United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974
Animal Welfare Act Amendments - Provides, under the Federal Laboratory Animal Welfare Act, that no animals shall be delivered to any intermediate handler or common carrier for transportation in commerce unless the animals are accompanied by a veterinarian's certificate certifying that the animals are sound, healthy, and in such condition that they may reasonably be expected to withstand the rigors of the intended transportation without adverse effects. States that specific animals shall not be delivered for transportation if they are less than eight weeks of age. Provides that no intermediate handler or common carrier shall participate in any practice under which the cost of such animal or its transportation is to be paid and collected upon delivery of the animal to the consignee. Imposes civil penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974
Authorizes Federal reimbursement to the States for the construction of specified sewage treatment works constructed with financial assistance appropriated pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for any fiscal year beginning July 1, 1966, and ending June 30, 1971. (Amends 86 Stat. 838)
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 · 18 September 1974
Presidential Recordings Preservation Act - Directs the Administrator of General Services to obtain, or, as the case may be, retain complete possession and control of all tape recordings of conversations which: (1) involve former President Richard M. Nixon and/or other individuals who, at the time of the conversation, were employed by the Federal Government; (2) were recorded in the White House or the Executive Office Building located in Washington, District of Columbia; and (3) were recorded between January 20, 1969, and August 9, 1974, inclusive. Requires that none of the tape recordings covered by this Act shall be destroyed except as may be provided by Congress. Provides that if a Federal court of competent jurisdiction should decide that the provisions of this Act have deprived any individual of private property without just compensation, the Administrator is authorized to provide such compensation, from funds in the Federal treasury, as may be adjudged just by a Federal court of competent jurisdiction. Directs the Administrator to issue such reasonable regulations as may be necessary to assure the protection of such tape recordings above from loss, destruction, or access to unauthorized persons. Directs the Administrator to issue reasonable regulations governing public access to such tape recordings. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Removes the provision of the disaster assistance programs relating to wheat and feed grain farmers prevented from planting any portion of their acreage allotments with nonconserving crops because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster or condition beyond their control if they wish to remain eligible for disaster assistance under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973.
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 · 15 August 1974
Export-Import Bank Amendments - Adds to the powers of the Export-Import Bank the power to guarantee, insure, coinsure, and reinsure against political and credit risks of loss. Revises the Export-Import Bank Act to provide that the Bank may offer guarantees, insurance, and extensions of credit. Directs the Bank, in cooperation with comparable institutions of foreign governments, to minimize competition in Government-sponsored export financing. Directs the Bank to advise small businesses of opportunities offered by the Bank. Requires that if the Bank, under the authority of the President, extends credit or guarantees to a Communist country, the President shall separately determine for each transaction over $40,000,000 whether it serves the national interest. Grants the Congress an opportunity to disapprove Bank transactions exceeding $50,000,000. Sets forth the procedure to be followed in Congress for any such disapproval. Disallows guarantees, insurance, or extension of credit by the Bank in connection with the purchase or lease of products by a Communist country with respect to which a disapproving resolution has been passed by the Congress. Prohibits guarantees, insurance, or extension of credit by the Bank in connection with any credit sale of defense articles or services. Allows 25 percent of the Bank's outstanding amounts to be guarantees and insurance against political and credit risks of loss. Changes the total allowable outstanding amount at anyone time from $20,000,000,000, to $30,000,000,000. Terminates the Bank's functions on June 30, 1978. Describes the contents of reports the Bank must file with the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Cost of Living Act - States that the President shall: (1) focus public attention on causes of inflation; (2) monitor the economy as a whole; (3) work with labor, management, and governmental agencies to encourage price and wage restraint and increase productivity; (4) improve wage and price data bases to improve collective bargaining and encourage price restraint; (5) conduct public hearings as appropriate to provide public scrutiny of inflationary problems; (6) make recommendations for such changes in the Federal Government and private sectors as will increase supply and restrain prices; (7) recommend legislation and take other appropriate action to reduce the inflationary impact of economic concentration and anticompetitive practices; (8) evaluate the reasonableness of wage and price increases which may have a material effect on inflation, taking into consideration cost of living, costs of production, productivity, and the resource needs of any sector of the economy; and (9) delay the implementation, for up to 45 days, of any price or wage increase which the President finds is likely to have a serious inflationary impact, and extend such delay for up to an additional 45 days if the President finds that significant injury to the economy as a whole would otherwise result. Authorizes the President to establish, within the Executive Office of the President, a Cost of Living Task Force to which he may delegate his authority under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Terminates the authority under this Act at midnight, October 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
States that in order to implement the seacoast status of the Great Lakes, as recognized in the Merchant Marine Act, there is established within the Maritime Administration a Great Lakes Region Office through which the Secretary of Commerce shall carry out the activities of the Administration with respect to programs relating to the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway system. Authorizes to be appropriated such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that foreign troops be withdrawn from Cyprus and that all military assistance to Greece and Turkey be suspended until they have withdrawn their forces.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
Natural Gas Act Amendments - Transfers the authority of the Federal Power Commission to the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to establish wellhead prices for new or "exempt natural gas." Extends Federal Power Commission jurisdiction to direct sales of natural gas by pipelines to major industrial customers. Alphabetizes the existing definitions in the Natural Gas Act and adds four new terms including the definition of "exempt natural gas." Revises FPC jurisdiction over natural gas pipelines. Requires the FPC to permit pipelines to pass through the full price of flowing natural gas charged by producers affiliated with the pipeline so long as the rates do not exceed area ceilings or the charges of independent natural gas companies to that pipeline in the applicable area. Authorizes the FPC to prohibit a pipeline from charging its customers more for natural gas produced by its affiliates than it is permitted to pass through when it purchases natural gas from an independent producer. Requires the Commission to deny any increase in the wellhead price for old or "flowing natural gas" except to the extent that such increases are necessary to assure sound conservation practices by the producer, to prevent premature abandonment of flowing gas reservoirs or to meet actual increases in costs for advanced recovery techniques. Requires the FPC to establish a uniform accounting system for natural gas producers, as well as for pipelines. States that after an ajudicative hearing the FPC is directed to declare any natural gas company to be ineligible to bid or participate in any bidding on leases on Federal lands if such company willfully fails to reveal its natural gas reserves to the Commission, until such information is satisfactorily supplied. Provides for the disclosure of information obtained under the Natural Gas Act, with confidentiality exceptions. Directs the FPC to conduct comprehensive studies of natural gas transportation and sale including an independent study of proved and potential reserves of natural gas. Requires the FPC to concurrently submit all budget request and legislative recommendations to the Congress and the President. Prohibits new FPC members and senior FPC employees from receiving any compensation or employment from any person subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission for a period of one year following the termination of service with the Commission. Extends the FPC's enforcement authority to area ceilings established by the FEA. Requires the FPC to assure that residential and small commercial users receive the benefit of lower priced "flowing natural gas", and that there is no discrimination in transportation charges among classes of customers nor quantity discounts. Directs the Federal Energy Administration to establish area ceilings governing the wellhead price of exempt natural gas. States that the Administrator may at any time propose the termination of area ceilings for "exempt natural gas." Establishes a limited term emergency allocation authority within the Federal Power Commission when shortages become so severe that either public health and safety or agricultural production are seriously threatened.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Terminates, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, those requirements pertaining to seatbelt standards which require the vehicle to be equipped with any starter interlock system, or any buzzer light, or other warning system.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1974
Creates a body corporate by the name of "American Political Items Collectors Incorporated" (1) to encourage the collection, preservation, and study of Political Americana and all types of items pertaining to the election of the President and other public officials of the United States; (2) to encourage research relating to the American political process, and catalog artifacts; and (3) to encourage all members to work closely with historical societies, museums, and other organizations which have similar interests in Political Americana, so that Political Americana may attain its rightful place in our American heritage. Enumerates the powers of the corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Provides that daylight saving time pursuant to the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act shall terminate on the last Sunday of October 1974 and that in the calendar year 1975 daylight saving time shall begin on the last Sunday of February.
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 · 22 July 1974
Export Administration Amendments - Provides that the Secretary of Commerce shall monitor exports of any articles when the volume of such exports in relation to domestic supply may have a serious adverse effect on the economy. States that it is the policy of the United States to foster international cooperation and the development of international rules and institutions to assure reasonable access to world supplies. Requires approval or disapproval of export licenses within ninety days after submission of an application for such license. Provides procedures for hardship relief from export controls. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to review any proposed exporting of goods to determine whether or not the export of such goods will significantly increase the military capability of such country, and if so, to recommend to the President that such exports be disapproved.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1974
Revises title II of the Social Security Act by increasing to $3,000 the annual amount which an individual may earn without suffering deductions from monthly Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance benefits on account of excess earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1974
Child and Family Services Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that the purposes of this Act are to establish and expand children and family service programs, build upon the experience of Headstart, give special emphasis to preschool children and families with the greatest needs, and provide decision making with direct parent participation through a partnership of parents, State, local and Federal government. Authorizes to be appropriated $150 million for fiscal year 1975 and $200 million for fiscal year 1976 for training, planning, and technical assistance and $500 million in fiscal year 1976 and $1 billion in fiscal year 1977 for program operation. Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Establishes the Office of Child and Family Services in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the principal agency for administration of this Act. Creates the Child and Family Services Coordinating Council with representatives from various federal agencies to assure coordination of federal programs in the field. Defines the purposes for which Federal funds can be used: (1) planning and developing programs, including pilot programs; (2) establishing programs, including child care in the home: after-school programs; family prenatal care; programs to meet special needs of minorities, Indians, migrants and bilingual children; food and nutrition services; and special activities for handicapped children within regular programs; (3) rental, renovation, acquisition or construction of facilities, including mobile facilities; (4) preservice and inservice training; (5) staff and administration expenses of councils and committees required by the Act; and (6) dissemination of information to families. Provides for the reservation of funds proportionately for handicapped children and for migrant and Indian children, and up to 5 percent for model programs. Allocates the remainder among the States and within the States, and within the States, 50 percent according to relative number of economically disadvantaged children, 25 percent according to relative number of children through age five, and 25 percent according to relative number of children of working mothers and single parents. Allows the use of up to 5 percent of a State's allocation for special State programs. Provides that a State, locality, or combination of localities may be designated by the Secretary as a prime sponsor for the purpose of entering into arrangements to carry out programs under this title. Establishes performance criteria for prime sponsors, including coordination of all services for children within the prime sponsorship area and establishment of a Child and Family Service Council to administer and coordinate programs. Empowers the Secretary to directly fund an Indian tribe to carry out programs on a reservation and public or private nonprofit agencies to operate migrant programs, model programs, or programs where no prime sponsor has been designated or where a designated prime sponsor is not meeting certain needs. Provides for the Governor to comment on prime sponsorship applications and provides appeal procedures for applicants who are disapproved. Sets forth the composition, method of selection, and functions of Child and Family Service Councils to be established by each prime sponsor. Requires that at least one-third of the total membership of the Child and Family Service Council shall be persons who are economically disadvantaged. States that financial assistance under this title may be provided by the Secretary for fiscal year 1975 and any subsequent fiscal year to a prime sponsor only pursuant to a child and family service plan which is approved by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this title. Sets forth the conditions for such approval, requiring that any such program shall: (1) provide that programs or services under this title shall be provided only for children whose parents request them; (2) identifies child and family service needs and goals within the area and describes the purposes for which the financial assistance will be used; and (3) meets the needs of children and families in the prime sponsorship area, with priority for services to children who have not attained six years of age, and other enumerated criteria. Allows Federal funding for construction or acquisition only where no alternatives are practicable. Provides that no more than 15 percent of a prime sponsor's funds may be used for construction, and that no more than half of that may be in the form of grants rather than loans. Requires that the Federal Government and prime sponsors make available for child and family service programs, facilities they own and lease, when they are not fully utilized for other purposes. Provides a 100 percent Federal share for planning in the first year, 90 percent Federal share for fiscal years 1976 and 1977, and 80 percent for subsequent fiscal years. Provides a 100 percent Federal share for programs for migrants and Indians, and allows waiver of part or all of the non-Federal share where necessary to meet needs of economically disadvantaged children. States that the non-Federal share may be in cash or in kind. Requires that revenues generated by fees may not be used as the non-Federal share but must be used as the non-Federal share but must be used by the prime sponsor to expand programs. Title II: Supportive Services and Special Activities - Requires a national committee on Federal standards, with one-half parent participation, to establish standards for all child care services programs funded by this or any other Federal act. Requires a committee to develop a uniform minimum code dealing with health and safety of children and applicable to all facilities funded by this Act. Requires the Secretary to make annual evaluations and report to Congress on Federal child family services activities. Title III: Research and Demonstrations - Authorizes child and family services research and requires that the Office of Child and Family Services coordinate research by Federal agencies. Title IV: General Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act. Requires that procedures be established to assure adequate nutrition services in programs under this Act, including use of the special food service programs of the School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. Sets forth an anti-crimination provision, including separate provisions on sex discrimination. Requires that programs meet the minimum wage. Prohibits the use of funds for constructing, operating, or maintaining facilities for sectarian instruction or religious worship. Provides that no child may be the subject of research or experimentation without parental approval, and that no child may be forced to undergo examination or treatment if parents object. Requires approval of the Secretary for child development programs for very young children. Requires that all applications, plans, and written material pertaining thereto be made available to the public without charge.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1974
Fluorspar Miners Respiratory Disease Compensation Act - Title I: General Provisions - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide disability payments, in cooperation with the States, to fluorspar miners who are totally disabled due to respiratory disease arising from their employment and to the surviving dependents of such miners. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title II: Claims for Benefits Filed On or Before December 31, 1976 - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make payments of benefits in respect of total disability of any miner due to respiratory disease, and in respect of the death of any miner whose death was due to respiratory disease or who at the time of his death was totally disabled by respiratory disease. Sets forth the conditions and circumstances of the making of such payments. States that in carrying out the provisions of this title, the Secretary shall utilize the personnel and procedures he uses in determining entitlement to disability insurance benefit payments under the Social Security Act, but no claim for benefits under this title shall be denied solely on the basis of the results of a chest roentgenogram. Provides that claimants under this title shall be reimbursed for reasonable medical expenses incurred by them in establishing their claims. States that no claim for benefits under this title on account of total disability of a miner shall be considered unless it is filed on or before December 31, 1976, or, in the case of a claimant who is a widow, within six months after the death of her husband or by December 31, 1976, whichever is the later. Title III: Claims for Benefits After December 31, 1976 - States that on and after January 1, 1977, any claim for benefits for death or total disability due to respiratory disease shall be filed pursuant to the applicable State workmen's compensation law, except that during any period when miners or their surviving widows, children, parents, brothers, or sisters, as the case may be, are not covered by a State workmen's compensation law which provides adequate coverage for respiratory disease they shall be entitled to claim benefits under this title. Sets forth the conditions under which the Secretary of Labor shall include a State workmen's compensation law on the list of State laws providing adequate coverage. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue such regulations as each deems appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into contracts with and make grants to organizations and individuals for the construction, purchase, and operation of fixed-site and mobile clinical facilities for the analysis examination, and treatment of respiratory and pulmonary impairments in active and inactive fluorspar miners. Authorizes to be appropriated for such purposes $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Authorizes to be appropriated for additional purposes such sums as are necessary. States that no operator shall discharge or in any other way discriminate against any miner employed by him by reason of the fact that such miner is suffering from respiratory disease. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor such sums as may be necessary to carry out his responsibilities under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Emergency Petroleum Allocation Extension Act - Provides for the extension of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 from February 28, 1975, to June 30, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1974
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Commerce to make a full and complete investigation and study for the purpose of determining a policy and role for the Federal Government on tourism in the United States which will most effectively enable the industry to realize fully its potential to contribute to the social well-being, the cultural understanding, and the economic prosperity of the United States. Provides that the chairman and ranking minority member of each of the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture and Forestry, Interior and Insular Affairs, Public Works, Foreign Relations, Government Operations, Labor and Public Welfare, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Small Business, or a member of such committees designated by each such chairman or ranking minority member to serve in his place, shall serve as ex officio members of the Committee on Commerce for purposes of this study. Directs the Committee on Commerce to report its findings, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it deems advisable, to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974
Provides, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to scholarship and fellowship grants, that no amount shall be included in gross income by reason of the discharge of the indebtedness of an individual under a student loan if such discharge was pursuant to a provision of the loan under which the indebtedness was pursuant to a provision of the loan under which the indebtedness would be discharged if the individual worked for certain classes of employers. Defines "student loan" for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1974
States that any expenditure paid or incurred by a taxpayer in connection with his trade or business for the development or improvement of a product shall be treated, under the Internal Revenue Code, as a research or experimental expenditure irrespective of the nature of such product and irrespective of whether the product constitutes the result of research on a literary, historical, or similar project. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 174)
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1974
Authorizes and directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library. Provides that expenses incurred by the Joint Committee on the Library in carrying out this concurrent resolution, which shall not exceed $2,500, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers approved by the chairman of the joint committee.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1974
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, an exclusion from income taxation for income of condominium housing associations, homeowner associations, and cooperative housing corporations operated for the management, maintenance, landscaping, and repair of common areas and dwellings.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1974
Requires, under the Export - Import Bank Act, that the prohibition on purchase or lease of products by a Communist country or for use in a communist country may be wavied by the President in the national interest if he reports each transaction to Congress at least 30 days prior to final approval of the transaction. Provides that no loan, guarantee, or insurance, or combination thereof, in an amount which equals or exceeds $50,000,000 shall be finally approved by the Board of Directors of the Bank unless the Bank has submitted to the Congress with respect to such loan, guarantee, or insurance a detailed statement describing the transaction; and the President has transmitted to the Congress a detailed statement of the impact of the proposed loan, guarantee, or insurance on the national security and economy of the United States. Requires the Bank to submit to the Congress, upon request, all such data, documents, and reports. Sets forth rules and procedures to be followed in Congress for consideration of transactions of the Bank. Provides that, after the date of enactment of this Act, the Bank shall not approve loans, guarantees, and insurance in connection with exports to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in an aggregate amount in excess of $300,000,000. Provides that after June 30, 1975, the Bank shall issue no loan, guarantee, or insurance in connection with the purchase of any goods or services by a communist country, excluding Romania and Yugoslavia, or any agency or national thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1974
Repeals, under the Controlled Substances Act and under the search and seizure provisions of Federal law, the no-knock laws. Specifies that no Federal officer may, pursuant to the conduct of any search, break open an outer or inner door or window of a building, or any part of the building, or anything therein, without first identifying himself and giving notice of his authority and purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Declares that an emergency situation exists with respect to the problems of inflation, unemployment and the danger of recession, and resolves to attempt to reform existing policies and establish new policies that will reduce inflation, unemployment and recession, as well as other economic ills, or ease the effects thereof. Charges the Joint Economic Committee ("JEC"), with the assistance of the Advisory Board described herein with the duties of: (1) assessing the state of the economy and determining the principal causes of the current inflation, unemployment and recession; (2) to the maximum extent possible, drafting legislative recommendations and other recommendations to reduce inflation, unemployment and recession, both now and in the future, and reporting such recommendations to the Majority and Minority leaders of both Houses of Congress; (3) determining what long-range studies are necessary to improve Congress' understanding of and ability to deal with the problems of inflation, unemployment and recession and other major economic ills; and (4) reviewing and making recommendations with respect to the process by which both Congress and the executive formulate and execute economic policy. Directs the JEC to appoint an Advisory Board composed of not less than 20 nor more than 30 economists, businessmen and other experts in such areas, as fiscal policy, monetary policy, taxation, labor and manpower, foreign trade, military spending, trade regulation, protection of competition, and allocation and conservation of food, energy and other critical resources. Charges the Majority and Minority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives with the duties of: (1) receiving legislative recommendations made by the JEC pursuant to this Concurrent Resolution, and (2) attempting to establish procedures which would ensure that such legislative recommendations are referred for committee consideration in a manner which would expedite, to the greatest extent possible, such committee consideration and reporting of such proposed legislation to the Senate and House of Representatives, and permit, to the greatest extent possible, participation in such committee consideration of Senators and Congressmen familiar with legislation in the areas of fiscal policy, monetary policy, taxation, labor and manpower, foreign trade, military spending, trade regulation, protection of competition, and allocation and conservation of critical resources.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is especially appropriate to honor former President Harry S. Truman through the creation of a perpetual educational scholarship program to develop increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare and pursue careers in public service. Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, to be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. Authorizes the Foundation to award fifty-one scholarships in any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1973, for undergraduate study for persons who plan to pursue a career in public service. States that each recipient shall be known as a Truman scholar. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the scholarship requirements; (2) the procedure for selection of Truman scholars; (3) stipends and institutional allowances; and (4) the scholarship conditions. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. Prescribes the procedure for expenditures from the fund. Directs that there shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation, appointed by the Board, who shall be the chief executive officer and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 to the fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Extends, under the Water Resources Development Act, for one year the time in which the States of Illinois and Missouri may enter into a contract, either jointly or individually, with the city of Chester, Illinois, for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the Chester Bridge.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1974
Provides that, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, real property which is farmland, woodland, or open land and forms part of an estate may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value as farmland, woodland, or open land (rather than at its fair market value). Provides that real property which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value for its existing use. Provides for the revocation of such lower valuation and recapture of unpaid tax with interest under specified circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the contribution by the United States to the growing economic and human crisis in the developing world should be primarily in the form of food and the means and technology to produce it; (2) the President, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Agriculture and their advisors should give the highest priority to the immediate expansion of American food assistance and take such additional steps as might be necessary to expedite the transfer of American food commodities on concessional and donation terms to those nations most severely affected; (3) the United States should increase its matching pledge to the World Food Program for 1975-1976 and encourage other nations to do so; (4) the President and the Secretary of State should negotiate with other major food exporting nations to seek to obtain their participation in this emergency effort proportionate to their share of world food exports, and should strongly encourage oil exporting nations to contribute a fair share to these efforts to assist the most severely affected nations; (5) the United States should announce its desire to work with the oil exporting and other nations in a major effort to increase world fertilizer production with the possibility of including the offer of American technology and capital; and (6) the President should encourage the American people to reduce the non-critical, non-food-producing uses of fertilizer which now total nearly three million tons of nutrient a year, to make available increased fertilizer supplies for raising food production at home and in the developing world. Declares the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States and the Secretaries of State and Agriculture should, and are hereby urged and requested to: (1) maintain regular and full consultation with the appropriate committees of the Congress and (2) report to the Congress and the Nation at regular intervals on the progress toward formulating an American response in a cooperative framework to the world food crisis and the needs of the most severely affected developing countries.
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 · 1 May 1974
Title I: Federal Privacy Board - Establishes the Federal Privacy Board in the executive branch of the Government and specifies the composition of the Board. Enumerates the functions of the Board, including to publish a Data Base Directory of the United States containing the name and characteristics of each personal information system. Specifies the powers of the Board, including the power to conduct inspections of information systems at reasonable times, and to order an organization to desist from acts in violation of rules or orders promulgated under this Act. Title II: Standards and Management Systems For Handling Information Related To Individuals - Establishes requirements for the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination by Federal agencies, or State or local governments, or any other organization maintaining an information system, of personal information collected for administrative, statistical-reporting, and research purposes. Requires any organization maintaining or proposing to establish an information system for personal information to give notice of the existence and character of each existing system once a year to the Federal Privacy Board. Specifies the elements of public notice required under this Act to be contained in such notice. States that organizations maintaining personal information shall inform individuals asked to supply personal information of consequences of providing or not providing such information, shall request permission of a data subject to disseminate such information, and grant such individual the right to inspect and to know all personal information about the individual, the nature and sources of the information, and the recipients of personal information about such individual. Provides methods for the challenging, correction, and explanation of personal information by the subject of such information. Requires each such organization maintaining a personal information system to inform all data subjects of the fact within two years of enactment of this Act by notice containing specified elements. Exempts information determined to be vital to the national defense, contained in active criminal investigatory files compiled by Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies, and that maintained by the news media (except information relating to the employees of such organizations) from the provisions of this Act. States that it shall be unlawful for any organization to require an individual to disclose or furnish his social security account number for any activity, unless the disclosure is required by law. Title III: Miscellaneous - Defines the terms used in this Act. States that any revelation of trade secrets required under this Act shall be treated as confidential by those to whom they are made. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
Cost of Living Act - Specifies the techniques and methods to be used by the President to monitor public and private economic activity in order to constrain domestic inflation. States that the President may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, require the keeping of records, the making of reports and inspections, and the taking of sworn testimony as may be necessary or appropriate to obtain information crucial to achieving the purposes of this Act. Specifies information which the President shall not be entitled to request. Provides that the President may establish a board or commission of specified composition, along with advisory committees, to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that experts and consultants may be employed for the performance of functions under this Act. Requires the President, in carrying out his authority under this Act, to study and evaluate the relationship between excess profits, the stabilization of the economy, and the creation of new jobs. Authorizes the appropriation of funds to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that this Act shall become effective on May 1, 1974, and expire on April 30, 1975. Stipulates that nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Provides for cost-of-living increases in the benefits provided under the program of supplemental security income for the aged, blind, and disabled under title XVI of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Provides, under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, that no decree, judgment, or order, entered against any person in the military service during the period of such service or for thirty days thereafter, resulting in the termination of such person's parental rights with respect to any child, shall be vacated, set aside, or reversed after a final judgment or decree has been entered in an adoption proceeding with respect to that child, provided such military person was given reasonable notice.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Declares that the Congress hereby calls upon the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to cause to be conducted on or about August 10, 1974, appropriate ceremonies in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, in the town of West Branch, Iowa.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Provides for displaying for public viewing at the Arlington National Cemetery the names of veterans who died after February 17, 1967. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Standby Energy Emergency Authorities Act - Title I: Standby Energy Emergency Authorities - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to grant specific, temporary standby authority to impose end-use rationing and to reduce demand by regulating public and private consumption of energy, subject to congressional review and approval, and to authorize other specific, temporary emergency actions. Defines the terms used in this Act. Empowers the President to establish a program for the rationing and ordering of priorities among classes of end-users of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to promulgate energy conservation plans to result in reduction of energy consumption. Prescribes the procedures for making amendments to an energy conservation plan. Directs the Administrator to prohibit the burning of natural gas or petroleum products by any major fuel-burning installation which has the capability to burn coal. Empowers the Administrator to prescribe a system of coal allocation for such purposes. Authorizes the Administrator, after making required findings, to require the allocation of, or the performance under contracts or orders relating to, supplies of materials and equipment in the marketplace. Provides for Federal actions to increase available domestic petroleum supplies, including the production of existing oil fields at rates in excess of their currently assigned maximum efficient rates. Provides for the protection of franchised dealers by setting up franchise-termination notification requirements. Prescribes prohibitions on unreasonable actions taken under authority of this Act. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to adopt rules to eliminate restrictions on motor common carriers which require excessive travel. States that, with specified exceptions, no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey any immunity under the antitrust laws. Empowers the Administrator to establish advisory committees to achieve the purposes of this Act. Provides for the making of voluntary agreements by persons in the oil and refined petroleum products business to carry out the objectives of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. Authorizes the Administrator to restrict exports of coal, natural gas, petroleum products, and petrochemical feedstocks and supplies which he determines are necessary within the United States. Provides for unemployment assistance necessitated by the adverse impact of actions taken pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the use of carpools and to establish an Office of Carpool Promotion. Enumerates the responsibilities of such Office. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the conduct of programs to achieve the carpooling objectives. Sets forth the procedures for administrative and judicial review of rules and orders promulgated under this title. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this title. Directs the Small Business Administration to provide small business enterprises with information concerning the programs provided for in this Act. States that the Administrator may delegate any of his functions under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act or this Act to any officer or agency employee as he deems appropriate. Sets forth the effect of this Act on State laws or programs. Empowers the Administrator to collect energy information necessary to assist in the formulation of energy policy or to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that the authority under this title to prescribe rules, take other action, and enforce rules shall expire June 30, 1975. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the development of contingency plans, in the nature of descriptive analyses, to fully inform Congress and the public of the exercise of authorities under this Act. Directs the President, within 30 days, to specify ceiling prices for all first sales or exchanges of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and condensate produced or imported into the United States. Title II: Coordination with Environmental Protection Requirements - Empowers the Administrator, under the Clean Air Act, to temporarily suspend, until November 1, 1974, any stationary source fuel or emission as it applies to any person, if he finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation because of unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. Prescribes the procedures for the making of such suspensions and defines the terms used. States that the Administrator may establish priorities under which manufacturers of continuous emission reduction systems shall provide such systems to users. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress within six months on the results of the programs promulgated under this title. Provides for implementation of plan revisions under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study on the necessity of parking surcharges, management of parking supplies, and preferential bus/carpool lanes to achieve national primary ambient air quality standards. Extends the period for application of motor vehicle emission standards from 1975 to 1977. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Clean Air Act. Provides that any allocation provided for in title I of this Act or in the Emergency Petroleum Act of 1973 shall include measures to assure that available low sulfur fuel will be distributed on a priority basis to those areas designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as requiring low sulfur to avoid or minimize adverse impact on public health. Sets forth additional provisions providing for the protection of public health and the environment. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study on potential methods of energy conservation and submit a report to Congress. Details the contents of such report. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on high-speed ground transportation systems between California, Mexico, and Canada. Calls for the filing of a report on the practicability of establishing a fuel economy improvement standard of 20 percent for new motor vehicles manufactured from 1980 onward. Title III: Studies and Reports - Requires the conduct and submission to the Congress of reports in specified energy areas, including the production of energy supplies, conservation programs, price-elasticity of gasoline demands, and public transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
District of Columbia Election Finance and Conflict of Interest Act - Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes within the Government of the District of Columbia a committee to be known as the District of Columbia Elections and Ethics Commission Nominating Committee whose function is nominating individuals for appointment as members of the District of Columbia Elections and Ethics Commission. Declares that no person may be appointed as a member of the Committee unless he or she (1) is a citizen of the United States, and (2) is a resident of the District of Columbia and has maintained his or her domicile within the District for at least one year immediately preceding the date of his or her appointment, and (3) is not a member of the Council of the District of Columbia or an officer or employee of the Government of the District of Columbia (including the judicial branch). Provides that the Committee shall be composed of five members: one member shall be the Comptroller General of the United States, or his designee; two members shall be appointed by the Mayor, at least one of whom shall be a lawyer; and two members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia with the approval of the Council. States that members of the Committee shall be appointed not later than June 30, 1975. Establishes as an independent agency of the District of Columbia a Commission to be known as the District of Columbia Elections and Ethics Commission, consisting of seven members serving for terms of six years each. Provides that the members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council of the District of Columbia except for those members of the Commission first appointed after the enactment of this Act. States that of the members first appointed, three shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, three shall be appointed by the Chiarman of the Council of the District of Columbia, with the approval of the Council, and one shall be appointed by the Comptroller General. Requires the Commission to meet at least monthly during any calendar year in which there is an election and at least quarterly in nonelection years. Requires the Commission to file reports concerning its activities. Enumerates the powers and duties of the Commission. Declares that the Commission shall be the primary civil and criminal enforcement agency for violations of the provisions of this Act and the District of Columbia Election Act. Provides civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act or of the District of Columbia Election Act. Establishes reporting procedures for the election process. Establishes financial disclosure requirements for candidates and public officials (including elected and certain appointed officials of the District Government). Requires each candidate to designate one political committee as his or her central campaign committee and defines the role of this committee. Establishes limits on contributions by an individual to a candidate and a limit on total political contributions by an individual during a calendar year. Limits campaign expenditures of a candidate, including the amount a candidate or his or her family may make from personal funds, and the amount a person may expend on behalf of a candidate. Limits cash contributions to $20 and requires candidates and political committees to report cash contributions weekly to the Commission. Requires that expenditures must be made by check or money order, other than petty cash expenditures not in excess of $50. Declares that elective and public office is a public trust and that any effort to realize personal gain through official conduct is a violation of that trust, and sets forth actions which must be taken in potential conflict-of-interest situations. Authorizes to be appropriated to the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1974
Provides for duty-free treatment, under the Tariff Schedules of the United States, for feathers and down, whether or not on the skin, crude, sorted, treated or both sorted and treated, but not otherwise processed, entered on or before December 31, 1979. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1202)
![Official portrait of Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL]](https://www.congress.gov/img/member/s000890_200.jpg)