United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States (1) should propose an immediate suspension on underground nuclear testing to remain in effect so long as the Soviet Union abstains from underground testing, and (2) should set forth promptly a new proposal to the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and other nations for a permanent treaty to ban all nuclear tests.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1975
Foreign Assistance to Cyprus Act - Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for humanitarian assistance to the people of Cyprus. Directs the President to make maximum use of international and voluntary relief organizations as channels for such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to be composed of specified Cabinet members and Directors of government agencies. Specifies the duties of the Council, including the duty to assist communities, industries, and employees which may be substantially and seriously affected to make adjustment to closure and reduction of bases or cancellation or reduction of defense contracts. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Authorizes the Council to allocate economic development funds appropriated to Federal agencies to communities which would be substantially and seriously affected by reduction or elimination of Government military contracts. Title III: Industrial Economic Adjustment - Requires defense contractors to undertake planning and preparation for the employment of the personnel and utilization of the facilities employed on a contract after its completion. Authorizes the Chairman of the Council to provide assistance to defense and nonprofit contractors on conversion to nondefense industry, and appropriates $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for such purpose. Specifies the criteria for assigning priorities among economic projects applying for support under this Act. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Fund - Requires payment to the Council of one-half of one percent of the amount of any defense contract for funding of the Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund to be established in the Treasury. Provides for the return of unexpended moneys of a contractor in the fund if all of his obligations under this Act have been discharged and he has not contracted with the Federal government to furnish defense materials within 24 months. Title V: Economic Adjustment Assistance For Workers - Provides for the payment of economic adjustment benefits to workers or nonprofit contractors who have been displaced from private defense facilities for 2 years following such displacement. Provides that such assistance shall include up to 80 percent of weekly wages, maintenance of insurance coverages, vested pension credit, and retraining. Conditions the eligibility of workers for such benefits upon maintenance of registration with the Secretary of Labor and an agreement to accept employment determined by the Secretary of Labor to be suitable.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975
Health Education and Preventive Health Services Act - Establishes an Office of Health Education and Preventive Health Services Programs within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to be directed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Education. States that it shall be the function of the Office to coordinate, administer, develop and recommend priorities for, and provide information with respect to, health education and preventive health services programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop a program for the extension of health education and preventive health services programs over a three-year period. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Provides under the Internal Revenue Code that no interest is payable on income tax deficiencies in the case of returns prepared by the Internal Revenue Service until the expiration of thirty days after notice to the taxpayer of such deficiency.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall elect two Senators and the number of Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State. States that each Senator or Representative so elected shall be an inhabitant of the District and shall possess the same qualifications as to age and citizenship and have the same rights, privileges, and obligations as a Senator or Representative from a State.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Provides for certification by the State water pollution control agency of treatment projects within such State where the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws and standards at least equivalent to those established by Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act - Title I: Veterans Disability Compensation - Increases the rate of wartime disability compensation for veterans. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to adjust the rates of disability compensation for specified persons. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314). Increases the additional compensation for dependents for those who qualify for disability compensation. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 315) Increases the veterans disability clothing allowance to $175 per year. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 362) Title II: Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Increases the dependency and indemnity compensation to be paid to a widow based on the pay grade of her deceased husband. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 411) Increases the dependency and indemnity compensation to be paid to the children where there is no widow. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 413) Increases the supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation of children of a deceased veteran where such child has become disabled. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 414) Directs the Administrator to pay dependency and indemnity compensation to the widow, children, and parents of any veteran who dies after December 31, 1965, and who dies from a service connected disability, or who was receiving compensation for total service connected disability permanent in nature. Title III: Effective Date - Declares this Act to be effective as of July 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Provides that no fur or leather shall be shipped in interstate or foreign commerce if such fur or leather comes from animals trapped in any State or any foreign country which has not banned the manufacture, sale, or use of leg-hold or steel jaw traps. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to compile and publish a list of States and countries which have not banned the use or manufacture of such traps. Provides a penalty of not more than a $2,000 fine for the first offense and for the second and subsequent offenses a fine of not more than $5,000 and a jail term of one to three years.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Offender Employment and Training Act - Title I: Federal Penal or Correctional Institutions - Authorizes the National Institute of Corrections from a fund to be established called the Federal Employment and Training Fund, to make grants and loans to, or contract with qualified applicants, establish within or without any Federal penal or correctional institution projects for the purpose of training or employing offenders. Stipulates that no loan or grant shall be made unless the National Institute of Corrections first determines that: (1) offenders shall receive wages at a rate not less than similar workers in the locality; (2) any products or services may be sold just as if non-offenders provided them; (3) the offenders are likely by reason of their involvement in such projects to find employment following their release; (4) benefits, such as unemployment compensation, are available to offenders and non-offenders alike; and (5) deductions from gross wages shall not exceed 80 percent of gross wages. Authorizes annual appropriations to the fund to make its income not less than $10,000,000 in any fiscal year. Provides for the monitoring and evaluation of any project entered into pursuant to this Act by the Comptroller General of the National Institute of Corrections.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Provides, under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that no citizen of the United States who is otherwise qualified to vote in any Federal election shall be denied the right to vote in such election on account of his having been convicted of any crime, if he has served the sentence imposed as punishment therefor, completed any term of parole imposed in connection with such conviction, and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the court with respect to such conviction.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Requires that time spent on parole by Federal offenders be credited toward the running of such offenders' sentences if their parole is subsequently revoked.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Requires that time spent on parole by District of Columbia offenders be credited toward the running of such offenders' sentences if their parole is subsequently revoked.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975
State Lottery Exemption Act - Exempts State-conducted lotteries, sweepstakes, and wagering pools, as well as vending machines maintained by State agencies for such purposes, from the wagering tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Infant and Child Nutrition Protection Act - Requires, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the label on infant foods disclose, by percentage, the weight of all ingredients of such foods and requires the label on specified breakfast cereals to disclose the sugar content thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
National Venereal Disease Prevention and Control Amendments - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish, under the National Venereal Disease Prevention and Control Act, a national program for the prevention and control of venereal disease. Authorizes to be appropriated $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the next four fiscal years for grants to States for projects for the prevention and control of venereal disease. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the next four fiscal years for grants to States to establish and maintain adequate public health programs for the diagnosis and treatment of venereal disease. Authorizes to be appropriated $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the next four fiscal years for grants to States for venereal disease surveillance activities and casefinding and case followup activities respecting venereal disease.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Hispanic American Voting Rights Act - Title I: Declares that no citizen of Hispanic origin shall be denied the right under the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to vote in any Federal, State, or local election because of his inability to read, write, understand, or interpret any matter in the English language. Includes within the definition of "test and device" of the Voting Rights Act, any practice or requirement by which any State provided any ballots, voting or registration notices, forms, or voting registration instructions to voters only in the English language without providing printed translations of such materials in the Spanish language with respect to the Presidential election occurring in November 1972 or any election occurring after such Presidential election where a significant community of persons of voting age reside in such State. Title II: Prohibits prior to August 6, 1985, any State from providing ballots, voting or registration notices, registration forms, voting or registration instructions, or voting or registration assistance to voters in English only, if: (1) a significant community of persons of voting age of such State are of any single mother tongue other than English; and (2) the illiteracy rate in the English language of the members of such group of persons residing in such State or political subdivision is equal to or more than the nationwide illiteracy rate in the English language. Specifies procedures for enforcement of such prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975
States that it is the purpose of this Act to insure the free flow of oil in foreign and interstate commerce at the lowest possible price. Revises the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act by providing that on and after October 15, 1975, no person shall import into the United States any crude oil or refined petroleum product unless it has been purchased from the Federal Energy Administration, or manufactured from crude oil purchased from the Administration. Establishes a fine for importation in violation of such requirement. Sets forth the functions of the Administration. States that the Administration shall act as the exclusive agent of the United States in buying and selling petroleum products. Directs the Administration to function without loss or profit. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Administrator to submit to the President, for transmittal to Congress, an annual report which shall include a financial accounting of purchases and sales by the Administration together with recommendations by the Administrator for additional necessary legislation. States that the General Accounting Office shall audit the functions of the Administration under this Act semi-annually and report to the President and Congress. Imposes criminal penalties for the divulgence of information required to be kept secret by this Act. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1924)
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975
Older Americans Legal Counseling Assistance Act - Provides, under the Older Americans Act of 1965, that the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging may make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies for establishing or supporting legal counseling assistance programs for older Americans. Limits such grants to projects which: (1) further the just treatment of older Americans through the provision of necessary or appropriate legal and other counseling services and assistance, including counseling to assist older Americans living in nursing homes to meet problems and needs arising from the manner in which such homes are administered, and tax counseling; (2) train lawyers, lay advocates, and paraprofessional persons about the special legal problems confronting older Americans; (3) develop law school curriculums and clinical education programs which address the problems and needs of older Americans; and (4) provides such other information, training, or assistance as may be necessary to meet such problems and needs.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
Hispanic American Voting Rights Act - Title I: Declares that no citizen of Hispanic origin shall be denied the right under the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to vote in any Federal, State, or local election because of his inability to read, write, understand, or interpret any matter in the English language. Includes within the definition of "test and device" of the Voting Rights Act, any practice or requirement by which any State provided any ballots, voting or registration notices, forms, or voting registration instructions to voters only in the English language without providing printed translations of such materials in the Spanish language with respect to the Presidential election occurring in November 1972 or any election occurring after such Presidential election where a significant community of persons of voting age reside in such State. Title II: Prohibits prior to August 6, 1985, any State from providing ballots, voting or registration notices, registration forms, voting or registration instructions, or voting or registration assistance to voters in English only, if: (1) a significant community of persons of voting age of such State are of any single mother tongue other than English; and (2) the illiteracy rate in the English language of the members of such group of persons residing in such State or political subdivision is equal to or more than the nationwide illiteracy rate in the English language. Specifies procedures for enforcement of such prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
Expresses appreciation to Mr. Frank Wills on behalf of the People of the United States for his discovery and reporting of the Watergate break-in. Directs that every effort be made to assist him in obtaining employment in a position commensurate with his experience.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1975
Authorizes special pay in order to provide incentives for lawyers to enter and remain in the Armed Forces judge advocate programs. Sets forth pay schedules for such purposes and duty requirements for qualification thereunder. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 302)
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Authorizes to be appropriated to the President for fiscal year 1975, to remain available until expended, $100,000,000 to provide humanitarian assistance to all people in need in South Vietnam and Cambodia. Stipulates that such assistance shall be provided under the auspices of and by the United Nations and its specialized agencies, or other international organization, or by arrangements with multilateral institutions and private voluntary agencies. Requires that not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate: (1) the names of all agencies and organizations involved in the distribution of such assistance; (2) the means with which such distribution is carried out; and (3) the recipients of such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protection against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless the financial records are described with particularity and: (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act; (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide a Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas and summons and judicial subpenas. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may not require an institution to maintain any financial records or to transmit any reports relating to customers unless: (1) such records are required for use by a supervisory agency in the supervision of that institution; or (2) such records are required to be maintained by the Internal Revenue Code. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Ozone Protection Act - Declares that the release of chlorofluromethane may pose a danger to public health and safety. Provides for a study by the National Academy of Sciences of the nature and likelihood of potential effects on public health and the environment of the discharge of such gas. Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to report to the Congress on such potential effects. Provides for a program of standards to limit the emissions of such gas from major sources. Provides for the enforcement of prohibitions upon the manufacture and sale of aerosol spray containers which discharge such gas, including penalties of up to $10,000 in civil fines per day of violation under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Provides, under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, for the extension of specified provisions for an additional 20 years. Makes permanent the ban against requiring compliance with tests and devices as a prerequisite to voting.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Establishes the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Range (Montana); the Charles Sheldon National Wildlife Range (Nevada and Oregon); and the Kofa National Wildlife Range (Arizona) as areas within the National Wildlife Refuge System. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer such ranges in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act. Provides that no lands or waters within any of the ranges may be disposed of by sale, donation, or otherwise, nor may the administration of the ranges be transferred, in whole or part, from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, unless such disposal or transfer is authorized by Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Foreign Investment Disclosure Act - Creates a Foreign Investment Administration within the Department of Commerce headed by a Director appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate rules and regulations requiring persons having information on foreign investments to keep records and reports on such investments. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate procedures for the submission of investments in domestic companies whose equity security is publicly traded if a foreign investor owns, directly or indirectly, five percent or more of such securities. Requires reports of foreign investment in United States companies whose stock is not publicly traded if 10 percent or more and the total assets of such company are $3,000,000 or more. Directs such reports to be filed by a foreign investor if such investment is made in the form of loans, long-term contracts or interests in property, the effect of which is to give the investor a predominant influence on management. Requires reports to be filed concerning any foreign investment in real property with a fair market value in excess of $50,000, with the Secretary having the authority to waive this requirement. Stipulates that reports must be filed with respect to any foreign investments in United States Government or agency securities, notes, certificates of deposit or other marketable instruments exceeding $1,000,000 per issue.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Extends through fiscal year 1976 the program of financial assistance to States, under the Education of the Handicapped Act, for initiating, expanding, and improving programs and projects for the education of handicapped children at preschool, elementary, and secondary school levels.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
National Wildlife Refuge System Organic Act - Defines the terms used in the Act. States the findings and policy of Congress with regard to maintaining for the American people an enduring wildlife heritage. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a systematic planning program to guide the administration and management of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and its component units. Establishes, specifies, and classifies such component units. Provides that no lands within the system may be disposed of, nor may the administration or management of any unit of the system be transferred in whole or in part, unless the Secretary of the Interior has determined that such disposal or transfer will have no adverse impact on wildlife or human environments and has transmitted a report of his findings, including environmental impact, and recommendations to the President. Directs the Secretary to review all lands and waters contiguous to and within all units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in existence on the effective date of this Act and report his findings and recommendations to the President within three years with respect to lands and waters which should be acquired or withdrawn. Directs the Secretary to review lands and waters in the public domain, in proximity to urban areas, and all coastal and marine waters within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, to determine whether such lands and waters should be included within the System. Makes the National Wildlife Refuge Service responsible for the administration and management of the System.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Antipoisoning Act - Provides that no person shall: (1) make field use of any chemical toxicant on any Federal lands for the purpose of killing predatory animals; or (2) make field use of any chemical toxicant which causes any secondary poisoning effect for the purpose of killing other mammals, birds, or reptiles. Provides that any person convicted of any violation of this Act, or any regulation promulgated under this Act, shall be fined up to $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both. Authorizes the appropriation of $400,000 to enforce the provisions of this part. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a program of research which shall concern the control and conservation of predatory and depredating animals and the abatement of damage caused by such animals. Authorizes the Secretary to provide, in the three fiscal years following enactment of this Act, financial assistance to any State which may annually propose to administer a program for the control of predatory animals. Authorizes to be appropriated for such financial assistance $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1976, $2,000,000 in fiscal year 1977, and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1978. Specifies poisons which may not be distributed under this Act for use in predator control programs.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Entitles to insured status under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), those individuals whose disability is attributable directly or indirectly to meningioma or other brain tumor.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the heads of other departments affected by this Act, to issue and revise regulations from time to time, relating to the trapping and capturing of animals and birds. Imposes a fine of $500 and/or imprisonment of up to one year for violations of this Act. Establishes an advisory commission of 7 members to consult with the Secretary and make recommendations with respect to regulations concerning trapping and capturing of animals and birds. Imposes a fine of $5,000 and/or imprisonment of one year, for the sale, shipment, or transport, of any unapproved trap or any animal skin or hide or bird feathers taken in violation of this Act. Outlines those trapping regulations specifically applicable to Federal lands. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with any affected State pursuant to which the Secretary shall assist such State to enable it to comply with the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Voter Registration Act - Establishes within the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, 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 and administrater a voter registration program in accordance with this Act for all Federal elections. Provides that an individual who fulfills the requirements to be a qualified voter under State law and who is registered to vote under the provisions of this Act shall be entitled to vote in Federal election in that State, except that each State shall provide for the registration or other means of qualification of all residents not later than 30 days prior to any Federal election. Directs the Administration to prepare voter registration forms. 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. Provides that the district courts of the United States or the United States District Court of the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction, without regard to any amount in controversy, of proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act. Provides that whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information for the purposes of establishing eligibility to register or vote, or conspires for the purpose of encouraging false registration or illegal voting, or pays, offers, or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting registers to vote with intention of voting more than once in the same election 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 Act shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Authorizes the Administration to pay to each appropraite State the reasonable cost of processing registration forms prescribed under this Act. Provides that any State that adopts the Federal assistance post card form shall be deemed to be in full compliance with specified provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President's proposal to restructure the medicare deductible for physician services and the copayment for inpatient hospital services to require citizens to pay more of the health bill shall not be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Antitrust Enforcement Authorization Act - States that it is the purpose of Congress in this Act to support and invigorate a national antitrust enforcement program authorizing sufficient appropriations to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to permit vigorous and effective enforcement of the antitrust laws. Authorizes to be appropriated to both the Commission and the Justice Department, in addition to such sums as are authorized by any other provisions of law, sums not to exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; not to exceed $6,250,000 for the transitional period ending September 30, 1976; not to exceed $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; and not to exceed $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, such sums to remain available until expended for the purposes authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Establishes a temporary select committee of the Senate comprised of 12 members to conduct a thorough study of the Senate committee system. Provides the committee with the powers necessary to carry out the study. Authorizes the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $900,000. Requests the select committee to submit interim reports and a final report with recommendations by February 28, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Extends the authorization for the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration through 1989. Requires an annual report on the activities of the Administration, including an accounting of funds received and expended, to be furnished to the Congress. Requires a final report not later than December 31, 1989. Terminates the Administration on December 31, 1989, or on the date of the filing of the final report, whichever is sooner.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Social Security Recipients Fairness Act - Title I: Replacement of Lost, Stolen, or Delayed Checks - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish procedures for expedited payment of monthly benefits. Requires the Secretary, within one day after the date an individual files for late payment of benefits, to cause such monthly insurance benefits to be paid. Title II: Expediting of Hearings and Determination - States that in administration of the programs established by titles II, (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) XVI, (Grants to States for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled), and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary shall establish procedures designed to assure that: (1) any duly requested hearing to which an individual is entitled will be held within a reasonable period of time after requested, if such hearing is requested with respect to a determination of entitlement to benefits; and (2) not later than ninety days after such a hearing is requested, the Secretary shall render a final determination on the issues, or if no final determination of the Secretary has been made at that time, the Secretary shall make payments of benefits to such individual in like manner as if a final determination has been made full in favor of such individual. Title III: Expedited Payment of Black Lung Benefits; and Expedited Hearings and Determinations Respecting Such Benefits - Provides for expedited payments of black lung benefits under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for expediting hearings and determinations on claims for such benefits. Title IV: Limitation of Benefit Reduction to Compensate for Benefit Overpayment - Limits to 25 percent the reduction that may be made in an individual's Social Security benefit check for any month because of any previous overpayment of monthly benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
National Emergencies Act - Title I: Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies - States that all powers and authorities conferred by law upon the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or upon any department, agency, independent establishment, or any other body of the Federal Government, and all powers and authorities conferred by any Executive Order pursuant to law as a result of the existence of any national emergency in effect immediately prior to the two hundred and seventy-first day after the date of enactment of this Act, are terminated on such two hundred and seventy-first day. Title II: Future National Emergencies - Provides that in the event the President finds that the proclamation of a national emergency is essential to the preservation, protection, and defense of the Constitution, and is essential to the common defense, safety, or well-being of the territory and people of the United States, the President is authorized to proclaim the existence of a national emergency. Title III: Declarations of War by Congress - Stipulates that whenever Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during time of war or a national emergency shall be effective from the date of such declaration and remain in effect only in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Title IV: Future National Emergencies - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during such a national emergency or during a war declared by the Congress shall be effective and remain in effect with respect to such emergency or war only in accordance with this Act. States that when the President declares a national emergency, no powers made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall become operative unless and until the President specifies by Executive Order the specific provisions of law under which he proposes that he, or other officers of the executive branch, will act. Provides that any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with this title shall terminate 180 days after the date the national emergency was declared unless Congress, by concurrent resolution, provides otherwise. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file, and an index thereof, of all Executive Orders issued by the President. Directs the President to transmit to the House of Representatives and the Senate and to the appropriate committees of the Congress the texts of each order, rule, or regulation, by whatever name called, promulgated by any executive department, administration, independent establishment, board, commission, official, group of officials, or other rulemaking authority. Title VI: Repeal of Certain Emergency Power Statutes - Provides for the repeal of specified provisions of law dealing with emergency powers.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Land Resource Planning Assistance Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to assist the States to develop and implement State land resource programs and to assist Indian tribes to inventory and plan the use of reservation and other tribal lands. Preserves the rights and jurisdiction of States and other property owners with respect to non-Federal lands. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Program of Assistance to the States - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make annual grants to the States to assist each State in developing and administering a State land resource program for non-Federal lands. Defines "state land resource program" as a program which includes (1) a land resource planning process, (2) a land planning agency, (3) a study of existing land resource planning and management authority, (4) a statement of policies and objectives, (5) methods of implementation and coordination, and (6) an energy facility planning program. Requires such programs to provide for the participation of owners of real property, local government, and the public, and to otherwise meet the requirements of this Act. States that land resource planning processes shall include specified criteria, including the preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of environmental, geological, and physical conditions (including soil types) which influence the desirability of various land uses. Provides that each State land planning agency shall have primary authority to develop and administer the State land resource planning, and to define the policies and objectives of each State's particular land program. Requires that methods of controlling land sales and development projects be included in each State program. Stipulates that Federal projects and activities on non-Federal lands significantly affecting land use must be consistent with State land resources programs, except in cases of overriding national interest. Title II: Administration of State Assistance Programs and Coordination of Federal Land-Related Activities - Requires the President to issue guidelines to the Federal agencies and the States within 6 months after enactment to assist them in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Land Resource Planning Assistance. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office, to (1) administer the grant-in-aid programs established under this Act, (2) develop and maintain a Land Resource Information Center, and (3) perform specified duties relating to the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an Interagency Land Resource Advisory Board to provide advice and assistance to the President, the Secretary, and the Federal agencies in carrying out the programs authorized by this Act. Requires the Secretary to annually evaluate State land resource programs to determine whether such programs conform with the requirements for grant eligibility. Provides an appeal procedure for States which have been notified of ineligibility for grant assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education to assist the conduct of research and investigations into the theoretical and practical problems of land resource planning and management. Directs the Secretary to report biennially to the President and the Congress on land resources, uses of land, and current and emerging problems of land use. Title III: Energy Facilities Planning : Energy Facilities Planning Act - Requires that five years after enactment of this Act, State land resource programs must contain an energy facility planning program which is compatible with State land and water resource and planning management. States that such energy facility planning programs must provide for: (1) an energy facility planning process; (2) a coordinated review and approval process at the State level; (3) consideration of the national, regional, and marketing area energy needs in the planning, licensing, or permitting of energy facilities; (4) cooperation with other States in planning, siting, and approving energy facilities; and (5) public participation in the energy facility planning process. Requires the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to prepare annually and submit to the President and to the Congress a National Energy Facility Planning Report. States that such report shall include specified comprehensive energy data, including information on the location, size, and production capacity of existing energy facilities and present and projected long range energy needs. Authorizes the Administrator to request, collect, and acquire information from States and other non-Federal governmental entities for the proper exercise of his responsibilities under this Act. Directs the Interagency Land Resource Advisory Board to conduct a study of methods to reduce the delays in obtaining, conflicting requirements for, and number of permits, licenses, and other governmental decisions which serve as prerequisites to proposed development activities. Requires the Administrator to develop and implement an expedited Federal energy facility licensing program. Title IV: Program of Assistance to Indian Tribes - Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to Indian tribes to assist any such tribe to inventory, and plan the use of, reservation and other tribal lands, and to enter into contracts to obtain expert assistance in such inventorying and planning activities. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Commission to study the existing legal authority for tribal management, regulation, or control of reservation and other tribal lands, and to make recommendations on the advisability of a land resource program applicable to such lands. Requires the Secretary to submit the study and the recommendations of the Commission to Congress not later than 18 months after enactment of this Act. Title V: Authorizations and Allocations - Authorizes appropriations for grants to the States of $100,000,000 for each of the next 8 fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for each of the next 8 fiscal years for training and research grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for each of the next 8 fiscal years for grants to Indian tribes. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary for the next 2 fiscal years to carry out the study on Indian lands. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary for each of the next 5 fiscal years to administer this Act. Limits the amount of grants to States found eligible pursuant to this Act to 90 percent of the estimated cost of developing and administering the State land resource programs.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that discrimination in international commerce against individuals or institutions on religious, racial or ethnic grounds should not be tolerated. Urges action to be taken to end such discrimination.
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