United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
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 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Requires that any nursing home which provides services under any State program approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, must submit to the State agency administering such program a report of costs and a financial statement, both audited by a certified public accountant, reflecting the operation of such nursing home.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Antitrust Enforcement Authorization Act - States that it is the purpose of Congress in this Act to support and invigorate a national antitrust enforcement program authorizing sufficient appropriations to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to permit vigorous and effective enforcement of the antitrust laws. Authorizes to be appropriated to both the Commission and the Justice Department, in addition to such sums as are authorized by any other provisions of law, sums not to exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; not to exceed $6,250,000 for the transitional period ending September 30, 1976; not to exceed $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; and not to exceed $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, such sums to remain available until expended for the purposes authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Establishes a temporary select committee of the Senate comprised of 12 members to conduct a thorough study of the Senate committee system. Provides the committee with the powers necessary to carry out the study. Authorizes the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $900,000. Requests the select committee to submit interim reports and a final report with recommendations by February 28, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish national petroleum reserves on any reserved or unreserved public lands of the United States except lands in the National Park System, the National Wildlife System, the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, and areas now under review for inclusion in the Wilderness System. States that no national petroleum reserve that includes all or part of an existing naval petroleum reserve shall be established without prior consultation of the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the development of the oil and gas in the national petroleum reserves under terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Allows Congress to disapprove such terms and conditions. Sets forth items that must be included in proposed development plans. States that any oil or gas produced from such petroleum reserves, with exceptions, shall be subject to all the limitations and licensing requirements of the Export Administration Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Parole Commission Act - Creates as an agency of the Department of Justice the United States Parole Commission, the members of which shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Attorney General shall designate from among the Commissioners one to serve as Chairman. Specifies the duties of the Chairman. Provides that the Parole Commission by majority vote, shall have the power: (1) to grant or deny any application or recommendation to parole any eligible person; (2) to impose reasonable conditions on any order granting parole; (3) to modify or revoke an order paroling any eligible person; and (4) establish the maximum length of time which any person whose parole has been revoked shall be required to serve, but in no case shall such time, together with such time as he previously served in connection with the offense for which he was paroled, be longer that the maximum term for which he was sentenced in connection with such offense; and where such revocation iis based upon a subsequent conviction of the parolee of any Federal, State or local crime committed subsequent to his release on parole, determine whether all or any part of the unexpired term being served at time of such parole shall run concurrently or consecutively with the sentence imposed for such subsequent offense. Makes a person eligible for parole after serving one-third of his term or after serving fifteen years of a life sentence or of a sentence of more than forty-five years. Sets forth the procedures for an appearance of a person before the Parole authority. Provides that a warrant for the taking of any person who is alleged to have violated his parole may be issued by the Commission within the maximum term or terms for which such prisoner was sentenced. States that such person shall be given a hearing, without unncessary delay, to determine if there is probable cause to believe that he has violated a condition of his parole. Provides that counsel may be appointed if the alleged violator is unable to retain counsel. Provides that a juvenile delinquent who has been committed and who, by his conduct, has given sufficient evidence that he has reformed, may be released on parole at any time under such conditions and regulations as the United States Parole Commission deems proper if it shall appear to the satisfaction of such Commission that the juvenile has substantially observed the rules of the institution to which he is confined, that there is a reasonable probability that such person will live and remain at liberty without violating the law, and if in the opinion of the Commission such release is not incompatible with the welfare of society. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, during intervals between decennial censuses of population, to produce and publish for each State, county, and local unit of government with a population of 50,000 or more current data on total population. Authorizes the Secretary to make surveys on subjects (other than population) covered by the censuses provided for in this title. Requires that data most recently produced and published shall be used in the administration of any law of the United States in which population is used to determine the amount of benefit received by State and local units of general purpose government. Directs the Secretary and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to jointly initiate the development of uniform methods and procedures in producing statistical information used in effecting the delivery of Federal benefits to State and local governments and report progress toward the development of such procedures not later than one year after enactment of this Act. Specifies that this Act does not limit the present authority of the Office of Management and Budget to develop statistical standards. (Amends 13 U.S.C. 181; Adds 13 U.S.C. 182, 183, 184)
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Records Management Act - Defines terms used in this Act and declares that the purpose of this Act is to require the establishment of standards and procedures to assure efficient and effective records management in the Federal Government. States that such standards and procedures shall seek to effectuate specified goals, including: (1) accurate and complete documentation of the policies and transactions of the Federal Government; (2) control of the quantity and quality of records produced by the Federal Government; and (3) simplification of the processes through which records are created, stored, retrieved, and used. Directs that the Administrator of General Services shall provide guidance and assistance to Federal agencies with respect to records creation, records maintenance and use, and records disposition. Requires the Administrator to conduct inspections or paperwork studies of the records, records practices, and records management programs of every Federal agency. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to charge any Federal agency for the cost of any paperwork study. Directs the Administrator to transmit yearly reports to Congress. Enumerates the types of information that such report shall contain. Establishes the Records Review Board as an independent organization in the executive branch, such Board to consist of five members. Sets the rates of pay for Board members. Allows the Board to appoint and fix the pay of such personnel as it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this Act. Empowers any executive agency to appeal to the Board any order issued by the Administrator pursuant to this Act. Requires the head of each Federal agency to make and preserve records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of such Agency. Grants the Administrator immediate custody and control of the National Archives Building and its contents. Directs the Administrator to establish standards for the selective retention of records of continuing value. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and operate records centers for specified purposes and centralized microfilming services for Federal agencies. States that the head of each Federal agency shall establish safeguards against the removal or loss of records he determines to be necessary and required by the rules of the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to prescribe such rules as he considers essential to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
National Productivity Act - Title I: Statement of Findings, Purposes and Policy - Sets forth the findings of the Congress relating to the rate of productivity growth in the United States. States that it shall be the continuing policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, to stimulate a high rate of productivity growth in all sectors of the economy. Title II: Agency Requirements - Requires each agency of the Federal Government to include in any recommendation or report on proposals for legislation, in any major program recommendation contained in the President's budget, and in any other major Federal action significantly affecting productivity, a detailed statement setting forth: (1) the impact of the proposal on national productivity; (2) the economic effects of the proposal; (3) the relationship between the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity and the effects on the environment that may be incurred by the proposal; and (4) efforts made to provide a systematic and comprehensive approach incorporating all relevant considerations, including efficiency, energy, environment, work conditions, and safety considerations. Directs each Federal agency to: (1) develop alternatives to recommended courses of action in any proposal which involves unresolved conflicts concerning the impact on productivity; (2) provide appropriate support to initiatives, resolutions, and programs designed to maximize regional and international cooperation in anticipating and preventing actions adversely affecting productivity; and (3) make available to State and local governments, public institutions, industry, and individuals appropriate advice and information designed to maintain, enhance, and promote sustained productivity growth. Requires each Federal agency to promote maximum productivity within its own internal operations by establishing a small dictorate level staff to study present organizational structures, and preform other specified functions. Directs the President to transmit to Congress an annual productivity report setting forth: (1) the status and condition of the major factors affecting productivity; (2) present and future trends in the quality, quantity, management, and use of the major factors affecting productivity and the effects of these trends on the economic and other requirements of the United States; (3) the adequacy of the productive base of the United States for fulfilling the economic requirements of the Nation; (4) the programs and activities of the Federal Government, State and local governments, industry, labor, and other nongovernmental entities or individuals, with particular reference to their effect on productivity; and (5) a program for remedying deficiencies of existing programs and activities, together with recommendations for legislation. Title III: National Center for Productivity and Quality of Work; Council on Productivity and Quality of Work - Establishes the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Work. Places such Center under the general supervision of a Council on Productivity and Quality of Work. Directs the Center to perform specified duties, including: (1) provide for and encourage research and development for the purpose of improving productivity, and (2) encourage States, units of general local government and institutions of higher education, to develop and implement projects to improve and stimulate productivity growth. Authorizes the Center to make grants and conduct studies to carry out the purposes of this title. Requires an annual report by the Center to the Congress and to the President on Center activities under this title. Title IV: National Productivity Award - Authorizes the President to award, and present in the name of Congress, an award of appropriate design, which shall be known as the National Productivity Award, to any public or private organization, governmental unit, or individual, which in its performance has distinguished itself by exceptional efforts and contributions to the growth of the Nation's productivity. Title V: Repeal and Transfer - Repeals specified laws relating to the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act not to exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year and subsequent transition period ending September 30, 1976; not to exceed $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; and not to exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Environmental Health Act - Provides that in any proceeding requesting equitable relief pursuant to any statute administered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or instituted at the request of the Administrator, other than a suit for review of a Federal administrative action, a showing by a party that any person is engaging in a course of conduct of discharging, emitting, or manufacturing any substance, where such conduct presents a reasonable risk of being a threat to public health, shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption that a threat to public health exists warranting the granting of such equitable relief as is deemed appropriate to protect the public against such threat. Provides that where a showing is made giving rise to a presumption pursuant to this Act, the person engaging in such course of conduct of discharging, emitting, or manufacturing shall have the burden of proving: (1) that in fact no threat to public health exists or that the risk of any such threat is negligible; or (2) that the physical and economic considerations in favor of such course of conduct outweigh all costs incident to the conduct, including any possible threat to public health.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Revises the provisions of title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act by increasing the increment in old-age benefits payable to individuals who delay their retirement beyond age 65.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
Open Government Act - Requires each lobbyist to file a notice of representation with the Federal Election Commission not later than fifteen days after becoming a lobbyist. States that the notice of representation shall be in such form and contain such information as the Commission shall prescribe, including: (1) an identification of the lobbyist; (2) an identification, so far as practicable of each person on whose behalf the lobbyist expects to perform services as a lobbyist; (3) a description of the financial terms and conditions, including contingent fee arrangements or other conditions, under which the lobbyist is employed or retained by any person, and the identification of that person; (4) each aspect of the policymaking process which the lobbyist expects to seek to influence, including any committee, department, or agency, or any Federal officer or employee, to whom a communication is to be made, the form of communication is to be used, and whether the communication is to be for or against a particular measure or action; and (5) an identification of each person who, as of the date filing, is expected to be acting for such lobbyist and to be engaged in lobbying. Requires each lobbyist to maintain such financial and other records of lobbying activity as the Commission shall prescribe. Provides that such records shall be preserved for a period of not less than two years after the date of the activity. Requires that such records shall be available to the Commission for inspection and shall include the following information: (1) the total income received by the lobbyist, and the amount of such income attributable to lobbying; (2) the identification of each person from whom income for lobbying is received and the amount received. Requires each lobbyist, not later than fifteen days after the last day of a quarterly filing period in which such lobbyist engaged in lobbying, to file a report with the Commission covering the lobbyist's activities during that period. Provides for the content of such reports. Grants powers to the Federal Election Commission. Provides that the Commission has the power for the purposes of this Act: (1) to require, by special or general orders, any person to submit in writing such reports, records, and answers to questions as the Commission may prescribe relating to the execution of its duties; and such submission shall be made within such a reasonable period of time and under oath or otherwise as the Commission may determine; (2) to administer oaths or affirmations; and (3) to require by subpena, signed by the chairman or the vice chairman, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence relating to the execution of its duties. Sets forth the duties of the Commission under this Act. Provides that any lobbyist who fails to comply with the notice and record-keeping requirements of this Act shall be fined not more than $1,000 and be required to fully comply, retroactively or otherwise, with such requirements. Provides that any lobbyist who knowingly and willfully violates such requirements of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years. Provides that any person who knowingly and willfully falsifies all or part of any notice of representation or report which he files with the Commission under this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. Directs the Commission to transmit reports to the President of the United States and to each House of the Congress no later than March 31 of each year. Requires that each such report shall contain a detailed statement with respect to the activities of the Commission in carrying out its duties under this Act, together with recommendations for such legislative or other action as the Commission considers appropriate. Repeals the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Part-Time Career Opportunity Act - Phases in, at the rate of 2 percent each year for five years up to a maximum of 10 percent, part-time jobs in the Federal Civil Service. Authorizes the Civil Service Commission to waive or reduce any such percentage minimum for a period not to exceed one year under specified circumstances. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Public Disclosure of Lobbying Act - Defines "lobbying" and other terms used in this Act. Requires each lobbyist, within 15 days of becoming a lobbyist, to file a notice of representation with the Federal Edection Commission. Sets forth minimum elements to be contined in such notice. Enumerates those persons required to maintain records of lobbying activities and sets forth the required form and content of reports to be made to the Commission containing such records. Requires GS-15 and above employees of the executive branch to maintain records of communications received from outside parties expressing opinions or containing information with respect to the policy making process. Directs each executive agency to make such records available for public inspection. Enumerates the powers of the Commission, including the power: (1) to require any person to submit in writing such reports and answers to questions as the Commission may precribe; and (2) to initiate, prosecute, defend, or appeal any civil or criminal action in the name of the Commission for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act through its General Counsel. Provides that it shall be the duty of the Commission to perform specified tasks, including: (1) to develop and furnish to lobbyists forms required to be filed under this Act; (2) to develop forms for the filing of records of outside contacts by executive branch employees; and (3) to prepare a manual setting forth recommended uniform methods of bookeeping and reporting. Sets forth criminal penalties for violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life Act - Title I: General Provisions - States that it is the purpose of this Act to consolidate in one governmental unit the responsibility to: (1) establish a national policy for short-term and long-term productivity growth and quality of working life in the United States; (2) correct those public and private structural imbalances which impede productivity, growth, improved quality of working life, and the effective performance of society and the economy; (3) identify ways and means for more effective collaborative joint efforts by labor and management to effect growth in productivity and improved quality of working life; (4) identify, encourage, and support development and implementation of all useful technologies, systems, incentives, methods, and techniques for enhancing growth of productivity and improving work quality in the public and private sectors of the United States; (5) maximize the contributions of the Federal Government to productivity growth and improved work quality in both the private and public sector, including the Federal Establishment; (6) increase public understanding of productivity and the quality of working life the ways in which productivity and the quality of working life can be improved, and the urgency of such improvement in all sectors of the economy; and (7) identify ways to eliminate or minimize the human costs of productivity change. Title II: National Center and Advisory Council for Productivity and Quality of Working Life - Establishes as an independent establishment of the executive branch the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life to be under the general direction of a board of directors. Specifies the functions of the Center consonant with the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Executive Director of the Center to enter into contracts for research and demonstration programs or projects to effectuate the achievement of the purposes of this Act. Specifies limitations to be placed on the authority to make grants and contracts under this Act. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Productivity and the Quality of Working Life. Directs the National Council to, on a continuing basis, review and evaluate the administration, operation and performance of the Center in carrying out the functions and duties established pursuant to this title, including its effectiveness in improving the growth of productivity and the quality of working life. Directs the National Council to make recommendations for the improvement of this title and its administration and operation. Sets forth functions of the Center under this title. Establishes in the Department of Labor and in the Department of Commerce an Office of Productivity and Quality of Working Life. Makes each such office responsible for: (1) integrating, coordinating and centralizing all research and activities in its respective Department which pertain to matters of productivity organizational effectiveness, and the quality of working life; and (2) providing liaison with the Center in the formulation of new policies and programs pursuant to this Act, and consistent with the policy of the Center, so that programs developed by the Departments and the Center shall be mutually facilitating. Directs the Office of Productivity and Quality of Working Life in the Department of Labor to develop and apply a set of indicators of quality of working life in order to collect such data as may be required by the Secretary of Labor to analyze and evaluate the health, safety and general well-being of American workers and the quality of working life in America. Directs the Office of Productivity and Quality of Working Life in the Department of Commerce to be chiefly responsible for developing indicators of economic and organizational effectiveness and productivity in order to collect such data as may be required by the Secretary of Commerce and the Center to identify economic blocks to American productivity and to analyze and evaluate proposals for improving productivity. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that the duties, functions, and personnel of the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality are transferred to the Center, and the Commission is abolished. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act specified sums for fiscal years 1976 through 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Returnable Beverage Container Act - Provides that no person shall manufacture for sale, sell, offer for sale, or introduce in interstate commerce any beverage container other than a returnable beverage container. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish such regulations as are necessary for the purpose of this Act. Sets forth penalties of up to a $1,000 fine and/or up to six months imprisonment for violation of provisions of this Act. Directs that the provisions of this Act shall be applicable, one year after passage, to metal cans with attached opening devices and to all other nonreturnable containers three years after passage.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Emergency Public Service Employment Extension Act - Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 1976 to carry out the emergency jobs program under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Revenue Act - Imposes an additional excise tax on gasoline sold by a producer or importer of 20 cents per gallon for gasoline sold before January 1, 1976, and 30 cents per gallon for gasoline sold after that date. Increases the taxes imposed on distilled spirits, cordials and liquers, brandys, wines, beers, cigars, and cigarettes. Provides an income tax credit for taxpayers purchasing gasoline of up to $90, to be computed at the rate of 20 cents per gallon purchased during 1975. States that for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1975, the allowable credit shall be increased to $120, computed at the rate of 30 cents per gallon of gasoline purchased.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Child and Family Service Act - Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Provides that the Secretary shall take all necessary action to coordinate child and family service programs under his jurisdiction and that, to this end, he shall establish and maintain within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Child and Family Services administered by a Director appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that such office shall assume the responsibility of the Office of Child Development and shall be the principal agency of the Department for the administration of this Act. Establishes a Child and Family Services Coordinating Council, consisting of the Director of the Office of Child and Family Services (who shall serve as chairperson), and representatives from the Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and from the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Department of Labor, and other appropriate agencies, to meet on a regular basis, as they may deem necessary, in order to assure coordination of child and family service activities under their respective jurisdictions so as to assure maximum use of available resources through the prevention of duplication of activities; and to structure the activities related to the purposes of this Act. States that funds available for this title may be used (in accordance with approved applications and plans) for planning and developing child and family service programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating child and family service programs, which may include: (1) part-day or full-day child care programs, which provide educational, health, nutritional, and social services directed toward enabling participating children to attain their maximum potential; (2) other health, social, recreational, and educational programs designed to meet the special needs of children and families including before- and after- school and summer programs; (3) social services to help families determine the appropriateness of child and family services and the possibility of alternative plans; (4) prenatal, post partum and other medical care, including services to expectant mothers who cannot afford such services, designed to help reduce handicapping conditions among the newborn; (5) programs designed to meet the special needs of ethnic groups and to meet the needs of all children to understand the history and cultural backgrounds of ethnic groups and the role of members of such groups in the history and cultural development of the Nation and the region in which they reside; (6) food and nutritional services; (7) diagnosis, identification, and treatment, and special activities designed to ameliorate physiological, mental, psychological, and emotional barriers to full participation in child and family service programs; (8) programs designed to extend child and family service gains (particularly parent participation) into the kindergarten and early primary grades, in cooperation with local educational agencies; (9) other such services and activities as the Secretary deems appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this Act; (10) rental, lease or lease-purchase, mortgage amortization payments, renovation, acquisition and maintenance of necessary equipment and supplies, and to the extent authorized by this Act, construction or acquisition of facilities, including mobile facilities; (11) preservice and inservice education and training for professional and paraprofessional personnel, including parents and volunteers, especially education and training for career development and advancement; (12) staff and other administrative expenses of child and family service councils and of project policy committees established and operated in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and (13) dissemination of information in the functional language of those to be served to assure that parents are well informed of child and family service programs available to them and may participate in such programs. Provides that a State, locality, or combination of localities may be designated by the Secretary as a prime sponsor for the purpose of entering into arrangements to carry out programs under this title. Enumerates the requirements which must be met by States and localities submitting prime sponsorship applications. States that each prime sponsor shall establish and maintain a Child and Family Service Council of specified composition. States that such Council shall be responsible for approving child and family service plans, basic goal, policies, procedures, overall budget policies and project funding, and the selection or establishment and annual renewal of an administering agency or agencies and will be responsible for annual and ongoing evaluation of child and family service programs according to criteria established by the Secretary. States that financial assistance under this title may be provided by the Secretary for fiscal year 1976 and any subsequent fiscal year to a prime sponsor only pursuant to a child and family service plan which is submitted by such prime sponsor and approved by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this title. Specifies the elements to be contained in such plans, and the procedure including opportunity for airing of views with respect to such plan, for approval or disapproval of the plan. States that funds may be provided by the prime sponsor for carrying out any program under such prime sponsor's comprehensive child and family service plan only to a qualified public or private agency or organization, including but not limited to an educational agency or institution, a community action agency, single-purpose Headstart agency, community development corporation, parent cooperative, organization of migrant agricultural workers, organization of Indians, organization interested in child care, employer or business organization, labor union, or employee or labor management organization, or by any other public or private agency whose project application is approved by the Child and Family Service Council of the prime sponsorship. Provides for special grants to States for necessary expenses incident to the operation of programs authorized by this Act in such States, and, in addition to the conditions which must be met for such grants, requires that grants for construction or acquisition of facilities may be made only if such construction or acquisition is essential to the provision of adequate child care services. Title II: Standards, Enforcement, And Evaluations - Provides that, within six months after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a common set of program standards which shall be applicable to all programs providing child care services under this or any other Federal Act, to be known as the Federal Standards for Child Care. Provides that the Secretary shall, within sixty days of the enactment of this Act, appoint a Special Committee on Federal Standards for Child Care to participate in the development of Federal Standards for child care and modifications thereof. Provides for the development of a minimum code for child and family service facilities to be addressed to the health, safety, and physical comfort of the children participating in such programs. Provides for the withholding of grants where prime sponsors fail to conform with their approved plans or applicable standards and regulations. Title III: Research and Demonstrations - States that it is the purpose of this title to assist and encourage the provision of urgently needed facilities for child care and comprehensive child services programs. States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to insure any mortgage (including advances on such mortgage during construction) in accordance with the provisions of this title upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe and make commitments for insurance of such mortgage prior to the date of its execution or disbursement thereon. Provides that the mortgage shall be executed by a mortgagor approved by the Secretary, and that such mortgages shall involve in principal obligation of up to $250,000 and not to exceed 90 percent of the estimated replacement costs of properties or projects when the proposed improvements are completed. Creates a Child and Family Services Facility Insurance Fund which shall be used by the Secretary as a revolving fund for carrying out all the insurance provisions of this title, including mortgage insurance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, contracts, or other arrangements to carry out a program of research and demonstration projects, which shall include but not be limited to: (1) research to develop techniques to measure and evaluate child and family services, and to develop standards to evaluate professional and paraprofessional child and family service personnel; (2) research to test preschool programs emphasizing reading and reading readiness; (3) preventive medicine, techniques, and technology to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of diseases and learning disabilities of pre-school children; (4) research to test alternative methods of providing child and family service; (5) evaluation of research findings and the development of these findings and the effective application thereof; (6) dissemination and application of research and development efforts and demonstration projects to child and family service programs and early childhood education programs; (7) production of informational systems and other resources necessary to support the activities authorized by this Act; and (8) a study of the need on a nationwide basis for child and family services programs and of the resources, including personnel, which are available to meet this need. Title IV: Training of Personnel for Child and Family Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to enable individuals employed or preparing for employment in child and family services programs assisted under this Act to participate in preservice or inservice training programs for professional and nonprofessional personnel. Title V: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Provides for nutrition services to be provided to child and family service programs under the National School Lunch Act of 1946 and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Imposes a tax on each new automobile sold to a final purchaser. Sets forth the tax based on fuel consumption rates. Allows a tax credit against the tax. Provides an increased tax and tax credit for calendar years 1977-1978, 1979-1980 , 1981-1982, and 1983 and thereafter. Defines the terms used in this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to determine the fuel consumption rate of each automobile with each available engine size, standard accessories, and standard tires. States that the Administrator shall, not later than January 1, 1976, and by January 1 of each year thereafter, report to the Secretary of the Treasury a schedule of all rates to be known as the Automobile Fuel Consumption Schedule. Requires the Automobile Fuel Consumption Schedule to be published in the Federal Register each year. States that the label to be affixed to each new car under the Automobile Information Disclosure Act shall include: (1) the fuel consumption rate determined to be applicable for such automobile; and (2) the tax paid or credit allowed under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Homeowners' Loan Act - Establishes the Homeowner's Loan Corporation. Requires the Board of Directors of the Corporation to determine the minimum amount of capital stock of the Corporation and to increase such capital stock from time to time in such amounts as may be necessary. Authorizes the Corporation to issue bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000,000 which may be sold by the Corporation to obtain funds for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Directs the Corporation during such period to make assistance payments to individuals and families who have incurred substantial losses of income as a result of unemployment. Directs that such payments be sufficient to enable such individuals and families to meet home mortgage payments. Stipulates that such payments not be made for a period in excess of eighteen months with respect to any mortgagor. Prohibits such payments unless the Corporation determines that such mortgagor will be able to avoid or cure a default on the mortgage. Authorizes the Corporation for a period of three years, but only during any three calendar quarters beginning with one in which the Federal Home Loan Bank Board determines that the foreclosure rate exceeds one-half of 1 percent, to acquire home mortgages and other obligations and liens secured by real estate. States that each home mortgage or other obligation or lien so acquired shall be carried as a first lien or refinanced as a home mortgage by the Corporation on the basis of the price paid therefor by the Corporation, and shall be amortized by means of monthly payments sufficient to retire the interest and principal within a period of not to exceed thirty years. Requires that the aggregate amount of payments with respect to any mortgagor be secured by a lien on the mortgaged property. Directs the Board to issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary, including rules and regulations providing for the appraisal of the property on which loans are made under this section so as to accomplish the purposes of this Act. States that whoever makes any statement, knowing it to be false, or whoever willfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Homeowners' Loan Corporation of the Board upon any application, advance, discount, purchase, or repurchase agreement, or loan under this Act, or any extension thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Dye Marking Act - Requires that any person who sells or distributes number 1 or number 2 fuel oil provide for the marking of such fuel oil. Defines "number 1 fuel oil" and "number 2 fuel oil". Stipulates that no person shall purchase or use any fuel oil marked in accordance with this Act for any diesel powered highway vehicle. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to prescribe rules for such marking. Directs the Administrator to insure compliance with the provisions of this Act. Allows the Administrator or his delegate to enter the premises of any person who sells or distributes number 1 or number 2 fuel oil, and to have access to any motor vehicle owned by such person, for the purpose of insuring such compliance.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Medical Expense Tax Credit Act - Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code, a tax credit of 85 percent of the amount by which an individual's medical expenses exceeds 15 percent of his modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year. Defines medical expenses as the medical care expenses of a taxpayer and his dependents for: (1) the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or for the purpose of affection of any structure or function of the body; (2) medicine and drugs; and (3) one-half of the amounts paid during the taxable year for insurance which constitutes medical care for the taxpayer, his spouse, and dependents. Repeals the existing deductions for medical and dental expenses. Authorizes the President to study the adequacy of the use of refundable tax credits under the Internal Revenue Code (as amended by this Act) in meeting the health care needs of the Nation as an alternative to medicaid, medicare, and all other Federal medical assistance and health care programs, and to report to the Congress on his findings and conclusions not later than July 1, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Provides that no part of any appropriation and no local currency owned by the United States shall be available for payment of any expenses, nor shall transportation be provided by the United States, in connection with travel outside the fifty states (including the District of Columbia) of the The United States of: (1) any Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Member of the House of Representatives; or (2) any Member of the Senate unless such individual is reelected or elected as a Member of, Delegate to, or Resident Commissioner in the House of Representatives for the suceeding Congress, or is reelected or elected as a Member of the Senate for a term beginning at noon on January 3 following the date of such general election.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Bilingual Courts Act - Provides for bilingual proceedings in all district courts of the United States in both civil and criminal actions where it is determined that a party to the action or one of his witnesses does not understand the English language. Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Judiciary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Expresses the Senate's disapproval of the President's proposed deferral of budget authority to carry out the homeownership assistance program of the National Housing Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Requests the President to proclaim the period from February 16 to March 15, 1975, as "Energy Conservation Month". Directs the President to publicize the need for energy conservation. Requests the President to report to Congress by March 31, 1975, steps taken to promote energy conservation and recommendations for a continuing program. Directs the President to report monthly to the American people and Congress the state of energy resources.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Extends the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs established by S. Res. 281, Ninetieth Congress, through February 19, 1976. Authorizes the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, in studying matters pertaining to the lack of food, medical assistance, and other related necessities of life and health, from March 1, 1975, through February 28, 1976, in its discretion: (1) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, (2) to employ personnel, (3) to subpena witnesses and documents, (4) 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, information, and facilities of any such department or agency, (5) to procure the temporary services (not in excess of one year) or intermittent services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, (6) to interview employees of the Federal, State, and local governments and other individuals, and (7) to take depositions and other testimony. Provides that the minority shall receive fair consideration in the appointment of staff personnel pursuant to this resolution. Limits the expenses of the committee under this resolution to $485,000.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the U.S. Government should ask all parties signatory to the Paris Agreement and to the Lao protocols to abide by their provisions. Directs the President and the Secretary of State to continue to take the necessary steps, including new negotiations as may be deemed necessary, to obtain an honorable determination of the fate of all United States servicemen and civilians missing in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Directs the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to provide for radio and television coverage of proceedings in the Senate Chamber during the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, except for closed-door sessions. Requires video tapes of such broadcasts to be kept and made available to commercial broadcast stations. Provides for monitors of such broadcasts in various offices and for audio monitors in members' offices, if desired.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Expresses the sorrow of the Senate upon hearing of the death of Representative John C. Kluczynski of Illinois. Appoints a committee of two Senators to join the committee appointed by the House of Representatives to attend the funeral of Representative John C. Kluczynski.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight Act - Establishes the Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, consisting of seven members from each House, to conduct a continuing study and investigation of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States Secret Service, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and all other departments and agencies insofar as their activities pertain to intelligence gathering. Prohibits the appropriation of funds for intelligence activities unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after enactment of this Act. Requires that legislation pertaining to intelligence activities be reported from such joint committee. Grants subpena power to the chairman of such joint committee.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Regulatory Commissions' Independence Act - Provides that independent regulatory commissions shall submit budget estimates and requests directly to the Congress. Requires such commission to transmit at the same time a copy of each such estimate or request to the President or the Office of Management and Budget. Requires that each such estimate or request shall reflect the independent judgment of the commission concerned and shall not be changed at the direction of the President, Office of Management and Budget, or any other agency of the Government. Stipulates that whenever any independent regulatory commission submits legislative recommendations, or testimony, or comments on legislation to the President or the Office of Management and Budget, it shall concurrently transmit a copy thereof to the Congress. Provides that no officer, employee, or agency of the United States shall have any authority to require any independent regulatory commission to submit its legislative recommendation, or testimony, or comments on legislation, to any officer, employee, or agency of the United States for approval, comments, or review, prior to the submission of such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress. Authorizes the various independent regulatory commissions (1) to act, in any civil action, in their own respective name and through their own attorneys, and (2) to supervise and conduct litigation in any civil action to which the Commission is a party.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Provides that no new tariff, fee or other charge, no increase in existing tariffs, fees or other charges, and no new quota or other limitation on imports of crude oil or petroleum products other than those in effect on January 1, 1975, may be imposed unless: (1) such action is specifically authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of this joint resolution; or (2) the specific action proposed to be taken is submitted to both Houses of the Congress. States that if such action is disapproved by either House within the thirty-day review period, no officer or agency shall have authority to take any action inconsistent with the provisions of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Consumer Protection Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to promote protection of consumers with respect to specified areas, including: (1) the safety, quality, purity, potency, healthfulness, durability, performance, repairability, effectiveness, dependability, availability, and cost of any real or personal property or tangible or intangible goods, services, or credit; and (2) the preservation of consumer choice and a competitive market. Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch the Agency for Consumer Advocacy. Directs the Administrator of the Agency to prepare and submit an annual report simultaneously to the Congress and the President, not later than April 1 of each year. Specifies the content of such report, including the Agency's activities and court actions affecting the interests of consumers. Directs the Agency to advise the Congress and the President on matters affecting the interests of consumers and to protect and promote the interests of the people of the United States as consumers of goods and services. Enumerates the functions of the Administrator, including the following: (1) to represent the interests of consumers before Federal agencies and courts; (2) to conduct and support research, studies, and testing; (3) to submit recommendations annually to the Congress and the President on measures to improve the operation of the Federal Government in the protection and promotion of the interests of consumers; and (4) to publish material developed in carrying out this Act to inform consumers of matters of interest to them. States that whenever the Administrator determines that the result of any Federal agency proceeding may substantially affect an interest of consumers, he may as of right intervene as a party or otherwise participate for the purpose of representing an interest of consumers. Provides that whenever the Administrator receives any complaint which discloses: (1) an apparent violation of law relating to an interest of consumers; or (2) a commercial, trade, or other practice which is detrimental to an interest of consumers; he shall transmit such complaint to any Federal, State, or local agency which has the authority to enforce any relevant law or to take appropriate action. Directs the Administrator to maintain a public document room containing, for public inspection and copying, an up-to-date listing of all consumer complaints of any significance which the Agency has received, as arranged in meaningful and useful categories, together with annotations of actions taken in response thereto. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct studies, and to obtain data and information from persons engaged in a trade, business, or industry which substantially affects interstate commerce and whose activities he determines may substantially affect an interest of consumers. Stipulates that the Administrator shall not have the power to require the production or disclosure of any data or other information under this Act from any small business. Provides that, upon written request by the Administrator, each Federal agency is directed to furnish access to all documents which the Administrator deems necessary for the performance of his functions. Sets forth limitations on the disclosure of any information obtained pursuant to any authority conferred by this Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that small business enterprises should have their varied needs considered by all levels of government in the implementation of the procedures provided for throughout this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, not to exceed $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and not to exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978. Provides for the transfer of employees and property of the Consumer Product Information Coordinating Center in the General Services Administration to the Agency. Requires Federal agencies to issue standards governing public participation in agency proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
States that all tax returns made with respect to taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code are confidential records, and that, except where provided otherwise, no return shall be open to inspection nor shall information contained therein be disclosed. Authorizes inspections of returns by the following persons: (1) the taxpayer or his representative; (2) officers and employees of the Departments of Justice, the Treasury, State agencies entrusted with carrying out the income tax laws, and the Internal Revenue Service solely for administration and enforcement of the income tax laws; and (3) the President of the United States. Authorizes the disclosure of statistical information to State and Federal agencies and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
States that the Senate of the United States: (1) commends the agreement in principle reached at Vladivostok on November 24, 1974; (2) expresses its firm belief that this agreement in principle must lead to further mutual arms limitations and reductions; and (3) expresses its understanding that the Vladivostok agreement establishes limits within which the United States and the Soviet Union may deploy strategic forces, but than any deployment of United States strategic nuclear weapons, up to the limits established by the Vladivostok agreement, should be based solely upon the actual needs of United States security. Expresses the advice of the Senate that the President should make every possible effort: (1) to complete the negotiations resulting from the Vladivostok agreement in principle; and (2) in addition, to reach further specified agreements regarding nuclear arms limitations. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Vladivostok agreement be submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent in accordance with the treaty provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975
Natural Gas Priority Act - Directs the Federal Power Commission, for one year following enactment of this Act, to prohibit any interruption or curtailment of natural gas and to take such other steps as are necessary to assure as soon as possible the availability in interstate commerce of sufficient quantities of natural gas for use as a raw material feedstock or process fuel in the production of fertilizer, animal feed grade chemicals, and essential agricultural chemicals. Provides for direct Commission authority over agricultural requirements for natural gas.
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