United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1974
States that the Senate of the United States: (1) expresses its support for the broad purposes of the agreement in principle reached at Vladivostok on November 24, 1974, as a step forward both in furthering arms control and improving the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union; and (2) expresses its firm belief that this agreement in principle must lead to further arms limitations and reductions and that both the United States and the Soviet Union should make every effort to halt the continuing competition in strategic arms by excercising restraint in the deployment of additional nuclear weapons systems beyond current levels. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should make every possible effort to negotiate further nuclear arms limitation and reduction measures as part of the final accord carrying out the Vladivostok agreement. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the specific accord concluded on the basis of the Vladivostok agreement between the President of the United States and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should be in the form of a treaty and submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent.
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1974
United Nations Peacekeeping Forces in the Middle East Authorization Act - Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of State such sums as necessary for payment of the United States share of the expenses of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Energy Administration should withdraw its proposed price regulation change and maintain propane gas prices at or below the level established by existing regulation.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974
Authorizes Federal reimbursement to the States for the construction of specified sewage treatment works constructed with financial assistance appropriated pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for any fiscal year beginning July 1, 1966, and ending June 30, 1971. (Amends 86 Stat. 838)
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act - Increases disability and death pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation for veterans and their survivors. Increases the income limitations for such pension payments. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out a thorough study and investigation of the economic needs and problems of veterans and their widows seventy-two years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1974
Lister Hill Scholarship Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for additional medical scholarships to be known as Lister Hill Scholarships for award to those who agree to practice family medicine in depressed urban or rural areas. Authorizes appropriations for such scholarships.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Provides that tax returns are confidential, and, therefore, are not open to inspection, and that information contained in them shall not be disclosed. Permits, under regulations established by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the inspection of tax returns by the taxpayer, the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, State tax authorities, the President, and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Requires a report to the Joint Committee of returns inspected and by whom inspected. Establishes criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure or receipt of tax return information.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Prohibits the interstate shipment of dogs trained for or intended to be used in dogfights for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment. Specifies punishments for persons involved in such commerce and for promoters of and participants in activities which include such dogfights if any one of the dogs involved had been moved in such commerce. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 48)
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
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 the administration of the programs established by titles II, XVI, and XVIII 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 thereunder will be held within a reasonable period of time after such hearing is so 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 which were the subject of such hearing, 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 fully in favor of such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
States that no person and no agency of the Government of the United States, or of any State or political subdivision of a State, shall be permitted to inspect a return of tax filed with the Internal Revenue Service by a taxpayer unless: (1) the Secretary or his delegate notifies the taxpayer in writing of the request to inspect such return; and (2) the Internal Revenue Service receives written consent from such taxpayer to such inspection. Imposes a $10,000 fine and a 5-year imprisonment, or both, for persons illegally disclosing or receiving tax return information.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Expresses the findings of Congress, including that Federal information reporting requirements have placed an unprecedented paperwork burden upon private citizens, recipients of Federal assistance, businesses, governmental contractors, and State and local governments. Establishes a Commission on Federal Paperwork to study procedures and practices of the Federal Government relating to information gathering, dissemination, and the management and control of information activities. Enumerates the areas to be considered by the Commission in its studies. Directs the Commission to make a final report to the Congress and the President within two years of the date of its first meeting. Sets forth the membership composition of the Commission and their compensation. Details the administrative powers of the Commission. Calls for cooperation between Federal agencies and the Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) act to relieve immediate threats of famine where it exists and assist food-short nations in increasing food production; (2) attempt to achieve an international agreement on a food reserve to be used in emergencies; (3) assist in social and economic growth and in population control (as requested) in underdeveloped nations; and (4) support the efficient use and equitable distribution of food worldwide.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
Cost of Living Task Force Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to focus public attention on private and governmental actions which have an impact upon national price stability. Establishes an independent agency to be known as the Cost of Living Task Force. Specifies the membership composition of the Task Force. Enumerates the duties of the Task Force, including to monitor the economy and to develop and recommend to private parties, the President and the Congress, policies and procedures to achieve and maintain price stability in a growing economy, and to advise those parties, government agencies and the public at large of any action or anticipated action which would have a materially adverse impact on price stability. Directs the Task Force to collect data, evaluate the reasonableness of price and wage increases, make recommendations, and report within one year on the effectiveness of existing institutions within the Federal Government for dealing with inflation. Details the administrative powers of the Task Force. Provides for confidentiality of information obtained under this Act. Requires a semi-annual report by the Task Force. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should, in the application of regulations pursuant to the Clean Air Act with respect to supplying, after July 1, 1974, unleaded gasoline for automobiles: (1) grant reasonable extensions of time for compliance to retailers who are unable to obtain such gasoline or delivery systems for such gasoline; and (2) consult with the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration in order to obtain a fair allocation of such gasoline for all segments of the petroleum industry marketing structure.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Economic Opportunity and Community Partnership Act - Extends the authorization for appropriations of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, for an additional three year period through fiscal year 1977. Extends such Act for an additional three year period, through fiscal year 1978. Authorizes an aggregate of $1,548,000 for fiscal year 1975, $1,761,500 for fiscal year 1976, and $1,983,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides for automatic extension of the authorizations beyond fiscal year 1977, unless the Congress passes or formally rejects extension of authorizations, or by concurrent resolution, provides that the automatic extension shall no longer apply. Establishes an independent "Community Services and Community Economic Development Administration," headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. States that "Community Services" would include continued direct funding for community action "local initiative" programs, "Community Partnership Agreements", and national emphasis anti-poverty activities such as Emergency Food and Medical Services, Senior Opportunities and Services, and other projects such as evaluation and demonstration activities. Provides for the continuation of the current legal services program. Stipulates that "local-initiative" programs would be continued under current authority. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes of $330,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, 330,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and such sums as may be necessary in succeeding fiscal years. States that the Federal share for such activities would be 80 percent. Provides that demonstration community partnership agreements would be funded by the Agency upon approval of an agreement entered into by a community action agency or similar public or private non-profit agency, and the public agency of a State or political subdivision of a State, or any combination, for local initiative type programs. Sets forth requirements concerning the use of funds. Stipulates that funds should not be used in substitution of local-initiative or other antipoverty programs. Establishes a National Intergovernmental Review Board on the Financing of Community Services to review community partnership agreements, as well as sources for funding of antipoverty efforts. States that the Board, appointed by the President, and subject to Senate confirmation, would consist of nine members, including three representives of State and local government, three of community action and similar agencies and the remainder from the private sector. Stipulates that community economic development programs would include "special impact" programs through community development corporations in rural and urban areas; special rural programs, including funding of rural cooperatives; developmental loans for community economic development programs including establishment of a model domestic development enterprise corporation; and training and technical assistance. Establishes an Interagency Community Economic Development Resource Committee to insure the maximum application of reasources of other agencies, such as the Small Business Administration, the Department of Houasing and Urban Development, and the Department of Commerce and the Economic Development Administration. Provides for a Joint Congressional study during the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, to provide for an appropriate administering agency to conduct the community economic development program in the future, including consideration of an independent community economic development agency.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1974
Child and Family Services Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that the purposes of this Act are to establish and expand children and family service programs, build upon the experience of Headstart, give special emphasis to preschool children and families with the greatest needs, and provide decision making with direct parent participation through a partnership of parents, State, local and Federal government. Authorizes to be appropriated $150 million for fiscal year 1975 and $200 million for fiscal year 1976 for training, planning, and technical assistance and $500 million in fiscal year 1976 and $1 billion in fiscal year 1977 for program operation. Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Establishes the Office of Child and Family Services in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the principal agency for administration of this Act. Creates the Child and Family Services Coordinating Council with representatives from various federal agencies to assure coordination of federal programs in the field. Defines the purposes for which Federal funds can be used: (1) planning and developing programs, including pilot programs; (2) establishing programs, including child care in the home: after-school programs; family prenatal care; programs to meet special needs of minorities, Indians, migrants and bilingual children; food and nutrition services; and special activities for handicapped children within regular programs; (3) rental, renovation, acquisition or construction of facilities, including mobile facilities; (4) preservice and inservice training; (5) staff and administration expenses of councils and committees required by the Act; and (6) dissemination of information to families. Provides for the reservation of funds proportionately for handicapped children and for migrant and Indian children, and up to 5 percent for model programs. Allocates the remainder among the States and within the States, and within the States, 50 percent according to relative number of economically disadvantaged children, 25 percent according to relative number of children through age five, and 25 percent according to relative number of children of working mothers and single parents. Allows the use of up to 5 percent of a State's allocation for special State programs. Provides that a State, locality, or combination of localities may be designated by the Secretary as a prime sponsor for the purpose of entering into arrangements to carry out programs under this title. Establishes performance criteria for prime sponsors, including coordination of all services for children within the prime sponsorship area and establishment of a Child and Family Service Council to administer and coordinate programs. Empowers the Secretary to directly fund an Indian tribe to carry out programs on a reservation and public or private nonprofit agencies to operate migrant programs, model programs, or programs where no prime sponsor has been designated or where a designated prime sponsor is not meeting certain needs. Provides for the Governor to comment on prime sponsorship applications and provides appeal procedures for applicants who are disapproved. Sets forth the composition, method of selection, and functions of Child and Family Service Councils to be established by each prime sponsor. Requires that at least one-third of the total membership of the Child and Family Service Council shall be persons who are economically disadvantaged. States that financial assistance under this title may be provided by the Secretary for fiscal year 1975 and any subsequent fiscal year to a prime sponsor only pursuant to a child and family service plan which is approved by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this title. Sets forth the conditions for such approval, requiring that any such program shall: (1) provide that programs or services under this title shall be provided only for children whose parents request them; (2) identifies child and family service needs and goals within the area and describes the purposes for which the financial assistance will be used; and (3) meets the needs of children and families in the prime sponsorship area, with priority for services to children who have not attained six years of age, and other enumerated criteria. Allows Federal funding for construction or acquisition only where no alternatives are practicable. Provides that no more than 15 percent of a prime sponsor's funds may be used for construction, and that no more than half of that may be in the form of grants rather than loans. Requires that the Federal Government and prime sponsors make available for child and family service programs, facilities they own and lease, when they are not fully utilized for other purposes. Provides a 100 percent Federal share for planning in the first year, 90 percent Federal share for fiscal years 1976 and 1977, and 80 percent for subsequent fiscal years. Provides a 100 percent Federal share for programs for migrants and Indians, and allows waiver of part or all of the non-Federal share where necessary to meet needs of economically disadvantaged children. States that the non-Federal share may be in cash or in kind. Requires that revenues generated by fees may not be used as the non-Federal share but must be used as the non-Federal share but must be used by the prime sponsor to expand programs. Title II: Supportive Services and Special Activities - Requires a national committee on Federal standards, with one-half parent participation, to establish standards for all child care services programs funded by this or any other Federal act. Requires a committee to develop a uniform minimum code dealing with health and safety of children and applicable to all facilities funded by this Act. Requires the Secretary to make annual evaluations and report to Congress on Federal child family services activities. Title III: Research and Demonstrations - Authorizes child and family services research and requires that the Office of Child and Family Services coordinate research by Federal agencies. Title IV: General Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act. Requires that procedures be established to assure adequate nutrition services in programs under this Act, including use of the special food service programs of the School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. Sets forth an anti-crimination provision, including separate provisions on sex discrimination. Requires that programs meet the minimum wage. Prohibits the use of funds for constructing, operating, or maintaining facilities for sectarian instruction or religious worship. Provides that no child may be the subject of research or experimentation without parental approval, and that no child may be forced to undergo examination or treatment if parents object. Requires approval of the Secretary for child development programs for very young children. Requires that all applications, plans, and written material pertaining thereto be made available to the public without charge.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974
Provides, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to scholarship and fellowship grants, that no amount shall be included in gross income by reason of the discharge of the indebtedness of an individual under a student loan if such discharge was pursuant to a provision of the loan under which the indebtedness would be discharged if the individual worked for a certain period of time in certain professions or certain geographical areas or for certain classes of employers. Defines "student loan" for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974
Provides, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to scholarship and fellowship grants, that no amount shall be included in gross income by reason of the discharge of the indebtedness of an individual under a student loan if such discharge was pursuant to a provision of the loan under which the indebtedness was pursuant to a provision of the loan under which the indebtedness would be discharged if the individual worked for certain classes of employers. Defines "student loan" for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commissioner of the United States Customs Service should desist immediately from any actions furthering the transfer of any responsibilities legally vested in the United States Customs Service to any other agency, and, specifically, should desist from actions furthering the transfer of responsibility for interdiction of contraband along the Mexican border from the United States Customs Service to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for thorough health and sanitation inspection at time of entry of all livestock products imported into the United States. Provides that the inspection program shall be financed by a charge on the imported animals to be set by the Secretary of Agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should immediately terminate the suspension of any Presidential proclamation limiting the total quantity of imports, or withdrawals from warehouses for consumption, of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle, sheep and other specified meat.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Provides up to $300,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Authorizes up to $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for grants for operation of any health or educational project under such Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to designate as redevelopment areas under the Act those areas determined by the Secretary of Labor to be areas of substantial unemployment during the preceding calendar year. Extends the authorizations for loans and loan guarantees under the Act for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Provides for the guaranteeing of rental payments of leases up to 90 percent of the remaining rental payments required by the lease. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make direct grants to cities or other political subdivisions to pay up to 100 percent of the cost of economic development planning under the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to the States to provide special economic development and adjustment assistance programs to help State and local areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from economic dislocation, including unemployment arising from actions of the Federal Government and from compliance with environmental requirements that remove economic activities from a locality. Authorizes up to $100,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Social Security Recipients Fairness Act - Establishes, under the Social Security Act, a procedure for the prompt payment of social security benefits to individuals whose social security checks have been lost, stolen, or otherwise delayed. Provides for expedited hearings and determinations respecting claims for benefits under titles II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1974
Declares that Dr. Kissinger be commended on his outstanding contributions to the cause of world peace and that deep gratitude to Dr. Kissinger for his services is hereby expressed by the Senate. Declares that the United States Senate holds in high regard Dr. Kissinger, and regards him as an outstanding member of this Administration, as a patriotic Amercian in whom it has complete confidence, and whose integrity, and veracity are above reproach, and that the U.S. Senate wishes for him success in his continuing efforts to achieve a permanent peace in the world.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1974
States that in order to provide temporary emergency assistance to persons engaged in the cattle raising business during the current period of declining cattle prices, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to guarantee and make commitments to guarantee the repayment of 90 percent of the outstanding principal amount of any loan made to any such person by a bank or other lending institution for the purpose of assisting such person to purchase cattle, to feed his cattle and otherwise maintain his farm or ranch operation. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee the repayment of 90 percent of the outstanding principal amount of any loan made to any such person prior to the date of enactment of this Act and which is renewed or extended by the lending institution holding such loan. Specifies that the authority of the Secretary to guarantee loans under this Act shall expire June 30, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Declares that an emergency situation exists with respect to the problems of inflation, unemployment and the danger of recession, and resolves to attempt to reform existing policies and establish new policies that will reduce inflation, unemployment and recession, as well as other economic ills, or ease the effects thereof. Charges the Joint Economic Committee ("JEC"), with the assistance of the Advisory Board described herein with the duties of: (1) assessing the state of the economy and determining the principal causes of the current inflation, unemployment and recession; (2) to the maximum extent possible, drafting legislative recommendations and other recommendations to reduce inflation, unemployment and recession, both now and in the future, and reporting such recommendations to the Majority and Minority leaders of both Houses of Congress; (3) determining what long-range studies are necessary to improve Congress' understanding of and ability to deal with the problems of inflation, unemployment and recession and other major economic ills; and (4) reviewing and making recommendations with respect to the process by which both Congress and the executive formulate and execute economic policy. Directs the JEC to appoint an Advisory Board composed of not less than 20 nor more than 30 economists, businessmen and other experts in such areas, as fiscal policy, monetary policy, taxation, labor and manpower, foreign trade, military spending, trade regulation, protection of competition, and allocation and conservation of food, energy and other critical resources. Charges the Majority and Minority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives with the duties of: (1) receiving legislative recommendations made by the JEC pursuant to this Concurrent Resolution, and (2) attempting to establish procedures which would ensure that such legislative recommendations are referred for committee consideration in a manner which would expedite, to the greatest extent possible, such committee consideration and reporting of such proposed legislation to the Senate and House of Representatives, and permit, to the greatest extent possible, participation in such committee consideration of Senators and Congressmen familiar with legislation in the areas of fiscal policy, monetary policy, taxation, labor and manpower, foreign trade, military spending, trade regulation, protection of competition, and allocation and conservation of critical resources.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Congressional Youth Political Participation Act - Establishes the National Youth Political Participation Office to create and operate the national youth political participation program to provide assistance to young citizens in acquiring the experience and knowledge needed for full participation in government within the first five years following their eighteenth birthday. Establishes the National Youth Political Participation Advisory Commission to be composed of Congressional leaders, chairmen of the Republican and Democratic national committees, and the Director of the National Youth Participation Agency. States that the Advisory Commission shall develop and recommend, for the establishment of a national political participation program, criteria which shall provide for competition among eligible young people in political action activities on the local, State, and national levels; in political history and heritage research; and in analyses of the relationship between political activities, political history, and heritage research. Provides for a parallel State youth political participation program to encourage and recognize political participation by youth at specific levels of performance. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal years 1975 through 1979 the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1974
Federal Employees Procedural Rights Act - Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, the Board of Appeals. States that the Board shall promulgate rules and regulations and establish procedures and take any other action deemed necessary and proper to carry out its functions under the provisions of this Act. Sets forth procedural rights for Federal employees subject to proposed adverse actions. States that an employing agency proposing to take adverse action against an employee shall give the employee written notice stating any and all reasons, specifically and in detail, for the proposed action. Provides the employee with thirty days in which to answer the notice. States that if the determination of the agency is to propose to take adverse action against the employee, and the employee files written objection with the agency, within ten days after receiving a copy of the decision, the agency may file with the Board a proposal to take adverse action against the employee. Sets forth procedures to be followed whenever an employing agency files with the Board a proposal to take adverse action against an employee. Specifies that an employee against whom adverse action is proposed to be taken may not be removed or suspended for more than thirty days, furloughed without pay, or reduced in rank or pay until the final decision with respect to that employee is rendered and then only in accordance with that decision.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is especially appropriate to honor former President Harry S. Truman through the creation of a perpetual educational scholarship program to develop increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare and pursue careers in public service. Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, to be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. Authorizes the Foundation to award fifty-one scholarships in any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1973, for undergraduate study for persons who plan to pursue a career in public service. States that each recipient shall be known as a Truman scholar. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the scholarship requirements; (2) the procedure for selection of Truman scholars; (3) stipends and institutional allowances; and (4) the scholarship conditions. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. Prescribes the procedure for expenditures from the fund. Directs that there shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation, appointed by the Board, who shall be the chief executive officer and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 to the fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Provides for the lifting of the suspension under Federal law setting quotas for the importation of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat or goat and sheep meat. Sets limits upon the length of any such suspension imposed under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the contribution by the United States to the growing economic and human crisis in the developing world should be primarily in the form of food and the means and technology to produce it; (2) the President, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Agriculture and their advisors should give the highest priority to the immediate expansion of American food assistance and take such additional steps as might be necessary to expedite the transfer of American food commodities on concessional and donation terms to those nations most severely affected; (3) the United States should increase its matching pledge to the World Food Program for 1975-1976 and encourage other nations to do so; (4) the President and the Secretary of State should negotiate with other major food exporting nations to seek to obtain their participation in this emergency effort proportionate to their share of world food exports, and should strongly encourage oil exporting nations to contribute a fair share to these efforts to assist the most severely affected nations; (5) the United States should announce its desire to work with the oil exporting and other nations in a major effort to increase world fertilizer production with the possibility of including the offer of American technology and capital; and (6) the President should encourage the American people to reduce the non-critical, non-food-producing uses of fertilizer which now total nearly three million tons of nutrient a year, to make available increased fertilizer supplies for raising food production at home and in the developing world. Declares the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States and the Secretaries of State and Agriculture should, and are hereby urged and requested to: (1) maintain regular and full consultation with the appropriate committees of the Congress and (2) report to the Congress and the Nation at regular intervals on the progress toward formulating an American response in a cooperative framework to the world food crisis and the needs of the most severely affected developing countries.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism; and that the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to call upon all governments to condemn inhuman acts of violence against innocent victims and to strongly urge the countries where these groups and individuals are found to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terroism and senseless violence.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds available for the direct distribution of food to needy children and low income persons for donation to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, disaster relief, and, until July 1, 1976, the family commodity distribution program on Indian reservations not requesting the food stamp program. Provides that the Secretary may, if stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof of the types customarily available under the program of commodity distribution to prevent waste. Provides, under the Food Stamp Act, that upon request to the Secretary by the appropriate officials of any Indian tribe, such tribe is authorized to administer a food stamp program under this Act on behalf of the eligible households of such tribe living on an Indian reservation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or any State to administer a food stamp program on behalf of any tribe residing on an Indian reservation. Authorizes the Secretary under such Act to pay to each State agency an amount equal to 62.5 percent of all administrative costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the certification of households; (2) the acceptance, storage, and protection of coupons after their delivery to receiving points within the States; (3) the issuance of such coupons to eligible households; (4) the outreach and fair hearing requirements of this Act; and (5) the control and accounting of coupons. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to encourage milk consumption in schools. Provides that, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for subsequent fiscal years, the minimum rate of reimbursement for a half-pint of milk served in schools and other eligible institutions shall not be less than 5 cents per half-pint served to eligible children, and such minimum rate of reimbursement shall be adjusted on an annual basis each fiscal year thereafter, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, to reflect changes in the series of food away from home of the Consumer Price Index.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974
Provides that the Secretary of Labor shall not apply the Federal regulations governing permanent housing for agricultural workers to the nonwintering, mobile housing facilities (commonly known as "camp wagons") used in the range sheep industry.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Prevents the importation of honeybees into the United States except: (1) by the United States Department of Agriculture for experimental or scientific purposes; (2) from countries determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be free of diseases or parasites harmful to honeybees, and undesirable species or subspecies of honeybees; and (3) to have in operation precautions adequate to prevent the importation of honeybees from other countries where harmful diseases or parasites, or undesirable species or subspecies, of honeybees exist. Provides a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both for violations of this Act or any regulation issued pursuant to it. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the governments of specified nations in carrying out necessary research, surveys, and control operations in those countries in connection with the suppression, control, and prevention of the spread of undesirable species and subspecies of honeybees, including but not limited to the African or Brazilian honeybee. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
Cost of Living Act - Specifies the techniques and methods to be used by the President to monitor public and private economic activity in order to constrain domestic inflation. States that the President may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, require the keeping of records, the making of reports and inspections, and the taking of sworn testimony as may be necessary or appropriate to obtain information crucial to achieving the purposes of this Act. Specifies information which the President shall not be entitled to request. Provides that the President may establish a board or commission of specified composition, along with advisory committees, to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that experts and consultants may be employed for the performance of functions under this Act. Requires the President, in carrying out his authority under this Act, to study and evaluate the relationship between excess profits, the stabilization of the economy, and the creation of new jobs. Authorizes the appropriation of funds to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that this Act shall become effective on May 1, 1974, and expire on April 30, 1975. Stipulates that nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1974
States that a regular enlisted member of the armed services who has served at least 5 continuous years, but less than 20 years of active duty, and who is involuntarily separated or denied immediate reenlistment in one of the services shall be entitled to not more than $10,000 serverance pay.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Revises the procedures utilized in the procurement of property and services by the Government where the amount involved does not exceed $10,000 (presently $2,500).
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1974
Designates the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide for the care, maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the official residence and grounds. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that living accommodations, generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided for the Chief of Naval Operations. Repeals the Federal law authorizing the planning, design, construction, furnihsing, and maintenance of an official residence for the Vice President of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Authorizes the Atomic Energy Commission in consultation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to enter into cooperative agreements with the States of New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming to contain and render harmless uranium mill tailings.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Expresses it to be the sense of the Congress that negotiations for a new Panama Canal Treaty are necessary in the interests of both the Republic of Panama and the United States. States that, with reference to the promulgation of such a treaty, the Congress of the United States endorses specified principles agreed to by the United States of America and the Republic of Panama on February 7, 1974 at Panama City.
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.
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