United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism; and that the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to call upon all governments to condemn inhuman acts of violence against innocent victims and to strongly urge the countries where these groups and individuals are found to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terroism and senseless violence.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds available for the direct distribution of food to needy children and low income persons for donation to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, disaster relief, and, until July 1, 1976, the family commodity distribution program on Indian reservations not requesting the food stamp program. Provides that the Secretary may, if stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof of the types customarily available under the program of commodity distribution to prevent waste. Provides, under the Food Stamp Act, that upon request to the Secretary by the appropriate officials of any Indian tribe, such tribe is authorized to administer a food stamp program under this Act on behalf of the eligible households of such tribe living on an Indian reservation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or any State to administer a food stamp program on behalf of any tribe residing on an Indian reservation. Authorizes the Secretary under such Act to pay to each State agency an amount equal to 62.5 percent of all administrative costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the certification of households; (2) the acceptance, storage, and protection of coupons after their delivery to receiving points within the States; (3) the issuance of such coupons to eligible households; (4) the outreach and fair hearing requirements of this Act; and (5) the control and accounting of coupons. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to encourage milk consumption in schools. Provides that, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for subsequent fiscal years, the minimum rate of reimbursement for a half-pint of milk served in schools and other eligible institutions shall not be less than 5 cents per half-pint served to eligible children, and such minimum rate of reimbursement shall be adjusted on an annual basis each fiscal year thereafter, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, to reflect changes in the series of food away from home of the Consumer Price Index.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act Amendments - Provides that for the fiscal year 1975, and subsequent fiscal years, the national average value of donated foods, or cash payments in lieu thereof under the National School Lunch Act, shall not be less than 10 percent per lunch. Provides that that amount shall be adjusted on an annual basis each fiscal year after June 30, 1975, to reflect changes in the series for food away from home of the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. Provides that such adjustment shall be computed to the nearest one-fourth cent. Provides that among those commodities delivered under this Act the Secretary of Agriculture shall give special emphasis to high protein foods, meat, and meat alternates. Increases the authorized appropriations under such Act for nonfood assistance. Increases the authorized appropriations under such Act for the special supplemental food program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Authorizes an annual appropriation through fiscal year 1989 to the land and water conservation fund of sums necessary to make the income of the fund $500,000,000 annually (now $300,000,000). (Amends 16 U.S.C. 4601-5(c))
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Prevents the importation of honeybees into the United States except: (1) by the United States Department of Agriculture for experimental or scientific purposes; (2) from countries determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be free of diseases or parasites harmful to honeybees, and undesirable species or subspecies of honeybees; and (3) to have in operation precautions adequate to prevent the importation of honeybees from other countries where harmful diseases or parasites, or undesirable species or subspecies, of honeybees exist. Provides a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both for violations of this Act or any regulation issued pursuant to it. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the governments of specified nations in carrying out necessary research, surveys, and control operations in those countries in connection with the suppression, control, and prevention of the spread of undesirable species and subspecies of honeybees, including but not limited to the African or Brazilian honeybee. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1974
Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Assistance for the Developmentally Disabled - States that the purpose of this title is to improve the provisions of services to persons with developmental disabilities. Defines "developmental disability" as a disability: (1) attributable to mental retardation, or cerebral palsy, or epilepsy, or autism, or learning disability; or (2) attributable to any other condition of an individual found to be closely related to mental retardation as it refers to general intellectual functioning or impairment in adaptive behavior or to require treatment similar to that required for mentally retarded individuals, which disability originates before such individual attains age eighteen, has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely, and constitutes a severe handicap to such individual's ability to function normally in society. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for the fiscal year June 30, 1975, and a like amount for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of assisting in the modernization and renovation of facilities which will aid in demonstrating provision of specialized services for the diagnosis and treatment, education, training or care of persons with developmental disabilities or in the interdisciplinary training of physicians and other specialized personnel needed for research, diagnosis and treatment, education, training or care of persons with developmental disabilities. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States to cover costs of administering and operating demonstration facilities and interdisciplinary training programs for personnel needed to render specialized services to persons with developmental disabilities. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and each of the next four succeeding fiscal years to cover the costs of the grants. Sets forth requirements pertaining to the application for and payment of grants to States. Provides for grants to States for planning, provision of services, and construction and operation of facilities for persons with developmental disabilities. Authorizes appropriations of $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $85,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 and such sums as may be necessary for succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of making such grants. Establishes in the office of the Secretary a National Council on Services and Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled. States that it shall be the duty and function of the Council to: (1) advise the Secretary with respect to any regulations promulgated or proposed to be promulgated by him in the implementation of this title, (2) study programs authorized by this title to determine their effectiveness in carrying out the purposes for which they were established, (3) monitor the development and execution of this title and report directly to the Secretary on any delay in the rapid execution of this title, and (4) submit directly to the Congress annually an evaluation of the administration of this title. Requires States desiring to apply for grants to submit specific goal oriented plans for approval by the Secretary. Sets forth specific requirements to be met in order for State plans to be approved by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe general regulations applicable to all the States to carry out the purposes of this Act and to develop an evaluation system and action plan for implementation of such system and report to the appropriate committees of Congress within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts to conduct feasibility studies with regard to developing an evaluation system for developmental disabilities services. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for this purpose for fiscal year 1975 and for each succeeding fiscal year thereafter. Authorizes appropriations for grants for special projects for services to persons with developmental disabilities of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $17,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977, $22,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978, and $25,000,000 for the year ending June 30, 1979. Title II: Bill Of Rights For The Mentally Retarded And Other Individuals With Developmental Disabilities - States that the purpose of this title is to establish standards which assure humane care, treatment, habilitation, and protection of the mentally retarded and other individuals with developmental disabilities in residential facilities and minimize inappropriate admissions to such residential facilities. Sets forth standards for residential facilities for the mentally retarded and other individuals with developmental disabilities. States that the ultimate aim of the 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. Prescribes the provisions governing (1) staff-resident relationships and activities, (2) food services, (3) residents' clothing, (4) health, hygiene, and grooming, (5) grouping and organization of living units, (6) resident-living staff, and (7) design and equipage of living units. Directs that residents be provided with professional and special programs and services in accordance with their needs for such programs and services. States that all professional services to the mentally retarded and other individuals with developmental disabilities should be rendered in the community, whenever possible, rather than in a residential facility, and where rendered in a residential facility, such services must be at least comparable to those provided the nonretarded in the community. Sets forth specifications governing the provision of the following services to residents: (1) dental services, (2) educational services, (3) food and nutrition services, (4) library services, (5) medical services, (6) nursing services, (7) pharmacy services, (8) physical and occupational therapy services, (9) psycological services, (10) recreation services, (11) religious services, (12) social services, (13) speech pathology and audiology services, (14) vocational rehabilitation services, and (15) volunteer services. States that a record shall be maintained for each resident that is adequate for: (1) plannning and continuous evaluating of the resident's habilitation 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 the 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. Stipulates that all information contained in a resident's record, including information contained in an automated data bank, shall be considered privileged and confidential. Provides that opportunities and resources should be made available to members of the staff who are equipped by interest and training to conduct applied and/or basic research. States that resources and/or necessary research assistance should be made available to all staff members who have identified researchable problems related to the programs for which they are responsible. Sets forth requirements pertaining to safety and sanitation in the resident facilities. Details provisions regarding the (1) provision of administrative support services, (2) fiscal affairs, (3) purchase, supply, and property control, (4) communications, (5) engineering and maintenance, (6) housekeeping services, and (7) laundry services.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Community Anticrime Assistance Act - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to provide anticrime assistance grants to cities, combinations of cities, public agencies and nonprofit private agencies for the purpose of involving citizens and the private sectors in cooperative anticrime programs with local governments. Title I: Grants to Cities and Public Agencies - Authorizes the Director of Community Relations, in consultation and cooperation with the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration in the Department of Justice to make grants to, or cooperative arrangements with cities and combinations of cities with a population of not less than one hundred thousand and public agencies thereof, including regional planning organizations, to meet all or part of the cost of establishing or operating, including the cost of planning, programs designed to carry out the purpose of this title. Provides that grants and cooperative arrangements made under this title may be made to carry out programs including: (1) programs to encourage the participation of industry, business, labor unions, and other private enterprises in crime prevention efforts of the city and the neighborhood in which they are located; (2) the recruiting and training of police-community relations officers, which includes the development of programs of police training and education to sensitize police to the needs of the community; (3) the recruiting and training of community service officers to serve with and assist police departments in the discharge of their duties through such activities as recruiting police officers, improvement of police community relations and grievance resolution mechanisms; and (4) the recruiting, organization, and training of citizen preventive patrols for the purpose of patrolling apartment buildings, neighborhoods, and schools. Provides that grants and cooperative arrangements under this title shall be made only upon an application to the Director containing specified assurances, including: (1) satisfactory assurances that such applicant will place special emphasis upon programs, which involve disadvantaged persons and minority groups in the criminal justice system; and (2) satisfactory assurances that such applicant will make special effort to assure that programs established under this title are directed to the areas of the city with the highest incidence of crime. Title II: Grants to Nonprofit Private Agencies - Authorizes the Director to make grants to, or cooperative arrangements with, nonprofit private agencies to meet all or part of the cost of establishing or operating: (1) programs to encourage the reporting of crime and the marking and identification of personal property; (2) to enhance the delivery of social services into neighborhoods such as the removal of waste, street cleaning, building inspection, recreational facilities, and improved street lighting; (3) to provide volunteer escorts for elderly citizens and other persons requiring assistance to and from their residences in high crime areas; (4) to provide counseling to ex-offenders, narcotics addicts, and persons on probation; (5) programs to improve communication between the community and police departments; and (6) to provide alternatives to incarceration (including release to the custody of community programs) for persons convicted of minor or victimless crimes. Title III: Administration - Directs the Director to require of applicants under this Act to submit: (1) a description of the purpose of this program; (2) a description of the anticipated use of funds under the grant; (3) a description of the geographic area of the community in which the program will be carried out and the incidence of crime in such area; (4) a description of the extent that the program anticipates assistance, financial or otherwise, from departments or agencies of the Federal, State, or local governments; and (5) a description of the anticipated number of citizens who will participate in the program or be benefited by its operation. Provides that the Director and the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration shall work together in the management, evaluation, monitoring and auditing of programs funded pursuant to this Act. Directs the Director to provide technical assistance to cities, combinations of cities, public agencies, and nonprofit private agencies either directly or through contracts with other Federal departments or agencies to enable such recipients to fully participate in all programs available under this Act. Authorizes the Director, on the application of any person claiming to be aggrieved by the denial of assistance under this Act, to give such person a public hearing to determine whether such person was so aggrieved. Provides that if the Director determines such person was aggrieved, he shall grant, in whole or in part, the assistance with respect to which such hearing was held. Provides that not more than one-third of any grants made under this Act shall be used for the lease or rental of any building or space therein. Provides that no part of any grant may be used to purchase buildings or land for research, except to the extent such research is incidental to the carrying out of programs under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for grants and cooperative arrangements under title I of this Act $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for grants and cooperative arrangements under title II of this Act $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Title IV: Prohibition on Use of Weapons - States that no part of any appropriation under this Act may be expended for the use of weapons by civilian personnel in the programs or activities authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Interstate Railroad Act - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Defines the terms in this Act. Sets forth the findings of Congress in regard to the present railroad system in the United States. Title II: Interstate Railroad System - Requires all rail carriers to provide the Secretary of Transportation with copies of all current restrictions on train operations, including employees' operating timetables and all "sloworders". Designates all rail lines operated by domestic railroad companies subject to traffic usage of at least twenty million gross ton-miles per year as part of the initial Interstate Railroad System. Sets forth procedures for final designation of the Interstate Railroad System. Authorizes appropriations for use of the Secretary of Transportation and the Rail Services Planning Office. Title III: Rehabilitation, Maintenance, and Modernization of Rail Lines - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe standards for maintenance of all rail lines. Provides that rail lines included within the System shall be maintained for smooth and dependable operation of freight trains at speeds up to sixty miles an hour. Provides that all rail lines shall be in compliance with the standards prescribed in accordance with this title on or before the expiration of 3 years following enactment of this Act. Provides that no rail line shall contract out any project for rehabilitation or maintenance work required by this Act of a value of over $450 per month in labor and materials which is normally performed by employees in any bargaining unit covered by a labor agreement between the rail line and any labor organization. Authorizes the Secretary to make rehabilitation assistance grants for the purpose of enabling railroad companies to comply with the provisions of this title. Sets forth criteria for such grants and the application procedures for obtaining them. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975-77 to carry out the "grants" provisions of this title. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee any lender against loss of principal and interest on securities, obligations, or loans issued to finance rehabilitation work required by this Act. Sets forth application procedures for such guarantees. Authorizes the appropriation of such amounts as are necessary to discharge obligations to honor loan guarantees made under this Act. Provides that any railroad company may apply to the Secretary for a grant to reconstruct railroad lines which have been damaged or destroyed by unforeseeable disaster outside the control of the applicant. Authorizes the appropriation of not in excess of $10,000,000 per year for such purpose. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975-77 for the Secretary to undertake a continuing program of research and development into improving the stability, ride quality, longevity, and maintenance economies of railroad track and roadbed. Directs the Secretary and the Corps of Engineers to jointly undertake and carry out a study of the long-term capital needs for modernization and upgrading of the Interstate Railroad System. Sets forth the prescribed content of such study and the reporting requirements for the study. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out such study. Title IV: Access to Rail Lines and Facilities - Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to order access for use of any rail line or other facility by a rail carrier. Sets forth procedures for the modification of existing arrangements with respect to access to rail lines. Requires the rail carrier whose employees will be affected by rail lines access arrangements to protect individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment. Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to consider and determine the extent to which a rail carrier has availed itself of the provisions of this title to effect economics and efficiencies in its operations, when passing upon any application by such carrier for increased freight rates, increased division of revenues, or other financial relief. Title V: Records, Reports, Administration, and Enforcement - Provides for public inspection of records relating to this Act and sets forth reporting requirements for the Secretary of Transportation with respect to activities under this Act. Establishes an advisory committee composed of one representative from each of the following organizations: (1) National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; (2) National Governors Conference; (3) Association of American Railroads; (4) National Railroad Passenger Corporation; (5) Congress of Railway Unions; (6) Railway Labor Executives Association; (7) National Industrial Traffic League; and (8) National Association of Railroad Passengers. Requests the committee to monitor the activities of the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to this Act and submit an annual report evaluating the effectiveness of this Act to the Secretary, the Congress, and the public. Authorizes the Secretary to perform such acts as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Sets forth penalties for the violation of any provision of this Act by any railroad company. Authorizes the appropriation to the Secretary of Transportation such sums as are necessary for the administration and enforcement of this Act, not to exceed $10,000,000 in any one fiscal year. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Relieves all persons contracting for the joint use of railroad tracks and facilities from all prohibitions of existing law, including the antitrust laws of the United States, with respect to such contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1974
Opportunities for Adoption Act - Provides for adoption assistance programs under the provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Makes it the purpose of this Act, in order to promote the public health and welfare, to facilitate the elimination of obstacles to adoption, and to locate children in need of adoption and facilitate the placement in permanent adoptive homes of such children, particularly children with special needs, by: (1) promoting the establishment of uniform adoption regulations in the States and territories of the United States in order to eliminate jurisdictional and legal obstacles to adoption; (2) providing Federal financial assistance to States for the purpose of assisting certain public and private nonprofit agencies and certain adoptive and prospective adoptive parents in meeting certain costs of adoption in order to remove or alleviate the financial obstacles which present serious barriers to adoption by qualified persons; and (3) providing for the establishment of a National Office of Adoption Information and Services in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to (A) ensure quality standards for adoption services (including pre-placement and post-placement and post-adoption counseling and standards to protect the rights of children in need of adoption) and (B) provide for a national adoption information exchange system. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a Committee on Uniform Adoption Regulations to be composed of representatives of National, State, and local child welfare organizations and representatives of other groups interested in facilitating the objectives of adoption agencies, and the Chief of the Children's Bureau in the Office of Child Development, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, or his designee. Directs such Committee to: (1) review current conditions, practices, and laws relating to adoption, with special reference to their effect on facilitating or impeding the finding of suitable adoptive homes for children and the completion of suitable adoptions; (2) propose to the Secretary uniform adoption regulations which would facilitate adoption; and (3) report its proposals to the Congress and the President not later than eighteen months after the date of enactment of this section. Provides that following receipt of the Committee's proposals, but not later than twenty-four months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish the proposed uniform adoption regulations in the Federal Register for comment and, after soliciting and giving due consideration to the comments of interested individuals, groups, and organizations and consulting further with the Committee, he shall issue and publish final uniform adoption regulations which shall apply in the administration of the grant program. Directs the Secretary, in accordance with regulations which he shall prescribe, to make matching grants to States for allocation, by State agencies principally responsible for services to families and children, to public and private nonprofit adoption agencies which meet standards of quality prescribed pursuant to this Act for the purpose of assisting: (1) such agencies in meeting the cost involved in the adoptive placement of children with special needs (including locating suitable homes and providing pre-placement and post-placement and post-adoptive counseling to children in need of adoption and to prospective and actual adoptive parents); (2) such agencies in meeting the cost of providing prenatal and postpartum services to mothers, voluntarily planning to place their children for adoption, who are unable to assume such costs, in order to protect the health and welfare of both the mother and child; but only to the extent that assistance under other Federal or State programs in the community in question is not readily available to provide adequately for such services; (3) such agencies in meeting the cost of providing for professional counseling and other social services to children in need of adoption, and to prospective and actual adoptive parents and foster parents to assist them in providing a supportive and healthful family environment; (4) adoptive parents in locating and, where appropriate, defraying the cost of, post-placement and post-adoption special services to children requiring such services as a result of conditions which existed prior to their placement, up to an amount not exceeding the amount which similar services would cost the State in question were it to provide or secure such services as the guardian of such children; and (5) prospective adoptive parents, who would consider adoption but for their financial inability to meet a child's needs, in defraying the post-placement and post-adoption cost of supporting children with special needs, in amounts of assistance determined by the Secretary to be adequate to enable such adoptive parents to assume responsibility for raising such children. Provides for the establishment of a system in the States under which, with respect to a child who has been in foster care in a State for at least six months after such child is considered legally available for adoptive placement, the foster parents providing care to such child will be notified of the possibility of the financial assistance for adoptive placement authorized by this Act. Directs the Secretary to take such steps as he deems necessary to encourage and facilitate the consideration of comprehensive adoption assistance legislation by those States which have not enacted such legislation. Establishes within the Children's Bureau of the Office of Child Development of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Office of Adoption Information and Services which shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary upon the joint recommendation of the Director of the Office of Child Development and the Chief of the Children's Bureau. Provides that the Office shall be the principal agency for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Director, in accordance with regulations which he shall prescribe, to: (1) conduct a continuous educational program on adoption and to prepare, publish, and disseminate to all interested parties, private and public agencies and organizations, and governmental bodies educational materials regarding adoption and adoption assistance programs: (2) measure and evaluate the impact of the programs authorized by this Act and, not later than ninety days after June 30 of each year, prepare and submit to the Secretary for transmittal to the President and the Congress a report on such evaluation, which shall include, but not be limited to (A) the number of children placed in adoptive homes under adoption assistance agreements during the year preceding the annual report and the major characteristics of such children; and (B) the number of children currently in foster care for six months or more, and the legal status of such children; (3) insure that adoption agencies receiving assistance authorized under this Act subscribe to standards of quality, which he shall prescribe, for adoption services (including pre-placement and post-placement and post-adoption counseling and standards to protect the rights of children in need of adoption) and comply with the requirements of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; and (4) notwithstanding any other provision of law, provide for the operation of a national adoption information system, utilizing computers and modern data processing methods, to assist in the location of children in need of adoption and in the placement in adoptive homes of children awaiting adoption, and for the promotion of cooperative efforts with any similar programs operated by or within any State or foreign country. Authorizes the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and the succeeding three fiscal years, of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Provides that employees of States and political subdivisions thereof shall be subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 152(2))
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
National Public Employee Relations Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to encourage collective bargaining. Provides that "employer" includes State and local subdivisions as well as public and other authorities and public agencies. Provides that "employee" includes any employee of an employer and excludes only "officials appointed or elected pursuant to a statute to a policy-making position." Provides that "exclusive representative" includes only those unions which are recognized prior to the enactment of the Act or which later become certified by the National Public Employee Relations Commission. Provides that "supervisor" includes only those individuals who can make or effectively recommend personnel changes or who may responsibly direct other employees. Establishes a commission of five members appointed by the President, to be known as the National Public Employment Relations Commission. Provides for a General Counsel of the Commission to investigate alleged violations of this Act. Authorizes employees to form, join or assist a labor organization and to bargain collectively, free from interference by the employer. Requires an employer to deduct from an employee's pay, dues to any organization designated by written authorization by such employee. Provides that where there is an exclusive representative, dues must be checked off to that organization only. Provides that the authorization may be revoked annually. Provides that the employee organization selected for the purpose of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees shall be the exclusive representative of all the employees, and an employer shall not bargain in regard to matters covered by this Act with any employee, group of employees, or other employee organization. States that any employee organization may file a request for recognition as the exclusive representive. Sets forth the procedure for the filing of such petition with the Commission and employer. Provides that a petition may be filed with the Commission asking it to investigate the question of whether employees have selected or designated an exclusive representative. Directs the Commission, upon receipt of such petition, to conduct inquiries and investigations or hold such hearings as it shall deem necessary in order to decide the question raised by the petition. Sets forth the procedure for the Commission to follow in certifying an employee organization as the exclusive representative in a collective-bargaining unit. States that either an employer or an exclusive representative may declare that an impasse has been reached between them in collective bargaining, and may request the Service to appoint a mediator to assist in reconciling their differences. Outlines the procedure to be followed by the mediator in effecting settlement of the controversy. Provides for a factfinder to make advisory recommendations if the mediator is unable to settle the controversy. Provides that an employer and an exclusive representative who enter into an agreement may include in such agreement procedures for binding arbitration disputes involving the interpretation of such agreement. Stipulates, with specified exceptions, that nothing in this Act or in any other law of the United States shall be construed to interfere with the right of an exclusive representative to engage, or of an employee to participate, in a strike arising out of or in connection with a labor dispute. Makes it unlawful for an employer to (1) impose reprisals on any employee because of his exercise of rights under this Act; (2) assist in the formation or administration of any employee organization; (3) encourage or discourage membership in any employee organization through specified discriminations; or (4) refuse to bargain in good faith with an exclusive representative. Empowers the Commission to prevent any person from engaging in the unlawful actions specified under this Act. Provides that, for the purpose of all hearings and investigations conducted by the Commission or its duly authorized agents or agencies, the appropriate provisions of the National Labor Relations Act shall apply. Provides that if a State or local law is substantially equivalent to this Act, the Commission may delegate its responsibility to the State or local agency.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that the Agency for International Development should immediately allocate a reasonable portion of funds heretofore appropriated for United States relief efforts in Sahelian countries to finance a pilot project designed to establish the feasibility of an effective rehabilitation program for the victims of "river blindness" in the Sahelian countries. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Agency for International Development make a timely report to the Senate no later than June 1, 1974, as to the efforts it intends to undertake in providing such a rehabilitation program for victims of "river blindness."
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Health Services Act - Title I: Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, and Community Mental Health Centers - Sets forth congressional findings regarding the need for the provision of high quality essential health services and comprehensive mental health services in all American communities. States that the essential health services which shall be provided by a community health center are: (1) physician services (including consultant and referral services by a physician) and, where feasible, services of physicians' assistants and nurse clinicians; (2) emergency medical services; (3) diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services; (4) preventive health services; (5) transportation services necessary to overcome special difficulty of access to services provided by the community health center; and (6) services which promote and facilitate optimal use of available health services. Specifies that a community health center shall provide services in the following manner: (1) directly through its own professional staff and supporting resources; and (2) indirectly under agreements with providers designed to assure to the patient maximum accessibility to efficient, economical, and high-quality services. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make planning grants to any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which has demonstrated the capacity to prepare a satisfactory plan for providing essential health services through a community health center. Provides that the Secretary may make development grants to any public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which has a plan satisfactory to the Secretary for providing essential health services through a community health center. States that grants for development shall be made to assist in meeting the costs of: (1) development of essential and supplemental health services, including the addition of new services to those already offered, to the extent that such costs are not ordinary costs of operation, as defined in regulations of the Secretary; (2) development of the resources and techniques to achieve compliance with specified conditions; and (3) acquisition and construction of new facilities, expansion and remodeling of existing facilities, leasing of facilities, and initial equipment of facilities acquired, constructed, expanded, remodeled, or leased with financial assistance provided for grants under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make operating grants to any: (1) community health center; or (2) public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which is providing services or meets the definition of a community health center except that it is not providing all of the essential health services described in this Act. Sets forth conditions to be met for approval of grant applications. Directs the Secretary to appoint and organize a National Advisory Council on Community Health Centers which shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters concerning the organization, operation, and funding of community health centers and other grantees. Authorizes appropriations of $500,000 for each fiscal year 1975-1979 for planning grants. Authorizes appropriations of $30,000,000 for each fiscal year 1975-1979 for development grants. Authorizes necessary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the succeeding four fiscal years to make operating grants. Directs the Secretary to make available planning, development, and operating grants for the establishment and maintenance of migrant health centers. Sets forth conditions for the approval of migrant health center grants. Directs the Secretary to appoint and organize a National Advisory Council on Migrant Health Centers which shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters concerning the organization, operation, and funding of migrant health centers and other grantees under this part. Authorizes appropriations for migrant health center grants for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Directs the Secretary to make available planning, development, and operating grants for the establishment and maintenance of community mental health centers. Sets forth conditions for the approval of mental health center grants. Authorizes the Secretary to provide all necessary technical and other nonfinancial assistance (including fiscal and program management and training in fiscal and program management) to any public or private, nonprofit agency, organization, or institution which is eligible to receive grants under this Act to assist such agency, organization, or institution in developing plans for and in becoming a community health center. Authorizes appropriations for community mental health center grants for the fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Title II: Health Revenue Sharing - Authorizes appropriations of $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for grants to States for comprehensive public health resources.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1974
Energy and Resources Recovery Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish within the Agency an Office of Energy and Resources Recovery to achieve the purposes and administer the provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, after consultation with appropriate Federal, State interstate, regional, and local agencies and after opportunity for public hearings, to promulgate standards for collection, handling, disposal, and recovery of all hazardous and other solid waste which may, if improperly disposed of, cause air or water pollution or other environmental damage. States that the Administrator, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, may require the operator of any disposal system for hazardous or other solid waste to: (1) establish and maintain such records; (2) make such reports; and (3) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment or methods as he may require. Establishes a $25,000 per day fine for violations of this Act. Requires the Administrator, within one year following enactment of this section and each year thereafter, to publish guidelines specifying the percentages of energy and resources that can be recovered from solid waste by use of the best recovery management practices and technology that are reasonably available. Provides that as a part of such guidelines, the Administrator shall publish thorough descriptions of existing technology and practices which can be implemented by agricultural producers, industries, municipalities, consumers, and others to achieve the percentages of energy or resource recovery from each category of solid waste that the Administrator finds reasonable. Requires the Administrator, within one year following enactment of this section to make a complete assessment of the use of natural resources and recycled materials in product packaging; and establish guidelines for the packaging of products to encourage efficient use of such resources and materials with a consequential reduction in solid waste. Directs the Administrator to grant to each State 80 percent of the cost of a comprehensive solid waste management and energy and resource recovery program. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 to carry out this Act for fiscal years 1975-1977. Authorizes grants to States to establish an energy and resources recovery research institute at one college in each State. Authorizes appropriations of $40,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977 for additional purposes of this Act. Empowers the Administration to make loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lenders) to assist any small business concern in affecting additions to or alterations in the equipment, facilities, or methods of operation of such concern to recover energy and resources from solid waste.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Establishes the Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers to study and recommend administrative action and legislation necessary for establishing public or private electronic fund transfer systems. Requires such study to take into account: (1) preservation of competition among financial institutions; (2) user and consumer privacy; and (3) the impact on monetary and economic policy and on availability of credit. Authorizes an appropriation of $2,000,000 for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Provides for displaying for public viewing at the Arlington National Cemetery the names of veterans who died after February 17, 1967. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Solar Energy Research Act - Declares that it is the policy of the Federal Government to pursue a vigorous and viable program of research and development into the utilization of solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Provides that, within sixty days from the date of enactment of legislation creating any permanent Federal organization or agency having jurisdiction over the energy research and development functions of the United States Government, the Office of Solar Energy Research shall be established within that agency. Provides that if, within sixty days from the date of enactment of this Act, no agency with jurisdiction over Federal energy research and development has been established, the Office of Solar Energy Research authorized under this Act shall be established, on an interim basis, within the Atomic Energy Commission, until sixty days from the date of enactment of legislation authorizing the new Federal office of energy research and development. Authorizes the Chairman or Administrator to conduct appropriate research and technical development work: (1) to determine, by laboratory and pilot testing, the usable results of scientific research, (2) to develop and fabricate solar energy transformation processes, equipment designs, and components to the point where they can be demonstrated, certified, produced, and operated on a commercially practical scale; (3) to recommend to the Congress, as deemed appropriate, authorizations for the construction and operation or for participation in the construction and operation, of solar energy conversion facilities, and (4) to undertake, through research grants and contracts, studies of possible economic, social, and environmental effects which will result from the use of solar energy. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Council to be chaired by the Chairman or Administrator to coordinate policy and programs in solar energy research. Specifies the composition of the Council. Directs the development of a program to expedite the increased utilization of solar energy technology by the public and private sectors. Establishes a solar energy incentives task force to carry out the following functions: (1) report to the President and the Congress within one hundred and twenty days following enactment, and at least annually thereafter, recommendations for a viable program, of specified, time limited, incentives or modifications to existing and/or proposed incentives programs to accelerate the commercial application of solar energy technology; and (2) carry out a program of research and investigation into the barriers to innovation in the field of solar energy, the barriers to the acceleration of the commercial application of solar energy technology, and the programs needed to remove such barriers. Authorizes the compilation on a semi-annual basis of a listing of all solar energy conversion components, facilities, and equipment, commercially available in the Nation for private or public use. States that utilization of solar energy shall include such applications of solar energy as, but not limited to, the solar heating and cooling of buildings, solar crop drying and other agricultural applications of solar energy, solar thermal and photovoltaic power generation for terrestrial applications, whether situated on the ground or in space, wind energy conversion, ocean thermal gradient conversion, solar stimulated bioconversion, and solar production of synthetic gases and hydrogen. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act the following amounts: (1) for fiscal year 1975, $56,000,000; (2) for fiscal year 1976, $94,000,000; (3) for fiscal year 1977, $150,000,000; (4) for fiscal year 1978, $150,000,000; and (5) for fiscal year 1979, $150,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Natural Resource Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purposes of this Act, including to provide: (1) for improved resource information within a National Resource Information System, (2) for inventories of natural resources in the public lands, (3) for regular reporting of information by significant corporations in natural resource industries, and (4) information that will aid in improved policy making, conservation, science, environmental protection, competition and regulation. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Natural Resource Information - Establishes a Bureau of Resource Information within the Department of Commerce, headed by a Director of Resource Information appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Bureau is to (1) build, operate, maintain and improve the National Resource Information System; (2) establish consultation, coordination and exchange arrangements with other departments and agencies of government, and private institutions, which have libraries of natural resource information; and (3) conduct studies of the state of information on such subjects as the institutional structure of the resource supply system, consumption patterns, statistical and accounting methods and problems in natural resource information, price and cost factors affecting energy, technological and environmental factors, and capital requirements of public and private institutions responsible for natural resources. Directs the Bureau to report monthly, quarterly and annually on specified classes of natural resource information. Title II: National Resource Information System - Establishes a National Resource Information System to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Establishes in the System three components: a public library, a confidential library, and a secret library. Provides that the System shall use other available libraries of resource information; use modern, including microform and electronic, methods; have its information on natural resource industries organized by establishments, companies, Standard Industrial Classifications, geographical locations and other referents; and have the capacity to receive and answer questions of fact concerning, and compare sources of, natural resource information. Provides for public use of the public library of the System, at fees sufficient to cover costs of such use. Provides for waiver or reduction of fees in cases of public-interest use. Provides for access to the confidential library by Federal Government officials for official use only. Establishes the secret library as the repository for information that may be used only for statistical purposes in anonymous aggregates. Establishes priorities for entry of information into the System. Defines and limits national security and reasonable competitive equities as reasons for placement of information in the confidential or secret library. Provides for removal of information more than 25 years old from the confidential or secret library to the public library. Provides for hearings in cases of dispute on placement of information in a particular library of the System, and for placement of information in question in the secret library pending resolution of the dispute. Provides penalties for unauthorized disclosures and thefts of information from the System, and for failure to provide required information for the System. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce or the Director to obtain from an affiliate of a company, or an organization of which it is a member, any information which they are empowered by this Act to obtain directly from the company, provided the company is notified. Gives the Secretary of Commerce and the Director power to inspect records and subpoena documents in certain cases. Confers jurisdiction on U.S. District Courts to enforce such subpoenas. Title III: Natural Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile and maintain, on an annual basis, an inventory of natural resources in public lands of the United States including the Outer Continental Shelf. Provides that the inventories may be based on estimates, supplemented as feasible by onsite geological and engineering inspections by departmental personnel. Provides that the first inventory is to be completed within 18 months and reported to Congress within 20 months of the effective date of this title. Provides that copies of all such annual reports and inventories shall be given to the Director for the System's public library. Provides that, on request of the Director, the Secretary of the Interior shall make onsite physical inspections of mineral reserves and resources reported in private lands. Contains directions for the contents of reports by the Secretary of the Interior. Title IV: Information on Natural Resources - Provides that substantial natural resource companies are to file verified annual reports with the Director on the mineral reserves and natural resources they control. Contains directions on the contents of such reports. Provides for the promulgation by the Director of forms for the making of such reports. Provides that such forms shall be mailed by the Director to reporting companies within 11 months of the effective date of this title and be returned by companies to the Director within 60 days after receipt. Provides that information obtained by Director on report forms required by this title and title V shall be placed in the public confidential, or secret library of the System, as provided by this Act. Title V: Information on Natural Resource Industries - Requires major companies in commerce to file verified annual reports, on an establishment basis, on their operations worldwide. Provides for the making of such reports in two parts, one being for the public library of the System and the other for the confidential or secret library. Contains directions for the contents of such reports, including information on shipments by Standard Industrial Classification, total business receipts, and in specified cases profit information. Authorizes the Director to require such reports more often than annually in specified cases, and to require from major natural resource companies lists describing all mandatory and voluntary reports they file elsewhere, containing natural resource information. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Provides that the Comptroller General of the United States, upon his own initiative or by direction of Congress, shall review and evaluate procedures of the Bureau. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress at least annually on such reviews of the Bureau. Provides that such report may be by endorsement of or addendum to the Bureau's own annual report. Title VII: Conformance of and With Other Statutes - Provides that the Director may excuse a company from providing natural resources information required by this Act, if the company waives confidential status of the same information as previously provided by it to the Census Bureau and protected by the Census Code. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Establishes the effective date as the date of enactment, except titles IV and V, which are effective on the first day of the third full calendar month after date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Extends the coverage of the National Labor Relations Act to employees of nonprofit hospitals. Defines the term "health care institution" for purposes of this Act. Sets forth collective bargaining notice, mediation, and agreement procedures to govern employees of a health care institution.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
National Health Service Corps Amendment - Establishes, within the Public Health Service, the National Health Service Corps to improve the delivery of health services to medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the medically underserved populations in the States. Defines the term "medically underserved population" and enumerates the factors to be taken into account in making such designations, including: (1) ratios of available health manpower to the population; (2) indicators of the population's access to health services; and (3) indicators of health status and need of the population. Empowers the Secretary to assign Corps personnel to State health agencies, private health entities, local governments, and medical, dental or other appropriate health societies. Enumerates the requirements to be met prior to the making of any such assignments and for the continuing of expired assignments. Provides that Corps personnel shall be assigned on the basis of the extent of the population's need for health services and without regard to the ability of the members of the population to pay for health services. Directs the Secretary, in making an assignment, to seek to match characteristics of the assignee and of the population in order to increase the likelihood of the assignee remaining to serve the population upon completion of his assignment period. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance to all medically underserved populations to which are not assigned Corps personnel; (2) make arrangements to enable Corps personnel to utilize the health facilities of the areas in which the population resides; and (3) make grants, with specified limitations, for purposes of providing health services. States that the Secretary shall require as a condition to the approval of an application that the entity enter into an appropriate arrangement with the Secretary under which: (1) the entity shall be responsible for charging for health services by the Corps personnel to be assigned; (2) the entity shall take action for the collection of payments for such health services; and (3) the entity shall pay to the United States specified, calculated amounts. Directs the Secretary to conduct, at schools of the health professions and allied health professions, recruiting programs for the Corps. Provides for the Secretary to adjust the monthly rate of pay of each physician and dentist member of the Corps who is directly engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress and specifies the content of such reports. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps to consult with, advise, and make recommendations to, the Secretary with respect to his responsibilities in carrying out this Act, and to review and approve regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Authorizes to carry out the provisions relating to the National Health Service Corps to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress the criteria used by him in designating medically underserved populations; and the number of populations in each State meeting such criteria; and (2) conduct or contract for studies of methods of assigning National Health Service Crops personnel to medically underserved populations and of providing health care to such populations. Directs the Secretary to establish the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program to obtain trained physicians, dentists, nurses, or other health-related specialists for the National Health Service Corps or other units of the Service. Enumerates the eligibility requirements for participation in such program and the regulations governing program members. Provides that, to carry out the program, there is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Social Security Administration Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to strengthen the fiscal and administrative structure of the contributory social security programs. Title I: Social Security Administration - Establishes, as an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the Government, a Social Security Administration, headed by a Board appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Declares that it shall be the duty of the Administration to administer the programs established by titles II, XVI, and XVIII of the Social Security Act, and to discharge the duties and responsibilities imposed on the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in connection with the administration of the program established by title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. States that the Administration shall also have the duty of studying and making recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance, and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy. Provides for the appointment of an Executive Director and a General Counsel of the Administration. Makes the Administration responsible for administering the old age, survivors, and disability insurance program, medicare, supplemental security income, and the black lung benefit program under the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. Prohibits the mailing of announcements with Social Security and SSI checks which make reference by name, title, or signature to any officer of the United States. Transfers to the Social Security Administration: (1) all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with respect to the administration of programs and activities the administration of which is vested in such Administration, by reason of this Act; and (2) all personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, and records, which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines to be employed, held, or used by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare primarily in connection with the functions, activities, and programs which, by reason of this Act are vested in or become the responsibility of the Administration. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security. Title II: Miscellaneous and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Social Security Act, the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, the Budget and Accounting Act, and the Executive Schedules of the United States Code.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Makes it the sense of the Senate that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of this Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973", and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to prohibit brokers or dealders from trading listed securities otherwise than on national securities exchanges in the event the Commission determines that such trading is contrary to the public interest and the protection of investors. States that any rule promulgated pursuant to this Act shall not become effective until the rules of national securities exchanges fixing rates of commissions have been eliminated and shall not remain in effect after the Commission has determined that a national market system for securities has been established or April 30, 1978, whichever is earlier.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Provides that there be printed for the use of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare three thousand additional copies of its committee print of the current Congress entitled "The Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments of 1973 (S.2117)."
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Transfers the functions of the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the Social and Rehabilitation Services Administration to the Office of Human Development.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1974
Provides loans under the Small Business Act to any small business concern seriously and adversely affected by a shortage of: (1) fuel; (2) electrical energy; (3) energy-producing resources; or (4) raw or processed materials resulting from such shortages. Requires that the Small Business Administration determine that a concern has suffered or is likely to suffer substantial economic injury prior to the making of such loans. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 636(6))
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Makes the Special Committee on Aging, a permanent, special committee of the Senate consisting of twenty-two members appointed by the President of the Senate, thirteen of whom shall be appointed from the majority party and nine of whom shall be appointed from the minority party. Requires the committee to make a continuing study and investigation of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of older people, including but not limited to, problems and opportunities of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, or obtaining care or assistance. Provides that no proposed legislation shall be referred to the committee, and the committee shall not have power to report by bill, or otherwise have legislative jurisdiction. Provides that the minority shall receive fair consideration in the appointment of staff personnel pursuant to this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Emergency Energy Conservation Economic Opportunities Amendments - Provides, under the Economic Opportunity Act, for the establishment of an Emergency Energy Conservation Services Program, designed to enable low-income individuals and families, including the elderly and the near poor, to participate in energy conservation programs designed to lessen the impact of the energy crisis on such individuals and families. States that such program shall provide financial and other assistance for enumerated activities, including winterization of old or substandard dwellings; emergency loans, grants, and revolving funds to deal with increased housing expenses relating to the energy crisis; special fuel voucher or stamp programs; and outreach efforts, including the establishment of energy crisis centers. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal year 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Congress that it abhors and condemns the cruel and insensitive refusal of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam and the Lao Patriotic Front to comply with the provisions of those agreements to which they are signatories and which call for an accounting of the missing in action, and calls on those parties to respect and comply with those agreements. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should use every effort to bring about such reciprocal actions by the parties to the peace agreements, including the Government of the Republic of Vietnam and the Royal Lao Government, as will be most likely to bring an end to the abhorrent conduct of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam and the Lao Patriotic Front regarding the missing in action. Declares the Congresses staunch support to the families and loved ones of the Americans missing in action, who have suffered such deep human anguish for so long due to the undisclosed fate of the missing in action.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Directs the President to make grants to States to provide to any individual unemployed, if such unemployment resulted from a shortage of energy and was in no way due to the fault of such individual, such assistance as appropriate while such individual is unemployed. Provides that whenever the President determines that, as a result of any such employment loss, low-income households are unable to purchase adequate amounts of nutritious food, he is authorized to distribute through the Secretary of Agriculture coupon allotments pursuant to the Food Stamp Act and to make surplus commodities available. Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide reemployment assistance services under other laws of the United States to any such individual so unemployed. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1974
Emergency Energy Employment Assistance Act - Provides for an emergency energy employment assistance program under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. States that in addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated for carrying out such Act, there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974, and the succeeding fiscal year, such sums, not to exceed $4,000,000,000 in the aggregate for such period, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving fund to be known as the Emergency Employment Assistance Fund. Provides that under specified circumstances amounts from such fund shall be obligated to provide unemployment and underemployed persons with transitional employment in jobs providing needed public services, and, wherever feasible, related training and manpower services to enable such persons to move into employment or training not supported under this Act. Requires the filing of a special report, within 21 days after enactment, on the implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1974
Health Services Research and Development, Health Statistics, and Medical Libraries Act - Title I: Health Services Research Development and Evaluation; Health Statistics - Health Services Research Development, and Evaluation and Health Statistics Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to undertake, through the National Centers for Health Services Research and Health Statistics and such other units of the Department as he may select, to support health statistical activities and health services research, evaluation, and demonstration. Declares that the Secretary may do the following: (1) utilize physical resources of the Department, permit the utilization of physical resources of the Department, provide technical assistance and advice, make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and individuals, and enter into contracts for health services research, evaluation, and demonstrations and for health statistical activities; (2) admit and treat at hospitals and other facilities of the Service persons not otherwise eligible for admission and treatment at such facilities; (3) secure the assistance and advice of experts and consultants from the United States or abroad; and (4) acquire, construct, improve, repair, operate, and maintain laboratory, research, and other facilities and equipment, and such other real or personal property (including patents) as the Secretary deems necessary; and acquire buildings or parts of buildings in the District of Columbia or communities located adjacent to the District of Columbia. Establishes in the Department the National Center for Health Services Research and the National Center for Health Statistics. Declares that the Secretary, acting through Centers, may undertake and support research, evaluation, and demonstration projects in specified health services areas. Directs the Secretary to collect statistics in enumerated health areas. Provides that the Secretary shall assist nonprofit entities in meeting the costs of new centers, for multidisciplinary health services research, evaluations, and demonstrations. Sets forth the requirements to be met prior to the making of grants and contracts for such assistance. States that for the purpose of advancing the status of the health sciences in the United States, the Secretary may participate with other countries in cooperative endeavors in biomedical research and the health services, research and statistical activities authorized by this Act. Requires the Secretary to call annual conferences of the health authorities of the several States. Provides that not later than September 1 of each year, the Secretary shall make a report to Congress regarding the administration of this Act during the preceding fiscal year and the current state and progress of health services research and health statistics. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Revision and Extension of Medical Library Assistance Programs - Extends the authorization of appropriation for medical library assistance programs for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Public Health Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Urban Hospitals Emergency Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public general hospitals to assist such hospitals in meeting the costs of: (1) modernization of patient care facilities in urban areas, and (2) construction or modernization of outpatient facilities of such hospitals located apart from the hospital so that ambulatory care service may be decentralized. Enumerates the eligibility requirements to be met for receiving such grants and the priority of applicants. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out such grant provisions $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Empowers the Secretary to make grants to public and private nonprofit hospitals for special projects to demonstrate innovations in health care delivery construction which implement quality control or improve efficiency in the provision of health services by meeting identified needs, and reducing documented inefficiencies. Authorizes appropriation for fiscal years 1975 through 1977 for such grants. Provides that each public general hospital shall be entitled for each fiscal year to a grant equal to 75 percent of the annual net cost incurred by the hospital for patient care. Sets forth additional grant requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that each hospital having adopted uniform cost accounting and utilization and reporting systems procedures shall be entitled for each fiscal year to a grant to assist such hospital in meeting the costs of training residents, interns, except noncitizen graduates of foreign medical schools, and individuals preparing for careers in nursing or the allied health professions in programs approved by him after consultation with the appropriate professional accrediting agency or specialty board. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Defines the terms used in this Act, including "annual net cost of patients care," "low-income person," and "urban". Requires that each recipient of Federal assistance under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which assistance is given or used, the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. Provides that no funds other than those appropriated under the provisions of this Act may be used for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1974
Provides, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, for coverage under medicare for routine Papanicolaou tests for the diagnosis of uterine cancer.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President direct the Secretary of State to bring to the immediate attention of the Soviet Government the deep and growing concern among citizens of the United States over the plight of Simas Kudirka and to urge his release from imprisonment and his return to his family. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States forward a copy of this resolution to the United States Representative to the United Nations for transmission to the Commission on Human Rights of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Requires the Armed Forces to provide special educational and health services to dependents of members serving on active duty who are deaf, hard of hearing, seriously emotionally disturbed, moderately or severely mentally retarded, crippled, or have a speech or health impairment or specific learning disability requiring special education and related services. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1079 (d))
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Extends the life of the Special Committee on Aging, established by Senate Resolution 33, 87th Congress, and makes it a permanent, special committee of the Senate. Provides that the committee shall continue to consist of twenty-two members appointed by the President of the Senate, thirteen of whom shall be appointed from the majority party and nine of whom shall be appointed from the minority party. Directs the committee to make a continuing study and investigation of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of older people, including but not limited to, problems and opportunities, of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, of obtaining care or assistance. Provides that the minority shall receive fair consideration in the appointment of staff personnel pursuant to this resolution. Grants the Committee specified powers to carry out its functions. Limits the expenses of the committee under this resolution for the period from March 1, 1974, through February 28, 1975, to $415,000. Requires the committee to report the results of its study and investigation, together with such recommendations as it may deem advisable, to the Senate at the earliest practicable date, but not later than February 28, 1975. Makes this resolution effective March 1, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, or any subcommittee thereof, from March 1, 1974, through February 28, 1975, in its discretion: (1) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, (2) to employ personnel, and (3) with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any such department or agency. Limits the expenses of the committee under this resolution to $1,700,000. Requires the committee to report its findings, together with such recommendations for legislation as it deems advisable, to the Senate at the earliest practicable date, but not later than February 28, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
National Cancer Act Amendments - Increases the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act for the basic cancer research and training program and the prevention and control program. Extends such act for three years with appropriations of $750,000,000, $830,000,000 and $985,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively. Authorizes the awarding of grants for the improvement of basic research laboratory facilities, including those related to biohazard control, as deemed necessary, for the national cancer program.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Meetinghouse Preservation Act - States that the purpose of this Act is: (1) to celebrate the Bicentennial of this country through the preservation within each of the several States of a historic site that might otherwise be lost; (2) to provide a meetingplace in each of the several States for those citizens interested in retaining their tangible, indigenous heritage, whether historic, cultural, or natural, and in planning for future changes and developments, and (3) to give existing State programs involved with preserving historic and architecturally important structures an illustration of the best possible techniques used in the preservation of such historic sites and structures, and the multiple, significant ways in which such sites and structures can be used. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to each of the several States for the purpose of enabling each State to acquire and restore an historic site within each State for use as a meetinghouse in accordance with the provisions of this Act, except that no grant to any one State shall exceed $1,000,000. Provides that any application for a grant under this Act shall contain an estimated budget of various acquisition, restoration, and maintenance expenses. Sets forth provisions governing the approval of any application. Establishes a Meetinghouse Coordination Board to review each application made in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the purpose of making recommendations to the Secretary as to which of the historic site or sites contained in such application should be approved by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974
Older Americans Tax Counseling Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with private or public nonprofit agencies or organizations for the purpose of providing training and technical assistance to prepare volunteers to provide tax counseling assistance for elderly individuals in the preparation of their Federal income tax returns. Directs the Secretary to utilize the services of volunteers and to establish the qualifications required and the terms and conditions of service as a volunteer. States that service as a volunteer under this Act shall not be considered service as an employee of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to direct the attention of elderly individuals to pertinent provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
National Arthritis Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to expand the authority of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Disgestive Diseases in order to advance a national attack on arthritis. Establishes a National Task Force on Arthritis to formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal and other related diseases. Provides that the Arthritis Plan shall include recommendations for the utilization and organizations of national resources for the campaign against arthritis, and a program for the National Institute of Arthritis Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases as a major participant in the campaign against arthritis specifies the composition of the Task Force membership. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000 for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the purposes of the national arthritis program. Establishes within the Institute the position of Associate Director for Arthritis, responsible for programs regarding arthritis within such Institute. Provides that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis Coordinating Committee to be composed of representatives who can make policy commitments for each of the Institutes and divisions involved in arthritis-related research. Creates within the Federal Government an Interagency Technical Committee on Arthritis which shall be responsible for promoting the coordination of those aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to arthritis to assure the adequacy and technical soundness of such programs and activities and to provide for the full communication and exchange of information necessary to maintain adequate coordination of such programs and activities. States that the Director of the Institute shall establish programs for cooperation with other health agencies in the screening, detection, prevention, and control of arthritis which emphasize the development of new diagnostic and treatment methods for arthritis, and the dissemination of the knowledge about these methods to the health professions. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides that the Director of the Institute, shall provide for the development of centers for basic and clinical research into, training, in, and demonstration of, advanced diagnostic, prevention, control, and treatment methods for arthritis. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out these provisions $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Requires the Director of the Institute after the end of each calendar year, to submit to the President and Congress a report including: (1) a proposal for the Institute's activities during the next five years; and (2) a program evaluation section.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act Amendments - Provides that it is the purpose of this Act to provide leadership to schools and other institutions in the community by supporting projects to identify, evaluate, demonstrate and disseminate effective drug and alcohol abuse prevention and early intervention strategies and to provide training and technical assistance to schools and other segments of the community in adapting such strategies to identified local needs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a program of making grants to support and evaluate demonstration projects and to disseminate these nationally, to train educational and community personnel that have or should have an important influence on the behavior of young people and to provide technical assistance in program development. Provides that funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this Act shall be available for enumerated purposes, including: (1) comprehensive demonstration programs in school-communities which focus on the causes and affects of drug and alcohol abuse rather than the symptoms; (2) creative primary prevention and early intervention programs in schools; (3) community education programs on drug and alcohol abuse, especially for parents and others in the community; and (4) programs to recruit and train persons, including former drug and alcohol abusers, to organize programs of public education in drug and alcohol abuse. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act $26,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $34,000,000 for fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Chlorine Allocation Act - Makes it the policy of the Congress to require priority dispersal of chlorine for the treatment of safe drinking water and waste water and to encourage priority dispersal of other chemicals and substances necessary for the treatment of safe drinking water and waste water. Provides that, within 30 days after enactment, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall promulgate regulations providing for mandatory allocation of chlorine from the processing of chlorine to its final use in amounts specified in such regulations to the extent necessary to protect the public health and environment. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations providing for mandatory allocation of other chemicals and substances used in the treatment of drinking water or waste water. Provides that an imminent hazard shall be considered to exist when the evidence is sufficient to show that shortages of chlorine, chemicals, or substances for treating drinking water or waste water will result in any unreasonable threat to human health or the environment prior to the completion of an administrative hearing or other formal proceeding held pursuant to this Act. Provides that, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall promulgate regulations delineating which functions under this Act shall be performed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Preparedness of the General Services Administration, the Department of Commerce, or the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Prescribes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief for violations under this Act. Directs the Administrator to establish such advisory committees as he determines are necessary. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to have adequate advance notice of any meeting of such committees and may have an official representative attend and participate in any such meeting. Provides that, within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, subject to the approval of the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission, shall promulgate, by rule, standards and procedures by which persons engaged in the business of processing, distributing, importing or repackaging of chlorine or other chemical or substance may develop and implement voluntary agreements and plans of action to carry out such agreements which the Administrator determines are necessary to accomplish the objectives. Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General to each prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out their responsibilities under this Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall terminate on June 30, 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1973
National Diabetes Research and Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to expand the authority of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases in order to advance the national attack on diabetes mellitus. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Task Force on Diabetes to formulate a long-range plan to combat diabetes mellitus. Specifies the content of such plan. Provides that the task force shall also develop a program to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases respecting diabetes mellitus and related endocrine and metabolic diseases. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this part $500,000 for fiscal year 1974. Provides that the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, shall establish programs in the epidemiology, prevention, control, and evaluation of diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, appropriately emphasizing the prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of such diseases in children. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out such purposes $2,500,000 for fiscal 1975; $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides for the establishment of national diabetes research and training centers. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000, $15,000,000, and $20,000,000 for fiscal years 1975 through 1977, respectively. Instructs the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish an Inter-Institute Diabetes Mellitus Coordinating Committee. Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Technical Committee on Diabetes Mellitus, responsible for coordinating Federal health programs and activities relating to diabetes mellitus.
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