United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Federal Financing Bank Act - Creates a body corporate to be known as the Federal Financing Bank which shall be subject to the general supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that the Bank shall have a Board of Directors consisting of five persons, one of whom shall be the Secretary as Chairman of the Board, and four of whom shall be appointed by the President from among the officers or employees of the Bank or of any department or agency of the government. Authorizes the Bank to make commitments to purchase and sell, and to purchase and sell on terms and conditions determined by the Bank, any obligation which is issued, sold, or guaranteed by a Federal agency. Provides that any Federal agency is authorized to issue or sell such obligations directly to the Bank. Authorizes the Bank to charge fees for its commitments and other services adequate to cover all expenses and to provide for the accumulation of reasonable contingency reserves. Authorizes the Secretary to advance the funds necessary to provide initial capital to the Bank. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $100,000,000 which shall be available for the purposes of this Act without fiscal year limitation. Authorizes the Bank, with the approval of the Secretary, to issue publicly and have outstanding at any one time not in excess of $15,000,000,000 of obligations having such maturities and bearing such rate or rates of interest as may be determined by the Bank. Provides that obligations of the Bank issued pursuant to this Act shall be lawful investments and may be accepted as security for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the preceding, or any officer or officers thereof. Sets forth the general powers of the Bank. Exempts the Bank from all taxation now or hereafter imposed by the United States or by any State or local taxing authority, except that real or tangible personal property and any and all obligations of the Bank shall be subject to taxation to the same extent that other such property and the obligations of private corporations are taxed. Provides that the Bank shall transmit an annual report of its operations and activities to the President and to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to take the necessary steps to establish the par value of the dollar of $1 equals 0.828948 Special Drawing Right or, the equivalent in terms of gold, of $1 equals 0.023684 of a fine troy ounce of gold. (Amends PL 92-268)
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Provides that the Federal Savings and Loan Corporation shall not, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, accept or receive further payments in the nature of prepayments of future premiums as was formerly required by the National Housing Act (including any such payments which have accrued or are payable under such former provisions). States that when no insured institution has any pro rata share of the secondary reserve, or has any such share not immediately payable to it, the Corporation may take such steps as it may deem appropriate to close out and discontinue the secondary reserve. Eliminates the prepayment of additional premiums and restructures the premium payment system by giving the Federal Home Loan Bank Board discretion to adjust the level of cash payments to the Corporation within a range of 30 to 70 percent of the regular annual premiums with the remainder to be transferred from the secondary reserve of accumulated premium prepayments. Provides that if at any December 31 the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporations reserve ratio is less than 1.25 percent, full cash payment of the regular premium would be begun and continued until the year-end ratio again reaches 1.25 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Authorizes such appropriations as necessary for the President's National Commission on Productivity for the period beginning on May 1, 1973 and ending on June 30, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Provides for the trial of unfair labor practice cases in U.S. district courts. Provides that the district courts of the United States, the district court of the Virgin Islands and the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone shall have jurisdiction to prevent any person from engaging in any unfair labor practice affecting commerce. Asserts that any person aggrieved by any such unfair labor practice may, within six months after the date on which such unfair labor practice occured, either: (1) file and prosecute such a complaint in any court having jurisdiction of the parties; or (2) file a charge of such unfair labor practice with the United States attorney for the appropriate district and request him to file and prosecute such a complaint. Directs that whenever a person aggrieved by an unfair labor practice is prevented by reason of service in the Armed Forces from filing a charge or complaint he may do so within six months after the date of his discharge. Provides that such proceedings shall be tried by the court without a jury. Provides that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply in such proceedings. Asserts that, in any case in which the pleadings present issues of fact, the court may appoint a master and the order of reference may require the master to submit with his report a recommended order. Allows the court to grant such temporary relief or restraining order as it deems appropriate pending final disposition of any proceeding, but only after publicly hearing testimony of witnesses (with opportunity for cross-examination) in support of the allegations of a complaint made under oath, and testimony in opposition thereto, if offered; and only after findings of fact by the court to the effect: (1) that one or more acts constituting an unfair labor practice have been committed and will be continued unless restrained; (2) that substantial and irreparable injury to the complainant will follow; (3) that as to each item of relief granted greater injury will be inflicted by the denial of relief than will be inflicted by the granting of relief; and (4) that complainant has no adequate remedy at law.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Federal Family Support Act - Permits the registration of a support order by the obligee of that support order in the State or district in which the obligor of the order resides, in those cases where such State or District is outside the State in which the support order was made. Provides for contempt proceedings against an obligor failing to comply with the support order so registered. Provides that such procedings shall not be subject to any limitation with respect to amount in controversy. Provides that an obligor who leaves the State in which the support order was issued or in which related proceedings have been instituted shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,500 or by imprisonment for not more than three years, or both. Creates a rebuttable presumption that one who leaves the State wherein a support order has been served upon him shall be deemed to have left the State with intent to avoid compliance with such order. Provides that in all criminal proceedings under this Act a wife may testify against her husband without his consent.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Provides that whenever mutually exclusive applications for a broadcast station to serve the same community are accepted for filing, under the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission shall first determine which, if any, of such applications should be denied on citizenship, character, financial, technical or other qualifications grounds under the Act. States that any two or more applicants who are not disqualified under the above determination shall be designated for a hearing on the single comparative issue of which will provide the best program service to the area to be served. (Adds 47 U.S.C. 308(d))
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Permits the recomputation of retired pay for any member or former member of the Armed Services who was on active duty or in an active status before April 1, 1958, for a period of not less than 10 years, and who became or will become entitled to retired pay based upon age, length of service, or physical disability under the provisions of the Career Compensation Act of 1949. Provides that the Act shall not retroactively entitle any member or former member to additional retired or retainer pay. Provides that the Act shall not reduce the retired or retainer pay to which a member or former member was entitled before this enactment. States that eligibility for recomputation under this Act begins on the first day of the first month after the member or former member reaches 60 years of age.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides for the repeal of the provisions of the National Housing Act and the United States Housing Act which require prevailing wage determinations under the Davis-Bacon Act for federally assisted housing.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Repeals the following provisions of Federal law: (1) the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5); and (2) all legislation which is subject to Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267). Provides that this Act shall take effect sixty days after its enactment, but shall not affect any contract then existing or any contract that may thereafter be entered into pursuant to invitations for bids that are outstanding at the time of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Makes it the policy of the Congress that our fishing industry be afforded all support necessary to have it strengthened, and all steps be taken to provide adequate protection for our coastal fisheries against excessive foreign fishing. Declares that the Congress recognizes, encourages, and intends to support the key responsibilities of the several States for conservation and scientific management of fisheries resources within United States territorial waters; and that the Congress particularly commends Federal programs designed to improve coordinated protection, enhancement, and scientific management of all United States fisheries, both coastal and distant, including presently successful Federal aid programs under the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964, and the newly developing Federal-State fisheries management programs.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law, a member or former member of a uniformed service who is 60 years of age or older on the date of enactment of this Act or becomes 60 years of age after such date and who is entitled to retired or retainer pay or who is entitled to retired pay for a 30 percent physical disability, is entitled to have that retired or retainer pay recomputed under the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1973
Rural Health Act - Establishes an Office of Rural Health Care within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that such Office shall be directed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Health Care who shall be appointed by the Secretary of H.E.W. Specifies the functions of the Deputy Assistant Secretary. Assigns one or more representatives of the Office to each regional office of the Department for the purpose of providing technical assistance to rural communities and to entities and individuals interested in the improvement of health care in rural areas. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint a National Council on Rural Health to consist of ten members selected from among individuals who are recognized authorities in the fields of rural development, rural health care delivery, and health professions education. Requires the Council to conduct a study and submit a report to the Secretary and the Congress, within two years after its appointment, on: (1) the health of persons residing in rural areas of the United States; (2) the adequacy of health care delivery to such persons; and (3) the extent to which Federal programs are involved in, and effectively assist in, the improvement of the health of such persons and health care delivery for them. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of operating and maintaining the Office of Rural Health Care. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000 for fiscal year 1974; $100,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $150,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of operating and maintaining the National Council on Rural Health.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1973
Establishes the National Commission on Social Security to consist of 9 members to conduct a continuing study, investigation, and review of: (1) the Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program established by title II of the Social Security Act; and (2) the health insurance programs established by title XVIII of such Act. Provides that such study, investigation, and review of such programs shall include, but not be limited to: (1) the fiscal status of the trust funds established for the financing of such programs and the adequacy of such trust funds to meet the immediate and long-range financing needs of such programs; (2) the scope of coverage, the adequacy of benefits, and the conditions of qualification for benefits provided by such programs; (3) the impact of such programs on, and their relation to, public assistance programs, nongovernmental retirement and annuity programs, medical service delivery systems, and national employment practices; (4) the quality of the administration of such programs; and (5) any inequities which affect substantial numbers of individuals who are insured under such programs. Provides that the Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman, or at the call of a majority of the members of the Commission; except that meetings of the Commission shall be held not less frequently than once in each calendar month which begins after a majority of the authorized membership of the Commission has first been appointed. Requires the Commission to submit an annual report of its study, investigation, and review of programs, together with its recommendations with respect to such programs, to the President and to the Congress. Authorizes the Commission to appoint an Executive Director of the Commission who shall be compensated at a rate fixed by the Commission, but which shall not exceed the rate established for level V of the Executive Schedule. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. Makes it the duty of the Health Insurance Benefits Advisory Council to provide timely notice to the Commission of any meeting thereof, and the Chairman of the Commission (or his delegate) shall be entitled to attend any such meeting. Repeals the Advisory Council on Social Security.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Extends to all unmarried individuals the tax treatment of income splitting now utilized by married individuals filing joint returns under the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary of Treasury to prescribe and publish tables reflecting the amendments made by this Act which shall apply in lieu of the tables set forth in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to wage paid on or after January 1, 1974,
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Authorizes and requests the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the month of February of each year as "American History Month", and calls upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe that month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Uniform Criteria Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to specify appropriate criteria for the formulation of remedies for the orderly elimination of the vestiges of dual school systems. Title I: Assignment Provisions - States that the assignment by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student is not a denial of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is made for the purpose of segregating students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Provides that the failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, or socioeconomic status of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal protection of the laws. Title II: Remedies - Requires a court, department, or agency of the United States in formulating a remedy for a denial of the equal protection of the laws, to seek or impose only such remedies as are essential to correct particular denials of equal protection of the laws. Provides that in formulating a remedy for a denial of the equal protection of the law, which may involve the transportation of students, a court, department, or agency of the United States shall consider and make specific findings on the efficacy in correcting such denial of the following remedies and shall require implementation of the first of the remedies set out below, or on the first combination thereof which would remedy such denial: (1) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students, taking into account school capacities and natural physical barriers; (2) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student, taking into account only school capacities; (3) permitting students to transfer from a school in which a majority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin to a school in which a minority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin; (4) the creation or revision of attendance zones or grade structures without requiring transportation beyond the next closest school to a student's residence; or (5) the development and implementation of any other plan which is educationally sound and administratively feasible. Prohibits any court, department, or agency of the United States from ordering the implementation of a plan that would require the transportation of any student to a school other than the school closest or next closest to his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student. Prohibits any court, departments, or agency of the United States from requiring directly or indirectly the transportation of any student if such transportation poses a risk to the health of such student or constitutes a significant impingement on the educational process with respect to such student. Provides that when a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a school system is desegregated, or that it meets the constitutional requirements, or that it is a unitary system, or that is has no vestiges of a dual system, and thereafter residential shifts in population occur which result in school population changes in any school within such a desegregated school system, no education agency shall because of such shifts be required by any court, department, or agency of the United States to formulate, or implement any new desegregation plan or modify or implement any modification of the court approved desegregation plan to compensate wholly or in part for such shifts in school population. States that in the formulation of remedies under this Act, the lines drawn by a State, subdividing its territory into separate school districts, shall not be ignored or altered except where it is established that the lines were drawn for the purpose of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Asserts that nothing in this Act prohibits an educational agency from proposing, adopting, requiring, or implementing any plan of desegregation, otherwise lawful, that is at variance with the standards set out in this title, nor shall any court, department, or agency of the United States be prohibited from approving implementation of a plan which goes beyond what can be required under this title, if such plan is voluntarily proposed by the appropriate educational agency. Provides that on the application of an educational agency, court orders, or desegregation plans under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in effect on the date of enactment of this Act and intended to end segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin, shall be reopended and modified to comply with the provisions of this Act. States that any court order requiring the desegregation of a school system shall be terminated, if the court finds the schools of the defendant educational agency are a unitary school system, one within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not such school system was in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Title III: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals the provision of the Emergency School Aid Act authorizing the construction of integrated education parks. Provides that if any provision of this Act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Provides under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, that where a State has, on or before December 28, 1972, submitted a proposed State occupational safety and health standards plan, the Secretary of Labor may enter into an agreement with the State under which the State may enforce under the provisions of State law standards covering issues contained in such proposed plan pending final approval of such plan, or until December 28, 1973, whichever is earlier. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 667(a))
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
National Catastrophic Illness Protection Act - Part A: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings of the Congress that there are still many individuals who cannot secure or cannot afford adequate health insurance protection is available to help meet the costs of a catastrophic illness or disease. Establishes as the policy of Congress the need for a National Catastrophic illness Insurance program to encourage State and private insurers in the development of policies which will meet the problems set forth in the statement of findings. PART B: Establishment of Program; State Plans - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish and carry out a National Catastrophic Illness Insurance Program. Provides that the program shall involve the creation of State-wide plans providing extended health insurance, and that the Federal Government will reinsure insurers and pool of insurers who offer such insurance. Requires all plans to include: (1) that extended health insurance be available to all reasonable, subject only to deductibles authorized in this Act; (2) that where an insurer does not agree to write a policy of extended insurance, or does so under various limiting conditions, the State authority is notified and provides that the policy would then be placed with a pool or otherwise assigned to insurers by the "all-industry placement facility"; (3) that data be compiled and studied in connection with the operation of the State-wide plan; (4) that certain reports be submitted to the State insurance authority by individual insurers; (5) that any cancellation of a policy provide for reasonable notice to permit coverage under a new policy to be written under the plan; and (6) that public information about the plan be readily distributed. Sets premium rates on the basis of a study of the risks in question and acturial principles, such rates to be promulgated by the Secretary. Provides that, before payments are made under an extended insurance policy, a deductible must be satisfied through an equal amount of medical expenses paid or incurred by such individual. Provides that the amount of such deductible is determined by relating the extent of medical expenses to adjusted income and is equal to one-half of the amount by which a person's or family's adjusted income exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $2,000; plus all of the amount by which such adjusted income exceeds $2,000. Provides that statements pledging participation and cooperation with the State insurance authority would be required of insurers seeking reinsurance under the program. Provides that no insurer shall direct any agent or broker not to solicit business through such a plan, not penalize agents or brokers in any manner for submitting applications under the plan. Provides that the State plan shall be evaluated from time to time in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary. PART C: Reinsurance Coverage - Provides that the Secretary is authorized to reinsure against the losses which might be incurred under extended health insurance policies. Authorizes the Secretary to make agreements with insurers and pools for reinsurance in consideration of payments of reinsurance premiums deposited in the National Catastrophic Illness Insurance Fund in excess of the estimated amount of losses under such policies. Provides a detailed procedure for implementation of the reinsurance program in a State within specified time requirements, taking into account certain State and local factors which might affect such implementation. Provides that the Government may recover in the courts any unpaid premiums lawfully payable to the Government by an insurer under provisions of a 5-year statute of limitations. PART D: Government Program with Industry Assistance - Authorizes after determination that a State-wide program cannot be carried out, or that the objective of the program would be materially assisted by the Federal Government's assumption of the plan, arrangements for operation by the Government to carry out the objectives of the program. PART E: Provisions of General Applicability - Provides procedures for judicial review of disallowances for Claims for losses under the reinsurance program, whether State-wide or operated by the Federal Government. Authorizes the Government to enter into contracts and other arrangements for claims review, and receiving and disbursing funds for making payments. Provides that the Secretary may make periodic payments to insurers and pools in recognition of reduction in premium rates below estimated risks. Authorizes the Secretary of HEW to exercise certain powers vested in the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Housing Act of 1950, in addition to powers provided in this proposal. Provides that the Secretary may, on a reimbursable basis, utilize the services of other Government agencies. Authorizes necessary payment adjustments in connection with the program.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating March of each year as "Youth Art Month", and to call upon the people of the United States and interested organizations to give their support to quality school art programs for children and youth.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Provides that persons from whom lands are acquired by the Secretary of the Army for dam and reservoir pruposes shall be given priority to lease such lands in any case where such lands are offered for lease for any purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Outer Continental Shelf Posts and Facilities Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits for the construction, operation and maintenance of port and terminal facilities on the submerged lands of the Outer Continential Shelf under such regulations and upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary. Provides that in the issuance of any permit and the promulgation of such regulations and conditions, the Secretary shall: (1) take into account the need for such port or terminal of the Nation; (2) consider the environmental impact of any such port or terminal facility; (3) consider the availability of alternative sites and methods of construction; and (4) provide for such public hearings as he deems necessary to assure thorough consideration of the factors herein identified. (Adds 43 U.S.C. 1334(d))
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Provides for a mid-decade census of population in the year of 1975 and every ten years thereafter, to be taken on the first day of April. States that such information shall not be used for apportionment of representatives among the several states, and that any such census shall not affect the redistricting of congressional districts within any state upon the basis of the latest decennial census of population. (Adds 13 U.S.C. 141(c))
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Requires that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat must be labeled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 620(a))
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Provides for the designation of the Manned Space Craft Center, located at Houston, Texas, as the "Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center." Provides that any reference to such facility in any law of the United States shall be deemed a reference to it as the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Provides for the preservation of historical and archeological data. Extends coverage to all Federal and federally assisted or licensed programs which alter the terrain and potentially cause loss of scientific, prehistorical, historical or archeological data. Directs Federal agencies to notify the Secretary of the Interior if in their operations archeological or other scientific data are revealed or threatened. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, upon notification by any responsible authority that a Federal program is threatening, damaging, or destroying such data, may evaluate (after reasonable notice to the responsible agency) the situation and cause a survey or other investigation to be made to the extent necessary to protect the public interest. Directs Federal agencies whose programs are causing damage or destruction of scientific, prehistorical, historical, or archeological data to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior a small portion of the program funds to protect or recover such data prior to its loss. Provides additional Federal funding activities to recover data on archeological programs affected by any Federal activity. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Federal-Aid Highway Act - Provides authorizations for the Interstate highway program through fiscal year 1980 in the amounts of $3,250,000,000 for each fiscal year from 1974 through 1979 and $257,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. Extends the time for completion of the Interstate System until June 30, 1980. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to submit to Congress a revised Interstate System cost estimate in January of 1974, January of 1976 and January of 1978 for apportionment of Interstate funds for fiscal years 1976 and 1977, 1978 and 1979, and 1980, respectively. Authorizes annual appropriations for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 of: (1) $650,000,000 for the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas, and $350,000,000 for the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas; (2) $650,000,000 for the Federal-aid urban system, and $350,000,000 for the extension of the Federal-aid primary and secondary systems in urban areas; (3) $33,000,000 for forest highways; (4) $16,000,000 for public lands highways; (5) $75,000,000 for forest development roads and trails; (6) $10,000,000 for public lands development roads and trails; (7) $30,000,000 for park roads and trails; (8) $75,000,000 for Indian reservation roads and bridges; (9) $15,000,000 for landscaping and scenic enhancement; (10) $1,500,000 for specified administrative expenses; (11) $5,000,000 for highway development programs for the Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa. Authorizes appropriations of $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, for parkways. Declares it to be in the national interest and the intent of Congress that the Secretary should administer the Federal-aid highway program in such a manner as to give the highest priority in all instances to highway safety and to the saving of human lives. Provides that, upon the joint request of a State Governor and the local governments concerned, the Secretary may withdraw his approval of any route or portion thereof on the Interstate System within that State if he determines that such route or portion thereof is not essential to completion of a unified and connected Interstate System (including urban routes necessary for metropolitan transportation). States that after the Secretary has withdrawn his approval of any such route or portion thereof the mileage of such route or portion thereof and the additional mileage authorized by the first sentence of this paragraph shall be available for the designation of such interstate route or portions thereof within that State necessary to provide the essential connection of the Interstate System in such State in lieu of the route or portions thereof which were withdrawn. Requires the States to notify the Secretary by July 1, 1973, of their intent to build any remaining Interstate segments. Provides, otherwise, that such segments shall be removed from Interstate designation and by July 1, 1974, States shall be required to submit a schedule for completing the system to maintain its designation as part of the Interstate System. Provides for a reduction by ten percent in the funds apportioned under such Act to a State until such time as the State shall provide for effective control of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices along the Interstate System. States that just compensation shall be paid upon the removal under any law of any outdoor advertising sign, display or device lawfully erected under State law prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $50,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund for each of the 1974 and 1975 fiscal years for purposes of outdoor advertising control. Provides that urban system funds shall be allocated to any urbanized area within the State on the basis of population, and shall be available for expenditure in another urbanized area within such State only where the responsible public officials in both such urbanized areas agree to such a transfer. Provides that where the units of general purpose local government in any urbanized area shall combine together under State law to create a metropolitan transportation agency, or where the State shall create a metropolitan transportation agency with sufficient authority to develop and implement a plan for expenditure of funds allocated to such urbanized area, funds allocated for such purpose shall be available to such metropolitan transportation agency for projects on the urban system. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 for the purpose of the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to Federal-aid highways. States that to encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating vehicles on highways, other than on rails, for the transportation of passengers within urban areas sums apportioned under this Act shall be available to finance the Federal share of the costs of projects within urban areas for the construction of exclusive or preferential bus lanes, highway traffic control devices, passenger loading areas and facilities, including shelters, fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public mass transportation passengers, and for the purchase of passenger equipment other than rolling stock for fixed rail. Provides that sums apportioned for the Federal-aid highway systems may be made available for the development and improvement of bicycle transportation, equestrian trails and pedestrain walkways located on or in conjunction with highway rights-of-way. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse States, after thay have received their final apportionment on the Interstate System, for the Federal share of the actual construction cost for new toll roads and improvements to existing toll roads. Authorizes $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 for the construction of special highways connected to the Interstate System in portions of urbanized areas with high traffic density. Provides that the Federal share for any project under this section shall not exceed ninety percent of the cost of construction. Provides that any State may submit to the Secretary for his approval and certification a comprehensive procedure for the construction of Federal-aid highway projects, setting forth the process by which such State proposes to carry out its Federal-aid highway construction responsibilities. Requires the State procedure to set forth the process by which goals, objectives, and priorities for carrying out its Federal-aid program shall be established and shall take into account and be in accord with the requirements of this title and other provisions of Federal law. Provides that the Secretary shall approve the request of any State for certification unless he finds that State laws, guidelines, regulations, and directives will not result in the accomplishment of the social, environmental, and economic objectives of all applicable Federal laws and requirements. Authorizes construction projects and funds for: (1) Highland Scenic Highway, West Virginia; (2) Alaska Highway; and (3) specified bridges or Federal dams. Authorizes feasibility studies for proposed highways to be included in the Interstate System, and terminates the Federal-aid relationship to the San Antonio North Expressway in Bexar County, Texas. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make payments, not to exceed $65,000,000, to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in order to make the Metro subway and system accessible to the handicapped. Provides for a study of toll bridges over the navigable waters of the United States to determine what action is necessary to assure just and reasonable tolls. Authorizes a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a national system of scenic highways to link together recreational, historical, and scientific areas of scenic interest and importance. Authorizes appropriations of $30,000,000 for demonstration projects for public mass transportation on highways in rural areas in order to enhance access of rural populations to employment, health care, retail centers, education and public services.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Proposes that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson, a former President of the United States, and a former Representative and former Senator from the State of Texas. Provides that in recognition of his illustrious statesmanship, his leadership in national and world affairs, his distinguished public service to his State and his Nation, and as a mark of respect to one who has held such eminent public station in life, the Presiding Officer of the Senate appoint a committee to consist of all of the members of the Senate to attend the funeral of the former President. Declares that the Senate tenders its deep sympathy to the members of the family of the former President in their sad bereavement, and that the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the former President.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors to prevent trades on the exchange but off the floor by members, directly or indirectly, for their own account, or for the account of any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with any such member, which do not yield priority, parity, or precedence to public orders and which do not contribute to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market. States that it shall be unlawful for a member of a national securities exchange to affect any transaction on such exchange with or for its own account, the account of any affiliate of such member, or any managed institutional account. Provides that such provisions shall not apply to transactions effected during the following periods: (1) prior to the last date on which any national securities exchange maintains or enforces any rule fixing minimum commission rates with respect to any portion of a transaction in excess of $100,000; (2) for a period of twelve months following such date, if the total value of all such transactions affected by a person who is a member of a national securities exchange does not exceed 20 percent of the total value of all transactions effected by such person on all national securities exchanges during such period; and (3) for a period of twelve months following the period specified in (2) if the total value of all such transactions by such person does not exceed 10 percent of the total value of all transactions effected by such person on all national securities exchanges during such period. Provides that it shall not be deemed unlawful or a breach of fiduciary duty for an investment advisor to cause a registered investment company to pay a commission to a broker for effecting a transaction, which is in excess of commissions charged by other brokers on similar transactions, if such investment advisor determines in good faith that research service provided by such broker for the benefit of such investment company justify such payment. Provides that an investment adviser of a registered investment company, or an affiliated person of such investment adviser, may receive any amount of benefit in connection with a transaction which results in an assignment of an investment advisory contract with such investment company. Provides that, in the event of any such transaction, not more than 25 percent of the directors of the investment company who are interested persons of either party to the transaction shall serve in such office effective at the date of commencement of the new advisory contract. Provides that it shall be unlawful for the directors of a registered investment company, in connection with their evaluation of the terms of any contract whereby a person undertakes regularly to serve or act as investment adviser of such investment company, to take into account the purchase price or other consideration such person may have paid in connection with a transaction within the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Bill of Rights for the Mentally Retarded - States that the purpose of this Act is to establish standards which assure the humane care, treatment, habilitation, and protection of the mentally retarded in residential facilities, and to improve the system for the provision of services to the mentally retarded through the encouragement of the support for the planning and development of strategies to implement such standards, minimize inappropriate admissions to residential facilities and stimulate the development of regional and community programs integrating such residential facilities which conform to such standards. Provides for a new title to the Public Health Service Act: Title XII: Support of Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States to aid them with the cost of bringing existing residential facilities into compliance with the standards established under this Act, and to improve existing residential facilities for the mentally retarded. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting States in meeting the expenses for bringing publicly operated facilities and publicly assisted facilities into conformity with the standards established by this Act. Stipulates that any State desiring to receive such a grant shall submit a plan to the Secretary setting forth a schedule for compliance with such standards. Provides that the total of the grants with respect to any such project bringing facilities into conformity with the standards imposed by this Act may not exceed 75 percent of the necessary cost thereof as determined by the Secretary. Requires five years after the date of enactment of this Act, that no residential facility for the mentally retarded shall be eligible to receive payments either directly or indirectly under under any Federal law, unless such facility meets the standards promulgated under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any public or private non-profit agency, organization or institution to meet the costs of development, improvement, extension, or expansion of community resources and community living situations for the mentally retarded other than living-in-residential facilities for the mentally retarded. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Standards for Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded to: (1) advise the Secretary with respect to any regulations promulgated or proposed in the implementation of the standards established under this Act; (2) study and evaluate such standards authorized by this Act; and (3) recommend to the Secretary any changes, revisions, modifications, or improvements in the standards established under this Act. Provides that the ultimate aim of the residential facility shall be to foster those behaviors that maximize the human qualities of the resident, increase the complexity of his behavior, and enhance his ability to cope with his environment. Requires such facilities to be located within, and conveniently accessible to, the population served, so as to have access to necessary generic community services. Provides that the facility and the surrounding community should be encouraged to share their services and resources on a reciprocal basis. Provides that residents of the facility should be integrated to the greatest possible extent with the general population. Provides that the facility shall have a written outline of the philosophy, objectives, and goals it is striving to achieve. Requires such outline to be available for distribution to staff, consumer representatives, and the interested public. Provides that the governing body of the facility shall exercise general direction and shall establish policies concerning the operation of the individuals served. Provides that the administration of the facility shall provide for effective staff and resident participation and communication. Requires the facility to designate a percentage of its operating budget for self-renewal purposes. Provides that the facility shall have a description of services for residents that is available to the public. Provides that the facility shall provide for meaningful and extensive consumer-representative and public participation. Provides that a public education and information program should be established that utilizes all communication media, and all service, religious and civil groups, to develop attitudes of understanding and acceptance of mentally retarded persons in all aspects of community living. Provides that admission and release procedures shall: (1) encourage voluntary admission; (2) give equal priority to person of comparable need; (3) facilitate emergency, partial, and short-term residential care; and (4) utilize the maximum feasible amount of voluntariness in each individual case. Authorizes the residential facility to admit only residents who have had a comprehensive evaluation. Provides that all admissions to the residential facility shall be considered temporary Provides that there shall be a regular, at least annual, joint review of the status of each resident by all relevant personnel. Provides that at the time of permanent release or transfer there shall be recorded a summary of findings, progress, and plans for protective supervision and other followup services in the resident's new environment. Provides that the performance of each employee of the facility shall be evaluated at least annually. Provides that staffing shall be sufficient so that the facility is not dependent upon the use of residents or volunteers for productive services. Provides that food services shall recognize and provide for the physiological, emotional, and cultural needs of each resident, through provision of a planned, nutritionally adequate diet. Provides that each resident shall have an adequate allowance of neat, clean, fashionable, and seasonable clothing. Provides that residents shall be trained to exercise maximum independence in health, hygiene, and grooming practices. Provides that living unit components or groupings shall be small enough to insure the development of meaningful interpersonal relationships among residents and between residents and staff. Requires dental services to be provided all residents in order to maximize their general health by maintaining an optimal level of daily oral health, through preventive measures and correcting existing oral diseases. Provides that educational services, defined as deliberate attempts to facilitate the intellectual, sensorimotor, and affective development of the individual, shall be available to all residents, regardless of chronological age, degree of retardation, or accompanying disabilities or handicaps. Provides that food and nutrition services shall be provided in order to: (1) insure optimal nutritional status of each resident, thereby enhancing his physical, emotional and social well-being; and (2) provide a nutritionally adequate diet, in a form consistent with developmental level, to meet the dietary needs of each resident. Makes library services, which include the location, acquisition, organization, utilization, retrieval, and delivery of materials in a variety of media, available to the facility, in order to support and strengthen its total habilitation program by providing complete and integrated multimedia information services to both staff and residents. Provides that medical services shall be provided in order to: (1) achieve and maintain an optimal level of general health for each resident; (2) maximize normal function and prevent disability; and (3) facilitate the optimal development of each resident. Provides that residents shall be provided with nursing services, in accordance with their needs, in order to: (1) develop and maintain an environment that will meet their total health needs; (2) foster optimal health; (3) encourage maximum self-care and independence; and (4) provide skilled nursing care. Provides that, where appropriate to the facility, there shall be a pharmacy and therapeutics committee, that includes one or more pharmacists, to develop policy on drug usage in the facility, and to develop and maintain a current formulary. Provides that physical and occupational therapy services shall be provided in order to: (1) prevent abnormal development and further disability; (2) facilitate the optimal development of each resident; and (3) enable the resident to be a contributing and participating member of the community in which he resides. Requires that psychological services be provided in order to facilitate, through the application of psychological principles, techniques, and skills, the optimal development of each resident. Provides that recreation services should provide each resident with a program of activities that: (1) promotes physical and mental health; (2) promotes optimal sensorimotor, cognitive,9 affective, and social development; (3) encourages movement from dependent to independent and interdependent functioning; and (4) provides for the enjoyable use of leisure time. Makes religious services available to residents, in accordance with their basic right to freedom of religion. Provides that all social services shall be available to all residents and their families in order to foster and facilitate: (1) maximum personal and social development of the resident; (2) positive family functioning; and (3) effective and satisfying social and community relationships. Provides that speech pathology and audiology services shall be available, in order to: (1) maximize the communications skills of all residents; and (2) provide for the evaluation, counseling, treatment, and rehabilitation of those residents with speech, hearing and/or language handicaps. Requires each facility to provide all its residents with rehabilitation services, which include the establishment, maintenance, and implementation of those programs that will ensure the optimal development or restoration of each resident physically, psychologically, socially and vocationally. Provides that volunteer services shall be provided in order to enhance opportunities for the fullest realization of the potential of each resident by: (1) increasing the amount, and improving the quality, of services and programs; and (2) facilitating positive relationships between the facility and the community which it serves. Provides that a record shall be maintained for each resident that is adequate for: (1) planning and continuous evaluating of the resident's habitation program; (2) providing a means of communication among all persons contributing to the resident's habilitation program; (3) furnishing documentary evidence of the resident's progress and of his response to his habilitation program; (4) serving as a basis for review, study, and evaluation of the overall programs provided by the facility for its residents; (5) protecting the legal rights of the residents, facility, and staff; and (6) providing data for use in research and education. Provides that the administration of the facility shall make provision for the design and conduct, or the supervision, of research that will objectively evaluate the effectiveness of program components and contribute to informed decisionmaking in the facility. Provides that the requirements of the Secretary shall be met, with specific reference to the following: (1) provision of adequate and alternate exits and doors; (2) provision of exit ramps, with nonskid surface and slope not exceeding one foot in twelve; and (3) provision for handrails on stairways. Provides that there shall be records that document strict compliance with the sanitation, health, and environmental safety codes of the State or local authorities having primary jurisdiction over the facility. Provides that adequate, modern administrative support shall be provided to efficiently meet the needs of, and contribute to, program services for residents, and to facilitate attainment of the goals and objectives of the facility. Provides that funds shall be budgeted and spent in accordance with the principles and procedures of program budgeting. Provides that there shall be written purchasing policies regarding authority and approvals for supplies, services and equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Bilingual Job Training Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for job training programs in the combined languages of English and of the person's dominant language, and to provide for the development of skilled instructors and instructional materials and techniques for bilingual job training. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of making grants under this Act. Provides that 65 percent of such funds shall be utilized for grants for State bilingual job training programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to: (1) develop and disseminate accurate information on the status of bilingual job training in all parts of the Nation; (2) evaluate the impact of such training on the shortages of well-trained personnel, the unemployment of persons of limited English-speaking ability and the ability of such persons to contribute fully to the Nation's economy; and (3) report hig findings annually to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to States, local educational agencies, post-secondary educational institutions, private vocational training institutions, or to nonprofit organizations to assist them in conducting bilingual job training programs in all communities of the State. Provides that grants under this Act may be made to the State Board of Vocational Education upon application to the Secretary, or directly to the institutions and organizations listed above if such individual applications are approved in advance by the State Board of Vocational Education. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, or directly to educational insitutions, to assist them in conducting training for instructors of bilingual job training programs. Specifies information which shall be included in an application for such a grant. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the development of instructional materials, method and techniques for bilingual job training.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Equal Educational Opportunities Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that all children enrolled in public schools are entitled to equal educational opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, or national origin; and that the neighborhood is the appropriate basis for determining public school assignments. States that the purpose of this Act is to authorize concentration of resources under the Emergency School Aid Act on educationally deprived students and to specify appropriate remedies for the orderly removal of the vestiges of the dual school system. Title I: Assistance - Provides financial assistance for educationally deprived students entolled in schools with a high proportion of students from low-income families, or transferring from such schools to schools enrolling a lower proportion of students from low-income families. Authorizes grants from State educational agencies to local educational agencies adopting and implementing plans for such students. Sets requirements for State educational agency plans and applications under this section. Authorizes appropriations for payments to States under this section of $500,000,000 for each fiscal year. Provides for judicial review for a State following final action on its plan. Title II: Unlawful Practices - States that no State shall deny equal educational opportunity to an individual on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, by: (1) the deliberate segregation by an educational agency of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin among or within schools; (2) the failure of an educational agency which has formerly practiced such deliberate segregation to take affirmative steps, consistent with title IV of this Act, to remove the vestiges of a dual school system; (3) the assignment by an educational agency of a student to a school, other than the one closest to his or her place of residence within the school district in which he or she resides, if the segregation of students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin among the schools of such agency that would result if such student were assigned to the school closest to his or her place of residence within the school district of such agency providing the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student; (4) discrimination by an educational agency on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the employment, employment conditions, or assignment to schools of its faculty or staff, except to fulfill the purposes of subsection (6) below; (5) the transfer by an educational agency, whether voluntary or otherwise, of a student from one school to another if the purpose and effect of such transfer is to increase segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin among the schools of such agency; or (6) the failure by an educational agency to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation by its students in its instructional programs. States that the failure of an educational agency to attain a balance, on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, of students among its schools shall not constitute a denial of equal educational opportunity, or equal protection of the laws. States that the assignment by an educational agency of a student to the school nearest his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of educational of such student is not a denial of equal educational opportunity or of equal protection of the laws unless such assignment is for the purpose of segregating students on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, or the school to which such student is assigned was located on its site for the purpose of segregating students on such basis. Title III: Enforcement - Provides for a civil action for appropriate relief in an appropriate district court by an individual denied an equal educational opportunity as defined by this Act, or by the Attorney General in his behalf. States that when a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a school system is desegregated, or that it meets the constitutional requirements, or that it is a unitary system, or that it has no vestiges of a dual system, and thereafter residential shifts in population occur which result in school population changes in any school within such a desegregated school system, such school population changes so occurring shall not, per se, constitute a cause for civil action for a new plan of desegregation or for modification of the court approved plan. Title IV: Remedies - Provides that in formulating a remedy for a denial of equal educational opportunity or a denial of the equal protection of the laws, which may involve the transportation of students, a court, department or agency of the United States shall require implementation of the first of the remedies set out below, or on the first combination thereof which would remedy such denial: (1) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students, taking into account school capacities and natural physical barriers; (2) assigning students to the schools closest to their places of residence which provide the appropriate grade level and type of education for such students, taking into account only school capacities; (3) permitting students to transfer from a school in which a majority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin to a school in which a minority of the students are of their race, color, or national origin; (4) the creation or revision of attendance zones or grade structures without requiring transportation beyond that described in this title; (5) the establishment of new or magnet schools or the closing of inferior schools; or (6) the development and implementation of any other plan which is educationally sound and administratively feasible, subject to the provisions of this title. Prohibits a court or department order that would require the transportation of any student to a school other than the school closest or next closest to his place of residence which provides the appropriate grade level and type of education for such student. Prohibits a transportation order where such transportation would pose a risk to the health of a student or constitute a significant impingement on his educational process. Prohibits the requirement of a new desegregation plan involving transportation of students where residential shifts in population occur in previously approved desegregated school systems. Provides that State-drawn school district lines shall not be ignored or altered except where it is established that the lines were drawn for the purpose, and had the effect, of segregating children among public schools on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin. Permits an educational agency to propose voluntarily or implement a desegregation plan, otherwise lawful, at variance with the standards set out in this title. Provides that upon application of an educational agency, court orders, or desegregation plans under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in effect at enactment of this Act and intended to end segregation of students on the basis of race, color, or national origin, shall be reopened and modified to comply with the provisions of this Act. Provides that any court order requiring, directly or indirectly, the transportation of students for the purpose of remedying a denial of the equal protection of the laws shall, to the extent of such transportation, be terminated if the court finds the defendant educational agency is not effectively excluding any person from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not the schools of such agency were in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Provides that no additional order requiring such educational agency to transport students for such purpose shall be entered unless such agency is found to be effectively excluding any person from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not the schools of such agency were in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Requires the termination of any court order requiring the desegregation of a school system if the court finds the schools of the defendant educational agency are a unitary school system, one within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not such school system was in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Provides that no additional order shall be entered against such agency for such purpose unless the schools of such agency are no longer a unitary school system. Title V: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals the provision of Emergency School Aid Act authorizing the construction of integrated education parks. States that if any provision or application of this Act is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of this Act and of the amendments made by this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected therefy.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Authorizes the Postal Rate Commission to make recommended decisions for changes in postal rates and fees and in mail classification matters to the Postal Service Board of Governors, and to render advisory opinions on postal services and complaints. Provides that the Commission may inquire into and examine any presentation made in any proceeding, and examine the types, quality, regularity, and reliability of any postal service, as well as the honesty, efficiency, and economy of postal management in order to carry out its duties and responsibilities. Empowers the Commission to conduct investigations, issue subpenas for witnesses, and compel the production of evidence in any proceeding from the Postal Service. Requires the Postal Service to submit to the Commission, at the time of request for a change in a rate or fee, a schedule of rates and fees it believes to be in the public interest and its case supporting the burden of proof, together with a comprehensive statement of the kinds, quality, regularity, and reliability of service proposed to be maintained for each class of mail or each type of service for which a change in a rate or fee is requested. Permits the Board of Governors to modify a recommended decision of the Commission only if the Commission's decision is not in accordance with the policies of the Postal Service title, or will not produce sufficient revenue for the operation of the Postal Service. Provides that if Congress fails to appropriate any of the amounts authorized to be appropriate for a class of mail sent at a free or reduced rate, and that amount was requested by the President in the Budget, the Postal Service may request the Postal Rate Commission to make a recommended decision for an adjustment in the rate for that class of mail so that the increased revenues received from the users of that class will equal the amount requested by the President for the class which Congress failed to appropriate. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3603, 3604(c), 3622-3628)
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program for flood prevention in the Tower Rio Grande Basin, Texas. Authorizes appropriations of $21,000,000 for this program.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Prohibits the distribution of food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to any household where the head of the household is engaged in a labor strike, except where such household was eligible for participation in such program prior to the time the head of the household went on strike. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2013)
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Uniformed Services Special Pay Act - Provides that an officer of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corp, an officer of the Air Force who is designated as a medical or dental officer, or a medical or dental officer of the Public Health Service, who is on active duty for a period of more than thrity days is entitled, in addition to any other pay or allowances, to special pay at the following rates: (1) $100 a month for each month of active duty if he has not completed two years of active duty in a category named above; or (2) $350 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed two years of active duty. Authorizes special sea duty pay at rates specified in this Act. Provides that a member of a uniformed service who: (1) has completed at least twenty-one months of active duty (other than for training); (2) is designated as having a critical military skill; and (3) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a regular component of the service concerned for a period of at least three years; may be paid a sum of money, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years or the montly fractions thereof, of additional obligated service, not to exceed six years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. States that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least three years or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to a total of at least three years. may under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, be paid an amount prescribed by the Secretary concerned but not more than $3,000. Provides for special pay for officers of the armed forces in health professions who execute active duty agreements. States that upon acceptance of such agreement by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of HEW with respect to the Public Health Service, such officer is entitled to an amount not to exceed $15,000 for each year of the active duty agreements. Provides that such officer must be qualified in a critical health profession and qualified, as determined by a board composed of officers in his profession, to enter into such an agreement. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of HEW to submit a written report each year to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the operation of this program. Provides that an officer of an armed force who is designated by the Secretary as an officer possessing skills in a critical shortage specialty and whose retention on, or voluntary recall to, active duty would be of benefit to the United States; and who executes an agreement to serve on continuous active duty in that specialty for a period of not less than one year, but not more than six years, in addition to any other period of active duty for which he is obligated, may be paid, in addition to all other compensation, a sum of money not to exceed $4,000 for each year of such agreement. Provides for special pay for judge advocates and law specialists at rates specified in this Act. Provides special pay for participation in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. States that the amount of special pay for those persons possessing critical military skills as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard shall be: (1) up to $2,200 for a six year enlistment, reenlistment or extension of the enlistment period; or (2) for a lesser period 10 percent of the total for one year, 22 percent of the total for two years, 37 percent of the total for four years, 75 percent of the total for five years. States that amount of such pay for persons not possessing such critical skills shall be: (1) up to $1,100 for a six year enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period; or (2) an amount as determined by the above formula for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Provides that the price-regulation provisions of the Natural Gas Act relating to rates and charges shall not apply to persons engaged in the production or gathering and sale but not in the transmission of natural gas. Provides that the Federal Power Commission shall have no power to deny that portion of the rates and charges made, demanded or received by any natural gas company to or for a person exempt under the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1973
Creates the United States Flag Commission to make a complete study of the usage, customs, and laws relating to the use and display of the flag of the United States. Directs the Commission to consult and seek assistance from appropriate departments and agencies of the United States Government, State and local public bodies, learned societies, and historical, patriotic, civil, philanthropic, and related organizations. Provides that, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit a comprehensive report of its study and activities to the President and the Congress, including specific recommendations of the Commission regarding changes in existing usage, customs, and laws relating to the flag of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1973
Authorizes the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating October 14, 1973, as "German Day", and calls upon the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Establishes the Amistad National Recreation Area in the State of Texas. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $1,020,000 for the acquisition of land and $18,000,000 for development of the area.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Limits information sought in connection with the decennial census of population, unemployment, and housing to that which can be obtained of the individual by the following questions: (1) name and address; (2) relationship to head of household; (3) sex; (4) date and place of birth; (5) race; (6) marital status; (7) educational attainment; (8) number of rooms in house or other living quarters; (9) number of family units in house or other living quarters; and (10) employment status and type of employment. Provides that additional information may be obtained and additional questions may be asked if the Secretary of Commerce submits to the respective Committees on Post Office and Civil Service of the Senate and House of Representatives a list of such additional questions together with the forms of questionnaires containing the questions, and such forms and questions are then approved by the resolutions of both committees.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Adoption Opportunity Act - Allows an income tax deduction under the internal Revenue Code of the amount, up to $1,000, of any adoption expenses paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Student Antibusing Act - Provides that no court of the United States shall have the jurisdiction to make any decision, enter any judgment, or issue any order requiring pupils to be transported to or from school on the basis of their race, color, religion, or national origin. Provides that no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program or activity at any school by way of grant, loan, or otherwise, shall withhold or threaten to withhold any such Federal financial assistance in order to coerce or induce the implementation or continuation of any plan or program the effect of which would be to require that pupils be transported to or from school on the basis of their race, color, religion, or national origin. Provides that, notwithstanding any other law or provision of law, in the case of any order on the part of any United States district court the effect of which is or would be to require that pupils be transported to or from school on the basis or race, color, religion, or national origin, the effectiveness of such order shall be postponed until all appeals in connection with such order have been exhausted or, in the event no appeals are taken, until the time for such appeals has expired. Gives the U.S. district courts exclusive jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and sets forth the procedure for such proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Rehabilitation Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a statutory basis for the establishment of a Rehabilitation Services Administration and to establish an Office for the Handicapped and to authorize specified programs. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be administered by a Commissioner. Provides that the Commissioner shall carry out and administer all programs and direct the performance of all services for which authority is provided to the Secretary of HEW under titles I through IV of this Act. Creates within such Administration a Division of Research,Training, and Evaluation which shall be responsible for carrying out programs and projects under title IV of this Act. Authorizes the inclusion of appropriations under this Act in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. Provides that where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering such funds, pursuant to regulations prescribed by th President. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes to be appropriated in order to make grants to States under part B of this title $800,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; and $975,000,000 for fiscal year 1974. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making grants to States and public and nonprofit agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Sets forth conditions which shall be included in a State plan for vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services submitted to the Commissioner for approval under this title. Provides for judicial review of an adverse decision of the Commissioner with respect to a State plan submitted for approval under this title. Part B: Basic Vocational and Comprehensive Rehabiliation Services - Provides for the allocation of the funds appropriated under Part A for Part B to the several States. States that the allocation to any State shall not be less than 1/4 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated, or $2,000,000, whichever is greater. Provides that for each fiscal year the Commissioner shall pay to each State an amount equal to the Federal share of the cost of vocational rehabilitation services under an approved State plan. States that this payment shall not exceed such State's allocation unde this part. Requires the Commissioner to set aside funds in an amount between $1,000,000 and $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1973, and up to $5,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1975, to establish a system of client assistance pilot projects to advise clients of benefits available under this Act. Part C: Innovation and Expansion Grants - Entitles States to grants for special programs to expand vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with the most severe handicaps, particularly those who are poor and responsibility for whose treatment is shared by the State. Sets forth provisions for allotments among the States. Title II: Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services - Authorizes grants to assist the several States in developing and implementing continuing plans for meeting the current and future needs of handicapped individuals for whom a vocational goal is not possible or feasible, including the assessment of disability and rehabilitation potential, and for the training of specialized personnel needed for the provision of services to such individuals and research related thereto. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for such purposes. Sets forth provisions for allotments to the States, with a minimum assurance of $150,000 per State. Title III: Special Federal Responsibilities - Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making grants and contracts for the construction of rehabilitation facilities, initial staffing, and planning assistance $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or private nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Provides that an application for a grant under this title must conform to the general grant and contract requirements of this title. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making vocational training grants $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public and nonprofit private organizations and agencies to pay 90 percent of the cost of projects for providing vocational training services to handicapped individuals in public and nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Requires the Commissioner to make the following determinations prior to making such grants: (1) that the purpose of the project is to prepare handicapped, especially severely handicapped, individuals for gainful and suitable employment; (2) that the individuals to receive training services under such project will include only those individuals who are determined to be suitable for and in need of such training services by the States agency or agencies of the State in which the rehabilitation facility is located; (3) that the full range of training services will be made available to such individual; and (4) that the project meets such other requirements as he may prescribe in regulations for providing such services. Authorizes the Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to insure up to 100 percent of any mortgage which covers construction of a public or nonprofit rehabilitation facility, including equipment to be used in its operation. Sets forth conditions for the insurance of such mortgages. Creates a Rehabilitation Facilities Insurance Fund to be used as a revolving fund to carry out this title. States that the total amount of outstanding mortgages insured shall not exceed $250,000,000. Provides that the Commissioner may make annual interest grants to State and public and nonprofit agencies to reduce the cost of borrowing from other sources for the construction of rehabilitation facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commissioner such sums as may be necessary for the payment of annual interest grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, for the purpose of making grants for special projects and demonstrations. States that such grants may pay 90 percent of the cost of the provision of vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultural workers or seasonal farmworkers, and to members of their families. Establishes the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults which shall: (1) demonstrate methods of: (a) providing the specialized intensive services, and other services, needed to rehabilitate handicapped individuals who are both deaf and blind; and (b) training the professional and allied personnel needed adequately to staff facilities specially designed to provide such services and training to such personnel who have been or will be working with deaf-blind individuals; (2) conduct research in the problems of, and ways of meeting the problems of, rehabilitating deaf-blind individuals; and (3) aid in the conduct of related activities which will expand or improve the services for or help improve public understanding of the problems of deaf-blind individuals. Authorizes to be appropraited for the purpose of establishing and operating such center $5,000,000 for construction which shall remain available until expended, and $800,000 for operations for fiscal year 1973; $1,200,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Provides for the establishment of Rehabilitation Centers for Deaf Individuals, and National Centers for Spinal Cord Injuries. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants for special services for the rehabilitation of individuals suffering from end-stage renal disease and to provide rehabilitation services for older blind individuals. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such programs. Establishes in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare a National Advisory Council on Rehabilitation of the Handicapped consisting of twenty members appointed by th Commissioner. Provides that the council shall: (1) provide policy advice and consultation on the planning, conduct, and review of programs authorized under this Act; (2) review the administration and operation of vocational rehabilitation programs under this Act, make recommendations with respect thereto, and make annual reports to the Secretary and the Commissioner for transmittal to the Congress; (3) advise the Secretary and the Commissioner with respect to the conduct of independent evaluations of programs carried out under this Act; and (4) provide such other advisory services as the Secretary and Commissioner may request. Provides that any State which receives assistance under this Act shall establish and maintain a State Advisory Council which shall be appointed by the Governor, or in specified cases by the State board which governs vocational rehabilitation. Sets forth the functions of such council. Title IV: Research and Training - Provides that the Commissioner may make grants to, and contracts with, State public and nonprofit organizations to pay part of the cost of research projects which bear directly on the provision of services under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to pay all or part of the cost of specialized activities including the establishment and support of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purpose of this title. Title V: Administration and Program and Project Evaluation - Sets forth the functions of the Commissioner in carrying out his duties under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies, investigations and evaluations of programs authorized by this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act in order to determine their effectiveness in achieving states goals. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report on such determination and review to the appropriate committees of the Congress. Authorizes appropriations to conduct such program and project evaluations. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress on the activities carried out under this Act. Title VI: Office for the Handicapped - Establishes an Office for the Handicapped within the Office of the Secretary in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall serve as a Special Assistant to the Secretary. Sets forth the function of the Office. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this title $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Provides for the repeal of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees to insure the adequacy of hiring, placement, and advancement practices with respect to handicapped individuals within the Federal Government. Establishes a National Commission on Transportation and Housing for Handicapped Individuals to consider problems in the areas that impede the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals. Establishes the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Sets forth the function of such Board. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the duties and functions of such Board. Requires any contract entered into by any Federal department or agency for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction) for the United States to contain a provison requiring that, in employing persons to carry out such contract, the party contracting with the United States shall take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified handicapped individuals. States that no otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Continuity of Education Act - Stipulates that, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no order of a court, department, or agency of the United States, requiring the transportation of any student incident to the transfer of that student from one elementary or secondary school to another such school in a local educational agency pursuant to a plan requiring such transportation for the racial desegregation of any school in that agency, shall be effective until the beginning of an academic school year.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to utilize Department of Defense resources for the purpose of providing medical emergency transportation services to civilians.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons lawfully assembled, in any public school or other public building, to participate voluntarily in nondenominational prayer or meditation.
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