United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1973
Consumer Protection Organization Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to protect and promote the interests of the people of the United States as consumers of goods and services, which are made available to them through commerce or which affect commerce, by establishing a Council of Consumer Advisers, an independent Consumer Protection Agency, and a program of grants to States, local and private nonprofit consumer protection agencies and organizations. Title I: Council of Consumer Advisers - Requires the President to transmit to the Congress not later than February 1 of each year a Consumer Report of the President which shall include an analysis, evaluation, and review of: (1) the overall impact of Federal programs and activities upon consumers; (2) the effectiveness of Federal consumer protection programs and activities: (3) the degree of cooperation and coordination among Federal agencies in carrying out consumer protection programs and activities.; (4) a program for remedying any deficiencies or weaknesses in Federal consumer protection programs and activities; and (5) national policies and resources for achieving the purposes of this Act together with recommendations for new legislation. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a Council of Consumer Advisors which shall be composed of three members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Council. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,500,000 annually for fiscal year 1974 - 1975 to carry the provisions of this title. Title II: Consumer Protection Agency - Establishes the Consumer Protection Agency as an independent nonregulatory agency in the executive branch of the Government. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four years coterminous with the term of the President. Sets forth the functions of the Administrator, including: (1) to represent the interests of consumers before Federal agencies and Federal courts in accordance with this title; (2) to make grants to States and localities to encourage and assist consumer protection programs; (3) to receive and transmit complaints from consumers; (4) to disseminate to the public information of importance to consumers; and (5) to encourage private enterprise in the promotion and protection of the interests of consumers. Grants the Administrator authority to intervene and participate in the proceedings of Federal agencies if he determines that such proceedings may substantially affect an important interest of consumers. Provides that such proceedings must be subject to specified provisions of the Administrative procedure Act. Grants the Administrator the right to participate in Federal agency activity which is not covered by the specified provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that whenever the Administrator determines that it would be in the interest of consumers to do so, he may request or petition a Federal agency to initiate a proceeding or activity or to take such other action as may be within the authority of such agency. Allows the Administrator to use an agency's discovery process where he is intervening or participating in an agency proceeding or activity. Authorizes the Administrator to intervene as a party or to participate in any State or local agency or court proceeding, except a criminal proceeding, where the Administrator determines that the result of such proceeding may substantially affect an important interest of consumers and when such participation has been requested in writing by an appropriate State official or agency or by the Governor of the State. Authorizes the Administrator to secure judicial review of any Federal agency action reviewable under law. Provides that each Federal agency considering any action which may substantially affect an important interest of consumers shall, upon request by the Administrator, notify him of any such proceeding or activity at such time as public notice is given. States that the Administrator shall conduct, support, and assist research, studies, investigations, conferences, and surveys concerning the interests of consumers. Authorizes the Administrator, subject to the provisions of this title, to disclose to the public information he determines appropriate in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this title $l5,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Title III: Consumer Protection Grants - Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the provisions of this title. Provides that the Administrator shall make planning and program grants to States and local public agencies to assist in the preparation and operation of consumer protection programs. States that the Federal share of any such program shall not exceed 75 percent of the costs of such program. Provides that no State shall receive more than 15 percent of such funds. Provides that no grants shall be made under this title unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Administrator, meeting specified criteria. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Provides for public participation in agency activity. Exempts the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency, the national security or intelligence functions of the Department of Defense including the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the Office of Emergency Preparedness from the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1973
Provides that no State shall receive a lesser allocation of water pollution control funds in fiscal years 1973 or 1974 than it received in fiscal year 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1973
Extends the program for health services for domestic agricultural migrant workers, under the Public Health Service Act, by authorizing appropriations for such program of $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $105,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes appropriations for a total of $155,000,000 for fiscal years 1973-1977 for hospital care to domestic agricultural migratory workers and their families. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 242h)
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Transportation, upon the joint request of a State Governor and the local governments concerned, shall withdraw his approval for any route or portion thereof designated or selected as part of the Federal-aid primary system, the Federal-aid secondary system, or the Interstate System within an urbanized area where he determines that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has certified that the air quality region which contains such urbanized area will fail to achieve, by July 1, 1975, levels of air quality in accordance with the Clean Air Act. Provides that amounts appropriated to a State for projects on routes or portions thereof for which approval has been withdrawn in accordance with this Act shall be transferred to and added to the amounts apportioned to such State under the Federal-aid urban system for the account of the urbanized area from which the withdrawal of the routes or portions thereof was made. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 103) Provides for emergency assistance for transportation system improvements in those air quality regions within a State which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has certified necessary will fail to achieve, by July 1, 1975, levels of air quality. Makes ten percent of the funds appropriated for expenditure upon the Federal-aid systems available for such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Eliminates the annuity reduction made, in order to provide a surviving spouse of a Federal employee with a civil service annuity, during periods when the annuitant is not married. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8339(j))
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Runaway Youth Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to establish local institutions to deal primarily with youth runaways outside the traditional law enforcement, juvenile justice system. Requires that grants be made on the basis of the number of runaways in the community and the present availability of services for runaways. States that priority be given to private organizations who have had experience dealing with runaways. Establishes the requirements which runaways houses must meet to be eligible to receive grants including: (1) location in an area frequented or reachable by runaways; (2) a maximum capacity of not more than 20; and (3) the development of adequate plans to insure proper contact with the child's parents and with the police, safe return of the runaway, and adequate after-care counseling. Provides that each proposed grantee must keep statistical surveys of their clients and report them annually to the Secretary. Requires that a plan meet the above requirements before it may be approved by the Secretary. Provides that nothing in this Act shall give the Federal Government and its agencies control over the staffing and personnel decisions of facilities receiving Federal funds, except that the staffs of such facilities must meet the standards under this Act. Includes Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands in the term "State". Authorizes $10,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 to carry out the provisions of this title. Requires that the Federal share of the cost of constructing such houses be not more than fifty percent. Establishes the Federal share of the cost of renovating existing structures, providing counseling services and staff training, and general operating expenses at ninety percent. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct research on all aspects of the runaway problems. Authorizes $500,000 to be spent for this purpose and requires the Secretary to report to Congress not later than June 30, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Japan-United States Friendship Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide for the use of part of the sums to be paid by Japan to the United States in connection with the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese administration in order to enhance the understanding and support of the close friendship and mutuality of interest between our two nations. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Japan- United States Friendship Trust Fund. Requires such amounts in the fund to be used for the promotion of scholarly, cultural, and artistic activities between Japan and the United States. Provides that amounts in the fund may also be used to pay administrative expenses of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. Establishes such Commission and authorizes it to develop and carry out programs for the promotion of scholarly, cultural and artistic activities by Japan and the United States, and to make grants to carry out such programs. Makes administrative provisions to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this Act. States that the Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund shall consist of: (1) 10 percent of the funds paid to the United States pursuant to the agreement between Japan and the United States concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands; (2) any other amounts received by the fund by way of gifts and donations; and (3) interest and proceeds credited to it from portions of the fund invested by the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Natural and Human Resources Restoration and Conservation Act - Provides that the Congress reaffirms that the national policy of full employment declared in the Employment Act of 1946 continues to be a fundamentally sound and socially enlighten national policy, and that it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of national policy, with the assistance and cooperation of industry, agriculture, labor, and State and local governments, to coordinate and utilize all its plans, functions, and resources for the purpose of creating and maintaining, in a manner calculated to foster and promote free competitive enterprise and the general welfare, conditions under which there will be afforded useful employment opportunities, including self-employment, for those able, willing and seeking to work, and to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing power. Establishes the National Environmental Services Corps. Makes the Secretary of the Interior responsible for management and administration of the Corp program. Directs the Secretary in carrying out his duties to consult with the heads of other agencies and departments of the Federal Government and directs all agencies of the Federal Government to cooperate with and to assist the Secretary in the development and administration of the Corps program. Authorizes appropriations of $250,000,000 annually for the establishment and administration of the permanent Corps program and such as are necessary to enlarge the Corps and meet employment conditions. Provides for national, regional and subregional offices. Authorizes the Corps to expand: (1) by 100,000 Corps members when the Secretary determines that the rate of national umemployment (seasonally adjusted) equals or exceeds four and one-half percent for three consecutive months prior to such determination; (2) by 50,000 Corps members for each increment of one-half of one percent by which the Secretary determines that the average rate of national umemployment (seasonally adjusted) for three consecutive months prior to any such determination exceeds the rate specified in clause (1); and(3) without regard to the determination required by clauses (1) and (2), by up to 200,000 Corps members of work in regions of "substantial umemployment", "persistent unemployment", "concentrated unemployment or underemployment" in the Department of Labor's monthly Bulletin on "Area Trends in Employment and Unemployment". Requires the funds made available to the Secretary for the employment of Corps members shall, insofar as possible, be apportioned on an equitable basis among States and within each State among local areas, including Indian Reservations and to the extent practicable, such funds and employment opportunities shall be apportioned on the basis of: (1) relative number of unemployed; (2) severity of unemployment in each area; and (3) relative need of the area for intensified management, development and conservation of lands under Federal jurisdiction. Directs the Secretaty, after Consultation with the heads of other Federal land and resource management agencies, to: (1) determine the area under Federal jurisdiction which are appropriate for carrying out programs using employees of the Corps; (2) determine the rates of pay, hours and other conditions of employment in the Corps; (3) provide for such transportation, lodging, subsistence, and other services and equipment as he may deem necessary or appropriate for the needs of members of the Corp in their duties; (4) promulgate regulations to insure the safety, health, and welfare of the Corps members; and (5) advise every participant in the Corps programs, prior to entering upon employment, of his rights and benefits in connection with such employment. Provides that in expanding the Corps to meet national resource and environmental management goals and to provide new employment opportunities, the Secretary shall first determine that the Corps program: (1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available; (2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers (including partial displacement such as reduction in the hours of non-overtime work or wages or employment benefits); (3) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal or other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and (4) will not substitute Corps jobs for existing federally assisted jobs. Permits any person who is unemployed and who wants and is available for work and who is physically able to perform the available jobs to be eligible for employment in the Nation Environmental Services Corps. Provides that any person who is underemployed in that their present employment is not providing sufficient income to enable such persons and their families to be self-supporting with welfare assistance shall also be eligible for employment in the Corps. Provides that in the administration of this Act the Secretary shall make every effort to provide training and other assistance to tempory members of the Corp provided employment, which will enable them to obtain permanent private or public employment and that when the rate of national or area umemployment declines below the standards the Secretary shall make maximum effort to locate permanent employment or training opportunities not supported under this Act for each Corps member temporarily employed under this Act, and shall gradually phase out the temporary Corps program on an area-by-area basis as is warranted by improved local employment opportunities and the accomplishment of the resource and environmental improvement program on Federal lands in that area. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe necessary regulation and requires an annual report to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Extends to all unmarried individuals the tax treatment of income splitting now utilized by married individuals filing joint returns under the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary of Treasury to prescribe and publish tables reflecting the amendments made by this Act which shall apply in lieu of the tables set forth in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to wage paid on or after January 1, 1974,
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Provides that the annuity of a retiring Federal employee or Member of Congress shall in no event be less than twelve times the smallest primary insurance amount (including any cost-of-living increase added to that amount) used as a basis for determining the amount of benefits payable to individuals under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. States that the annuity of a survivor payable under this subchapter, or prior comparable provision of law, shall in no event be: (1) in the case of a surviving child, less than 36 times the smallest primary insurance amount (including any cost-of-living increase added to that amount) used as a basis for determining the amount of benefits payable to individuals under title II of the Social Security Act divided by the number of children; and (2) in the case of any other survivor, less than 12 times such primary insurance amount (including any such cost-of-living increase). Provides that an annuity payable from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to a former employee or Member, which is based on a separation occurring prior to October 20, 1969, shall be increased by $300 ($165 in the case of the surviving spouse of an annuitant). (Adds 5 U.S.C. 8339(o), 8341(h))
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
National Diabetes Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to expand the authority of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases in order to advance the national attack on diabetes. Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Disease, with the advice of the National Advisory Council of the Institute, to develop a plan for a national diabetes program. Sets forth general guidelines for such program and provides that the program shall be coordinated with the other programs conducted or administered by the research institutes of the National Institute of Health. Provides that the plan required to be developed by this Act shall be developed within two hundred seventy days after the effective date of this Act. Requires the Director of the Institute, at the end of each calendar year, to prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress a report on the activities, progress and accomplishments under the program during the preceding year and a plan for the program for the succeeding five-year period. Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases to establish programs as necessary in cooperation with other Federal health agencies, State, local, and regional public health agencies, and nonprofit private health agencies, in the prevention, control, and evaluation of diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, appropriately emphasizing the prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment of such diseases in children. Authorizes to be appropriated $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, and $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for the purpose of establishing such programs. States that the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases may provide for the development of not less than fifteen centers for basic and clinical research into, training in, and demonstration of advanced diagnostic, prevention, and treatment methods for diabetics. Outlines a diabetes prevention program for the centers. States that support of such a center may be for a period of not to exceed five years and may be extended by the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases for additional periods of not more than five years each, after review of the operations of the center by a scientific review group established by the Director. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Diabetes which shall be responsible for coordinating those aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to diabetes.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Radiation Health and Safety Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall develop and issue to the States criteria and minimum standards for the accreditation of education institutions conducting programs for the training of radiologic technologists and minimum criteria for education institutions conducting programs for the training of medical and dental practitioners. Provides that the Secretary shall develop and issue to the States criteria and minimum standards for licensure of radiologic technologists, and such other advice and assistance as he deems necessary. Provides that State and local governments shall be encouraged to minimize exposure of the public to ionizing from all sources. Provides for procedures for the adoption of such standards by the States. Provides that the Secretary may make grants to States in an amount up to two-thirds of the first year and one-third of the second year costs of planning, developing, or establishing programs to carry out the purposes of this Act. Makes it unlawful to conduct activities contrary to this Act. Provides that any violation of this Act by the owner or operator of an educational institution, or an individual applying radiation to human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Increases the contribution by the Federal Government to the Costs of Federal employees' health benefits insurance from forty to fifty percent. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8906(a))
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Provides that the amount excluded from an annuity contract or the first $4,000 received as civil service retirement annuity from the United States or any agency thereof shall be excluded from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 124)
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Authorizes the Federal Communications Commission to require that radios, shipped in interstate commerce or imported for sale or resale to the public, be capable of receiving both AM and FM broadcasts. Provides that this authority shall not extend to apparatus designed to receive only amptitude modulated (AM) or frequency modulated (FM) broadcasts and retailing for less than fifteen dollars.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to private nonprofit organizations and any public agency of a unit of local government in any State to develop programs to detect and treat incidents of lead-based paint poisoning under the Lead Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act. Increases from seventy-five percent to ninety percent the limit on the Federal share of the cost of developing such programs. Stipulates that any organizations receiving funds under this Act shall make available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States any books and records necessary to assist them in auditing funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct appropriate research on multiple layers of dried paint film, containing the various lead compounds commonly used, in order to ascertain the safe level of lead in residential paint products. States that, within eight months after the day of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a full report of his findings and recommendations as developed pursuant to such programs. Directs the Secretary to take such steps as are necessary to prohibit the application of lead-based paint to any toy, furniture, cooking utensil, drinking utensil, or eating utensil manufactured and distributed after the date of enactment of this Act. Lowers, over a two-year period, the percentage of lead contained in a paint for such paint to qualify as a lead-based paint for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $45,000,000 yearly for grants used for the detection and treatment of lead-based paint poisoning, $50,000,000 yearly for grants used for the elimination of lead-based paint poisoning, and $5,000,000 yearly for Federal demonstration and research programs on the elimination of lead-based paint poisoning. Establishes a National Childhood Lead Based Paint Poisoning Advisory Board to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on policy relating to the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish procedures to minimize the hazards of lead-based paint poisoning with respect to any existing housing which is covered by an application for mortgage insurance or assistance under a program administered by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Removes specified limitations imposed by Public Law 92-512 upon grants to states for social services and old-age assistance and medical assistance for the aged.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Provides for the inclusion of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition for which persons holding a Federal license to do business as a firearms or ammunition importer, manufacturer, or dealer need not keep records on purchasers. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 4182(c))
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, or any subcommittee thereof, from March 1, 1973, through February 28, 1974, in conducting studies and investigations within its jurisdiction: (1) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, (2) to employ personnel, and (3) with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any such department or agency. Limits the expenses of the committee under this resolution to 500,000. Requires the committee to report its findings, together with such recommendations for legislation as it deems advisable, to the Senate at the earliest practicable date, but not later than February 28, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Establishes an Institute for Continuing Studies of Juvenile Justice to serve as a coordinating center for the collection and dissemination of information in the field of juvenile delinquency and control, including comparisons and analysis of State and Federal laws and model laws and recommendations designed to promote effective and efficient systems of juvenile justice; and as a training center for representatives of all levels of government who are connected with the treatment and control of juvenile offenders. Provides that the Institute shall be under the supervision of a Director, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who will supervise the staff, faculty, and administrative personnel necessary to the Institute's functioning. Gives the Institute powers to carry out the objectives of this Act. Creates an advisory Commission to design a curriculum for the Institutes enrollees and to supervise the overall policy and operations of the Institute. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 5041-5048)
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Establishes an eight-member Ad Hoc Senate Committee on Military Oversight for the purpose of keeping abreast of changing military requirements resulting from developments of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Conference on Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction, and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II in order to ascertain the proper level of our future military security posture. Authorizes to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee a sum not to exceed $250,000.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Provides for the preservation of historical and archeological data. Extends coverage to all Federal and federally assisted or licensed programs which alter the terrain and potentially cause loss of scientific, prehistorical, historical or archeological data. Directs Federal agencies to notify the Secretary of the Interior if in their operations archeological or other scientific data are revealed or threatened. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, upon notification by any responsible authority that a Federal program is threatening, damaging, or destroying such data, may evaluate (after reasonable notice to the responsible agency) the situation and cause a survey or other investigation to be made to the extent necessary to protect the public interest. Directs Federal agencies whose programs are causing damage or destruction of scientific, prehistorical, historical, or archeological data to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior a small portion of the program funds to protect or recover such data prior to its loss. Provides additional Federal funding activities to recover data on archeological programs affected by any Federal activity. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Provides that appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Fish Disease Control Act - States that communicable fish diseases constitute a major threat to the fish resources of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce to issue such regulations as deemed appropriate to prohibit or control the movement in interstate and foreign commerce of diseased fish or articles, and to specify by regulations fish diseases and species of fish which pose a threat to the fish resources of the United States. Authorizes the Secretaries to create avisory panels to assist them in promulgating regulations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, in order to develop an effective, coordinated fish disease control program for the protection of fishery resources, to enter into cooperative agreements with the appropriate agencies of the States. Makes provisions for such agreements. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce to order the owner of any fish or article specified as diseased to destroy, disinfect, or guarantee such fish or article, and to compensate the owner for any fish destroyed. Prescribes a fine not exceeding $1000 and/or imprisonment up to one year for persons receiving or delivering for the transport in interstate or foreign commerce any fish or article infected or contaminated by a disease. Authorizes, with or without a warrant, the arrest of any person violating this Act, and the search and seizure of any fish or article taken in connection with a violation of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $3,200,000 for fiscal year 1974, and an equal sum for each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the costs of maintaining the exterior appearance and structural soundness of historic buildings and structures listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure loans made by financial institutions to nursing homes and intermediate care facilities to provide fire safety equipment. Requires that such loans shall not exceed the Secretary's estimate of the reasonable cost of the equipment fully installed, and shall comply with interest and maturity rates and such other conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Title I: Requires the National Capital Planning Commission to survey the Capital Hill district of the District of Columbia for the purpose of recommending the district be included on the National Register. Defines the boundaries of the Capital Hill historial district. Provides that such survey shall include a comprehensive plan for the conservation, development or redevelopment of the historical district. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $100,000 for the purpose of making such survey. Title II: Provides that the Commissioner of the District of Colubia before issuing any permit for the construction, alteration, reconstruction, razing, or demolition of any building wihtin the historical district shall refer the plans to the National Commission of Fine Arts for a report. Provides that the Commissioner shall appoint four residents of the historical district as advisors to the National Commission of Fine Arts. Title III: Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of restoring the Eastern Market the sum of $280,000 to be administered by the District of Columbia. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of undertaking minor beautification of public sites in the historical district the sum of $50,000.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Nursing Home Personnel In-Service Training Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants, not to exceed $100,000 per grant, to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing to meet the costs of developing short-term in-service training programs for nurses aids and orderlies for nursing homes. Provides that such programs shall emphasize the special problems of geriatric patients. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Veterans Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Act - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish hospital care and medical services for the treatment of drug or alcohol addiction or drug or alcohol dependency to eligible veterans and members of their immediate families who request such care or service. Provides that, if the Administrator determines it necessary to the effective treatment of any eligible veteran applying for treatment under the provisions of this Act, he may require, as a condition to providing such treatment, that such veteran agree in writing to make himself available for such treatment for such minimum period of time and on such terms and conditions as the Administrator may prescribe. Allows the Administrator to refuse further treatment under this Act to any veteran who violates the terms of any agreement entered into with the Administrator.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Provides that upon enactment of this Act, no non-Federal building or structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places shall be sold, substantially altered, or demolished except as provided for under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire any building or structure covered by the provisions of this Act in any case in which the Secretary determines that such action is in the best interest of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to remove from the Register the designation of a building or structure as a historic place, if he determines that the preservation of that building or structure is not in the best interests of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Provides for the convening of Congress at noon on January 15 of each year, beginning in 1974. Requires the President's Economic Report to be transmitted to the Congress not later than February 2 of each year, and provides that the Joint Economic Committee shall review and report on the Economic Report not later than March 15 of each year. (Amend 3 U.S.C. 15, 16; 15 U.S.C. 1022(a), 1024(a)(3))
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson, a former President of the United States, and a former Representative and former Senator from the State of Texas. Provides that in recognition of his illustrious statesmanship, his leadership in national and world affairs, his distinguished public service to his State and his Nation, and as a mark of respect to one who has held such eminent public station in life, the Presiding Officer of the Senate appoint a committee to consist of all of the members of the Senate to attend the funeral of the former President. Declares that the Senate tenders its deep sympathy to the members of the family of the former President in their sad bereavement, and that the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the former President.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Surface Mining Reclamation Act - Title I: Statement of Findings and Policy - States that it is the purpose of the Act to establish a nationwide program to prevent the adverse effects to society and the environment resulting from surface mining operations. Title II: Existing and Prospective Surface Mining and Reclamation Operations - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to develop and publish in the Federal Register regulations covering surface mining and reclamation operations for coal and other minerals and to set forth in reasonable detail those actions which a State must take to develop a State Program and otherwise meet the requirement of this Act. Affords interested persons and State and local governments at least thirty days after publication of submit written comments. Establishes procedures for objecting to any proposed regulation issued by the Secretary. Creates the Office of Land Use Policy, Reclamation, and Enforcement. Provides that the Secretary acting through the Office shall: (1) administer the State grant-in-aid program for the development of State programs for surface mining and reclamation operations provided for in title IV of this Act; (2) administer the grant-in-aid program to the States for the purchase and reclamation of abandoned and unreclaimed mined areas pursuant to title III of this Act; (3) administer the grant-in-aid programs to the States for the development of State land use planning processes and the designation of land areas unsuitable for surface mining operations; and (4) administer the surface mining and reclamation research and demonstration project authority. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to various activities including: (1) foundation excavations for the purpose of constructing buildings and other structures; (2) the extraction of minerals by a landowner for his own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him; (3) archeological excavations; and (4) such other surface mining operations which the Secretary determines to be of an infrequent nature and which involve only minor surface disturbances. Establishes eligibility requirements for a State to receive financial assistance under this Act and to assume full control over surface mining and reclamation operations on lands within such State, including submission to the Secretary, for approval, of a State Program which provides for the effective implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of a permit system for the regulation of surface mining and reclamation operations for coal and other minerals on lands within such State. Allows the Secretary to implement a Federal Program for any State which fails to submit its own State Program. States that after the date of enactment of this Act, no person shall open or develop any new or previously mined and abandoned site for surface mining operations for coal on lands within any State, and no person shall significantly increase or accelerate existjng surfact mining operations for coal on lands within any State unless such person has first obtained a permit issued by the State regulatory authority pursuant to a State Program approved in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Provides that the term of any permit for surface mining and reclamation operations issued pursuant to this Act shall not exceed five years and shall carry with it a right of renewal if the permittee can demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the approved State Program or a Federal Program for the State within which the operations are conducted and capability to implement the Reclamation Plan applicable to the operations covered by the permit. Establishes permit application requirements. Prescribes procedures for approval of permit applications. Allows the permittee to file a request with the regulatory authority for the release of the performance bond. Provides that the regulatory authority may release in whole or in part said bond if the authority is satisfied that reclamation covered by the bond or portion thereof has been accomplished as required by this Act. Requires each reclamation plan submitted as part of a permit application pursuant to an approval State Program or Federal Program to include a statement of: (1) the condition of the land to be covered by the permit prior to any mining; (2) the use which is proposed to be made of the land following reclamation; (3) the engineering techniques proposed to be used and a description of the major equipment; (4) the steps to be taken to insure that the surface mining and reclamation operations comply with all applicable air and water quality laws and regulations and any applicable health and safety standards; and (5) a time schedule for the completion of all stages of reclamation. Authorizes the Secretary to make such inspections of any surface mining and reclamation operations as are necessary to evaluate the administration and enforcement of any State or Federal program. Provides that such inspections are to occur on an irregular basis, averaging not less than one inspection per month. Provides criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act. States that at the request of the Secretary, the Attorney General may institute a civil action in a district court of the United States for a restraining order or injunction or other appropriate remedy to enforcement the purposes and the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to each State for the purpose of assisting in the development of a State land use planning process capable of making objective decisions based upon competent and scientifically sound data and information for all or certain types of surface mining operations. Directs the Secretary to promulgate and implement a Federal Lands Program which shall be applicable to all surface mining and reclamation operations taking place pursuant to any Federal law on any Federal lands and Indian lands. Directs the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to conduct and coordinate an indepth, interagency study to determine the advisability and the impact of imposing, or failing to impose, for regional or nationwide application specific slope limitations as a means of regulating surface mining and reclamation operations for coal. Title III: Abandoned and Unreclaimed Mined Areas - Creates in the Treasury of the United States the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire by purchase, donation, or otherwise, land or any interest therein which has been affected by surface mining operations prior to the enactment of this Act. Provides that when the Secretary seeks to acquire an interest in land or mineral rights and cannot negotiate an agreement with the person holding title to such interest or right he shall request the Attorney General to file a condemnation suit and take such interest or right following a tender of just compensation as awarded by a jury to such persons. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Fund $100,000,000 and such other funds as the Congress may thereafter authorize. Title IV: Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions - Defines the various terms used in this Act. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Advisory Committee for surface mining and reclamation operations for coal and other minerals. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to any State for the purpose of assisting such State in developing, administering, and enforcing State Programs under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of research, studies, surveys, experiments, and training in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the President and the Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the first fiscal year after the enactment of this Act, $20,000,000 for each of the next two fiscal years, and $30,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter, in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the President to suspend for a period not to exceed ninety days any requirement of this Act concerning surface mining and reclamation operations when he determines it necessary to do so because of: (1) a national emergency; (2) a critical national or regional electrical power shortage; or (3) a critical national fuels or mineral shortage. Provides that any such suspension shall be followed by a report to the Congress within five days on the nature of the emergency, the action taken, and any legislative recommendations he may deem necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Safe Drinking Water Act - Provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall issue proposed regulations prescribing national primary and secondary drinking water standards within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Restricts the authority of the Administrator to prescribe the addition of any substance to water systems other than for the purpose of treating contaminants. Requires the Administrator to review the adequacy of any national primary or secondary drinking water standards issued under this Act every three years. Establishes, within the Environmental Protection Agency, a National Drinking Water Council consisting of fifteen scientifically qualified members. Provides that the Council shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Administrator on matters relating to the scientific review of data relating to the activities of the Agency under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to render financial, technical, and other assistance to public agencies, institutions, water supply utilities, and individuals in the conduct of research and investigations relating to contaminants in drinking water or to the provision of adequate supplies of safe drinking water. Authorizes the Administrator to finance any project or activity which is designed: (1) to develop, expand, or carry out a program for training persons for occupations involving the management and operation of drinking water systems; and (2) to train instructors to teach such programs. Authorizes appropriations of $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $23,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $31,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that the Administrator shall (after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the several States) conduct a survey of the quantity, quality, and availability of rural drinking water supplies. States that such survey shall be completed within two years after the date of enactment of this Act and a final report submitted, not less than six months after the completion of such survey, to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for such survey. Provides for special study and demonstration grants for the purposes of: (1) demonstrating new or improved methods of providing safe drinking water to the urban and rural areas of the nations; and (2) investigating the health implications of recycling waste waters for drinking and related uses. States that such grants shall not exceed 66 2/3 percent of the construction costs and 75 percent of other costs as determined by the Administrator. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes appropriations of $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $21,300,000 for fiscal year 1976 for grants to States to assist them in establishing and maintaining adequate programs to assure the safety of public drinking water. Provides that such grants shall not exceed 66 2/3 percent of the cost of any such State program. Sets forth provisions which a State plan for such program shall contain to qualify for grants under this Act. Grants the States primary enforcement responsibility with respect to standards established under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for judicial review of such regulations. States that nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of any State or local governmental unit to establish drinking water standards, except that such standards shall not be less stringent than the requirements of this Act. Specifies activities which are prohibited under this Act. Sets forth penalties for any such violations. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief under this Act. Makes the provisions of the Act applicable to Federal facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to waive compliance with the requirements of this Act upon receiving information from the Secretary of Defense or from the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating that such waiver is in the interest of national security. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $11,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $13,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purposes and administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
National Resource Lands Management Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and maintain on a continuing basis an inventory of all national resource lands, and their resource and other values, giving priority to areas of critical environmental concern. Defines the term "national resource lands" as all lands and interests in lands now or hereafter administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management, except the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the Secretary to develop, with public participation, maintain, and when appropriate, revise land use plans for the national resource lands consistent with the terms and conditions of this Act and coordinated so far as he finds feasible and proper, or as may be requires by the enactment of a National Land Use Policy or other law, with the land use plans of State and local governments and other Federal agencies. Provides that the Secretary shall manage the national resource lands in accordance with the policies and procedures of this Act and with any land use plans developed pursuant to this Act which he has prepared except to the extent that other applicable law provides otherwise. Authorizes the Secretary to sell national resource lands, if he determines that the sale of such tract will not cause needless degradation of the environment. Provides that sales of land under this Act shall be conducted under competitive bidding procedures to be established by the Secretary. Provides that all conveyance of title issued by the Secretary under this Act shall reserve to the United States all minerals in the lands, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Provides that the Secretary shall insert in any patent or other documents of conveyance he issues under this Act such terms, covenants, and conditions as he deems necessary to insure proper land use, environmental integrity, and protection of the public interest. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire by purchase, exchange, donation, or otherwise lands or interests therein needed for the management of the national resource lands including, but not limited to, lands needed to provide access by the general public to national resource lands. Provides that the use, occupancy, or development of any portion of the national resource lands contrary to any regulation of the Secretary issued pursuant to and in conformity with this Act or contrary to any order issued pursuant to any such regulations is unlawful and prohibited. Provides that the Secretary shall not impair or diminish any valid existing rights except under due process and upon payment of just compensation. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
War Powers Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of the Armed Forces of the United States in hostilities, or in situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities. States that the Act is not intended to encroach upon the recognized powers of the President, as Commander in Chief, to conduct hostilities authorized by the Congress, to respond to attacks or the imminent threat of attacks upon the United States, including its territories and possessions, to respond to attacks or the imminent threat of attacks against the Armed Forces of the United States, and under proper circumstances, to rescue endangered citizens of the United States located in foreign countries. Provides that in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress, the Armed Forces of the United States may be introduced in hostilities, or in situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, only: (a) to repel an armed attack upon the United States, its territories and possessions; to take necessary and appropriate retaliatory actions in the event of such an attack; and to forestall the direct and imminent threat of such an attack; (b) to repel an armed attack against the Armed Forces of the United States located outside of the United States, its territories and possessions, and to forestall the direct and imminent threat of such an attack; (c) to protect while evacuating citizens of the United States, as rapidly as possible, from any country in which such citizens are present with the express or tacit consent of the government of such country, and who are being subject to a direct and imminent threat to their lives, either sponsored by such government or beyond the power of such government to control; or (d) pursuant to specific statutory authorization, but authority to introduce the Armed Forces of the United States into hostilities shall not be inferred from any provision of law, including any provision contained in any appropriation act, unless such provisions specifically authorized the introduction of such Armed Forces in hostilities and exempts the introduction of such armed forces from compliance with the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that no treaty in force at the time of the enactment of this Act shall be construed as specific statutory authority for, or a specific exemption permitting, the introduction of the Armed Forces in any such situation. Provides that the use of the Armed Forces of the United States in hosilities pursuant to this Act shall be reported promptly in writing by the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, together with a full account of the circumstances under which such hostilities were initiated, the estimated scope of such hositlities, and the consistency of such hostilities with the applicable provisions of this Act. States that hostilities commenced pursuant to this Act shall not be sustained beyond thirty days from the date of their initiation except as provided in specific legislation enacted for that purpose by the Congress. Provides that hostilities commenced pursuant to this Act may be terminated prior to the thirty day period by statute or joint resolution of Congress. Directs that any bill or resolution, authorizing continuance or termination of military hostilities shall, if sponsored or co-sponsored by one third of the Members of the House of Congress in which it originates, be considered reported to the floor of such House no later than one day following its introduction, unless the Members otherwise determine by yeas and nays; and any such bill or resolution referred to a committee after having passed one House of Congress shall be considered reported from such committee within one day after it is referred to such committee, unless the Members of the House referring it to committee shall otherwise determine by yeas and nays. Provides that any bill or resolution reported shall immediately become the pending business of the House to which it is reported, and shall be voted upon within three days after such report, unless such House shall otherwise determine by yeas and nays. Declares that this Act will take affect upon enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Bill of Rights for the Mentally Retarded - States that the purpose of this Act is to establish standards which assure the humane care, treatment, habilitation, and protection of the mentally retarded in residential facilities, and to improve the system for the provision of services to the mentally retarded through the encouragement of the support for the planning and development of strategies to implement such standards, minimize inappropriate admissions to residential facilities and stimulate the development of regional and community programs integrating such residential facilities which conform to such standards. Provides for a new title to the Public Health Service Act: Title XII: Support of Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States to aid them with the cost of bringing existing residential facilities into compliance with the standards established under this Act, and to improve existing residential facilities for the mentally retarded. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting States in meeting the expenses for bringing publicly operated facilities and publicly assisted facilities into conformity with the standards established by this Act. Stipulates that any State desiring to receive such a grant shall submit a plan to the Secretary setting forth a schedule for compliance with such standards. Provides that the total of the grants with respect to any such project bringing facilities into conformity with the standards imposed by this Act may not exceed 75 percent of the necessary cost thereof as determined by the Secretary. Requires five years after the date of enactment of this Act, that no residential facility for the mentally retarded shall be eligible to receive payments either directly or indirectly under under any Federal law, unless such facility meets the standards promulgated under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any public or private non-profit agency, organization or institution to meet the costs of development, improvement, extension, or expansion of community resources and community living situations for the mentally retarded other than living-in-residential facilities for the mentally retarded. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Standards for Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded to: (1) advise the Secretary with respect to any regulations promulgated or proposed in the implementation of the standards established under this Act; (2) study and evaluate such standards authorized by this Act; and (3) recommend to the Secretary any changes, revisions, modifications, or improvements in the standards established under this Act. Provides that the ultimate aim of the residential facility shall be to foster those behaviors that maximize the human qualities of the resident, increase the complexity of his behavior, and enhance his ability to cope with his environment. Requires such facilities to be located within, and conveniently accessible to, the population served, so as to have access to necessary generic community services. Provides that the facility and the surrounding community should be encouraged to share their services and resources on a reciprocal basis. Provides that residents of the facility should be integrated to the greatest possible extent with the general population. Provides that the facility shall have a written outline of the philosophy, objectives, and goals it is striving to achieve. Requires such outline to be available for distribution to staff, consumer representatives, and the interested public. Provides that the governing body of the facility shall exercise general direction and shall establish policies concerning the operation of the individuals served. Provides that the administration of the facility shall provide for effective staff and resident participation and communication. Requires the facility to designate a percentage of its operating budget for self-renewal purposes. Provides that the facility shall have a description of services for residents that is available to the public. Provides that the facility shall provide for meaningful and extensive consumer-representative and public participation. Provides that a public education and information program should be established that utilizes all communication media, and all service, religious and civil groups, to develop attitudes of understanding and acceptance of mentally retarded persons in all aspects of community living. Provides that admission and release procedures shall: (1) encourage voluntary admission; (2) give equal priority to person of comparable need; (3) facilitate emergency, partial, and short-term residential care; and (4) utilize the maximum feasible amount of voluntariness in each individual case. Authorizes the residential facility to admit only residents who have had a comprehensive evaluation. Provides that all admissions to the residential facility shall be considered temporary Provides that there shall be a regular, at least annual, joint review of the status of each resident by all relevant personnel. Provides that at the time of permanent release or transfer there shall be recorded a summary of findings, progress, and plans for protective supervision and other followup services in the resident's new environment. Provides that the performance of each employee of the facility shall be evaluated at least annually. Provides that staffing shall be sufficient so that the facility is not dependent upon the use of residents or volunteers for productive services. Provides that food services shall recognize and provide for the physiological, emotional, and cultural needs of each resident, through provision of a planned, nutritionally adequate diet. Provides that each resident shall have an adequate allowance of neat, clean, fashionable, and seasonable clothing. Provides that residents shall be trained to exercise maximum independence in health, hygiene, and grooming practices. Provides that living unit components or groupings shall be small enough to insure the development of meaningful interpersonal relationships among residents and between residents and staff. Requires dental services to be provided all residents in order to maximize their general health by maintaining an optimal level of daily oral health, through preventive measures and correcting existing oral diseases. Provides that educational services, defined as deliberate attempts to facilitate the intellectual, sensorimotor, and affective development of the individual, shall be available to all residents, regardless of chronological age, degree of retardation, or accompanying disabilities or handicaps. Provides that food and nutrition services shall be provided in order to: (1) insure optimal nutritional status of each resident, thereby enhancing his physical, emotional and social well-being; and (2) provide a nutritionally adequate diet, in a form consistent with developmental level, to meet the dietary needs of each resident. Makes library services, which include the location, acquisition, organization, utilization, retrieval, and delivery of materials in a variety of media, available to the facility, in order to support and strengthen its total habilitation program by providing complete and integrated multimedia information services to both staff and residents. Provides that medical services shall be provided in order to: (1) achieve and maintain an optimal level of general health for each resident; (2) maximize normal function and prevent disability; and (3) facilitate the optimal development of each resident. Provides that residents shall be provided with nursing services, in accordance with their needs, in order to: (1) develop and maintain an environment that will meet their total health needs; (2) foster optimal health; (3) encourage maximum self-care and independence; and (4) provide skilled nursing care. Provides that, where appropriate to the facility, there shall be a pharmacy and therapeutics committee, that includes one or more pharmacists, to develop policy on drug usage in the facility, and to develop and maintain a current formulary. Provides that physical and occupational therapy services shall be provided in order to: (1) prevent abnormal development and further disability; (2) facilitate the optimal development of each resident; and (3) enable the resident to be a contributing and participating member of the community in which he resides. Requires that psychological services be provided in order to facilitate, through the application of psychological principles, techniques, and skills, the optimal development of each resident. Provides that recreation services should provide each resident with a program of activities that: (1) promotes physical and mental health; (2) promotes optimal sensorimotor, cognitive,9 affective, and social development; (3) encourages movement from dependent to independent and interdependent functioning; and (4) provides for the enjoyable use of leisure time. Makes religious services available to residents, in accordance with their basic right to freedom of religion. Provides that all social services shall be available to all residents and their families in order to foster and facilitate: (1) maximum personal and social development of the resident; (2) positive family functioning; and (3) effective and satisfying social and community relationships. Provides that speech pathology and audiology services shall be available, in order to: (1) maximize the communications skills of all residents; and (2) provide for the evaluation, counseling, treatment, and rehabilitation of those residents with speech, hearing and/or language handicaps. Requires each facility to provide all its residents with rehabilitation services, which include the establishment, maintenance, and implementation of those programs that will ensure the optimal development or restoration of each resident physically, psychologically, socially and vocationally. Provides that volunteer services shall be provided in order to enhance opportunities for the fullest realization of the potential of each resident by: (1) increasing the amount, and improving the quality, of services and programs; and (2) facilitating positive relationships between the facility and the community which it serves. Provides that a record shall be maintained for each resident that is adequate for: (1) planning and continuous evaluating of the resident's habitation program; (2) providing a means of communication among all persons contributing to the resident's habilitation program; (3) furnishing documentary evidence of the resident's progress and of his response to his habilitation program; (4) serving as a basis for review, study, and evaluation of the overall programs provided by the facility for its residents; (5) protecting the legal rights of the residents, facility, and staff; and (6) providing data for use in research and education. Provides that the administration of the facility shall make provision for the design and conduct, or the supervision, of research that will objectively evaluate the effectiveness of program components and contribute to informed decisionmaking in the facility. Provides that the requirements of the Secretary shall be met, with specific reference to the following: (1) provision of adequate and alternate exits and doors; (2) provision of exit ramps, with nonskid surface and slope not exceeding one foot in twelve; and (3) provision for handrails on stairways. Provides that there shall be records that document strict compliance with the sanitation, health, and environmental safety codes of the State or local authorities having primary jurisdiction over the facility. Provides that adequate, modern administrative support shall be provided to efficiently meet the needs of, and contribute to, program services for residents, and to facilitate attainment of the goals and objectives of the facility. Provides that funds shall be budgeted and spent in accordance with the principles and procedures of program budgeting. Provides that there shall be written purchasing policies regarding authority and approvals for supplies, services and equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of new energy sources as quickly as possible. Establishes a New Energy Source Corporation which shall have a Board of nine directors. Sets forth the methods of appointment of such directors. Authorizes the Corporation to enter into contractual arrangements with any private or public entity or entities under which such entities agree to participate in the purposes and functions of the Corporation. Provides that such contracts shall include terms and conditions consistent with this Act and the applicable regulations of the General Accounting Office. Authorizes such Corporation to make available on a nonexclusive royalty free basis without territorial limitation the use of any patent obtained by the Corporation under any law of the United States or any foreign country for or with respect to any invention made in the performance of any activity conducted pursuant to this Act. Directs the Corporation to select, or the basis of the best engineering information available, the two most technically and economically feasible methods for manufacturing substitute natural gas from coal. Directs the Corporation to design, construct, operate and maintain a demonstration - type facility for each such method selected. Directs the Corporation to evaluate proposed methods of development of oil shale and to select at least two of the most feasible methods from a technical, economical, and environmental standpoint for manufacturing petroleum products from shale. Directs the Corporation to make such selections for geothermal, tar sands, solar and other new energy sources. Requires the Corporation to report annually to the President and the Congress on its activities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000, for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next five succeeding years, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Establishes at 5 percent the interest rate on emergency loans under the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act. Repeals the provision under such Act allowing forgiveness of $5,000 on disaster loans under this Act. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 1964; P.L. 92-385)
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Voter Registration Assistance Act - Establishes, within the Bureau of the Census, the Voter Registration Administration. Provides that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Administrator and two Associate Administrators for terms of four years each. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Administration. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to States and political subdivisions thereof for improving their voter grants for the purpose of carrying out existing voter registration procedures. Provides that such grants shall not exceed 10 cents for each eligible voter in the State or political subdivision receiving the grant. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to any State or political subdivision thereof to increase the percentage of registered voters. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to any State or political subdivision thereof for planning and evaluating a system of voter registration utilizing electronic data processing or other similar procedures. Provides that a grant for such purpose shall not exceed a total of 1/2 cent for each registered voter in the jurisdiction receiving the grant, or $15,000 whichever is greater. Provides that the Administrator may make grants to any State or political subdivision thereof to carry out programs of voter registration by mail. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance in developing programs for the prevention and control of fraud in any State or political subdivision thereof and for improving voter registration and participation. Sets forth requirements which an application for assistance under this Act shall contain. Authorizes the Administrator to issue rules and regulations for the administration of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Provides that any person who prospects for, mines, or removes, by strip or open pit mining methods, any minerals from any land included in a stock raising or other homestead entry or patent shall be liable for the payment of compensation to the entry man or patentee of such lands for the permanent destruction of the entire surface value of any such lands resulting from such prospecting, mining, or removing of minerals.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Mines, to establish a National Minerals and Materials Processing Institute with authority to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of research, studies, surveys, experiments, investigations, and training on the mining, preparation, metallurgy, and utilization and conservation of national minerals. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the activities of the Institute. Provides for the establishment of an advisory committee to exercise consultive functions, when required by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Cigarette Tar Tax Act - Provides for taxing cigarettes under the Internal Revenue Code on the basis of their tar content, with those having the higher tar and nicotine content being taxed at a higher rate. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to test tar and nicotine levels of all brands at least once every quarter. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a special fund to be known as the Tobacco Tax Fund. Provides that such fund shall be available only, as provided by appropriation Acts, to carry out programs hereafter established by law to provide adjustment assistance for growers of tobacco products, State and local governments, and other persons incurring serious economic hardship resulting from the elimination or substantial reduction of the use of cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products. Provides for the establishment of the Commission on Tobacco Adjustment Assistance. Provides that it shall be the function of the Commission to study: (1) the probable effect of this tax and the termination of price supports for tobacco will have in achieving the elimination or substantial reduction of the use of cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products; (2) the economic hardship that will result from the elimination or substantial reduction of the use of such tobacco products; and (3) the economic hardship to State and local governments caused by the reduction in revenue resulting from the elimination or substantial reduction in the use of such tobacco products. Provides that the Commission shall report to the President and to Congress its findings and recommendations within 18 months. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this Act. Provides for adjustments of price supports on tobacco for 1974, 1975, and 1976: (1) the 1974 crop at no more than 75 percent of the 1970 support; (2) the 1975 crop at no more than 50 percent of the 1970 support; and (3) the 1976 crop at no more that 25 percent of the 1970 support. Provides that the tobacco price support shall be discontinued in 1977 and thereafter. Provides for discontinuance of subsidies for the export of tobacco. Provides that marketing quotas, marketing penalties, acreage-poundage quotas, and acreage allotments for tobacco shall be ineffective with respect to the 1977 and subsequent crops of tobacco.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Defines the term "Inclusive tour charter trip" to mean a charter trip which combines air transportation, pursuant to a contract between an air carrier or foreign air carrier and a person authorized by the Civil Aeronautics Board to sell inclusive tours, and land arrangements at one or more points of destination, sold to members of the public at a price which is not less than the just and reasonable fare for charter air transportation plus a compensatory charge for land arrangements, and subject to such other requirements not inconsistent herewith as the Board shall by regulation prescribe. Provides that whenever the Board finds that the government or aeronautical authorities of any foreign country have refused to permit, or have imposed arbitrary or unreasonable restrictions upon, the performance of foreign air transportation, or have discriminated between classes of air carriers, the Board may with or without prior notice and without hearing suspend or modify any permit issued to a foreign air carrier.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Creates an Atlantic Union delegation, composed of 18 eminent citizens, which is authorized to organize and participate in a convention made up of similar delegations from such North Atlantic Treaty parliamentary democracies as desire to join in the enterprise, and other parliamentary democracies the convention may invite, to explore the possibility of agreement on: (a) a declaration that the goal of their peoples is to transform their present relationship into a more effective unity based on Federal principles; (b) a timetable for the transition by stages to this goal; and (c) a commission to facilitate advancement toward such stages. Requires the convention's recommendations to be submitted to the Congress. Provides that not more than half of the delegation's members shall be from one political party, and that 6 of the delgates shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, after consultation with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 6 by the President of the Senate, after consultation with the Senate committee on Foreign Relations, and 6 by the President of the United States. Allows all members of the delegation to speak and vote individually in the convention. Authorizes the delegation in carrying out the purposes of this Act: (a) to seek to arrange an international convention and such other meetings and conferences as it may deem necessary; (b) to employ and fix the compensation within prescribed limits of such temporary professional and clerical staff as it deems necessary; and (c) to pay not in excess of $100,000 toward such expenses as may be involved as a consequence of holding any meetings or conferences authorized by subparagraph (a) above. Authorizes not to exceed $200,000 to be appropriated to the Department of State to carry out the purposes of this resolution, payments to be made upon vouchers approved by the Chairman of the delegation subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the obligation and expenditure of appropriated funds. Requires the delegation to make semiannual reports to Congress accounting for all expenditures and such other information as it deems appropriate. Provides that the delegation shall cease to exist at the expiration of the three-year period beginning on the date of the approval of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the level of supplies of home heating oil has not been adequate to meet the needs of homes across the Nation, and (2) the major cause of the inadequate supply of such oil is the limitation on imports of petroleum and petroleum products. Provides that, beginning on the date of enactment of this resolution, the limitation shall not apply to the importation of crude oil or number 2 fuel oil (home heating oil) until the ninety-first day after the date of enactment of this resolution (in the case of crude oil) or April 1, 1974 (in the case of number 2 fuel oil).
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Authorizes the Postal Rate Commission to make recommended decisions for changes in postal rates and fees and in mail classification matters to the Postal Service Board of Governors, and to render advisory opinions on postal services and complaints. Provides that the Commission may inquire into and examine any presentation made in any proceeding, and examine the types, quality, regularity, and reliability of any postal service, as well as the honesty, efficiency, and economy of postal management in order to carry out its duties and responsibilities. Empowers the Commission to conduct investigations, issue subpenas for witnesses, and compel the production of evidence in any proceeding from the Postal Service. Requires the Postal Service to submit to the Commission, at the time of request for a change in a rate or fee, a schedule of rates and fees it believes to be in the public interest and its case supporting the burden of proof, together with a comprehensive statement of the kinds, quality, regularity, and reliability of service proposed to be maintained for each class of mail or each type of service for which a change in a rate or fee is requested. Permits the Board of Governors to modify a recommended decision of the Commission only if the Commission's decision is not in accordance with the policies of the Postal Service title, or will not produce sufficient revenue for the operation of the Postal Service. Provides that if Congress fails to appropriate any of the amounts authorized to be appropriate for a class of mail sent at a free or reduced rate, and that amount was requested by the President in the Budget, the Postal Service may request the Postal Rate Commission to make a recommended decision for an adjustment in the rate for that class of mail so that the increased revenues received from the users of that class will equal the amount requested by the President for the class which Congress failed to appropriate. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3603, 3604(c), 3622-3628)
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Requires the President, when he impounds funds appropriated or otherwise obligated for a specific purpose or project, within ten days thereafter transmit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a special message specifying: (1) the amount of the funds impounded; (2) the date on which the funds were ordered to be impounded; (3) the date the funds were impounded; (4) any account, department, or establishment of the Government to which such impounded funds would have been available for obligation except for such impoundment; (5) the period of time during which the funds are to be impounded; (6) the reasons for the impoundment; and (7) to the maximum extent practicable, the estimated fiscal, economic, and budgetary effect of the impoundment. Requires the President to cease the impounding of funds set forth in each special message within sixty calendar days of continuous session after the message is received by the Congress unless the specific impoundment shall have been ratified by the Congress by passage of a resolution. Establishes rules of debate for such resolutions.
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