprofit community mental health centers; (2) grants for initial costs of professional and technical personnel of community mental health centers; (3) grants for developing specialized training programs, training personnel, conducting surveys and and programs of special significance related to community mental health centers; (4) grants for facilities for alcoholic rehabilitation; (5) grants for training programs, personnel, and studies related to drug abuse and rehabilitation; (6) grants for drug abuse education; (7) project grants for construction and staffing of facilities for the prevention and treatment of alochol and drug abuse; (8) grants for consultation services for alcohol and drug abuse; and (9) grants for treatment facilities to provide mental health services for children.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Provides, under the Freedom of Information Act, that each Federal agency, upon a request under the Act that records be made available to the public, shall: (1) determine within ten days after the receipt of any such request whether to comply with such request and immediately notify the person making such request that such person has a period of twenty days within which to appeal such determination to such agency; and (3) make a determination with respect to such appeal within twenty days after the receipt of such appeal. Provides that in the case of an action in the United States district courts to enjoin an agency from withholding agency records and to order the production of any agency records improperly withheld the United States or an officer or agency thereof shall serve an answer to any complaint made in such action within twenty days after the service upon the United States attorney of the pleading in which such complaint is made. Provides that the court may assess against the United States reasonble attorney fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred in such action in which the United States or an officer or agency thereof has not prevailed. Provides that such disclosures under the Act may be obtained in the case of investigatory records for law enforcement purposes to the extent that such records are scientific tests, reports, or data, inspection reports of any agency which relates to health or safety, or records which serve as a basis for any public policy statement made by any agency or officer or employee of the United States or which serves as a bisis for rulemaking by any agency. Provides that each agency shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Government Operations of the Senate which shall include statistics on the request and appeal procedures of the Act. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 552)
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Federal Drug Abuse Enforcement Reorganization Act - Sets forth Congressional findings related to law enforcement and illegal drug traffic. Establishes in the Department of Justice an Office of Drug Abuse Investigation and Enforcement which shall be headed by a Deputy Attorney General appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the Deputy shall: (1) review the investigative practices and capabilities, regulations, guidelines, and procedures for the several agencies under his direction and control as provided in this Act, in terms of their adequacy and consistency with the policies and priorities he provides or establishes; (2) recommend changes in organization, management, and personnel, which he deems advisable to implement the policies, priorities, and objectives he provides or establishes; and (3) conduct or provide for the conduct of evaluation and studies of the performance and results achieved by all Federal agencies working in the areas of drug abuse enforcement. Transfers to the Attorney General all of the functions of the Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary of State and Commissioner of customs which pertain to seizures and arrests, as well as manufacture and control, of narcotics and dangerous drugs. States that it is the intent of the this Act that the Federal Bureau of Investigation exercise investigative jurisdiction in cases involving alleged violations of Federal narcotics and drug abuse laws when it is determined by the Deputy and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, upon request of the Deputy that such exercise will facilitate the successful investigation and prosecution of such cases or the development of useful intelligence information, either independently or in concert with other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. Provides that in carrying out his functions under this Act, the Deputy shall strengthen coordination among all Federal departments and agencies engaged in law enforcement investigations, programs and activities, and activities which relate to drug abuse enforcement and control functions. Directs the Deputy to prepare for the Attorney General and the Cabinet Committee on International Narcotics Control an annual report on the use of the resources and personnel of the Federal Government and international organizations in which the United States is a member in controlling illicit narcotics traffic. Provides that the Deputy shall coordinate or assure coordination and cooperation of Federal drug enforcement functions with functions of State and local governments and agencies. Establishes a special fund under the direction and control of the Deputy, in order to provide: (1) incentives to Federal, State, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and international organizations, to develop innovative concepts, methods, and techniques in the investigation and successful prosecution of narcotics trafficking cases generally; and tactical and strategic intelligence information relating to the nature, extent, and impact of such trafficking, and to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of local law enforcement efforts in this area; and (2) funding assistance to such agencies, particularly local law enforcement agencies, to complete successfully specific cases against major narcotics traffickers, and to expedite the disposition of narcotics trafficking cases within local judicial systems. Authorizes for the purposes of providing such assistance appropriations of $30,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973 and $30,000,000 for each of the next succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Provides for the inclusion of privately owned property within the provision of Federal law relating to Federal participation in the cost of protecting the shores of the United States, its territories and possessions.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Federal Narcotics Drug Trafficking Offenses and Sentencing Act - Title I: Declaration of Purpose - Finds and declares that narcotic addiction in the United States is a significant factor in the commission of serious crimes against persons and property. States it is the purpose of this Act to insure the public safety more effectively by: (1) reducing on an emergency basis the incidence of illicit narcotics trafficking through the deterrent influence of criminal penalties; and (2) requiring the Attorney General to collect, analyze and report regularly information and data on the operation of the Federal, State and local sentencing systems and the relationship between minimum-maximum sentencing, and deterrence and recidivism. Title II: Increased Penalities as a Deterrent - States that in the case of a compound, mixture, or substance containing less than ten ounces of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II of the Controlled Substances Act which is a narcotic drug a person who violates the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years and may in addition be fined not more than $25,000, provided that in the case of such compound, mixture or substance containing less than one-eight of one ounce of such controlled narcotic drug, such person may be sentenced, in the discretion of the Court, to less than the mandatory minimum. Provides that the sentence may include a special parole term of not less than 3 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, and probation shall not be granted. States that if such person has been convicted of one or more felonies under any provision of the United States relating to controlled substances or any offense under State or foreign law relating to a narcotic drug in Schedule I or II which offense would be a felony under this Act and one or more of the convictions have become final, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 5 years nor more than 30 years, and may in addition be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that the sentence may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, and probation shall not be granted. States that if the crime was committed while such person was released prior to trial on a charge of violating this Act, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 5 years, nor more than 30 years, and may in addition be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that the sentence may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended and probation shall not be granted. States that in the case of a compound, mixture, or substance containing more than ten ounces of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II which is a narcotic drug such person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 5 years, or for life and may in addition be fined not more than $100,000. Provides that the sentence, if for a term of years, may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended and probation shall not be granted. States that if such a person has been convicted of one or more felonies under any provision of law of the United States relating to controlled substances or for an offense under State or foreign law relating to a narcotic drug in Schedule I or II which offense would be a felony under this Act and one or more of the convictions have become final, he shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 7 years, or for life and may in addition be fined not more than $200,000. Provides that the sentence, if for a term of years, may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, and probation shall not be granted. States that if the crime was committed while such person was released prior to trial on a charge of violating this Act he shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 7 years, or for life and may in addition be fined not more than $200,000. Provides that the sentence, if for a term of years, may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended and probation shall not be granted. States that any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this Act shall be punished as prescribed for the commission of the offense which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy. Title III: Development of Research on Impact and Effect of Federal, State and Local Sentencing Practices - Provides that the Attorney General shall direct the Institute for Criminal Justice of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration: (1) to collect, synthesize and formulate information and data and to conduct research on a continuing basis relating to the operation and effect of Federal, State and local sentencing systems; and (2) to develop and recommend guidelines and standards for Federal, State and local Courts in sentencing, probation, parole and other forms of release of offenders.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Interstate Recycling Expansion Act - Sets forth the purposes and definitions of the Act - Title I: Establishment of Nondiscriminatory Rates and Charges for the Transportation of Recyclable and Recycled Solid Waste Materials in Interstate and Foreign Commerce - Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission to investigate all freight rate discriminations against recyclable commodities and within two years to enter appropriate orders terminating all such unreasonable discrimination in transportation charges. Title II: Expansion of Recycling Through Federal Procurement - Directs all Federal procurement agencies to work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency in the establishment of new rules and procedures to maximize the procurement of recyclable materials and products which contain recycled materials. Title III: Modifications of Other Federal Impediments to Expanded Recycling in Commerce - States that labels under the Wool Products Labeling Act shall use the term recycled rather than reused or reprocessed. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Provides that this Act shall be effective on the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Federal Election Campagin Act Amendments - Creates a six-member independent Federal Elections Commission appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Specifies that the Commission shall have full legal powers. Authorizes the Commission to use the personnel and facilities of the Department of Justice and the General Accounting Office. Requires the Commission to submit its budget directly to Congress along with any recommendations it may have for legislation. Transfers specified functions of the Secretary of the Senate, the GAO and the Clerk of the House to the Commission. Requires each candidate for Federal office to have a central campaign committee through which all reports must pass. Requires the central committee to file its report with the Commission. Specifies that reports contain all contributions in excess of $100 and that cash contributions of $2,500 or more be reported within 24 hours. Requires a financial report to be filed 10 days before an election. Requires a candidate to file a statement as to the consideration for which any debt is settled for less than full value or the circumstances surrounding such settlement. Authorizes those sums necessary to carry out the objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Campaign Mail Act - Permits candidates for Federal office to send out a specified number of pieces of political mail at postal rates paid by nonprofit organizations. Allows a major party candidate to mail campaign mail equal to two times the voting age population and allows a minor party candidate to mail one-half that of the major party candidate. Stipulates that mail may only be addressed to persons in the area in which the candidate is eligible for office.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
National Advisory Commission on Health Science and Society Resolution - Establishes a National Advisory Commission on Health Science and Society comprised of 15 members to undertake a comprehensive investigation and study of the ethical, social, and legal implications of advances in biomedical research and technology, which shall include, without being limited to: (1) analysis and evaluation of scientific and technological advances in the biomedical sciences, past, current, and projected; (2) analysis and evaluation of the implications of such advances, both for individuals and for society; (3) analysis and evaluation of laws, codes, and principles governing the use of technology in medical practice; (4) analysis and evaluation through the use of seminars and public hearings and other appropriate means, of public understanding of and attitudes toward such implications; and (5) analysis and evaluation of implications for public policy of such findings as are made by the Commission with respect to biomedical advances and public attitudes toward such advances. Requires the Commission to transmit to the President and to the Congress one or more interim reports and, not later than two years after the first meeting of the Commission, one final report, containing detailed statements of the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with its recommendations, including such recommendations for action by public and private bodies and individuals as it deems advisable. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $1,000,000 for each of the two years during which the Commission shall serve for the purpose of carrying out this joint resolution. Provides that on the ninetieth day after the date of submission of its final report to the President and the Congress the Commission shall cease to exist.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Establishes grounds for judicial disqualification and allows the acceptance of waiver of such disqualification in any case where a justice or judge of the United States has an interest, to include: specific stockholdings; any case where he has rendered legal service to a party with respect to any matter in controversy; any case in which he is or has been a material witness; any case in which he is connected with a party or attorney so as to create a conflict of interest; any case in which his participation will create an appearance of impropriety; and any other case in which, in his opinion, it would be improper for him to sit. Defines those terms applicable to the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Establishes an Advisory Commission on the Reconstruction and Redevelopment of Southeast Asia. Authorizes the Commission to: (1) formulate broad and comprehensive recommendations as to the extent and kind of assistance that the United States should provide for the reconstruction and redevelopment of war-torn countries of Southeast Asia; (2) encourage the views of the American people and Members of Congress in promulgating such recommendations; (3) assess the availability of manpower technical know-how; (4) promulgate guidelines for computing the cost benefit ratio for reconstruction and redevelopment projects which take into consideration the budgetary deficits and financial needs of the United States; (5) establish the priorities of reconstruction in Southeast Asia; and (6) determine whether aid should be channeled through multinational organizations or be given on a belated basis or both. Outlines the membership of the Advisory Commission, administrative functions and authorizes those sums necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Provides that a charitable organization shall be denied exemption from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code where amounts paid or incurred by such organization during each taxable year to influence legislation, including an attempt to affect the opinion of the general public, normally exceeds five percent of the yearly expenditures; or where such amounts exceed twenty percent of the yearly expenditures in any attempt to influence legislation, on a matter which directly affects any purpose for which the organization is organized through communication with its own members or with any member or employee of a legislative body, or with any other government official or employee who may participate in the formulation of the legislation. Defines charitable organization for purposes of this Act, and designates certain activities which are not included within the term "influence legislation". Provides that no income tax deduction shall be allowed for a contribution to a charitable organization if the contribution is made for the purpose of influencing legislation. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 501, 1970)
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1973
Kidney Transplant Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to the States, and with the approval of the State health authority, to political subdivisions or instrumentalities of the States for the purpose of assisting in the care and treatment of persons suffering from chronic renal disease. Provides that any State which applies for a grant under this Act shall submit a plan for the approval of the Secretary which shall, in addition to other provisions, provide for the payment of 100 percent of the costs of transportion, hemodialysis or other techniques and related services for the care of the chronically ill renal patient. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or private nonprofit entities: (1) for the establishment, construction, and operation of renal failure centers; (2) for the construction or improvement of transplantation facilities; and (3) for training in the cure and treatment of chronic renal disease. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1973
Small business Joint Export Development Act - Establishes the United States Joint Export Agency. Authorizes the Agency to secure from any department or agency of the United States any information relating to international trade and United States foreign policy necessary to enable it to carry out its duties under this Act. Provides that the Agency shall: (1) foster the development of United States export associations composed of small businesses which have not actively engaged in substantial export sales operations; (2) survey and identify small businesses which possess undeveloped export potential and which are interested in joining with other small businesses in United States export associations in order to develop a joint export operation; (3) obtain operating and other business information from such small businesses and from any other person engaged in exporting in order to provide assistance and advice to such small businesses with respect to the identification of products which have export potential, the combination of products for efficient exportation, and the development of export markets; (4) provide technical assistance and advice and financial support through grants and loans in accordance with the provisions of this Act; (5) provide institutional leadership to bring together small businesses who are interested in entering into joint exporting arrangements through the formation of a United States export assocation and to provide assistance in the formation of such associations; and (6) establish and conduct programs for the development of technical, professional, and managerial skills necessary to the establishment and operation of United States export associations, and for the development of liaison between the Agency, United States export associations, and international financial, investment, and marketing institutions. Provides for the Agency to assist associations of small businesses which have associated for the purpose of securing export advice and assistance in developing the operating agreements necessary to further joint export operations. Authorizes the agency to make technical assistance grants to such associations to finance management seminars and instruction for association members relating to market analysis, export marketing, channels of export distribution, the identification of original market areas for American products, the development of common catalogs and other marketing aids, and such other export information determined by the Agency to be appropriate. Authorizes as a deduction from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 a deficit in earnings and profits of an export association covered by this Act. Provides for the apportionment of such loss among the members of the export association. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums for each fiscal year as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Personal Safety Firearms Act - Title I: Registration - Makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly possess a firearm that is not registered under this Act. Excludes from the registration requirement any firearm which has previously not been registered, if it is held for sale by a certified dealer who keeps records as required by the Secretary of the Treasury or if it is possessed by a Federal, a State or a local government body. Allows to remain unregistered for 180 days after the effective date of this Act any firearm possessed by a person on such date and continuously held by that person during the 180 day period. Provides that a certified dealer, before selling a firearm to a person who must register it, must file such application with the Secretary at the time of sale. Requires that when a person other than a certified dealer sells a firearm, the purchaser must file an application for registration prior to receipt of the firearm. Stipulates that the application form to be prescribed by the Secretary must include at least the following: (1) the name, address, date, and place of birth, and social security number of the applicant; (2) the name of the manufacturer, caliber, the model, the type, and the serial number of the firearm; and (3) the date, place, and the person from whom the firearms was obtained and such person's appropriate registration or license number. Requires that the prospective registrant keep a duplicate of his registration application, which duplicate shall suffice as temporary evidence of registration. Provides for the automatic expiration of the certified record of a firearm upon any change of name of the registered owner or residence, unless the Secretary is notified within 30 days of such change. Makes unlawful the carrying of a firearm required to be registered without having a registration certificate or temporary evidence of registration. Makes unlawful the refusal to exhibit such required registration information upon demand of a law enforcement officer. Requires any registrant, who sells his registered firearm, to return his registration to the Secretary within 5 days of the sale and to give certain information about the transferee. Makes it mandatory for one who acquires a firearm subject to registration regulations to require the seller to exhibit a registration certificate, whose number must then be placed on the new registration application. Prohibits a licensed dealer from taking a firearm by way of pledge or pawn without also taking and retaining the registration certificate. Requires prompt notification of the death of a registrant or of the loss, theft or destruction of a firearm. Forbids a licensed dealer from selling ammunition for use in a firearm required to be registered without requiring the purchaser to exhibit his registration certificate for a firearm which uses such ammunition. Provides that whoever violates the registration requirements shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 and/or a fine not to exceed $10,000. Allows the Secretary to pay reasonable value for firearms voluntarily relinquished to him. Provides that any information as to any registration or application shall be disclosed only to the National Crime Information Center. Title II: Licensing - Requires the Secretary to determine which States have adequate permit systems for the possession of firearms and to publish in the Federal Register the names of such States. Provides for certain provisions to be met for an adequate permit system. Makes it unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise transfer any firearm or ammunition to any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer or licensed dealer unless: (1) the sale or transfer is not prohibited by any other provision of this Act and (2) the purchaser or transferee exhibits a valid permit issued to him by a State or political subdivision having an adequate permit system, or the purchaser or transferee exhibits a valid Federal gun license. Directs a licensed dealer to issue a Federal gun license to a person upon presentation of the following: (1) a valid official document issued by the person's State or political subdivision, showing his name, current address, age, signature and photograph; (2) a Statement, in a form to be prescribed by the Secretary and dated within six months and signed by the chief law enforcement officer (or his delegate) of the locality of residence of the person, that to the best of that officer's knowledge that person is not under indictment, has not been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, is not a fugitive from justice, and is not otherwise prohibited by any provision of Federal, States, or local law from possessing firearms and ammunition; (3) a statement in a form to be prescribed by the Secretary, dated within six months and signed by a licensed physician, that in his professional opinion such person is mentally and physically capable of possessing and using a firearm safely and responsibly; (4) a statement signed by the Secretary, that he may lawfully possess firearms and ammunition under the laws of the United States and of the State and political subdivision of his residence; and (5) a complete set of such person's fingerprints certified to by a Federal, State or local law enforcement officer, and a photograph reasonably identifying the person. Provides that such Federal gun licenses shall be issued in the form prescribed by the Secretary and shall be valid for a period not exceeding three years. Accords any person denied a Federal gun license the right to apply directly to the Secretary for the issuance of a Federal gun license. Permits, unless otherwise prohibited by this Act, a licensed dealer to ship a firearm or ammunition to a person only if the dealer confirms that the purchaser has been issued a valid permit pursuant to an adequate State permit system, a Federal gun license, or a Federal dealer's license, and notes the number of such permit or license. Prohibits any person to possess a firearm or ammunition without a valid State or local permit, if he is resident or a State or locality having an adequate permit system, or a Federal gun license. Title III: Hand-Held Firearms - Makes it unlawful for any person to import, manufacture, sell, buy, transfer, receive, or transport any hand held firearm which the Secretary determines to be unsuitable for such purposes as law enforcement, military and protective uses or hunting and sport shooting. Permits the Secretary, consistent with public safety and necessity, to exempt from the hand held firearm prohibition such importation, manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, or transportation of firearms by importers, manufacturers, dealers, licensed under this Act. Provides that such exemptions may take into consideration not only the needs of police officers and security guards, sportsmen, target shooters, and firearms collectors, but also small businesses in high crime areas and other who can demonstrate a special need for self-protection. Defines the term "hand held firearm" to mean any weapon designed or redesigned and intended to be fired while held in one hand; having a barrel less than ten inches in length and designed, redesigned or made or remade to use the energy of an explosive to expel a projectile or projectiles through a smooth or rifled bore. Title IV: General Provisions - Provides that no provision of this Act shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which such provisions operate to the exclusion of the law of a State or possession or political subdivision thereof, on the same subject matter, or to relieve any person of any obligation imposed by any law of any State, possession, or political subdivision thereof. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 923A; 931-938; Amends 18 U.S.C. 922(n))
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Provides that in the training of health professionals, under the Public Health Service Act there be an increased emphasis on the ethical, social, legal, and moral implications of advances in biomedical research and technology.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Dangerous Drug Tracer and Law Enforcement Information Act - Makes it unlawful under the Controlled Substance Act to manufacture or distribute Schedule II or Schedule III depressant and stimulant substances unless they contain tracer ingredients. Authorizes the Attorney General to require tracers in other substances as may be necessary to maintain effective control against diversion of such substances into other than legitimate channels. Requires the Attorney General, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and others knowledgeable in the manufacture, distribution and monitoring of controlled substances, to determine appropriate methods for incorporating tracers in depressants and stimulant controlled substances. Provides that the Attorney General shall conduct programs to implement the tracer program, develop rapid filed and laboratory tracer identification techniques, train local, State and Federal law enforcement personnel regarding the identification of tracer elements and investigation of diversion, and establish standards to evaluate diversion and tracer control of other controlled substances. Requires the Attorney General to establish regulations to obtain comprehensive information from State and local law enforcement agencies in order to assess the nature and extent of diversion and the impact of efforts to curb diversion. Sets forth additional methods by which the Attorney General shall obtain information on the diversion of controlled substances. Requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to the Congress on the nature and extent of controlled substances diversion, the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts to curb diversion of controlled substances, and the effectiveness of the tracer system. Provides that abandonment or failure to maintain effective controls against diversion or failure to provide a standard of control consistent with the public health or safety are grounds for suspension or revocation of the registration required to manufacture, distribute or dispense controlled substances under the Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next five fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary for carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Dangerous Drug Identification Act - Makes it unlawful to manufacture or distribute solid oral form controlled substances in schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act unless each solid oral form dosage unit carries a manufacturer's identification as required by regulation of the Attorney General. (Adds 21 U.S. 825(e))
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Emergency Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Benefits Program Amendments - Provides for the permanent elimination of the 120 percent State "on" and "off" indicators which determines elibility for participation in the unemployment compensation benefits program. Provides that the number of workers who have exhausted their regular unemployment compensation benefits will be counted in determing the level of insured unemployment. Eliminates the requirement that a State which triggers out of the program must wait at least 13 weeks before it may requalify.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Health Maintenance Organization Assistance Act - Establishes a demonstration program providing assistance to public and private organizations to plan, develop and expand health maintenance organizations during the next five fiscal years. States that the assistance will be in the form of grants and contracts for planning costs with priority for medically underserved areas and grants and contracts for costs of initial operation in medically underserved areas and grants and contracts for costs of initial operation in medically underserved areas. Requires review of, and opportunity to comment on, applications by State and local health planning authorities. Authorizes joint funding for all Federal assistance to any health maintenance organization with authority to waive normal contracting procedures if necessary. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out his responsibilities related to the provision of health care to Indians by contracting with health maintenance organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Barbiturate Control Act - Moves the following substances from schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act to schedule II: (1) amobarbital; (2) pentobarbital; (3) secobarbital; and (4) butabarbital.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Home Preservation Act - Title I: Refinancing for Home Preservation - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure any mortgage in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and to make commitments for such insurance prior to the date of the execution of any mortgage or any disbursement thereon. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to expedite, to the maximum extent feasible, the processing and approval of applications for such insurance. States that the purpose of this Act is to encourage the preservation and upgrading of existing low- and moderate-income housing through such a program of mortgage insurance. Provides that such mortgage insurance shall apply to predominately residential property which provide either low- or moderate-income housing and satisfies specified conditions regarding the property's potential and present condition. Provides for a limitation on the amount of indebtedness insured. Provides for complete amortization by periodic payments within terms satisfactory to the Secretary, as the mortgagor and mortgagee agree upon, but not to exceed 25 years. Provides that the interest rate on such mortgage shall not exceed the secretary's regulation. Provides percentage limitations upon the Secretary's insurance obligation with respect to the principal of a mortgage. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to assure that the purpose of the act is accomplished. Title II: Home Repair Loans for the Elderly and Handicapped - Provides that in order to assist elderly or handicapped families repair and improve their homes, the Secretary is authorized to provide assistance in the form of loans to qualified borrowers and in the form of advances when necessary to specified recipients. States that loan assistance shall limit the principal to the lesser of $5,000 or the cost of the necessary repairs and improvements, bear an interest rate of 3 percent, and be amortized within fifteen years. Provides that advances shall create a lien upon the property, will not exceed $5000 and bear no interest. Title III: Emergency Home Preservation Loans - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a loan agreement, upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, with a mortgagor who is temporarily unable to make monthly mortgage payments as a result of the death, disability, illness, or unemployment of the principal mortgagor for reasons beyond his control, which agreement provides for the making of disbursements on that loan in the form of periodic payments to a mortgagee on behalf of that mortgagor. Provides for loan limitations and regulations to be made by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary, upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to make home repair loans to homeowners who are unable to finance on reasonable terms, by any means other than this Act, the full cost of repairs necessary to maintain their homes. Defines who is a qualified borrower. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Creates a Home Preservation Fund which shall be used by the Secretary in administering this Act. Authorizes $50,000,000 to be appropriated for this fund.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the United States Government should seek the agreement of other governments to a treaty providing for the complete cessation of any research, experimentation, and use of any environmental or geophysical modification activity as a weapon of war. Declares that the Parties to this Treaty: (1) recognizes the vast scentific potential for human betterment through environmental and geophysical controls; (2) are aware of the great danger to the world ecological system of uncontrolled and indiscriminate use of environmental and geophysical modification activities; (3) recognizes that the development of weapons-oriented environmental and geophysical modification techniques will create a threat to peace and world order; and (4) proclaim as their principal aim the achievement of an agreement on the complete cessation of research, experimentation, and use of environmental and geophysical modification activities as weapons of war. Sets forth the Articles and terms of the proposed Treaty.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) continue in operation the Office of Economic Opportunity administering and supervising the important programs and activities entrusted to that Office under the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 utilizing fully funds appropriated by the Congress for such purposes; and (2) submit a revised budget request for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, requesting appropriations for the Office of Economic Opportunity and its administration of programs and activities entrusted to it under and in accordance with the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Authorizes each executive agency, under the Federal Property and Administration Services Act of 1949, to furnish excess property to any grantee under a program established by law and for which funds are appropriated by the Congress if the head of that executive agency determines that the use of excess property by that grantee will: (1) expand the ability of that grantee to carry out the purposes for which the grant was made; (2) result in a reduction in the cost to the government of the grant; or (3) result in a an enhancement in the product or benefit from the grant.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Program Information Act - Directs the President to transmit to Congress no later than May 1 of each regular session a catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs. Requires the catalog to be designed to assist the potential beneficiary to identify all existing Federal domestic assistance programs and to supply information for each program so that the potential beneficiary can determine whether particular assistance on benefits might be available to him for the purpose he wishes. Requires the catalog to contain a detailed index designed to assist the beneficiary to identify all Federal domestic assistance programs related to a particular need. Requires such catalog to be revised on quarterly intervals. Provides that the catalog be made available to the public at prices approximately equal to the cost in quantities adequate to meet the public demand. Provides that limited numbers be distributed to Congress and Federal agencies without cost.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Authorizes the Chairman of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities with the advice of the National Council to establish a program of contracts with, or grants in aid to, talented individuals or groups for the purpose of encouraging new project areas in the humanities. Establishes those standards, criteria, and procedures which a State must follow in order to receive assistance for such projects in any fiscal year. Prescribes the minimum amount which is to be allotted to any State agency and procedures for alloting funds for each fiscal year. Provides that assurances must be given to the Secretary of Labor that any State agency receiving funds shall pay all employees, involved in construction projects assisted by these funds, wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction projects in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act. Provides that the Council shall advise the Chairman with respect to policies, programs and procedures for carrying out his duties and responsibilities under the Act, and shall review applications or projects proposed for assistance. Prohibits the Chairman from approving or disapproving an application until a recommendation is received from the Council provided such recommendation is given within a reasonable time. Authorizes the Chairman, with the advice of the National Council on the Humanities, to develop and encourage scholarship and research programs. Provides that all loans made by the Endowment shall be made in accordance with terms approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. Names those persons who shall compose the Council and authorizes the President to designate the Chairman of the Council. Enumerates those conditions upon which the Chairman may receive a gift. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act for each year.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
National Health Insurance and Health Services Improvement Act - Title I: Amendments Relating to Health Insurance Provided by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act - Part A: Coverage of All Aged and Disabled; Extension Without Premium of Supplementary Benefits to All Covered Individuals - Revises title II of the Social Security Act, relating to who is entitled to hospital insurance benefits under medicare (title 18, part A), so as to include all persons aged 65 and older (including those not presently insured) and all others receiving benefits based upon their disability (including those 18 and over with childhood disability). Establishes entitlement to such benefits for widows aged 60 and over and for widowers aged 62 and over. Renames the present Health Insurance Program for the Aged to the "Health Insurance Program," and the program description is changed to refer to the disabled as well as to the aged. Repeals various provisions of the present supplementary program and transfers to a Federal Health Insurance Fund the assets and liabilities of the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund now used to finance current Part B benefits. Eliminates reference in the present medicaid law (title 19) to the present Part B, or supplementary program. Coordinates provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act with the expanded title XVIII (Medicare) program and includes disabled railroad retirement employees among those entitled to health insurance benefits, in a manner similar to those disabled covered under the Social Security Act. Part B: Coverage of Drugs - Expands the benefit coverage under the new title XVIII (Medicare) program to include protection against the costs of certain maintenance drugs appropriate to the treatment of certain long-term conditions. Provides for the cost-sharing by beneficiaries for such maintenance drugs available on an outpatient basis. Establishes the conditions for which drugs are to be included, how drug costs are to be paid, and other standards for administering and supervising a drug benefit under the program. Provides that the inclusion of a maintenance drug benefit be effective with respect to drugs dispensed after June 30, 1973. Part C: Annual Physical Checkups - Adds a new benefit to the revised title XVIII (Medicare) program by covering the costs of physical checkups to include eye examinations, ear examinations, and such other diagnostic tests or examinations which would be likely to reveal defects, diseases or conditions susceptible to effective treatment and control. Provides that check-up services shall include the costs of physicians' services appropriate for the interpretation, evaluation or analysis of these tests. Provides that the deductible provision, now applicable to the Part B program, would not apply in the case of expenses incurred for checkups, except that limits are placed upon the maximum charges which would constitute incurred charges for checkups. Makes these additional benefits avaialble after June 30, 1975. Part D Dental Services - Revises the new health insurance program so as to provide for routine dental care for children under 8 years of age. Provides that these benefits become available after June 30, 1975. Part E: Limitations on Certain Charges for Services, Physician's Qualifications - Revises effective January 1, 1972 the current "reasonable charges" section of the present Part B program and substitutes the phrase "appropriate and reasonable charges." Revises under Title 18 of the Social Security Act the definition of the term "physician" by imposing qualifications for physicians providing services under the health insurance program. Makes such qualifications related to standards for: (1) continuous professional education; (2) national minimum licensure requirements; and (3) performance of various specialty services. Provides that any physician or specialist failing to meet such standards would not be recognized as a "physician" for purposes of the program. Part F: Agreements with States for Administration - Permits the Secretary of HEW to arrange for State administration of the health insurance programs established pursuant to Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act. Provides for reimbursement to the States for costs of carrying out such agreements as made by the Secretary of HEW. Part G: Improvement in Organization of Health Care - Provides that the purpose of this part is to encourage the rational organization of health care services and facilities so as to provide greater continuity and comprehensiveness of care to the individual, to provide greater consumer education and participation, and to emphasize preventive, diagnostic,and early therapeutic services, to control the costs of services paid under the title and to stimulate diversity and innovation in the provision of health insurance protection. Authorizes the Secretary to develop, by means of contracts and by other methods, the growth of comprehensive health service systems. Requires such systems to agree to provide the basic benefits provided for in the revised health insurance program and to agree to carry out appropriate utilization and cost control responsibilities in connection with the provision of benefits. Requires such systems to be consistent with comprehensive health plans developed by each State. Authorizes the Secretary to use various means of reimbursement (other than a reasonable cost system) to pay for benefits provided by comprehensive health service systems, and permits him to develop special incentive provisions for these systems if their costs were generally less than costs otherwise experienced by the health insurance program. Authorizes a special employer-employee health plan option where employers provide for their employees' health care benefits under a qualified plan in lieu of benefits otherwise provided by the new program. Makes the effective date for the new Part G program July 1, 1972. Title II: Health Benefits for the General Public - Adds a new title XX to the Social Security Act to provide for the entitlement to benefits of the revised title 18 program for all persons not otherwise so entitled by reasons of other provisions in the law. Provides that any person, who is a resident and a citizen (or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence), not otherwise entitled to the revised title 18 program under the Social Security Act shall be entitled to the same benefits of that program on July 1, 1973. Provides that special provisions would govern the manner and period during which such entitlement would be established. Creates within the new Federal Health Insurance Trust Fund a special account known as the "Special Account for the Uninsured." Requires that benefits provided for persons entitled under title XX be paid from, and only from, this Special Account. Specifies the manner in which funds are to be appropriated to the Special Account within the Health Insurance Trust Fund. Title III: Financing of Health Insurance - Identifies and explains the taxing mechanism devised to provide the financial resources with which the national health insurance program will operate. Revises those sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to definitions for the purposes of Federal Insurance Contributions) by adding new subsections setting forth definitions of wage and self-employment income bases for purposes of health insurance. Provides that the wage and income bases on which taxes are imposed in connection with the financing of health insurance benefits provided under this Act shall be set at $15,000 rather than $7,800 per annum with respect to the tax paid by employees of the self-employed. Provides that no ceilings are placed on the wages with respect to taxes paid by the employer. Indicates that the effective date of the tax change and wage base shall begin with taxable years ending after December 1970. Revises the Internal Revenue Cose so as to include only within the framework of the revised taxing mechanism, certain additional categories of employees and employers formerly excluded from the taxing provisions used to finance benefits under Title XVIII, Social Security Act. Includes additional categories of employees for taxing purposes such as: individuals engaged in family employment; Federal, State, and local government employees; ministers; railroad employees; individuals in employ of tax-exempt organizations; and individuals in employ of registered subversive organizations. Includes employers of these individuals within the taxing mechanism for health insurance with the exception of employers falling into the categories of State and local governments and churches and religious orders. Provides that employment which includes the performance of service by an employee for an employer, who has in effect a contract with the Government relating to a comprehensive health service system, is excluded for purposes of health insurance taxation. Revises the Internal Revenue Code by establishing new tax rate schedules for health insurance purposes applicable equally to employers, employees, and self-employed individuals based upon a graduated scale during the calendar years of 1972-1976. Provides that, in addition to funds appropriated to the Federal Health Insurance Fund through taxing mechanism described above, there shall be appropriated from general revenues an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount deposited in the Health Insurance Fund collected by means of the payroll tax mechanism and any additional amounts that would have been appropriated if no agreements had been authorized for employer-employee health plan options. Title IV: Federal Aid to Establish Local Comprehensive Health Service Systems: (1) Findings and Declaration of Purpose - Provides that in keeping with its findings that present programs of health services fail to provide for continuous, efficient, and comprehensive health care, Congress declares that a system of national health insurance must be established in a way that will increase purchasing power, equality care, and affect a change in the health care system. Declares that the purpose of this title is the provision of financial and technical assistance through the awarding of grants and loans to health service institutions and organizagions in order to stimulate the planning, development, and implementation of comprehensive health service systems. (2) Basic Authority - Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to make such loans, grants, etc., as are provided for under this title. (3) Financial and Technical Assistance for Planning Comprehensive Health Service Systems - Establishes the criteria for systems wishing to receive financial and technical assistance from the Government for the purposes of developing comprehensive health service systems. Provides that such systems must, among other things, enter into an agreement with the Secretary to provide or arrange to provide services authorized by medicare. Provides that in addition to certain requirements concerning enrollment of beneficiaries in such systems, comprehensive health service systems must develop preventive health care programs, train and employ allied health personnel, and be organized in a manner consistent with the State's overall comprehensive health care plan. (4) Financial and Technical Assistance for Planning Comprehensive Health Service Systems - Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to make grants to public or non-profit hospitals, medical schools, any insurance carriers or non-profit prepayment plans to pay 80 percent of the cost of planning and development of a comprehensive health service system. Provides that applications for assistance under this title must be approved by a State health planning agency. (5) Financial and Technical Assistance for Operation of Approved Comprehensive Health Service Systems - Authorizes the Secretary to contract with approved comprehensive health service systems to pay so much of the administrative, operating, and maintenance costs of such system as exceed its income for the first five years after approval. Requires the contract to require the system to make efforts to enroll members, control costs and utilization of services, and otherwise maximize income and minimize costs. Permits the Secretary to terminate a contract after giving 6 months notice. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to systems for programs of capital development in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of non-Federal contributions otherwise required for construction and modernization of hospitals. Requires the awarding of such a grant to depend upon approval of the proposed project by the reasonable State health planning agency. (6) Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to carry out contracts pursuant to Title IV. (7) Definitions - Defines the term "comprehensive health service systems" so as to identify a system providing health care to an identified population group in a primary service area on the basis of contractual arrangements which embody group practice, are established by a medical school, a hospital medical staff or medical center or similar arrangements among the participating providers of services. Describes comprehensive health service systems as those which provide at least all services specified in Title XVIII (Medicare) under the Social Security Act as amended by this Act. Title V: Federally Chartered Health Insurance Corporations - Adds new sections to the Social Security Act authorizing the Secretary of HEW to establish various national health insurance corporations which will operate under the guidance of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to establish and contract with one or more federally chartered health insurance corporations for provision of health benefits under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Provides that such Health Insurance Corporations shall act as agents of the U.S. Government under the guidance of the Secretary of HEW.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senat that the President of the United States: (1) should propose an immediate suspension on underground nuclear testing to remain in effect so long as the Soviet Union abstains from underground testing; and (2) should set forth promptly a new proposal to the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics and other nations for a permanent treaty to ban all nuclear tests.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Education of the Handicapped Amendments - Provides for additional positions in the Bureau for the Education and Training of the Handicapped. Authorizes appropriations under the Education of the Handicapped Act for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 for: (1) grants to the States, (2) specified centers and services, (3) personnel training, (4) research, (5) instructional media, and (6) specific learning disabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Permits the donation of surplus supplies and equipment to State and local recreation agencies by authority of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Congressional Budgetary Review Reform Act - Provides that the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall make estimates of the expected revenues of the United States and report to the Congress on such estimate. Authorizes the Joint Committee to hold hearings not later than 10 days after the budget has been submitted to Congress and to make recommendations to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the outlays and revenues expected for such fiscal year. Requires that the Appropriations Committees of each House of Congress report a bill to their respective Houses within a set time establishing the total amount of outlays to be made during the fiscal year. Gives to such budgetary bill reported in each House a privileged status, and limits debate to not more than five consecutive calendar days. Outlines procedures involving debate of the measure. Directs the appointment of Conferees to settle differences between the bills presented to each House of Congress. Provides that the total amount of outlays of the budget must be enacted into law within 45 days of a continuous session of Congress. Provides that only one appropriation measure shall be reported with respect to any one fiscal year which shall specifically enumerate activities and programs and those amounts obligated to each. Prohibits amendment to the appropriation measure reported unless such amendment specifies the amount of outlays for that fiscal year that may be made with respect to such activity or program and includes a reduction in some other outlay or a direction that the Committee on Appropriations recommend and report a reduction in outlay so that total outlays shall not exceed those of the originally reported measure. Allows recommendation for revision of the budget after it has been enacted into law by the Congress or President. Outlines that procedure by which certain recommendations shall become immediately effective with respect to such fiscal year. Restricts supplemental, emergency, deficiency appropriations to the total amount originally specified with respect to such fiscal year. Specifies the content of committee reports accompanying each budget measure in each house. Provides that the President shall have the power to reserve any amount of an obligational authority given by such appropriation only if such amount to be reserved is not necessary for the efficient operation of the activity or program, and such program or activity can continue fully without the amount so reserved.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Provides that funds appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out any Federal program shall not be made available to any organization unless such organization has given acceptable assurance that such funds will not be used in research involving human subjects in the absence of initial and continuing review and approval by an appropriate organizational committee. States that such review shall determine that: (1) the rights and welfare of the subjects involved are adequately protected; (2) the risks to the individual are outweighed by the potential benefits to him or by the importance of the knowledge to be gained; and (3) informed consent is to be obtained by methods that are adequate. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to identify those Federal programs which may involve human subjects at risk, set guidelines for the establishment of organizational committees, and establish such additional regulations as the implementation of this Act may require.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Gifted and Talented Children's Educational Assistance Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to assist State and local educational agencies to develop special educational programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to administer the programs and projects authorized by this Act and to coordinate all Federal programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes the Commissioner to establish independently or locate in an existing clearinghouse the National Clearinghouse on Gifted and Talented Children and Youth. States that the clearinghouse shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of such youth. Authorizes to be appropriated for the establishment and operation of the clearinghouse $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $1,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to assist the States in the initiation, expansion, and improvement of programs and projects for the education of such youth at the preschool, elementary and secondary school levels. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making such grants $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and for the succeeding fiscal year. Provides that 3 percent of the amounts appropriated for such grants shall be allotted among Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific according to their respective needs. States that 85 percent of the amounts appropriated shall be allocated to the States according to a formula set forth in this Act, except that no State shall be allotted less than $50,000. Provides that 15 percent of such funds shall be used for special project grants. Provides that any State which desires to receive such grants shall submit a State plan through its State educational agency to the Commissioner. Sets forth requirements that each such plan shall contain. Provides for judicial review of the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of State plans under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to assist them in establishing or maintaining a program for training personnel engaged in or preparing to engage in educating gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $20.000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that at least 50 percent of such funds but not more than 75 percent shall be expended for the training of leadership personnel. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct or make grants to or enter into contracts with States or other organizations set forth in this Act for research and related purposes, relating to the education of gifted and talented youth. Authorizes to be appropriated $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Allows a tax deduction for income tax purposes in the case of a disabled individual for expenses for transportation to and from work. Provides an additional exemption of up to $750 for income tax purposes for a taxpayer or spouse who is disabled.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Equal Credit Opportunity Act - Prohibits discrimination by any federally insured bank, savings and loan association, or credit union against any individual on the basis of sex or marital status in credit transactions and in connection with application for credit. Provides civil penalties for persons violating this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides for postal rate reductions for various classification of publications over a specified period of time. Permits the first 250,000 pieces of each issue of a publication of a class authorized under specified sections of the Postal Law to be mailed at a rate which is 66 percent of the otherwise applicable temporary or permanent rate than in effect. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to credit specified sums to the Postal Service Fund. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626 and 39 U.S.C. 2401)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Transportation, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, shall establish appropriate Federal motor vehicle safety standards for schoolbuses and schoolbus equipment. Provides that the Secretary shall procure experimental, prototype, and other schoolbuses for research and testing of safety standards. Requires the manufacturers or distributors of schoolbuses to certify that each such schoolbus was individually inspected and test driven for the purpose of determining its conformity to all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards. Provides that the National Transportation Safety Board shall make rules and regulations governing notification, reporting and investigating of each accident involving a schoolbus which results in death to any person.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Antipoisoning Act - Provides that no person shall: (1) make field use of any chemical toxicant on any Federal lands for the purpose of killing predatory animals; or (2) make field use of any chemical toxicant which causes any secondary poisoning effect for the purpose of killing other mammals, birds, or reptiles. Provides that any person convicted of any violation of this section, or any regulation promulgated under this Act, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Authorizes the appropriation of $400,000 to enforce the provisions of this part. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a program of research which shall concern the control and conservation of predatory and depredating animals and the abatement of damage caused by such animals. Authorizes the Secretary to provide, in the three fiscal years following enactment of this Act, financial assistance to any State which may annually propose to administer a program for the control of predatory animals. Authorizes to be appropriated for such financial assistance $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1974, $2,000,000 in fiscal year 1975, and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1976. Specifies poisons which may not be distributed under this Act for use in predator control programs.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Extends the provisions of the Railway Labor Act relating to the creation of an emergency board for an additional period of time so that no change, except by agreement, shall be made, by the Penn Central Transportation Company or by its employees, in the conditions out of which such labor dispute arose prior to 12:01 antemeridian of May 9, 1973. Requires the President, not later than forty-five days from the enactment of this joint resolution to submit to the Congress a report, which, regardless of the settlement of the particular dispute between the Penn Central Transportation Company and its employees represented by the United Transportation Union, provides a full and comprehensive plan for the preservation of essential rail transportation services in the Northeast section of the Nation, including the President's proposals, if any, regarding Federal financial expenditures necessary for restoration or preservation of rail transportation services imperiled by the financial failure of rail carriers, and for alternative means for providing essential transportation services now provided by such carriers. Requires the President, not later than thirty days prior to the expiration date specified in the first section of this joint resolution, to submit to the Congress a full and comprehensive report containing: (1) the progress, if any, of negotiations between the Penn Central Transportation Company and its employees represented by the United Transportation Union; and (2) any such recommendations for a proposed solution of the dispute described in this joint resolution as he deems appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Bicentennial Advanced Technology Transportation System Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a comprehensive study of a high-speed ground transportation system between Washington, District of Columbia, and Annapolis, Maryland, and a high-speed marine vessel transportation system between the Baltimore-Annapolis area in Maryland and the Yorktown-Williamsburg-Norfolk area in Virginia. Authorizes the construction of such system if such study demonstrates their feasibility. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Extends the coverage and protection of the National Labor Relations Act to any corporation or association operating a hospital, if no part of the net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Amendment - Authorizes appropriations under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 for the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities through fiscal year 1976.
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