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United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Provides that non-contiguous trade, under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, shall mean trade between the contiguous 48 States as well as trade to or from Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the insular territories and possessions of the United States.
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 · 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 · 7 February 1973
Makes it the policy of the Congress that our fishing industry be afforded all support necessary to have it strengthened, and all steps be taken to provide adequate protection for our coastal fisheries against excessive foreign fishing. Declares that the Congress recognizes, encourages, and intends to support the key responsibilities of the several States for conservation and scientific management of fisheries resources within United States territorial waters; and that the Congress particularly commends Federal programs designed to improve coordinated protection, enhancement, and scientific management of all United States fisheries, both coastal and distant, including presently successful Federal aid programs under the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964, and the newly developing Federal-State fisheries management programs.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Speedy Trial Act - Title I: Speedy Trials - Provides in any case involving a criminal defendant for the commencement of trial within 60 days from the date the defendant is arrested, served charged with an offense the appropriate judicial officer shall set a day certain for trial. with a summons, indicted or has an information filed against him. States that for the first 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act the time limit shall be 180 days and for the next 12 months such time limit shall be 120 days. Provides that certain pretrial motions, hearings or interlocutory appeals shall not be included in the 60 day computation. Permits the exclusion of periods of delay resulting from the defendant's absence, incompetence or an agreement with the prosecution. Provides that if a defendant is not brought to trial within the 60 day period, the information or indictment shall be dismissed on defendant's motion. Provides sanctions on either the counsel for the defendant or the government if they knowingly engage in dilatory practices. Provides that the Act is to become effective one year after its enactment. Directs in the interim that every judicial district adopt a plan to insure a speedy trial. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Pretrial Services Agencies - Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to establish in the 10 judicial districts a pretrial services agency authorized to maintain effective supervision and control over, and to provide supportive services to, defendants released under 18 U.S.C. chapter 207. Vests the powers of each pretrial services agency in a Board of Trustees appointed by the chief judge of that judicial district. Specifies the functions and powers of such pretrial services agencies and provides that the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall annually report to Congress on the accomplishments of the pretrial services agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law, a member or former member of a uniformed service who is 60 years of age or older on the date of enactment of this Act or becomes 60 years of age after such date and who is entitled to retired or retainer pay or who is entitled to retired pay for a 30 percent physical disability, is entitled to have that retired or retainer pay recomputed under the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1973
Consumer Protection Organization Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to protect and promote the interests of the people of the United States as consumers of goods and services, which are made available to them through commerce or which affect commerce, by establishing a Council of Consumer Advisers, an independent Consumer Protection Agency, and a program of grants to States, local and private nonprofit consumer protection agencies and organizations. Title I: Council of Consumer Advisers - Requires the President to transmit to the Congress not later than February 1 of each year a Consumer Report of the President which shall include an analysis, evaluation, and review of: (1) the overall impact of Federal programs and activities upon consumers; (2) the effectiveness of Federal consumer protection programs and activities: (3) the degree of cooperation and coordination among Federal agencies in carrying out consumer protection programs and activities.; (4) a program for remedying any deficiencies or weaknesses in Federal consumer protection programs and activities; and (5) national policies and resources for achieving the purposes of this Act together with recommendations for new legislation. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a Council of Consumer Advisors which shall be composed of three members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Council. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,500,000 annually for fiscal year 1974 - 1975 to carry the provisions of this title. Title II: Consumer Protection Agency - Establishes the Consumer Protection Agency as an independent nonregulatory agency in the executive branch of the Government. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four years coterminous with the term of the President. Sets forth the functions of the Administrator, including: (1) to represent the interests of consumers before Federal agencies and Federal courts in accordance with this title; (2) to make grants to States and localities to encourage and assist consumer protection programs; (3) to receive and transmit complaints from consumers; (4) to disseminate to the public information of importance to consumers; and (5) to encourage private enterprise in the promotion and protection of the interests of consumers. Grants the Administrator authority to intervene and participate in the proceedings of Federal agencies if he determines that such proceedings may substantially affect an important interest of consumers. Provides that such proceedings must be subject to specified provisions of the Administrative procedure Act. Grants the Administrator the right to participate in Federal agency activity which is not covered by the specified provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that whenever the Administrator determines that it would be in the interest of consumers to do so, he may request or petition a Federal agency to initiate a proceeding or activity or to take such other action as may be within the authority of such agency. Allows the Administrator to use an agency's discovery process where he is intervening or participating in an agency proceeding or activity. Authorizes the Administrator to intervene as a party or to participate in any State or local agency or court proceeding, except a criminal proceeding, where the Administrator determines that the result of such proceeding may substantially affect an important interest of consumers and when such participation has been requested in writing by an appropriate State official or agency or by the Governor of the State. Authorizes the Administrator to secure judicial review of any Federal agency action reviewable under law. Provides that each Federal agency considering any action which may substantially affect an important interest of consumers shall, upon request by the Administrator, notify him of any such proceeding or activity at such time as public notice is given. States that the Administrator shall conduct, support, and assist research, studies, investigations, conferences, and surveys concerning the interests of consumers. Authorizes the Administrator, subject to the provisions of this title, to disclose to the public information he determines appropriate in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this title $l5,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Title III: Consumer Protection Grants - Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the provisions of this title. Provides that the Administrator shall make planning and program grants to States and local public agencies to assist in the preparation and operation of consumer protection programs. States that the Federal share of any such program shall not exceed 75 percent of the costs of such program. Provides that no State shall receive more than 15 percent of such funds. Provides that no grants shall be made under this title unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Administrator, meeting specified criteria. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides for public participation in agency activity. Exempts the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency, the national security or intelligence functions of the Department of Defense including the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the Office of Emergency Preparedness from the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Japan-United States Friendship Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide for the use of part of the sums to be paid by Japan to the United States in connection with the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese administration in order to enhance the understanding and support of the close friendship and mutuality of interest between our two nations. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Japan- United States Friendship Trust Fund. Requires such amounts in the fund to be used for the promotion of scholarly, cultural, and artistic activities between Japan and the United States. Provides that amounts in the fund may also be used to pay administrative expenses of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. Establishes such Commission and authorizes it to develop and carry out programs for the promotion of scholarly, cultural and artistic activities by Japan and the United States, and to make grants to carry out such programs. Makes administrative provisions to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this Act. States that the Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund shall consist of: (1) 10 percent of the funds paid to the United States pursuant to the agreement between Japan and the United States concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands; (2) any other amounts received by the fund by way of gifts and donations; and (3) interest and proceeds credited to it from portions of the fund invested by the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Older Americans Home Repair Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into contracts with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations for the conduct of home repair projects, in order to promote work opportunities for unemployed or underemployed persons who are at least fifty-five years of age and who have poor employment prospects and to assist eligible homeowners to repair their homes. Sets forth criteria that such projects must meet before the Secretary shall enter into any contract under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall establish criteria designed to achieve an equitable distribution of assistance among the States and between urban and rural areas under this Act. States that Federal financial assistance to any program carried out pursuant to this Act shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost of such program, including costs of administration. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary to transmit, as part of the annual report required of the Department of Labor, a detailed report setting forth the activities conducted under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1973 and 1974 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Increases, (to $3,000) under title II of the Social Security Act, (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance), the amount which individuals may earn without suffering deductions from benefits on account of excess earnings. Increases to $12,300 the amount of earnings which may be counted annually for social security tax withholding purposes pursuant to title II of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Provides, under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, that qualified drugs requiring a physician's prescription or certification shall be included among the items and service covered under the hospital insurance program for the aged at a specified amount of payment. Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a Formulary Committee to compile and publish a Medicare Formulary listing the drugs deemed qualified for benefits under this Act, together with maximum allowable costs and additional information concerning such drugs. Makes provisions for selecting drugs for the Formulary. Makes technical amendments with regard to various funding dates and amounts.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to private nonprofit organizations and any public agency of a unit of local government in any State to develop programs to detect and treat incidents of lead-based paint poisoning under the Lead Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act. Increases from seventy-five percent to ninety percent the limit on the Federal share of the cost of developing such programs. Stipulates that any organizations receiving funds under this Act shall make available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States any books and records necessary to assist them in auditing funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct appropriate research on multiple layers of dried paint film, containing the various lead compounds commonly used, in order to ascertain the safe level of lead in residential paint products. States that, within eight months after the day of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a full report of his findings and recommendations as developed pursuant to such programs. Directs the Secretary to take such steps as are necessary to prohibit the application of lead-based paint to any toy, furniture, cooking utensil, drinking utensil, or eating utensil manufactured and distributed after the date of enactment of this Act. Lowers, over a two-year period, the percentage of lead contained in a paint for such paint to qualify as a lead-based paint for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $45,000,000 yearly for grants used for the detection and treatment of lead-based paint poisoning, $50,000,000 yearly for grants used for the elimination of lead-based paint poisoning, and $5,000,000 yearly for Federal demonstration and research programs on the elimination of lead-based paint poisoning. Establishes a National Childhood Lead Based Paint Poisoning Advisory Board to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on policy relating to the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish procedures to minimize the hazards of lead-based paint poisoning with respect to any existing housing which is covered by an application for mortgage insurance or assistance under a program administered by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Redesignates Washington National Airport as the "Lyndon B. Johnson Airport".
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Provides that appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Development Act - Authorizes the appropriation of $300,000,000 for the fiscal years 1974-1976 for special project grants under the Public Health Service Act for the planning and development or expansion of comprehensive area emergency medical service systems. Establishes a National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council to consult with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in performing his duties under this Act relating to subdivisions or regional consortiums for the provision of comprehensive and coordinated emergency medical services. Sets forth requirements for the plans submitted by the applicants for grants under this Act. Provides for the establishment of Area Emergency Medical Services Planning Councils. Provides that the duties of such councils shall include the development of plans for areawide emergency medical services and continuous monitoring and evaluation of the operation of the emergency medical services system. Requires the Secretary to establish an Interagency Technical Committee on Emergency Medical Services. Provides that such committee shall be responsible for coordinating those aspects and resources of all Federal programs and activities relating to emergency medical services. Provides for grants for the support of research in emergency medicine techniques, methods, devices, and delivery, and authorizes appropriations annually of $5,000,000 for fiscal years 1974-1976 for such grants. Provides for an annual report by the Secretary to the Congress on the administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Limits the term of service of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to four years, effective after January 3, 1973. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 532 nt)
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Safe Drinking Water Act - Provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall issue proposed regulations prescribing national primary and secondary drinking water standards within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Restricts the authority of the Administrator to prescribe the addition of any substance to water systems other than for the purpose of treating contaminants. Requires the Administrator to review the adequacy of any national primary or secondary drinking water standards issued under this Act every three years. Establishes, within the Environmental Protection Agency, a National Drinking Water Council consisting of fifteen scientifically qualified members. Provides that the Council shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Administrator on matters relating to the scientific review of data relating to the activities of the Agency under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to render financial, technical, and other assistance to public agencies, institutions, water supply utilities, and individuals in the conduct of research and investigations relating to contaminants in drinking water or to the provision of adequate supplies of safe drinking water. Authorizes the Administrator to finance any project or activity which is designed: (1) to develop, expand, or carry out a program for training persons for occupations involving the management and operation of drinking water systems; and (2) to train instructors to teach such programs. Authorizes appropriations of $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $23,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $31,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that the Administrator shall (after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the several States) conduct a survey of the quantity, quality, and availability of rural drinking water supplies. States that such survey shall be completed within two years after the date of enactment of this Act and a final report submitted, not less than six months after the completion of such survey, to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for such survey. Provides for special study and demonstration grants for the purposes of: (1) demonstrating new or improved methods of providing safe drinking water to the urban and rural areas of the nations; and (2) investigating the health implications of recycling waste waters for drinking and related uses. States that such grants shall not exceed 66 2/3 percent of the construction costs and 75 percent of other costs as determined by the Administrator. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes appropriations of $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $21,300,000 for fiscal year 1976 for grants to States to assist them in establishing and maintaining adequate programs to assure the safety of public drinking water. Provides that such grants shall not exceed 66 2/3 percent of the cost of any such State program. Sets forth provisions which a State plan for such program shall contain to qualify for grants under this Act. Grants the States primary enforcement responsibility with respect to standards established under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for judicial review of such regulations. States that nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of any State or local governmental unit to establish drinking water standards, except that such standards shall not be less stringent than the requirements of this Act. Specifies activities which are prohibited under this Act. Sets forth penalties for any such violations. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief under this Act. Makes the provisions of the Act applicable to Federal facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to waive compliance with the requirements of this Act upon receiving information from the Secretary of Defense or from the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating that such waiver is in the interest of national security. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $11,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $13,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purposes and administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Toxic Substances Control Act - Presents the finding of the Congress that man and the environment are being exposed to many chemical substances each year, that many of the chemical substances being developed and produced pose unreasonable threats to the environment, and that the effective regulation of interstate commerce in chemical substances necesitates regulation in intrastate commerce. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require manufacturers and processors of chemical substances to monitor their products and to furnish the results of such monitoring to the Administrator. Requires the Administrator, within one year of enactment of this Act, to propose regulations specifying test protocols for various classes and uses of chemical substances and for the results that must be achieved to protect health and the environment. Requires any manufacturer of a new chemical substance, which is subject to the regulations promulgated under this Act, to submit test results for the intended uses of the substances at least 90 days in advance of the commercial production of that substance. Authorizes the Administrator to require testing of existing chemical substances when he has reason to believe that the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, or disposal of that substance poses an unreasonable threat to human health or the environment. Authorizes the district courts of the United States, upon the petition of the Administrator or the Attorney General, to restrain the uses or distribution of the chemical substance responsible for an imminent hazard. Provides that the court order may require that stocks of such substances be recalled by the manufacturer from wholesalers, retailers, and other distributors. Provides that an imminent hazard will be considered to exist when there is sufficent evidence to show that the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, or disposal of a chemical substance will result in serious damage to human health or the environment prior to the completion of a formal proceeding held pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the seizure of those chemical substances which the Administrator finds are manufactured, processed, distributed, used, or disposed of in violation of regulations under this Act and of themselves constitue an imminent hazard. Provides that the seizure shall be accomplished by condemnation in any district court of the United States within whose jurisdiction such chemical substances is found. Authorizes the Administrator to require reports of manufacturers to enable him to be aware of the chemical substances in use so that he can adequately discharge his function under this Act. Provides that reports be required indicating the names and identity of chemical substances produced, the categories of use, the amounts of each substance produced, and a description of the by-products of each chemical substance. Authorizes the Administrator to exempt manufacturers or processors from all or any part of the reporting requirement if the reports were not necessary for the Administrator to carry out his functions under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to publish a notice in the Federal Register inviting written comment on the human health and environmental effects of a chemical substance, whenever he determines that such action would be necessary. Establishes a Chemical Substances Board to give scientific advice to the Environmental Protection Agency in carrying out its functions under this Act. Provides that the Board, consisting of 12 members will be drawn from a list of individuals recommended to the Administrator by the National Academy of Sciences. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint one member of the Board from whatever source he desires. Provides that the Board shall consist of qualified scientists not more than one-third of which could have a significant economic interest in the chemical industry. Directs the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with the Board, to maintain a list of qualified scientists to assist the Administrator in carrying out the provisions of this Act and to act as consultants to the Chemical Substances Board. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct such research and monitoring as necessary to carry out his functions under this Act. Specifies acts which are prohibited by this title. Provides civil and criminal penalties for violations of such prohibited acts. Authorizes the Administrator to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $6,300,000, $10,400,000, and $9,600,000 for the fiscal years ending on June 30, 1974, June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976, respectively, for the purposes and administration of this Act. Provides that no part of the funds so authorized to be appropriated shall be used to plan, design, or construct any research laboratories unless specifically authorized by the Congress by law.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
War Powers Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of the Armed Forces of the United States in hostilities, or in situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities. States that the Act is not intended to encroach upon the recognized powers of the President, as Commander in Chief, to conduct hostilities authorized by the Congress, to respond to attacks or the imminent threat of attacks upon the United States, including its territories and possessions, to respond to attacks or the imminent threat of attacks against the Armed Forces of the United States, and under proper circumstances, to rescue endangered citizens of the United States located in foreign countries. Provides that in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress, the Armed Forces of the United States may be introduced in hostilities, or in situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, only: (a) to repel an armed attack upon the United States, its territories and possessions; to take necessary and appropriate retaliatory actions in the event of such an attack; and to forestall the direct and imminent threat of such an attack; (b) to repel an armed attack against the Armed Forces of the United States located outside of the United States, its territories and possessions, and to forestall the direct and imminent threat of such an attack; (c) to protect while evacuating citizens of the United States, as rapidly as possible, from any country in which such citizens are present with the express or tacit consent of the government of such country, and who are being subject to a direct and imminent threat to their lives, either sponsored by such government or beyond the power of such government to control; or (d) pursuant to specific statutory authorization, but authority to introduce the Armed Forces of the United States into hostilities shall not be inferred from any provision of law, including any provision contained in any appropriation act, unless such provisions specifically authorized the introduction of such Armed Forces in hostilities and exempts the introduction of such armed forces from compliance with the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that no treaty in force at the time of the enactment of this Act shall be construed as specific statutory authority for, or a specific exemption permitting, the introduction of the Armed Forces in any such situation. Provides that the use of the Armed Forces of the United States in hosilities pursuant to this Act shall be reported promptly in writing by the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, together with a full account of the circumstances under which such hostilities were initiated, the estimated scope of such hositlities, and the consistency of such hostilities with the applicable provisions of this Act. States that hostilities commenced pursuant to this Act shall not be sustained beyond thirty days from the date of their initiation except as provided in specific legislation enacted for that purpose by the Congress. Provides that hostilities commenced pursuant to this Act may be terminated prior to the thirty day period by statute or joint resolution of Congress. Directs that any bill or resolution, authorizing continuance or termination of military hostilities shall, if sponsored or co-sponsored by one third of the Members of the House of Congress in which it originates, be considered reported to the floor of such House no later than one day following its introduction, unless the Members otherwise determine by yeas and nays; and any such bill or resolution referred to a committee after having passed one House of Congress shall be considered reported from such committee within one day after it is referred to such committee, unless the Members of the House referring it to committee shall otherwise determine by yeas and nays. Provides that any bill or resolution reported shall immediately become the pending business of the House to which it is reported, and shall be voted upon within three days after such report, unless such House shall otherwise determine by yeas and nays. Declares that this Act will take affect upon enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Voter Registration Assistance Act - Establishes, within the Bureau of the Census, the Voter Registration Administration. Provides that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Administrator and two Associate Administrators for terms of four years each. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Administration. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to States and political subdivisions thereof for improving their voter grants for the purpose of carrying out existing voter registration procedures. Provides that such grants shall not exceed 10 cents for each eligible voter in the State or political subdivision receiving the grant. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to any State or political subdivision thereof to increase the percentage of registered voters. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to any State or political subdivision thereof for planning and evaluating a system of voter registration utilizing electronic data processing or other similar procedures. Provides that a grant for such purpose shall not exceed a total of 1/2 cent for each registered voter in the jurisdiction receiving the grant, or $15,000 whichever is greater. Provides that the Administrator may make grants to any State or political subdivision thereof to carry out programs of voter registration by mail. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance in developing programs for the prevention and control of fraud in any State or political subdivision thereof and for improving voter registration and participation. Sets forth requirements which an application for assistance under this Act shall contain. Authorizes the Administrator to issue rules and regulations for the administration of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Emergency Property Tax Relief Act - Provides that where the Secretary of the Treasury has determined that a jurisdiction has established a real property tax relief program which affords low and moderate income households a credit or other payment against the real property tax imposed by such jurisdiction, he shall reimburse said jurisdiction for one-half of the qualifying revenue losses attributable to such program. Requires a jurisdiction desiring to qualify for payments under this Act to make an application at such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations. Provides that whenever the Secretary, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to a jurisdiction which has had an application approved, finds that such jurisdiction no longer has a qualifying property tax relief program, he shall notify such jurisdiction that it will not be eligible to receive payments until he is satisfied that the jurisdiction has a qualifying property tax relief program. Permits a jurisdiction dissatisfied with the Secretary's decision petition for review of that action within sixty days after notice of such action in the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which the jurisdiction is located.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Children's Dental Health Act - Provides the following fund authorization for grants to State agencies or other oganizations to carry out programs of dental care for preschool and school age children who are unable to obtain such services: fiscal year 1973-$5,000,000; fiscal year 1974-$15,000,000; and $175-$30,000,000. Provides the following authorizations for grants for water treatment programs to prevent dental disease: fiscal year 1973-$2,000,000; fiscal year 1974-$3,000,000; and fiscal year 1975-$4,000,000. Provides for the Federal Government to share a portion of the costs of these programs. Authorizes grants totaling $57,000,000 covering the fiscal years 1973-1975 to public and private non-profit institutions to educate veterans and other persons as auxiliary dental personnel. Authorizes grants totaling $26,000,000 covering fiscal years 1973-1975 to dental schools and other organizations for projects to promote the most effective use of auxiliary dental personnel. Directs the President to appoint a seven member Dental Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on programs to meet the dental needs of the country. Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the progress of the implementation and administration of the programs established by this Act. Gives the Secretary the power to regulate dentifrices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Provides for the relief of Quy Thi Thu Pham.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Health. Provides for a Secretary of Health, an Under Secretary, 7 Assistant Secretaries, and a Chief Medical Officer, all of whom shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the Secretary all functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under specified laws. Transfers various functions of the Secretary of H.E.W. in regard to the Public Health Service. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Education and Welfare. Authorizes the Secretary of Health to appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as are necessary to carry out his functions. Transfers to the Secretary the personnel, property, and authorizations of the Acts and functions listed in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a working capital fund for expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of common administrative services and equipment. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for certain services and supplies for employees and their dependents stationed at remote localities. Provides that the Secretary shall appoint such advisory committees as appropriate for consultation with the Department in the performance of its functions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with educational institutions and public or private agencies for research into problems related to authorized programs.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Authorizes the Postal Rate Commission to make recommended decisions for changes in postal rates and fees and in mail classification matters to the Postal Service Board of Governors, and to render advisory opinions on postal services and complaints. Provides that the Commission may inquire into and examine any presentation made in any proceeding, and examine the types, quality, regularity, and reliability of any postal service, as well as the honesty, efficiency, and economy of postal management in order to carry out its duties and responsibilities. Empowers the Commission to conduct investigations, issue subpenas for witnesses, and compel the production of evidence in any proceeding from the Postal Service. Requires the Postal Service to submit to the Commission, at the time of request for a change in a rate or fee, a schedule of rates and fees it believes to be in the public interest and its case supporting the burden of proof, together with a comprehensive statement of the kinds, quality, regularity, and reliability of service proposed to be maintained for each class of mail or each type of service for which a change in a rate or fee is requested. Permits the Board of Governors to modify a recommended decision of the Commission only if the Commission's decision is not in accordance with the policies of the Postal Service title, or will not produce sufficient revenue for the operation of the Postal Service. Provides that if Congress fails to appropriate any of the amounts authorized to be appropriate for a class of mail sent at a free or reduced rate, and that amount was requested by the President in the Budget, the Postal Service may request the Postal Rate Commission to make a recommended decision for an adjustment in the rate for that class of mail so that the increased revenues received from the users of that class will equal the amount requested by the President for the class which Congress failed to appropriate. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3603, 3604(c), 3622-3628)
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Requires the President, when he impounds funds appropriated or otherwise obligated for a specific purpose or project, within ten days thereafter transmit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a special message specifying: (1) the amount of the funds impounded; (2) the date on which the funds were ordered to be impounded; (3) the date the funds were impounded; (4) any account, department, or establishment of the Government to which such impounded funds would have been available for obligation except for such impoundment; (5) the period of time during which the funds are to be impounded; (6) the reasons for the impoundment; and (7) to the maximum extent practicable, the estimated fiscal, economic, and budgetary effect of the impoundment. Requires the President to cease the impounding of funds set forth in each special message within sixty calendar days of continuous session after the message is received by the Congress unless the specific impoundment shall have been ratified by the Congress by passage of a resolution. Establishes rules of debate for such resolutions.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Designates January 15 of each year as "Martin Luther King Day" in honor of his birth on January 15, 1929.
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1973
Magnuson-Moss Act - Title I: Consumer Product Warranties - Requires any supplier warranting in writing a consumer product to fully and conspicuously disclose in simple and readily understood language the terms and conditions of said warranty pursuant to any regulations issued by the Federal Trade Commission under this title. Provides that the Commission shall determine the manner and form in which information with respect to any written warranty shall be clearly and conspicuously presented or displayed when such information is contained in advertising, labeling, point-of-sale material, or other representations in writing. Requires any supplier warranting in writing a consumer product to undertake at a minimum the following duties in order to be deemed to have incorporated the Federal standards for warranty: (1) to repair or replace any malfunctioning or defective warranted consumer product; (2) within a reasonable time; and (3) without charge. Provides that in fulfilling such duties the warrantor shall not impose any duty other than notification upon any purchaser as a condition of securing repair or replacement of any malfunctioning or defective consumer product unless the warrantor can demonstrate that such a duty is reasonable. Provides that nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a supplier from selling a service contract to the purchaser in addition to or in lieu of a warranty in writing if such contract fully and conspicuously discloses in simple and readily understood language the terms and conditions of the contract. Provides that arrangements made by a warrantor for a representative to perform duties under a written warranty shall not relieve the warrantor of his direct responsibilities to the purchaser. Provides that there shall be no express disclaimer of implied warranties to a purchaser if any warranty in writing or service contract in writing of a consumer product is made by a supplier to a purchaser. Declares it to be the policy of Congress to encourage suppliers to establish procedures whereby consumer disputes are fairly and expeditiously settled through informal dispute settlement mechanisms. Provides that any purchaser damaged by the failure of a supplier to comply with any obligations assumed under a written warranty or written service contract subject to this title may bring suit for breach of such warranty or service contract in an appropriate district court of the United States, and any purchaser damaged by the failure of a supplier to comply with any obligations assumed under a written warranty or written service contract subject to this title may bring suit in any State or District of Columbia court of competent jurisdiction. Allows any purchaser who prevails in any suit or proceeding for breach of an express or implied warranty or service contract obligation to recover as part of the judgement a sum equal to the aggregate amount of cost and expenses, including attorney's fees based on actual time expended, determined by the court to have been reasonably incurred by such purchaser for, or in connection with, the institution and prosecution of such suit or proceeding. Makes it unlawful and a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any person subject to the provisions of this title to fail to comply with any requirement imposed on such person by or pursuant to this title or to violate any prohibition contained in this title. Provides that the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of this title in an action by the Attorney General or by the Federal Trade Commission by any of its attorneys designated by it for such purpose. Invests the Attorney General with investigative powers concerning possible violations of this title. Provides that the provisions of this title and the powers granted hereunder to the Commission and the Attorney General shall extend to all sales of consumer products and service contracts affecting interstate commerce. Title II: Federal Trade Commission Improvements - Allows the Commission to initiate civil actions in the district courts of the United States against persons, partnerships, or corporations engaged in any act or practice which is unfair or deceptive to a consumer. Provides for a maximum fine of $10,000 for each violation. States that, after an order of the Commission to cease and desist from engaging in acts or practices which are unfair or deceptive to consumers, the Commission may institute civil actions in the district courts of the United States to obtain such relief as the court shall find necessary to redress injury to consumers caused by the acts or practices which were the subject of the cease and desist order. Authorizes the Commission to issue procedural rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to issue legislative rules defining with specificity acts or practices which are unfair or deceptive to consumers. Provides that any person seeking judicial review of a rule may obtain such review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, or any circuit where such person resides or has his principal place of business. Provides that upon application of the Attorney General of the United States or the Commission, acting through any of its attorneys designated by it for such purpose, the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus commanding any person or corporation to comply with the provisions of this Act or any order of the Commission made in pursuance thereof. Provides that whenever the Commission has reason to believe: (1) that any person, partnership, or corporation is engaged in, or is about to engage in, any act or practice which is unfair or deceptive to a consumer, and (2) that the enjoining thereof pending the issuance of a complaint by the Commission, and until such complaint is dismissed by the Commission or set aside by the court on review, or the order of the Commission made thereon has become final; the Commission by any of its attorneys designated by it for such purpose may bring suit in a district court of the United States to enjoin any such act or practice.
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1973
Provides that each notification of a defect or failure to comply with any Federal motor vehicle safety standard, as required under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, shall contain: (1) a clear description of such failure to comply with any applicable motor vehicle safety standard or such defect; (2) an evaluation of the risk to traffic safety reasonably related to such defect; (3) a statement of the measures to be taken to repair such failure to comply; (4) the commitment of such manufacturer to cause such defect or failure to comply to be remedied without charge; (5) the date when such commitment to remedy such defect or failure to comply will initially be honored and (6) a description of the procedure that a consumer must follow to inform the Secretary of a manufacturer's failure to honor such commitment. States that whenever such notification is required: (1) the manufacturer of each such motor vehicle presented for remedy pursuant to such notice shall cause such defect or failure to comply in such motor vehicle (including any item of original motor vehicle equipment) to be remedied without charge; or (2) the manufacturer of each such item of motor vehicle equipment presented for remedy pursuant to such notice shall cause such defect or failure to comply in such item of motor vehicle equipment to be remedied without charge. Provides that the manufacturer of each such tire presented for remedy pursuant to such notice shall replace such tire without charge for a period up to sixty days following the receipt of notification or the availability of replacement tires, whichever is later. Stipulates that if a manufacturer can establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary, at a hearing structured to proceed as expeditiously as practicable, that a failure to comply with an applicable motor vehicle safety standard is of such inconsequential nature that the purposes of this title and the public interest would not be served by requiring the applicable manufacturer to remedy such defect or failure to comply without charge, the Secretary may, upon publication of his reasons for such findings, exempt such manufacturer from the requirements of this subsection with respect to such failure. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1397, 1402)
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1973
National No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in the Act. Requires every owner of a motor vehicle in a State to continuously provide in accordance with this Act with respect to that motor vehicle, while it is either present or registered in the State, security for the payment of basic reparation benefits and security for the payment of tort liabilities arising from maintenance or use of the motor vehicle. Specifies that security may be provided by a contract of insurance or by qualifying as a self-insurer. Provides that the State commissioner of insurance shall establish or approve a plan assuring that liability insurance and basic and added reparation insurance for motor vehicles will be conveniently available to each applicant for insurance who holds a valid driver's license, is required to carry insurance under this Act, and cannot obtain insurance through ordinary methods at rates not in excess of those applicable to applicants under the plan. Permits the plan to be by assignment of applicants among insurers, pooling, or other joint insuring or reinsuring arrangement. Makes provisions for cancellation, refusal to renew, or other termination of insurance by an insurer. States that basic and added reparation benefits are payable montly as work loss, survivor's economic loss, or allowable expense is incurred. Allows a claim for basic or added benefits to be discharged by a settlement agreement for an agreed amount payable in installments or in a lump sum, if the reasonably anticipated net loss does not exceed $2,500. Establishes a statute of limitations of two years from the time the loss occurred, or four years from the time of the accident, whichever is earlier. Provides for a statute of limitations for survivor's benefits of one year from the date of death or four years from the time of the accident, whichever is earlier. Prohibits the assignment of rights for loss accruing in the future, as well as garnishment or execution. Provides for reasonable attorney's fees. Allows reparation obligors providing basic reparation insurance in a State, or the State insurance commissioner in their absence, to organize an assigned claims bureau and an assigned claims plan, and adopt rules for their operation and for assessment of costs on a fair and equitable basis consistent with this Act. Authorizes the commissioner to regulate reparation obligors, and to provide information to consumers about insurer's rates so that they may be able to compare them. Establishes minimum liability insurance coverage required. Sets forth subrogation and indemnity rights of a reparation obligor. Limits Federal jurisdiction in insurance claim proceedings to cases in which the United States is a party and to case that qualify under 28 U.S.C. 1332. Sets forth provisions governing injuries arising out of the use of a Federal motor vehicle where the claim is against the United States as a reparation obligor. Title II: National Standards for State No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance - Provides that by the completion of the first regular legislative session commencing after the enactment of this Act, a State may establish a plan for no-fault motor vehicle insurance designed to meet or exceed the requirements established by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to periodically review the laws and regulations of each State pertaining to no-fault motor vehicle insurance to determine whether or not they meet or exceed the requirements established by this title. Makes title III of this Act applicable if a State fails to adopt a plan for no-fault motor vehicle insurance within the time specified. Sets forth requirement for State no-fault plans, and specifies the right of any person injured to basic reparation benefits in accordance with this Act. Provides that, under any State no-fault motor vehicle insurance plan, tort liability arising out of the operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle is abolished except as follows: (1) the liability of an owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident who has not provided insurance or self-insurance covering the vehicle at the time of the accident; (2) the liability of a person in the business of designing, manufacturing, or repairing motor vehicles arising from a defect in a motor vehicle caused by an act of omission; (3) liability of a person for intentionally caused injury; (4) liability for damages for physical damage to property other than motor vehicles in use; (5) intangible damages if the injured person dies or sustains permanent, significantly, incapacitating, loss of body function, permanent serious disfigurement, or an injury resulting in more than six months of complete inability of an injured person to work in his occupation; (6) liability for tangible damages not covered by a qualifying no-fault policy and not accruing as loss during the period that a qualifying no-fault policy is providing benefits for loss in accordance with this Act; and (7) liability of a person in the business of parking or storing motor vehicles. Sets forth requirements of tort liability coverage and territorial coverage which an insurance policy must meet. Provides means of computing loss from an accident, and sets limits on amounts recoverable under a no-fautl plan. Specifies benefits that may be offered by insurers as optional added reparation coverages. Disqualifies from receiving benefits the converter of a motor vehicle or a person intentionally causing injury to himself or another person. Title III: Alternative No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Plan - Sets forth the requirements of a Federal alternative no-fault plan, to be applicable in a State not enacting a no-fault plan. Provides that basic reparation benefits payable for work loss may not exceed $1,000 per month, and survivor's economic loss, replacement service loss, and survivor's replacement services loss arising from injury to one person and attributable to the calendar week during which the accident causing injury occurs and to each calendar week thereafter may not exceed $200. Makes similar provisions to those of title II with respect to the partial abolition of tort liability. Allows optional added reparation coverage by insurers.
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1973
Voter Registration Act - Establishes within the Bureau of the Census the Voter Registration Administration. Provides that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Administrator and two Associate Administrators for terms of four years each. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Administration. Authorizes the Administration to establish a voter registration program in accordance with this Act for all Federal elections and, when requested by the States, for State elections. Provides that an individual who is eligible to vote under State law and who is registered to vote under the provisions of this Act shall be entitled to vote in Federal elections in that State. Directs the Administration to prepare voter registration forms in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Administration to enter into agreements with the Postal Service, with departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and with State officials for the distribution of registration forms. Requires the Administration to assist State officials in detecting fraudulent voter registration, when such assistance is requested by the State. Provides that whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address, residence, age, or other information for the purposes of establishing his eligibility to register or vote under this chapter, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts or offers to accept payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. States that any person who deprives, or attempts to deprive, any other person of any right under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Authorizes the Administration to pay to each appropriate State the reasonable cost of processing registration forms prescribed under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1973
Establishes a Federal Power Research and Development Board which shall consist of five persons appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that ninety days after enactment of this title, every person purchasing electric energy for consumption, and every person generating more than one million kilowatt-hours per year of electric energy for his own consumption shall pay a fee equal to 1 percent of his total charge for electric energy for all such electric energy purchased and consumed, or 1 percent of the fair market value, as determined by the Federal Power Commission, of the electric energy produced where the electric energy is generated by any person for his own consumption. Requires all persons distributing electric energy affecting interstate commerce, including private companies, cooperatives, and agencies of local, State, and the Federal government to include as part of the normal bill or invoice issued to any person purchasing electric energy for consumption an additional amount equal to 1 percent of the total charge for electric energy. Provides that such persons distributing electric power affecting interstate commerce are required to collect the fee and to pay an amount equal to all such fees collected to the Federal Power Commission. Provides that any person generating more than one million kilowatt-hours per year of electric energy for his own consumption affecting interstate commerce is hereby required to pay a fee equal to 1 percent of the fair market value, as determined by the Federal Power Commission, of the electric energy he generates to the Federal Power Commission. Provides that revenues collected by the Commission from such fees and interest on such revenues shall be deposited in the Federal Power Research and Development Trust Fund, to be available through the appropriation process only to the Board for use in carrying out all the provisions of this title. Authorizes the Board to conduct directly and by way of contract, grant, or other arrangement a program of research and development for the improved means of production, transmission, distribution, and utilization of electric energy with minimum impact on the environment. Provides that funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be allocated on the basis of their contribution to the attainment of the following goals: (1) increasing the efficiencies of energy generation, transmission, and distribution processes; (2) improving the energy utilization efficiency of appliances, equipment and processes, and encouraging the implementation of energy conservation practices; (3) decreasing the adverse environmental impact of present and future energy generation, transmission, and distribution processes; (4) achieving basic innovations for new means of reliability generating energy while protecting the environment; and (5) making increased efficiencies and improved technology directly available to all interested persons on a nondiscriminatory basis. Authorizes the Board not less than twice each month to publish a newsletter which shall be made available to all interested persons and which shall include: (1) abstracts of all approved grants, including a statement on the general nature of the work; (2) announcements of hearings; (3) summaries of promising developments; and (4) the information required elsewhere in this title. Provides that each contract, grant, or other arrangement for any research or development activity supported by this title shall contain provisions effective to insure that all information, uses, processes, patents, and other developments resulting from that activity will be made freely and fully available to the general public. States that any person who violates any regulation established pursuant to this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation or for each day of a continuing violation.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act - Title I: Findings, Policy, and Purpose - Declares that it is a continuing responsibility of the Federal Government, consistent with the responsibility of State and local governments for land use planning and management, to undertake the development and implementation of a national land use policy which shall incorporate environmental, esthetic, economic, social, and other appropriate factors. Declares it to be the national policy to: (1) favor patterns of land use planning, management, and development which are in accord with sound environmental, economic, and social values and which encourage the wise and balanced use of the Nation's land resources; (2) assist State governments to develop and implement land use programs for non-Federal lands which will incorporate environmental, esthetic, economic, social, and other appropriate factors, and to develop a framework for the formulation, coordination, and implementation of State and local land use policies; (3) assist the State and local governments to improve upon their present land use planning and management efforts with respect to areas of critical environmental concern, key facilities, development and land use of regional benefit, and large scale development; (4) facilitate increased coordination in the administration of Federal programs and in the planning and management of Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal lands so as to encourage sound land use planning and management; and (5) promote the development of systematic methods for the exchange of land use, environmental, economic, and social data and information among all levels of governments. Title II: Aministration of Land Use Policy - Establishes in the Department of the Interior an Office of Land Use Policy Administration. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the office, shall: (1) maintain a continuing study of the land resources of the United States and their use; (2) cooperate with the States in the development of standard methods and classifications for the collection of land use data and in the establishment of effective procedures for the exchange and dissemination of land use data; (3) develop and maintain a Federal Land Use Information and Data Center; (4) make the information maintained at the Data Center available to Federal, regional, State, and local agencies conducting or concerned with land use planning and management and to the public; and (5) administer the grant-in-aid program established under the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Board on Land Use Policy to assist the Secretary in carrying out this Act. Authorizes the States to coordinate land use planning, policies, and programs with appropriate interstate entities, and a reasonable portion of the funds made available to such States under the provisions of this Act may be used therefor. Title III: Program of Assistance to the States - Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to each State to assist each State in developing and administering a State land use program meeting the requirements set forth in this Act. Provides that, as a condition to the continued eligibility of any State for grants after a period of three complete fiscal years following the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall have determined that the State has developed an adequate statewide land use planning process. Sets forth the requirements of such process. Provides that, in the determination of an adequate statewide land use process of any State, the Secretary shall confirm that the State has an eligible State land use planning agency established by the Governor of such State or by law. Provides that, as a condition of the continued eligibility of any State for grants after a period of five complete fiscal years following the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall determine that the State has developed an adequate State land use program. Provides that such program shall include methods of implementation for: (1) assuring that use and development of land in areas of critical environmental concern within the State is not inconsistent with the State land use program; (2) assuring that the use of land in areas within the State which are or may be impacted by key facilities, including the site location and the location of major improvement and major access features of key facilities, is not inconsistent with the State land use program; (3) assuring that any large-scale subdivisions and other proposed large-scale development within the State of more than local significance in its impact upon the environment is not inconsistent with the State land use program; (4) assuring that any source of air, water, noise, or other pollution in the areas or from the uses or activities listed in this part shall not be located where it would result in a violation of any pollution standard or implementation plan; (5) periodically revising and updating the State land use program to meet changing conditions; (6) assuring dissemination of information to appropriate officials or representatives of local governments and members of the public and their participation in the development of and subsequent revisions in the State land use program and in the formulation of State guidelines, rules, and regulations for the development and administration of the State land use program; and (7) conducting a coordinated management program for the land and water resources of any coastal zone within the State in accordance with existing or then applicable Federal or State law. Provides that such methods of implementation shall include either one or a combination of the two following general techniques: (1) implementation by local governments pursuant to criteria and standards established by the State, such implementation to be subject to State administrative review with State authority to disapprove such implementation wherever it fails to meet such criteria and guidelines; and (2) direct State land use planning and regulation. Provides that the Secretary shall not make a grant to any State pursuant to this Act until he has ascertained that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is satisfied that the land use program of such State is in compliance with the goals of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the clean Air Act, and other Federal laws controlling pollution which fall within the jurisdiction of the Administrator. Requires Federal projects and activities significantly affecting land use to be consistent with State land use programs which conform to the provisions of this Act. Establishes a procedure for the withholding of funds under this Title. Title IV: Federal-State Coordination and Cooperation in the Planning and Management of Federal and Adjacent Non-Federal Lands - States that all agencies of the Federal Government charged with responsibility for the management of Federal lands shall consider State land use programs prepared pursuant to this Act and attempt to coordinate the State and Federal programs. Provides that the Secretary, at his discretion or upon the request of the Governor of any State involved, shall establish an Ad Hoc Federal-State Joint Committee or Committees to review specific problems arising from the management of Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal lands. States that, upon receipt of the recommendations of such committee, the Secretary shall take any appropriate action to minimize such conflict. Directs the Secretary to report biennially to the President and Congress concerning the coordination of the management of Federal land and adjacent non-Federal lands. Title V: General - Authorizes the President to designate an agency or agencies to issue guidelines to the Federal agencies to assist them in carrying out the requirements of this Act. Directs the Secretary, with the assistance of the Office and the Board, to report biennially to the President and the Congress on land resources, uses of land, and current and emerging problems of land use. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants provided for in this Act in any amount not to exceed 66 2/3 percent of the estimiated cost of developing the State land use programs for the two fiscal years following the enactment of this Act. Provides that for the following three fiscal years grants may be made in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the estimated cost of developing and administering such programs. Authorizes to be appropriated for grants to the States under this Act $40,000,000 for each of the first two fiscal years following the enactment of this Act and $30,000,000 for each of the next three fiscal years. Authorizes to be appropriated, for each of the five full fiscal years following the enactment of this Act, $10,000,000 to the Secretary to be used exclusively for the administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that a person eligible to receive supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled; Medicaid) may still be considered to be a member of a household or an elderly person eligible for benefits under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, and for surplus food programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949 present law removes eligibility effective January 1, 1974. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2012(e); 1431))
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Health Maintenance Organization and Resources Development Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to assist in improving the system for the delivery of health care through encouragement of and support for the planning, development, and initial operation of health maintenance organizations, health service organizations, and area health education and service centers, particularly with the intent to improve the health of populations in medically underserved areas. Title I: Health Maintenance Organizations - Part A: Support of Health Maintenance Organizations - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations or institutions to assist in projects for planning or studying the feasibility of developing or expanding health maintenance organizations. Provides that no project may receive more than $250,000 in such grants. States that the Secretary shall give priority to those applicants that give assurances that at least thirty percent of their total enrollment shall be persons from medically underserved areas. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution to assist it in meeting the costs of projects to initially develop a health maintenance organization before it begins actual operation. Provides that no project may receive more than $1,000,000 in such grants. States that priority will be given to those applicants who assure the Secretary that at least thirty percent of their total enrollment will come from medically underserved areas. Specifies the uses for such grant funds. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any public or private nonprofit health maintenance organization or any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution intending to become a health maintenance organization to: (1) assist in meeting construction costs for ambulatory care facilities; and (2) assist in meeting capital investment costs for necessary transportation equipment. Provides that special consideration will be given to those applicants for grants to acquire or renovate existing facilities. Provides that no project may receive more than $2,500,000 in construction grants. States that priority will be given to those applicants who assure the Secretary that at least thirty percent of their total enrollment will come from medically underserved areas. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $74,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and private nonprofit health maintenance organizations to assist them in meeting operating deficits incurred during their first three years of operation. Provides that such grants may be made only after the Secretary has determined that the applicant has made reasonable attempts to meet his operating expenses. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $59,400,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to assist any public or private nonprofit health maintenance organization or any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution intending to become a health maintenance organization to assist it in meeting the cost of constructing facilities for ambulatory care and transportation services. Provides that applications for loans to acquire or renovate existing facilities will be given special consideration. States that a loan for any project under this section may not exceed ninety percent of the costs. Authorizes to be appropriated for such loans $74,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Provides that appropriations for such loans, loan repayments, and other receipts in connection with construction loans shall be placed in a revolving fund to be used by the Secretary for such loans and other expenditures. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to any public or private nonprofit health maintenance organization to assist it in meeting a portion of its initial operating costs in excess of its gross revenues (as determined by regulation). Authorizes to be appropriated for such loans $59,400,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Part B: Supplemental Health Maintenance Organizations - Directs the Secretary to make grants and loans to supplemental health maintenance organizations from funds appropriated under this Act in amounts not to exceed 17.5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 'regular' health maintenance organizations. Title II: Support of Health Service Organizations - Declares that it is the purpose of this title to assist in the establishment of health service organizations and area health education centers primarily directed at defined rural population groups which are characterized by a lack of medical care services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, or institutions to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to plan or study the feasibility of developing or expanding a health service organization. Provides that no project may receive more than $250,000 in such grants. Provides that grant funds awarded shall be available for expenditure by the grantee for no more than two years. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any public or private nonprofit entity to assist it in meeting the cost of a project to initially develop a health service organization before it begins actual operation. States that no project may receive more than $1,000,000 in such grants. Provides that grant funds shall be used to: (1) implement an enrollment campaign; (2) design and arrange for the provision of health services; (3) develop administrative and internal organizational arrangements; (4) recruit personnel and conduct training activities; and (5) pay architects' and engineers' fees. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any public or private nonprofit health service organization to: (1) assist in meeting construction costs for those ambulatory care facilities (or portions of such facilities) that will be used to provide health services to its enrollees; and (2) assist in meeting capital investment costs for necessary transportation equipment that will be used to improve access to health services for its enrollees. States that special consideration will be given to those applicants for grants who acquire or renovate existing facilities. Provides that no project may receive more than $2,500,000 in construction grants under this section. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or private nonprofit health service organizations to assist them in meeting operating deficits incurred during their first three years of operation. States that such grants may be made only after the Secretary has determined that the applicant has made reasonable attempts to obtain funds from other sources. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to assist any public or private nonprofit health service organization or any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution intending to become a health service organization to meet the costs of constructing facilities for ambulatory care and transportation services. Provides that such facilities must be used by the health service organization to provide health services to its enrollees. Provides that applications for loans to acquire or renovate existing facilities will be given special consideration. States that a loan for any project under this section may not exceed ninety percent of the costs. Authorizes to be appropriated for such loans $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to any public or private nonprofit health service organization to assist it in meeting a portion of its initial operating costs in excess of its gross revenues (as determined by regulation). States that such loans (with respect to any project) may not exceed: sixty percent of such excess operating costs for the first year; forty percent of such excess operating costs for the second year; and twenty percent of such excess operating costs for the third year. Authorizes to be appropriated for such loans $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years. Title III: Area Health Education and Service Centers and General Requirements - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to university health centers or to regional medical programs to assist them in meeting the costs of developing area health education and service centers. Specifies the uses for such grant funds. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants: $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to university health centers or regional medical programs to assist them in constructing and equipping educational facilities to be used by area health education and service centers. Provides that the Secretary may award such grants only after determining that applicants are unable to receive assistance for such purposes under titles I and II of the Medical Facilities Construction and Modernization Amendments of 1970 (Hill-Burton Act) and title IX of the National Housing Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants: $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Requires any loan made by the Secretary to bear interest at rates comparable to prevailing current interest rates for loans guaranteed under this title. States that no payment of principal on a loan is required until five years after the loan is made. Provides that loans may not be made unless the applicant gives the Secretary reasonable satisfaction of his ability to make payments of principal and interest when due and gives reasonable assurances that it will have such additional funds as are necessary to complete the project for which the loan is requested. Authorizes the Secretary, between January 1, 1974, and June 30, 1976, to: (1) guarantee loans made by non-Federal lenders to health maintenance organizations, health service organizations, and university health centers; and (2) pay interest subsidies on loans made by non-Federal lenders to private nonprofit health maintenance organizations, health service organizations, university health centers, and regional medical centers. Provides that loan guarantees and interest subsidies may be made to assist health maintenance organizations and health service organizations to carry out construction projects for ambulatory care facilities and necessary transportation equipment; to meet their initial development costs for three years; or to meet their operating costs for three years. Requires that the term of a loan for which a loan guarantee and interest subsidy is sought shall not exceed twenty-five years (if for construction) or fifteen years (if for operating costs), or such shorter period as the Secretary may prescribe. Requires an applicant to give assurances that it will keep and afford access to such records as the Secretary may require and make such reports containing such information and in such form as the Secretary may require. Requires that loan guarantees and interest subsidies be subject to such further terms and conditions that the Secretary determines are necessary. Authorizes the United States to recover amounts of its payments under a loan guarantee from the applicant unless the Secretary, for good cause, waives such right and upon making any payment the United States shall be subrogated to all the rights of the recipient of payments with respect to which the guarantee was made. Establishes in the Treasury a Health Maintenance Organization, Health Service Organization and Area Health Education and Service Center Loan Guarantee and Interest Subsidy Fund to enable the Secretary to discharge his responsibilities under loan guarantees and to make payments of interest subsidies. Authorizes to be appropriated from time to time such sums as may be necessary to provide amounts required by the Fund. Provides that, if at any time sums in the Fund are insufficient, the Secretary is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such forms and under such terms as the Secretary may prescribe with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires applications for assistance under this title to be submitted to and approved by the Secretary. States that applications must be submitted in such form and manner, and contain such information as the Secretary may prescribe. Requires recipients, upon completion of assistance under this title, to make a full and complete report to the Secretary describing the plans, developments, and operations in the areas enumerated in this title. Requires health maintenance organizations, health service organizations, or university health centers receiving assistance under this title to submit to the Secretary continuing assurances of financial responsibility; development and operation consistent with terms of this title and plans contained in the application; and other matters as prescribed by regulation. Requires an application for grants, loans, loan guarantees or interest subsidies to contain assurances that the applicant will enroll the maximum number of persons it will be able to serve effectively. Provides that it cannot enroll more than fifty percent of its enrollees from medically underserved areas (except in rural areas) as designated by the Secretary. Provides that such assistance may not be made unless the applicant demonstrates that it will or has met such conditions and that these conditions will be maintained. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate or cancel (after a hearing) any grant, loan, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy made to a health maintenance organization, health service organization, or university health center that is in substantial non-compliance with the material provisions of this title or after notice from the Commission on Quality Health Care that such organization has had its certificate of compliance suspended or revoked. Establishes in the Treasury a Health Maintenance Trust Fund to enable the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts with health maintenance and health service organizations for annual capitation payments authorized under this title. Allows health maintenance organizations and health service organizations, as well as organizations and providers that receive Quality Health Care Initiative Awards, to provide health care services in States, regardless of specified restrictive provisions in State laws. States that any health care provider which is certified by the Commission on Quality Health Care Assurance is eligible to apply for a Quality Health Care Initiative Award. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to health maintenance or health service organizations that provide health services to those individuals who cannot afford to pay the entire amount of a health maintenance or health service premium. Provides that individuals who cannot meet the entire expense of a health maintenance or health service premium will be expected to contribute a reasonable portion (as determined by the Secretary). States that the amount of such annual grants shall be equal to the difference between the maximum amount (as determined by the Secretary) an enrollee could reasonably be expected to pay toward the health maintenance, supplemental health maintenance or health service organization premium and the premium for membership enrollment in such health maintenance, supplemental health maintenance or health service organization for each person enrolled. Provides that such grants shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the total premium receipts for such health maintenance, supplemental health maintenance or health service organization for the next preceding year. Authorizes to be appropriated to make such grants $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $375,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that where a health maintenance, supplemental health maintenance, or health service organization proposes an increase in its premium rate and the Secretary determines that such increase is due in whole or in part to fulfillment of the requirement for open enrollment, in that such organization has in its enrolled population a disproportionate number of high-risk enrollees, the Secretary shall make annual grants to such organization equal to an amount that would eliminate the need for that part of the proposed premium increase caused by such disproportionate number of high-risk enrollees in such organization. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $350,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Title IV: Commission on Quality Health Care Assurance - Commission on Quality Health Care Assurance Act - Establishes a Commission on Quality Health Care Assurance as an independent agency in the Executive Branch. States that the Commission shall consist of eleven members who because of their experience or education are particularly qualified to serve. Provides that membership shall include representatives of the health care delivery industry, private organizations developing quality health care standards and consumers who are not related to the delivery of health care. Sets forth the duties and administrative powers of the Commission. Allows a health care provider covered under the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 to apply for an order to permit it to be temporarily out-of-compliance with a quality health care standard. Authorizes the Commission to grant the order if the applicant: (1) is unable to comply with the standard because personnel or equipment are unavailable, or necessary construction cannot be completed by the standard's effective date; and (2) has an effective program for coming into compliance with the standard as soon as possible. Requires providers to keep records of their activities which are governed by this Act. States that such records must be made available to the Commission and to the Secretary. Authorizes the Commission to prescribe rules and regulations for inspecting a provider's records and facilities. Requires providers to publish descriptions of any health care benefit plan covered under this Act. States that plan descriptions must be published within ninety days after the plan is established or when the plan becomes subject to the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to suspend the certificate of approval of any provider that is found, after a hearing, to be out-of-compliance with quality health care standards and suspend a provider's eligibility for assistance under this Act and the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963. Provides that providers who have had certificates suspended for an unreasonable period of time (as determined by the Commission) shall have their certificates revoked and shall be responsible for repaying part or all of the amounts received under such Acts. Authorizes the Commission to arrange with such providers for reimbursement of such amounts. Provides that persons who make false statements on any document required under this Act, upon conviction, will be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment of not more than six months, or both. Authorizes providers of health care to enter into programs for the handling of malpractice claims which may arise out of the care and treatment of patients. States that such programs shall be based upon agreements between the patients and the providers of health care to submit all disputes, not settled to the satisfaction of both parties, to binding arbitration. Establishes procedures whereby the Commission may, by rule, promulgate, modify, or revoke any quality health assurance system criterion or norm. Provides that nothing in this Act shall prevent any State agency or court from asserting jurisdiction under State law over any health issue with respect to which no standard criterion, or norm is in effect under this Act. Requires any State which at any time desires to assume responsibility for the development and enforcement of health standards, criterions, or norms relating to any health issue with respect to which a Federal standard, criterion, or norm has been promulgated to submit to the Commission a State plan for the development of such standards, criterions, or norms and their enforcement. Provides that the Commission shall approve the plan submitted by a State if such plan meets requirements specified in this title. Makes provision for judicial review of an adverse decision by the Commission. Provides that the United States district courts shall have jurisdiction, upon petition of the Commission, to restrain any conditions or practices by a provider of health care which are such that a danger exists which could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm immediately or before the imminence of such danger can be eliminated through the enforcement procedures provided by this title. States that if the Commission arbitrarily or capriciously fails to seek relief under this section, any person, who may be injured by reason of such failure, or the representative of such person may bring an action against the Commission in the United States district court for the district in which the imminent danger is alleged to exist or the provider has its principal office, or for the District of Columbia, for a writ of mandamus to compel the Commission to seek such an order and for such further relief as may be appropriate. Authorizes to be appropriated for the carrying out of the provisions of this title $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $110,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Establishes a Federal Medical Malpractice Insurance Program, to be administered by the Commission on Quality Health Care. Requires the Commission to make medical malpractice liability reinsurance available to primary insurers of such liability to the extend that such primary insurers are liable for damages resulting from acts of an insured who holds a valid certificate of compliance in accordance with the requirements of this title. Provides that premium rates established by the Commission shall be: (1) uniform with respect to similar classifications of risks; (2) sufficient to provide adequate proceeds to pay all claims for probable losses over a reasonable period of years; and (3) exclusive of any loading for administrative expenses of the United States under this part. Authorizes the Commission to establish a Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Fund in the Treasury which shall be available: (1) to repay to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be borrowed from him (together with interest) in accordance with the authority provided in this title; (2) to pay such administrative expenses (or portion of such expenses) of carrying out the reinsurance program as the Commission may deem necessary; and (3) to pay claims and other expenses and costs of the reinsurance program (including any premium equalization payments and reinsurance claims), as the Commission deems necessary. Title V: National Institute of Health Care Delivery - Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Institute of Health Care Delivery. Provides that the Institute shall carry out a multidisciplinary research and development program to improve delivery of health care services and shall be the principal agency in the Department to coordinate and cooperate with the Commission for the improvement of health care in the United States. Provides that the Director and Deputy Director of the Institute shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Director to appoint not to exceed four Assistant Directors. Provides that it shall be the function of the Institute to pursue methods and opportunities to improve and advance the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of health care delivery in the States, regions, and communities of the United States through initiation and support of studies, research, experimentation, development, demonstration and evaluation of areas and subjects set forth in this title. Provides that the Institute shall: (1) develop methods for, and support of, training of individuals to plan and conduct research, development, demonstrations, and evaluation of health care delivery and related services; (2) provide technical assistance and development of methods for the transfer of new knowledge, components, and systems to public and private agencies, programs, institutions, and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery; and (3) collaborate with governments and private care institutions and programs in foreign countries for the exchange of information and support of research, experiments, demonstrations, and training in order to advance health care delivery in the United States and cooperating nations. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Director under this title. Provides that where funds are advanced for a single project under this Act by more than one Federal agency the Director may act for all in administering the funds advanced and a single non-Federal share requirement may be established according to the proportion of the funds advanced by each Federal agency. Provides for the transfer of research funds from other Government departments and agencies, with the approval of the head of the department or agency involved, for such use as is consistent for the purposes for which the funds were provided. Transfers the National Center for Health Services Research and Development from the Health Services and Mental Health Administration to the Institute. Authorizes the President, for a period of two years after the date of enactment of this title, to transfer to the Institute any functions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which relate primarily to the functions, powers and duties of the Director, as described by this title. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Health Care Delivery to be composed of twenty-one members. States that the Council shall consist of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Chief Medical Officer of the Veterans' Administration, a medical officer designated by the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the Health Services and Mental Health Administration, the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Health Care Delivery, who shall be ex officio members, and fifteen members, who are not otherwise full-time employees of the United States, to be appointed by the President. Provides that the appointed members shall be: (1) leaders in the field of medical science, or in the organization, delivery or financing of health care; (2) leaders in the management sciences; and (3) representatives of the consumers of health care. Provides that the Council shall: (1) review programs, policies, and priorities of the Institute and centers established under this Act and advise the Director on the development and conduct of the programs of the Institute and centers; (2) examine and coordinate health care delivery efforts in cooperation and coordination with the Commission within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and other Federal departments and agencies so as to avoid duplication; and (3) assure that significant research and development findings of the Institute and centers are being disseminated to the health care system, and evaluate the extent such findings are making an impact on the health care delivery system. Provides that the Director shall, within one year after the date of his appointment and prior to February 1 of each year thereafter, prepare and submit a written report to the Secretary for his transmittal to the President and the Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title (except for the provisions dealing with regional and special emphasis centers) the sums of $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that any unexpended sums may be carried over without fiscal year limitation. Authorizes the Director to enter into cooperative arrangements with public or private nonprofit agencies or institutions to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, and providing operating support for: (1) not to exceed eight regional centers to carry out multidisciplinary research and development in health care delivery; (2) the Health Care Technology Center which shall focus on all forms of technology and its application in health care delivery; and (3) the Health Care Management Center which shall focus on the improvement of management and organization in the health field, the training and retraining of administrators, and the development of leaders, planners and policy analysts in such field. Provides that Federal support shall not exceed $2,000,000 per year per center, except for the Health Care Technology Center, and such support may be funded for an initial period of not to exceed three years. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of providing such support $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $35,000,000 for fiscal 1975; and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that any unexpended sums may be carried over without fiscal year limitation. Authorizes the Director to provide funds to be used to increase the Federal contribution to research and demonstration projects, which have been designated by the National Advisory Council as essential, above the maximum level of Federal contributions otherwise authorized by any applicable law. Provides that the increased Federal contribution shall not exceed eighty precent of the cost of such projects. Provides that not to exceed ten percent of the funds authorized by this title shall be available for such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Airport Development Acceleration Act - Expands the definition of "airport development" under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to include the following: (1) any work involved in constructing, improving, or repairing a public airport or portion thereof, including the construction, alteration, repair, or acquisition of airport passenger terminal buildings or facilities directly related to the handling of passengers or their baggage at the airport; (2) the removal, lowering, relocation, marking, and lighting of airport hazards; (3) the acquisition, removal, improvement, or repair of navigation aids used by aircraft landing at, or taking off from, a public airport; (4) the acquisition, improvement, or repair of safety equipment required by rule or regulation for certification of the airport under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, and security equipment required of the sponsor by rule or regulation of the Federal Aviation Administration for the safety and security of persons and property on the airport; and (5) any acquisition of land or of any interest therein or of any easement through or other interest in airspace, which is necessary to permit any of the above or to remove, mitigate, prevent, or limit the establishment of airport hazards affecting a public airport. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for airport development totaling $375,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the purpose of developing airports serving segments of aviation other than air carriers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board totaling $45,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Increases the total obligational authority of the Secretary to make grants for airport development to $1,680,000,000. Provides that no such obligation shall be incurred after June 30, 1975. States that such obligations shall not be liquidated in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,260,000,000 prior to June 30, 1974, and an aggregate amount exceeding $1,680,000,000 prior to June 30, 1975. Provides that the Federal share of allowable project costs incurred under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 shall be: (1) fifty percent for sponsors whose airports enplane not less than 1.00 percent of the total annual passengers enplaned by air carriers certificated by the Board; and (2) seventy-five percent for sponsors whose airports enplane less than 1.00 percent of such passengers. Provides that to the extent that the project cost of an approved project for airport development represents the cost of safety equipment required under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 the United States share shall be 82 percent of the allowable cost thereof with respect to airport development project grant agreements entered into after May 10, 1971. States that the extent that the project cost of an approved project for airport development represents the cost of security equipment required by the Secretary by rule or regulation, the United States share shall be 82 percent of the allowable cost thereof with respect to airport development project grant agreements entered into after September 28, 1971. Provides that no State shall levy or collect a tax, fee, head charge, or other charge, directly or indirectly, on persons traveling in air transportation or on the carriage of persons in air transportation, or on the gross receipts derived therefrom.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Energy Policy Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to protect and promote the interest of the people of the United States as energy users by establishing a Council on Energy Policy. Sets forth the purpose of the Council including: (1) to establish a central point for the collection, analysis and interpretation of energy statistics; (2) to coordinate all energy activities of the Federal Government; and (3) to prepare, in consultation with other interested organizations and bodies, a long range comprehensive plan for energy utilization. Provides that Congress authorizes and directs, to the fullest extent possible: (1) that the policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this Act; and (2) that all agencies of the Federal Government shall perform the functions set forth in this Act. Creates in the Executive Office of the President a Council on Energy Policy which shall be composed of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Council shall serve as the principal advisor to the President and the Congress on energy policy. Specifies additional duties of the Council. Provides that the President shall cause to be prepared and submitted to the Congress on or before July 1, 1973, and annually thereafter, an energy report which shall include information required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act not to exceed $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $4,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Offshore Marine Environment Protection Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide for the fullest protection of the marine environment possible to prevent adverse impact which may result from the construction and operation of large-scale offshore artificial structures. Provides that no person shall construct or operate an artificial structure as defined in this Act until the Secretary of the Department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is operating shall have certified that the artificial structure does not pose an unreasonable threat to the integrity of the marine environment in which it is to be located, and that all possible precautions have been taken to minimize adverse impact on the marine environment. Establishes criteria to be considered by the Secretary in reviewing and evaluating applications to build artificial offshore structures. Directs that copies of any communications, documents, reports, or information received or sent by any applicant (except those which relate to trade secrets) shall be made available to the public upon identifiable request. Provides that, in evaluating the effect of any proposed artificial structure on navigation, the Secretary shall consult with and obtain the views of the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Prescribes a fine of not less than $50,000 nor more than $200,000 for any person who begins to construct, constructs, or operates an artificial structure after the effective date of this Act without a prior certification by the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 each for the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 for the administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Education for all Handicapped Children Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to insure that all handicapped children receive maximum special educational services not later than 1976, to insure that State and local education agencies fulfill their primary responsibilities in providing such services, and to provide financial assistance to the State and local educational agencies to enable them to provide such services. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants pursuant to this Act for the purpose of assisting the States in improving and expanding educational services for the education of handicapped children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary school levels. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal years 1973 through 1977 such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Sets forth a formula by which the sums appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be allotted. Provides that the Commissioner shall prescribe basic criteria to be applied by State agencies in approving applications for assistance under the State plan submitted under this Act. Provides that States desiring to participate in the program under this Act shall demonstrate to the Commissioner of Education that specific conditions have been met. Sets forth provisions which each State plan shall include. Provides that each participating State shall appoint an advisory panel which shall be broadly representative of individuals involved in the education of handicapped children. Sets forth the functions of such panel. Provides that the Commissioner shall report to the Congress annually regarding progress toward goals of this Act. Provides that the Federal share of programs pursuant to this Act shall be 75 percent. States that a maximum of 1 percent of the total of the grants paid under this Act for one year to a State agency may be paid to such agency by the Commissioner for the administration of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for this purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
National Science Policy and Priorities Act - States the Congressional declaration that the total Federal investment in science and technology must be raised to an expenditure level which is adequate to the human needs of the nation; and that Federal programs for civilian research and engineering must be focused in such priority problem areas as health care, poverty, public safety, pollution, unemployment, productivity, housing, education, transportation, nutrition, communications, and energy resources. Title I: Science Policy and Priorities for Civilian Research and Engineering - Science Policy Act - Requires the National Science Foundation to identify, research, and report on priority areas of civilian research and engineering likely to contribute to the resolution of such national problem areas as stated above. Authorizes appropriations totalling $50,000,000 for fiscal years 1974-1976 for such purposes. Title II: Design and Demonstration of Civil Science Systems - Civil Science Systems Act - Authorizes the Foundation to initiate and support programs which use science, technology, and advanced analytical techniques, such as systems analysis, to design civil science systems which are capable of providing improved public services in such areas as health care delivery, public safety, public sanitation, pollution control, housing, transportation, public utilities, communications, and education. Establishes within, the NSF, the Civil Science Systems Administration to administer programs carried out under this title. Establishes the Civil Science Systems Advisory Council, composed of 31 members, 18 of whom shall serve for terms of 3 years and be chosen from the following areas: business, labor, engineers, social and behavioral scientists, environmental and other community groups, and consumers. Authorizes the Director of the Administration to conduct and contract for planning studies for the design and demonstration of civil science systems capable of providing improved public services. Authorizes contracts: (1) for the conduct of applied social research into the economic, sociological, political, legal, administrative, and psychological aspects of the design, development, and implementation of such civil science systems; and (2) for research, testing, and evaluation of such civil science systems which make use of advanced science and technology. Authorizes the Director to establish a computerized Civil Science Systems Information Service, which shall collect the information pertaining to civil science systems resulting from programs under this title, and shall provide information to interested Government, educational, and private organizations. Requires the Director, in conducting programs under this title, to maintain coordination with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local governmental agencies. Authorizes appropriations for this title of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $400,000,000 for 1975, and $600,000,000 for 1976. Title III: Transition of Technical Manpower to Civilian Programs - Technical Manpower Transition Act - Authorizes the Foundation to plan and assist in the transition of scientific and technical manpower from research and engineering programs which have been terminated or significantly reduced to other civilian-oriented research and engineering activities. Establishes an Advisory Panel on Transition of Scientific and Technical Manpower to Civilian Programs, to be composed of 31 members, 18 of whom shall serve for terms of 3 years and be chosen from the following categories: engineering and natural sciences, economics and social sciences, industry, labor, public affairs and manpower training, and unemployed scientists, engineers, and technicians. Authorizes the Foundation to make grants: (1) for the conduct of research designed to study and appraise the social, economic, and managerial aspects of transition from defense research and engineering activities to civilian-oriented research and engineering activities; (2) for programs designed to facilitate the transition of scientific and technical activities to civilian programs at the State, local, or regional level; (3) for training programs for officers and employees of Federal, State, and local government who will be responsible for administering Government-assisted programs for civilian, social oriented research and engineering activities; (4) for establishing community conversion corporations which shall conduct civilian-oriented research and development activities focusing on the particular problems of the community where the corporation is located; (5) for job transition programs involving the hiring of unemployed scientists, engineers, and technicians to work on civilian-oriented projects for which they are not yet fully qualified; (6) for career transition fellowships to unemployed scientists, engineers, and technicians to enable them to pursue a course of study through which they can acquire specialized technical knowledge and skills in fields other than the ones in which they are already proficient; (7) for placement programs for unemployed or underemployed scientists, engineers, and technicians; and (8) for education programs which design courses and curriculums intended to prepare students for careers in civilian, socially oriented research and engineering activities, in areas such as pollution control, mass transit, solid waste disposal systems, public utilities, public safety systems, and health care technology. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this title $152,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $203,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $205,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Title IV: Protection of Pension Rights of Scientists and Engineers - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to develop recommendations for modifications of Federal procurement regulations to insure that scientists, engineers, and those employed under Federal procurement, construction, or research contracts or grants, shall be protected against forfeiture of pension or retirement benefits as a consequence of job transfers or loss of employment resulting from terminations or modifications of Federal contracts or procurement policies. Title V: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the Director to appoint additional personnel and advisory committees, and use the services of Federal, State, and local government organizations, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Makes provisions for the payment and withholding of funds under this Act. Requires records to be kept of costs by recipients of assistance under this Act. Provides for an audit of records of recipients of assistance. Requires provisions in grants or contracts under this Act governing the disposition of inventions produced thereunder in a manner calculated to protect the public interest and the equities of the individual or organization with which the grant or contract is executed. Prohibits any Foundation employee from retaining or transferring any rights, under the patent laws or transfering any rights, under the patent laws of the United States, in any invention which he may produce in connection with performing his assigned activities and which is directly related to the subject matter thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Title I: Anti-Hijacking Act - Expands the definition of the term "special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States" when used in the Federal Aviation Act to include the following aircraft while in flight: (1) any aircraft outside the United States that has "an offense", as defined in the convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, committed aboard, if the aircraft lands in the United States with the alleged offender still aboard; and (2) other aircraft leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business in the United States, or his permanent residence in the United States. Provides that whoever aboard an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States commits "an offense", as defined in the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, and is afterward found in the United States shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 20 years or for more than life. Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or is used as a base of operations for terrorist groups, he may, without notice or hearing and for as long as he determines necessary to assure the security of aircraft against unlawful seizure, suspend the right of any air transportation and any persons to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce to and from that foreign nation and the right of any foreign air carrier to engage in foreign air transportation, and any foreign person to operate aircraft in foreign air commerce between the United States and any foreign nation which maintains air service between itself and that foreign nation. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to suspend the operating authority of foreign air carriers when he finds that a foreign nation does not effectively maintain and administer security measures relating to transportation of persons or property or mail in foreign air transportation that are equal to or above the minimum standards which are established pursuant to the Convention on International Civil Aviation or, prior to a date when such standards are adopted and enter into force pursuant to such convention, the specifications and practices set out in appendix A to Resolution A 17-10 of the Seventeenth Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Title II: Air Transportation Security Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe reasonable regulations requiring that all passengers and property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin be screened by weapon-detecting devices operated by the air carrier's employees. Requires the Administrator to acquire and furnish for the use by air carriers sufficient devices necessary for the purposes of this Act. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain an air transportation security force of sufficient size to provide a law enforcement presence and capability at airports in the United States adequate to insure the safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation. Provides that the Administrator may not require, by regulation of otherwise, the presence at airports in the United States of State or local law enforcement personnel to assist in or support the screening of passengers and property prior to boarding, or to enforce, or to act as a deterrent against acts which are prohibited by, United States statutes other than as authorized by this Act. Provides that no person shall be frisked or searched unless he has been identified by a weapons detection device as a person who is reasonably likely to be carrying unlawfully a concealed weapon and before he has been given an opportunity to remove from his person or clothing objects which could have evoked a positive response from the weapons detection device, and unless he consents to such search. Provides that, if consent for such search is denied, such person shall be denied boarding and shall forfeit his opportunity to be transported in air transportation, intrastate air transportation, and foreign air transportation. Sets forth criminal penalties for the carrying aboard an aircraft of weapons. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 for fiscal years 1973, and 1974 to maintain the air transportation security force provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Retirement Income Security for Employees Act - Title I: Organization - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Office of Pension and Welfare Plan Administration headed by an Assistant Secretary of Labor appointed by the President with Senate advice and consent. Provides that the functions, records and personnel of the Office of Labor Management Services Administration necessary for the administration of the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act are transferred to the Office of Pension and Welfare Plan Administration. Requires that, unless exempt, the provisions of the Act apply to any pension or profit-sharing-retirement plan established or maintained by an employer, a union, or both together in any industry or activity affecting interstate commerce. Requires administrators of pension and profit-sharing-retirement plans to file applications with the Secretary of Labor for registration of such plans. Title II: Vesting and Funding Requirements - Requires that no pension or profit-sharing-retirement plan may require, as a condition of eligibility to participate in the plan, a period of service longer than one year or an age greater than 25, whichever occurs later, except that any plan which provides 100 percent immediate vesting upon entry into the plan may restrict participation to those who have attained age 30, or three years of service, whichever occurs later. Authorizes the Secretary to defer, in whole or in part, applicability of the vesting provisions for a period not to exceed five years from the effective date of such requirements where a plan makes a showing that the vesting requirements would increase the employer's costs or contributions to the plan to an extent that substantial economic injury would result to the employer and to the interests of the participants. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations governing funding of multi-employer plans that cover a substantial portion of the industry or employees in a specific geographic area to assure that such plans are provided with sufficient assets to cover benefits under the plan. Title III: Voluntary Portability Program for Vested Pensions - Establishes a voluntary program known as the Voluntary Portability Program for portability of vested pension credits. Requires that, plans which are members of this program are required to pay, to a central portability fund administered by the Secretary, monies representing the value of the participant's vested rights when he is separated from the plan prior to retirement. Establishes a Voluntary Portability Program Fund under the supervision of the Secretary into which payments will be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary under the portability program. Title IV: Plan Termination Insurance Program Established - Establishes a Private Pension Plan Termination Insurance Program administered by the Secretary, which requires plans to insure unfunded vested liabilities incurred prior to enactment of the Act, as well as after enactment of the Act. Requires the insurance program to insure participants against loss of vested benefits arising from plan termination. States that the Secretary shall make arrangements with employers on equitable terms for the reimbursement of insurance paid. Title V: Disclosure and Fiduciary Standards - Requires that annual reports filed are required to be accompanied by a certificate designating the Secretary as agent for service of process in any action arising under this Act. Restructures the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans so that it will serve as an advisory council for both the WPPDA and the Retirement Income Security for Employees Act. Title VI: Enforcement - Empowers the Secretary to petition the Federal courts to compel a pension or profit-sharing-retirement plan to comply with the Act or effect recoveries of moneys which may be due under the Act. Sets forth criminal penalties for interference with the rights of a pensioner or his beneficiary. Title VII: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for the provisions in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to utilize Department of Defense resources for the purpose of providing medical emergency transportation services to civilians.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Designates April 9 through April 15 as "Earth Week, 1973", a time to continue the nationwide effort of education on environmental problems.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Provides for paying tribute to law enforcement officers of this country on Law Day, May 1, 1973.