United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1973
Authorizes reduced rate transportation for handicapped persons and for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older or twenty-one years of age or younger under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the Interstate Commerce Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Fire Safety and Education Act - Declares the findings of Congress and states the purposes of this Act, including: (1) to protect the public against unreasonable risks of death, injury, and property loss associated with fire accidents; and (2) to provide training and education beyond the basic training received by firefighters, including public awareness efforts. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to develop: (1) a comprehensive national fire research and development program to determine the causes of fires, frequency of occurrence, and other pertinent factors, and develop more effective measures of protection against the hazards of death, injury, and damage to property resulting from fire; (2) educational and training programs in fire safety; and (3) a comprehensive fire data and information program. Directs the Secretary to coordinate and review existing and future Federal interagency research and development programs, fire data programs, and fire training and education programs. Provides that the Secretary shall appoint a Fire Safety Advisory Council, to be composed of fifteen members, which he may consult before taking any action under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that the Secretary may perform the functions authorized by the Act either directly or through contracts. (Repeals 15 U.S.C. 278(f) and (g))
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1973
Independent Special Prosecutor Act - Directs the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to appoint a Special Prosecutor who shall have the duties and powers prescribed in this Act. Authorizes the Chief Judge to appoint a Deputy Special Prosecutor, to assist the Special Prosecutor in the performance of his duties and who, in the event of the disability of the Special Prosecutor or vacancy in the office of Special Prosecutor, shall temporarily become Special Prosecutor until the Chief Judge appoints a Special Prosecutor. Authorizes the Special Prosecutor to have exclusive jurisdiction, to investigate, as he deems appropriate, and prosecute against and in the name of the United States: (1) offenses arising out of the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate; (2) other offenses arising out of the 1972 Presidential election; (3) offenses alleged to have been committed by the President, Presidential appointees, or members of the White House staff; (4) all other matters referred to the former Special Prosecutor pursuant to regulations of the Attorney General; and (5) offenses relating to or arising out of any such matters. Empowers the Special Prosecutor with authority with respect to specified matters set forth in this Act; including (1) to determine whether or not to contest the assertion of Executive Privilege or any other testimonial privilege; and (2) to receive appropriate national security clearance and review all evidence sought to be withheld on grounds of national security and if necessary contest in court any claim of privilege or attempt to withhold evidence on grounds of national security. Provides that all investigations, prosecutions, litigation and grand jury or other proceedings initiated by the former Special Prosecutor shall be continued, as the Special Prosecutor deems appropriate, by him, and he shall become successor counsel for the United States in all such proceedings, notwithstanding any substitution of counsel made after October 20, 1973. States that the Special Prosecutor shall carry out his duties under this Act within two years, except as necessary to complete trial or appellate action on indictments then pending. Empowers the Chief Judge to dismiss the Special Prosecutor or the Deputy Special Prosecutor if he determines they have willfully violated the provisions of this Act or committed other extraordinary improprieties, and for no other reason. Provides that the Special Prosecutor solely shall exercise the powers and perform the duties specified in this Act and that neither the Chief Judge or the President of the United States, nor any other officer of the United States shall have any authority to direct, countermand, or interfere with any action taken by the Special Prosecutor pursuant to this Act. Provides that neither the President of the United States, nor any other officer of the United States, shall have any authority to remove the Special Prosecutor from office. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Title I: Alpine Lakes Wilderness - Designates as wilderness specified lands in the Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests, Washington. States that these lands shall be known as the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Title II: Land Acquisition - Provides that, within the boundaries of the wilderness, the Secretary of Agriculture may acquire lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase, or exchange.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate specified lands in the Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests, Washington, as Alpine Lakes Wilderness and Enchantment Wilderness for inclusion in the national wilderness preservation system.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Provides for the establishment of the Alpine Lakes National Recreation Area, including within it the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, in the State of Washington. States that the administration, protection, and development of the area shall be by the Secretary of Agriculture. Prescribes the rules governing the acquisition of property and the authorities of the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of land and interests in land and such sums as may be necessary for the study of and/or development of recreation facilities pursuant to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
National Emergency Petroleum Act - Title I: Statement of Findings and Purposes - States the purposes of this Act, including to: (1) protect the public welfare and the national security in the face of critical energy shortages; and (2) provide a national program to conserve scarce energy resources, through mandatory and voluntary rationing and conservation measures. Title II: Emergency Fuel Shortage Contingency Programs - Authorizes the President to declare a national or regional emergency requiring implementation of emergency fuel shortage contingency programs as provided for in this title. States that the President shall promulgate reguirements for emergency rationing, conservation, and contingency programs to be implemented by State and local governments in the event there is an emergency fuel shortage. Provides that such programs shall include: (1) an established priority system and plan for rationing of scarce fuel among distributors and consumers during periods of critical shortages, and (2) measures to reduce energy consumption in the affected area by 10 percent within ten days, and by 25 percent within four weeks after implementation. Directs the President, in time of actual or impending emergency fuel shortage, to: (1) reguire existing electrical powerplants burning petroleum or natural gas which have the capability, to revert to burning coal; (2) authorizes independent regulatory authorities to permit variances form existing schedules and routings in order to conserve fuel; and (3) develop and implement federally sponsored incentives for the public transportation. Provides mandatory Federal actions to increase available domestic petroleum supplies. Authorizes the President to take specified actions to extend and develop contigency supplies of oil and gas reserves. Title II: Administration and Authorization - Directs the President to submit to Congress requirements for the emergency fuel shortage contingency programs to be approved by Congress unless the Congress specifically disapproves and offers alternative provisions. Authorizes the Cost of Living Council to develop incentives to encourage private industry and individual persons to subscribe to the goals of this Act. Authorizes the President to make grants to any State or major metropolitan government for the purpose of assisting in developing, administering, and enforcing emergency fuel shortage contingency plans under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $150,000,000 for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength be implemented by continuing to transfer to Israel, by whatsoever means necessary, Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the aggressors.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
National Food Bank Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the storage of food commodities in geographically dispersed areas of the United States so that such commodities will be readily available for distribution in any area which suffers a major disaster. Authorizes the Secretary to take such action as he deems necessary to maintain fresh, nutritious supplies of food commodities and to provide for the periodic turnover of such commodities to avoid spoilage.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Claims Adjudication Acts - Provides, under the Interstate Commerce Act and the Harter Act, that an action for loss, damage or injury by owners, shippers and receivers of property transported in interstate or foreign commerce, may include a claim for the recovery of attorney's fees unless the defendant common carrier, railroad, or transportation company has filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission giving notice that it accepts as final an adjudication of liability by the Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Oil and Gas Regulatory Reform Act - Title I: Natural Gas Natural Gas Amendments - States that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall, with specified exceptions, apply to the transportation and sale of natural gas and/or to natural gas companies engaged in such transportation and sale. Sets forth the definitions of the terms used in such Act. Directs the Federal Power Commission to establish and periodically revise a national area rate for production of natural gas, reflecting differences in production costs, state taxation, and similar costs. Prescribes the rules for implementation of such rates. States that the Commission shall not order any increase in existing area rates for natural gas unless such an increase is justified on the basis of an actual increase in costs of operation or maintenance (including a fair rate of return). Provides that in determining present and future requirements of consumers for natural gas, the Commission shall implement conservation policies including rate design revision, end use controls, and termination of promotional practices. Directs the Commission to conduct studies of the transportation and sale of natural gas throughout the United States whether or not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, make an independent evaluation of the proven and probable natural gas reserves of the United States identifying volumes committed to contract and volumes not committed and the reasons for such noncommitment. Directs the Commission to conduct studies of the transportation and sale of natural gas throughout the United States whether or not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and make an independent evaluation of the proven and probable natural gas reserves of the United States identifying volumes committed to contract and volumes not committed and the reasons for such noncommitment. Authorizes the Commission to obtain reserve information on natural gas reserves from natural gas companies, whether or not such companies are otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. Provides that a small producer shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act for a period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that each new producer contract, other than a small producer contract, shall be filed by the producer with the Commission. States that upon such filing, the Commission shall review the contract to insure that the rate does not exceed the national area rate and (1) approve such contract unconditionally; (2) approve such contract subject to such reasonable terms and conditions specified by the Commission as to price, expiration, determination, or other provision thereof; or (3) disapprove such contract. Requires that natural gas which is produced from its own wells by a natural-gas company engaged in the transporation of natural gas in commerce, which is not sold under a producer contract, and which is taken and delivered into its own transportation facilities or into the transportation facilities of any person transporting such natural gas for its account in interstate commerce shall be delivered only pursuant to a schedule of terms and conditions, including pricing provisions, applicable to the taking of such natural gas. States that any new producer contract shall be accepted for filing if it includes any of specified types of indefinite pricing clauses. Prescribes that conditions under which a seller shall be entitled to receive a price increase for natural gas. Authorizes the Commission to allocate natural gas among pipelines to attain specific objectives including: (1) protection of public health, safety, and welfare, and the national defense; (2) maintenance of all public services; and (3) maintenance of all essential agricultural operations directly related to the cultivation, production, and preservation of food. Title II: Oil Pipeline Transportation - Oil Pipeline Transportation Act - Transfers all function of the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to the regulation of oil pipelines to the Federal Power Commission. Provides that whenever the Commission finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order, direct an oil pipeline company (1) to extend or improve its transportation or storage facilities, or (2) establish a physical connection of its transportation or storage facilities with the facilites of any person engaged or legally authorized to engage in the refining or distribution of oil. States that no oil pipeline company shall (1) abandon its facilities or any service rendered without the permission and approval of the Commission; or (2) undertake the construction of extension of any facilities for the transportation or storage of oil, unless there is in force a certificate issued by the Commission authorizing such acts. Prescribes the procedures and requirements for granting of such certificates of public convenience and necessity. States that the Commission shall not grant, issue, or renew a certificate of public convience and necessity until it has received the advice of the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission. Makes it unlawful for any pipeline company to refuse to provide any shipper of such oil or products who meets minimum tender requirements access of exit storage of terminal facilities at any origin point of any destination point. Provides that a pipeline company may file an application with Commission requesting that the required minimum tender be raised. States that in every determination by the Commission upon an application for an increased tender, the burden of proof shall be on the applicant. Requires that such hearing shall include consideration of: (1) evidence from factural tests of the degree of intermixture of crude oil or refined petroleum products; (2) other relevant scientific, technological, and engineering calculations; (3) the opinion of the National Transportation Safety Board; (4) the opinion of the Department of Justice regarding the effects on competition of the proposed increased minimum tender as requested by such pipeline company. Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Commission to monitor the activities of oil pipeline companies subject to the provisions of this Act by periodic investigations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1973
Technology Resources Survey and Application Act - Declares the findings of Congress. Establishes, under the National Aeronautics and Space Act, the National Technology Resources Council in the Executive Office of the President. Specifies the membership composition of such Council. Makes it the function of the Council to prepare a technology resources survey and to advise and assist the President with respect to other technology resource matters. Directs the Council to prepare and transmit to the President and Congress a technology resources survey identifying the existing scientific, engineering and technologucal activities, capabilities, which each might be used to practical advantage in the resolution of the nation's critical domestic problems. Enumerates the items to be included in such survey. Authorizes the Council to exercise specified administrative powers. Directs the Administrator, through the Office of Technology Application to: (1) upon request, furnish technical assistance to the Council; (2) upon direction of the Council, accept responsibility for specific domestic problems and (3) utilize aerospace firm and other scientific organizations in the private sector to assist in developing scientific strategies for the resolution of critical domestic problems. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Technology Resources Council $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Provides that any regulations published or promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency for grants for the construction of treatment works under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, prior to the date of enactment of this joint resolution are hereby set aside and are declared to be of no legal effect and no moneys appropriated shall be distributed in accordance with such regulations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within thirty days after enactment of this joint resolution, to publish and submit to the Congress regulations for grants for the construction of treatment works so as to effect an equitable allocation of appropriated funds among all qualified projects on which construction was initiated after June 20, 1966, but before July 1, 1972. Within thirty days of congressional session following the receipt of such regulations. Authorizes the Committee on Public Works of either House to report a resolution of disapproval of such regulations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, at the time such regulations are submitted to the Congress, to notify each State.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1973
Provides, with enumerated exceptions, for the continued operation of the Public Health Service hospitals located in Seattle, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; San Francisco, California, Galveston, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Baltimore, Maryland; Staten Island, New York; and Norfolk, Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to close or reduce the level of health care in such hospitals if Congress by law specifically authorizes such action.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Permits the Federal Communications Commission to grant radio station licenses in the safety and special and experimental radio services directly to aliens, representatives of aliens, foreign corporations, or domestic corporations with alien officers, directors, or stockholders. Permits aliens holding such radio station licenses to be licensed as operators.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Energy Conservation Research and Development Act - Establishes the Energy Conservation Research and Development Corporation, having a Board of five Directors, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. Provides for the appointment, terms of office, and rates of compensation of such Board members. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation, from moneys available to it in the fund established by this Act, to conduct research and development in, and contract with any State or political subdivision, Federal agency, or private corporation for the conduct of research and development in, areas which offer substantial potential for the conservation of energy resources, including: (1) improvement in materials for, and design of, buildings to conserve energy resources; (2) urban area design; (3) improvement of transportation vehicles, with emphasis on small cars and alternatives to the internal combustion engine; (4) improvement in design of transportation systems; and (5) improvement in the energy-utilization efficiency of industrial processes. Provides that, in utilizing the results of such research and development, the Corporation shall have authority to exercise enumerated powers, including: (1) enter into arrangements to utilize, on an experimental or demonstration basis, the results of activities carried out pursuant to this Act; (2) make recommendations to appropriate Federal agencies and departments, including regulatory agencies; and (3) provide energy conservation information to any Federal or State executive or legislative body. Requires the Corporation to transmit annual reports of its activities to the President and the Congress. Provides for the dissolution of the Corporation on or before the expiration of ten years. States that the Corporation shall not extend any assistance, financial or otherwise, or enter into any agreement unless a State first agrees to establish an Energy Conservation Council whose functions shall be to: (1) coordinate energy conservation efforts on a State level; (2) disseminate the results of energy conservation activities carried out under this Act; (3) provide advice to State and local governmental units and private industry on energy research and development, including consulting and technical services; and (4) advise the Corporation with respect to areas the State deems to be of high priority for research by the Corporation. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the Energy Conservation Research and Development Fund. Provides for the crediting of specified monies to such Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund, for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next following nine fiscal years, such amount as is necessary to make the income of the fund $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $500,000,000 for each of the next following eight fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Provides that whenever the Interstate Commerce Commission determines that any person, class of persons, service, or trnasportation is: (1) not necessary to effectuate the National Transportation Policy; (2) not necessary for effective regulation by the Commission; or (3) serves little or no useful public purpose, it may exempt such persons, service, or transportation from provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Permits, under the Interstate Commerce Act, contracts between freight forwarders and railroads. Requires that such contracts be just, fair and equitable, non-prejudicial to participants or any other freight forwarder, and consistent with the National Transportation Policy. Retains the 450-mile limiation in connection with line-haul transportation by motor common carriers. Exempts such contracts from the antitrust laws. Requires that the contracts be made pursuant to procedures filed with and approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Permits all rail carriers can participate in such contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Confers jurisdiction upon the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize single carrier acquisitions, limited, to the requirement that authorization be obtained for railroads having operating revenues in excess of $5 million annually and all other carriers having operating revenues in excess of $1 million annually. Authorizes the Commission to designate a person not a carrier to be a carrier for purposes of reporting, maintaining accounts and issuing securities. Empowers the Commission to promulgate rules and regulations relating to transactions between affiliated companies and railroads having operating revenues in excess of $5 million annually and other carriers having operating revenues in excess of $1 million annually. Establishes a presumption of control where any person owns 10 percent or more of the voting securities of the carrier. Provides that the Commission may enter such orders including divestiture, whenever it finds that the continued maintenance of control will impair the ability of a carrier to render its services. Requires the recording in the manner prescribed by the Commission, of the beneficial or record ownership by those who hold more than 1 percent of any class of stock of a railroad having operating revenues in excess of $5 million annually, or 5 percent of any other carrier having operating revenues in excess of $4 million annually. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Interstate Commerce Act. Authorizes the Commission to prescribe the accounts and reports to be rendered by persons controlling, controlled by and under common control with carriers, and by carriers themselves. Permits the inspection of the records of such persons, as well as those of the carriers themselves. Makes it a crime to misappropriate funds by the officials of carriers and persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with such carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall have the authority to inspect and copy any and all accounts, books, memoranda and other documents of railroad carriers, lessors and associations, whether or not such documents are related to their prescribed or authorized accounting and corporate records. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 20(5)).
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both: (1) studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and (2) planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Sets forth the qualifications and application such a grant must meet. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for: (1) the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems: (2) projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems; and (3) support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices and delivery. Defines "eligible entity" as a State, a unit of general local government, a public entity administering a compact or other regional arrangement or consorium, or any other public entity and any nonprofit private entity. Requires that an emergency medical services system shall: (1) include an adequate number of health professions, allied health professions, and other health personnel with appropriate training and experience; (2) provide for its personnel appropriate training and continuing education programs; (3) join the personnel, facilities, and equipment of the system by a central communications system; (4) include an adequate number of necessary ground, air, and water vehicles and other transportation facilities to meet the individual characteristics of the system's service area; and (5) provide other enumerated criteria services. Authorizes, for the purpose of making payments pursuant to specified grants and contracts, to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $70,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Directs the Secretary to administer the program of grants and contracts through an identifiable administrative unit within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that the Secretary shall establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy of all Federal activities which relate to emergency medical services. Provides for the appointment of Committee members. Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary may make grants to an enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, nursing, and training centers for allied health professions to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a study on the legal barriers to the effective delivery of medical care under emergency conditions and to report the results of such study to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
National Agency for Transportation Safety Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares it to be the purpose of this Act to promote safety in transportation. Provides that the National Transportation Safety Board shall, on and after the ninetieth day after the date of enactment of this Act, be known as the National Agency for Transportation Safety and shall be an independent agency of the United States. Provides that the Agency shall be directed and administered by an Administrator. Directs the Administrator to establish bureaus to investigate and report on accidents involving the following modes of transportation: aviation; marine and maritime; highway and motor vehicle; railroad and rail; and pipeline. Provides for staffing and supplies of the Agency. Enumerates the duties of the Agency, including: (1) investigate, analyze, and determine the cause or probable cause of specified transportation accidents; (2) report in writing on the facts, conditions, and circumstances of each accident investigated; (3) issue periodic reports to the Congress, Federal, State, and local agencies concerned with transportation safety; (4) advocate the cause of safety in transportation in accordance with this Act; (5) conduct special studies on matters pertaining to safety in transportation, including human injury avoidance; (6) assess techniques of accident investigation; (7) develop a sophisticated capacity to monitor the adequacy of safeguards concerning the transportation of hazardous materials; and (8) review on appeal the suspension, amendment, modification, revocation, or denial of any operating certificate or license issued by the Secretary of Transportation, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Directs that the Administrator shall be appointed by the President within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate from lists of qualified individuals recommended by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Comptroller General of the United States. Sets forth the Administrator's term of office and powers. Provides that whenever the Administrator determines that the result of specified Federal department or agency proceedings may substantially affect aviation, marine, motor vehicle, railroad, or pipeline safety, the Administrator may intervene on behalf of the Agency as a party. States that the Administrator or any duly designated employee of the Agency is authorized to intervene, or otherwise to participate, in any State or local agency or court proceeding, where the Administrator determines that the result of such proceeding may substantially affect an important interest of the public in transportation safety, accident avoidance, or accident loss reduction and such intervention or participation has been requested in writing. Requires the Administrator to report annually to Congress and specifies the content of such report. Requires copies of any communication, document, investigation or other information received or sent by the Administrator or any employee of the Agency to be made available to the public upon identifiable request, and at reasonable cost, unless such information may not be publicly released. States that whenever the Agency submits a recommendation regarding transportation safety to the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary shall respond formally and in writing to such recommendation not later than one hundred and twenty days after receipt. Requires such response to contain enumerated items regarding the recommendation. Provides for review of operating certificates and license actions of the Secretary by a Review Board consisting of the Administrator and Assistant Administrators. Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Acts. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act such sums as are necessary, not to exceed $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 · 10 September 1973
States that the increases in the monthly benefits and lump-sum death payments under title II of the Social Security Act shall be increased by 7 percent beginning January 1974 (presently increased by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for June 1973 exceeds that for June 1972, beginning April 1974).
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Federal Food Inspection Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, to propose regulations which shall specify the surveillance procedures that he will follow for the detection and prevention of adulterated food. States that any person adversely affected by proposed regulations may file objections with the Secretary and request a hearing. Provides that if the Secretary finds a threat to the public health or welfare which requires that there be an immediate increase in the level of surveillance with respect to any food, he may direct an increase in the level of such surveillance to the extent that he determines necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individuals' earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Declares that the United States Senate does hereby congratulate and felicitate the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the Honorable John C. Stennis, on his birthday and expresses the wish that he will enjoy many other such anniversaries in the future. Declares that members of the Senate greatly miss the distinguished Senator and wish for him an early return to the Senate Chamber and to his duties in the Senate. Directs that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and a copy furnished to Mr. Stennis.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
National Forest Environmental Management Act - Declares that comprehensive planning is needed to secure the greatest net public benefit from the National Forest System. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act, including differentiations between "forest land," "rangeland," and "recreational land." Title I: General Management Authority - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage the National Forest System in a manner which will assure payment of fair market value by users of such lands and which will provide maximum opportunities for the public to participate in decisionmaking concerning such lands. Prescribes rules regarding the management of national forest lands and the authority for promulgation of such rules. Requires the Secretary to prepare an inventory of all national forest lands, and their tangible and intangible resource values. Specifies the content and currency of such inventory. Provides that the Secretary shall develop, maintain, and revise land use plans for the National Forest System. States that in the development and maintenance of such land use plans, the Secretary shall: (1) use a systematic interdisciplinary approach integrating physical, biological, economic, and social sciences considerations; (2) give priority to the protection of areas of critical environmental concern; (3) consider the relative scarcity of the values involved; (4) weigh long-term public benefits against short-term local or individual benefits; and (5) consider the requirements of applicable pollution control laws. Provides that the Secretary shall present to the Congress a long-range natural resources physical budget for the National Forest System which sets forth specified factors. Enumerates such factors. States that in fiscal year 1975 and thereafter at the start of each decade the Secretary shall present to the Congress his estimate of the natural resources physical budget of the National Forest System along with his recommendations for each of the next 5 decades ahead. Provides for public hearings and a joint resolution by Congress on such policy. Requires that there be included in the annual fiscal budget for the management of the National Forest System a request for funding sufficient to assure a high level of resource growth and production under high environmental standards. Requires that as part of this goal each annual budget contain a request for funds sufficient to reforest an acreage equal to at least 110 percent of the area on which it is estimated timber will be harvested in the preceding fiscal year plus an amount to improve the stands of young growing forests with trees between the ages of five years and seventy-five years on an acreage equal to at least 110 percent of the areas computed above. Directs the Secretary to determine an environmentally sound level of timber harvest for the commercial forest land within each national forest management unit. Provides that the Secretary shall determine an environmentally sound level of grazing, water, soil, recreation, and wildlife management for each national forest management unit. Title II: Other Acts Amended - Specifies new procedures for the sale of trees and forest products. Provides that the Secretary shall maintain a long-term, decade ahead, and annual transportation plan for the national forests. States that the on-the-ground field offices, district rangers and forest supervisors, and the field supervisory offices and regional offices shall be so situated as to provide the optimum level of convenient, useful services to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
Revises the Provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act which (1) requires that vessel cargo space be used for carrying not more than three bulk commodities; and (2) defines vessels as used in the concurrent transportation of commodities in bulk in the same vessel with other commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Claims Adjudication Act - Provides, under the Interstate Commerce Act and the Harter Act, for the recovery by owners, shippers, and receivers of property transported in interstate or foreign commerce of claims against surface transportation companies subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, for damages sustained as the result of loss, damage, injury, or delay in transit to such property. Authorizes appropriations of up to $3,000,000 for each fiscal year for the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Regulated Carriers Minimum Insurance Requirements Act - Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the filing of surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in such reasonable amount as the Commission may require, to be conditioned to pay for loss of or damage to property with respect to which a transportation service subject to the Interstate Commerce Act is performed.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Transfers to the Secretary of Commerce those functions of the Secretary of the Interior relating to encouraging, promoting, and developing travel within the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Provides for grants under the Public Health Service Act to public and private nonprofit organizations to assist them in purchasing mobile health units to serve residents of medically underserved areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1976, respectively, of $10,000,000; $15,000,000; and $20,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Provides that nothing under Part I (railroad and pipeline carriers) of the Interstate Commerce Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property at free or at reduced rates for the United States, States, or municipal governments to the extent that such services are performed in time of war or other national emergency, or involves the transportation of commodities which are exempt from economic regulation under the provisions of part II or III, or for charitable purposes, or to or from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat, or the free carriage of destitute and homeless persons transported by charitable societies, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation, or the transportation of persons for the United States Government free or at reduced rates, or the issuance of mileage, excursion, or commutation passenger tickets.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Authorizes the payment of $16,900 to the city of Asotin, Washington to avert damage to its fiscal system in connection with the Lower Granite lock and dam.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Offshore Marine Environment Protection Act - Declares that the purpose of this title, to be included in the Ports and Waterways Safety Act, is to regulate the siting, construction, and operation of deepwater port facilities and to provide for the protection of the marine and coastal environment. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides that no citizen of the United States may construct or operate a deepwater port facility except on the basis of written plans recommended for authorization and approval by the Commandant of the Coast Guard and authorized and approved by the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Prescribes the conditions under which the Secretary may issue a license to construct or operate a deepwater port facility. Specifies the circumstances under which such licenses shall be revoked or suspended. States that prior to the issuance of any license the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall grant or deny certification of a deepwater port facility which would affect the marine and coastal environment. Directs the Secretary to consider specific criteria, including: (1) the effect on recreational values; (2) the effect on fish plankton, shellfish, and wildlife resources; and (3) the effect on the oceanographic currents. Provides that no certification shall be issued unless the adjacent coastal State or States shall have an approved coastal zone management program pursuant to the National Coastal Zone Management Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, prior to the issuance of any license, to grant or deny certification of a deepwater port facility. Prescribes the licensing procedure to be followed under this Act, including requirements for submission of plans, environmental impact statements and hearing requirements. Outlines the rules for enforcement of regulations and conditions on licenses and the penalties and remedies for civil and criminal violations of this Act. Establishes an 'Advisory Council for Deepwater Port Policy' to assist the Secretary in the performance of his duties. Sets forth the membership composition and terms of office for Council members. Empowers, with specified exceptions, any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief on his own behalf whenever such action constitutes a case or controversy. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, for the administration of this Act. Directs specified authorities to coordinate a study and prepare a plan or plans for the development and protection of the offshore marine environment of the United States. Authorizes, for such purpose, to be appropriated such sums as are necessary, not to exceed $10,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and to promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protect against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless the financial records are described with particularity and: (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act: (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide to a Federal agency or employee, or to any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas, and summary and judicial subpenas. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may not require an institution to maintain any financial records or to transmit any reports relating to customers unless: (1) such records are required for use by a supervisory agency in the supervision of that institution; or (2) such records are required to be maintained by the Internal Revenue Code. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1973
National Fuels and Energy Conservation Act - Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Energy Conservation which shall have a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office, shall: (1) work with the Council on Environmental Quality in developing new energy conservation initiatives for the Federal Government; (2) cooperate with private industry in developing energy conversation programs in industry; and (3) provide assistance to State governments in developing State energy conservation programs. Authorizes appropriations of $8,000,000 for each of the three fiscal years following enactment of this Act for the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the National Bureau of Standards an energy conservation research and development program to stimulate new or improved manufacturing and industrial processes, better building construction, materials, and techniques. Authorizes $4,000,000 for each of the three years following enactment for the Secretary of the Interior to establish development and testing centers for more efficient equipment for transmission of electrical energy. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to use equipment, construction methods and management policies which make the maximum efficient use of energy in design, construction and operation of Federal buildings. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop improved design, lighting, and insulation standards to promote efficient energy use in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and publish standards of efficiency for electrical appliances and equipment. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate standards for labeling major electrical appliances and equipment so that shoppers may compare the efficiency of energy usage of such appliances and equipment. Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers of electrical appliances and equipment from: (1) selling in interstate commerce any electrical appliance or equipment which is not labeled according to the FTC standard; and (2) advertising any electrical appliance or equipment unless the advertisement contains a statement in accord with the labeling standard. Establishes a $5,000 civil penalty for each violation of such selling and advertising requirements. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare proposed minimum standards for average degree of fuel use for motor vehicles, and such standards shall be designed to achieve a substantial increase in degree of fuel use by motor vehicles not in compliance with such standards within three years from the enactment of such standards by Congress, with all motor vehicles being required to meet such standards within five years. Requires manufacturers of motor vehicles to conduct tests and make such reports as the Secretary may require for the purpose of establishing such standards. Requires that all motor vehicles sold or manufactured in the United States shall bear a label stating in nontechnical language the degree of fuel use, and prohibits the advertisement of such vehicles unless the advertisement states the degree of fuel use. Establishes a $1,000 civil penalty for offering an improperly labeled vehicle for sale and a $50,000 penalty for each advertisement not disclosing degree of fuel use. Directs the Federal Power Commission to promulgate regulations requiring electric and gas public utilities to submit to the Commission annual reports on energy conservation policies. Directs each agency of the Federal Government engaged in the sale of electrical energy to submit to the Congress a study of the impact of the rate structure of such agency on the consumption and conservation of energy. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations for advertising and promotion of energy and fuels which: (1) shall be designed to prohibit advertising or promotion of energy or fuels by any person or corporation when such person or corporation is unwilling or unable to meet customers' requirements for energy or fuel; and (2) shall generally prohibit advertising and promotion which are calculated or likely to result in unnecessary energy consumption. Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each violation of such advertising and promotion regulations. Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to submit to the Congress: (1) a report evaluating the impact on fuel consumption of national and regional systems of freight transportation; and (2) a study of the relationships between motor vehicle sizes, the needs of motor vehicle users, and the public interest. Authorizes for each fiscal year such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Provides that members of the Coast Guard Reserve who because of earlier military service are entitled to a pension, retired or retainer pay, or disability compensation, and who perform duty for which they are entitled to compensation, may elect to receive for that duty either (1) the payments to which they are entitled because of earlier military service; or (2) if those payments are specifically waived, the pay and allowances authorized by law for the duty being performed. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 684)
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act - Authorizes additional appropriations for railroad safety and hazardous materials transportation control under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970. (Amends 45 U.S.C. 441;49 U.S.C. 1762)
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Food Labeling Act - Provides, under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall formulate and prescribe a system of food quality grade designations, expressed in a uniform nomenclature, for all food products. States that no person shall distribute or cause to be distributed in commerce any packaged or labeled food product except in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Secretary. Requires that such grade designations shall appear in conspicuous and legible type on each food package. Provides that the food quality designations for food products adopted by the Secretary shall be grades A to E in descending order of the quality of the food product. States that the Secretary of Commerce shall immediately initiate and carry out a program of consumer education in conjunction with the promulgation of food quality designations precribed by him. Provides that the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe regulations which shall require that any food product distributed in interstate commerce bear a label containing a statement specifying all the ingredients contained in such food products in the order of their predominance. States that no person shall distribute or cause to be distributed in commerce any packaged or labeled food except in accordance with such regulations. Provides that no person shall distribute or cause to be distributed in commerce any packaged or labeled food product except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce which shall require that any such product shall bear a label containing a statement specifying the nutritional value of the food product contained therein. Sets forth labeling requirements for perishable and semiperishable foods. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring that packages of perishable or semiperishable foods contain labels which show: (1) the expiration date for such food; (2) the optimum temperature and humidity conditions for its storage by the ultimate consumer; and (3) other specified information to protect consumers. Provides that such expiration date shall be expressed as such combination of letters and numbers as will enable the consumer to readily identify the day, month, and year comprising the expiration date. Provides that any person who knowingly or willfully violates such labeling requirements with respect to perishable or semiperishable foods shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $5,000 or both; except that if such person commits a violation after a conviction of such person has become final, or commits such a violation with the intent to defraud or mislead, such person shall be imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not more than $25,000 or both.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments - Title I: Amendments to the General Provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 - Sets forth the definition of "mine" under this Act. Transfers the functions of the Secretary of the Interior in developing health and safety standards to the Secretary of Labor. Title II: Mine Safety and Health Standard Amendments - Establishes the duty of: (1) each mine operator and miner to comply with the health and safety standards of this Act, and (2) each mine operator to furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards causing or likely to cause death or physical harm. Provides that the Secretary may by rule promulgate, modify, or revoke any health and safety standard. Provides that the Secretary may request the recommendations of an advisory committee whenever he determines that a rule should be promulgated. Sets forth the time period for the reporting of any recommendations by the Committee. Prescribes procedures for publication and public hearings with respect to any rules proposed by the Secretary, prior to its issuance. Requires the Secretary, in promulgating standards, to set the standard which assures that miners will not suffer impairment of health, functional capacity, or diminished life expectancy even if regularly exposed to the hazards throughout their working lives. Directs the Secretary to consider (1) the latest available scientific data in the field; (2) the feasibility of the standards; and (3) experience gained under this and other health and safety statutes. Provides that any standard promulgated must prescribe the use of labels or other warnings necessary to ensure that miners are apprised of all hazards to which they are exposed, relevant symptoms and appropriate emergency treatment and proper conditions and precautions of safe use or exposure. Sets forth additional factors which must be prescribed in specified instances. Requires that no safety or health standard promulgated under this Act shall reduce the protection afforded miners below that provided by any safety or health standard previously in effect. States that where the Secretary determines that miners are potentially subjected to physical or mental impairment from exposure to toxic substances, he may promulgate an emergency standard. Sets forth the procedures for the promulgation of such emergency standard. Allows any operator to apply to the Secretary for a temporary order permitting limited non-compliance with a standard. Specifies the circumstances under which such order shall be originally granted and renewed. Allows an operator to apply for a variance from a standard. Permits persons adversely affected by a standard to challenge its validity, within 60 days of its promulgation, in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Empowers the Secretary to appoint advisory committees to assist him in his standard setting functions and advise him on other health and safety matters. Sets forth the composition and compensation of the members of any such committee. Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of HEW,: (1) to enter any mine subject to this Act and (2) to make reasonable inspections and investigations and to question privately employers, owners, operators, agents, or employees. Requires inspections of underground mines at least four times a year. States that no advance notice of inspections shall be given. Sets forth rules regarding the maintenance of records by operators with regard to work-related deaths, injuries, illness, miner exposure to toxic substances, and all accidents, except specified unintentional roof falls. Provides that if any miner or their representative believes that a standard violation exists that threatens physical harm or that an imminent danger exists, he may request an inspection by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to provide a minimum of one spot inspection of all or part of a mine during every 5 working days at irregular intervals, if the mine contains some especially hazardous conditions. Provides that if, upon inspection or investigation, the Secretary or his representative believes an operator has violated any standard, he shall issue a citation to the operator, describing the nature of the violation, and fixing a reasonable time for the violation's abatement. Prescribes rules governing (1) gross violations of standards; (2) follow-up inspections; and (3) withdrawal from the area of unabated violations of all but specified personnel. Requires the Secretary to notify within a reasonable time an operator issued a citation of any penalty to be assessed, and that the operator has 15 working days to notify the Secretary that he wishes to contest the citation or proposed penalty. Prohibits discharging, discriminating against, or interfering with the exercise of statutory rights by any mine employee or applicant for employment because he filed a complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act or testified or is about to testify in any such for himself or others. Provides that if an operator notifies the Secretary that he intends to contest a citation, the Secretary shall immediately so advise the Commission, which must then provide an opportunity for a hearing and issue an order affirming, modifying, or vacating the Secretary's order. Permits any person adversely affected or aggrieved by an order of the Commission to obtain review of such order in any appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals and specifies the procedures to be followed after a petition for review is filed. Provides procedures for counteracting dangerous conditions, including: (1) issuance of withdrawal orders barring all except specified persons from an area, and (2) issuance of notices where less than imminent dangers exist and investigations into such conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to institute civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction in any appropriate United States district court whenever an operator or his agent: (a) violates or does not comply with any order or decision issued under this Act, (b) hinders the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or their representatives in carrying out the provisions of the Act, (c) refuses to admit such representatives to the mine, (d) refuses to permit the inspection of the mine, or the investigation of an accident or occupational disease related to such mine, (e) refuses to furnish any information or report requested by the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in furtherance of the Act's provisions, or (f) refuses to permit access to and copying of such records as the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines necessary in carrying out provisions of the Act. Provides that a civil penalty of up to $10,000 shall be assessed for each violation of any standard, rule, order or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act. Provides that any operator who willfully violates any standard shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. Sets forth additional penalties for specified violations of this Act. Provides that if a mine is closed by an order issued under this Act, all miners working during the shift when the order was issued who are idled shall be entitled to full compensation at their regular rates of pay for the period they are idled, but not more than the balance of the shift. Authorizes the Secretary to administer this Act through the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Authorizes the appropriations of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Relationship to Occupational Safety and Health Program - Provides that nothing in this Act applies the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972 to the working conditions in the mines. Increases the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from 3 to 5 members appointed by the President with the Senate's consent. Sets forth the duties and procedure for operation of the Commission. Directs the Commission to prescribe rules of procedures for its review of decisions in cases under this Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which shall meet specified standards for review. Authorizes the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct research related to the development of safety and health standards under this Act and to perform all functions with respect to mines that it performs with respect to employments subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Provides that the Secretary, in carrying out his functions under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, shall include accurate statistics on the work injuries and illness occurring in the mines. States that nothing in this Act prohibits the application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to sand and gravel mines. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Transfers the functions of the Secretary of the Interior under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and the Federal Metallic and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 1966 to the Secretary of Labor, except those expressly transferred to the Commission by this Act. Provides that the mandatory and advisory standards relating to mines, which are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect as mandatory standards under Title I of this Act until the Secretary issues new or revised standards. Establishes in the Labor Department, a Mine Administration for Safety and Health to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, with the Senate's advice and consent. Provides that research activities relating to mine health will be carried out by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Secretary's research activities relating to safety are extended to all mines now covered by this Act. Extends to all mines covered by this Act, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare's authorization to conduct studies and research involving the protection of life and prevention of diseases relating to certain non-miners who work with or around mine products. Prescribes that any State law or regulation providing for health and safety standards applicable to any mine now covered by this Act and that (1) is more stringent than Federal law, or (2) applies to any area not covered by Federal law, shall not be held to be in conflict with this Act. Repeals the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Price Disclosure Act - Declares that no person engaged in business in the sale at retail of any packaged consumer commodity which has been distributed in commerce, or the distribution of which affects commerce, shall sell, offer for sale, or display for sale any such commodity unless: (1) the total selling price of such commodity is plainly marked by a stamp, tag, or label affixed to a principal display panel of the package or by a label or sign at the point of display of such package; and (2) the retail unit price of such commodity is plainly marked by a stamp, tag, or label affixed to a principal display panel of the package, or a label or sign in close proximity to the point of display of such package, which label or sign shall also contain the name and quantity of contents of such commodity. Exempts from these requirements: (1) any individual retail outlet which sells or offers for sale packaged consumer commodities and whose total gross sales do not exceed $250,000 per annum, unless such an outlet is one of a number of outlets owned substantially or whose inventory is supplied substantially, by a single person, partnership, or corporation whose total gross sales exceed $500,000 per annum; or (2) any retail outlet in any State or any political subdivsion thereof which has enacted mandatory unit pricing laws and whose laws, in the judgment of the Federal promulgatin authority, are in full force and effect and are comparable in scope and comprehensiveness to the requirements of this Act, except the retailers (including chainstores and affiliated stores) who operate outlets in any such geographical area who shall be subject to the provisions of this Act if they also operate outlets in one or more other States or political subdivisions.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Provides that it is the policy of the United States to encourage and support efforts to expand American trade, undertake cooperative projects and broaden contracts with nonmarket economy countries.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Horse Protection Act Amendment - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Prohibits specified acts, or the causing thereof, including: (1) shipping a horse which is sore with knowledge that such horse will probably be shown; (2) showing, selling or offering for sale any horse which is sore; (3) conducting a horse show if any shown horse is sore; and (4) refusing to permit entry to a horse show for purposes of determining compliance with this Act. Provides for the keeping of records by persons who organize or conduct a horse show or exhibition. Requires horse show judges to send a written list, specifying enumerated items, to the Secretary of Agriculture following any such show. Imposes criminal penalties of up to a $3,000 fine and/or six months imprisonment for violations of this Act. Imposes a civil penalty on persons who are in violation of this Act. Authorizes United States district courts and magistrates to have jurisdiction to order forfeiture of property and disqualification of persons from engaging in horse show activities for up to two years. Empowers the Secretary of Agriculture to file an action against (1) a horse which is allegedly sore; and (2) the owner, trainer or person having custody of any horse which is allegedly sore. Authorizes to be appropriated up to $500,000 for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Provides that remedial orders issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board in enforcement proceedings may require the repayment of charges in excess of those in lawfully filed tariffs.
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