United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Reading Improvement Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to strengthen the reading instruction programs in the school systems of the nation. Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract with the States to encourage and assist elementary and secondary school systems in developing reading programs. Authorizes appropriations for this purpose of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides for the allotment of such funds to the States. Requires that the Commissioner shall establish standards for identifying the school-age population with reading deficiencies in each State. Provides that each contract entered into contain specified assurances. Requires the State agency to: (1) prepare a ten-year plan, (2) identify those elementary and secondary school children with reading deficiencies and give highest priority to the educational agencies with the highest concentration of such children; and (3) provide assurance that Federal funds made available under this title will be used to supplement State and local school funds. Sets forth the requirements which sub-contract applications with local education agencies must meet, including: (1) remedial reading instruction; (2) preservice training programs for teaching personnel; (3) parent participation in the program; (4) periodic testing of reading achievement; (5) bilingual methods where necessary; and (6) equitable participation by children in nonprofit private and public schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $65,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, for the purposes of making grants to institutions of higher education for assistance in improving undergraduate instruction in the teaching of reading and programs for solving reading problems. Establishes in the Office of Education an Office for the improvement of Reading Programs. Sets forth the responsibilities of such Office. Directs the National Institute of Education to conduct research on the use of educational technology in reading programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Institute of Education $5,000,000 for this purpose. Authorizes specified additional appropriations for achieving the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Tay-Sachs Disease Screening and Counseling Act - Provides that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program, under the Public Health Service Act, for voluntary Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1974 for the making of grants to public and nonprofit entities to establish and operate such screening programs. Sets forth the procedure for applications for and administration of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1973
Campaign Gift Tax Act - Provides for rules governing the application of gift tax laws to political contribuitons made to more than one political committee. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to notify political committees that they must preserve their financial records for tax purposes. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 2503(b))
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1973
Domestic Enterprise Bank Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to: (1) contribute to the elimination of unemployment and poverty in the Nation, and (2) assist in the preservation and increase of job opportunities and the growth of business enterprises throughout the Nation. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Designation of Eligible Areas and Enterprises - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the Domestic Council and the Secretary of Labor, to identify and designate as eligible areas within the meaning of this Act: (1) those urban areas which have high concentrations of unemployed or a high incidence of poverty; (2) those rural areas which have high concentrations of unemployed and low-income persons and which are characterized by substantial outmigration of persons; and (3) those Indian reservations which the Secretary of the Interior determines should be subject to the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, to publish criteria under which business enterprises may be designated as eligible businesses. Title II: Establishment of a Domestic Enterprise Bank - Authorizes the creation of a corporation for profit to be known as the Domestic Enterprise Bank which shall be an instrumentality of the United States Government. Provides for a Board of Directors of such Bank. Specifies the composition and compensation of such board members. Establishes an Advisory Committee of not less than twenty persons, selected by the Board of Directors, which shall be broadly representative of industry, commerce, finance, labor, private social welfare agencies, and government at all levels, to advise the bank on general policy. Provides that, subject to the provisions of this Act, the bank is authorized to issue and to have outstanding capital stock of an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $3,000,000,000. Requires that shares of such stock shall be nonvoting and without par value, and shall be eligible for dividends. Provides for the capitalization of the bank. Authorizes the bank to: (1) provide financing for the establishment, expansion, or preservation of any business, commercial facility or supporting public development facility which meets specified requirements; (2) provide interim financing for the construction or improvement of such facilities; (3) provide insurance; (4) own, and manage such facilities where no appropriate party is available; (5) provide supportive assistance in connection with its financing operations; and (6) carry on such other activities as would further the purposes of this Act. Enumerates those powers which the bank is authorized to exercise. Provides that the operations of the bank shall be conducted in accordance with specified principles, including: (1) to encourage financial institutions to participate in its financing; (2) to give emphasis to providing assistance to facilities owned by residents of eligible areas or to facilities in which such ownership is made available to such persons; and (3) to give emphasis to providing assistance to eligible business enterprises most severely affected by foreign imports or technological obsolescence. States that the bank shall not provide financing for any business or commercial facility or public development facility, nor shall it plan, initiate, own, or manage such a facility, unless it determines that specified requirements are met. Enumerates the limitations on loans and guarantees made under this Act. Provides that, for the purpose of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, the bank shall be considered to be an instrumentality of the United States and shall be exempt from all taxation. Title III: Amendments to Other Acts - Provides that debentures or other obligations of the bank shall not be subject to any limitation on capital and surplus. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 84)
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 · 20 June 1973
Authorizes the President, under the Foreign Assistance Act, to provide assistance for the purpose of aiding South Vietnamese children through (1) governmental agencies of South Vietnam; (2) day care centers, orphanages, and health and welfare programs; and (3) adoption by United States citizens of South Vietnamese children. Allocates specified amounts of funds appropriated under the Foreign Assistance Act for the purpose carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Establishes 1974 (rather than 1975) as the first year in which adjustments in benefits can be made under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Provisions of the Social Security Act on account of increases in the cost of living.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Defines the term "veteran", for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits from the Veterans' Administration, to mean: a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom other than by a discharge imposed by a court-martial. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide to any claimant for any benefit under laws administered by the Veterans' Administrator a list of such documentary information and other evidence which the claimant will likely need to support his claim. Provides that the Administrator shall recognize any individual admitted to practice law before the highest court in any State or the District of Columbia to act as an agent or attorney in the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. Describes the procedure for review of a case by the Board of Veterans' Appeals and for appeals from the decision of such Board.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Flexible Hours Employment Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States Government that, unless adjudged impossible by the Secretary of Labor, at least 2 percent of the positions at each and all levels in all executive agencies shall be available on a flexible hours employment basis for persons who cannot work or do not desire to work full time within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 4 percent within two years, 6 percent within three years, 8 percent within four years, and 10 percent within five years. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the procedures, activities, projects, and other efforts undertaken to carry out this policy. Provides that no person who is otherwise qualified for fulltime Federal employment shall be required to accept flexible hour employment as a condition of new or continued employment. Provides that all persons employed in flexible hours employment positions pursuant to the policy established by this Act shall receive, on a pro rata basis, all benefits normally available to full-time employees of all executive agencies in similar position or grade.
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 · 18 June 1973
National Workers' Compensation Standards Act - States that commencing on January 1, 1975, and during each three-calendar-year period thereafter, unless the workers' compensation law of a State has been determined by the Secretary of Labor during the calendar year preceding such three-year period to meet the minimum standards prescribed in or pursuant to this Act during such three-year period, the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act shall apply in accordance with the provisions of this Act within such State. Sets forth the minimum standards which each State workers' compensation law shall meet in order to satisfy the requirements of this Act. States that during any period when the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act is applicable within a State pursuant to this Act: (1) it shall apply to all employers within the State with respect to the injury or death of any employee of such employer irrespective of the place where the injury or death occurred, and (2) if any of the minimum standards specified in this Act would require higher compensation or death benefits to be paid than would be required under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act then such standard shall apply within such State during such period. Directs, within ninety days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register and furnish to the Governor of each State detailed criteria required in the application for State plans for workers' compensation programs. Sets forth the criteria for qualified plans. Provides that whenever a State is subject to the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act as prescribed in this Act, the Secretary, in administering that Act, shall endeavor to enter into an agreement with the State Workers' compensation agency under which the administration of that Act within such State may be carried out by the State workers' compensation agency under the general supervision and direction of the Secretary in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Sets forth the manner through which the Secretary may by rule promulgate any new or improved minimum workers' compensation standard. Provides that any State, any employer or association of employers in a State, or any employee or organization of employees within a State, may obtain judicial review of decisions by the Secretary under this Act by filing in the United States court of appeals in the circuit in which the State is located within thirty days following receipt of notice of the Secretary's decision a petition to review in whole or in part the decision of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and the two succeeding fiscal years, to make grants to the States which have designated a State agency under this Act to assist them: (1) in identifying thier needs and responsibilities in the area of workers' compensation, (2) in developing State plans under this Act, or (3) in developing plans for establishing systems for the collection of information concerning workers' compensation, increasing the expertise and enforcement capabilities of their personnel engaged in workers' compensation programs, or otherwise improving the administration and enforcement of State workers' compensation laws, consistent with the objectives of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated during fiscal year 1974 and each of the next two fiscal years the sum of $15,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, which shall remain available until expended. Establishes the Federal Workers' Compensation Advisory Commission, to be composed of five members, appointed by the President by and with the advice of the Senate. Sets forth the duties and functions of such a Commission. States that the Commission shall transmit to the President and to the Congress, not later than February 1 of each year, a report of its activities, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable in the field of workers' compensation programs. Provides that in order to further the purpose of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall develop and maintain an effective program of collection, compilation, and analysis of workers' compensation statistics. Authorizes to be appriated to carry out this Act for each fiscal year such sums as the Congress shall deem necessary.
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 · 14 June 1973
Confers pensionable status on veterans involved in the Brownsville, Texas, incident of August 13, 1906. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make specified compensatory payments to such veterans and their heirs.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Research and Demonstration Grant Policy Act - Declares that it is the policy of the Congress that the Government should aid, assist, and promote the development of those areas of the country which are economically depressed in order to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of the Nation. States that grant agreements and contracts involving research and demonstration projects, feasibility, studies, pilot programs and other federally funded projects of this nature shall be entered into with agencies of State or local government, or with persons who are located in, or who employ a substantial number of persons located in economically depressed areas. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide a comprehensive study and examination of such programs to be submitted to the Congress no later than one year following the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1973
National Science Foundation Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation. Provides that any person found to have been convicted of a crime which involved the use of force, the disruption or seizure of university property, and which was of a serious nature and contributed to the substantial disruption of the administration of the institution shall be denied for a period of two years further payment or direct benefit from funds authorized to be appropriated by the Act.
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 · 4 June 1973
Makes it a crime, in connection with the sale or distribution of goods, services, or other property in interstate or foreign commerce or by the use of the mails, to sell, offer, or attempt to sell a participation or the right to participate in a pyramid sales scheme. Provides for a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both for anyone who violates the provisions of this Act. Makes any contract made in violation of this Act void and provides that any person who induces another person to participate in such a sales scheme liable to that person in an amount equal to the sum of twice the amount of consideration paid, plus a reasonable attorney's fee. Authorizes the Attorney General or the chief law enforcement officer of the State in which any person is engaged in a pyramid sales scheme to bring an action in the appropriate United States district court to enjoin such act or practice.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Provides that there shall be held in the Senate, on at least one day in any calendar week in which the Senate is in session a question and report period, which shall not consume more than two hours, during which heads of executive departments and agencies are requested to answer orally, written and oral questions propounded by Members of the Senate. Requires each written question to be submitted in triplicate to the committee having jurisdiction of the subject matter of such question and if approved by such committee, one copy shall be transmitted to the head of the department or agency concerned, with an invitation to appear before the Senate, with one copy to the Committee on Rules and Administration with a request for allotment of time in a question period to answer such question. Permits live television and radio coverage of proceedings authorized under this paragraph. Provides that the Committee on Rules and Administration shall make all appropriate arrangements and establish appropriate procedures for providing such coverage.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides that Federal agencies keep standing congressional committees fully and currently informed of matters relating to that agency which are within the jurisdiction of such committee.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on the Handicapped within two years of enactment in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in the field of the handicapped, and to further the policies set forth in this joint resolution. Provides that such conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. Requires a final report of the White House Conference on the Handicapped to be submitted to the President not later than 120 days following the date on which the conference is called, and the findings and recommendations included therein to be made available immediately to the public. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the submission of such report, to transmit to the President and the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations contained in such report. Gives the Secretary administrative powers to carry out this Resolution. Provides that in carrying out his functions under this joint resolution, the Secretary shall employ handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on the Handicapped composed of 28 members, of whom not less than 10 shall be handicapped or parents of handicapped persons. Provides that such Advisory Committee shall cease to exist 90 days after the submission of the final report required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
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 · 23 May 1973
Rehabilitation Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a statutory basis for the establishment of a Rehabilitation Services Administration and to authorize specified programs. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be administered by a Commissioner. Provides that the Commissioner shall carry out and administer all programs and direct the performance of all services for which authority is provided to the Secretary of HEW under this Act. Authorizes the inclusion of appropriations under this Act in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. Provides that where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering such funds, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes to be appropriated in order to make grants to States under part B of this title $590,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $610,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $640,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making grants to States and public and nonprofit agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals $35,860,000 for fiscal year 1973. $37,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $39,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Sets forth conditions which shall be included in a State plan for vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services submitted to the Commissioner for approval under this title. Provides for judicial review of an adverse decision of the Commissioner with respect to a State plan submitted for approval under this title. Part B: Basic Vocational and Comprehensive Rehabiliation Services - Provides for the allocation of the funds appropriated under Part A for Part B to the several States. States that the allocation to any State shall not be less than l/4 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated, or $2,000,000, whichever is greater. Provides that for each fiscal year the Commissioner shall pay to each State from each State's allotment an amount equal to the Federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services under an approved State plan. States that this payment shall not exceed such State's allocation under this part. Requires the Commissioner to set aside funds in an amount between $500,000 and $l,500,000 for fiscal year 1973, and up to $2,500,000 but no less than $1,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1975, to establish a system of client assistance pilot projects to advise clients of benefits available under this Act. Part C: Innovation and Expansion Grants - Entitles States to grants for special programs to expand vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with the most severe handicaps, particularly those who are poor and responsibility for whose treatment is shared by the State. Sets forth provisions for allotments among the States. Directs the Commissioner to conduct a comprehsensive study, which may include a research and demonstration project of the feasibility of methods designed to prepare and assist individuals with the most severe handicaps for entry into programs under this Act. States that the commissioner shall report the findings of the study, research, and demonstrations to the Congress and to the President together with such recommendations for legislative or other action. Title II: Research and Training - Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to, and contracts with, State public and nonprofit organizations to pay part of the cost of research projects which bear directly on the provision of services under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to pay all or part of the cost of specialized activities including the establishment and support of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purpose of this title. Title III: Special Federal Responsibilities - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants and contracts to assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, initial staffing, and planning assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $550,000 for fiscal year 1973, $500,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agencies to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects for providing vocational training services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps, in public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $10,300,000 for fiscal year 1973, $10,300,000 for fiscal year $l0,300,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations for paying part of the cost of special projects and demonstrations: (1) for establishing facilities and providing services which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps; and (2) for applying new types or patterns of services or devices. Allows the Commissioner to make grants to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects or demonstrations for the provision of vocational or comprehensive rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultrual workers or seasonal farmworkers, and to members of their families who are with them. Provides that the Commissioner may make contracts or jointly finance cooperative arrangements with employers and organizations for the establishment of projects designed to prepare handicapped individuals for gainful and suitable employment in the competitive labor market under which such handicapped individuals are provided training and employment in a realistic work setting and such other services as may be necessary for such individuals to continue to engage in such employment. Authorizes the Commissioner to provide technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, and for the purpose of removal of architectural and transportation barriers, to any public or nonprofit agency, institution, organization or facility. Authorizes to be appropriated, for the purpose of making grants for special projects and demonstrations, as necessary $12,200,000 for fiscal year 1973, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $17,500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated a total of $1,200,000 for construction for fiscal years 1973-1975, and such sums as necessary for operations for fiscal years 1973-1975 establishing and operating a National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Title IV: Administration and Program and Project Evaluation - Provides that, in carrying out his duties under this Act, the Commissioner shall: (1) cooperate with, and render technical assistance to, States in matters relating to the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals; (2) provide short-term training and instruction in technical matters relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services; and (3) disseminate information relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services, and otherwise promote the cause of the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals and their greater utilization in gainful and suitable employment. Directs the Secretary to measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is repealed ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees to insure the adequacy of hiring, placement, and advancement practices with respect to handicapped individuals by each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of Government. Establishes an Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to investigate and examine alternative approaches to the architectural, transportation, and attitudinal barriers confronting handicapped individuals. Authorizes such appropriations as necessary for fiscal years 1973-1975 to carry out the duties and functions of the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Federal Employees Preretirement Assistance Act - Requires that all Federal agencies provide their employees who are eligible for or approaching retirement with an appropriate program of preretirement assistance. Requires the Civil Service Commission to establish standards for such programs; provide training for agency preretirement advisers, and study and publish guidelines about related work-life programs, such as phased retirement, trial retirement, new kinds of part-time work and sabbaticals. Permits the Commission to grant an exemption from providing a preretirement program to any agency which cannot practicably furnish one. Provides for interagency cooperation with regard to preretirement programs. Provides that the Commission shall make a study of existing and recommendtion practices, both within and outside the Government of the United States, which relate to work-life and study programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Office of Federal Elections Act - Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, an Office of Federal Elections. States that the Office shall be under the supervision and control of a Director, and that there shall be in the Office an Assistant Director. Provides that the Director and the Assistant Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of fifteen years. States that the Office shall at the close of each fiscal year report to the Congress and to the President concerning the action it has taken; the names, salaries, and duties of all individuals in its employ and the money it has disbursed; and shall make such further reports on the matters within its jurisdiction and such recommendations for further legislation as may appear desirable. Sets forth the functions of the Director, including: (1) to require, by special or general orders, any person to submit in writing such reports and answers to questions relating to campaigns for Federal offices regulated by this Act as the Director may prescribe; and (2) to investigate the violation of any law of the United States occurring in connection with any campaign for nomination for election, or for election, to Federal office or occurring in connection with any attempt to influence the outcome of any such election, and to initiate (whether by way of civil proceedings for injunctive relief or by presentations to Federal grand juries), prosecute, defend, or appeal any court action in the name of the Office for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of such laws. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Office of Federal Elections such sums as may be necessary to carry out its functions.
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 · 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 · 15 May 1973
Adult Education Amendments - Provides that not more than 15 percent of funds appropriated under the Adult Education Act shall be reserved for special projects. Provides that State plans desiring an allotment of Federal funds under such Act shall provide for cooperation with manpower development and training programs and occupational education programs and shall provide that the State agency will make available not to exceed 25 percent of the State's allotment for programs of high school equivalency certificates. Permits any State which receives assistance under the Act to establish and maintain a State advisory council which shall be appointed by the Governor. Sets forth the functions of such Council. Authorizes to be approprated $225,000,000 for each of the next six fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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
Provides for grants to interstate metropolitan organizations under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Specifies purposes for which such grants may be utilized. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit institutions to pay the Federal share of the cost of research designed to identify the causes and to develop preventive measures to eliminate sudden infant death syndrome. Sets forth the activities for which a payment may be made under this Act. Provides that payment in any fiscal year to any single institution under this Act may not exceed $50,000. States that the Federal share of the cost of any activities for which application is made under this Act shall be 50 percent. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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
Rural America Rail Transportation Act - Provides that the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a Rural Rail Transportation Administration within the Department of Transportation which shall be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the Secretary shall carry out his functions under this Act through such Administration. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for studies, research, and demonstration projects to: (1) develop improved equipment for rural rail services; (2) determine means of continuing and improving such service under existing railroad management; and (3) determine means of restoring such service where it has been discontinued. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans or loan guarantees to reestablish service on an abandoned railroad to continue service on a line to be abandoned if certain requirements set forth in this Act are met. Provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall not consider the request of any common carrier by railroad for a certificate authorizing the abandonment of all or any portion of a line of railroad until the expiration of a five year period following the date of such request to the Commission. States that in determining whether the public convenience and necessity permit the granting of such request the Commission shall give thorough consideration to the economic importance of such line to all areas which it serves. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry 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 · 7 May 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Eduction to make grants to state education agencies to enable them to develop and carry out programs to provide, through the use of students in institutions of higher education, tutoring and instructional assistance, under the supervision of a qualified teacher, for homebound handicapped children who, though able to benefit from preschool, elementary, or secondary education, are prevented by their handicaps from attending school. Requires local educational institutions that apply for funds under this program to give special consideration to veterans qualified for vocational rehabilitation, and to students with greater financial need. Requires that the compensation for participating college students shall be between the federal minimum wage set by the Commissioner and the maximum wage set by the Commissioner. Requires that the aim of such program shall be to integrate the handicapped into society, and to avoid the development of a segregated, permanent system of education for the handicapped. Provides that the Commissioner shall make grants under this Act to state educational agencies on the merits of their proposals to him which shall be submitted on such application forms and under such guidelines as he shall prescribe. Authorizes $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and necessary funds for fiscal years 1975, and 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to allocate the first 25 percent of such funds to each state in proportion to the ratio that the number of children aged three to twenty-one in the state bears to the number of such children in all the states.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Establishes a Veterans' Administration Task Force to advise and assist in, and to coordinate all programs pertaining to veterans of the Vietnam era. Provides that such Task Force shall: (1) promote efforts to publicize the skills of veteran and help them obtain employment; (2) encourage government departments in corporating relevant military experience into apprenticeship programs; (3) help augment military training withcivilian job training (4) develop programs in business to use the skills of veterans; (5) develop educational programs for veterans; (6) assist in the revision of the "Guide to the Education of Education Experience in the Armed Forces"; (7) encourage employer-employee programs which give recognition to the experience of military training; (8) promote medical training for veterans; (9) give assistance to programs for the disabled veteran; (10) disseminate information on programs to all Vietnam era veterans; and (11) perform such other duties as the Administrator of Veterans Affairs may assign to the Task Force that are consistent with this Act. Establishes an Advisory Committee appointed by the Administrator who shall consult with the Task Force concerning its functions under this Act. Authorizes for each fiscal year a sum not to exceed $3,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a program of research into the substantial losses of animals sustained through specified diseases and injuries while such animals are being transported to market, purposes. Requires the Secretary to submit a report on the results of such research program not later than 4 years after the enactment of this act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Establishes a number of discharge review boards to be known as Vietnam Era Discharge Review Boards which shall review the discharges and dismissed of Vietnam Era Serviceman. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the number of such boards, and to determine their location and when they shall convene. Outlines the membership and responsibilities of such boards in regard to less than honorable discharges of servicemen.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Fair Marketing of Petroleum Products Act - Makes it unlawful for any person engaged in commerce in the business of refining petroleum into gasoline and other petroleum products and furnishing such products to petroleum distributors for sale at retail to fail to furnish gasoline or any other petroleum product to a petroleum retailer, whether or not such retailer is under a franchise to such person, at wholesale prices and in reasonable quantities so long as such person continues to furnish gasoline or any other petroleum product to petroleum retailers who are under a franchise to such person. States that a violation of this Act shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice in commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Sets forth acts which will be considered prima facie evidence of a violation. Provides that, except as otherwise provided, a petroleum distributor whose actions affect commerce shall be liable to a petroleum retailer who sells the products of such distributor under a franchise for actual damages resulting from the termination, cancellation, or failure to renew such franchise, together with such equitable relief, including interim equitable relief, as the court deems proper and costs including a reasonable attorney's fee. States that no such action may be brought if the terms of such franchise provide for binding arbitration of disputes arising under such franchise, including disputes related to the termination, cancellation, or failure to renew such franchise, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to cause to be conducted a study of economic forces, market power, and practices in the marketing of gasoline and other petroleum products to the American consumer including the effects of petroleum producers being directly or indirectly operating as petroleum distributors and petroleum retailers and shall report thereon, including recommendations for legislation, to the President and the Congress simultaneously not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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
Full Employment and Job Development Act - States that the purpose of the Act is to provide for the implementation of a full employment policy through the establishment of a Federal Full Employment Board and the provision of assistance for job development in the public and non-profit private sectors and related training and assistance. Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch a Federal Full Employment Board, to consist of five members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: one representative of labor, one of management, one distinguished economist, one distinguished manpower expert; and one member of the general public. Authorizes and directs the Board to: (1) recommend to the President and to the Congress a program to achieve full employment; (2) undertake manpower planning and long-range and short-term surveys in terms of demand, supply and sector; (3) review decisions made by public and private employers affecting full employment; (4) develop guidelines and standards for use of public funds in job development programs; (5) review the implementation of manpower training and employment implementation of manpower training and employment programs in terms of the extent to which they contribute to full employment; (6) direct the Secretary of Labor to obligate funds made available under the Full Employment Assistance Fund; (7) hold nationwide and regional conferences; (8) analyze the extent to which the Federal budget may assist in reaching full employment; (9) evaluate programs; and (10) carry out such other functions as the President may direct. Authorizes $3,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 and for each fiscal year thereafter for the activities of the Board. Provides for an annual Full Employment Report setting forth the Board's recommendations with respect to implementation of a full employment policy for each fiscal year and for succeeding fiscal years. Establishes the Full Employment Assistance Fund and authorizes therefor $1 billion for fiscal 1974, and such funds as necessary for each year thereafter. Provides that the Secretary of Labor is to provide assistance from the fund pursuant to specific directions of the Board to public agencies and non-profit private organizations (including prime sponsors of manpower training and employment programs) for public service job development programs, and related training and assistance. Provides that assistance is to be provided by the Secretary only by application submitted to the Secretary and approved by him. States that each application must set forth a program to provide employment and related training and assistance for unemployed persons to enable them to obtain employment not supported under the Act and meet other special requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to use such sums as may be necessary from those appropriated to the Fund for training and other services related to employment. Requires the President to establish an Intergovernmental Full Employment Advisory Council, which shall meet at least twice a year to advise the Board with regard to matters related to achieving the objective of full employment. Provides that in selecting members of the Council, the President shall assure an equitable balance in political and geographical affiliation of its members and shall insure inclusion of State and local prime sponsors and other public and private agencies and organizations responsible for conducting manpower training and employment programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make advance payments to producers participating in wheat programs in an amount not less than 50 percent of the payment authorized under the Agricultural Act of 1949.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States prisoners of war have been released; (2) all United States combat forces have been withdrawn from Indochina; (3) the United States has no commitment to Cambodia to provide for its defense; (4) the bombing of Cambodia and elsewhere in Indochina is an act of war; and (5) the territory of the United States or its vital national interests are not endangered by any nation in Indochina. Makes it the sense of Congress that any combat actions by the United States Armed Forces in, over, or off the shores of Indochina are contrary to the laws of the United States. Declares that the Senate advises the President: (1) to cease immediately any hostilities in Indochina by United States Armed Forces, and (2) that any future engagement of United States Armed Forces in Indochina only be undertaken in conformity with statutes and in accordance with constitutional processes.
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 · 2 May 1973
Authorizes the President to proclaim June 17, 1973, as a day of commemoration of the opening of the upper Mississippi River by Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet in 1673.
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