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United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Provides for an additional permanent district judgeship for the Northern District of West Virginia. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 133).
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Provides for an ivestigation by the General Services Administration of various problems involved in providing toll-free telephone numbers for incoming calls at each regional office of specified executive agencies. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Full Employment and Job Development Act - States that the purpose of the Act is to provide for the implementation of a full employment policy through the establishment of a Federal Full Employment Board and the provision of assistance for job development in the public and non-profit private sectors and related training and assistance. Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch a Federal Full Employment Board, to consist of five members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: one representative of labor, one of management, one distinguished economist, one distinguished manpower expert; and one member of the general public. Authorizes and directs the Board to: (1) recommend to the President and to the Congress a program to achieve full employment; (2) undertake manpower planning and long-range and short-term surveys in terms of demand, supply and sector; (3) review decisions made by public and private employers affecting full employment; (4) develop guidelines and standards for use of public funds in job development programs; (5) review the implementation of manpower training and employment implementation of manpower training and employment programs in terms of the extent to which they contribute to full employment; (6) direct the Secretary of Labor to obligate funds made available under the Full Employment Assistance Fund; (7) hold nationwide and regional conferences; (8) analyze the extent to which the Federal budget may assist in reaching full employment; (9) evaluate programs; and (10) carry out such other functions as the President may direct. Authorizes $3,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 and for each fiscal year thereafter for the activities of the Board. Provides for an annual Full Employment Report setting forth the Board's recommendations with respect to implementation of a full employment policy for each fiscal year and for succeeding fiscal years. Establishes the Full Employment Assistance Fund and authorizes therefor $1 billion for fiscal 1974, and such funds as necessary for each year thereafter. Provides that the Secretary of Labor is to provide assistance from the fund pursuant to specific directions of the Board to public agencies and non-profit private organizations (including prime sponsors of manpower training and employment programs) for public service job development programs, and related training and assistance. Provides that assistance is to be provided by the Secretary only by application submitted to the Secretary and approved by him. States that each application must set forth a program to provide employment and related training and assistance for unemployed persons to enable them to obtain employment not supported under the Act and meet other special requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to use such sums as may be necessary from those appropriated to the Fund for training and other services related to employment. Requires the President to establish an Intergovernmental Full Employment Advisory Council, which shall meet at least twice a year to advise the Board with regard to matters related to achieving the objective of full employment. Provides that in selecting members of the Council, the President shall assure an equitable balance in political and geographical affiliation of its members and shall insure inclusion of State and local prime sponsors and other public and private agencies and organizations responsible for conducting manpower training and employment programs.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Makes it unlawful for any Executive Branch officer or any person acting under such officer's authority to require any of the following from any United States Government employee or any applicant for employment in the Executive Branch of the Government: (1) disclose their race, religion, or national origin; (2) attend Government-sponsored meetings and lectures or participate in outside activities unrelated to their employment; (3) report on their outside activites or undertakings unrelated to their work; (4) submit to questioning about their religion, personal relationships or sexual attitudes through interviews, psychological tests, or polygraphs; and (5) support political candidates or attend political meetings. Permits inquiries into national origin when necessary for the national interest or overseas work. Allows agency officers to advise employees of charges of sexual misconduct as long as the employee has an opportunity to refute the charge. Makes it illegal to coerce an employee to buy bonds or make charitable contributions; or to require him to disclose his own personal assets, liabilities, or expenditures, or those of any member of his family unless they would show a conflict of interest. Provides a right to have a counsel or other person present, if the employee wishes, at an interview which may lead to disciplinary proceedings. Makes it unlawful for any Civil Service Commission officer to require any executive department or agency to do any prohibited act; or to require a person seeking to establish Civil Service status or employment in the executive branch to submit to interrogation, polygraph testing, or psychological testing designed to elicit views regarding religion, personal relationships, or sexual attitude. Accords the right to a civil action in a Federal court for violation or threatened violation of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to defend all persons sued who acted pursuant to an order or who, in his opinion, did not willfully violate this Act. Establishes a three-member Board on Employees' Rights with members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Grants the Board the authority and duty to receive and investigate written complaints from any person claiming to be aggrieved by any violation or threatened violation of this Act and to conduct a hearing on each such complaint. Grants the Board powers which will eliminate violation of this Act. Directs the Board to make an annual report of its activities to Congress. Excludes the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency from the provisions of this Act. Permits the establishment of agency grievance procedures to enforce this Act, but the existence of such procedures shall not preclude the use of other remedies.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
National Amateur Sports Development Foundation Act - Establishes in the District of Columbia a body corporate by the name of the National Amateur Sports Development Foundation which shall not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. Provides that the foundation shall be directed in accordance with the provisions of this Act by a board to be known as the Trustees of the National Amateur Sports Foundation whose duty it shall be to maintain and administer the foundation and to execute such other functions as are vested in the board by this Act. Provides that the Board shall be composed of sixteen voting members and the president of the foundation ex officio. Authorizes the President of the United States to appoint incorporators, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve as the initial board of trustees of the foundation. Sets forth the powers of the Board. States that it shall be the purpose of the foundation to: (1) encourage the achievement of individual excellence in the field of physical endeavor; (2) reduce inequalities among social, economic, and geographic groups in opportunities to participate in amateur sports; (3) coordinate by voluntary means the interests and activities of national sports associations with one another and with related educational and recreational programs of local, State, and Federal Government; (4) strengthen and expand development of amateur sports in the United States; (5) strengthen the position of United States competitors in significant international amateur athletic events; (6) extend knowledge and facilitate the practice of amateur sports; (7) promote broadened cultural exchanges with foreign nations in the field of amateur sports; and (8) study national needs relating to amateur sports. Requires the Board to submit an annual report to the President for submission to the Congress on the activities and accomplishments of the foundation during the preceding calendar year. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 $1,000,000 to be used by the board in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the board for use by it in carrying out the provisions of this Act, for each fiscal year following fiscal year 1974, an amount equal to the amount of donations, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property received by the board during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which such appropriation is made, except that the total aggregate amount appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed $50,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Extends child's insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (OASDI) to individuals adopted by disability or old-age insurance beneficiaries.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Menominee Restoration Act - Provides for the repeal of the Act of June 17, 1954 which terminated Federal supervision of the Menominee Tribe. Provides that within fifteen days after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall announce the date of a general council meeting of the tribe to elect the Menominee Restoration Committee. States that the Menominee Restoration Committee shall represent the Menominee people in the implementation of this Act and shall have no powers other than those given to it in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Menominee Restoration Committee, under contract with the Secretary, to proceed to make current the membership role of the Menominee Tribe in accordance with the terms of this Act. Requires the Menominee Restoration Committee to conduct elections by secret ballot for the purposes of determining the tribe's constitution and bylaws and the individuals who shall serve as members of the tribe's governing body. States that subject to the approval of the shareholders as required by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the board of Directors of Menominee Enterprises Incorporated shall transfer to the Secretary all assets held by such corporation. Provides that such assets shall be held in trust by the Secretary, on behalf of the United States for the tribe. Authorizes the Secretary to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1973
Prohibits foreign assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to countries, listed in this Act, not taking adequate measures to end illicit opium production.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President immediately designate an individual of the highest character and integrity from outside the Executive Branch to serve as special prosecutor for the government of the United States in any and all criminal investigations, indictments, and actions arising from any illegal activity by any persons, acting individually or in combination with others, in the Presidential election of 1972, or any campaing, canvass, or other activity related to it; (2) the President should grant such special prosceutor all authority necessary and proper to the effective performance of his duties; and (3) the President should submit the name of such designee to the Senate, requesting a resolution of approval thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Provides for a daily index of the Congressional Record.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Prohibits any material to be enclosed with any social security check which contains the name, signature, or title of any Federal officer other than the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. (Adds 42 U.S.C. 405(n))
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Development Disabilities Amendments - Makes appropriation authorizations for the Development Disabilities Services and Facilities construction Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of next two fiscal years. Provides for the minimum allotment of funds under such Act for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Guam. Removes the present requirement of Federal approval of each construction project under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Provides for the relief of Mostafa Ibrahim Shaaban and his wife, Aziza Shaaban.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Federal Appropriations Reform Act - Title I: Change of Fiscal Year - Provides that beginning June 30, 1974, the fiscal year shall coincide with the calendar year. Sets April 15 as the date for the submission to Congress of the President's budget and economic messages and economic reports. Title II: Separate Consideration of Appropriations Measures - Provides that the legislative period of Congress shall open on January 3 for exclusive consideration of legislative matters, August 15, and set a specific date by which all authorizations bills must be enacted. Provides that the fiscal period of Congress shall convene thereafter, at a date set by joint resolution upon the adjournment of the legislative period, for the exclusive consideration of appropriation bills. Provides that the fiscal period can last no longer than December 1. Directs that during both periods, all committees, legislative and appropriation, shall meet to consider matters under their jurisdiction. Allows them to hold hearings and conduct studies, but states only legislative committees can report bills or resolutions to the floor during a legislative period, while only appropriations committees can report bills to the floor during the fiscal period. Provides the following exceptions: (1) Congress can make supplemental or deficiency appropriations during a legislative period; (2) the president of the United States or the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, acting jointly, may notify Congress that the consideration of specific bills is necessary because of a national emergency; and (3) during either the legislative or fiscal period, the Congress may consider overriding a veto by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Provides that under the Military Selective Service Act the States and the political subdivisions thereof are to be considered employers for purposes of the reemployment rights of veterans. States that for purposes of this Act an employee of the United States Postal Service shall be held and considered to be an employee of the United States Government.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Petroleum Reserves and Import Policy Act - Title I: General Provisions - Provides that authority under this Act shall be exercised over the establishment and management of reserve producing and storage capacity for, and over any and all imports of, liquid and gaseous fuels, whether crude or processed. Creates a Petroleum Reserve and Import Policy Committee. Sets forth the membership of such Committee. Provides that there shall be a Petroleum Reserves and Imports Administration in the Department of the Interior, which shall be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and which shall implement the decisions of the Committee and the provisions of this Act. Requires every importer, refiner, transporter, distributor, or marketer of fuels subject to the provisions of this Act to prepare such accounts, records of cost-accounting procedures, correspondence, memorandums, papers, books, and other records as the Secretary of the Interior may by rule and regulation prescribe as necessary or appropriate for purposes of the administration of this Act. Provides that the Committee shall prepare, have printed, and transmit to the Congress an annual report summarizing all actions taken under authority of this Act, with an analysis of their impact, and any recommendations the Committee may address to Congress for legislation regarding the matters governed by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior such funds as are necessary for implementation of the provisions of this Act. Title II: Strategic Petroleum Reserve System - Creates a strategic petroleum reserve system for those fuels subject to the provisions of this Act, which shall be composed of the following programs: (1) petroleum industry storage reserve, (2) petroleum industry production reserve, and (3) national petroleum reserves. Authorizes the Secretary of Interior, under his existing authority to regulate for conservation purposes the development and production of oil and gas on Federal lands, including the Outer Continental Shelf, shall require holders of oil and gas leases on those lands to produce oil and/or gas from their wells at specified percentage, to be determined by the Committee of their maximum efficient rate (MER), in order to create reserve producing capacity as part of the petroleum industry production reserve. Creates a national petroleum reserve, which shall include (1) the naval petroleum reserves administered by the Secretary of the Navy; and (2) the storage of crude oil in natural geological formations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy with the consultation and assistance of the Secretary of Interior, to conduct a program of exploration for oil and gas on the naval petroleum reserves in order to determine the oil and gas resources therein which might be producible as part of the national petroleum reserve. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Defense $20,000,000 in fiscal year 1974, $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1975, and $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1976, for the exploration program. Title III: Oil and Gas Import Regulation - Provides that the Committee shall from time to time classify liquid and gaseous fuels by kind and source according to the risk to the United States of their total or partial interruption, for reasons which may include but are not necessarily limited to natural disaster war international political confrontations short of war sabotage insurrection or political instability, or disputes over prices or other conditions of production, sales, or delivery. States that every person who imports into the United States fuels subject to the provisions of this Act, except exempt imports, shall have in his possesssion an import license, issued by the Secretary of Interior, under the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations of the Committee, specifying the kind, quantity, and source of fuel to be imported. Provides that import licenses issued under this Act shall be freely exchangeable, transferrable, or negotiable, but all exchanges, transfers, or sales or import licenses shall be promptly filed and recorded with the Administration under its rules and regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1973
Federal Disaster Insurance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish and implement a disaster insurance program which will enable interested persons to purchase insurance indemnifying them against property damage due to natural catastrophes. Directs the Secretary to encourage participation in the program by insurance carriers. Directs the Secretary to provide for the terms and conditions of insurability and coverage of various kinds of property. Provides for limitations on coverage of residential and other properties when the chargeable premium rate is less than the estimated premium rate, as determined by criteria set forth in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to have deposited in the United States Treasury a Disaster Insurance Fund which shall serve as a revolving fund for the payment of expenses, claims and obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Prohibits the payment of any other Federal disaster assistance to persons for losses which were idemnified by insurance under this Act or could have been indemnified under certain conditions, to the extent of their indemnification. Requires the Secretary to make information and data available to the public and State and local agencies regarding the disaster insurance program. Provides for judicial review of any order adverse to a party in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide information, utilizing computers and modern data processing methods, through a national adoption information exchange system, to assist in the placement of children, awaiting adoption and in the location of children, including cooperative efforts with any similar programs operated by or within foreign countries, and such other related activities as would futher or facilitate adoptions. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and such sums as may be necessary for succeeding fiscal years, to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Earthquake Prediction Act - Provides that it shall be the function and duty of the Director of the Geological Survey to develop and carry out an earthquake prediction program which shall include: (1) heavy instrumentation of the San Andreas fault and closely related faults of California and Nevada to obtain detailed records of data useful in developing an earthquake prediction capability; (2) establishment of facilities for the collection and computerized reduction, analysis, and interpretation of the data flow from such instruments; (3) supporting field, laboratory, and theoretical studies; and (4) development and field-testing of additional instruments which are useful in connection with the development and implementation of this program. States that the Director shall utilize the services of research personnel in institutions of higher education and public entities or organizations and private entities or organizations concerned with seismic research. Establishes an advisory committee for the earthquake prediction program which shall consist of not less than seven nor more than fifteen members who shall be appointed by the Director from among individuals recommended by the National Academy of Sciences. States that it shall be the function of the advisory committee to advise and assist the Director in developing and carrying out the earthquake prediction program. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness to establish and carry out a program to review and assess the current state of knowledge on earthquake prediction and warning systems, to identify key problem areas for further research and evaluation, and to determine what additional steps are needed to reduce primary and secondary losses from earthquakes. Provides that information developed under this Act shall be made available to the Office of Science and Technology, the Congress, Governors in States of high seismic risk and other concerned government and private organizations. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of developing an earthquake prediction program the sum of $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next following four fiscal years. Authorizes to be appropriated for the other provisions of this Act the sum of $200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next following four fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Establishes a program, under the National Science Foundation Act, to advance earthquake research, including ground and soil analyses, criteria of earthquake resistant construction, methods of assessing risks, and development of necessary instruments. Provides that the National Science Foundation shall report to the President and Congress, and make their research available to various State and Federal agencies. Authorizes an appropriation of $10,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Provides that any executive agreement made on or after the date of enactment of this Act shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State who shall then transmit such agreement to the Congress. States that if, in the opinion of the President, the immediate disclosure of such an agreement would be prejudicial to the security of the United States the agreement shall be transmitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House under an appropriate written injuction of secrecy to be removed only upon due notice from the President. Provides that any such agreement shall come into force with respect to the United States at the end of the first period of 60 calendar days after the date on which the executive agreement is transmitted to the Congress or such committees, as the case may be unless, both Houses pass a concurrent resolution stating in substance that both Houses do not approve the executive agreement. Sets forth the procedure to be followed by the Congress in the case of concurrent resolutions described above.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Rural Job and Business Development Tax Act - Allows a double investment credit under the Internal Revenue Code for property placed in service in rural areas which will assist in providing new employment opportunities. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 46(c)(5))
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Provides for the relief of Capt. Kenneth E. Jenkins, U.S. Marine Corps.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
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 President shall designate from among the Commissioners one to serve as Chairman, five to serve as National Parole Commissioners and such others as may be necessary to serve as Regional Parole Commissioners. Specifies the duties of the Chairman of the Commission. Provides that the national Parole Commissioners, by majority vote, shall: (1) have authority to accept, reject, or modify any decision of any Regional Parole Commissioner; (2) give reasons in detail for their decisions in any appropriate case, including the review of any decision of any region; (3) transfer to themselves the authority to grant, modify, or revoke an order paroling any eligible person when the national well-being so requires; and (4) perform other functions specified in this Act. Authorizes a Regional Commissioner to carry out specified duties, including: (1) to grant or deny any application or recommendation to parole or re-parole any eligible person, (2) to specify reasonable conditions of any order granting parole; and (3) to re-parole any person whose parole has been revoked and who is not otherwise ineligible for parole. Makes a person eligible for parole after serving one-third of his term or terms or after serving fifteen years of a life sentence or of a sentence of more than forty-five years. Provides that once a person is eligible for parole he must be given a parole appearance and at least one additional parole appearance every two years. Authorizes the Commission to release such a person if it appears from a report and recommendation by proper institution officers that such person has observed the rules of the institution, 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. Sets forth the procedures for an appearance of a person before the Parole authority. Provides that a warrant for the retaking of any person who is alleged to have violated his parole may be issued by any Commissioner within the maximum term or terms for which such prisoner was sentenced. States that such person shall be given a hearing before a United States magistrate as soon as possible subsequent to his being retaken pursuant to such a warrant. Provides that counsel may be appointed if the alleged violator is unable to retain counsel. Authorizes the magistrate to release the parolee on bail until a determination has been made as to whether or not his parole will be revoked. Provides that, upon entering a judgement of conviction, the court having jurisdiction to impose sentence, when in its opinion the ends of justice and best interests of the public require that the defendant be sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, may: (1) designate in the sentence of imprisonment imposed a minimum term at the expiration of which the person shall become eligible for parole, which term may be less than but shall not be more than one-third of the maximum sentence imposed by the court, or (2) fix the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be served in which event the court may specify that the person may become eligible for parole at such time as the Commission may determine. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, upon the commitment of any person sentenced to imprisonment under any law of the United States for a definite term or terms of over one hundred and eighty days, and under such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, to cause a complete study to be made of the person and to furnish to the Commission a summary report, together with any recommendations which in the Director's opinion would he helpful in determining the suitability of the prisoner for parole. Creates an Advisory Corrections Council and specifies the members of such Council. Provides that the Council shall consider problems of treatment and corrections of all offenders against the United States and shall make such recommendations to the Congress, the President, the Judicial Conference of the United States and other appropriate officials as may improve the administration of criminal justice and assure the coordination and integration of policies of the Federal agencies, private industry, labor and local jurisdictions respecting the disposition, treatment and correction of all persons convicted of crime. Provides that the Commission may grant or deny any application or recommendation for parole, modify, or revoke any order of parole of any person sentenced pursuant to the Federal Youth Corrections Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to designate one Commissioner to serve as Youth Corrections Comissioner. States that it shall be the responsibility of such Commissioner to oversee the policies pertaining to offenders sentenced under such Act, and to serve as vice chairman of the Commission. Re-enacts applicable sections of the Federal Youth Corrections Act to make the language conform to the changes made by this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Provides that children's benefits received by an individual under the Social Security Act shall be disregarded in determining whether that individual is a dependent of a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 152)
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University, Stanford, California, on condition that the funds will be used for the construction of a new building, for the equipment of such building, and for the establishment of a capital fund administered by the Hoover Institution, the income from which shall be used for the purchase and processing of books and other documents for the library of the Hoover Institution. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury for making grants under this Act amounts in which the aggregate will not exceed gifts, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property, made to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the aggregate amount so appropriated shall not exceed $5,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Permits, under the Labor Management Relations Act, employer contributions to jointly administered trust funds established by labor organizations to defray costs of legal services.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
National Institute of Justice Act - Establishes an agency to be known as the National Institute of Justice to be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Institute, including: (1) undertake surveys, and collect, analyze, and disseminate information relating to the operation of the judicial system in the United States at all levels, with particular emphasis upon information with respect to improvements and innovations in the operation of that system, and (2) conduct, either directly or through contracts, grants, or other arrangements, an evaluation of the principal sources of delay in the administration of justice, criminal and civil, designed to identify existing problems and to provide a diagnosis of new anticipated problems in the timely and efficient disposition of civil and criminal cases. Sets forth the administrative functions and duties of the Director and of the Institute. Provides that no officer or employee of the Institute shall take any active part in political management or in political campaigns and no such officer or employee shall use his official position or influence for the purpose of interfering with any election or affecting the result of any election. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Authorizes appropriations for the Office of Environmental Quality and the Council on Environmental Quality for fiscal year 1974 and for each fiscal year thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
National Blood Bank Act - Establishes a National Blood Bank Program in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Prescribes standards by which the Director of such program shall designate a group or organization as a national blood bank system, including the requirement that all member blood banks maintain a program for the recruitment of voluntary blood donors, and a system of accreditation for member blood banks. Provides that the Director shall, in order to assure an adequate supply of pure and safe blood throughout the Nation: (1) develop new procedures, materials, and techniques to inform the public of the need to voluntarily donate blood; (2) provide direct assistance to establish an adequate supply of voluntary blood in those parts of the country where it is presently unavailable; (3) develop a national program to honor and recognize all voluntary donors; and (4) establish yearly goals of voluntary donors for each blood bank. Provides that the Director shall maintain a registry of all persons who give blood after July 1, 1972, to a licensed blood bank. Provides that blood banks affected by this Act must be licensed by the Director subject to a fee of not more than $125 per annum and subject to periodic inspection by the Director. Requires the Director to issue such license when such blood bank agrees to require identification of each blood donor, agrees to transmit to the Director such information as the Director may require and when the application therefor contains or is accompanied by such information as the Director finds necessary and the applicant agrees and the Director determines that the blood bank will be operated in accordance with standards the Director issues to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Director to sue in the United States district court to enjoin any activity by a blood bank licensed under this Act which would constitute an imminent hazard to the public health. Provides for appeal from, and review of, such proceedings. Provides that a willful violation of the provisions of this Act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both. Establishes an Advisory Council to the Director appointed by the President to make recommendations to the Director on means of attaining the goals of the Program. Provides that, notwithstanding any antitrust law, a national blood bank system may exclude or reject from membership in such system any blood bank which does not qualify for tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the United States to contract for, or pay for, the provision of blood from a Class A Blood Bank, defined under this Act as part of a national blood bank system. Authorizes to be appropropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1973, 1974, 1975 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that the Postal Service shall be obligated to provide postal services at rates which will encourage and support the widest possible dissemination of news, opinion, scientific, cultural, and educational matter. States that postal rates shall be established to apportion the costs of all postal operations to all users of mail on a fair and equitable basis that takes into consideration all aspects of postal policy. Provides that the rates of postage established for matter mailed at reduced rates may not include a per piece charge that is added to the basic rate of postage established for such mail matter. Provides that each rate of reduced postage for specified types of matter shall be at the rate that existed for such matter on June 1, 1972, for the first 250,000 copies of each issue mailed. Provides that any further increases after July 6, 1972, in second-class mail rates shall be subsidized by a 50 percent Federal payment.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing contained in the U.S. Constitution shall prohibit the several States and the District constituting the seat of government of the United States from providing for voluntary prayer in the public schools of that jurisdiction, nor shall it abridge the right of persons lawfully assembled in any public building to participate in voluntary prayer.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Hemophilia Act - Provides that any individual suffering from hemophilia may file a claim for benefits under this part with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in such form and containing such information as he may reasonably require. States that benefits under this part shall be paid to, or on behalf of a claimant, in an amount equal to 100 percent of the actual cost of providing blood, blood products, and services associated with the treatment of hemophilia, less: (1) amounts payable by third parties (including governmental agencies), and (2) amounts determined by the Secretary (in accordance with this Act) to be payable by the individual suffering from hemophilia. Authorizes to be appropriated for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1976, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of no less than fifteen new centers for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals suffering from hemophilia. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this section $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Provides that the Secretary shall establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of individuals suffering from hemophilia. States that such program shall be made available through the facilities of the Public Health Service to any individual requesting diagnosis, treatment, or counseling for hemophilia. Permits the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities, and to enter into contracts with public and private entities and individuals to establish blood fractionation centers, for the purpose of fractionating and making available for distribution blood and blood products, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary to hemophilia treatment and diagnostic centers. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976 for this purpose. Establishes in the National Institutes of Health a National Hemophilia Advisory Board to be composed of twenty members. States that it shall be the function of the Board to: (1) establish guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia; and (2) submit a report to the President for transmittal to the Congress not later than January 31 of each year on the scope of activities conducted under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Full Benefits for Elderly Tenants Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to disregard the increase in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act pursuant to Public Law 92-336 in determining eligibility or the amount of assistance under specified laws relating to low-income housing.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Congressional Free Speech Act - Provides that no court or grand jury shall inquire of a Member or an aide either directly or indirectly into the protected legislative activities of a Member in a criminal proceeding without the Member's consent. Requires the Attorney General of the United States to personally approve the issuance of any subpena to a Member who is at that time serving in Congress, and to notify in writing that Member, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in the case of a Representative, and the President pro tempore of the Senate, in the case of a Senator, not less than forty-eight hours in advance of the issuance of the subpena. Provides that when an aide is served with a subpena which he has reason to believe may require his testimony on the protected legislative activity of a Member, the aide shall immediately inform that Member. Permits any Member to move in United States district court to quash any subpena issued by a court or grand jury in a criminal proceeding requiring him or an aide to appear to give testimony where the Member believes that the subpena seeks testimony about protected legislative activity. Sets forth the procedure for such a motion.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Allows any Senator, or former Senator, to refuse to testify before any court or grant jury in a criminal proceeding concerning his legislative activity while a Member of the Senate. Prohibits an aide or former aide to a Senator or to a former Senator from testifying before a court or grand jury in a criminal prosecution in the performance of legislative activity by that Senator while he was a member of the Senate, unless otherwise instructed by that Senator. Provides that no memorial or other paper presented to the Senate, except original treaties, finally acted upon, shall be withdrawn from its files except by order of the Senate, except that when an act may pass for the settlement of any private claim, the Secretary is authorized to transmit to the officer charged with the settlement the papers on file relating to the claim, (contained in House Rule XXX). Provides that no memorial or other paper upon which an adverse report has been made shall be withdrawn from the files of the Senate unless copies thereof shall be left in the Office of the Secretary (presently contained in House Rule XXX). Requires a Senator to immediately notify the President Pro Tempore of any demands for testimony or documents made upon him or an aide which might fall within the provisions of this rule.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Provides for disaster assistance under the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, in the case of substantial economic loss resulting from other than natural causes.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Provides under the Housing Act of 1949 that a city whose population falls to below fifty thousand to convert any outstanding urban renewal projects from a two-thirds to a three-fourths capital grant formula.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Authorizes technical corrections and changes in the enrollment of S. 7, the Vocational Rehabilitation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
National Energy Research and Development Policy Act - Title I: Coordination and Augmentation of Federal Support for Research and Development of Fuels and Energy - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to establish and maintain a national program of research and development in fuels and energy adequate to meet specified objectives. Establishes an Energy Research Management Project which shall have a Chairman appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the duties of the Project, initiating: (1) to review the full range of Federal activities in and financial support for fuels and energy research and development, giving consideration to research and development being conducted by industry and other non-Federal entities, to determine the capability of ongoing research efforts to carry out the policies established by this Act and other relevant Federal policies, particulary the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; and (2) to formulate a comprehensive energy research and development strategy for the Federal Government which will expeditiously advance the policies established by this Act. Provides that in evaluating proposed opportunities for particular research and development undertakings pursuant to this title, the Management Project shall assign priority to types of projects listed in this title. Requires the President not later than five years from the date of this Act, if the authorities and duties of the Management Project are not reassigned to a permanent agency in the interim, to report to the Congress on his evaluation of the progress of fuels and energy research and development and his recommendation for further management of the Federal research and development programs. Provides that the Chairman shall keep the Congress fully and currently informed of all of the Management Project's activities and shall submit to the Congress an annual report. States that neither the Chairman nor any other member of the Management Project or his employees may refuse to testify before the Congress or to submit information to the legislative or appropriations committees of either House of the Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 annually for the administrative expenses of the Management Project. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and, subject to annual congressional authorizations, $800,000,000 for each of the four following fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this title with respect to energy research and development. Title II: Establishment of a Coal Gasification Corporation - Establishes the Coal Gasification Development Corporation. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for manufacturing substitute natural gas from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a fullscale, commercial-size facility to manufacture substitute natural gas from coal by such method. Provides that the Corporation shall transmit to the President of the United States and the Congress, annually, commencing one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, and at such other times as it deems desirable, a comprehensive and detailed report of its operations, activities, and accomplishments under this title. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $6,000,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: Establishment of a Shale Oil Development Corporation - States that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of shale oil as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program jointly managed and funded to demonstrate commercial methods of producing environmentally acceptable fuels from shale oil. Establishes the Shale Oil Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing a syncrude from shale oil. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce a syncrude from shale oil by such method. Requires the Corporation to transmit an annual report to the President and the Congress and at such time to submit such legislative recommendations as it deems desirable. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $5,000,000 and for each of the next seven succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Establishment of an Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation - Establishes the Advanced Power Cycle Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more most technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing electricity at high efficiencies using advanced power cycles with minimum adverse environmental impacts using coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical and economical feasibility thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible a full-scale commercial-size facility to produce electricity from coal by such mehtod. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $6,500,000, and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary. Title V: Establishment of a Geothermal Energy Development Corporation - Establishes the Geothermal Energy Development Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation, on the basis of the best geologic information and after field exploration, to select suitable sites for the construction of two or more demonstration installations to develop technologies for the generation of steam and electric power from geothermal resources. Authorizes the Corporation to operate a full scale commercial-size facility to produce electricity from geothermal energy. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, for fiscal year 1974, the sum of $8,000,000, and for each of the next fourteen succeeding fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title VI: States that it is the policy of the Federal Government to bring into being the technology for commercial development of coal liquefaction processes as quickly as possible by establishing a Government-industry program jointly managed and funded to demonstrate commercial methods of producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal. Establishes the Coal Liquefaction Corporation which shall have a Board of nine Directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States, of whom one shall be elected annually by the Board to serve as Chairman. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select, on the basis of the best engineering information available, the two or more technically, environmentally, and economically feasible methods for producing synthetic liquid petroleum products from coal. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain a demonstration-type facility for each such method selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasiblity thereof and to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for each such method demonstrated, which is technically and economically feasible, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce synthetic fuel from coal by such method. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Corporation, fiscal year 1974, the sum of $7,500,000, and for each of the next eleven succeeding fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Authorizes common carriers, engaged in interstate or foreign communications by wire or radio and subject to the Communications Act to provide free or reduced rate service for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. (Amends 47 U.S.C. 210)
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Limits the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose, by regulations, restrictions upon the availability and use of Federal funds authorized for social services under the public assistance programs established by the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall elect two Senators and the number of Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled by apportionment if it were a State. Requires each Senator or Representative so elected to be an inhabitant of the District and to possess the same qualifications as to age and citiizenship and have the same rights, privileges, and obligations as a Senator or Representative from a State. Provides that this article shall have no effect on the provision made in the twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution for determining the number of electors for President and Vice President to be appointed for the District. Entitles each Representative or Senator from the District to participate in the choosing of the President or Vice President in the House of Representatives or Senate under the twelfth article of amendment as if the District were a State. Grants Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Child Abuse Prevention Act - Establishes a National Center of Child Abuse and Neglect to monitor research, maintain a clearinghouse on child abuse programs, and compile and publish training materials for persons working in the field. Establishes a program of demonstration grants to be used in training personnel in the fields of medicine, law and social work and to support innovative projects aimed at preventing or treating child abuse or neglect. Creates a National Commission on Child Abuse and Neglect to examine some of the issues relating to child abuse including the effectiveness of existing laws and the proper role of the Federal Government in the area of child abuse. Modifies existing legislation authorizing child welfare programs to require a State plan outlining the system used to deal with child abuse. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Rolling Stock Utilization and Financing Act - Title I: National Rolling Stock Information Service and Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund - States that the purposes of this Act is: (1) to improve the utilization and distribution of rolling stock to meet the needs of commerce, users, shippers, the national defense, and the consuming public; (2) to assist railroads in acquiring additional rolling stock to provide fast and expeditious service to meet the increasing demands of the Nation's economy; and (3) to assist in achieving full employment by insuring adequate equipment necessary to transport the products of American industry. Defines the terms used in this Act. Creates a Federal Railroad Equipment Obligation Insurance Fund to be used to insure the interest on, and the unpaid principal balance of, any equipment obligation determined eligible for insurance. Establishes a Board to administer this Fund. Requires the Board before insuring any equipment obligation to determine in writing that specified limitations and conditions are met, including: (1) that the equipment obligation is secured by rolling stock to be financed or refinanced thereby; (2) that the terms of the equipment obligation require full payment within fifteen years from the date thereof; and (3) that the financing or refinancing of the rolling stock is justified by the present and future demand for transportation services to be rendered by the railroad or car-pooling company for which the rolling stock is procured. Authorizes the Board to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury if at any time the moneys in the fund are not sufficient to pay any amount under an agreement entered into under this section. Allows the Board to consent to the modification of the provisions of an equipment obligation as to rate of interest, time of payment of interest or principal, security, or the terms and conditions or any contract of insurance entered into pursuant to this Act. Requires the transactions of the Board to be audited by the Comptroller General in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe and requires a report to be made to the Congress. Title II: To Improve Utilization - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to design and assist railroads in establishing a national rolling stock information system. Provides that such system shall facilitate equitable distribution and economic utilization of rolling stock by furnishing information to railroads, shippers, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the public about rolling stock with respect to physical characteristics, origin, destination, location, availability for future loadings, and such other information as determined useful. Requires a semiannual report to Congress on progress under this title. Relieves persons contracting for the design of a national information system or the use of such information from the antitrust laws with respect to such contract. Authorizes an appropriation of $10,000,000 for purposes of this provision. Requires the Secretary to develop an index measuring the degree of utilization of freight cars, and to publish such index at least quarterly together with a report setting forth the changes in such utilization and the causes thereof. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to publish a report on utilization of freight cars thirty days after each report by the Secretary. Provides for a study by the Secretary, with legislative recommendations, on the utilization of freight cars and means to improve such utilization. Provides for a study on the use of abandoned railroad trackage and rights-of-way as recreational trails and camp sites. Title III: Rolling Stock Authority - Authorizes the establishment of a corporation known as the Rolling Stock Authority if substantial progress in freight car supply and utilization has not been made within three and one-half years of enactment of this Act. States that the purposes of the Authority shall be to acquire, maintain, and provide rolling stock, to manage a pool of such rolling stock, and to employ innovative concepts for equitable distribution and efficient use of such rolling stock to meet the needs of the national economy. Provides that the Authority shall have a Board of eleven Directors, consisting of the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, and nine members, to be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of specified railroad, labor, shipping, and consumer organizations. Empowers the Authority to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its business; sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of its property and assets; build, own, and maintain rolling stock to be operated for the purpose of providing modern, efficient freight transportation of goods; and conduct research and development related to the purposes of this Act. Provides that every railroad shall pay to the Authority a per diem surcharge of fifty cents per car day on each general service freight car for each day that such a railroad incurs a car-hire charge for the use of such car. States that the levy shall continue until the Board of Directors determines that such sum as may be necessary for this Act but not less than $10,000,000 nor more than $30,000,000 will be due or will have been paid as of a certain date, whereupon the levy will cease. Requires the Authority to issue a negotiable interest-bearing debenture to each railroad in the amount of the per diem surcharge paid by such railroad. Empowers the Authority to incur debts for capital purposes. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase the obligations of the Authority guaranteed by the United States in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 to acquire capital stock of the Authority; and such sums as may be necessary for the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on notes or obligations issued as guarantees under this section. Provides for the audit of expenditures under the Government Corporation Control Act. Requires a plan for the public sale of stock in the Authority, including a program to require refinancing, and to assure that the sale of the stock will result in a wide dispersion in the ownership of the stock. Requires the Authority to establish a national rolling stock information system within one year of enactment if such system is not in operation at the date of incorporation. Provides that the Authority shall establish charges for the use of rolling stock supplied by it, and shall establish terms and conditions governing the use of its equipment. States that the Authority shall be subject to the car service provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, and the orders of the Commission thereunder to the extent applicable. Provides that the Authority may enforce compliance with any obligation owing to it under this Act by an appropriate civil action. Prohibits a railroad from refusing to transport general service freight cars owned by the Authority. Requires an annual report to the President and the Congress by the Authority on its activities under this Act. Title IV: General Provisions - Requires the Authority, in contracts under this Act: (1) to include equitable arrangements to protect the interests of individual employees affected in their employment by any such contract; (2) to conform to prevailing practices of the railroads and nonrailroads with rolling stock building and rebuilding facilities; and (3) to insure provailing wages for construction work.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Title I: Coordination, and Personnel - Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, shall coordinate efforts, in carrying out the purposes of all other Federal health, welfare, rehabilitation, highway safety, law enforcement and economic opportunity legislation, to deal with alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Provides that the Director of the Institute may employ and prescribe the functions of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to administer the programs and authorities under the Act. Title II: Federal Assistance for State and Local Programs - Authorizes further appro- priations for grants to States under the Act of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that State plans for assistance under the Act must set forth standards for construction and licensing of public and private treatment facilities, as well as standards for other community services or resources available to assist individuals to meet problems resulting from alcohol abuse. Provides that the Secretary acting through the Institute is authorized to make grants to the states for the implementation of the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act. Transfers all authorities pertaining to alcohol abuse and alcoholism under the Community Mental Health Centers Act to the authority authorized under the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act. Provides that grants under the Community Mental Health Centers Act for the construction of facilities for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism shall be approved in accordance with plans setting forth: (1) a description of the site of the project; (2) plans and specifications therefor in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary for general standards of construction and equipment for facilities of different classes and different types of locations; and (3) reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors of the project will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act. Removes the requirement under the Act that grants for specialized facilities may be made only to facilities which are a part of or affiliated with a Community Mental Health Center providing at least those essential elements of comprehensive community mental health services which are prescribed by the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out part B of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, 120,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and 120,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974, and each of the next nine fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to continue to make grants for staffing with respect to sections under such part for which a staffing grant was made from appropriations under the above for any fiscal year ending before July 1, 1976. Removes the compulsory suspension of Federal financial assistance, under the Act, to private and public hospitals for refusing to admit or treat alcoholics.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Domestic Volunteer Service Act - Title I: National Volunteer Anti-Poverty Programs - Provides for the Volunteers in Service to America (Vista) program of full-time volunteer service, together with appropriate powers and responsibilities designed to assist in the development and coordination of such program. Authorizes the Director to recruit, select, and train persons to serve in the VISTA program. Authorizes the Director to assign VISTA Volunteers, upon the request of Federal, State, or local agencies or private nonprofit organizations. Directs the Director, wherever feasible, to assign low-income VISTA volunteers to serve in their home communities in teams with nationally recruited VISTA volunteers having an appropriate specialty which would benefit that community. Requires the Director to terminate the assignment of an individual VISTA volunteer within thirty days of a Governor's request or within a mutually agreeable time frame. Requires that VISTA Volunteers make a full-time, personal commitment to combating poverty, including, to the extent practicable, a commitment to live among and at the economic levels of the people with whom they are assigned to work, and to remain available for services without regard to regular working hours, at all times during their term of service except for authorized periods of leave. Authorizes a two-year term of enrollment for VISTA Volunteers. States that no volunteer shall serve for more than five years. Directs the Director to support volunteers serving under this Act through living allowances, travel allowances, and leave allowances, and through housing, supplies, equipment, subsistence, clothing, health and dental care, transportation, supervision, technical assistance, and any other support which he deems necessary or appropriate for volunteers to carry out their assignments. Directs the Director, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of HEW, the Secretary of Labor, and appropriate State officials, to conduct a special emphasis program by assigning VISTA, UYA, or other ACTION volunteers to departments of corrections in a State, county, city, or public school district in futherance of the purpose of the Act. Directs him to place a special emphasis on the recruitment of rehabilitated criminal offenders as participating volunteers. Provides that the Director, in consultation with the VA Administrator, the Commissioner of Education and the Secretary of Labor, shall conduct a program in furtherance of the purpose of this Act, with a special emphasis on the recruitment as volunteers of persons who are Vietnam-era veterans. Directs the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Special Action Office on Drug Abuse Prevention, the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, and the VA Administrator, to conduct the special emphasis program by assigning VISTA, UYA, or other ACTION volunteers to programs in furtherance of the purpose of rehabilitating drug abusers. Title II: National Older American Volunteer Programs - Provides for the making of grants by the Director of ACTION to State agencies to develop a volunteer service program, limiting those volunteers to individuals over 55 years of age. Requires the Director to coordinate programs under this title with relevant programs in other Federal agencies in disseminating information about the availability of assistance under this title, and in promoting the identification and interest of older persons whose services may be utilized under this title. Title III: National Volunteer Programs to Assist Small Business and Promote Voluntary Service by Small Businessmen - Directs the Director to consult with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration in order that they may cooperate in the operation of the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) and Active Corps of Executives (ACE) program which provides managerial and other assistance to small businesses. States that the Director shall be responsible for: (1) conducting a national publicity and recruitment effort to publicize the accomplishments of these programs and to encourage others to serve in them; (2) providing general budgetary planning for the SCORE/ACE program and appropriate logistical support (including office space and supplies when the SBA has none available to the SCORE/ACE volunteers serving Small Business Administration clients; and (3) expanding the application of the expertise of SCORE and ACE volunteers to other projects and agencies, besides the Small Business Administration, to carry out programs authorized by this Act or the Economic Opportunity Act. Declares that such volunteers, while working on SBA projects or new programs under this title, shall be considered Federal employees for purposes of Federal tort claims and compensation for work injuries. Prohibits SCORE/ACE volunteers serving in connection with the responsibilities of the Director of the ACTION Agency under this Act from participating in any screening or evaluation activities on behalf of the Small Business Administration in connection with applications for loans from the Administration, and prohibits them from providing services to a client of the Small Business Administration with a delinquent loan outstanding except when specifically requested by such a client after the loan has become delinquent. Title IV: Administration and Coordination - Provides the Director with general authorities which are in addition to those given him by other provisions of the Act. Prohibits funds appropriated to carry out programs under the Act or to carry out the Act from being used to finance political activity or election, and authorizes the Director to issue rules and regulations for the enforcement of these political prohibitions and similar prohibitions in any programs assisted under the Act. Prohibits agencies or organizations to which volunteers are assigned, or which operates or supervises any volunteer program authorized by this Act, from requesting or receiving any compensation for services of those volunteers. Prohibits the use of funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from being used to finance labor or anti-labor organizations. Authorizes the Director to prescribe requirements for volunteer service in programs authorized by this Act and requires volunteers and prospective volunteers to provide information concerning their qualifications. Establishes in the ACTION Agency a National Voluntary Service Advisory Council to be composed of not more than 25 members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the President. Provides that the Council shall advise the Director with respect to administrative and policy matters, and at his request, review the effectiveness of the programs operating under this and the Peace Corps Act. Prohibits the Director from providing financial assistance for any program under this Act unless the financial arrangement specifically prohibits discrimination because of race, creed, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, or belief. Provides that the stipend paid to volunteers under this Act shall not be taxed until actually received by the volunteers. Exempts from the income tax the allowances received by VISTA and University Year for ACTION volunteers and volunteers serving in full-time programs of at least one-year's duration under part C of title of this Act, except for stipends (to VISTA or UYA Volunteers or Volunteer Leaders), leave allowances, and that part of the living allowance which the Director determines is basic compensation. Title V: Authorization of Appropriations - Provides authorization for appropriation for each of the programs under ACTION for the next three fiscal years. Prohibits the expenditure in excess of ten percent of the total amount appropriated and made available for this Act for administrative expenditures, including the compensation of Federal employees. Title VI: Amendments to Other Laws and Repealers - Supersedes the program and administrative provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 7 relating to domestic volunteer programs. Provides that all official actions taken by the Director of the ACTION Agency his designee, or any other person under the authority of such Reorganization Plan which are in force on the effective date of this Act and for which there is continuing authority under the provisions of this Act shall continue in full force and effect until modified, superseded or revoked by the Director. Provides that VISTA, University Year for ACTION Volunteers, and volunteers serving in full-time programs of at least one-year's duration under title I of this Act who subsequently become members of the Federal Civil Service shall have their volunteer service time counted as creditable toward Civil Service retirement, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Provides that veterans who serve in VISTA or the Peace Corps shall have an extension on the time period in which they are eligible for veterans educational assistance under the GI Bill equal to the time which they spent in VISTA or Peace Corps training and service.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Public Health Service Act Extension - Extends authorizations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Public Health Service Act: (1) research and demonstrations relating to health facilities and services; (2) systems analysis of national health care plans; (3) national health surveys and studies; (4) traineeships for professional public health personnel; (5) project grants for graduate training in public health; (6) health services for domestic agricultural migrants; (7) grants to States for comprehensive State health planning; (8) project grants for areawide health planning; (9) project grants for training, studies, and demonstrations related to comprehensive national health planning; (10) grants for comprehensive public health services; (11) project grants for health services development; (12) assistance for construction of medical library facilities; (13) grants for training in medical library sciences; (14) grants for establishing, expanding, and improving the basic resources of medical libraries and related instrumentalities; (15) grants for establishment of regional medical libraries; (16) financial support of biomedical scientific publication; (17) grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit long-term care, outpatient, and rehabilitation facilities; (18) grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers; (19) grants for the modernization of long term care, outpatient, and rehabilitation facilities, and of hospitals and public health centers; (20) loan guarantees and loans for modernization and construction of hospitals and other medical facilities; (21) construction or modernization of emergency rooms; (22) grants for construction of teaching facilities for allied health professions personnel; (23) basic and special grants to improve the quality of training for allied health professions; (24) special projects for experimentation, demonstration, and institutional improvements related to training allied health personnel; (25) traineeships for advanced training of allied health professions personnel; (26) scholarship grants for allied health professions personnel; (27) grants to encourage full utilization of educational talent for allied health professions; (28) work-study programs for personnel in the allied health professions; (29) loans for students of the allied health professions; and (30) grants for education, research, training and demonstrations in the fields of heart disease, cancer, stroke, kidney disease and other related diseases. Extends authorizations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Community Mental Health Centers Act: (1) grants for construction of public and other nonprofit community mental health centers; (2) grants for initial costs of professional and technical personnel of community mental health centers; (3) grants for developing specialized training programs, training personnel, conducting surveys and and programs of special significance related to community mental health centers; (4) grants for facilities for alcoholic rehabilitation; (5) grants for training programs, personnel, and studies related to drug abuse and rehabilitation; (6) grants for drug abuse education; (7) project grants for construction and staffing of facilities for the prevention and treatment of alochol and drug abuse; (8) grants for consultation services for alcohol and drug abuse; and (9) grants for treatment facilities to provide mental health services for children.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Federal Drug Abuse Enforcement Reorganization Act - Sets forth Congressional findings related to law enforcement and illegal drug traffic. Establishes in the Department of Justice an Office of Drug Abuse Investigation and Enforcement which shall be headed by a Deputy Attorney General appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the Deputy shall: (1) review the investigative practices and capabilities, regulations, guidelines, and procedures for the several agencies under his direction and control as provided in this Act, in terms of their adequacy and consistency with the policies and priorities he provides or establishes; (2) recommend changes in organization, management, and personnel, which he deems advisable to implement the policies, priorities, and objectives he provides or establishes; and (3) conduct or provide for the conduct of evaluation and studies of the performance and results achieved by all Federal agencies working in the areas of drug abuse enforcement. Transfers to the Attorney General all of the functions of the Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary of State and Commissioner of customs which pertain to seizures and arrests, as well as manufacture and control, of narcotics and dangerous drugs. States that it is the intent of the this Act that the Federal Bureau of Investigation exercise investigative jurisdiction in cases involving alleged violations of Federal narcotics and drug abuse laws when it is determined by the Deputy and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, upon request of the Deputy that such exercise will facilitate the successful investigation and prosecution of such cases or the development of useful intelligence information, either independently or in concert with other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. Provides that in carrying out his functions under this Act, the Deputy shall strengthen coordination among all Federal departments and agencies engaged in law enforcement investigations, programs and activities, and activities which relate to drug abuse enforcement and control functions. Directs the Deputy to prepare for the Attorney General and the Cabinet Committee on International Narcotics Control an annual report on the use of the resources and personnel of the Federal Government and international organizations in which the United States is a member in controlling illicit narcotics traffic. Provides that the Deputy shall coordinate or assure coordination and cooperation of Federal drug enforcement functions with functions of State and local governments and agencies. Establishes a special fund under the direction and control of the Deputy, in order to provide: (1) incentives to Federal, State, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and international organizations, to develop innovative concepts, methods, and techniques in the investigation and successful prosecution of narcotics trafficking cases generally; and tactical and strategic intelligence information relating to the nature, extent, and impact of such trafficking, and to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of local law enforcement efforts in this area; and (2) funding assistance to such agencies, particularly local law enforcement agencies, to complete successfully specific cases against major narcotics traffickers, and to expedite the disposition of narcotics trafficking cases within local judicial systems. Authorizes for the purposes of providing such assistance appropriations of $30,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973 and $30,000,000 for each of the next succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Federal Narcotics Drug Trafficking Offenses and Sentencing Act - Title I: Declaration of Purpose - Finds and declares that narcotic addiction in the United States is a significant factor in the commission of serious crimes against persons and property. States it is the purpose of this Act to insure the public safety more effectively by: (1) reducing on an emergency basis the incidence of illicit narcotics trafficking through the deterrent influence of criminal penalties; and (2) requiring the Attorney General to collect, analyze and report regularly information and data on the operation of the Federal, State and local sentencing systems and the relationship between minimum-maximum sentencing, and deterrence and recidivism. Title II: Increased Penalities as a Deterrent - States that in the case of a compound, mixture, or substance containing less than ten ounces of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II of the Controlled Substances Act which is a narcotic drug a person who violates the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years and may in addition be fined not more than $25,000, provided that in the case of such compound, mixture or substance containing less than one-eight of one ounce of such controlled narcotic drug, such person may be sentenced, in the discretion of the Court, to less than the mandatory minimum. Provides that the sentence may include a special parole term of not less than 3 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, and probation shall not be granted. States that if such person has been convicted of one or more felonies under any provision of the United States relating to controlled substances or any offense under State or foreign law relating to a narcotic drug in Schedule I or II which offense would be a felony under this Act and one or more of the convictions have become final, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 5 years nor more than 30 years, and may in addition be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that the sentence may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, and probation shall not be granted. States that if the crime was committed while such person was released prior to trial on a charge of violating this Act, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 5 years, nor more than 30 years, and may in addition be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that the sentence may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended and probation shall not be granted. States that in the case of a compound, mixture, or substance containing more than ten ounces of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II which is a narcotic drug such person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 5 years, or for life and may in addition be fined not more than $100,000. Provides that the sentence, if for a term of years, may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended and probation shall not be granted. States that if such a person has been convicted of one or more felonies under any provision of law of the United States relating to controlled substances or for an offense under State or foreign law relating to a narcotic drug in Schedule I or II which offense would be a felony under this Act and one or more of the convictions have become final, he shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 7 years, or for life and may in addition be fined not more than $200,000. Provides that the sentence, if for a term of years, may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended, and probation shall not be granted. States that if the crime was committed while such person was released prior to trial on a charge of violating this Act he shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 7 years, or for life and may in addition be fined not more than $200,000. Provides that the sentence, if for a term of years, may include a special parole term of not less than 6 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. Directs that imposition or execution of such sentence shall not be suspended and probation shall not be granted. States that any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this Act shall be punished as prescribed for the commission of the offense which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy. Title III: Development of Research on Impact and Effect of Federal, State and Local Sentencing Practices - Provides that the Attorney General shall direct the Institute for Criminal Justice of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration: (1) to collect, synthesize and formulate information and data and to conduct research on a continuing basis relating to the operation and effect of Federal, State and local sentencing systems; and (2) to develop and recommend guidelines and standards for Federal, State and local Courts in sentencing, probation, parole and other forms of release of offenders.