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
Declares that the Senate disapproves the alternative plan for pay adjustments for Federal employees under statutory pay systems recommended and submitted by the President to Congress on August 31, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the President, in exercising the authority conferred by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 with respect to price levels applicable to sales of gasoline or diesel fuel grade number two, should permit the passthrough of any increase in the cost to the seller of gasoline or diesel fuel grade number two which was lawfully put into effect on or after August 1, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Combined Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance - Income Tax Reporting Amendments - Title I: Amendments to Title II of the Social Security Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available specified tax returns to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Empowers the Secretary of HEW and the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement for the processing of information contained in such returns. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to the Secretary of the HEW any documents they agree are necessary for such processing. Directs the Managing Trustee of the Trust Funds, including the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, to pay into the Treasury the amounts he and the Secretary of HEW estimate will be expended from the general fund of the Treasury by the Department of HEW and Treasury for the administration of (1) titles II, XVIII of the Social Security Act, and (2) specified chapter and subchapters of the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary of HEW to apportion (between each Trust Fund and the general fund in the Treasury) the costs of administratering titles II, XVI and XVIII of the Social Security Act and its costs in carrying out specified functions of this Act. Provides that average monthly wage, quarters of coverage, and coverage credits derived from self-employment income for taxable years beginning before 1974 are to be determined on a basis of income credited to calender quarters. Limits quarters coverage to quarters occuring before 1974 and make additonal modification to taxation of self-employed persons. Allocates, under the Social Security Act, coverage credits for earnings before 1974 based on quarters of coverage and after 1973 on the basis of earnings durings the calendar year. Provides that a person will satisfy the requirements prerequisite to a determination of disability if he has 20 or more coverage credits which were credited to the period ending on the day the disability arose and consisting of that part of the current calendar year up until the day the disability began and the nine prior calendar years. Redefines a "fully insured individual" in terms of coverage credits rather than quarters of coverage." States that any person upon obtaining the age of 62 with the proper number of coverage credits is fully insured. Provides that specified benefits be paid to individuals not citizens of the United States who amassed sufficient coverage credits. Title II: Amendments Preserving Relationship Between Railroad Retirement and Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance - Provides, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, that in the calculation of an employee's "average monthly renumeration" after calendar 1974 an individual employee shall obtain the benefit of full allowable coverage credits, irrespective of whether particular quarters of coverage were otherwise available for calculation purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Elementary and Secondary Education Assistance Act - Title I: General Grants for Elementary and Secondary Education Grants Authorized - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make payments to State educational agencies for the Federal share of the cost of grants to local educational agencies and for other elementary and secondary education programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commissioner, for the purpose of carrying out this title, $4,500,000 annually for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Provides for the reservation of specified precentages for enumerated purposes, and for the apportionment of sums not reserved. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides that any State desiring to receive financial assistance shall submit a plan to reduce disparities in per pupil expenditures among local educational agencies within such State. Enumerates the criteria to be met by such plan. Requires the chief State officer to submit annually to the Commissioner an application in such detail and containing or accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. States that a local educational agency may receive a grant from the appropriate State educational agency under this title for any fiscal year only upon an application approved by the appropriate State educational agency, upon its determination consistent with such basic criteria as the Commissioner may establish, including: (1) that the programs and activities will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; and (2) that such agency will make provisions for the benefit of children in schools of secular, neutral, and nonideological educational services, materials, and equipment. Provides that the State shall not finally disapprove any application for funds without first affording the local educational agency reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. Provides that the Commissioner shall pay to each State which has established eligibility under this Act, in advance or by way of reimbursement, the amount of such State's apportionment. States that no payments shall be made to any State in which per pupil expenditures for elementary and secondary education for the preceding year from State sources, excluding the payment of the State share for grants, programs, and activities undertaken pursuant to this Act, are less in such State than such expenditures for the second preceding fiscal year. States that if any State or local educational agency is dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of its application, they may file with the United States court of appeals for the circuit for which such agency is located a petition for review of that action. Title II: Experimental Achievement Progress Test - States that, after consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Education, the Commissioner is directed, on an experimental basis, to conduct a program to demonstrate the feasibility of administrating achievement progress tests in reading and mathematics to be given by local educational agencies to the elementary and secondary school children, in order to provide financial assistance to such agencies, in accordance with this Act, based upon the improvement reflected in such achievement progress tests.
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
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 · 1 August 1973
Freedom from Surveillance Act - States that, except as expressly provided, whoever, being a civil officer of the United States or an officer of the Armed Forces of the United States, employs any part of the Armed Forces or the militia of any State to conduct investigations into, maintain surveillance over, or record or maintain information regarding, the beliefs, associations, or political activities of any person not a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or of any civilian organization, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Exempts from such provisions the use of the Armed Forces of the United States or the militia of any State: (1) when they have been actually and publicly assigned by the President to the task of repelling invasion or suppressing rebellion, insurrection, or domestic violence pursuant to the Constitution or specified sections of the United States Code; or (2) to investigate criminal conduct committed on a military installation or involving the destruction, theft, or trespass of the property of the United States; or (3) to determine the suitability for employment of any individual for the Armed Forces of the United States, by the militia of any State, or by a defense facility; or (4) whenever the militia of any State is under the command of the chief executive of that State or any other appropriate authorities of that State. Sets forth the definitions of the terms used in this Act, including "surveillance". Prescribes procedures for the bringing of civil actions and special class actions against illegal surveillance.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
National Forest Environmental Management Act - Declares that comprehensive planning is needed to secure the greatest net public benefit from the National Forest System. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act, including differentiations between "forest land," "rangeland," and "recreational land." Title I: General Management Authority - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage the National Forest System in a manner which will assure payment of fair market value by users of such lands and which will provide maximum opportunities for the public to participate in decisionmaking concerning such lands. Prescribes rules regarding the management of national forest lands and the authority for promulgation of such rules. Requires the Secretary to prepare an inventory of all national forest lands, and their tangible and intangible resource values. Specifies the content and currency of such inventory. Provides that the Secretary shall develop, maintain, and revise land use plans for the National Forest System. States that in the development and maintenance of such land use plans, the Secretary shall: (1) use a systematic interdisciplinary approach integrating physical, biological, economic, and social sciences considerations; (2) give priority to the protection of areas of critical environmental concern; (3) consider the relative scarcity of the values involved; (4) weigh long-term public benefits against short-term local or individual benefits; and (5) consider the requirements of applicable pollution control laws. Provides that the Secretary shall present to the Congress a long-range natural resources physical budget for the National Forest System which sets forth specified factors. Enumerates such factors. States that in fiscal year 1975 and thereafter at the start of each decade the Secretary shall present to the Congress his estimate of the natural resources physical budget of the National Forest System along with his recommendations for each of the next 5 decades ahead. Provides for public hearings and a joint resolution by Congress on such policy. Requires that there be included in the annual fiscal budget for the management of the National Forest System a request for funding sufficient to assure a high level of resource growth and production under high environmental standards. Requires that as part of this goal each annual budget contain a request for funds sufficient to reforest an acreage equal to at least 110 percent of the area on which it is estimated timber will be harvested in the preceding fiscal year plus an amount to improve the stands of young growing forests with trees between the ages of five years and seventy-five years on an acreage equal to at least 110 percent of the areas computed above. Directs the Secretary to determine an environmentally sound level of timber harvest for the commercial forest land within each national forest management unit. Provides that the Secretary shall determine an environmentally sound level of grazing, water, soil, recreation, and wildlife management for each national forest management unit. Title II: Other Acts Amended - Specifies new procedures for the sale of trees and forest products. Provides that the Secretary shall maintain a long-term, decade ahead, and annual transportation plan for the national forests. States that the on-the-ground field offices, district rangers and forest supervisors, and the field supervisory offices and regional offices shall be so situated as to provide the optimum level of convenient, useful services to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Authorizes to be appropriated to the President $30,000,000 for emergency and recovery needs, including drought, famine and disaster relief and rehabilitation, for the Sahelian Nations of Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Presidential Campaign Financing Act - Increases the amounts allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for political contribution credits and deductions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to give publicity to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, including prominent notice in explanatory material sent to individuals and the use of the media. Requires that, in order to be eligible to receive any payment, the candidates of a major, minor, or new party in a presidential election shall certify to the Comptroller General, under penalty of perjury, that they and their authorized committees will not incur qualified campaign expenses in excess of the $30,000,000 limit. Provides criminal penalties for such excess campaign expenses and contributions. Presidential Matching Payment Fund Act - Sets forth the definition of "qualified campaign expense" as used in this Act. Establishes the "Presidential Primary Matching Payment Fund". Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to be the trustee of the fund and to report to the Congress each year on the operation and status of the fund. Authorizes appropriations out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides that each candidate in the Presidential primaries is entitled to matching payments from the Treasury for the first $100 or less received from each individual contributor. Requires candidates to accumulate $100,000 in matchable contribution before the first Treasury matching payments are made. States that no candidate may spend more than $15 million in his campaign for the Presidential nomination. Provides criminal penalties for exceeding the overall primary spending limits, and for unlawful use of payments, false statements to the Comptroller General, and kickbacks and illegal payments. Requires that each candidate designate one political committee as his central campaign committee, and allows specified candidates to designate one political committee in each State in which he is a candidate as his State campaign committee for that State. Directs each candidate to designate one National or State bank as his campaign depository. Requires the central campaign committee of that candidate, and any other political committee authorized by him, to receive contributions or to make expenditures on his behalf to maintain a checking account at the depository so designated by the candidate and shall deposit any contributions received by that committee into that account. Provides that a political committee may maintain a petty cash fund out of which it may make expenditures not in excess of $100 to any person in connection with a single purchase or transaction. States that no political committe shall receive a contribution, or contributions in the aggregate, from any person of $100 or more other than in the form of a check drawn on the account of the person making the contribution. Provides that no person may make any contribution during any calendar year to or for the benefit of any candidate for nomination for election, or for election, to the office of President in excess, in the aggregate, of: (1) $3,000 to such candidate; and (2) $1,000 to a fund maintained by a political party solely to finance the general election campaign of its candidate for President; or (3) $25,000 in the case of a political committee which collects funds from individuals in amounts which do not exceed $25 from any individual in any calendar year. Sets forth the circumstances under which such limitations shall not apply. States that whoever: (1) being a candidate, officer, employee, or agent of a political committee, or a person acting on behalf of any candidate or political committee, embezzles, knowingly converts to his own use, or to any other noncampaign use, or deposits in any place or in any manner except as authorized by law, any contributions or campaign funds entrusted to him or under his possession, custody or control; or (2) receives, conceals, or retains the same with intent to convert it to his use or gain, knowing it to have been embezzled or converted; shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the value of such property does not exceed the sum of $100, he shall be fined not more than $1000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1973
Authorizes $5,000 to be expended by the Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, to carry out the provisions of S. Res. 52, 93rd Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1973
Emergency Rural Housing Act - Finds that there are millions of substandard dwelling units in rural areas, that existing agencies operating under existing authorities could not meet the needs of millions of the rural poor, and that there is a need for emergency action in rural housing programs. Establishes an Emergency Rural Housing Administration, the management of which shall be vested in an Administrator appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. Makes it the duty of the Administrator to provide minimal housing facilities for eligible persons in rural areas and small communities and to do so, to the extent possible, within a five-year period. Forbids the duties and powers of the Administration to be transferred to any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to make loans to eligible persons to finance the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of minimal housing facilities, or to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing facilities in accordance with minimum housing facilities standards. Provides that at least 50 percent of the principal amount of any loan made shall be amortized over a period of not more than forty years, shall bear interest at a rate of not less than one percent per year, and shall be secured by a first mortgage. Authorizes the Administration to make rehabilitation grants up to $3,500 to owners who occupy substandard housing and whose income is too low to repay specified types of loans. Authorizes the Administrator to acquire land and engage in the development of housing projects to be sold under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide financing to rural housing associations which meet specified requirements for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of: (1) minimal housing facilities in rural areas and small communities to be rented by eligible persons; (2) water and sewer facilities for such housing; and (3) related community facilities for such housing. Provides that financing of rental units shall be made in the form of a non-interest-bearing loan. Empowers the Administrator to enter into contracts for annual assistance payments with a borrower. Provides that the Administrator may enter into area responsibility agreements with State-chartered rural housing associations. Sets forth the requirements which a local rural housing association must meet prior to receiving loans under this Act, including the chartering of such association and providing for a board of directors. Provides that when a State fails to establish an association within one year, then the Administration shall establish an organization to carry out this Act. Forbids the Administrator to require, as a condition of assistance under this Act, the relocation of any eligible person in order to engage in or to facilitate the economic development of any area. Requires the Administration to submit an annual report to the Congress and the President on the operation of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Establishes the Rural Investment Fund to be utilized by the Administration for specified purposes under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1973
National Fuels and Energy Conservation Act - Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Energy Conservation which shall have a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office, shall: (1) work with the Council on Environmental Quality in developing new energy conservation initiatives for the Federal Government; (2) cooperate with private industry in developing energy conversation programs in industry; and (3) provide assistance to State governments in developing State energy conservation programs. Authorizes appropriations of $8,000,000 for each of the three fiscal years following enactment of this Act for the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the National Bureau of Standards an energy conservation research and development program to stimulate new or improved manufacturing and industrial processes, better building construction, materials, and techniques. Authorizes $4,000,000 for each of the three years following enactment for the Secretary of the Interior to establish development and testing centers for more efficient equipment for transmission of electrical energy. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to use equipment, construction methods and management policies which make the maximum efficient use of energy in design, construction and operation of Federal buildings. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop improved design, lighting, and insulation standards to promote efficient energy use in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and publish standards of efficiency for electrical appliances and equipment. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate standards for labeling major electrical appliances and equipment so that shoppers may compare the efficiency of energy usage of such appliances and equipment. Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers of electrical appliances and equipment from: (1) selling in interstate commerce any electrical appliance or equipment which is not labeled according to the FTC standard; and (2) advertising any electrical appliance or equipment unless the advertisement contains a statement in accord with the labeling standard. Establishes a $5,000 civil penalty for each violation of such selling and advertising requirements. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare proposed minimum standards for average degree of fuel use for motor vehicles, and such standards shall be designed to achieve a substantial increase in degree of fuel use by motor vehicles not in compliance with such standards within three years from the enactment of such standards by Congress, with all motor vehicles being required to meet such standards within five years. Requires manufacturers of motor vehicles to conduct tests and make such reports as the Secretary may require for the purpose of establishing such standards. Requires that all motor vehicles sold or manufactured in the United States shall bear a label stating in nontechnical language the degree of fuel use, and prohibits the advertisement of such vehicles unless the advertisement states the degree of fuel use. Establishes a $1,000 civil penalty for offering an improperly labeled vehicle for sale and a $50,000 penalty for each advertisement not disclosing degree of fuel use. Directs the Federal Power Commission to promulgate regulations requiring electric and gas public utilities to submit to the Commission annual reports on energy conservation policies. Directs each agency of the Federal Government engaged in the sale of electrical energy to submit to the Congress a study of the impact of the rate structure of such agency on the consumption and conservation of energy. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations for advertising and promotion of energy and fuels which: (1) shall be designed to prohibit advertising or promotion of energy or fuels by any person or corporation when such person or corporation is unwilling or unable to meet customers' requirements for energy or fuel; and (2) shall generally prohibit advertising and promotion which are calculated or likely to result in unnecessary energy consumption. Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each violation of such advertising and promotion regulations. Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to submit to the Congress: (1) a report evaluating the impact on fuel consumption of national and regional systems of freight transportation; and (2) a study of the relationships between motor vehicle sizes, the needs of motor vehicle users, and the public interest. Authorizes for each fiscal year such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments - Title I: Amendments to the General Provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 - Sets forth the definition of "mine" under this Act. Transfers the functions of the Secretary of the Interior in developing health and safety standards to the Secretary of Labor. Title II: Mine Safety and Health Standard Amendments - Establishes the duty of: (1) each mine operator and miner to comply with the health and safety standards of this Act, and (2) each mine operator to furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards causing or likely to cause death or physical harm. Provides that the Secretary may by rule promulgate, modify, or revoke any health and safety standard. Provides that the Secretary may request the recommendations of an advisory committee whenever he determines that a rule should be promulgated. Sets forth the time period for the reporting of any recommendations by the Committee. Prescribes procedures for publication and public hearings with respect to any rules proposed by the Secretary, prior to its issuance. Requires the Secretary, in promulgating standards, to set the standard which assures that miners will not suffer impairment of health, functional capacity, or diminished life expectancy even if regularly exposed to the hazards throughout their working lives. Directs the Secretary to consider (1) the latest available scientific data in the field; (2) the feasibility of the standards; and (3) experience gained under this and other health and safety statutes. Provides that any standard promulgated must prescribe the use of labels or other warnings necessary to ensure that miners are apprised of all hazards to which they are exposed, relevant symptoms and appropriate emergency treatment and proper conditions and precautions of safe use or exposure. Sets forth additional factors which must be prescribed in specified instances. Requires that no safety or health standard promulgated under this Act shall reduce the protection afforded miners below that provided by any safety or health standard previously in effect. States that where the Secretary determines that miners are potentially subjected to physical or mental impairment from exposure to toxic substances, he may promulgate an emergency standard. Sets forth the procedures for the promulgation of such emergency standard. Allows any operator to apply to the Secretary for a temporary order permitting limited non-compliance with a standard. Specifies the circumstances under which such order shall be originally granted and renewed. Allows an operator to apply for a variance from a standard. Permits persons adversely affected by a standard to challenge its validity, within 60 days of its promulgation, in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Empowers the Secretary to appoint advisory committees to assist him in his standard setting functions and advise him on other health and safety matters. Sets forth the composition and compensation of the members of any such committee. Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of HEW,: (1) to enter any mine subject to this Act and (2) to make reasonable inspections and investigations and to question privately employers, owners, operators, agents, or employees. Requires inspections of underground mines at least four times a year. States that no advance notice of inspections shall be given. Sets forth rules regarding the maintenance of records by operators with regard to work-related deaths, injuries, illness, miner exposure to toxic substances, and all accidents, except specified unintentional roof falls. Provides that if any miner or their representative believes that a standard violation exists that threatens physical harm or that an imminent danger exists, he may request an inspection by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to provide a minimum of one spot inspection of all or part of a mine during every 5 working days at irregular intervals, if the mine contains some especially hazardous conditions. Provides that if, upon inspection or investigation, the Secretary or his representative believes an operator has violated any standard, he shall issue a citation to the operator, describing the nature of the violation, and fixing a reasonable time for the violation's abatement. Prescribes rules governing (1) gross violations of standards; (2) follow-up inspections; and (3) withdrawal from the area of unabated violations of all but specified personnel. Requires the Secretary to notify within a reasonable time an operator issued a citation of any penalty to be assessed, and that the operator has 15 working days to notify the Secretary that he wishes to contest the citation or proposed penalty. Prohibits discharging, discriminating against, or interfering with the exercise of statutory rights by any mine employee or applicant for employment because he filed a complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act or testified or is about to testify in any such for himself or others. Provides that if an operator notifies the Secretary that he intends to contest a citation, the Secretary shall immediately so advise the Commission, which must then provide an opportunity for a hearing and issue an order affirming, modifying, or vacating the Secretary's order. Permits any person adversely affected or aggrieved by an order of the Commission to obtain review of such order in any appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals and specifies the procedures to be followed after a petition for review is filed. Provides procedures for counteracting dangerous conditions, including: (1) issuance of withdrawal orders barring all except specified persons from an area, and (2) issuance of notices where less than imminent dangers exist and investigations into such conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to institute civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction in any appropriate United States district court whenever an operator or his agent: (a) violates or does not comply with any order or decision issued under this Act, (b) hinders the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or their representatives in carrying out the provisions of the Act, (c) refuses to admit such representatives to the mine, (d) refuses to permit the inspection of the mine, or the investigation of an accident or occupational disease related to such mine, (e) refuses to furnish any information or report requested by the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in furtherance of the Act's provisions, or (f) refuses to permit access to and copying of such records as the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines necessary in carrying out provisions of the Act. Provides that a civil penalty of up to $10,000 shall be assessed for each violation of any standard, rule, order or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act. Provides that any operator who willfully violates any standard shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. Sets forth additional penalties for specified violations of this Act. Provides that if a mine is closed by an order issued under this Act, all miners working during the shift when the order was issued who are idled shall be entitled to full compensation at their regular rates of pay for the period they are idled, but not more than the balance of the shift. Authorizes the Secretary to administer this Act through the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Authorizes the appropriations of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Relationship to Occupational Safety and Health Program - Provides that nothing in this Act applies the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972 to the working conditions in the mines. Increases the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from 3 to 5 members appointed by the President with the Senate's consent. Sets forth the duties and procedure for operation of the Commission. Directs the Commission to prescribe rules of procedures for its review of decisions in cases under this Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which shall meet specified standards for review. Authorizes the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct research related to the development of safety and health standards under this Act and to perform all functions with respect to mines that it performs with respect to employments subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Provides that the Secretary, in carrying out his functions under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, shall include accurate statistics on the work injuries and illness occurring in the mines. States that nothing in this Act prohibits the application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to sand and gravel mines. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Transfers the functions of the Secretary of the Interior under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and the Federal Metallic and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 1966 to the Secretary of Labor, except those expressly transferred to the Commission by this Act. Provides that the mandatory and advisory standards relating to mines, which are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect as mandatory standards under Title I of this Act until the Secretary issues new or revised standards. Establishes in the Labor Department, a Mine Administration for Safety and Health to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, with the Senate's advice and consent. Provides that research activities relating to mine health will be carried out by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Secretary's research activities relating to safety are extended to all mines now covered by this Act. Extends to all mines covered by this Act, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare's authorization to conduct studies and research involving the protection of life and prevention of diseases relating to certain non-miners who work with or around mine products. Prescribes that any State law or regulation providing for health and safety standards applicable to any mine now covered by this Act and that (1) is more stringent than Federal law, or (2) applies to any area not covered by Federal law, shall not be held to be in conflict with this Act. Repeals the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1973
Directs the President, under the Economic Stabilization Act, to make adjustments in the maximum price which may be charged for any agricultural commodity whose supply will be reduced to unacceptably low levels as a result of the freeze and for which there are no means of increasing the supply.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1973
Nonreturnable Beverage Container Prohibition Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to prevent the use of offending types of nonreturnable beverage containers by banning their shipment and sale in interstate commerce. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to certify beverage containers which satisfy specified requirements. Sets forth penalties of up to a $1,000 fine and/or up to six months imprisonment for violation of provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Mutual Development and Cooperation Act - Transfers the office and functions of the Agency for International Development to the Mutual Development and Cooperation Agency, which shall have the responsibility for coordinating all United States development-related activities. Authorizes $300,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-75 to be appropriated to the President to furnish assistance to people living in rural overseas areas for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition. Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-75 for population planning and health; $115,000,000 annually for education, public administration, and human resource development; $93,000,000 annually to help solve social and economic development problems in fields such as the transportation and power, industry, urban development and export development; and $60,000,000 annually to support the general economy of recipient countries or for development programs conducted by private or international organizations. Directs the President to establish a system for coordination of United States policies and programs which affect U.S. interests in the development of low-income countries. Authorizes the establishment of a Development Coordination Committee to advise the President on coordination of policies and programs in developing countries, including bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs. Establishes the United States Export Development Credit Fund to provide extensions of credit and to refinance U.S. exporter credits for the purpose of facilitating the sale of U.S. goods and services to the lowest income countries which advance their development. Sets forth provisions for the financing of such Fund. Provides for the continuation of the Fund through December 31, 1977, and requires a detailed report semiannually on the Fund. States that nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the powers of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Prohibits the extension of credit under this section for defense articles or services.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Indian Economic Development and Employment Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into arrangements with eligible applicants to provide employment in jobs providing needed public services and training which would otherwise be unavailable. Requires that an application for assistance for a public service employment program under this Act shall include specified provisions, including: (1) assurances that the activities will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; (2) a description of the area to be served by such programs; (3) assurances that special consideration will be given to the finding of jobs which provide prospects for advancement by providing specified training and manpower services; (4) a description of recruitment methods, unmet public service needs, and jobs to be filled; and (5) assurances that all persons employed by the applicant shall be Indians except for good cause shown in isolated cases. Provides for the allocation of funds under this Act. Requires that not less than 80 percent of the funds shall be expended only for wages and employment benefits to persons employed in public service jobs pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for periodic reviews by an appropriate agency of the status of each of the applicant tribes and of each of the persons employed in a public service job under this Act. Sets forth the circumstances under which the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance under this Act. Requires the submission of periodic reports to the Secretary including data on (1) characteristics of participants including age, sex, race, health, education level, and previous wage and employment experience; (2) duration in employment situations, and (3) total dollar cost per participant. Authorizes for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act appropriations of $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973
Provides that the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not sell any of its stocks of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, or rye at less than the established price applicable by law to the crop of any such commodity, or any of its stocks of soybeans at less than 150 percent of the current national average loan rate for such commodity. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase adequate reserves of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans at any time that the market price falls to 125 percent of the announced nonrecourse loan level for such commodities. Provides a two-year extension of the price support loan on any quantity of wheat, feed grains, or soybeans stored under seal on a farm or private commercial facility.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Revises the terms of members of the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. Includes Delegates to the House of Representatives, the Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the majority and minority leaders of the House and Senate within the areas in which a review by the Commission of pay rates is required. Provides that the President shall transmit to Congress, not later than the August 31 first occurring after the submission of the Commission's report to the President, his recommendations with respect to exact rates of pay which he deems advisable for those offices and positions within the purview of this Act. Sets forth the procedure by which the President's recommendations become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that in the case of trona, all processes used to extract soda ash shall be subject to the mineral depletion allowance. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 613(c))
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the President is urged and requested to submit proposals to the Congress, beginning with extending the coverage provided under the supplementary medical insurance program of part B of Medicare to cover essential out-of-hospital prescription drugs. Requests the President to submit additional recommendations to the Congress for legislation to strengthen and improve Medicare coverage by September 1, 1973. Provides that the recommendation of the President to increase out-of-pocket payments for the aged and disabled under Medicare should be withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Board for International Broadcasting Act - Establishes a Board for International Broadcasting Provides that the Board shall consist of seven members, two of whom shall be ex officio members. States that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, five voting members, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Sets forth the terms and compensation of the Board. Authorizes the Board to perform specified functions, including: (1) to make grants to Radio Free Eupope and to Radio Liberty; (2) to review and evaluate the mission and operation of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, and to assess the quality, effectiveness and professional integrity of their broadcasting within the context of the broad foreign policy objectives of the United States; and (3) to encourage the most efficient utilization of available resources by Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty and to undertake, or request that Radio Free Europe or Radio Liberty undertake, such studies as may be necessary to identify areas in which the operations of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty may be made more efficient and economical. Provides for an audit of the books, documents, papers, and records of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty by the Board and the Comptroller General. Authorizes to be appropriated, to remain available until expended, $50,300,000 for fiscal year 1974 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Permits a State, if permitted by its own laws, to designate the tax authorities of another State, or any commission or association of States, to conduct a tax audit of any business subject to the tax jurisdiction of one or more of the designating States. Permits an examining State to examine the books and records of account of any taxpayer or any business on behalf of any designating State or group of States for the purpose of obtaining information in order to make it possible for each such State to determine whether or not that State has jurisdiction to impose a tax liability or a collection and remittance requirement upon any taxpayer or any business.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Establishes within the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a Youth Conservation Corps. Specifies that the Corps shall consist of young men and women between the ages of 15 and 19 whom the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may employ without regard to civil service classification regulations for the purpose of developing, preserving, and maintaining the lands and waters of the U.S. Outlines the functions of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture under this Act. Provides for a program of grants to the States to assist in meeting the costs of this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and Agriculture to prepare a joint report to be annually submitted to the President and Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $150,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides that the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act concerning the importation of chrome shall not apply to prohibitions or regulations issued under the United Nations Participation Act of 1954. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 287e(a))
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Environmental Centers Act - Allows the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide financial assistance to enable any State, if such State does not participate in a regional environmental center assisted under this title, to establish and operate one State environmental center. Establishes prerequisites for the designation of such State environmental centers. Allows the Administrator to provide financial assistance to enable two or more States, if none of such States has a State environmental center, to establish and operate a regional environmental center. Establishes prerequisites for the designation of such regional centers. Establishes eligibility requirements for environmental centers. Declares that the functions of each State and regional environmental center shall include: (1) the planning and implementing of research, investigations, and experiments relating to the study and resolution of environmental pollution, natural resource management, and other local, State, and regional environmental problems and opportunities; and (2) the training of environmental professionals through such research, investigations, and experiments, which training may include, but is not limited to, biological, ecological, geographic,geological, engineering, economic, legal, energy resource, natural resource and land use planning, social, recreational, and other aspects of environmental problems. Authorizes $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $9,800,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to be disbursed in equal shares to the environmental centers, except that each regional center shall receive a number of shares equal to the number of states participating in such regional center. Authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 to be allocated to the environmental centers on a proportional basis determined by population, land area, severity of the environmental problems in the areas served by the centers, and the ability and willingness of such centers to address themselves to such problems. Establishes the Environmental Centers Research Coordination Board for the purpose of assisting the Administrator with the development and operation of the program. Requires the Governor of each State having a State environmental center, and the Governor of States participating in each regional environmental center, to appoint an advisory board to advise such centers of the efforts of Federal, State, and local governments and private industry relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment. Requires the Administrator to report on or before January 1, of each year to the President and to Congress regarding the receipts and expenditures and works of all State and regional environmental centers.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
Drug Abuse Education Extention Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to , or contract with, institutions of higher education, other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to educate the public on problems related to drug abuse. Sets forth the activities for which funds may be made available. Provides that the Secretary may utilize up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out the act to pay reasonable and necessary expenses of State educational agencies for planning, development, and implementation of drug abuse education programs. Authorizes appropriations of $14 million for fiscal year 1974. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or contracts with public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions for community-oriented education projects on drug abuse and drug dependency. Authorizes appropriations of $14 million for fiscal year 1974. Provides that the Secretary and the Attorney General shall, when requested, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private non-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of drug abuse education programs. Requires the Secretary to provide for thorough and independent evaluation, at least annually, of all drug abuse education projects and all community education projects funded under this Act. Requires the Secretary to make a comprehensive annual report to Congress on the immediate and long range merit of programs funded under the Act as well as recommendations for any legislative or programmatic changes necessary to make drug abuse education more effective. States that ten percent of the funds appropriated under this Act are reserved for evaluation.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the Center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a Board of Trustees. Provides that such Board shall be composed of four members appointed by the President eight members appointed by the Librarian of Congress the Librarian of Congress ex officio and the Director of the Center ex officio. Authorizes the Center to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, revitalize and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years. States that such research or training may be extended to a period not to exceed five years with the concurrance of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board. Provides that no former employee of the Federal Govermnent shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the Center to submit to the Library of Congress, for inclusion in its annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the head of the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration, Department of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Transfers the authority for the administration of the Federal Reports Act from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the General Accounting Office under the Comptroller General. Establishes within the General Accounting Office a unit to review tax forms and other public use documents prepared by the Internal Revenue Service and to make recommendations for their simplification, frequency with which such forms should be completed and the scope of such forms. Sets forth a procedure by which the Comptroller General may order the simplification, combining or completion use frequently of any such tax form.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Declares that on Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, special remembrance be given by a grateful people to the 1,288 members of the Armed Forces of the United States currently listed as missing in action in Indochina. Declares that all American motorists are encouraged to turn on their automobile lights throughout Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, as a symbol of this remembrance. Provides that every effort be made to secure the cooperation of all parties in the Indochina conflict to insure the fullest and most expeditious resolution of the status of members of the U.S. Armed Forces missing in Indochina.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1973
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act - Title I: Objective - Gives recognition to the problems caused to the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, due to the increasing salinity of the Colorado River. Declares it to be Congress' intent to institute a salinity control program based upon the policy adopted in the Conclusions and Recommendations published in the proceedings of the reconvened seventh session of the conference in the matter of the pollution of the interstate waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming held in Denver, Colorado on April 26-27, 1972, and approved on June 9, 1972 by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Directs the Secretary of Interior to implement the program generally as described in Chapter VI of the Secretary's report entitled, "Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program", October 1972. Title II: Initial Stage - Authorizes the Secretary to construct as initial units of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program, the La Verkin Springs unit, Paradox Valley unit, and Grand Valley unit. Title III: Continuing Program - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to expedite completion of the planning report on specified units. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in his actions toward salinity control. Title IV: Advisory Council - Creates a Colorado River Salinity Control Advisory Council composed of no more than three members appointed by the Governor from each of the seven Colorado River Basin states. States that the Council is to be advisory to the Secretary of the Interior in his work of carrying out the salinity control program. Title V: Allocation of Costs, Repayments - Provides for allocation and repayment of costs. Provides that 75 percent of the total costs of construction, operation, and maintenance and replacement of each unit of the salinity control projects is declared to be non-reimbursable and that the remaining 25 percent is to be allocated to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund. Provides for repayment of the costs of the salinity control projects allocated to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund and the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to raise the rates for electrical energy under all contracts administered under the Colorado River Storage Project Act to the extent necessary to repay the costs allocated to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund with respect to salinity control projects. Title VI: General Provisions - Provides for biennial reporting by the Secretary on the progress of the salinity control program, and the anticipated work to be accomplished in the future. Authorizes the necessary funds to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Parole Reorganization and Reform Act - Establishes the Board of Parole as an independent agency consisting of a nine member "National Board" and four "Regional Boards" of three members each. Provides that the Board, whose members are appointed by the President for six-year terms, must be broadly representative of persons who have had extensive experience in corrections, such as former parolees, correctional officers, and behavioral scientists. Provides that the National Board shall have such powers and shall perform such functions and duties as may be provided for the Board of Parole or the National Board under this Act or under any other provision of law. States that, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, when so authorized by the National Board, any member or agent of the Board of Parole may take any action which the National Board is authorized to take. Authorizes the Regional Boards to conduct parole determination hearings and parole revocation hearings and to perform such other functions and duties as may be provided under this Act. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Board. Provides that the Board may request probation officers and other individuals, organizations and public or private agencies to perform such duties with respect to any person released on parole as the National Board deems necessary for maintaining proper supervision of, and assistance to, such persons, provided that in no case shall a probation officer or other individual caseworker maintain an average caseload in excess of 50 individuals. Provides that when a prisoner is serving a definite term of more than 180 days, he shall be eligible for parole after serving one-third of his sentence, or 15 years of a life sentence or of a sentence of over 45 years. Sets forth terms of eligibility for parole, in cases where the court has set the eligibility date as being, at such time as the Regional Board may determine, no less than 90 days after the date of imprisonment, or on such earlier date as the Board may determine. Provides that any prisoner not covered by the above subsections, including any reparolee, shall be eligible for parole within 90 days of his imprisonment. Requires the Regional Board to release a prisoner on parole unless it determines that there is substantial reason to believe that the prisoner will engage in further criminal conduct, or that the prisoner will not conform to such conditions of parole as may be established. Provides that no prisoner who is eligible for parole under any other provision of law shall be rendered eligible by the operation of this Act. Sets forth factors which the Regional Board shall take into account in determining whether to release a prisoner, including the prisoner's family status, his vocational and educational training, his conduct during his term of imprisonment, and the availability of community resources to assist him. Lists the sources of information which the Regional Board shall consider in making the parole determination. Requires the Regional Board to hold parole determination hearings with at least one Regional Board member present.. States that such hearing is to be held no later than 60 days prior to the date on which the prisoners becomes eligible for parole. Provides that if parole is denied at the initial hearing, a second hearing must be held within two years. Provides that the Regional Board must set a release date within one year following the parole release determination. Sets forth the procedural requirements of a parole determination hearing as follows: (1) written notice of time and place of hearing; (2) availability of any file or report or other document to be used by the Regional Board; (3) consultation by the prisoner with any person prior to the hearing; (4) representation by an attorney, or other qualified person; (5) personal appearance and testimony by the prisoner; (6) maintenance of full and complete record; (7) inform the prisoner within 30 days of the determination; and (8) if he is denied a parole the Regional Board to formally notify him of the particular grounds for the determination. Provides that the Regional Board shall impose such conditions of parole as it deems reasonably necessary to insure that the parolee will lead a law-abiding life or to assist him in doing so. States that the Regional Board may require that the parolee be assigned to a residential community treatment center. Sets forth considerations the Regional Board shall make in imposing conditions of parole, such as making the conditions sufficiently specific to serve as a guide to supervision and conduct. Authorizes a reduction in parole for each parolee who observes all conditions of his parole and specifies a schedule for such reduction. Provides that the Board may terminate the parole of any parolee or may release him from any condition of parole at any time after the expiration of one year of parole, if warranted by the conduct of the parolee and the ends of justice. Provides that the Regional Board may revoke parole under this Act at any time prior to the expiration of the parole period unless a request for postponement is approved. Provides for preliminary hearing, and authorizes imprisonment only after a Regional Board determination of substantial reason to believe that the parolee will not appear for his parole revocation hearing. Sets forth hearing procedures, such as representation by an attorney, discovery, subpena power for the parolee, and maintenance of a full hearing. Enumerates the sanctions which the Regional Board may impose on a parolee when it finds substantial reason to believe he has violated a condition of his parole. Requires the Regional Board to inform the parolee of the reasons for their finding. Provides that when a parolee is charged with a criminal offense no hearing need be held. Provides that a conviction shall constitute prima facie evidence of the violation of the conditions of parole. Provides a written appeal procedure for those whose parole is revoked and who are subject to an order for loss of good time or for assignment to a community treatment center. States that such an appeal is to be considered by no less than five members of the National Board. States that in the case of a defendant who has attained his twenty-second birthday but has not attained his twenty-sixth birthday at the time of conviction, if, after taking into consideration the previous record of the defendant as to delinquency or criminal experience, his social background, capabilities, mental and physical health, and such other factors as may be considered pertinent, the court finds that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the defendant will benefit from the treatment provided under the Federal Youth Corrections Act, sentence may be imposed pursuant to the provisions of such Act. Requires the Board of Parole to investigate the services provided to paroled prisoners and submit to Congress an annual report which shall include recommendations for reforming the services currently provided.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make annual grants, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to each school of medicine or osteopathy which has entered into an agreement under this Act for the improvement of the educational program of such school. Sets forth the formula for computing the amount of such grant and the contents of the above mentioned agreement. States that the Secretary shall pay to each individual who is a participant: (1) the full regular tuition and fees imposed by the school; and (2) an annual stipend of $5,000. States that no individual shall be a participant under this Act until and unless he has entered into an agreement with the Secretary. Provides that any such agreement with any individual shall provide that such individual will, upon completion of his professional training, serve, as an employee of the Federal Government, for a period of threee years in any physician-shortage area to which he is assigned by the Secretary. Provides that an individual who fails to commence within a reasonable time to serve his three years will be obligated to pay $60,000 to the United States. States that the Secretary shall, to the extent that they are available, assign at least two physician-participants to each physician-shrotage area, or a physician and a registered nurse to each such area. Provides that the Secretary shall provide for physician-participants assigned to any area such office space, equipment, and supplies as may be necessary to enable them to practice their profession in meeting the needs for primary care of the resident in such area. States that fees collected by any physician-participant shall be deposited in the Treasury. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Declares that the Attorney General-Designate should vest the special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate case with all necessary attributes of independence, including but not limited to the following: (1) final authority over questions of convening and conducting proceedings before grand juries, subpoenaing witnesses, initiating prosecutions, framing indictments and seeking in court grants of immunity from prosecution for witnesses; (2) final authority over the selection of an adequate staff of attorneys, investigators and other personnel answerable only to himself; (3) assurance that the investigatory and other resources of the Department of Justice and funds to defray all expenses incurred in connection with the activities of the special prosecutor will remain available for the time necessary to complete the investigation and prosecute any offenders; (4) assurance that he will not be subject to removal from his position except for malfeasance in office; (5) assurance that he will enjoy full access to the relevant documents and personnel of the Department of Justice and all other officials and agencies of the Executive Branch; and (6) assurance that the special prosecutor can freely, and upon their request, appear before, consult with and cooperate in other respects with all Congressional committees having jurisdiction over any aspect of the special prosecutor's activities.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Bilingual Courts Act - Provides for the determination of each of those judicial districts in which at least 5 percent or 50,000 residents of that district, whichever is less, do not speak or understand the English language with reasonable facility, and the certification of each such district as a bilingual judicial district by certificate transmitted to the chief judge of the district court for that district. Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to provide facilities and personnel for bilingual proceedings. States that any bilingual proceeding shall be recorded verbatim in addition to any stenographic transcript of the proceeding taken. Provides for the distribution of costs of bilingual facilities among the parties using them and authorizes to be appropriated to the Administrative Office of the United States courts sums necessary to carry out the amendments made by this Act. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 604(a); Adds 28 U.S.C. 1827)
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Rural Development Act Amendments - Sets forth the findings of Congress, states the policy and purpose of Congress, and provides the definition of terms used in the bill. Establishes a National Rural Development Bank Board composed of eleven appointed, three ex officio, and ten elected members. Provides that the appointed members are to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than six of whom shall be from the same political party nor more than one of whom shall be from any State. Sets forth the administrative duties of the Board. Empowers the Board to establish the general policy for the guidance of the Bank in carrying out this Act. Requires the Board to provide for the examination of the condition of and general supervision over the performance of the powers, functions, and duties vested in the Bank and in Participants, which, in the judgment of the Board, relate to matters of board and general supervisory, advisory, or policy nature. Provides that the Board shall make an annual report to the Congress on the condition of the Bank, including analytical program evaluation and cost effectiveness studies, and recommendations to improve the operation of the Bank in providing supplementary investment required to attain rural development purposes. Establishes a National Rural Development Bank as a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States subject to policies of the Board. Provides for the corporate existence of the Bank and for its general corporate powers. Provides for the appointment of the Governor who shall be the executive officer of the bank. States that the Governor is appointed by the Board subject to confirmation by the Senate. Provides that the Governor shall be responsible, subject to the supervision and control of the Board, for carrying out the functions of the Bank and the policies of such Board. Requires the Governor to carry out all orders and directives received by him from the Board. Requires the Board to establish and promulgate policies and regulations, not inconsistent with provisions of this Act, to govern the policies, programs and procedures of the Bank. Subjects the Bank, participants, and joint-venture-cosponsors to the supervision of the Farm Credit Administration with respect to all procedures relating to financial examinations, including audits. Provides that except as otherwise provided the Bank, participants, and joint-venture-cosponsors, at such times as the Board may determine, shall be examined and audited by examiners of the Farm Credit Administration on a reimbursable basis but that in no event shall any such institution be examined and audited less frequently than once a year. Authorizes and directs the Comptroller of the Currency, upon request of the Farm Credit Administration, to furnish for the exclusive and confidential use of the Board such reports, records, and other information as he may have available relating to the financial condition of national banks through, for, or with which the Bank has made or contemplates making discounts, loans, or delegations of power. Allows the Bank to issue stock which may be purchased by the Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United State as an initial investment in the stock of the Bank to help it to inaugurate financial assistance operations. Provides that, for any year or part thereof in which the Secretary of the Treasury holds any stock in the National Bank, the Bank, before declaring any dividends shall pay to the United States a franchise tax. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase stock of the Bank on behalf of the United States in the amount appropriated by Congress. Authorizes the Governor, subject to the provisions of the Act, and approval of the Board, to issue from time to time and to have outstanding voting and nonvoting capital stock of an aggregate par value of not to exceed the par value of stock purchased by the Secretary of the Treasury plus not to exceed two percent of the amount of outstanding financial assistance and joint-venture equity investment. Provides that the capital stock of the Bank shall be divided into shares of par value of $5 each and may be of such classes as may be determined by the Board. Sets forth the method for determing earnings. Sets the maximum amount of long-term notes, bonds, debentures, or other obligations the Bank may issue at an amount which, when added to the amount of other bonds, debentures, long-term notes, or other similar obligations issued and outstanding, will not exceed twenty times the capital and surplus of the Bank, or such lesser amount as the Board shall establish by regulation. Requires the Bank to be fully liable on all notes, bonds, debentures, or other obligations issued by it. Provides that the bonds and other similar obligations issued under the authority of the Act shall be lawful investments for all fiduciary and trust funds and may be accepted as security for all public deposits. Authorizes the Bank to invest its funds in joint-venture equity investments in rural development projects. Sets forth the tax status of the Bank. Provides for the designation of any National or State bank, savings institution, credit union, or other financial institution making loans in rural areas for rural development purposes, upon application, be considered for designation as a Participating Rural Development Financial Institution referred to in this Act as a "Participant." Authorizes a participant or a supporting financial institution, subject to provisions of this Act, to obtain financial assistance from the Bank and to issue obligations for purchase by the Bank and to perform such other duties as the Bank may delegate and the participant agrees to undertake. Permits those financial institutions whose volume of loans in rural areas is more than one-half of the total volume of all its loans to purchase voting stock of the Bank. Requires a participant, as a condition of eligibility for financial assistance with respect to any rural development loan it has extended, to require the deposit by the borrower of 5 percent of the amount of that part of the loan for which the financial assistance of the Bank is requested. Authorizes the Bank, subject to regulations approved by the Board, to make investments in rural development projects proposed or established by eligible sponsors, directly, or through a participant, in accordance with standards and criteria to govern the making of investments in joint-ventures with eligible sponsors established by the Board. Makes joint-venture rural development projects subject to all Federal, State, and local taxes. Prohibits Bank investment in any project that can obtain necessary credit or investment for the full amount of the investment from any other source on reasonable terms. Prohibits the investment made by the Bank in joint-venture projects from exceeding the amount that cannot be obtained elsewhere on reasonable terms. Authorizes the appropriation to the Secretary of the Treasury of not to exceed $200,000,000 annually for not to exceed ten years for the purchase of capital stock of the Bank.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Family Planning Services and Population Research Amendments - Requires the Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science to report (through the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to Congress not later than six months after enactment of this Act on: (1) the number of individuals in need of family planning services - organized and otherwise - and a timetable for serving them; (2) the types of information and educational materials to be developed; (3) research goals to be established and a timetable for their achievement; and (4) the manpower required to meet these objectives. Requires the Assistant Secretary to submit progress reports annually on specific achievements made in reaching goals established by the six-month report. Authorizes grants to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning programs and projects. Authorizes appropriations for a three-year period-fiscal years 1974 ($159.5 million), 1975 ($207.5 million) and 1976 ($255.5 million). Extends appropriations authorizations for a three-year period-fiscal years 1974 ($5 million), 1975 ($7.5 million), and 1976 ($10 million) for training grants and contracts for the training of such personnel to carry out family planning services programs eligible for support under this Act as are needed to meet program objectives specified in the plan. Specifies that grants and contracts awarded under this Act must be made with the concurrence of the Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science and be carried on through the National Center for Family Planning Services and in consultation with the National Advisory Council. Authorizes the Secretary, throught the Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science, to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals for: (1) the development of educational and informational materials on voluntary family planning; (2) the development of educational and informational materials on the causes and consequences of demographic characteristics and trends; and (3) the distribution of such materials to all persons desiring such information and materials. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the development and distribution of such materials. Provides that grants and contracts made under this Act shall be made in accordance with regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe. States that the acceptance by any individual of family planning services or family planning or population information provided through financial assistance under this Act shall be voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other service or assistance from, or to participation in, any other program of the entity or individual that provided such services or information. Directs that none of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning. Establishes within the Office of the Secretary an Office of Family Planning and Population Science to be directed by an Assistant Secretary for Family Planning and Population Science who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Assistant Secretary. Establishes within the Office a National Center for Family Planning Services and a National Center for Population Science, which shall, respectively, be assigned and carry out the functions assigned to such Centers by this Act and such other duties and responsibilities as the Assistant Secretary may specify in regulations. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Family Planning and Population Science Advisory Council with which he and the Assistant Secretary shall consult on a continuing and regular basis in administering this title. Specifies the membership of the Council.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Makes it unlawful for any Executive Branch officer or any person acting under such officer's authority to require any of the following from any United States Government employee or any applicant for employment in the Executive Branch of the Government: (1) disclose their race, religion, or national origin; (2) attend Government-sponsored meetings and lectures or participate in outside activities unrelated to their employment; (3) report on their outside activites or undertakings unrelated to their work; (4) submit to questioning about their religion, personal relationships or sexual attitudes through interviews, psychological tests, or polygraphs; and (5) support political candidates or attend political meetings. Permits inquiries into national origin when necessary for the national interest or overseas work. Allows agency officers to advise employees of charges of sexual misconduct as long as the employee has an opportunity to refute the charge. Makes it illegal to coerce an employee to buy bonds or make charitable contributions; or to require him to disclose his own personal assets, liabilities, or expenditures, or those of any member of his family unless they would show a conflict of interest. Provides a right to have a counsel or other person present, if the employee wishes, at an interview which may lead to disciplinary proceedings. Makes it unlawful for any Civil Service Commission officer to require any executive department or agency to do any prohibited act; or to require a person seeking to establish Civil Service status or employment in the executive branch to submit to interrogation, polygraph testing, or psychological testing designed to elicit views regarding religion, personal relationships, or sexual attitude. Accords the right to a civil action in a Federal court for violation or threatened violation of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to defend all persons sued who acted pursuant to an order or who, in his opinion, did not willfully violate this Act. Establishes a three-member Board on Employees' Rights with members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Grants the Board the authority and duty to receive and investigate written complaints from any person claiming to be aggrieved by any violation or threatened violation of this Act and to conduct a hearing on each such complaint. Grants the Board powers which will eliminate violation of this Act. Directs the Board to make an annual report of its activities to Congress. Excludes the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency from the provisions of this Act. Permits the establishment of agency grievance procedures to enforce this Act, but the existence of such procedures shall not preclude the use of other remedies.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Menominee Restoration Act - Provides for the repeal of the Act of June 17, 1954 which terminated Federal supervision of the Menominee Tribe. Provides that within fifteen days after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall announce the date of a general council meeting of the tribe to elect the Menominee Restoration Committee. States that the Menominee Restoration Committee shall represent the Menominee people in the implementation of this Act and shall have no powers other than those given to it in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Menominee Restoration Committee, under contract with the Secretary, to proceed to make current the membership role of the Menominee Tribe in accordance with the terms of this Act. Requires the Menominee Restoration Committee to conduct elections by secret ballot for the purposes of determining the tribe's constitution and bylaws and the individuals who shall serve as members of the tribe's governing body. States that subject to the approval of the shareholders as required by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the board of Directors of Menominee Enterprises Incorporated shall transfer to the Secretary all assets held by such corporation. Provides that such assets shall be held in trust by the Secretary, on behalf of the United States for the tribe. Authorizes the Secretary to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Prohibits any material to be enclosed with any social security check which contains the name, signature, or title of any Federal officer other than the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. (Adds 42 U.S.C. 405(n))
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Federal Appropriations Reform Act - Title I: Change of Fiscal Year - Provides that beginning June 30, 1974, the fiscal year shall coincide with the calendar year. Sets April 15 as the date for the submission to Congress of the President's budget and economic messages and economic reports. Title II: Separate Consideration of Appropriations Measures - Provides that the legislative period of Congress shall open on January 3 for exclusive consideration of legislative matters, August 15, and set a specific date by which all authorizations bills must be enacted. Provides that the fiscal period of Congress shall convene thereafter, at a date set by joint resolution upon the adjournment of the legislative period, for the exclusive consideration of appropriation bills. Provides that the fiscal period can last no longer than December 1. Directs that during both periods, all committees, legislative and appropriation, shall meet to consider matters under their jurisdiction. Allows them to hold hearings and conduct studies, but states only legislative committees can report bills or resolutions to the floor during a legislative period, while only appropriations committees can report bills to the floor during the fiscal period. Provides the following exceptions: (1) Congress can make supplemental or deficiency appropriations during a legislative period; (2) the president of the United States or the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, acting jointly, may notify Congress that the consideration of specific bills is necessary because of a national emergency; and (3) during either the legislative or fiscal period, the Congress may consider overriding a veto by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prepare an estimate of the funds needed to carry out the statutory mandate for conducting a census of agriculture in 1974 and to submit such estimate to the Congress not more than thirty days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to take such action as he deems necessary to insure that the data acquired from the 1974 Census of Agriculture be made available to the public through appropriate publication as soon as practicable following the taking of the census, and in all events in a shorter period than data was made available to the public following the 1964 and 1969 censuses of Agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow participants in the plan B feed grain set-aside program to transfer into the plan A set aside program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Earthquake Prediction Act - Provides that it shall be the function and duty of the Director of the Geological Survey to develop and carry out an earthquake prediction program which shall include: (1) heavy instrumentation of the San Andreas fault and closely related faults of California and Nevada to obtain detailed records of data useful in developing an earthquake prediction capability; (2) establishment of facilities for the collection and computerized reduction, analysis, and interpretation of the data flow from such instruments; (3) supporting field, laboratory, and theoretical studies; and (4) development and field-testing of additional instruments which are useful in connection with the development and implementation of this program. States that the Director shall utilize the services of research personnel in institutions of higher education and public entities or organizations and private entities or organizations concerned with seismic research. Establishes an advisory committee for the earthquake prediction program which shall consist of not less than seven nor more than fifteen members who shall be appointed by the Director from among individuals recommended by the National Academy of Sciences. States that it shall be the function of the advisory committee to advise and assist the Director in developing and carrying out the earthquake prediction program. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness to establish and carry out a program to review and assess the current state of knowledge on earthquake prediction and warning systems, to identify key problem areas for further research and evaluation, and to determine what additional steps are needed to reduce primary and secondary losses from earthquakes. Provides that information developed under this Act shall be made available to the Office of Science and Technology, the Congress, Governors in States of high seismic risk and other concerned government and private organizations. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of developing an earthquake prediction program the sum of $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next following four fiscal years. Authorizes to be appropriated for the other provisions of this Act the sum of $200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next following four fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Establishes a program, under the National Science Foundation Act, to advance earthquake research, including ground and soil analyses, criteria of earthquake resistant construction, methods of assessing risks, and development of necessary instruments. Provides that the National Science Foundation shall report to the President and Congress, and make their research available to various State and Federal agencies. Authorizes an appropriation of $10,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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