United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should take immediate steps to restrain the inflationary impact of Federal expenditures and to conserve the use of energy by ordering each department and agency of the Federal Government to reduce expenditures on the travel and transportation of persons by at least 25 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the well-being of the world and all of its people is gravely threatened by exorbitant or rigged foreign oil prices. States that it is further the sense of the Senate that Congress and the American people support President Ford and Secretary Kissinger in their call to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to lower the price of petroleum.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974
Joint Committee on Intelligance Oversight Act - Establishes a Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, specifying the composition of such Committee and enumerating its duties, including to conduct a continuing study of the activites of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other specified agencies of the Federal Government. States that no funds may be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out any intelligence or surveillance activity unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after this Act. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Committee, the procedures for classification of information, and the recordkeeping requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
National Emergencies Act - Title I: Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies - States that all powers and authorities conferred by law upon the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or upon any department, agency, independent establishment, or any other body of the Federal Government, and all powers and authorities conferred by any Executive Order pursuant to law as a result of the existence of any national emergency in effect immediately prior to the two hundred and seventy-first day after the date of enactment of this Act, are terminated on such two hundred and seventy-first day. Title II: Future National Emergencies - Provides that in the event the President finds that the proclamation of a national emergency is essential to the preservation, protection, and defense of the Constitution, and is essential to the common defense, safety, or well-being of the territory and people of the United States, the President is authorized to proclaim the existence of a national emergency. Title III: Declarations of War by Congress - Stipulates that whenever Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during time of war or a national emergency shall be effective from the date of such declaration and remain in effect only in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Title IV: Future National Emergencies - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during such a national emergency or during a war declared by the Congress shall be effective and remain in effect with respect to such emergency or war only in accordance with this Act. States that when the President declares a national emergency, no powers made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall become operative unless and until the President specifies by Executive Order the specific provisions of law under which he proposed that he, or other officers of the executive branch, will act. Provides that any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with this title shall terminate 180 days after the date the national emergency was declared unless Congress, by concurrent resolution, provides otherwise. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file, and an index thereof, of all Executive Orders issued by the President. Directs the President to transmit to the House of Representatives and the Senate and to the appropriate committees of the Congress the texts of each order, rule, or regulation, by whatever name called, promulgated by any executive department, administration, independent establishment, board, commission, official, group of officials, or other rulemaking authority. Title VI: Repeal of Certain Emergency Power Statutes - Provides for the repeal of specified provisions of law dealing with emergency powers.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
Authorizes the President to reduce Federal expenditures for fiscal year 1975 to $295,000,000,000. Provides that in making reductions in amounts appropriated in order to reduce budget outlays to such amount, the President shall not reduce the amount of an item of appropriation: (1) if that appropriation does not exceed an amount equal to 95 percent of the sum requested in the budget for that fiscal year, unless (A) the President transmits a special message to Congress stating that he proposes to reduce the amount appropriated for such item and the sum by which that appropriation is to be reduced, and (B) neither House of Congress passes a resolution, during thirty calendar days of continuous session occurring immediately after transmittal of the message, stating in substance that it disapproves the reduction; and (2) in the case of any other item of appropriation, by more than 15 percent of the amount appropriated.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Provides that, beginning with fiscal year 1975, if the outlays of the United States Government exceed receipts, then during the immediately succeeding fiscal year the rate of compensation that each Senator, Representative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico would have been paid but for the enactment of this Act shall be reduced by 10 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
Declares that all foreign troops currently involved in Cyprus be withdrawn immediately so that the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross may be permitted to restore peace to the island, and to guarantee the protection and civil rights of all persons and communities and the right of the Cypriot people working together to determine their own destiny.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1974
Establishes the National Commission on Inflation. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, including the following: (1) to develop and recommend to the President and the Congress policies, mechanisms, and procedures to achieve and maintain stability of prices and costs in a growing economy; (2) to promote the consistency of price and wage policies with fiscal, monetary, international, and other economic policies of the United States; (3) to provide information to the public, agriculture, industry, labor, and State and local governments concerning the need for controlling inflation and encourage and promote voluntary action to that end; (4) to review the programs and activities of Federal departments and agencies and the private sector which may have adverse effects on supply and cause increases in prices and make recommendations for changes to increase supply and restrain prices; (5) to review industrial capacity, demand, and supply in various sectors of the economy, working with the industrial groups concerned and appropriate governmental agencies to encourage price restraint; and (6) to work with labor and management in the various sectors of the economy having special economic problems, as well as with appropriate Government agencies, to improve the structure of collective bargaining and the performance of those sectors in restraining wages and prices. States that to furthur promote voluntary wage and price restraints and to promote the level of consumer and international confidence in the Nation's ability to moderate the rate of inflation, the Commission shall: (1) conduct public hearings when appropriate to provide for public scrutiny of inflationary problems in various sectors of the economy; (2) report to the President, the Congress, and the public, when appropriate, of any decisions, actions, or price and wage increases which the Commission determines would substantially contribute to inflationary pressures in the economy; (3) within ninety days from the date of passage of the resolution, report to the Congress and to the President specific anti-inflation policies and programs it believes to be needed; and (4) transmit to the President and the Congress within twelve months of the date of enactment of this resolution a final report on its findings and recommendations. Enumerates the powers and privileges of the Commission. Authorizes appropriations of up to $1,500,000 to carry out the provisions of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are commended on July 24, 1974, for their many achievements as a major religion and a humanitarian people.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the leadership of the Nation responsible for our economic wellbeing meet together immediately in a spirit of unity to design a set of policy actions to achieve the common goal of restoring stability and growth to the American economy and confidence and prosperity to the American people. Directs that this domestic summit be convened forthwith comprised of the President, the majority and minority leadership of both Houses of the Congress, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Appropriations Committees of both Houses, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, together with leaders of labor and business, and such other participants as they may agree upon. Provides that they shall meet and devote such time as necessary until a plan of action is decided upon which, by its demonstration of renewed unity, direction, and purpose, will gain the public support and confidence necessary to be effective in overcoming these difficulties.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Declares that the Senate commends the CBS television network for commemorating the birth of our Nation, and for providing a focus for Americans to foster a sense of deepened pride in their heritage.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1974
Authorizes the Federal Power Commission to allocate natural gas supplies when a shortage of such supplies threatens the public health, safety, or welfare. Requires such an allocation to be equitable among all geographic areas and economic sectors. Terminates such allocation authority on July 1, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act - Declares the purposes of this Act to be: (1) to characterize Federal/non-Federal relationships in the acquisition of property and services and in the furnishing of assistance by the Federal Government; and (2) to establish Government-wide standards for selection of appropriate legal instruments to achieve uniformity in the use by the executive agencies of such instruments, a clear definition of the relationships they reflect, and a better understanding of the responsibilities of the parties. Requires each executive agency to use a procurement contract as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the Federal Government and a State or local government or other recipient whenever the principal purpose of the agreement is the acquisition, by purchase, lease, or barter, of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Federal Government. Requires each executive agency to use a grant agreement as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the Federal Government and a State or local government or other recipient whenever the principal purpose of the relationship is the transfer of money, property, services, or anything of value to the State or local government; and whenever no substantial involvement is anticipated between the executive agency, acting for the Federal Government, and the State or local government or other recipient during performances of the contemplated activity. Requires each executive agency to use a cooperative agreement as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the Federal Government and a State or local government or other recipient whenever the principal purpose of the relationship is the transfer of money, property, services, or anything of value to the State or local government; and whenever substantial involvement is anticipated between the executive agency, acting for the Federal Government, and the State or local government or other recipient during performance of the contemplated activity. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the executive agencies, to undertake a study to develop a better understanding of alternative means of implementing Federal assistance programs, and to determine the feasibility of developing a comprehensive system of guidance for Federal assistance programs.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism; and that the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to call upon all governments to condemn inhuman acts of violence against innocent victims and to strongly urge the countries where these groups and individuals are found to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terroism and senseless violence.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
Inflation Adjustment Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for an inflation adjustment based on the percentage difference in the price index for an inflation year and the price index for the base period (October 1972-September 1973), in the rates of tax, the standard and personal exemption deductions, and the income tax collected at the source. Requires that the adjustment in effect for calendar year 1977 shall remain in effect.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974
Energy Resources Expansion Act - Requires a 25 percent royalty on leases of government oil and gas lands Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations requiring bids on such leases to contain work programs for the geophysical exploration and exploratory drilling and development and production of oil and gas from such lands. Authorizes the Secretary to promote the maximum recovery of crude oil and gas from government lands, consistent with sound conservation, economic, and engineering principles. Requires all proceeds from sales of royalty oil and gas lands to be deposited in the Energy Resources and Technology Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act, a five-year plan for conducting and assisting research and development of alternative energy sources and energy supply technology. Apportions funds in the trust fund to the various programs under this Act, and provides for the termination of such fund in 10 years. Requires the Secretary to report every six months to the Congress on the compliance of lessees with their work plans and drilling schedules. Provides that 5 percent of rentals and royalties from leases on the Outer Continental Shelf shall be paid to the States adjacent to such lands.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
Energy Resources Expansion Act - Requires a 25 percent royalty on leases of government oil and gas lands. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations requiring bids on such leases to contain work programs for the geophysical exploration and exploratory drilling and development and production of oil and gas from such lands. Allows the reimbursement to oil and gas land lessees of 50 percent of the amount expended by the lessee in carrying out such program. Authorizes the Secretary to promote the maximum recovery of crude oil and gas from government lands, consistent with sound conservation, economic, and engineering principles. Requires all proceeds from sales of royalty oil and gas lands to be deposited in the Energy Resources and Technology Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, a five-year plan for conducting and assisting research and development of alternative energy sources and energy supply technology. Apportions funds in the trust fund to the various programs under this Act, and provides for the termination of such fund in 10 years. Requires the Secretary to report every six months to the Congress on the compliance of lessees with their work plans and drilling schedules. Provides that 5 percent of rentals and royalties from leases on the Outer Continental Shelf shall be paid to the States adjacent to such lands.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States delegation to the European Security Conference should not agree to the recognition by the European Security Conference of the Soviet Union's annexation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and it should remain the policy of the United States not to recognize in any way the annexation of the Baltic nations by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Revises the procedures utilized in the procurement of property and services by the Government where the amount involved does not exceed $10,000 (presently $2,500).
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Economic Stabilization Act Amendments - States that in view of the present international and domestic economic situation and in order to provide for the orderly transition from the economic stabilization program in effect prior to May 1, 1974, and in particular the policy of gradual, selective sector-by-sector decontrol and to continue to provide for stabilizing prices, wages, and salaries, reducing inflation, improving the Nation's competitive position in world trade, promoting full employment, and protecting the purchasing power of the dollar, it is necessary to: (1) monitor compliance with commitments made by firms in connection with sector-by-sector decontrol actions; (2) review the programs and activities of Federal departments and agencies and the private sector which may have adverse effects on supply and cause increases in prices and make recommendations for changes to increase supply and restrain prices; (3) review industrial capacity, demand, and supply in various sectors of the economy, working with the industrial groups concerned and appropriate governmental agencies to encourage price restraint; (4) work with labor and management in the various sectors of the economy having special economic problems, as well as with appropriate Government agencies, to improve the structure of collective bargaining and the performance of those sectors in restraining prices; (5) improve wage and price data bases for the various sectors of the economy to improve collective bargaining and encourage price restraint; (6) conduct public hearings when appropriate to provide for public scrutiny of inflationary problems in various sectors of the economy; (7) focus attention on the need to increase productivity in both the public and private sectors of the economy; and (8) monitor the economy as a whole by requiring, as appropriate, reports on wages, productivity, prices, sales, profits, imports, and exports. Provides that the President may issue an order or a regulation under this Act to stabilize prices wages, and salaries in any sector of the economy only upon a determination that such sector has contributed to severe increases in inflation.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Establishes the National Commission on Inflation to consist of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall be the Chairman of the Commission, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and ten public members to be appointed by the President. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, including to: (1) develop and recommend to the President and the Congress policies, mechanisms, and procedures to achieve and maintain stability of prices and costs in a growing economy; (2) promote the consistency of price and wage policies with fiscal, monetary, international, and other economic policies of the United States; (3) provide information to the public, agriculture, industry, labor, and State and local governments concerning the need for controlling inflation and encourage and promote voluntary action to that end; (4) review the programs and activities of Federal departments and agencies and the private sector which may have adverse effects on supply and cause increases in prices and make recommendations for changes to increase supply and restrain prices; (5) review industrial capacity, demand, and supply in various sectors of the economy, working with the industrial groups concerned and appropriate governmental agencies to encourage price restraint; (6) work with labor and management in the various sectors of the economy having special economic problems, as well as with appropriate Government agencies, to improve the structure of collective bargaining and the performance of those sectors in restraining wages and prices; (7) improve wage and price data bases for the various sectors of the economy to improve collective bargaining and encourage wage and price restraint; (8) focus attention on the need to increase productivity in both the public and private sectors of the economy; and (9) monitor the economy as a whole, by requiring, as appropriate, reports on wages, productivity, prices, sales, profits, imports, and exports. Directs the Commission to (1) conduct public hearings when appropriate to provide for public scrutiny of inflationary problems in various sectors of the economy; (2) report to the President, the Congress, and the public, when appropriate, of any decisions, actions, or price and wage increases which the Commission determines would substantially contribute to inflationary pressures in the economy; and (3) transmit to the President and the Congress an interim report not later than September 1, 1974, and a final report not later than March 1, 1975, on its findings and recommendations. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $1,500,000 as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Establishes a Joint Committee on Energy, to be composed to twenty members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Directs the President to submit to the Congress an annual report on energy. States that such report should specify the status of energy resources both domestic and imported and include information about energy consumption, utilization, allocation, control, research and development efforts, long-term needs and demands, and tariff and tax measures. Directs the joint committee, on a continuing basis, to investigate and study the development, use, and control of all forms of energy other than energy which is released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. Provides that such investigations and studies shall relate, but shall not be confined, to information or recommendations contained in the President's Annual Report on Energy. States that investigations and studies conducted by the joint committee shall include: (1) studies on coordination of energy policy; (2) examination of current proposals for legislation relating to the development, use, and control of energy; and (3) review of the policies and actions of the agencies of the executive branch with respect to the development, use, and control of energy. Sets forth powers of the joint committee. Authorizes the committee to secure from any executive department, agency, board, bureau, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the Federal Government any information, suggestions, rulings, data, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of making investigations, reports, and studies relating to energy. Provides that the expenses of the joint committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate from funds appropriated for the joint committee.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Increases the maximum tax credit, under the Internal Revenue Code, for contributions to candidates for public office to $150 ($300 for joint returns). Repeals the tax deduction allowable for contributions to candidates for public office. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 41(b)(1), repeals 26 U.S.C. 218(b)(1)).
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Authorizes the President to establish and carry out a program for rationing and ordering of priorities among classes of end users of gasoline, and for the assignment to end users of such gasoline of rights, and evidences of such rights, entitling them to obtain such gasoline in precedence to other classes of end users not similarly entitled. Requires the President to provide for procedures by which any end user of gasoline for which priorities and entitlements are established may petition for review and reclassification or modification of any determination made with respect to his rationing priority or entitlement. States that no rule or order under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act may impose any tax or user fee, or provide for a credit or deduction in computing any tax.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Extends the nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act of 1965 by authorizing appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 3045g)
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Extends through December 1974, the period during which benefits under the supplemental security income program on the basis of disability may be paid without interruption pending the required disability determination, in the case of individuals who received public assistance under State plans on the basis of disability for December 1973 but not for any month before July 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Allied Services Act - Title I: Human Services Planning Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to State governors or agencies to plan, coordinate, and consolidate human services programs within the State. Defines human services as services provided to individuals or their families to help them achieve, maintain, or support the highest level of personal independence and economic self-sufficiency. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct evalutations, directly or by grant or contract, of programs for the coordinated provision of services and to provide such technical assistance as may be necessary to assist in the planning or operation of such programs. Sets forth the criteria for participation in the program established under this Act for States and for local agencies. Sets forth the criteria for local allied services plans to be approved and incorporated into the State allied services plan. Provides that in order for a State to be eligible to participate in the program established under this Act for any fiscal year, a State allied services plan must be submitted which describes the current status of the coordinated provision of services within the State and the steps planned for such year and thereafter. Sets forth the criteria for approval of such plan by the Secretary. Title II: Administrative Support Services - Allows the Secretary to make grants to States which have in effect State plans approved under this Act or through such States to local agencies which have local plans approved by such States, to assist in meeting the initial costs of allying or consolidating administrative support services and management functions necessary to facilitate the allied delivery of human services where funds to cover such costs cannot be obtained from other sources. Title III: Special Authorities - Sets forth regulations for the transfer of funds (provided by the Secretary) within the State. Provides that where funds are advanced for a single project or program pursuant to more than one statutory authority or by more than one Federal agency, any one Federal agency may be designated to act for all in administering the funds advanced. Provides that five years after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall make a report to the Congress on the activities that have been carried out under this Act, including his evaluation of those activities and his recommendations with respect to appropriate legislation dealing with allied delivery of human services.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Requires the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office to insure that trucks involved in the transportation of perishable produce receive 100 percent of their current fuel requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Criminal Justice Information Systems Act - Defines "criminal justice information system" as a system utilized for the collection, processing, preservation or dissemination of criminal record information, criminal intelligence information and criminal offender processing information. States that this Act applies to any criminal justice information system which is (1) operated by the Federal Government; (2) operated by a State or local government and funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government; (3) an interstate system, or (4) operated by a State or local government and engaged in the exchange of criminal justice information with a system otherwise covered by this Act. Provides that direct access to information contained in a criminal justice information system subject to this Act shall be available only to authorized officers or employees of a criminal justice agency. Provides that criminal intelligence information may be used only for a criminal justice purpose, and only where need for the use has been established in accord with regulations issued by the Attorney General, except that it may be used for a purpose not related to criminal justice if the Attorney General determines that such use is necessary because of reason of national defense or foreign policy. Specifies the permitted uses for criminal offender processing and record information. Provides that any individual who complies with applicable regulations shall be entitled to review criminal offender record information regarding himself contained in any criminal justice information system subject to this Act, and to obtain a copy of the information for the purpose of challenge or correction. Sets forth procedures for correction of information obtained from any criminal justice information system subject to this Act by an individual with respect to his own record. Provides that any criminal justice agency which contributes criminal offender record information to a criminal justice information system subject to this Act shall assure that the information it contributes is accurate and complete and that it is regularly and accurately revised to include dispositional and other subsequent information. Provides that no information relating to an arrest may be disseminated without the inclusion of the final disposition of the charges if a disposition has been reported. Provides that criminal offender record information concerning the arrest of an individual may not be disseminated or used for a non-criminal justice purpose if: (1) the individual is acquitted of the charge for which he was arrested, (2) the charge is dismissed, (3) a determination to abandon prosecution of the charge is made by the prosecuting attorney, or (4) an interval of one year has elapsed from the date of the arrest and no final disposition of the charge has resulted and no active prosecution of the charge is pending. Lists exceptions to the foregoing provision. Provides that criminal offender record information shall be sealed in accord with the requirements of a court order, a Federal or State statute, or regulations issued by the Attorney General, when appropriate notification is provided by the agency directly responsible for compliance with the order, statute, or regulation. Enumerates the conditions under which criminal offender record information shall be sealed. Sets forth exceptions to the foregoing provision. Provides that all criminal justice information systems subject to this Act shall meet security standards promulgated by the Attorney General to guard against unauthorized access to data contained in the systems. Sets forth the minimum standards to be implemented. Provides that all criminal justice information systems subject to this Act shall include operating procedures which are consistent with the regulations established and promulgated by the Attorney General. Sets forth operating procedures which must be included in all criminal justice information systems as a minimum. Provides that each agency which operates an automated criminal justice information system subject to this Act shall publish notice at least once a year of: (1) its existence, (2) the nature of the system, (3) policies regarding storage, duration of retention and dissemination, (4) procedures whereby an individual can review criminal offender record information regarding himself; (5) the title, name and business address of the person immediately responsible for the system. Sets forth administrative sanctions and civil and criminal penalties for acts contrary to, or in violation of, the provisions of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations implementing this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as may be necessary for the Attorney General to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Criminal Justice Information Control and Protection of Privacy Act - Title I: Findings and Declaration of Policy; Definitions - Declares that in order to insure the security of criminal justice information systems, and to protect the privacy of individuals named in such systems, it is necessary and proper for the Congress to regulate the exchange of such information. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title II: Collection and Dissemination of Criminal Justice Information and Criminal Justice Intelligence Information - Provides that criminal justice information can only be used for criminal justice purposes unless a State or Federal statute specifically authorizes dissemination of conviction records to non-criminal justice agencies. Permits researchers access to the information only if the privacy of the subjects of the information is protected. Provides that only conviction records may be exchanged among criminal justice agencies, with enumerated exceptions: (1) reactions and release information can be disseminated outside of the agency which collected it only where expressly authorized by State or Federal statute; (2) fingerprint information may be freely disseminated as long as no stigma is attached; (3) wanted persons information; and (4) raw arrest records and records of criminal proceedings which did not result in conviction could be exchanged in defined situations. Prohibits agencies or persons who lawfully gain access to information from using the information for a purpose or from disseminating the information in a manner not permitted by this Act. Places limitations on access to criminal justice information via categories other than name. Requires every agency information system covered by this Act to promulgate regulations on security, accuracy, updating and purging. Sets out what such regulations must provide, including that they must provide a method for informing users of changes in disseminated information and for the purging of old, outdated and irrelevant information. Requires every agency or information system to establish a process for access and challenge of incorrect or inaccurate information. Details what such regulations must provide. Places limitations on the collection and dissemination of intelligence information. States that such information may not be maintained in automated systems and must be kept separate and apart from all other criminal justice files. Title III: Administrative Provisions; Regulations; Civil Remedies; Criminal Penalties - Creates a Federal-State administrative structure for enforcement of this Act. Establishes a Federal Information Systems Board as an independent agency with general responsibility for administration and enforcement of this Act. Provides that the Board would be composed of representatives of the Department of Justice and two other Federal agencies, plus six other members nominated by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Board would have the authority to issue general regulations applying the Act's policies. Empowers the Board to: (1) operate the interstate information system authorized by this Act; (2) conduct audits; (3) conduct general studies of information systems; and (4) make recommendations to the Congress for additional legislation. Creates an Information Systems Advisory Committee, composed of one representative from each State, to advise the Board on all of the Board's responsibilities and on the Board's operation of the interstate information system. Requires the Federal Information Systems Board to issue regulations to implement this Act. Requires each State to establish a central administrative agency, separate and apart from existing criminal justice agencies, with authority to oversee operation of criminal justice information systems in that State. Requires every information system or agency to give public notice, once annually, of the type of information it collects and disseminates, its sources, purpose, function, administrative director or other pertinent information. Requires every system or agency to give public notice of an expansion and any new system to give public notice before it becomes operational so that interested parties will have an opportunity to comment. Requires audits of systems and agencies which collect and disseminate information. States that such audits are to be conducted by the Federal Information Systems Board, by an independent State agency and by each criminal justice agency. Permits the Federal Government to operate an interstate criminal justice information system under the policy control of the Federal-State board. Limits information contained in such system to an index containing the subject's name and the name of the State or local agency which possesses a more complete file. Lists administrative actions that may be taken by the Federal Information Systems Board in the event that a criminal justice information system is found to have violated any provision of this Act. Provides the judicial machinery for the exercise of the right granted in this Act. Provides that aggrieved individuals may obtain both injunctive relief and damages, $100 recovery for each violation, actual and general damages, attorney's fees, and other litigation costs whether violations were willful or negligent. Provides criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides that any State statute, State regulation or Federal regulation which imposes stricter privacy requirements on the operation of criminal justice information systems or upon the exchange of criminal justice information takes precedence over this Act or any regulations issued pursuant to this Act or any other State law when a conflict arises. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as the Congress deems necessary for the purposes of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Declares that the Senate disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to rates of pay transmitted to the Congress during February, 1974 pursuant to the Federal Salary Act of 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Meetinghouse Preservation Act - States that the purpose of this Act is: (1) to celebrate the Bicentennial of this country through the preservation within each of the several States of a historic site that might otherwise be lost; (2) to provide a meetingplace in each of the several States for those citizens interested in retaining their tangible, indigenous heritage, whether historic, cultural, or natural, and in planning for future changes and developments, and (3) to give existing State programs involved with preserving historic and architecturally important structures an illustration of the best possible techniques used in the preservation of such historic sites and structures, and the multiple, significant ways in which such sites and structures can be used. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to each of the several States for the purpose of enabling each State to acquire and restore an historic site within each State for use as a meetinghouse in accordance with the provisions of this Act, except that no grant to any one State shall exceed $1,000,000. Provides that any application for a grant under this Act shall contain an estimated budget of various acquisition, restoration, and maintenance expenses. Sets forth provisions governing the approval of any application. Establishes a Meetinghouse Coordination Board to review each application made in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the purpose of making recommendations to the Secretary as to which of the historic site or sites contained in such application should be approved by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Provides that the Civil Aeronautics Board shall not permit any air carrier which received a Federal subsidy in 1972 to omit, suspend, terminate, or reduce by 50 percent or more, regularly scheduled service, including flag stop service, to a point certificated to be served by that carrier on any day in November 1973, unless the Board finds, that the reduction is in the public interest: (1) that such point will continue to receive adequate regularly scheduled service from another certificated air carrier, or (2) that such air carrier is not providing more than two nonstop round trips per day in each marketpair in which both points are "large hubs" as defined in the most recent edition of "Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Route Carriers", and (3) that such carrier is using the fuel available to it as efficiently as possible. Requires that notice of any application for authority to omit, suspend, terminate, or reduce, by 50 percent or more, regularly scheduled service shall be published in the Federal Register and shall be sent to all interested persons.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other nutritional substance, or ingredient of any food for special dietary uses if the amount recommended to be consumed does not ordinarily render it injurious to health.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should determine and take immediate steps to reduce Federal Government consumption of fuels by a third; (2) the President should initiate a program within the Federal Government to immediately reduce nonessential uses of all Government vehicles and equipment, and commercial and mass transportation should be utilized whenever practical in the conduct of government business; (3) the President should allot Federal Government departments and agencies a fixed quantity of fuel for a fixed period for essential purposes only, and critical national security activities and other vital services may be exempted on a case-by-case basis; (4) the Secretary of Defense should immediately initiate innovative measures to reduce the amount of fuels used for defense activities; and (5) the President should immediately urge State, local, and other public authorities to adopt similar measures.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1973
Provides that the Administrator of the General Services Administration may enter into multiyear lease contracts only in the amounts applicable during each year's contract performance. (Adds 40 U.S.C. 759 (h))
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Federal Energy Administration - Establishes the Federal Energy Administration to assure that the nations energy needs are met for the foreseeable future. Directs the Administrator to plan, direct, and conduct programs related to the production, conservation, use, and allocation of all forms of energy. Transfers to and vests in the Administrator all functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and officers and components of that Department: (1) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Petroleum Allocation; (2) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Energy Conservation; (3) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Energy Data and Analysis; and (4) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Oil and Gas. Transfers to and vests in the Administrator all functions of the Chairman of the Cost of Living Council, the Executive Director of the Cost of Living Counsil, and officers and components as relate to or are utilized by the Energy Division of the Cost of Living Council. Empowers the Administrator to promulgate such rules, regulations, and procedures as may be necessary to carry out the functions vested in him; and to perform such other activities as may be necessary for the effective fulfillment of his duties and functions. Provides that final orders and actions of any official or component in the performance of functions transferred by this Act shall be subject to judicial review to the same extent and in the same manner as if such orders or actions had been made or taken by the officer, department, agency, or instrumentality in the performance of such functions immediately preceding the effective date of this Act. States that nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to limit, curtail, abolish, or terminate any function of the President which he had immediately before the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1973
Energy Reorganization Act - Title I: Energy Research and Development Administration - Establishes the Energy Research and Development Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President. Describes the functions of the Administrator as including: (1) exercising central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all energy sources; (2) undertaking research and development in the extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources; (3) participating in and supporting cooperative research and development projects which may involve contributions by public or private persons or agencies, of financial or other resources to the performance of the work; (4) developing, collecting, distributing, and making available for distributing, scientific and technical information concerning the manufacture or development of energy and its efficient extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization. Transfers to the Administrator all functions of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Chairman and members of the Commission, and the officers and components of the Commission, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of Interior, and officers and components of such department: (1) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Coal Research; and (2) as relate to or are utilized in connection with fossil fuel energy research and development programs and related activities conducted by the Bureau of Mines. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the National Science Foundations as relate to or are utilized in connection with: (1) solar heating and cooling development; and (2) geothermal power development. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Environmental Protection Agency and the officers and components thereof as relate to or are utilized in connection with the development and demonstration of alternative automotive power systems. Title II: Nuclear Energy Commission - Provides that the Atomic Energy Commission is renamed the Nuclear Energy Commission and shall continue to perform the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Chairman and members of the Commission, the general counsel, and other officers and components of the Commission, which functions, officers, components, and personnel are excepted from the transfer to the Administrator by this Act. Grants the Nuclear Energy Commission licensing authority as to the following facilities of the Administration: (1) demonstration liquid metal fast breeder reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system; (2) other demonstration nuclear reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system, except those in existence, under construction or authorized or appropriated for by the Congress on the date this part becomes effective; or (3) facilities used primarily for the receipt and storage of high level radioactive wastes resulting from activities licensed under such Act. Allows the Nuclear Energy Commission to engage in or contract for research which the Commission deems necessary for the discharge of its licensing and regulatory functions. Title III: Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions - Provides that except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever all of the functions or programs of an agency, or other body, or any component thereof, affected by this Act, have been transferred from that agency, or other body, or component, the agency, or other body, or component shall lapse.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
National Homestead Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to transfer without payment to a local public agency any real property: (1) which is improved by a single family dwelling; (2) to which the Secretary holds title; (3) which is not occupied; (4) which is suitable for use by such agency in an urban homestead program which meets the requirements of this Act; and (5) which is requested by such agency for use in such an urban homestead program. Enumerates the criteria under which the Secretary may approve an urban homestead program carried out by a local public agency, including the conditional conveyance of abandoned residential property by a local housing agency to an individual or a family without any substantial consideration. Requires the Secretary to conduct a continuing evaluation of programs carried out pursuant to this Act and, beginning with the third year, transmit an annual report to the Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as adversely affecting our resolve to uphold our vital interests, nor be tempted to seize upon them as an opportunity to undermine the security of the United States. Expresses the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as impairing the full commitment of our Government to achieve a just and durable peace in the Middle East. Calls upon all friendly nations to join with the United States in pursuance of these vital common objectives, which have as their goal respect for law and a stable and secure peace throughout the world.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1973
Public Safety Officers Memorial Scholarship Act - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Authorizes the United States Commissioner of Education to award a scholarship to any eligible applicant for full-time undergraduate study at an eligible institution. Requires applicants to submit an application and a certification from the head of the agency which employed the public safety officer upon whom the applicant was dependent, stating that such officer was the victim of a homicide while engaged in the performance of his official duties. Sets the maximum scholarship amount at $3,500. Prescribes additional requirements that the student be full-time and maintain good standing. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter into agreements with eligible institutions in which any student receiving a scholarship award under this Act has enrolled or is accepted for enrollment. Specifies the content of such agreements. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength be implemented by continuing to transfer to Israel, by whatsoever means necessary, Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the aggressors.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that its members support the efforts of the President and the Secretary of the State to achieve a cease fire in the Middle East and a return of the parties involved to lines and positions occupied by them prior to the outbreak of the current hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Social Services Amendments - Outlines the objectives to be achieved under this Act, including: (1) the goal of self-support; (2) the goal of family care or self-care; (3) the goal of community-based care; and (4) the institional care goal. Provides, under the Social Security Act, for maximum freedom for each State to determine which services will make available, the persons eligible for such services, the manner in which such services are provided, and any limitations on the receipt of such services. Requires that social services to be offered at the option of the States to all elibible persons shall include: (1) day care services for children; (2) day care services for children with special needs; (3) service for children in foster care; (4) protective services for children; (5) family planning services; (6) protective services for adults; (7) services for adults in foster care; (8) homemaker services for individuals in their own homes; (9) chore services; (10) home delivered or congregate meals; (11) day care services for adults; (12) health related services; (13) home management and other functional education services; (14) housing improvement services; (15) a full range of legal services; (16) transportation services necessary to travel to and from community facilities or resources for receipt of services; (17) educational and training services; (18) employment services; (19) information, referral, and determination of eligibility and the need for services, without regard to individual eligibility criteria; (20) special services for the mentally retarded, or special adaptations of generic services; (21) special services for the blind; (22) services for alcoholism and drug addiction; (23) special services for the emotionally disturbed as defined by the State; (24) special services for the physically handicapped as defined by the State; and (25) any other proposed services at the request of a State. Provides that States are entitled to Federal financial participation for the delivery of mandatory and optional social services under the State plan to the extent of the appropriations allocated by the Congress. Requires that State plans submitted with respect to the services program shall contain provision for a fair hearing, under which applicants and recipients may appeal exclusion from a service program. Provides that State plans shall provide for the establishment of a Social Services Advisory Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Catastrophic Health Insurance and Medical Assistance Reform Act - Title I: Catastrophic Illness Insurance - Establishes a Catastrophic Health Insurance Program under the Social Security Act. Sets forth the eligibility criteria for indviduals. Provides that every individual who: (A) is fully insured or otherwise entitled to monthly insurance benefits under title II of such Act; (B) is the wife, husband, widow, or widower, or dependent child of an individual who is fully insured or otherwise entitled to monthly insurance benefits; and (C) has appropriately applied therefor, shall be entitled to castastrophic health insurance benefits. Delimits the scope of benefits. Includes therein hospital insurance benefits (hospital, post-hospital, home health, outpatient physical therapy and medical and other health services) and medical insurance benefits (medical and other health services and emergency hospital services). Sets forth the terms and conditions for payment, deductibles and coinsurance. Directs that a payment shall be made from the Federal Catastrophic Health Insurance Trust Fund to an eligible individual equal to the reasonable cost of services covered by this Act which are furnished after the 60th day of inpatient hospital services, reduced by a coinsurance amount equal to one-fourth of the inpatient hospital deductible as determined by title XVIII of this Act. Enumerates such reductions as they apply to other types of hospital insurance benefits. Provides for a general deductible from: (a) the reasonable costs of inpatient hospital services past the 60th day; and (b) inpatient hospital benefits of the higher of the following: (1) $2,000, or (2) $2,000 adjusted by the Consumer Price Index to reflect changes in fees for physician services (in $50 increments). Provides for State agreements for coverage of annuitants and members of retirement systems and their dependents and survivors in order to extend the benefits of this Act to such individuals. Creates, in the United States Treasury, a "Federal Catastrophic Health Insurance Trust Fund" to provide a reserve for payment of benefits authorized by this Act. Imposes a tax for catastrophic health insurance protection under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, on the self-employment income of every individual and other individuals income in the following amounts for the calendar years indicated: (a) 0.30 percent of income for 1974, 1975, and 1976; (b) 0.35 percent of income for 1977 through 1981; and (c) 0.40 percent of income for each year thereafter. Imposes similarly, an excise tax on employers on the amount of wages paid by the employer in the same percentages for the respective years indicated above. Title II: Medical Assistance Plan for Low-Income People - Provides, for low-income individuals and families, assistance toward the costs of necessary hospital, skilled nursing facility, medical, and other health care services. Guarantees free choice by patients of health services from any person, institution, or agency qualified under this Act. Permits individuals the option of obtaining other health insurance protection. Describes the medical assistance plan, what individuals are eligible to receive its health benefits, and the application procedure. Enumerates the scope of benefits under the plan, including: (1) 60 days of inpatient hospital services; (2) skilled nursing facility services; and (3) home health services. Prescribes the co-payment requirements and procedures of persons eligible for benefits. Makes special provisions relating to Medicade eligibles and the circumstances under which such persons are eligible for health benefits under this title. Authorizes the Secretary to require consolidation of facilities of carriers and intermediaries in geographic regions with minimum size populations of persons covered under this title. Creates the Medical Coverage Trust Fund to consist of gifts and bequests and held by a Board of Trustees. Makes provisions for State constitutions to the Fund. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this title, including the meaning of "income," "health care expenses," and "inpatient hospital services." Prohibits exclusion by employers of specified employees from coverage under group health insurance plans. Title III: Private Basic Health Insurance Certification Program - States that any insurer may provide any health insurance policy to the Secretary for his examination and certification. Sets forth the standards under which the Secretary shall not certify any such insurance policy.
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