United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Energy and Resources Recovery Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish within the Agency an Office of Energy and Resources Recovery to achieve the purposes and administer the provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, after consultation with appropriate Federal, State interstate, regional, and local agencies and after opportunity for public hearings, to promulgate standards for collection, handling, disposal, and recovery of all hazardous and other solid waste which may, if improperly disposed of, cause air or water pollution or other environmental damage. States that the Administrator, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, may require the operator of any disposal system for hazardous or other solid waste to: (1) establish and maintain such records; (2) make such reports; and (3) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment or methods as he may require. Establishes a $25,000 per day fine for violations of this Act. Requires the Administrator, within one year following enactment of this section and each year thereafter, to publish guidelines specifying the percentages of energy and resources that can be recovered from solid waste by use of the best recovery management practices and technology that are reasonably available. Provides that as a part of such guidelines, the Administrator shall publish thorough descriptions of existing technology and practices which can be implemented by agricultural producers, industries, municipalities, consumers, and others to achieve the percentages of energy or resource recovery from each category of solid waste that the Administrator finds reasonable. Requires the Administrator, within one year following enactment of this section to make a complete assessment of the use of natural resources and recycled materials in product packaging; and establish guidelines for the packaging of products to encourage efficient use of such resources and materials with a consequential reduction in solid waste. Directs the Administrator to grant to each State 80 percent of the cost of a comprehensive solid waste management and energy and resource recovery program. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 to carry out this Act for fiscal years 1975-1977. Authorizes grants to States to establish an energy and resources recovery research institute at one college in each State. Authorizes appropriations of $40,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977 for additional purposes of this Act. Empowers the Administration to make loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lenders) to assist any small business concern in affecting additions to or alterations in the equipment, facilities, or methods of operation of such concern to recover energy and resources from solid waste.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States soverign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible,except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) there be no cession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or tangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Consitituion.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
States that the Secretary of the Interior is prohibited from publishing any orders with respect to any prohibition of the use of lead shot for the hunting of waterfowl, until the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs holds public hearings and issues legislative findings.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of this Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973", and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1974
Fiscal Accountability Salary Act - Provides that the rate of pay of United States Senators and Representatives shall be increased only in accord with this Act. Declares that these pay increases shall be equal to the yearly increase in cost of living, as certified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and shall take effect on January 1 immediately following the fiscal year in which such cost-of-living increase was registered. Provides that such congressional pay increases shall be awarded only when the total Federal receipts for items in both the Administrative budget and the consolidated budget are equal to or greater than the total Federal outlays for such items during that preceding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Extends the nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act of 1965 by authorizing appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 3045g)
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Act - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation to widows of veterans by sixteen percent. Authorizes dependency and indemnity compensation for a survivor of any veteran released from the service with a disability permanent and total in nature. Provides that survivors of an eligible veteran whose subsequent release from active duty developed a service-connected disability, permanent and total in nature, are eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation if the veteran had that rating for at least 20 years prior to his death.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Veterans Disability Compensation Act - Increases the rates of disability compensation for veterans who have been disabled in or due to their service. Increases by 15 percent: (1) the basic disability compensation, and (2) the dependency allowances payable to veterans with disabilities rated 50 percent or more.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Economic Adjustment Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to extend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 for one year in order to provide an orderly transition to an economic adjustment assistance program, and to establish an economic adjustment assistance program to help States and local governments to deal more effectively with problems resulting from changes in economic conditions. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Transition - Authorizes transitional appropriations under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Title II: Economic Adjustment Assistance Program - Enumerates the objectives of this title and the purposes for which funds provided by this title may be used, including: (1) for assistance for public facilities, public services, business development, planning, research, technical assistance, and such other economic adjustment purposes; and (2) by public entities, private profitmaking and nonprofit enterprises, organizations, and individuals. Authorizes to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and such sums as may be necessary for the four succeeding fiscal years. Provides for the allocation of such funds among the States. Provides that funds allocated shall be obligated to the State upon submission by the Governor of the State, and approval by the Federal regional administrator, of a State plan or plans which contains specified elements, including: (1) an identification of the area or areas selected within the State for economic adjustment; (2) the criteria used in the selection of the areas; (3) statement of economic adjustment objectives; and (4) a description of the types of assistance for which funds obligated under this title shall be expended. Requires that, within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, States shall submit a report to the appropriate Federal regional administrator, including specified information on the progress made toward the objectives of the approved plan; how the funds were used; reasons for substantive variations from the approved plans; and corrective actions taken. Prescribes procedures for hearings, evaluation, and termination, reduction, or limitation of obligations for a State's unsatisfactory compliance with the plan. Provides for judicial review of such proceedings. Provides that the consent of Congress is hereby given to any two or more States to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts for cooperative efforts in pursuing the objectives of this Act. Title III: General Provisions - Directs the President to appoint a Federal regional administrator for each Federal region established pursuant to this Act. Provides that Federal regions shall be established and shall conform with the standard Federal regions established by the President for administration of Federal programs. Provides that no person shall, on the ground of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under title II. Sets forth labor standard wage requirements for laborers and mechanics employed on federally assisted projects under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the Federal expenses of administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) all agencies of the Federal Government, which have any responsibility for establishing priorities for the allocation of materials and facilities utilized in the production or distribution of fertilizer, give the highest priority to the fertilizer industry regarding the allocation of such materials and facilities; (2) the Federal Power Commission and appropriate State regulatory agencies do everything within their power, in the establishment of priorities for the allocation of natural gas (including gas sold under interruptible contracts), to insure producers of nitrogen with supplies of natural gas sufficient to maintain maximum production levels; (3) the Federal Energy Office include all of the energy and fuel requirements of the fertilizer industry, including local dealer requirements, in its highest priority category regarding allocation of gasoline, middle-distillates, and other liquid fuels utilized by this industry in the production, distribution, and application of fertilizer supplies; (4) the Cost of Living Council and the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce continue their monitoring and reporting of fertilizer supply availabilities, wholesale and retail prices, and export shipments; and (5) the Cost of Living Council establish an investigatory program through the field offices of the Internal Revenue Service to monitor and analyze any reports of fertilizer price gouging at either wholesale or retail levels, and any changes in manufacturer marketing operations or relationships between manufacturers and local dealers and between local dealers and their customers which may affect continued availability or pricing of fertilizer supplies to farmers.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1974
Fiscal Note Act - Provides that a bill or joint resolution which has been introduced in the Senate or received by the Senate from the House of Representatives shall be printed only when there appears at the bottom of the first page, in bold-face type, a fiscal note prepared by the department or agency which will carry out such bill or joint resolution. Provides that such fiscal note shall state the amounts estimated, in constant dollars, to be the direct and indirect costs likely to be incurred or the direct and indirect savings likely to be achieved: (1) by the United States Government in carrying out such bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year in which it is introduced or received in the Senate and in each of the five fiscal years following such fiscal year (or for the authorized duration of any program, if less than five years), except for measures affecting the revenues; and (2) if sufficient information is already in the possession of such department or agency or is readily available, by State and local governments.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Suspends, until November 1, 1975, provisions of the Merchant Marine Act relating to the transportation by foreign vessels of anhydrous ammonia to the west coast of the United States from any port or terminal area in the State of Alaska whenever the Secretary of the Treasury, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that there is no domestic vessel reasonably available to serve between the west coast of the United States and any such port or terminal area for the transportation of anhydrous ammonia.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Declares that the Senate disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to rates of pay transmitted to the Congress during fiscal years 1975 through 1977, pursuant to the Federal Salary Act of 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Declares that the Senate disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to rates of pay transmitted to the Congress during February, 1974 pursuant to the Federal Salary Act of 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
Excess Petroleum Profits Tax Act - Imposes, under the Internal Revenue Code, an excess profits surtax on the taxable income of all petroleum industry corporations for each taxable year beginning after December 31, 1972. Provides the procedure for computation of such surcharge. Provides exceptions for small corporations and corporations establishing set-aside funds. Excludes from income, subject to the surcharge, an amount equal to the investment made in the same taxable year or as authorized for specified purposes, including: (1) exploration or development of new domestic fuel; (2) increased domestic productive capacity; (3) research and development of new domestic energy sources, fuels, or uses; and (4) research and development of energy technology. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to designate an extension of the Basic National Rail Passenger System, established pursuant to the Rail Passenger Service Act, to provide adequate intercity rail passenger service to the major population area of each of the contiguous forty-eight states which did not have any large population area previously provided with intercity rail passenger service.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974
Prevents the Secretary of Transportation, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, from requiring any motor vehicle to be equipped with any starter interlock system associated with seat belts or upper torso restraints. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1392)
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 · 11 December 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to continue making educational assistance and subsistence allowance payments to eligible veterans and eligible persons during periods when the educational institutions in which they are enrolled are temporarily closed pursuant to a policy proclaimed by the President or because of emergency conditions. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1780(a))
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should determine and take immediate steps to reduce Federal Government consumption of fuels by a third; (2) the President should initiate a program within the Federal Government to immediately reduce nonessential uses of all Government vehicles and equipment, and commercial and mass transportation should be utilized whenever practical in the conduct of government business; (3) the President should allot Federal Government departments and agencies a fixed quantity of fuel for a fixed period for essential purposes only, and critical national security activities and other vital services may be exempted on a case-by-case basis; (4) the Secretary of Defense should immediately initiate innovative measures to reduce the amount of fuels used for defense activities; and (5) the President should immediately urge State, local, and other public authorities to adopt similar measures.
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
National Labor Relations Amendments - Provides that no complaint shall be issued and no remedial order shall be enforced against any employer who has not committed the unfair labor practice complained of, irrespective of whether such employer has acquired the assets and succeeded to the business of the person against whom such complaint was made, unless such employer participated in such unfair labor practice or is subject to the ownership or control of such person. Declares that whenever an employer, an employee, or a labor organization will be injured by an action of the National Labor Relations Board with respect to a representative election which exceeds the authority of the Board under this Act or otherwise violates the Constitution, such employer, employee, or labor organization may bring a civil action in the district court of the United States wherein such employer, employee, or labor organization resides or transacts business or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to obtain an injunction or other appropriate relief. States that no collective-barganing contract shall be enforceable against any employer or labor organization that has not expressly agreed to be bound thereby. Provides that where suit is brought to compel the performance of an agreement to arbitrate, or to stay arbitration, or to enforce the award of an arbitrator, the court will direct arbitration or enforce the award, as the case may be, only if the dispute sought to be arbitrated is clearly arbitrable under the express terms of the agreement and is not frivolous or clearly lacking in merit, and, in any order directing arbitration, will specify the issue or issues that are to be arbitrated.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
Authorizes, under the Clean Air Act, the temporary suspension of emission requirements during the period from November 15, 1973, through May 15, 1974, as to any fuel burning stationary source which would be in violation of such requirement due to actions ordered by the President under the National Emergency Fuels Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1973
Requires that any person who is a candidate for election to Federal office to file with the Comptroller General a copy of his Federal income tax return for the six taxable years immediately preceding the year in which such election is held. States that candidates for election to the House of Representatives or to the Senate shall furnish to the press gallery fifty copies of each return filed by him with the Comptroller General. Penalizes violation's of this Act by a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
States that the President should continue his mediation between the opposing parties of the Middle East to bring about a long-term, lasting peace settlement. States that such settlement should include: (1) establishment of broad demilitarized zones on the borders between Israel and its neighbors; (2) achievement of a just settlement of the Palestinian refuge problem; and (3) the negotiation and signing of a permanent peace treaty within six months after the cease fire.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Proposes that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States Government, while engaged in a lessening of tensions with the People's Republic of China, do nothing to compromise the freedom of our friend and ally the Republic of China and its people.
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 · 26 September 1973
Provides that any regulations published or promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency for grants for the construction of treatment works under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, prior to the date of enactment of this joint resolution are hereby set aside and are declared to be of no legal effect and no moneys appropriated shall be distributed in accordance with such regulations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within thirty days after enactment of this joint resolution, to publish and submit to the Congress regulations for grants for the construction of treatment works so as to effect an equitable allocation of appropriated funds among all qualified projects on which construction was initiated after June 20, 1966, but before July 1, 1972. Within thirty days of congressional session following the receipt of such regulations. Authorizes the Committee on Public Works of either House to report a resolution of disapproval of such regulations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, at the time such regulations are submitted to the Congress, to notify each State.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1973
Geothermal Energy Act - Title I: Loan Guarantee Program - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to encourage the commercial development of means to produce energy from geothermal resources and to facilitate such development by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans made for the purposes of acquiring rights in geothermal resources and performing exploration, development, and construction and operation of facilities for the commercial production of energy from geothermal resources. Specifies the terms and conditions such loans must meet prior to guarantee. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts to pay the lenders the interest charges which become due and payable on the unpaid balance of any such loan if the Secretary finds that enumerated circumstances occur. Establishes, in the Treasury of the United States, a Geothermal Resources Development Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 annually, and such amounts as may be required for the administrative costs of carrying out the provisions of this title. Title II: Coordination of Federal Activities in Geothermal Energy Exploration, Research, and Development - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Geological Survey, to: (1) carry out a plan for the orderly exploration of all forms of geothermal resources of the Federal lands; (2) conduct regional surveys that will lead to a national inventory of geothermal resources in the United States; (3) publish and make available maps, reports, and other documents developed from such exploration to facilitate the commercial development of geothermal resources; (4) make such recommendations for legislation; and, (5) participate with the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation in research. Enumerates the activities in which the Atomic Energy Commission is directed to participate in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. Directs the Commission to coordinate such activities with the Department of the Interior. States the conditions precedent to entering into agreements under this Act. Authorizes the Commission to investigate potential agreements for the cooperative development of major facilities to demonstrate the production of energy from geothermal resources and to submit engineering and financial proposals to the Congress for consideration of authorization to proceed with implementation. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title: (1) $10 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Secretary of the Interior; (2) $35 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Atomic Energy Commission; and (3) such amounts as may be required in fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to NASA.
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 · 3 August 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey, by quitclaim deed, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain lands in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides that if the owner of an unpatented lode or placer mining claim shall fail, within the three-year period following the date of the enactment of this Act, to file for record either (1) a notice of intention to hold the mining claims; (2) an affidavit of assessment work performed thereon; or (3) a detailed report provided for by the Act of September 2, 1958 relating thereto, such failure shall constitute the abandonment of the mining claim by the owner.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides that in the case of a measure or matter reported for at least ten calendar days and not yet considered by the Senate, notice be published in the Congressional Record at least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) prior to consideration of the measure or matter, stating the day on which consideration of the measure or matter is to begin. Provides that it shall not be in order to consider any report made by a committee of conference to the Senate unless the report and the accompanying explanatory statement have been printed in the Congressional Record at least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) prior to the consideration of such report by the Senate. Allows the Waiver of this requirement during the last six calendar days of any regular or special session of the Senate, as determined, and published in the Record, by joint agreement of the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate.
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 · 1 August 1973
Natural Gas Supply Act - Extends the application of the Natural Gas Act to the direct sale of natural gas in interstate commerce. Provides that provisions of such Act shall not apply to specified sales in interstate commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Constitutional Amendment - States that on or before the fifteenth day after the beginning of each regular session of the Congress the President shall transmit to the Congress a budget which shall set forth separately: (1) his estimate of the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, during the ensuing fiscal year under the laws then existing; (2) his recommendations with respect to outlays to be made from funds other than trust funds during such ensuing fiscal year; and (3) if such recommendations exceed such estimate, a surtax rate which the President determines to be necessary to be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers to those portions of taxable years of taxpayers occurring during such fiscal year, so that such receipts will equal such outlays. Provides that during the first quarter of each fiscal year, and during the third quarter of each fiscal year, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall: (1) estimate the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, during such fiscal year; (2) estimate outlays to be made from funds other than trust funds during such fiscal year; and (3) (A) if such estimate of outlays exceeds such estimate of receipts, determine a surtax rate which the Speaker considers necessary to be applied, with respect to the income tax of taxpayers, to those portions of taxable years of taxpayers remaining in such fiscal year, so that such receipts will equal such outlays; or (B) if such estimate of outlays equals such estimate of receipts, determine that no surtax rate is necessary to be applied. Provides that, during the last month of each fiscal year, the President shall review whether the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, for such year will be less than the outlays for that fiscal year. States that if he finds that such receipts are going to be less than such outlays, he shall determine a surtax rate which he considers necessary to be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers, so that taxes received by the Government from such surtax, when added to other receipts of the Government, will equal such outlays. Requires that such surtax shall be effective, and so applied, as determined by the President only during the next succeeding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
Designates the Box Canyon Creek, Idaho, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Establishes the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Incorporates such lands in the national wilderness preservation system. Provides that the Federal Power Commission shall not license the future construction of any dam or other specified water project within the recreation area. Deauthorizes construction of the Asotin Dam. Provides for the preservation of the upstream waters of the Snake River and its tributaries. Sets forth the objectives to be accomplished in the administration of the recreation area, including the protection of the salmon and other fisheries and of paleontologic sites. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan for the management of the recreation area. Enumerates the details to be included in such plan and the Secretary's authorities in acquiring property for the recreation area. Authorizes appropriations of (1) $60,000,000 for improvements of specified roads; (2) $10,000,000 for the acquisition of lands; (3) $10,000,000 for recreation facilities; and (4) $1,500,000 for the inventory, development and protection of historic and archeological sites.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Declares that the Senate disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to rates of pay transmitted to the Congress during calendar year 1973, pursuant to the Federal Salary Act of 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States that the Government of the United States shall cease forthwith all consideration of aid, trade, diplomatic recognition or any other form of communication, travel or accommodation with the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam or the Provisional Revolutionary Government (Viet Cong) until such time as various agreements are complied with to the fullest extent.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Emergency Anti-inflation Act - Provides that the President shall submit a budget pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 in which nontrust fund expenditures do not exceed nontrust fund revenues for each fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Provides that interest rates under the loan guaranty program for veterans may exceed the interest rates specified under the National Housing Act. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1803(c)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Livestock Grazing Indemnification Act - Provides that whenever a valid permit for livestock grazing on public grazing land is canceled on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, by the United States in whole or in part, or the right of grazing livestock thereunder is suspended in order to devote the lands covered by the permit to another public purpose including disposal, the permittee shall be compensated by the United States, in an amount determined by the Secretary of the Interior, for the losses suffered by such permittee as a result of the cancellation in whole or in part of such permit or the suspension of the right of grazing livestock thereunder.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides for the coinage and issuance of both gold and silver coins by the Secretary of the Treasury to commemorate the bicentennial of the American Revolution.
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