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United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Authorizes the President to designate April 21 through April 28 as "Earth Week, 1974".
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1974
Makes it the sense of Congress that: (1) the President of the United States should seek direct negotiations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, designed to achieve agreements on limiting deployment of their respective naval and other military forces in the Indian Ocean and littoral states; (2) these negotiations should be convened, as rapidly as possible, either in a bilateral forum, or within the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean, augmented to include the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; (3) these negotiations should consider, among other topics, agreed limitations by the two Powers on establishment or use of naval and other military facilities in the Indian Ocean and littoral states, numbers of war-ships (or ship-days) deployed in the Indian Ocean basin, and the size and characteristics of warships and other military forces deployed there; (4) during these negotiations, the President should reaffirm the principal of Freedom of the Seas, in regard to the Indian Ocean, and bear in mind the deliberations of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean regarding relevant issues; and (5) the President should report to the Congress at regular intervals, not less frequently than every six months, on progress made pursuant to this concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Provides, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, that the production and distribution of fertilizer for domestic use is a service directly related to agricultural operations, and therefore is entitled to receive 100 percent of its current fuel requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Social Security Administration Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to strengthen the fiscal and administrative structure of the contributory social security programs. Title I: Social Security Administration - Establishes, as an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the Government, a Social Security Administration, headed by a Board appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Declares that it shall be the duty of the Administration to administer the programs established by titles II, XVI, and XVIII of the Social Security Act, and to discharge the duties and responsibilities imposed on the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in connection with the administration of the program established by title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. States that the Administration shall also have the duty of studying and making recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance, and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy. Provides for the appointment of an Executive Director and a General Counsel of the Administration. Makes the Administration responsible for administering the old age, survivors, and disability insurance program, medicare, supplemental security income, and the black lung benefit program under the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. Prohibits the mailing of announcements with Social Security and SSI checks which make reference by name, title, or signature to any officer of the United States. Transfers to the Social Security Administration: (1) all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with respect to the administration of programs and activities the administration of which is vested in such Administration, by reason of this Act; and (2) all personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, and records, which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines to be employed, held, or used by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare primarily in connection with the functions, activities, and programs which, by reason of this Act are vested in or become the responsibility of the Administration. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security. Title II: Miscellaneous and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Social Security Act, the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, the Budget and Accounting Act, and the Executive Schedules of the United States Code.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1974
Modifies the definition of "resident," for purposes of payment of income tax under the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act, to exempt from the exemption for payment of such taxes any elective or appointive officer, or employee, who is domiciled in a State which imposes a tax on the personal income of individuals domiciled therein but with respect to which such officer or employee is not subject during that taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1974
Child Nutrition Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and administer in cooperation with State educational agencies a universal food service program for children in high school grades and under and in service institutions conducting programs for the benefit of all children. Authorizes to be appropriated, for each fiscal year, such sums as are necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides that meals and supplemental food services provided by schools and service institutions shall meet nutritional standards prescribed by the Secretary. Requires food service programs operated under this Act to be operated on a nonprofit basis and each participating school and service institution shall offer at least one meal per day without charge to all children in attendance. States that State agencies shall determine the eligibility of applicant schools and service institutions and shall establish controls to insure effective use of funds. Provides that each school or service institution shall utilize in its program food donated by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize annually not to exceed $200,000,000 of certain available funds for the purchase and distribution of especially nutritious agricultural commodities to assist the food service program in meeting the nutritional requirements under this Act. Provides that the apportionment of funds to each State shall be based on two factors: (1) the number of children in average daily attendance during the preceding year in schools and service institutions eligible under this Act and (2) the rate of Federal assistance per child per year. Requires State and local matching funds shall constitute at least 15 percent of total operating costs of the program. Authorizes to be appropriated for the first fiscal year and for any subsequent fiscal year not to exceed $100,000,000 to assist the States to supply schools and service institutions with equipment for the storage, preparation, transportation, and serving of food. Provides that the Secretary shall apportion 50 percent of the funds among the States on the basis of the ratio between the number of children enrolled in schools without a food service in each State and the number of children enrolled in schools without a food service in all States. Provides that the remainder of the funds shall be apportioned among the States on the basis of the ratio between the number of children enrolled in schools in each State and the number of children enrolled in schools in all States. Authorizes the Secretary to formulate a program for nutritional training of food service persons and conduct of nutrition education activities. Authorizes appropriations for such programs. Requires the State educational agencies to submit plans of operation to the Secretary at least three months prior to the first fiscal year of operations under this Act. Provides grants for State administrative expenses and the costs of local supervision. Provides that Federal assistance for food service to nonprofit private schools shall be provided by the State educational agency and authorizes the Secretary to make direct payments to such schools if the State agency is precluded by State law from making such payments. Directs the Secretary to begin a pilot operation in at least ten school systems in the first full fiscal year following the passage of this Act to test and develop the most effective techniques and procedures for use under this Act. Requires the States and the participating schools and institutions to keep such accounts and records as the Secretary may require. Requires the Secretary to provide for an evaluation of the programs conducted under this Act. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition which shall make a continuing study of the operations carried out under this Act with a view to determining how such programs can be improved. Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Economic Stabilization Act Amendments - States that it is the policy of the United States to provide for an orderly return to a free market as rapidly as possible. Provides that any exemption from or termination of economic controls shall be conditioned on such commitments from the affected parties as may be necessary and appropriate to insure: (1) adequate expansion in the production of commodities or productive capacity in short supply and (2) price and wage restraint sufficient to prevent serious inflation in the economy as a whole; except where the President determines such commitment would be unnecessary or ineffective. Authorizes the President to reinstate economic stabilization controls upon breach of any commitment entered into pursuant to this Act. Requires any department or agency of the United States to provide the President with economic information upon request, except for: (1) information, the disclosure of which to another Federal agency is expressly prohibited by law, or (2) trade secrets, commercial, financial, or demographic information which is privileged or confidential and obtained by an agency from a person for statistical or law enforcement purposes, the disclosure of which to another Federal agency would frustrate development of accurate statistics or proper law enforcement.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1974
States that royalties shall not be included in the definition of income war profits, and excess profits taxes as creditable taxes in the case of taxes paid or accrued to any foreign country with respect to income derived from the extraction, production, or refining of oil or gas in such country. States in regard to transitional rules for carrybacks and carryovers, relating to income from without the United States, that whenever pre 1974 taxes are deemed to be post-1973 taxes, the pre-1974 taxes shall be redetermined as if those provisions applied to the taxable year in which the pre-1974 taxes were paid or accrued.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Full Disclosure Act - Requires, under the Federal Election Campaign Act, that each candidate for nomination for election to Federal office (other than a candidate who holds the office of President, Vice President, or Member of Congress) shall file with the Comptroller General a financial disclosure report for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of that individual's candidacy. Requires each individual who has served at any time during any calendar year as President, Vice President, or Member of Congress to file with the Comptroller General a financial disclosure report for that year. Prescribes the deadline dates for such filings. Provides that each such report shall contain a full and complete statement of: (1) the amount and sources of all income, other than reimbursements for expenditures actually incurred, and each gift or aggregate of gifts from one source of a value of more than $100 (other than gifts received from any relative or his spouse) received by him or by him and his spouse jointly or by his spouse or by his children during the preceding calendar year, including any fee or other honorarium received; (2) the value of all assets held by him, and of each liability owed by him, or by him and his spouse jointly; (3) all dealings in securities or commodities by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf; (4) all purchases and sales of real property or any interest therein; (5) the amount of each tax paid by the candidate during the preceding calendar year. States that all reports filed under this Act shall be maintained by the Comptroller General as public records, and shall be available, under such regulations as the Comptroller General may prescribe, for inspection by the public.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Authorizes the President to declare by proclamation Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn an honorary citizen of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Provides for advancing to not later than February 15, 1974, the effective date of the final order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Docket No. MC 43 (Sub-No.2), which requires carriers to reimburse their owner-operators for all increases in the price of fuel over the base period May 15, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Declares that the Senate disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to rates of pay transmitted to the Congress in the budget for the fiscal year 1975 pursuant to the Federal Salary Act of 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President direct the Secretary of State to bring to the immediate attention of the Soviet Government the deep and growing concern among citizens of the United States over the plight of Simas Kudirka and to urge his release from imprisonment and his return to his family. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States forward a copy of this resolution to the United States Representative to the United Nations for transmission to the Commission on Human Rights of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Provides that veterans' pension and compensation will not be reduced as a result of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66 or any subsequent cost-of-living adjustment under title II of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
National Arthritis Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to expand the authority of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Disgestive Diseases in order to advance a national attack on arthritis. Establishes a National Task Force on Arthritis to formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal and other related diseases. Provides that the Arthritis Plan shall include recommendations for the utilization and organizations of national resources for the campaign against arthritis, and a program for the National Institute of Arthritis Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases as a major participant in the campaign against arthritis specifies the composition of the Task Force membership. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000 for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the purposes of the national arthritis program. Establishes within the Institute the position of Associate Director for Arthritis, responsible for programs regarding arthritis within such Institute. Provides that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis Coordinating Committee to be composed of representatives who can make policy commitments for each of the Institutes and divisions involved in arthritis-related research. Creates within the Federal Government an Interagency Technical Committee on Arthritis which shall be responsible for promoting the coordination of those aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to arthritis to assure the adequacy and technical soundness of such programs and activities and to provide for the full communication and exchange of information necessary to maintain adequate coordination of such programs and activities. States that the Director of the Institute shall establish programs for cooperation with other health agencies in the screening, detection, prevention, and control of arthritis which emphasize the development of new diagnostic and treatment methods for arthritis, and the dissemination of the knowledge about these methods to the health professions. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides that the Director of the Institute, shall provide for the development of centers for basic and clinical research into, training, in, and demonstration of, advanced diagnostic, prevention, control, and treatment methods for arthritis. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Requires the Director of the Institute after the end of each calendar year, to submit to the President and Congress a report including: (1) a proposal for the Institute's activities during the next five years; and (2) a program evaluation section.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Provides that the Civil Aeronautics Board shall not permit any air carrier which received a Federal subsidy in 1972 to omit, suspend, terminate, or reduce by 50 percent or more, regularly scheduled service, including flag stop service, to a point certificated to be served by that carrier on any day in November 1973, unless the Board finds, that the reduction is in the public interest: (1) that such point will continue to receive adequate regularly scheduled service from another certificated air carrier, or (2) that such air carrier is not providing more than two nonstop round trips per day in each marketpair in which both points are "large hubs" as defined in the most recent edition of "Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Route Carriers", and (3) that such carrier is using the fuel available to it as efficiently as possible. Requires that notice of any application for authority to omit, suspend, terminate, or reduce, by 50 percent or more, regularly scheduled service shall be published in the Federal Register and shall be sent to all interested persons.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Chlorine Allocation Act - Makes it the policy of the Congress to require priority dispersal of chlorine for the treatment of safe drinking water and waste water and to encourage priority dispersal of other chemicals and substances necessary for the treatment of safe drinking water and waste water. Provides that, within 30 days after enactment, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall promulgate regulations providing for mandatory allocation of chlorine from the processing of chlorine to its final use in amounts specified in such regulations to the extent necessary to protect the public health and environment. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations providing for mandatory allocation of other chemicals and substances used in the treatment of drinking water or waste water. Provides that an imminent hazard shall be considered to exist when the evidence is sufficient to show that shortages of chlorine, chemicals, or substances for treating drinking water or waste water will result in any unreasonable threat to human health or the environment prior to the completion of an administrative hearing or other formal proceeding held pursuant to this Act. Provides that, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall promulgate regulations delineating which functions under this Act shall be performed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Preparedness of the General Services Administration, the Department of Commerce, or the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Prescribes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief for violations under this Act. Directs the Administrator to establish such advisory committees as he determines are necessary. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to have adequate advance notice of any meeting of such committees and may have an official representative attend and participate in any such meeting. Provides that, within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, subject to the approval of the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission, shall promulgate, by rule, standards and procedures by which persons engaged in the business of processing, distributing, importing or repackaging of chlorine or other chemical or substance may develop and implement voluntary agreements and plans of action to carry out such agreements which the Administrator determines are necessary to accomplish the objectives. Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General to each prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out their responsibilities under this Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall terminate on June 30, 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
Authorizes the Committee on Commerce to make an investigation of national oceans policy for the purpose of: (1) determining national capabilities in the oceans, (2) determining the adequacy of current Federal programs relating to the oceans and recommending improvements; (3) establishing policies to achieve the goal of full utilization and conservation of living resources for the oceans; (4) assessing the needs for new policies for the development and utilization of the nonliving resources of the oceans; (5) encouraging implementation of coastal zone management; (6) establishing a comprehensive national policy for understanding and protecting the global ocean environment through education, exploration, research, and international cooperation; and (7) making an assessment of proposals for national and international jurisdiction over the oceans. Authorizes, for the purpose of this resolution, the Committee on Commerce to expend, through February 28, 1975, from the contingent fund of the Senate, a sum not to exceed $200,000.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that real property which is farmland, woodland, or open scenic land and forms part of an estate be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value as farmland, woodland, or open scenic land (rather than at its fair market value) if it continues to be used as such for at least 5 years after the date on which the estate tax returned is filed. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 2031)
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should determine and take immediate steps to reduce Federal Government consumption of fuels by a third; (2) the President should initiate a program within the Federal Government to immediately reduce nonessential uses of all Government vehicles and equipment, and commercial and mass transportation should be utilized whenever practical in the conduct of government business; (3) the President should allot Federal Government departments and agencies a fixed quantity of fuel for a fixed period for essential purposes only, and critical national security activities and other vital services may be exempted on a case-by-case basis; (4) the Secretary of Defense should immediately initiate innovative measures to reduce the amount of fuels used for defense activities; and (5) the President should immediately urge State, local, and other public authorities to adopt similar measures.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1973
Energy Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Energy Information - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Energy Information, to be a main line component of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, coequal with the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to perform the duties conferred upon the Bureau by this title or delegate any of them. Provides that the Bureau shall be headed by a Director of Energy Information to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the principal function of the Bureau shall be to operate, maintain, and improve the National Energy Information System established by title II of this Act. Enumerates the work priorities of the Bureau. Title II: National Energy Information System - Establishes a National Energy Information System, to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Directs that the components of the System shall be: (1) a public library of energy information; (2) a confidential library of energy information for restricted governmental use; and (3) a secret library of energy information for use only in preparing anonymous statistics. Specifies the characteristics of the system. States that the purpose of the public library is to make available to the general public promptly and conveniently as much of the information in the System as can be released consistently with national security and reasonable competitive equities. States that the purpose of the secret library is to serve the Nation's need for accurate statistical information on mineral fuel reserves, natural energy resources, and energy industries. Directs the Director to place in the secret library information obtained under authority of this Act for which either the national security or reasonable competitive equities require that the information be wholly suppressed or be published only in statistical aggregations of a size and type sufficient to prevent any person from learning or inferring the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual. Prescribes the priorities for entry of information into the system. Enumerates the standards for entry of information into the public, confidential, and secret libraries. Imposes penalties on any employee of the Bureau or other employee who, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, publishes or communicates, without the written authority of the Secretary or the Director, any information coming into his possession by reason of his employment from or for entry in the confidential library or the secret library of the System. Penalizes refused or neglect to provide information, and the providing of false information, under this Act. Title III: Energy Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile, maintain, and keep current on not less than an annual basis an inventory of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources in the public lands of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Specifies the content of such compilation. Title IV: Information on Mineral Fuel Reserves and Natural Energy Resources - Makes it the duty of every substantial energy resources company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce to report annually to the Director full and complete details of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources which it, together with its affiliates, owns or controls anywhere in the world. Provides that all reports required by this title and title V shall be entered by the Director, immediately upon receipt, into one of the three libraries of the System. Title V: Information on the Energy Industries - Makes it the duty of every major energy company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce, to report annually to the Director on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Specifies the content of such reports. Authorizes the requiring of additional reports, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce or the Director. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to review and evaluate the procedures and activities of the Bureau. Title VII: Conformance of and with Other Statutes - Provides that whenever any of the information obtained from any major energy company under this Act is contained in any other report of such company, such report having been filed prior to the effective date of this Act, the Director may excuse such company from filing a report with him, containing the same information. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Reports Act. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof is held invalid the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior such amounts as may be requisite to full and efficient performance of the duties imposed upon such Departments by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1973
Establishes a joint committee of the Congress to be known as the Joint Committee on the Continuing Study of the Need to Reorganize the Departments and Agencies Engaging in Surveillance. Specifies the composition of such committee. Makes it the function of the joint committee: (1) to make a continuing study of the need to reorganize the departments and agencies of the United States engaged in the investigation or surveillance of induviduals; (2) to make a continuing study of intergovernmental relationships between the United States insofar as that relationship involves the area of investigation or surveillance of individuals; (3) to make a continuing study of the collection, processing, analysis, storage, and dissemination of information concerning specific individuals, collected by any department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States Government; and (4) to guide the committes of the Congress dealing with legislation with respect to the activities of the United States Government involving the area of surveillance. Authorizes the joint committee, or any subcommittee: (1) to make expenditures, (2) to employ personnel, (3) to adopt rules respecting its organization and procedures, (4) to hold hearings, (5) to sit and act at any time or place, (6) to subpoena witnesses and documents (in accordance with this Act), (7) with the prior consent of the agency concerned, to use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel information, and facilities of any such agency, (8) to procure printing and binding, (9) to procure the services of consultants.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1973
Extends for three years the District of Columbia Medical and Dental Manpower Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress. Provides, under the Uniform Time Act, that daylight saving time shall be observed on a year-round basis. Sets forth provisions for States which lie within one or more time zones. Provides that if a State, by proclamation of its Governor, makes a finding prior to the commencement of a period of advanced time under this Act that an exemption or a realinement of time zone limits is necessary to avoid undue hardship or to conserve fuel in such State or part thereof, the President may grant such exemption or realinement. Directs the Secretary of Interior to: (1) make a study to determine the amount of energy which is conserved as a result of the extension of daylight saving time pursuant to this Act, and (2) in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, review the appropriateness of the limits of each standard time zone, and (3) report the results of such study, together with his recommendations, with regard to the present limits of time zones, to the President and the Congress not later than June 30, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Broadens the conditions under which post-hospital home health services and home health services may be provided under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare).
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
House Health Services Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the establishment and initial operation of public and nonprofit private agencies which will provide home health services in areas in which such services are not otherwise available. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants: (1) to meet the initial and expanding costs of such agencies; and (2) for programs for the training of professional and paraprofessional personnel to provide home health services. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as adversely affecting our resolve to uphold our vital interests, nor be tempted to seize upon them as an opportunity to undermine the security of the United States. Expresses the sense of the Senate that other nations should not construe domestic events as impairing the full commitment of our Government to achieve a just and durable peace in the Middle East. Calls upon all friendly nations to join with the United States in pursuance of these vital common objectives, which have as their goal respect for law and a stable and secure peace throughout the world.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Authorizes the United States Governor to pay to the International Development Association $1,500,000,000 as the United States contribution to the Fourth Replenishment of the Resources of the Association. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,500,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that funds authorized and appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the housing, housing assistance, and community development programs administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the housing and housing assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture should be obligated or expended (to the extent current appropriations or other obligational authority permit) at rates which are not less than the rates at which funds were obligated or expended for such programs during calendar year 1972, until such time as these programs are terminated by the Congress or new housing and community development programs are enacted by the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1973
Provides for the relief of Monroe A. Lucas.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1973
Authorizes reduced rate transportation for handicapped persons and for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older or twenty-one years of age or younger under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the Interstate Commerce Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1973
Independent Special Prosecutor Act - Directs the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to appoint a Special Prosecutor who shall have the duties and powers prescribed in this Act. Authorizes the Chief Judge to appoint a Deputy Special Prosecutor, to assist the Special Prosecutor in the performance of his duties and who, in the event of the disability of the Special Prosecutor or vacancy in the office of Special Prosecutor, shall temporarily become Special Prosecutor until the Chief Judge appoints a Special Prosecutor. Authorizes the Special Prosecutor to have exclusive jurisdiction, to investigate, as he deems appropriate, and prosecute against and in the name of the United States: (1) offenses arising out of the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate; (2) other offenses arising out of the 1972 Presidential election; (3) offenses alleged to have been committed by the President, Presidential appointees, or members of the White House staff; (4) all other matters referred to the former Special Prosecutor pursuant to regulations of the Attorney General; and (5) offenses relating to or arising out of any such matters. Empowers the Special Prosecutor with authority with respect to specified matters set forth in this Act; including (1) to determine whether or not to contest the assertion of Executive Privilege or any other testimonial privilege; and (2) to receive appropriate national security clearance and review all evidence sought to be withheld on grounds of national security and if necessary contest in court any claim of privilege or attempt to withhold evidence on grounds of national security. Provides that all investigations, prosecutions, litigation and grand jury or other proceedings initiated by the former Special Prosecutor shall be continued, as the Special Prosecutor deems appropriate, by him, and he shall become successor counsel for the United States in all such proceedings, notwithstanding any substitution of counsel made after October 20, 1973. States that the Special Prosecutor shall carry out his duties under this Act within two years, except as necessary to complete trial or appellate action on indictments then pending. Empowers the Chief Judge to dismiss the Special Prosecutor or the Deputy Special Prosecutor if he determines they have willfully violated the provisions of this Act or committed other extraordinary improprieties, and for no other reason. Provides that the Special Prosecutor solely shall exercise the powers and perform the duties specified in this Act and that neither the Chief Judge or the President of the United States, nor any other officer of the United States shall have any authority to direct, countermand, or interfere with any action taken by the Special Prosecutor pursuant to this Act. Provides that neither the President of the United States, nor any other officer of the United States, shall have any authority to remove the Special Prosecutor from office. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1973
Provides that United States district courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over civil actions on claims against the United States, for money damages, for injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death caused by the act or omission of any employee of the Government acting within the scope of his office or employment and while engaged in an ultrahazardous activity.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Emergency Daylight Savings Time Energy Conservation Act - Declares the findings of Congress, including that studies indicate that if daylight saving time were extended to be in effect year round, such action by the Federal Government could serve as an incentive for other energy conservation efforts which could lead to greatly expanded energy savings. States that these energy conservation efforts could include such actions as: (1) turning down thermostats several degrees; (2) limiting unnecessary automobile travel; (3) turning off office air-conditioners and heating plants an hour earlier in the afternoon; (4) making a conscious effort to limit unnecessary use of lights; and (5) shutting off all unnecessary office building lights and outdoor displays. Provides, under the Uniform Time Act, the one hour advance in time shall continue during the period from 2 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sunday of October, 1973, until 2 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sunday of April, 1974. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) make a study to determine the amount of energy which is conserved as a result of the extension of daylight saving time; and (2) report the results of such study, together with his recommendations, to the President and the Congress not later than June 30, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Independent Investigation Act - Expresses the findings of Congress. Establishes an Office of Special Prosecutor to investigate: (1) possible violations of Federal law, and possible instances of official misconduct by Federal officials, which occurred in connection with the 1972 Presidential primaries and general election and any campaign, canvass, or other activities related to such election; and (2) allegations of other illegal conduct or official misconduct on the part of the President, members of the White House staff, or Presidential appointees. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Special Prosecutor, who shall be appointed by the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia pursuant to the Constitution of the United States. States that the Special Prosecutor shall serve for a term beginning upon his appointment and ending on June 30, 1977, and shall be removable only by impeachment. States that the Special Prosecutor shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the conduct of all investigations, prosecutions, and civil actions on behalf of the United States to enforce all provisions of Federal law violated by: (1) any person in connection with the Presidential primaries and general election of 1972, and any campaign, canvass, or other activity related to such election; or (2) by the President, members of the White House staff, or Presidential appointees. Directs the Attorney General to cooperate with the Special Prosecutor to the fullest extent possible to insure that the Special Prosecutor has exclusive control of all activities relating to any such investigation and prosecution resulting from such election. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Special Prosecutor is vested with all of the powers and duties of the Attorney General of the United States and of the United States attorney. Directs each department, agency, and independent instrumentality of the Government to cooperate with the Special Prosecutor. Provides that the Office shall remain in existence until such time as the Special Prosecutor certifies to the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that all investigations and prosecutions conducted pursuant to this Act have been completed, or on June 30, 1977, whichever occurs first. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides that all funds appropriated to the Watergate Special Task Force pursuant to the State-Justice-Commerce Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1974 and not previously expended shall be transferred on the date of enactment of this Act to the account of the Office. Directs the Office to submit its budget requests directly to the Congress and furnish the Office of Management and Budget with informational copies. Provides that in the event that the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, prior to the enactment of this legislation, appoints one or more persons to serve as special counsel grand jury currently investigating incidents relating to the 1972 Presidential campaign, and in the event that funds to compensate such person or persons for services rendered or expenses incurred are unavailable, any funds transferred to or appropriated for the Office shall be utilized to compensate or reimburse such person or persons. States that in the event that the President of the United States, or anyone acting on his behalf, or any other person, initiates legal proceedings challenging the constitutionality of any provision of this Act, the Office shall have the right to defend the constitutionality of this Act in any such proceeding, and shall be entitled to utilize the funds transferred or appropriated to the Office to defray any expenses incurred in the course of such a defense. Provides that no decision invalidating any portion of this Act shall take effect until such decision becomes final. States that exclusive jurisdiction over lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of this Act shall reside in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Provides that the invalidation of any provision of this Act shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Declares that the Senate hereby finds the action of Robert Bork in removing Mr. Archibald Cox is a breach of the assurances made by Elliot Richardson on behalf of the President of the United States to the United States Senate. Declares that the Senate hereby condemns Robert Bork for removing Archibald Cox as Special Prosecutor in derogation of the solemn assurances made to the United States Senate
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
National Emergency Petroleum Act - Title I: Statement of Findings and Purposes - States the purposes of this Act, including to: (1) protect the public welfare and the national security in the face of critical energy shortages; and (2) provide a national program to conserve scarce energy resources, through mandatory and voluntary rationing and conservation measures. Title II: Emergency Fuel Shortage Contingency Programs - Authorizes the President to declare a national or regional emergency requiring implementation of emergency fuel shortage contingency programs as provided for in this title. States that the President shall promulgate reguirements for emergency rationing, conservation, and contingency programs to be implemented by State and local governments in the event there is an emergency fuel shortage. Provides that such programs shall include: (1) an established priority system and plan for rationing of scarce fuel among distributors and consumers during periods of critical shortages, and (2) measures to reduce energy consumption in the affected area by 10 percent within ten days, and by 25 percent within four weeks after implementation. Directs the President, in time of actual or impending emergency fuel shortage, to: (1) reguire existing electrical powerplants burning petroleum or natural gas which have the capability, to revert to burning coal; (2) authorizes independent regulatory authorities to permit variances form existing schedules and routings in order to conserve fuel; and (3) develop and implement federally sponsored incentives for the public transportation. Provides mandatory Federal actions to increase available domestic petroleum supplies. Authorizes the President to take specified actions to extend and develop contigency supplies of oil and gas reserves. Title II: Administration and Authorization - Directs the President to submit to Congress requirements for the emergency fuel shortage contingency programs to be approved by Congress unless the Congress specifically disapproves and offers alternative provisions. Authorizes the Cost of Living Council to develop incentives to encourage private industry and individual persons to subscribe to the goals of this Act. Authorizes the President to make grants to any State or major metropolitan government for the purpose of assisting in developing, administering, and enforcing emergency fuel shortage contingency plans under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $150,000,000 for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength be implemented by continuing to transfer to Israel, by whatsoever means necessary, Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the aggressors.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Establishes a temporary Senate Select Committee on the Vice Presidency, consisting of four majority members and three minority members, to study and investigate the character and fitness of any individual nominated to fill the present vacancy in the Vice Presidency. Authorizes the select committee to issue subpenas for witnesses and records, administer oaths, and hold hearings. Requires the select committee to report to the Senate within 30 days after receipt of a nomination from the President. Limits expenses of the select committee to $1,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that its members support the efforts of the President and the Secretary of the State to achieve a cease fire in the Middle East and a return of the parties involved to lines and positions occupied by them prior to the outbreak of the current hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that a world food conference to include representatives from governments, multinational organizations, academic and research institutions, relief organizations and industry, be organized under United Nations auspices in 1974, to discuss means of increasing food production, improving distribution of food, developing a world policy on food reserves and providing for world relief in cases of natural disasters.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Social Services Amendments - Outlines the objectives to be achieved under this Act, including: (1) the goal of self-support; (2) the goal of family care or self-care; (3) the goal of community-based care; and (4) the institional care goal. Provides, under the Social Security Act, for maximum freedom for each State to determine which services will make available, the persons eligible for such services, the manner in which such services are provided, and any limitations on the receipt of such services. Requires that social services to be offered at the option of the States to all elibible persons shall include: (1) day care services for children; (2) day care services for children with special needs; (3) service for children in foster care; (4) protective services for children; (5) family planning services; (6) protective services for adults; (7) services for adults in foster care; (8) homemaker services for individuals in their own homes; (9) chore services; (10) home delivered or congregate meals; (11) day care services for adults; (12) health related services; (13) home management and other functional education services; (14) housing improvement services; (15) a full range of legal services; (16) transportation services necessary to travel to and from community facilities or resources for receipt of services; (17) educational and training services; (18) employment services; (19) information, referral, and determination of eligibility and the need for services, without regard to individual eligibility criteria; (20) special services for the mentally retarded, or special adaptations of generic services; (21) special services for the blind; (22) services for alcoholism and drug addiction; (23) special services for the emotionally disturbed as defined by the State; (24) special services for the physically handicapped as defined by the State; and (25) any other proposed services at the request of a State. Provides that States are entitled to Federal financial participation for the delivery of mandatory and optional social services under the State plan to the extent of the appropriations allocated by the Congress. Requires that State plans submitted with respect to the services program shall contain provision for a fair hearing, under which applicants and recipients may appeal exclusion from a service program. Provides that State plans shall provide for the establishment of a Social Services Advisory Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Provides, under the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments, that grants for construction of treatment works shall be available to projects (1) initiated after January 1, 1973 and (2) not receiving Federal support to the same extent that they would otherwise have been provided.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Oil and Gas Regulatory Reform Act - Title I: Natural Gas Natural Gas Amendments - States that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall, with specified exceptions, apply to the transportation and sale of natural gas and/or to natural gas companies engaged in such transportation and sale. Sets forth the definitions of the terms used in such Act. Directs the Federal Power Commission to establish and periodically revise a national area rate for production of natural gas, reflecting differences in production costs, state taxation, and similar costs. Prescribes the rules for implementation of such rates. States that the Commission shall not order any increase in existing area rates for natural gas unless such an increase is justified on the basis of an actual increase in costs of operation or maintenance (including a fair rate of return). Provides that in determining present and future requirements of consumers for natural gas, the Commission shall implement conservation policies including rate design revision, end use controls, and termination of promotional practices. Directs the Commission to conduct studies of the transportation and sale of natural gas throughout the United States whether or not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, make an independent evaluation of the proven and probable natural gas reserves of the United States identifying volumes committed to contract and volumes not committed and the reasons for such noncommitment. Directs the Commission to conduct studies of the transportation and sale of natural gas throughout the United States whether or not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and make an independent evaluation of the proven and probable natural gas reserves of the United States identifying volumes committed to contract and volumes not committed and the reasons for such noncommitment. Authorizes the Commission to obtain reserve information on natural gas reserves from natural gas companies, whether or not such companies are otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. Provides that a small producer shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act for a period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that each new producer contract, other than a small producer contract, shall be filed by the producer with the Commission. States that upon such filing, the Commission shall review the contract to insure that the rate does not exceed the national area rate and (1) approve such contract unconditionally; (2) approve such contract subject to such reasonable terms and conditions specified by the Commission as to price, expiration, determination, or other provision thereof; or (3) disapprove such contract. Requires that natural gas which is produced from its own wells by a natural-gas company engaged in the transporation of natural gas in commerce, which is not sold under a producer contract, and which is taken and delivered into its own transportation facilities or into the transportation facilities of any person transporting such natural gas for its account in interstate commerce shall be delivered only pursuant to a schedule of terms and conditions, including pricing provisions, applicable to the taking of such natural gas. States that any new producer contract shall be accepted for filing if it includes any of specified types of indefinite pricing clauses. Prescribes that conditions under which a seller shall be entitled to receive a price increase for natural gas. Authorizes the Commission to allocate natural gas among pipelines to attain specific objectives including: (1) protection of public health, safety, and welfare, and the national defense; (2) maintenance of all public services; and (3) maintenance of all essential agricultural operations directly related to the cultivation, production, and preservation of food. Title II: Oil Pipeline Transportation - Oil Pipeline Transportation Act - Transfers all function of the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to the regulation of oil pipelines to the Federal Power Commission. Provides that whenever the Commission finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order, direct an oil pipeline company (1) to extend or improve its transportation or storage facilities, or (2) establish a physical connection of its transportation or storage facilities with the facilites of any person engaged or legally authorized to engage in the refining or distribution of oil. States that no oil pipeline company shall (1) abandon its facilities or any service rendered without the permission and approval of the Commission; or (2) undertake the construction of extension of any facilities for the transportation or storage of oil, unless there is in force a certificate issued by the Commission authorizing such acts. Prescribes the procedures and requirements for granting of such certificates of public convenience and necessity. States that the Commission shall not grant, issue, or renew a certificate of public convience and necessity until it has received the advice of the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission. Makes it unlawful for any pipeline company to refuse to provide any shipper of such oil or products who meets minimum tender requirements access of exit storage of terminal facilities at any origin point of any destination point. Provides that a pipeline company may file an application with Commission requesting that the required minimum tender be raised. States that in every determination by the Commission upon an application for an increased tender, the burden of proof shall be on the applicant. Requires that such hearing shall include consideration of: (1) evidence from factural tests of the degree of intermixture of crude oil or refined petroleum products; (2) other relevant scientific, technological, and engineering calculations; (3) the opinion of the National Transportation Safety Board; (4) the opinion of the Department of Justice regarding the effects on competition of the proposed increased minimum tender as requested by such pipeline company. Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Commission to monitor the activities of oil pipeline companies subject to the provisions of this Act by periodic investigations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1973
Directs the Librarian of Congress to establish and maintain a library containing recordings and film prints of television and radio programs, distributed nationally, which the Librarian determines to be substantial public interest. Provides that the Librarian shall conduct and report to Congress on: a study (1) the type of guidelines to be used in determining what programs that it would be in the public interest to preserve, and the cost, and (2) the recordings and film prints necessary in order to have as complete a collection as possible of radio and television programs that have been broadcast and are of historical significance, and of such acquisition. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000; $175,000,000; and $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively, for the nutrition program for the aged under title VIII of the Elder Americans Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Directs the President, under the Economic Stabilization Act, to permit all classes of marketers of petroleum products at all levels of distribution a dollar-for-dollar passthrough for increases in the cost of such products.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Prohibits, under the Export Administration Act, the exportation of crude oil and petroleum products during any period when prices in the petroleum industry are subject to economic controls.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1973
Rape Prevention and Control Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to conduct a continuing study and investigation of specified areas, including: (1) the effectiveness of existing Federal, State and local laws dealing with rape; (2) the relationship, if any, between traditional legal and social attitudes toward sexual roles, the act of rape, and the formulation of laws dealing with rape; (3) the treatment of the victims of rape by law enforcement agencies, hospitals, or other medical institutions, prosecutors, and the courts; (4) the causes of rape; and (5) sexual assaults in correctional institutions. Provides that the Center shall compile and publish annually a summary of its findings. Directs the Center to develop an information clearinghouse with regard to enumerated materials regarding rape and rehabilitation of offenders. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides that the Secretary, through the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape, shall make grants to community mental health centers, nonprofit private organizations, and public agencies for the purpose of conducting research and demonstration projects concerning the control and prevention of rape. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on matters relating to rape prevention and control.
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.