United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both: (1) studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and (2) planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Sets forth the qualifications and application such a grant must meet. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for: (1) the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems: (2) projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems; and (3) support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices and delivery. Defines "eligible entity" as a State, a unit of general local government, a public entity administering a compact or other regional arrangement or consorium, or any other public entity and any nonprofit private entity. Requires that an emergency medical services system shall: (1) include an adequate number of health professions, allied health professions, and other health personnel with appropriate training and experience; (2) provide for its personnel appropriate training and continuing education programs; (3) join the personnel, facilities, and equipment of the system by a central communications system; (4) include an adequate number of necessary ground, air, and water vehicles and other transportation facilities to meet the individual characteristics of the system's service area; and (5) provide other enumerated criteria services. Authorizes, for the purpose of making payments pursuant to specified grants and contracts, to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $70,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Directs the Secretary to administer the program of grants and contracts through an identifiable administrative unit within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that the Secretary shall establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy of all Federal activities which relate to emergency medical services. Provides for the appointment of Committee members. Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary may make grants to an enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, nursing, and training centers for allied health professions to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a study on the legal barriers to the effective delivery of medical care under emergency conditions and to report the results of such study to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1973
States that the increases in the monthly benefits and lump-sum death payments under title II of the Social Security Act shall be increased by 7 percent beginning January 1974 (presently increased by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for June 1973 exceeds that for June 1972, beginning April 1974).
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Sets forth the definition of "adoptive equipment" as it relates to automobiles for specified disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces. Increases, from $2,800 to $3,300, the maximum amount of assistance authorized in providing an automobile to each eligible person. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide special driver training courses to instruct eligible persons to operate automobiles or other conveyances. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1901-1903)
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individuals' earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Establishes a temporary, select committee of the Senate to be known as the Select Committee on Regulatory Commissions and the United States Economy to conduct a complete study and investigation on regulatory commissions and agencies of the United States Government, including: (1) the influence and impact of the activities, procedures, rules, orders, and decisions of such regulatory commissions and agencies, in particular, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Power Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission; (2) the accountability of such regulatory commissions and agencies to the Congress, the relationships of these commissions and agencies to other departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the executive branch of the United States Government, the relationship of each such commission or agency to any sectors of private or public enterprise the commission or agency is charged by statute with regulating, and the relationships of those commissions and agencies to the United States consumer; (3) the appropriateness of regulation for given sectors of the economy, the adequacy of current legislative statutes, and the economic consequences of commission and and agency regulatory activities for the United States consumer; and (4) such other matters as the committee considers appropriate. Directs the committee to submit a final report to the Senate not later than January 20, 1976, containing a comprehensive summary of the work of the committee and to include such recommendations as the committee deems appropriate. Provides that the Committee shall have no authority to report any legislative measure to the Senate nor shall it otherwise have legislative jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Declares that the United States Senate does hereby congratulate and felicitate the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the Honorable John C. Stennis, on his birthday and expresses the wish that he will enjoy many other such anniversaries in the future. Declares that members of the Senate greatly miss the distinguished Senator and wish for him an early return to the Senate Chamber and to his duties in the Senate. Directs that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and a copy furnished to Mr. Stennis.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Freedom from Surveillance Act - States that, except as expressly provided, whoever, being a civil officer of the United States or an officer of the Armed Forces of the United States, employs any part of the Armed Forces or the militia of any State to conduct investigations into, maintain surveillance over, or record or maintain information regarding, the beliefs, associations, or political activities of any person not a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or of any civilian organization, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Exempts from such provisions the use of the Armed Forces of the United States or the militia of any State: (1) when they have been actually and publicly assigned by the President to the task of repelling invasion or suppressing rebellion, insurrection, or domestic violence pursuant to the Constitution or specified sections of the United States Code; or (2) to investigate criminal conduct committed on a military installation or involving the destruction, theft, or trespass of the property of the United States; or (3) to determine the suitability for employment of any individual for the Armed Forces of the United States, by the militia of any State, or by a defense facility; or (4) whenever the militia of any State is under the command of the chief executive of that State or any other appropriate authorities of that State. Sets forth the definitions of the terms used in this Act, including "surveillance". Prescribes procedures for the bringing of civil actions and special class actions against illegal surveillance.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Presidential Campaign Financing Act - Increases the amounts allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for political contribution credits and deductions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to give publicity to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, including prominent notice in explanatory material sent to individuals and the use of the media. Requires that, in order to be eligible to receive any payment, the candidates of a major, minor, or new party in a presidential election shall certify to the Comptroller General, under penalty of perjury, that they and their authorized committees will not incur qualified campaign expenses in excess of the $30,000,000 limit. Provides criminal penalties for such excess campaign expenses and contributions. Presidential Matching Payment Fund Act - Sets forth the definition of "qualified campaign expense" as used in this Act. Establishes the "Presidential Primary Matching Payment Fund". Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to be the trustee of the fund and to report to the Congress each year on the operation and status of the fund. Authorizes appropriations out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides that each candidate in the Presidential primaries is entitled to matching payments from the Treasury for the first $100 or less received from each individual contributor. Requires candidates to accumulate $100,000 in matchable contribution before the first Treasury matching payments are made. States that no candidate may spend more than $15 million in his campaign for the Presidential nomination. Provides criminal penalties for exceeding the overall primary spending limits, and for unlawful use of payments, false statements to the Comptroller General, and kickbacks and illegal payments. Requires that each candidate designate one political committee as his central campaign committee, and allows specified candidates to designate one political committee in each State in which he is a candidate as his State campaign committee for that State. Directs each candidate to designate one National or State bank as his campaign depository. Requires the central campaign committee of that candidate, and any other political committee authorized by him, to receive contributions or to make expenditures on his behalf to maintain a checking account at the depository so designated by the candidate and shall deposit any contributions received by that committee into that account. Provides that a political committee may maintain a petty cash fund out of which it may make expenditures not in excess of $100 to any person in connection with a single purchase or transaction. States that no political committe shall receive a contribution, or contributions in the aggregate, from any person of $100 or more other than in the form of a check drawn on the account of the person making the contribution. Provides that no person may make any contribution during any calendar year to or for the benefit of any candidate for nomination for election, or for election, to the office of President in excess, in the aggregate, of: (1) $3,000 to such candidate; and (2) $1,000 to a fund maintained by a political party solely to finance the general election campaign of its candidate for President; or (3) $25,000 in the case of a political committee which collects funds from individuals in amounts which do not exceed $25 from any individual in any calendar year. Sets forth the circumstances under which such limitations shall not apply. States that whoever: (1) being a candidate, officer, employee, or agent of a political committee, or a person acting on behalf of any candidate or political committee, embezzles, knowingly converts to his own use, or to any other noncampaign use, or deposits in any place or in any manner except as authorized by law, any contributions or campaign funds entrusted to him or under his possession, custody or control; or (2) receives, conceals, or retains the same with intent to convert it to his use or gain, knowing it to have been embezzled or converted; shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the value of such property does not exceed the sum of $100, he shall be fined not more than $1000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1973
National Fuels and Energy Conservation Act - Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Energy Conservation which shall have a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office, shall: (1) work with the Council on Environmental Quality in developing new energy conservation initiatives for the Federal Government; (2) cooperate with private industry in developing energy conversation programs in industry; and (3) provide assistance to State governments in developing State energy conservation programs. Authorizes appropriations of $8,000,000 for each of the three fiscal years following enactment of this Act for the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the National Bureau of Standards an energy conservation research and development program to stimulate new or improved manufacturing and industrial processes, better building construction, materials, and techniques. Authorizes $4,000,000 for each of the three years following enactment for the Secretary of the Interior to establish development and testing centers for more efficient equipment for transmission of electrical energy. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to use equipment, construction methods and management policies which make the maximum efficient use of energy in design, construction and operation of Federal buildings. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop improved design, lighting, and insulation standards to promote efficient energy use in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and publish standards of efficiency for electrical appliances and equipment. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate standards for labeling major electrical appliances and equipment so that shoppers may compare the efficiency of energy usage of such appliances and equipment. Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers of electrical appliances and equipment from: (1) selling in interstate commerce any electrical appliance or equipment which is not labeled according to the FTC standard; and (2) advertising any electrical appliance or equipment unless the advertisement contains a statement in accord with the labeling standard. Establishes a $5,000 civil penalty for each violation of such selling and advertising requirements. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare proposed minimum standards for average degree of fuel use for motor vehicles, and such standards shall be designed to achieve a substantial increase in degree of fuel use by motor vehicles not in compliance with such standards within three years from the enactment of such standards by Congress, with all motor vehicles being required to meet such standards within five years. Requires manufacturers of motor vehicles to conduct tests and make such reports as the Secretary may require for the purpose of establishing such standards. Requires that all motor vehicles sold or manufactured in the United States shall bear a label stating in nontechnical language the degree of fuel use, and prohibits the advertisement of such vehicles unless the advertisement states the degree of fuel use. Establishes a $1,000 civil penalty for offering an improperly labeled vehicle for sale and a $50,000 penalty for each advertisement not disclosing degree of fuel use. Directs the Federal Power Commission to promulgate regulations requiring electric and gas public utilities to submit to the Commission annual reports on energy conservation policies. Directs each agency of the Federal Government engaged in the sale of electrical energy to submit to the Congress a study of the impact of the rate structure of such agency on the consumption and conservation of energy. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations for advertising and promotion of energy and fuels which: (1) shall be designed to prohibit advertising or promotion of energy or fuels by any person or corporation when such person or corporation is unwilling or unable to meet customers' requirements for energy or fuel; and (2) shall generally prohibit advertising and promotion which are calculated or likely to result in unnecessary energy consumption. Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each violation of such advertising and promotion regulations. Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to submit to the Congress: (1) a report evaluating the impact on fuel consumption of national and regional systems of freight transportation; and (2) a study of the relationships between motor vehicle sizes, the needs of motor vehicle users, and the public interest. Authorizes for each fiscal year such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Establishes a system for the scheduling of committee meetings to be known as the Senatorial Scheduling System. Requires the System to keep an easily accessible record of all committee and subcommittee meetings.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Provides that interest rates under the loan guaranty program for veterans may exceed the interest rates specified under the National Housing Act. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1803(c)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
National Tay-Sachs Disease Screening and Counseling Act - Provides that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program, under the Public Health Service Act, for voluntary Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1974 for the making of grants to public and nonprofit entities to establish and operate such screening programs. Sets forth the procedure for applications for and administration of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Establishes 1974 (rather than 1975) as the first year in which adjustments in benefits can be made under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Provisions of the Social Security Act on account of increases in the cost of living.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make loans to veterans for the acquisition of lots on which to place mobile homes owned by such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1973
National Science Foundation Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation. Provides that any person found to have been convicted of a crime which involved the use of force, the disruption or seizure of university property, and which was of a serious nature and contributed to the substantial disruption of the administration of the institution shall be denied for a period of two years further payment or direct benefit from funds authorized to be appropriated by the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on the Handicapped within two years of enactment in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in the field of the handicapped, and to further the policies set forth in this joint resolution. Provides that such conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. Requires a final report of the White House Conference on the Handicapped to be submitted to the President not later than 120 days following the date on which the conference is called, and the findings and recommendations included therein to be made available immediately to the public. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the submission of such report, to transmit to the President and the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations contained in such report. Gives the Secretary administrative powers to carry out this Resolution. Provides that in carrying out his functions under this joint resolution, the Secretary shall employ handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on the Handicapped composed of 28 members, of whom not less than 10 shall be handicapped or parents of handicapped persons. Provides that such Advisory Committee shall cease to exist 90 days after the submission of the final report required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Rehabilitation Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a statutory basis for the establishment of a Rehabilitation Services Administration and to authorize specified programs. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be administered by a Commissioner. Provides that the Commissioner shall carry out and administer all programs and direct the performance of all services for which authority is provided to the Secretary of HEW under this Act. Authorizes the inclusion of appropriations under this Act in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. Provides that where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering such funds, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes to be appropriated in order to make grants to States under part B of this title $590,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $610,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $640,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making grants to States and public and nonprofit agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals $35,860,000 for fiscal year 1973. $37,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $39,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Sets forth conditions which shall be included in a State plan for vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services submitted to the Commissioner for approval under this title. Provides for judicial review of an adverse decision of the Commissioner with respect to a State plan submitted for approval under this title. Part B: Basic Vocational and Comprehensive Rehabiliation Services - Provides for the allocation of the funds appropriated under Part A for Part B to the several States. States that the allocation to any State shall not be less than l/4 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated, or $2,000,000, whichever is greater. Provides that for each fiscal year the Commissioner shall pay to each State from each State's allotment an amount equal to the Federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services under an approved State plan. States that this payment shall not exceed such State's allocation under this part. Requires the Commissioner to set aside funds in an amount between $500,000 and $l,500,000 for fiscal year 1973, and up to $2,500,000 but no less than $1,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1975, to establish a system of client assistance pilot projects to advise clients of benefits available under this Act. Part C: Innovation and Expansion Grants - Entitles States to grants for special programs to expand vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with the most severe handicaps, particularly those who are poor and responsibility for whose treatment is shared by the State. Sets forth provisions for allotments among the States. Directs the Commissioner to conduct a comprehsensive study, which may include a research and demonstration project of the feasibility of methods designed to prepare and assist individuals with the most severe handicaps for entry into programs under this Act. States that the commissioner shall report the findings of the study, research, and demonstrations to the Congress and to the President together with such recommendations for legislative or other action. Title II: Research and Training - Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to, and contracts with, State public and nonprofit organizations to pay part of the cost of research projects which bear directly on the provision of services under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to pay all or part of the cost of specialized activities including the establishment and support of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purpose of this title. Title III: Special Federal Responsibilities - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants and contracts to assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, initial staffing, and planning assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $550,000 for fiscal year 1973, $500,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agencies to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects for providing vocational training services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps, in public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $10,300,000 for fiscal year 1973, $10,300,000 for fiscal year $l0,300,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations for paying part of the cost of special projects and demonstrations: (1) for establishing facilities and providing services which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps; and (2) for applying new types or patterns of services or devices. Allows the Commissioner to make grants to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects or demonstrations for the provision of vocational or comprehensive rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultrual workers or seasonal farmworkers, and to members of their families who are with them. Provides that the Commissioner may make contracts or jointly finance cooperative arrangements with employers and organizations for the establishment of projects designed to prepare handicapped individuals for gainful and suitable employment in the competitive labor market under which such handicapped individuals are provided training and employment in a realistic work setting and such other services as may be necessary for such individuals to continue to engage in such employment. Authorizes the Commissioner to provide technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, and for the purpose of removal of architectural and transportation barriers, to any public or nonprofit agency, institution, organization or facility. Authorizes to be appropriated, for the purpose of making grants for special projects and demonstrations, as necessary $12,200,000 for fiscal year 1973, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $17,500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated a total of $1,200,000 for construction for fiscal years 1973-1975, and such sums as necessary for operations for fiscal years 1973-1975 establishing and operating a National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Title IV: Administration and Program and Project Evaluation - Provides that, in carrying out his duties under this Act, the Commissioner shall: (1) cooperate with, and render technical assistance to, States in matters relating to the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals; (2) provide short-term training and instruction in technical matters relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services; and (3) disseminate information relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services, and otherwise promote the cause of the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals and their greater utilization in gainful and suitable employment. Directs the Secretary to measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is repealed ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees to insure the adequacy of hiring, placement, and advancement practices with respect to handicapped individuals by each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of Government. Establishes an Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to investigate and examine alternative approaches to the architectural, transportation, and attitudinal barriers confronting handicapped individuals. Authorizes such appropriations as necessary for fiscal years 1973-1975 to carry out the duties and functions of the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce in cooperation with the Interagency Craft Committee to establish and administer a program to promote the development of American arts and handicrafts in the U.S. and abroad. Establishes an office of American Arts and Handicrafts within the Department of Commerce to assist the Secretary in carrying out his responsibilities under this Act. Outlines the functions of such office and authorizes the Secretary in cooperation with the Interagency Craft Committee to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the Center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a Board of Trustees. Provides that such Board shall be composed of four members appointed by the President eight members appointed by the Librarian of Congress the Librarian of Congress ex officio and the Director of the Center ex officio. Authorizes the Center to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, revitalize and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years. States that such research or training may be extended to a period not to exceed five years with the concurrance of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board. Provides that no former employee of the Federal Govermnent shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the Center to submit to the Library of Congress, for inclusion in its annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Veteran's Insurance Act - Provides that all premiums and other collections on the Veterans' Special Life Insurance and any total disability provisions added thereto shall be credited to a revolving fund in the Treasury of the United States which together with interest earned thereon, shall be available for the payment of liabilities under such insurance and any total disability provisions added thereto, including payments of dividends and refunds of unearned premiums. Expands the term "member" for purposes of the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program to include specified members of the Reserves and the National Guard. Provides that the maximum amount of benefits payable under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance shall be $20,000. Permits any former member insured under Veteran's Group Life Insurance who again becomes eligible for Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and declines such coverage solely for the purpose of maintaining his Veteran's Group Life Insurance in effect shall upon termination of coverage under Veterans' Group Life Insurance be automatically insured under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance. Provides for the automatic conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance to Veterans' Group Life Insurance subject to specified condtion. Redefines the order of precedence to be followed in the payment of insurance to beneficiaries under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance. Provides that Veterans' Group Life Insurance shall be issued in the amount of $5,000, $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000 only. States that no person may carry a combined amount of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance in excess of $20,000 at any one time. Sets forth the risks and conditions of the Veterans' Group Life Insurance plan. Sets forth the procedure for the computation and collection of premiums for such plan.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Declares that on Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, special remembrance be given by a grateful people to the 1,288 members of the Armed Forces of the United States currently listed as missing in action in Indochina. Declares that all American motorists are encouraged to turn on their automobile lights throughout Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, as a symbol of this remembrance. Provides that every effort be made to secure the cooperation of all parties in the Indochina conflict to insure the fullest and most expeditious resolution of the status of members of the U.S. Armed Forces missing in Indochina.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion $1,000,000,000 of the sums authorized to be apportioned for fiscal year 1974 for immediate expenditure on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000,000 for the Federal-aid primary system, the Federal-aid secondary system, and for their extensions within urban areas for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. Provides for the availability of such sums on a percentage basis.
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 · 17 April 1973
Provides that no person engaged in commerce in the business of refining petroleum into gasoline and furnishing gasoline to retail distributors of gasoline for sale to the public shall fail to furnish gasoline to independent retail distributors of gasoline, whether or not franchised by such person, at wholesale prices in reasonable quantities as long as he continues to furnish gasoline to retail distributors of gasoline which are wholly owned by him or operated under a franchise granted by him.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
North Slope Energy Resources Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, to grant, issue, or renew rights-of-way over, upon, or through the Federal lands for any purpose authorized by said Act except for those purposes prohibited by this Act, in such widths as he may deem necessary and proper, after complying with all existing applicable statutes, regulations, and proceedings pertaining to granting, issuance, or renewal of such permits, for a period of two years from the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a catalog of existing rights-of-way laws; a description of the extent to which Federal lands are now dedicated to private rights-of-way; a comprehensive Federal plan for the granting of rights-of-way across the Federal lands; and the required environmental impact statements thereon, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Requests the President of the United States, utilizing the services of the Secretary of State, to enter into negotiations with the appropriate officials of the Government of Canada to ascertain within one hundred and eighty days of the date of enactment of this Act the feasibility of construction, operation, and maintenance of a transportation corridor for the North Slope oil and gas. Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to undertake a study of the feasibility of alternatives for a corridor for the delivery of North Slope oil and natural gas insofar as such a corridor: (1) affects the national interest and welfare of the United States, and (2) poses environmental risks along the length of its route. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, within three hundred and thirty days of the date of enactment of this Act, shall submit to the Committee on the Interior of the House and Senate his recommendations as to the most desirable route for transmission of North Slope Alaska oil and natural gas to the other States of the United States. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Provides that in any proceeding before the Tax Court for the redetermination of a deficiency, the prevailing party may be awarded a judgment of costs to the same extent as is provided for civil actions brought against the United States. States that a judgment of costs entered by the Tax Court shall be treated, for purposes of this Act in the same manner: (1) as an overpayment of tax, in the case of a judgment of costs in favor of the petitioner, and (2) as an underpayment of tax, in the case of a judgment of costs against the petitioner. Provides that interest or penalty shall be allowed or assessed with respect to any judgment of costs. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 7465)
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 · 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 · 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
Permits a married couple to deduct under the Internal Revenue Code household and depandent care expenses when one spouse is a full-time student to the same extent that a deduction would be allowable were both spouses employed. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 214 (e))
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
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 · 6 March 1973
Increases the number of nursing home beds in each State for war veterans in need of nursing home care to two and one-half beds per thousand war veteran population. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5034)
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Criminal Justice Reform Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants to and to enter into contracts with States and, where appropriate, with localities for the conduct of demonstration projects designed to test the effectiveness of comprehensive criminal justice reforms. States that a demonstration project assisted under this Act may involve the testing of the following comprehensive criminal justice reforms: (1) programs related to the standards, training, education and compensation of law enforcement personnel (2) programs related to assuring a speedy trial, (3) programs related to the standards, equipment, treatment, and other aspects of correctional instructions, (4) programs relating to studies for the consolidation of law enforcement agencies, and (5) programs related to studies on the application of the criminal laws in specified areas. Provides guidelines for the submission of State plans. Provides that the Federal share shall be 75 percent of the cost of the project. Authorizes such appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Environmental Protection Act - Declares that each person is entitled to the protection, preservation and enhancement of his environment. Establishes the right of any person to maintain a judicial action for declaratory or equitable relief, either individually or in behalf of a class of persons, without regard to the amount in controversy, to protect the environment or public trust from pollution, impairment or destruction which results from or reasonably may result from any activity and such action for relief constitutes a case or controversy. Provides that complaints in such actions shall be supported by affidavits of at least two technically qualified persons affirming that the defendant's activities damage or reasonably may damage the environment. Prescribes various judicial procedures and standards which are to govern the administration of this Act by the courts. Grants the courts authority to provide declaratory relief, temporary and permanent equitable relief, or to impose conditions on the defendant's operations which are required for the protection of the air, water, and land from unreasonable pollution impairment or destruction. Provides that the Act shall be supplementary to existing administrative and regulatory procedures provided by law and grants the court authority to remand the parties to such procedures. Provides that nothing in this Act shall prevent the granting of appropriate interim equitable relief to protect the rights recognized under this Act for as long as is necessary. Provides that any person entitled to maintain an action under the Act may intervene as a party in all such administrative and regulatory procedures. Provides that nothing in this Act shall prevent the maintenance of an action to protect rights recognized in the Act where the court finds existing administrative or regulatory procedures to be inadequate for the protection of such rights. Provides that at the initiation of any person entitled to maintain an action under this Act, such procedures shall be reviewable in a court of competent jurisdiction to the extent necessary to protect the rights recognized in the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Provides that on or after June 30, 1973, no import quota or other nontariff trade restriction shall be imposed by or pursuant to law with respect to the importation into the United States of petroleum and petroleum products. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1862)
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1973
Permits the sale of competitive food in food service facilities under the National School Lunch Act if the proceeds will inure to the benefit of the school or a student organization. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to State education departments for programs to increase children's knowledge of the nutritional value of foods and the relationship of nutrition to human health. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as Congress deems necessary, and specifies procedures for the apportionment of funds between States. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1779, Adds 42 U.S.C. 1787)
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) continue in operation the Office of Economic Opportunity administering and supervising the important programs and activities entrusted to that Office under the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 utilizing fully funds appropriated by the Congress for such purposes; and (2) submit a revised budget request for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, requesting appropriations for the Office of Economic Opportunity and its administration of programs and activities entrusted to it under and in accordance with the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Authorizes each executive agency, under the Federal Property and Administration Services Act of 1949, to furnish excess property to any grantee under a program established by law and for which funds are appropriated by the Congress if the head of that executive agency determines that the use of excess property by that grantee will: (1) expand the ability of that grantee to carry out the purposes for which the grant was made; (2) result in a reduction in the cost to the government of the grant; or (3) result in a an enhancement in the product or benefit from the grant.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Education of the Handicapped Amendments - Provides for additional positions in the Bureau for the Education and Training of the Handicapped. Authorizes appropriations under the Education of the Handicapped Act for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 for: (1) grants to the States, (2) specified centers and services, (3) personnel training, (4) research, (5) instructional media, and (6) specific learning disabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Highway Safety Act - Authorizes appropriations for specified highway safety programs and highway safety research and development programs for fiscal years 1974-1975. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975 for the elimination of the hazards of railway-highway crossings. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975 for bridge construction and replacement. Requires State highway safety programs to include penalties for driving while intoxicated. Provides that funds appropriated to the States shall also be used for the development and implementation of manpower training programs and of demonstration programs that the Secretary of Transportation determines will contribute directly to the reduction of accidents and deaths and injuries resulting therefrom. Directs the Secretary to award, in addition to other grants pursuant to this Act, $10,000,000 in grants in each fiscal year to States which he determines, in accordance with criteria which he shall establish and publish, to have attained above average results in carrying out and achieving compliance with highway safety standards. Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with such other Government and private agencies as may be necessary, to carry out safety research on the relationship between the consumption and use of drugs and their effect upon highway safety and drivers of motor vehicles. States that as soon as practicable the Secretary shall promulgate a highway safety program standard with respect to drug use in relation to highway safety. Permits the Secretary to use the appropriated funds for highway safety research and development for making grants to, or contracting with, State or local agencies, institutions, and individuals for: (1) training or education of highway safety personnel; (2) research fellowships in highway safety; (3) development of improved accident investigation procedures; (4) emergency service plans; (5) demonstration projects; and (6) related activites which are deemed by the Secretary to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Includes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator on the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Congressional Budgetary Review Reform Act - Provides that the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall make estimates of the expected revenues of the United States and report to the Congress on such estimate. Authorizes the Joint Committee to hold hearings not later than 10 days after the budget has been submitted to Congress and to make recommendations to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the outlays and revenues expected for such fiscal year. Requires that the Appropriations Committees of each House of Congress report a bill to their respective Houses within a set time establishing the total amount of outlays to be made during the fiscal year. Gives to such budgetary bill reported in each House a privileged status, and limits debate to not more than five consecutive calendar days. Outlines procedures involving debate of the measure. Directs the appointment of Conferees to settle differences between the bills presented to each House of Congress. Provides that the total amount of outlays of the budget must be enacted into law within 45 days of a continuous session of Congress. Provides that only one appropriation measure shall be reported with respect to any one fiscal year which shall specifically enumerate activities and programs and those amounts obligated to each. Prohibits amendment to the appropriation measure reported unless such amendment specifies the amount of outlays for that fiscal year that may be made with respect to such activity or program and includes a reduction in some other outlay or a direction that the Committee on Appropriations recommend and report a reduction in outlay so that total outlays shall not exceed those of the originally reported measure. Allows recommendation for revision of the budget after it has been enacted into law by the Congress or President. Outlines that procedure by which certain recommendations shall become immediately effective with respect to such fiscal year. Restricts supplemental, emergency, deficiency appropriations to the total amount originally specified with respect to such fiscal year. Specifies the content of committee reports accompanying each budget measure in each house. Provides that the President shall have the power to reserve any amount of an obligational authority given by such appropriation only if such amount to be reserved is not necessary for the efficient operation of the activity or program, and such program or activity can continue fully without the amount so reserved.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Provides that no changes or readjustments in the schedule for rating disabilities for veterans made by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall be effective unless: (1) such proposed change or readjustment is first submitted to Congress; and (2) neither House of Congress, prior to the expiration of ninety calendar days of continuous session of Congress following the date of submission of the proposed change or readjustment, has adopted a resolution stating in substance that that House does not favor the proposed change or readjustment. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 355)
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish a national cemetery in the State of Vermont. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as are necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Permits selective strikes against the railroad and airline transportation industries if the parties to the dispute are unable to reach an agreement within thirty days after receiving the report of a board appointed under the Railway Labor Act. Defines the term 'selective strike' in the railroad industry to mean: (1) a strike of not more than one carrier operating in each of the eastern, western and south-western regions, and (2) a strike when two or more carriers or groups of carriers operating in a system in any one of the regions are concurrently struck and the aggregate revenue ton-miles transported by all such struck carriers did not in the preceding calendar year exceed 30 percent of all revenue ton-miles transported by all other carriers. Defines a 'selective strike' in the airline industry to mean a strike of two or more carriers whose total aggregate revenue-passenger miles does not in the preceding year exceed 30 percent of the total revenue-passenger miles for the United States. Permits unilateral changes in terms and conditions of employment by carriers after procedures and time limitation under the Railway Labor Act have been exhausted; provided such changes were initially proposed by the carriers in accordance with such Act. Prohibits carriers from locking out employees unless the carrier is caused to reduce its transportation service by a strike of all or some portion of its employees, and then only as permitted by applicable agreements. Authorizes the Attorney General to seek injuctive relief if the President concludes that the national health or safety is imperiled or the permissible limits of selective strikes have been exceeded. Provides that upon the issuance of such an injunction the President may issue an executive order to take possession of and operate, in whole or in part, any carrier involved in the dispute in question. States that such order shall be in effect for the shortest period of time consistent with the emergency and a resolution of the dispute. States that any profits realized by the carrier or carriers during any period of Government operation, as determined by the Comptroller General, shall be placed in a Labor-Management Trust Fund to be used for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Provides that the penalty imposed upon the unions directly involved in the strike shall be the loss of the right to retroactivity in pay and benefits for the period of Government operation. Provides that the parties shall resume collective bargaining upon the issuance of an injunction under this Act. States that the National Mediation Board shall give all reasonable assistance to the parties. Provides that when a voluntary agreement is reached it shall be filed with the President and with the appropriate district court which shall take action to dissolve any outstanding injunction or restraining order.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Extends the provisions of the Railway Labor Act relating to the creation of an emergency board for an additional period of time so that no change, except by agreement, shall be made, by the Penn Central Transportation Company or by its employees, in the conditions out of which such labor dispute arose prior to 12:01 antemeridian of May 9, 1973. Requires the President, not later than forty-five days from the enactment of this joint resolution to submit to the Congress a report, which, regardless of the settlement of the particular dispute between the Penn Central Transportation Company and its employees represented by the United Transportation Union, provides a full and comprehensive plan for the preservation of essential rail transportation services in the Northeast section of the Nation, including the President's proposals, if any, regarding Federal financial expenditures necessary for restoration or preservation of rail transportation services imperiled by the financial failure of rail carriers, and for alternative means for providing essential transportation services now provided by such carriers. Requires the President, not later than thirty days prior to the expiration date specified in the first section of this joint resolution, to submit to the Congress a full and comprehensive report containing: (1) the progress, if any, of negotiations between the Penn Central Transportation Company and its employees represented by the United Transportation Union; and (2) any such recommendations for a proposed solution of the dispute described in this joint resolution as he deems appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Research on Aging Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, in the Public Health Service, the National Institute on Aging for the conduct and support of biomedical, social, and behavioral research and training related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems of the aged. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Advisory Council on Aging to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on programs relating to the aged which are administered by him and on those matters which relate to the Institute. Provides that the Secretary shall, through the Institute, carry out the purposes of this Act with respect to research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems and needs of the aged. Directs that the Secretary, in consultation with the Institute and such other appropriate advisory bodies as he may establish, to within one year after the effective date of this Act develop a plan for an aging research program designed to coordinate and promote research into the biological, medical, psychological, social, educational, and economic aspects of aging. States that such plan shall be transmitted to the Congress and the President and shall set forth the staffing and funding requirements to carry out the program contained therein.
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