United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1973
Energy Adjsutment Act - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Agency for Energy Adjustment to administer a guarantee program for industrial adjustment loans to enable business concerns to achieve energy efficiencies. Authorizes the Federal Government to guarantee the principal and interest of loans made for the following purposes: (1) installation of energy-saving production equipment; (2) conversion from industrial usage of petroleum and natural gas to more abundant forms of energy; and (3) conversion to other lines of products and services less dependent on high energy usage. Grants borrowers a priority under the Federal energy allocation programs to insure that plants are able to continue production during the conversions. Provides for loan guarantees of up to one and a half billion dollars over the next 18 months.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other nutritional substance, or ingredient of any food for special dietary uses if the amount recommended to be consumed does not ordinarily render it injurious to health.
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 1973
Increases the rates of educational assistance allowances to eligible veterans. Provides, in addition to such allowances, for the payment of tuition, the extension of educational assistance entitlement, acceleration of educational assistance allowances, and expansion of the work-study program. Establishes a Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center to: (1) evaluate the effectiveness of veterans outreach services programs; (2) make recommendations to the President and Congress for establishing new, and improving existing, procedures for informing Vietnam era veterans of all benefits and services to which they may be entitled; (3) coordinate all Federal programs pertaining to veterans of the Vietnam era; and (4) promote efforts for job employment opportunities for veterans. Creates the Vietnam Era Veterans Advisory Committee to consult with the Communication Center regarding all matters pertaining to the duties of the Center.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1973
Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act - Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation and Educational Assistance Rate Adjustments - Increases the base figures for vocational rehabilitation and Educational assistance by eight per cent. Adjusts three-quarter and half-time rates to provide the same proportion as the amount of training taken. Provides increases for trainees pursuing farm-cooperative apprentice programs or other on the jobe training. Provides that veterans of the Vietnam era rated 10 per cent disabled or greater shall automatically be entitled to vocational rehabilitation benefits. Title II: Educational Assistance Program Adjustments - Extends the current 8-year delimiting date for veterans to complete their programs of education to 10 years. Excludes in computing the delimiting date for those veterans and civilians held as prisoners of war in the Vietnam theater of operations, the period of time which they were detained plus any period of time which they were hospitalized immediately subsequent to their release. Provides those recently discharged from military service up to 6 months of educational assistance to pursue refresher training to update knowledge, skills, and technological advances occurring in their fields of employment during their period of active military service. Provides cost-of-living increases for veterans or eligible persons enrolled in apprenticeship or other on-the-job training. Title III: Veterans' Education Loan Program - Establishes a veterans' education loan program. Prescribes the eligibility requirements, the amount and conditions, and interest rate of such loans. Requires that a fee shall be collected from each veteran obtaining a loan for the purpose of insuring against defaults on such loans. Title IV: Veterans, Wives, and Widows Employment Assistance and Preference and Veterans' Reemployment Rights - Extends job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans to include among those eligible to receive services, widows of veterans who have died of service-connected causes and wives of totally disabled veterans. Directs the Administrator of Veterans in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Civil Service Commission to establish an affirmative action plan for every Federal department and agency for the preferential employment of disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era. Extends reemployment rights to those who were employed by State or local governments prior to entering the service.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Provides that whenever any person charged with an offense against the United States is acquitted solely on the ground that he was insane at the time of its commission, the United States attorney, if he has reasonable cause to believe that such person may be insane and that his release would constitute a danger to himself or others, shall file a motion for a judicial determination of the mental condition of such person. Authorizes the court, after a hearing, to commit the person to the custody of the Attorney General, who shall hospitalize such person in a suitable mental institution or other facility. Sets forth the criteria for unconditional release, conditional release with supervision, and annual reviews of such institutionalized persons. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 4249)
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification, criminal identification, crime, and other records; and (2) exchange these records with, and for the official use of, the Federal Government, the States, cities, and penal and other institutions for law enforcement purposes. Authorizes the Attorney General to exchange such records with the officials of federally chartered or insured banking institutions. Provides that all copies of records of information filed as a result of an arrest that is legally terminated in favor of the arrested individual shall be returned to that individual within sixty days of final disposition and shall not be maintained in the files of any Federal agency, if a copy of the formal court order disposing of the case is presented, or upon formal notice from one criminal justice agency to another. States that the Attorney General's authority to disseminate records indicating that an individual was arrested or charged with any criminal offense to noncriminal justice agencies shall expire on December 31, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Expresses the support of Congress for the United Nations peacekeeping and peacemaking and urges that the United States Government: (1) encourage and support the earmarking and specialized training of units by United Nations member states from their national forces for employment in United Nations peacemaking operations; (2) be prepared to make available to the United Nations, in accord with constitutional processes, transport, communications, logistical, and other technical personnel and facilities; and (3) be prepared to advocate or support, in accord with constitutional processes, proposals for guidelines to govern the financing, training, and equipping of peacekeeping forces for effective use. States that the Congress urges the President to instruct the United States delegation to the United Nations to prepare and submit to the United Nations General Assembly an offer to furnish, in concert with other members of the General Assembly, support to the United Nations Office of Disaster Relief Coordination which was established to provide and coordinate disaster relief to any country or region of the world which has been affected by a disaster and solicits such relief. Establishes within the Department of Defense a permanent unit of not to exceed five thousand technical and noncombatant personnel to be known as the First Brigade-Forces for International Relief on Standby. States that to carry out the responsibilities of the United States as a member of the United Nations to participate in the peacekeeping activities of the United Nations, upon a call of the United Nations for personnel for its peacekeeping forces, the First Brigade, or such members thereof as are called for, shall be detailed to the United Nations, in accord with constitutional processes. Provides that members of the First Brigade, while so detailed, shall be considered for all purposes as personnel of the United States Government.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Authorizes the United States Governor to pay to the International Development Association $1,500,000,000 as the United States contribution to the Fourth Replenishment of the Resources of the Association. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,500,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that funds authorized and appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the housing, housing assistance, and community development programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the housing and housing assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture should be obligated or expended (to the extent current appropriations or other obligational authority permit) at rates which are not less than the rates at which funds were obligated or expended for such programs during calendar year 1972, until such time as these programs are terminated by the Congress or new housing and community development programs are enacted by the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1973
Establishes a Conference on the Antitrust Laws of the United States to: (1) study the operation of existing antitrust statutes, and their effect; (2) study the enforcement procedures of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies of Government as they relate to the antitrust laws; and (3) make recommendations for improvement in the statutory framework and administration of antitrust statutes. Provides for the membership composition of the Council, including members from the House, Senate, and private life. States that the general membership of the Conference shall consist of members of the Council, and at least sixty-one additional members of the public. Provides for the compensation of members of the Conference. Authorizes to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, so much as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Conference to transmit to the Congress within two years a final report containing a statement of findings, conclusions and recommendations. Provides that the Conference shall cease to exist 60 days after the submission of such report.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1973
Solar Home Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act Establishes a National Solar Energy Coordinating Council to advise the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on the implementation of this Act. Outlines the composition of Council membership. Delegates to the Council the responsibility for developing practices designed to maximize effort and eliminate duplication among the operations of the various departments of the Federal Government responsible for research and demonstration of solar energy technology. Directs the Secretary to initiate a program for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems for use in residential dwellings. Requires the Secretary, in carrying out such program, to: (1) prescribe performance criteria for solar heating equipment and systems to be used in residential dwellings; (2) approve, on the basis of open competitions, at least three designs for residential dwellings suitable for the installation of solar heating systems meeting such criteria; and (3) enter into contracts for the development and manufacture of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for the development and demonstration of combined solar heating and cooling systems for use in residential dwellings. Requires that the residential dwellings of such program shall be located in at least five climatic regions in the United States to assure a realistic demonstration of the combined solar heating and cooling systems involved under climatic conditions that vary as much as possible. Provides for the development of solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling systems for public buildings and commercial use. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation, jointly with the Secretary in consultation with the Council, and upon recommendation of appropriate scientific peer review panels, to initiate, support, and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy. Establishes on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the "Solar Energy Trust Fund" for obligation and expenditure by the Secretary for purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make available to the public full information with respect to activities conducted under this Act. Requires the Secretary to, directly or by grant or contract: (1) study and investigate the effect of existing building codes, zoning ordinances, and other laws, upon the practical use of solar energy to heat and cool buildings; and (2) determine the extent to which such laws should be changed to facilitate such use. Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to the President and the Congress summarizing activities under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall maintain continuing liaison with the building industry and related industries and interests to assure that the projected benefits of such programs are and will continue to be effectively realized. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Solar Energy Trust Fund, out of any amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 1974, $50,000,000, which shall remain available without fiscal year limitation through 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1973
Independent Special Prosecutor Act - Directs the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to appoint a Special Prosecutor who shall have the duties and powers prescribed in this Act. Authorizes the Chief Judge to appoint a Deputy Special Prosecutor, to assist the Special Prosecutor in the performance of his duties and who, in the event of the disability of the Special Prosecutor or vacancy in the office of Special Prosecutor, shall temporarily become Special Prosecutor until the Chief Judge appoints a Special Prosecutor. Authorizes the Special Prosecutor to have exclusive jurisdiction, to investigate, as he deems appropriate, and prosecute against and in the name of the United States: (1) offenses arising out of the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate; (2) other offenses arising out of the 1972 Presidential election; (3) offenses alleged to have been committed by the President, Presidential appointees, or members of the White House staff; (4) all other matters referred to the former Special Prosecutor pursuant to regulations of the Attorney General; and (5) offenses relating to or arising out of any such matters. Empowers the Special Prosecutor with authority with respect to specified matters set forth in this Act; including (1) to determine whether or not to contest the assertion of Executive Privilege or any other testimonial privilege; and (2) to receive appropriate national security clearance and review all evidence sought to be withheld on grounds of national security and if necessary contest in court any claim of privilege or attempt to withhold evidence on grounds of national security. Provides that all investigations, prosecutions, litigation and grand jury or other proceedings initiated by the former Special Prosecutor shall be continued, as the Special Prosecutor deems appropriate, by him, and he shall become successor counsel for the United States in all such proceedings, notwithstanding any substitution of counsel made after October 20, 1973. States that the Special Prosecutor shall carry out his duties under this Act within two years, except as necessary to complete trial or appellate action on indictments then pending. Empowers the Chief Judge to dismiss the Special Prosecutor or the Deputy Special Prosecutor if he determines they have willfully violated the provisions of this Act or committed other extraordinary improprieties, and for no other reason. Provides that the Special Prosecutor solely shall exercise the powers and perform the duties specified in this Act and that neither the Chief Judge or the President of the United States, nor any other officer of the United States shall have any authority to direct, countermand, or interfere with any action taken by the Special Prosecutor pursuant to this Act. Provides that neither the President of the United States, nor any other officer of the United States, shall have any authority to remove the Special Prosecutor from office. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Carpool Incentives Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration projects designed to encourage the use of carpools in urban areas throughout the country while not adversely affecting bus and other mass transportation ridership in such areas. Provides that from proposals submitted by the States to the Secretary, the Secretary shall approve for funding those projects which offer the best prospects of achieving the objectives of this Act and which provide a reasonable balance among cities of various population sizes, traffic patterns, and geographical locations. States that the Federal share of the cost of such work shall be 90 per cent, except that the Federal share shall not exceed $1,000,000 for any single project. Directs the Secretary to give permits to demonstration projects proposed for cities or areas in air quality control regions after consultation with the Environment Protection Agency as to the value of such projects as a part of a transportation control plan for such region. Directs the Secretary to conduct a full investigation of the effectiveness of measures employed in the demonstration projects authorized by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $10,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Provides that any unit of local government which received payments under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 for the first three entitlement periods which were, in the aggregate, in excess of 500 per cent of the total amount of such payments, is relieved from liability for repayment to the United States of the amount which exceeds the amount of entitlement. Authorizes funds to be appropriated to the State and Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund, out of amounts in the general fund of the Treasury attributable to the collections of the Federal individual income taxes not otherwise appropriated. Specifies the amounts of such sums for fiscal years 1974 through 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength be implemented by continuing to transfer to Israel, by whatsoever means necessary, Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the aggressors.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should continue to maintain Israel's deterrent strength as long as continued Soviet supplies to other combatants or other conditions require it to do so. Declares that every effort should be made within the United Nations to bring about a negotiated settlement at the earliest possible time on the basis of equity and justice for all parties involved.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1973
District of Columbia Development Bank Act - Creates a body corporate to be known as the District of Columbia Development Bank, which would not be an agency of the United States. Provides that the Bank have a board of directors consisting of eleven persons; the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, the Chairman of the City Council of the District of Columbia, three officers or employees of the United States or the District government designated by the President, and six directors elected by the shareholders of the Bank. Directs the Board to appoint a president of the Bank to serve as the Bank's chief executive officer. Authorizes the bank to make commitments to purchase and to purchase, service, or sell, or to guarantee in whole or in part, any debt obligation or participation therein, issued by an obligor to finance any project or activity deemed by the bank to be consistent with the purpose of this Act, and to make commitments to purchase and to purchase, service, or sell, any equity instrument or participation therein, issued by an issuer to finance any project or activity deemed by the bank to be consistent with the purpose of this Act. States that assistance authorized under this Act shall not be extended (1) for working capital, or (2) to assist establishments relocating from one area to another. Provides that the bank shall have common stock, having a par value of not less than $100 per share. States that such common stock may be subscribed for by any private individual, partnership, corporation, foundation, society, association, or other organization, profit or nonprofit. Authorizes the bank, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to issue and have outstanding obligations having such maturities and bearing such rate or rates of interest as may be determined by the bank. Authorizes the bank to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary is authorized to purchase such obligations in amounts specified in appropriation Acts; Provided, that no obligations shall be purchased by the Secretary until not less than $2,000,000 in capital of the bank has been paid in; and Provided further, That such purchases outstanding shall not exceed the lesser of twice the amount of paid in capital or $10,000,000. Sets forth the general powers possessed by the Bank. Requires the financial transactions of the bank to be audited annually by an independent auditor. States that a report of each such annual audit shall be transmitted by the bank to the President and to the Congress not later than six months following the close of the period audited.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that its members support the efforts of the President and the Secretary of the State to achieve a cease fire in the Middle East and a return of the parties involved to lines and positions occupied by them prior to the outbreak of the current hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Expresses the gratitude and respect of the Congress to Vietnam veterans on Veterans Day 1973 for their gallant part in attaining peace in Vietnam and making it possible to observe Veterans Day 1973 in peace.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Social Services Amendments - Outlines the objectives to be achieved under this Act, including: (1) the goal of self-support; (2) the goal of family care or self-care; (3) the goal of community-based care; and (4) the institional care goal. Provides, under the Social Security Act, for maximum freedom for each State to determine which services will make available, the persons eligible for such services, the manner in which such services are provided, and any limitations on the receipt of such services. Requires that social services to be offered at the option of the States to all elibible persons shall include: (1) day care services for children; (2) day care services for children with special needs; (3) service for children in foster care; (4) protective services for children; (5) family planning services; (6) protective services for adults; (7) services for adults in foster care; (8) homemaker services for individuals in their own homes; (9) chore services; (10) home delivered or congregate meals; (11) day care services for adults; (12) health related services; (13) home management and other functional education services; (14) housing improvement services; (15) a full range of legal services; (16) transportation services necessary to travel to and from community facilities or resources for receipt of services; (17) educational and training services; (18) employment services; (19) information, referral, and determination of eligibility and the need for services, without regard to individual eligibility criteria; (20) special services for the mentally retarded, or special adaptations of generic services; (21) special services for the blind; (22) services for alcoholism and drug addiction; (23) special services for the emotionally disturbed as defined by the State; (24) special services for the physically handicapped as defined by the State; and (25) any other proposed services at the request of a State. Provides that States are entitled to Federal financial participation for the delivery of mandatory and optional social services under the State plan to the extent of the appropriations allocated by the Congress. Requires that State plans submitted with respect to the services program shall contain provision for a fair hearing, under which applicants and recipients may appeal exclusion from a service program. Provides that State plans shall provide for the establishment of a Social Services Advisory Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1973
Provides that there be printed for the use of the Senate Special Committee on the Termination of the National Emergency five thousand additional copies of its report to the Senate entitled "Emergency Powers Statutes: Provisions of Federal Law Now in Effect Delegating to the Executive Extraordinary Authority in Time of National Emergency."
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
Congressional Rights to Information Act - Provides, under the Legislative Reorganization Act, that every Federal agency shall keep each joint committee of the Congress or standing committee of either House of Congress fully and currently informed with respect to all matters relating to that agency which are within the jurisdiction of such joint committee or standing committee. Requires a Federal agency, on request of a joint committee of the Congress or of a standing committee of either House of Congress, or two-fifths of its Members, to submit any information requested of it relating to any matter within the jurisdiction of the joint committee or standing committee. States that when an officer or employee of the United States is summoned to testify or to produce information, before either House of Congress, or a joint committee of Congress, or a standing committee of either House, that officer or employee shall appear at the time and place specified and shall answer all questions propounded to him, or produce all information, unless in the case of an officer or employee of a Federal agency in the Executive Branch, either between the date of the summons and the date of the appearance or, in the case of any such information which was first requested at an appearance within five days after that appearance, the President formally and expressly instructs the officer or employee in writing to withhold the information requested, in which event such Presidential instruction shall set forth the grounds on which it is based. Provides that if it is determined that the Presidential instruction is without foundation in law, the officer or employee shall be ordered to appear before the House of Congress, joint committee, or standing committee and to provide the information requested. Sets forth the procedures to be followed if there is a failure to comply with this Act, including introduction of a resolution or concurrent resolution citing such failure. Prescribes the procedure for motions to proceed to the consideration of the resolution or concurrent resolution, motions to postpone and appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to application of rules to the procedures. States that if a House of Congress adopts a resolution, or if the two Houses adopt a concurrent resolution, citing an officer or employee of the United States for failure to comply with the provisions of this Act, no payment shall be made from the Treasury of the United States to such officer or employee, or to any other officer or employee who has supervision or control of the official conduct of such officer or employee, for services rendered after the tenth day after the date on which such resolution or concurrent resolution is adopted, unless or until such officer of employee complies with the provisions of such section or with such order. Provides for judicial review in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia requesting relief, on the grounds that the determination made by the House of Congress, the joint committee, or the standing committee was invalid because: (1) there was no failure to comply; or (2) failure to comply was proper and justified. States that each House of Congress and the standing committees and the joint committees shall take appropriate measures to insure the confidentiality of any information which requires protection against disclosure which would endanger personal privacy or the conduct of the national defense, foreign policy, or law enforcement activities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1973
Rape Prevention and Control Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to conduct a continuing study and investigation of specified areas, including: (1) the effectiveness of existing Federal, State and local laws dealing with rape; (2) the relationship, if any, between traditional legal and social attitudes toward sexual roles, the act of rape, and the formulation of laws dealing with rape; (3) the treatment of the victims of rape by law enforcement agencies, hospitals, or other medical institutions, prosecutors, and the courts; (4) the causes of rape; and (5) sexual assaults in correctional institutions. Provides that the Center shall compile and publish annually a summary of its findings. Directs the Center to develop an information clearinghouse with regard to enumerated materials regarding rape and rehabilitation of offenders. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides that the Secretary, through the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape, shall make grants to community mental health centers, nonprofit private organizations, and public agencies for the purpose of conducting research and demonstration projects concerning the control and prevention of rape. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on matters relating to rape prevention and control.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Provides, under the Economic stabilization Act of 1970, that the President, in exercising authority with respect to retail pride levels, shall permit the passthrough of all increases in the cost of goods sold or services performed.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1973
States that the increases in the monthly benefits and lump-sum death payments under title II of the Social Security Act shall be increased by 7 percent beginning January 1974 (presently increased by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for June 1973 exceeds that for June 1972, beginning April 1974).
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1973
Establishes the Commission on United States Participation in the United Nations to be composed of nine members as follows: (1) two Members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate from members of the Committee on Foreign Relations, one of whom is a member of the majority party and one a member of the minority party; (2) two Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House from members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, one of whom is a member of the majority party and one a member of the minority party; and (3) five members appointed by the President of the United States from among outstanding citizens in private life known for their intimate knowledge of the United Nations and of the United States role therein. Makes it the duty of the Commission: (1) to assist the President in making full use of the report of the President's Commsssion for the Observance of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations; (2) to conduct a review of the organization, operation, and unrealized potential of the United Nations and its agencies, of the International Court of Justice, and of the United States role therein; and (3) to report at specified periodic intervals to the President, the Congress, and the American people its assessments, criticisms, and recommendations with respect to enumerated operations of the United Nations. Sets forth the powers of the Chairman of the Commission and the rates of compensation of Commission members. Authorizes the Commission to request from any department, agency, or independent instrumentality of the United States any information and assistance it deems necessary to carry out its duties. Provides that to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution there is authorized to be appropriated, for the fiscal year in which this joint resolution is enacted, not to exceed the sum of $150,000 and, for each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to enter into agreements with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland concerning the fees for the operation of specified motor vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individuals' earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Historic Structures Tax Act - Title I: Short Title, Etc. - States that the changes made by this Act are to be changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Title II: Preservation and Rehabilitation of Historic Structures - Provides that every person, at his election, shall be entitled to a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the amortization of the amortizable basis of any certified historic structure based on a period of 60 months. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act, including the definition of "certified historic structure" as a building or structure which: (1) is listed in the National Register, or (2) is located in a Registered Historic District and is certified by the Secretary of the Interior or his delegate as being of historic significance to the distirct. Provides that in the case of the demolition of a certified historic structure: (1) no deduction shall be allowed to the owner or lessee of such structure for any amount expended for such demolition, or any loss sustained on account of such demolition; and (2) amounts described in paragraph (1) shall be treated as property chargeable to capital account with respect to the land on which the demolished structure was located. Permits the straight line method of depreciation of improvements in specified cases. Title III: Rehabilitation of Other Property - Provides that pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate, the taxpayer may elect to compute the depreciation deduction attributable to substantially rehabilitated property as though the original use of such property commenced with him. Title IV: Charitable Transfers for Conservation Purposes - Provides for income tax deductions for charitable contributions of partial interests in property for conservation purposes. Allows estate tax and gift tax deductions for transfers of partial interests in property for conservation purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Establishes a temporary, select committee of the Senate to be known as the Select Committee on Regulatory Commissions and the United States Economy to conduct a complete study and investigation on regulatory commissions and agencies of the United States Government, including: (1) the influence and impact of the activities, procedures, rules, orders, and decisions of such regulatory commissions and agencies, in particular, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Power Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission; (2) the accountability of such regulatory commissions and agencies to the Congress, the relationships of these commissions and agencies to other departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the executive branch of the United States Government, the relationship of each such commission or agency to any sectors of private or public enterprise the commission or agency is charged by statute with regulating, and the relationships of those commissions and agencies to the United States consumer; (3) the appropriateness of regulation for given sectors of the economy, the adequacy of current legislative statutes, and the economic consequences of commission and and agency regulatory activities for the United States consumer; and (4) such other matters as the committee considers appropriate. Directs the committee to submit a final report to the Senate not later than January 20, 1976, containing a comprehensive summary of the work of the committee and to include such recommendations as the committee deems appropriate. Provides that the Committee shall have no authority to report any legislative measure to the Senate nor shall it otherwise have legislative jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Declares that the United States Senate does hereby congratulate and felicitate the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the Honorable John C. Stennis, on his birthday and expresses the wish that he will enjoy many other such anniversaries in the future. Declares that members of the Senate greatly miss the distinguished Senator and wish for him an early return to the Senate Chamber and to his duties in the Senate. Directs that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and a copy furnished to Mr. Stennis.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Provides that whoever, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes or attempts to take, from the person or presence of another, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of a narcotic controlled substance set forth in a schedule of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or posession of, any pharmacist, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Provides that whoever takes and carries away, with intent to steal or purloin, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of a narcotic controlled substance belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of, any pharmacists, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and to promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protect against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless the financial records are described with particularity and: (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act: (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide to a Federal agency or employee, or to any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas, and summary and judicial subpenas. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may not require an institution to maintain any financial records or to transmit any reports relating to customers unless: (1) such records are required for use by a supervisory agency in the supervision of that institution; or (2) such records are required to be maintained by the Internal Revenue Code. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1973
Entitles the Minority party on any standing committee and subcommittee thereof, upon request of a majority of such minority, to not less than one-third of the funds provided for the appointment of committee staff pursuant to each primary or additional expense resolution. Provides that the committee shall appoint any persons so selected whose character and qualifications are acceptable to a majority of the committee.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Provides, under the Voting Rights Act, that no citizen of the United States shall be denied the right to vote in any Federal election on account of his having been convicted of any crime, if he has: (1) served the sentence of imprisonment imposed as punishment therefor; (2) completed any term of parole imposed in connection with such conviction; and (3) is no longer under the jurisdiction of the court with respect to such conviction.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Offender Employment and Training Act - Title I: Federal Penal or Correctional Institutions - Authorizes the Federal Prison Industries to make grants and loans to applicants for developing projects for the training or employing of offenders. Specifies the interest rate on such loans. Authorizes the Federal Prison Industries to acquire facilities which may be utilized in connection with any such project, and to make such facilities available, by lease or other agreement, to any qualified applicant. Provides that no loan or grant shall be made unless (1) any offender employed in connection with any project shall receive wages at a rate not less that that paid for work of a similar nature; (2) any product or service resulting from such project may be sold or otherwise disposed of in the same manner as other products; (3) offenders involved in such project are likely to find employment following release; (4) offenders shall not be deprived of the right to participate in benefits available to other individuals on the basis of their employment; and (5) the wages of any offender shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the Federal Employment and Training Fund. Provides that, in addition to the moneys covered into the fund pursuant to this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated annually to the fund out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such amounts as are necessary to make the income of the fund not less than $10,000,000 for fiscal 1974, and for each fiscal year thereafter. Title II: State Penal or Correctional Institutions - Authorizes the Attorney General of the United States to enter into an agreement with any State to financially assist such State in carrying out a program for the training or employing of offenders in State penal or correctional institutions. Provides that such assistance may be provided by grant or otherwise, shall be provided in such amount and in such manner as the Attorney General may by regulations prescribe, and shall be subject to specified requirements. Provides that for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next following four fiscal years, there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 to enable the Attorney General to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Federal Statistical Information Act - Establishes the United States Statistical Commission. States that the Commission shall have the primary function of establishing, coordinating, and executing a statistical policy for the United States Government. Transfers to the Commission those functions carried out by: (1) the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; (2) the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce; (3) the National Technical Information Service, Department of Commerce; (4) the Statistical Reporting Service, Department of Agriculture; and (5) the Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture. States that neither the Commission, nor any other officer or employee of the Commission may: (1) use the information furnished to carry out this Act for any purpose other than the statistical purposes for which it is supplied; (2) make any publication whereby the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual to carry out this Act may be identified; or (3) permit anyone other than the sworn officers and employees of the Commission thereof to examine the individual reports. Establishes within the Commission an Advisory Committee on Statistical Policy. States that the Committee shall advise the Commission with respect to the statistical policy of the U.S. Government. Establishes a temporary Commission to make a complete study and investigation with respect to other functions and units of the United States Government that should be transferred to the United States Statistical Commission in order to carry out its functions and the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1973
Educational Technology Act - Title I: Use of Educational Technology in Elementary and Secondary Education - Provides for the improvement of the quality of preschool, elementary and secondary education through the utilization of educational technology. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as the Congress may deem necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and each of the next four fiscal years and such sums needed for payment to the States for making grants under this Act. Provides that the use of Federal funds shall be only for such programs as the planning, development, and implementation by local educational agencies of educational technology programs designed to promote uses of technological equipment and materials in the elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to pay each State from the funds allotted to it amounts necessary to enable the State educational agency to provide for programs designed to implement educational technology, dissemination of information relating to educational technology, evaluation of various programs, and the adminstration of the State plan. Specifies that any State desiring to receive payments must have a State advisory council and must submit to the Commissioner a State plan. Requires the Commissioner to approve the State plan if it conforms with the objectives of this Act; makes provision for the participation of nonprofit private school children; sets forth the administrative organization of the plan; uses 10 percent of the State's allotment for making grants to local educational agencies; sets forth criteria for achieving an equitable distribution of assistance; provides procedures for project evaluation; keeps State and Federal funds separate; and provides necessary accounting procedures. Sets forth procedures for applying for grants. Requires the Commissioner to pay each State having an approved plan an amount equal to the total sums expended by the State under such plan. Title II: Use of Educational Technology in Higher Education - Provides for the improvement of the quality of higher education through the utilization of educational technology. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as the Congress may deem necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next four fiscal years for the purpose of making grants under this title. Requires any State desiring to receive payments to have a State advisory council and to submit a State plan. Directs the Commissioner to approve the State plan if it meets criteria similar to those set forth in Title I. Title III: General Provisions - Defines terms used in the Act. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Advisory Council on Educational Technology to evaluate the programs and projects of this Act, to report to the Congress and the President on the success of such programs, and to make recommendations for improvements of such programs. Requires the Commissioner to establish in the Office of Education a Bureau of Educational Technology to administer programs relating to educational technology. Provides for judicial review of a State's decision with respect to approval of a local educational agency's application for a grant under this Act. Prohibits the making of any payment under this Act for religious worship or instruction.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1973
Authorizes the Committee on Rules and Administration, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, to make a full and complete study and investigation with respect to the broadcasting and telecasting (including closed circuit telecasting) of proceedings of the Senate. Requires the Committee to report to the Senate at the earliest practicable date the results of its study and investigation, together with such recommendations as it considers appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1973
Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act - Expresses the Congressional declarations that it is necessary to: (1) abolish for citizens residing overseas the domicile and residence requirements as preconditions to voting in Federal elections, and; (2) establish standards relating to absentee registration and balloting by such citizens in Federal elections. Provides that no citizen residing overseas shall be denied the right to register for, and to vote by an absentee ballot in, any Federal election solely because he is not domiciled or does not have a place of abode in a State or district, if he meets specified requirements. Requires each State to provide for the registration of and casting of absentee ballots by all citizens residing overseas and entitled to vote in a Federal election in such State. Provides that each State shall mail the following by airmail to such citizen: (1) an absentee ballot, (2) instructions concerning voting procedures, and (3) an airmail envelope for the mailing of such ballot free of United States postage. Sets forth the form of the overseas citizen Federal election postcard. States that whoever deprives any person of any right secured by this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Sets forth additional penalties for falsifying registration materials. Provides that the exercise of any right to register or vote by any citizen residing overseas shall not affect the determination of his place of residence or domicile (as distinguished from his place of voting) for purposes of any tax imposed under Federal, State or local law.
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