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 · 22 June 1973
Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for programs which will train nurse practitioners to serve as physicians' assistants in extended care facilities.
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
States that the purpose of this Act is to encourage the development and manufacture of automobiles which efficiently consume fuel and, if lower fuel consuming automobiles are not developed, to establish funding for a federally sponsored program to develop more efficient automotive engines. Imposes, under the Internal Revenue Code, upon every new automobile manufactured or imported a tax proportionate to its fuel consumption rate (as specified). (Adds 26 U.S.C. 4064) Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate and determine the fuel consumption rates of automobiles, and to transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury a schedule of all such rates to be known as the Automobile Fuel Consumption Schedule. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to: (1) develop a new automobile engine fuel consumption standard equally applicable to all potential types of automobile fuels and new automobile engines; (2) develop procedures for rating fuel consumption of new automobiles; (3) prepare a tax schedule utilizing the new standard which would yield approximately the same tax on new gasoline powered automobiles in July 1981 as under this Act; and (4) develop and conduct a program to develop more efficient automobile engines utilizing funds raised under this Act.
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
Requests the President to issue a proclamation designating the seven-day period of July 16 through 22 of each year as "United States Space Week", and calls upon the people of the United States to observe such period with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Defines, under the Communications Act, "CATV system" to mean any facility which receives over the air and modifies the signals transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television and/or radio stations and distributes such signals by wire or cable to members of the public. Empowers the Federal Communications Commission with plenary regulatory jurisdiction over CATV systems, including such areas of regulation as: (1) the origination of programming; (2) the maintenance of technical standards; (3) size and ownership restrictions; (4) pole and duct rates and practices; (5) the setting of franchising standards; (6) use of nonbroadcast channels; and (7) coordination of interconnection and technical compatability. Permits the Commission to authorize the regulation of CATV systems in specified areas.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Establishes a Congressional Joint Committee on Individual Rights. States that the functions of the joint committee shall include: (1) making continual studies of the extent of surveillance of individuals by the U.S. Government as such surveillance relates to the right to privacy; (2) making a continuing study of the collection, processing , analysis, storage and dissemination of information concerning specific individuals collected by the U.S. government, including the authority and need for such processes; and (3) guiding the several committees of the Congress dealing with legislation with respect to the activities of the U.S. government and the constitutional rights of individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Campuses for the Elderly Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to institute a program under which qualified organizations, public and private, will submit plans for the development of carefully conceived and innovative projects to meet the special health care, housing, and related needs of elderly persons in a campus-type setting. Provides that from the plans submitted the Secretary shall select three which he determines are most promising in furtherance of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make, and contract to make, interest subsidy payments to the holder of any mortgage covering a project designed in accordance with a plan selected under this Act. Provides that as a condition for receiving such a subsidy the owner shall operate the project in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary may prescribe. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to make such payments. Requires an evaluation of such projects not later than two years after their implementation to determine their effectiveness and suitability in meeting the needs of elderly persons. Provides that succh evaluation shall be made by a committee consisting of the following members: (1) three members of the Congress to be appointed jointly by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and (2) six members to be appointed by the Secretary of which three shall be representative of the medical profession and three shall be persons who have had experience in the administration of health-care facilities, both proprietary and nonproprietary. Provides that the committee shall submit to the Secretary for transmittal to the Congress a report with respect to its findings and recommendations not later than six months after the date on which the committee is fully organized. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums (not to exceed $70,000) as may be necessary to carry out this evaluation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that, inasmuch as there is at present inadequate information as to the available supply of natural gas, and since such needed information will become available by January 1, 1974, that, prior to January 1, 1974, it will be contrary to the public interest for the Federal Power Commission to permit increases in the price of natural gas above the administratively determined area rate ceilings in effect on June 1, 1973. Provides that the Commission may prior to January 1, 1974, consider and approve petitions for special relief from such rates pursuant to the Commissioner's regulations in instances where, based on evidentiary record the Commission finds such relief to be cost justified.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Elderly Homeowners' Property Tax Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to each State which provides a real property tax reduction for the elderly, or any political subdivision which provides such a reduction the amount of the qualified reduction plus an amount determined according to specified formulae. States that such payments shall be made by the Secretary only if the State gives assurances that it will pay over to the political subdivisions the portions of such payment attributable to the reduction provided by them. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Requires any nursing home, which provides services under any State program approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act, to submit to the State agency administering such program an annual report on the costs incurred in the operation of such nursing home.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
National Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy Act - Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke to develop a plan, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, for a neurological disease program to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Institute with respect to such diseases. Provides that such plan shall be submitted to the Congress with recommendations for necessary appropriations. Requires the Director to prepare and submit an annual report to the President for transmittal to the Congress on the activities, progress and accomplishments under the plan. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out such plan. Provides for the development of new centers for clinical research and treatment respecting neurological diseases and disorders. Authorizes the Director to enter into cooperative agreements with public or nonprofit agencies or institutions to pay all or part of the costs of developing and operating such centers. Provides that the aggregate of payments made to any center may not exceed $5,000,000 in any year. Authorizes to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for the development of such centers. Provides for the development of cooperative programs between the Institute and other Federal health agencies and with State, local, and regional public and nonprivate health agencies. Authorizes the Director to make grants to public and nonprivate entities for research and training in neurological diseases not exceeding $100,000 per year. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out such programs.
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 · 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 · 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
Requires 45 days notice before any change may be made in the tariff of air carriers by the Civil Aeronautics Board. Requires the Board to make public its decision on whether to suspend a tariff at least 15 days before its effective date in the case of tariffs for interstate or overseas air transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Solid Waste Source Reduction and Recycling and Incentives Act - Title I: Formal Provisions - Sets forth Congressional findings of fact, a declaration of purpose and the definition of the terms used in this Act. Title II: Transportation Rates - States that the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commssion, shall, within twenty-four months after the date of enactment of this Act and on a continuing basis thereafter: (1) investigate and formally identify all rates charged by transportation carriers subject to their respective jurisdictions for the transportation of recyclable materials in order to determine in each case, whether the rate charged and the terms and conditions of transportation for each material is fair, reasonable, and not unjustly discriminatory as between recyclable materials and competing virgin natural resource materials and competing virgin natural resource materials; (2) issue appropriate orders in all cases in which such rates, terms, or conditions are found to be unfair, unreasonable, and unjustly discriminatory; (3) file annual reports on the 10 day of December of each year and such terminal reports as shall be necessary to reflect actions completed under this Act with the President and the Congress regarding the results of their respective investigations and all actions taken to establish fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory rates for the transportation of recyclable materials. Provide that if it appears that a carrier's rate or rates for the transportation in commerce of a recyclable material are equal to or higher than the rate or rates charged for the same transportation of a like quantity of a competing virgin natural resource or commodity possessed of a higher commercial valuation, such rate or rates shall be presumed to be unreasonable and discriminatory and the burden of rebutting the prima facie case thus made by showing justification shall be upon the carrier or carriers who charge such rates. Title III: Federal Procurement Policy - States that with respect to all Federal government purchases and contracts for property, the aggregate amount of which exceeds $2,500, no procurement shall be made by any procuring agency in the case of procurement items purchased: (1) through advertisements for bids, of any procurement item which in comparison with other competing items offered for sale by suppliers is not composed of the greatest percentage of recovered materials and is not to the greatest extent recyclable or reusable following the use for which it was purchased, whenever a significant difference as to these characteristics exists between such item and competing items; or (2) in the case of procurement items purchased through any other process, of any procurement item which is not to the maximum extent feasible composed of recovered materials and which is not to the maximum extent feasible composed of recovered materials and which is not to the maximum extent feasible recyclable or reusable following the use for which it was purchased. Provides that the requirements of this Act shall not apply if items meeting such requirements are not reasonably available, do not meet reasonable performance standards for such items set by the procuring agency, or are available only at prices which, in relation to the purposes of this Act, unreasonably exceed the current market price for other procurement items meeting such performance standards. Title IV: Product Standards and Regulation - Makes it unlawful for any person to introduce or deliver for introduction in commerce any product manufactured on or after the effective date of this title which does not conform to the standards prescribed by the Administrator pursuant to this Act. Sets forth the civil and criminal penalties for violation of such standards. States that within one year after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate and shall from time to time revise such standards regulating the manufacture and distribution of products in commerce as he determines necessary to protect health or the environment against unreasonable burdens and risks associated with the disposal of such products. Sets forth administrative and judicial procedures for enforcement of such standards. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no product and no sale of a product shall be deemed in violation of this title if it is intended soley for export to any foreign nation except that (1) such product shall be subject to the requirements of this Act, and (2) no product may be exported if the Administrator by regulation finds that the product as exported and disposed of will, directly or indirectly, pose an unreasonable threat to the health of persons within the United States or the environment of the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse entry into the United States of any product offered for entry if it fails to conform with standards promulgated under this title. Title V: National Disposal Cost System - States that within one year from the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, following consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe and shall from time to time, revise such regulations as are necessary to establish a schedule of national disposal costs charges. Provides that any charges established under this title, shall, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Administrator following consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, be levied on and paid by the party who manufacturers, and produces, or imports the product and makes the first sale of the product in its final configuration. States that under regulations prescribed by the Administrator following consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, no charge shall be imposed upon the sale by the manufacturer or producer of a product for export, or for resale by the purchaser to a second purchaser for export. Provides that where a manufacturer or producer has acquired any recovered materials for use in the manufacture of a product or component thereof; or for resale as a product; and such product or component is one upon which a disposal charge may thereafter be imposed under this title, there shall be paid to such manufacturer or producer an amount equal to the disposal cost of such material as determined by the Administrator for each pound of such material as to which claim for such payment has been filed with the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with such regulations as are promulgated by such Secretary, with the approval of the Administrator, to achieve the purposes of this Act. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this title. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States an Environmental Trust Fund which shall be available tot he Administrator, as trustees of the fund, to carry out the purposes of this Act and to effectuate those objectives which are delineated in the National Environmental Policy Act. Title VI: Commission on Environmental Damage Charges and Disclosures - Establishes a National Commission on Environmental Damage Charges and Disclosure. Sets forth the compositon of such commission. States that it shall be the duty of the Commission to: (1) conduct a comprehensive legal and factual study of the means of mitigating damage done by sources of pollution and internalizing the costs of such pollution; (2) examine specifically and prepare detailed recommendations concerning the control of all sources of pollution and environmental degradation, use of environmental chages designed to internalize the social and environmental costs of such pollution and environmental degradation and other means of regulating commerce in order to protect the environment; and (3) submit interim reports to the President and the Congress at such times as the Commission may deem appropriate, and in any case within two years after the effective date of this Act, and to submit its final report within three years after such date. Title VII: General Provisions - Permits citizen civil actions to enforce this Act under specified conditions. Requires each manufacturer of a product to which this Act is applicable to maintain record, reports and information to conform with the provisons of this Act. Sets forth administrative procedures for the purpose 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
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish an experimental program to provide for care for elderly individuals in their homes under the Social Security Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Removes the limits on payments for skilled nursing homes and intermediate care facilities under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Medical Assistance).
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Provides for intermediate care services or extended care services for up to 100 days during any spell of illness under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Hospital Insurance for the Aged). Reduces the amount payable for intermediate care services or extended care services by a specified coinsurance amount. Sets forth the conditions and limitations on payment for intermediate or extended care services. Sets forth the definition of the terms "intermediate care facility "and" intermediate care services" for the purposes of this Act. Provides for conforming technical amendments . Sets forth the procedure for payment of claims of providers of intermediate nursing care. Authorizes to be appropriated from general revenues of the Government to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for each fiscal year, beginning with 1974, such amounts as may be necessary to reimburse such trust funds for 100 percent of the expenditures required to be made from such trust funds to carry out this Act.
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
Fire Prevention And Control Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that the federal government must help to develop solutions to fire problems. States that the intention of Congress is to supplement existing programs of fire research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments. Title I: United States Fire Administration - Establishes, within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the United States Fire Administration. Sets forth the duties of the Administration, including: (1) to survey the fire problem, evaluate progress in fire prevention, assess new problem areas, and to evaluate the cost; (2) to recommend actions to be taken by federal, state, and local governments and private organizations and individuals to improve fire prevention; (3) to act as a coordinator of studies of fire protection methods; (4) to cooperate with and render assistance to other federal departments, and to all organizations in matters relating to fire prevention and control; and (5) to undertake research relating to fire prevention and control. Title II: National Fire Academy - Establishes, within the Administration, a National Fire Academy; (1) to facilitate specialized training in fire protection; (2) to assist State and local jurisdictions in planning and implementing fire protection programs; (3) to assist in the dissemination of information on fire prevention and control; and (4) to encourage fire protection agencies to give greater attention to fire prevention measures. Directs the Academy to establish a Nationa Fire Academy Advisory Board. Sets forth composition and compensation of Board members. Title III: National Fire Data System - Establishes within the Administration a National Fire Data System. Directs the System to collect data on fire injuries and deaths, property losses, and information concerning causes, locations, and numbers of fires, to be incorporated into an information retrieval system. Title IV: Research and Development - Sets forth the functions and responsibilities of the Administration, including to (1) evaluate the total area of fire research needs in the Federal, state, and local government sectors and the private sector; (2) sponsor and encourage research into promising but highly unconventional solutions to fire problems; and (3) encourage research or firefighting equipment and personal protective equipment for firefighters. Title V: Grants for State and Local Program Assistance - Directs the Administration to make grants to States for (1) the establishment and operation of state fire prevention and control planning agencies; and (2) for programs to improve and strengthen fire prevention and control. Sets forth the requirements a State plan must encompass in order to receive grants. Directs the allocation of funds appropriated to the Administration for the purpose of making grants. Title VI: Functions of Certain Other Federal Agencies - Expands the authorizations of the Secretary of Commerce to include specified fire research and safety programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institutes of Health, a program to augment current sponsorship of research on burns and burn treatment. Requires the Federal Insurance Administration to provide low-cost insured loans to homeowners and businessmen for the purpose of installing fire protection equipment. Title VII: Administrative Provisions - Grants the Administration specified powers in carrying out its functions including (1) the power to hold hearings; and (2) to use services of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sets forth the procedure to be followed when an application for a grant has been rejected. Directs the Administration to carry out the programs of this Act during fiscal year 1974, and for the five succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $128,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and for succeeding fiscal years such sums as the Congress might authorize. Title VIII: General Provisions - Makes the provisions of this Act separable if one is found invalid.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Establishes the select committee to study the Senate Committee system to conduct a thorough study of the Senate committee system, the structure, jurisdiction, number and optimum size of Senate committees, the number of subcommittees, committee rules and procedures, media coverage of meetings, staffing, space, equipment, and other committee facilities, and to make recommendations which promote optimum utilization of Senators' time, optimum effectiveness of committees in the creation and oversight of Federal programs, clear and consistent procedures for the referral of legislation falling within the jurisdiction of two or more committees, and workable methods for the regular review and revision of committee jurisdictions. Limits the expenses of the select committee under this Resolution to not exceed $900,000. Requires the select committee to submit to the Senate a report of its findings, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable, at the earliest practicable date, but not later than June 1, 1974.
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
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
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
Permits eligible veterans pursuing full-time programs of education to receive increased monthly educational assistance allowances and have their period of entitlement reduced proportionally. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682(d))
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
Provides that the Administrator of Veterans Affairs' shall reimburse any eligible veteran enrolled in a full time or part-time course of education or training under this Act for costs incurred by such veteran for tutition, for laboratory, library, health, infirmary and other similar fees and for expenses incurred for books, supplies, equipment, and other necessary expenses, exclusive of board, lodging, other living expenses and travel, as are generally required for the successful pursuit and completion of the course of education or training in which such veteran is enrolled. Limits such payments to $l,000 for an ordinary school year. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682 A).
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
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
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
Criminal Justice Professions Development Act - Authorizes the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants to States and local governmental agencies and to institutions of higher education and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of paying not more than 85 percent of the cost of establishing, staffing and operating regional crime and delinquency centers in various areas of the country. Defines the term "crime and delinquency center" to mean a public or private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization which serves as: (a) a training institution for students and practitioners of criminal justice; (b) a centralized channel for the recruitment of criminal justice personnel in conjunction with Federal, State, and local criminal justice agencies; (c) a consultation center for criminal justice. Provides academic assistance for corrections systems professional personnel for study in subjects related to correctional administration and rehabilitative services. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out such a program $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1972; $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. States that the President shall appoint within ninety days after the enactment of this Act a National Advisory Council on Criminal Justice Professions Development for the purpose of reviewing the operations of this Act and of other Federal programs for the training and development of criminal justice professional personnel. Provides that the Council shall make an annual report of its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress not later than January 31 of each calendar year. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $150,000 for fiscal year 1973 and the sum of $250,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Provides that the Attorney General shall, from time to time, appraise existing and future personnel needs of the Nation in the field of criminal justice and the adequacy of the Nation's efforts to meet those needs. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to or contracts with State or local criminal justice agencies, institutions of higher education or other public or nonprofit agencies for the purpose of encouraging persons to pursue a career in the field of criminal justice. Authorizes to be appropriated for this purpose the sum of $2,500,000 for fiscal year of 1973 and the sum of $5,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to State and local corrections departments to assist them in the recruitment, employment and compensation of professional and paraprofessional personnel. Sets forth conditions under which applications for such grants shall be approved. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants the sum of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $20,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
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