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Bill· SS. 2848 (93rd)open
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 12137 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Interns for Political Leadership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, under title IX of the Higher Educational Act of 1965, to enter into a contract or other arrangement with a private nonprofit agency (to be known as the "National Coordinating Agency") under which such Agency will plan, develop and carry out an internship program under which third-and fourth-year students at institutions of higher education will be provided practical political involvement with elected officials in the performance of their duties at all levels of government through internships in their offices. Provides that such internship program shall be carried out through arrangements with institutions of higher education and State and local governments under which students will serve as interns in offices of State and local elected officials. Provides that the students who have participated in the internship programs at State and local levels may become interns in the offices of Members of Congress for up to three months during the first year following the receipt of their bachelor's degree. Stipulates that students shall be chosen by the Agency from among those whose names are proposed by participating institutions. Limits the Federal contribution to the Program to one-half its cost. Authorizes the Agency to prescribe and administer the terms and conditions of internships, including stipends therefor. Authorizes an appropriation of $3 million in each of the three fiscal years 1974-1976, for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Law· SS. 2830 (93rd)open
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 11982 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1973
Adds to the statement of purpose of the teacher corps section of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that colleges and universities and local school systems be encouraged to adopt improved training and retraining programs for educational staff. Authorizes appropriation for such purpose $50,000,000 for fiscal 1975, $75,000,000 for fiscal 1976, and $100,000,000 for fiscal 1977 and for subsequent fiscal years. Extends the term of service in the teacher corps from two to five years. States that the Director of the Teacher Corps is authorized to expend a sum not in excess of 10 per cent or $4,000,000, whichever is the smaller amount, of each above appropriation for the functions of planning the Teacher Corps program, monitoring, documenting, and evaluating Teacher Corps projects, disseminating findings relating to Teacher Corps projects, and furnishing technical assistance to Teacher Corps projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 11962 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1973
Safe Schools Study Act - Requires a full and complete investigation and study by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of crime and violence in elementary and secondary schools. Provides that such study shall include efforts to determine the efficacy of school security programs. Authorizes the appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11909 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Provides that 25 per cent of the gross value of timber harvested during any fiscal year from each national forest shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State in which such national forest is situated, to be expended as the State legislature may prescribe for public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which such national forest is situated. States that in sale of logs, ties, poles, posts, cordwood, pulpwood, and other forest products the amounts made available for school and roads by this section shall be based upon the product of the volume of the sale times the selling price (formerly stumpage value). (Amends 16 U.S.C. 500)
Bill· HRH.R. 11927 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Postsecondary Education Consumer Protection Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide protection for students, consumers, and legitimate postsecondary educational institutions against substandard or fraudulent practices. Defines the term federally recognized approving entity as an entity relied upon by any Federal officer or agency in connection with a program: (1) of Federal assistance to postsecondary educational institutions by way of grants or contracts, loans, or loan insurance or guarantee, (2) of Federal assistance to students at postsecondary educational institutions by way of grants, loans, loan insurance or guarantee, or work programs, or (3) under which continuation of Federal payment is conditioned on attendance at a postsecondary educational institution approved or accredited by an approving entity. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, through the Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility, to conduct a study of the operation and effectiveness of the various federally recognized approving entities. Requires the Secretary to make such interim reports of his activities, findings, and recommendations as he may deem appropriate and to make a final report to the President and the Congress not later than December 31, 1975. States that upon completion of the study conducted under this Act, the Secretary shall revise the criteria to be met by federally recognized approving entities. Stipulates that whenever an officer or agency of the United States receives notification from the Secretary that a federally recognized approving entity fails to meet the criteria set by the Secretary, he shall discontinue reliance on such entity's approval or accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions or programs. Directs the Secretary to publish biannually in the Federal Register a list showing the following: (1) the approving entities which currently meet the criteria established by the Secretary pursuant to this Act; (2) the postsecondary educational institutions which are approved or accredited by such approving entities including a particularization of the departments or courses of study which are approved or accredited at the institutions; and (3) the institutions which have lost approval or accreditation and those whose applications for approval or accreditation were not accepted.
Bill· HRH.R. 11919 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 11912 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Directs that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in prescribing standards for skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities under the Social Security Act, shall require that such facilities adopt and make public a statement of the rights and responsibilities of the patients in such facilities and treat their patients in accordance with the provisions of such public statement. Enumerates the guarantees of rights which must be included in such statements. Provides that each facility make available a copy of the statement to each patient and provide appropriate staff training to implement each patient's right included in the statement.
Bill· SS. 2796 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1973
Health Benefits and Health Services Distribution Education Act - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Declares that the Federal Government has an obligation to insure that each area of the country has adequate health personnel and facilities. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title II: Minimum Health Benefits - Requires that business associations and other entities engaged in commerce shall provide to their employees and families, as a cost of doing business, a minimum level of health benefits, including: (1) one complete diagnostic examination and associated tests sufficient to analyze a person's overall medical condition; (2) such visits to a physician, an outpatient clinic, or other ambulatory health facilities which may be necessary for treatment of an illness or injury necessary for the prevention of illness or injury; (3) up to twelve days of inpatient hospital care for treatment of a serious illness or injury, or for surgery; and (4) up to ten days of care in an extended care unit necessary for recovery from a serious illness, accident, or surgery. Sets forth limitations on such minimum benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to insure a high quality of minimum benefits. Provides that a person entitled to minimum benefits who has been denied provision of those benefits may sue in Federal district court for the costs of his lost benefits, reasonable damages, and for a court order requiring him to be provided with the minimum benefits to which he is entitled. Title III: Creation of Community Health and Education Corporations - Authorizes to be created community health and education corporations whose purposes shall be: (1) to provide health services to an identified population on an accessible basis in a specified service area; (2) to provide minimum health benefits to which persons may be entitled from a contractee; (3) to provide for the education and development of qualified health personnel necessary to provide health services and minimum health benefits; and (4) to provide for the operation of facilities required to provide health service, benefits, and for the education of health personnel. States that a corporation shall have a board of fifteen directors consisting of individuals who are citizens of the United States. Provides for the financing of corporations through the issuance of common and preferred stock. Enumerates the general powers of the corporation, including to provide comprehensive health care services and minimum health benefits through prospective contracts, arrangements for prepaid group practices or through other efficient arrangements and to contract with States and the United States for the provision of health services authorized by the Social Security Act. Sets forth the duties of community health and education corporations. Provides that a physician, optometrist, or podiatrist legally authorized to practice his profession in a State is a qualified provider of services for a corporation or as an employee of a corporation, subject to specified limitations. States the circumstances under which a general hospital and a skilled nursing home are qualified providers for a corporation or as a division of a corporation. Title IV: Federal Financial Assistance - Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary in each fiscal year through fiscal year 1990 such sums as may be necessary for payment to corporations for the purpose of assisting in: (1) the initial organization and operation of corporations; (2) the financing of health care services to low-income individuals; (3) the financing of health care benefits through corporations for employees of small businesses and charitable organizations; (4) for the subsidization of medical education; and (5) for the construction and staffing of hospitals, and ambulatory and diagnostic centers. Provides for record-keeping procedures and audits of corporations. Title V: Regional Planning Councils - Directs the Secretary to establish planning councils in each major geographic region of the country. States the purposes of such councils, including to develop plans for the provision of comprehensive health services to all persons within the region and for the allocation of health manpower and facilities adequate to provide comprehensive health services to all persons within the region. Provides for the appointment of members of the regional planning councils by the Secretary, specifying their terms of office. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that the provisions of this Act supersede any other provisions of law in conflict with the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 851 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1973
Authorizes the President to proclaim the week of May 13, 1974, as "Bilingual Education Week".
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 852 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1973
Authorizes the President to proclaim the week of May 13, 1974, as "Bilingual Education Week".
Bill· HRH.R. 11871 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Directs that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in prescribing standards for skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities under the Social Security Act, shall require that such facilities adopt and make public a statement of the rights and responsibilities of the patients in such facilities and treat their patients in accordance with the provisions of such public statement. Enumerates the guarantees of rights which must be included in such statements. Provides that each facility make available a copy of the statement to each patient and provide appropriate staff training to implement each patient's right included in the statement.
Bill· HRH.R. 11862 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Prohibits local educational agencies from implementing a plan of desegregation for a school year which would involve an increase in the gasoline consumed by such agency during the preceding school year.
Bill· HRH.R. 11846 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 1973
Education for Exceptional Children Act - Defines "exceptional children" as handicapped children, children with specific learning disabilities, and particularly gifted children. Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a National Clearinghouse on Exceptional Children which shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and for each of the four succeeding years for the establishment and operation of the clearinghouse. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants pursuant to this Act for the purpose of assisting the States in providing free appropriate public education for exceptional children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Sets forth the basis on which funds will be allocated to the States. Provides that in order to receive funds under this Act a State must submit to the Commissioner of Education a State plan detailing the State program for free appropriate education for exceptional children. Provides that the State plan must contain such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Sets forth the criteria needed to be met by a State in order to obtain approval of its plan. Authorizes the Commissioner to withhold payments under this Act from any State when it is found that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision of this Act. Provides a method for judicial review of the Commissioner's decision. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to provide training for personnel engaged or preparing to engage in educating exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher learning to provide training for leadership personnel for the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct research relating to the education of exceptional children and to make grants to States, educational agencies, institutions of higher learning and other public or private nonprofit educational or research agencies for such research. Directs the Commissioner to establish standards and procedures to determine which children are "exceptional children" within the meaning of this Act, such standards and procedures to be applied uniformly by all States submitting plans pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· SS. 2786 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1973
Increases from thirty-six to forty-eight months the maximum period of educational assistance to which an eligible veteran may become entitled. Extends from eight to fifteen years the period within which an eligible veteran must complete his program of education under such chapter after his discharge from military service. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661, 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 11822 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1973
Makes appropriations to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, with respect to library resources.
Bill· HRH.R. 11787 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1973
Directs that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in prescribing standards for skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities under the Social Security Act, shall require that such facilities adopt and make public a statement of the rights and responsibilities of the patients in such facilities and treat their patients in accordance with the provisions of such public statement. Enumerates the guarantees of rights which must be included in such statements. Provides that each facility make available a copy of the statement to each patient and provide appropriate staff training to implement each patient's right included in the statement.
Bill· HRH.R. 11804 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that if Cooperative Service Organizations of Operating Educational Organizations are organized and operated solely to hold, comingle, mingle, and collectively invest and reinvest in stocks and securities the moneys contributed by each of the members of such organization, and to collect income therefrom and turn over the entire amount, less expense, to such members; and are organized and controlled by one or more such members, then such organizations shall be treated as an organization organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 11765 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Veterans Comprehensive Education Act - States that in the case of an eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education on a half-time or more basis, other than a program exclusively by correspondence or a program of flight training, the Administrator of the Veteran's Administration shall pay directly to the educational institution on behalf of such veteran the customary cost of tuition (including such laboratory, library, or other similar fees as are customarily charged, as well as the costs of books, supplies, equipment, and other necessary expenses, excluding board, lodging, other living expenses, and travel) which similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same courses are required to pay. Provides that in no event shall the payment authorized by this Act exceed $4,000 for an ordinary school year. States that the amendments made by this Act shall become effective on the first day of the second calander month following the month in which this Act is enacted.
Bill· HRH.R. 11775 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Adds to the statement of purpose of the Teacher Corps section of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that colleges, universities, and local school systems be encouraged to adopt improved training and retraining programs for educational staff. Authorizes appropriation of necessary sums for the Teacher Corps for fiscal 1975. Extends the term of service in the Teacher Corps from two to five years. Provides for Teacher Corps teaching teams which shall include not less than one experienced teacher and may include other educational personnel, who in addition to their duties as members of the team shall be afforded time by the local educational agency for a training program carried out under the guidance of experienced educational personnel in cooperation with an institution of higher education.
Bill· HRH.R. 11759 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Directs that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in prescribing standards for skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities under the Social Security Act, shall require that such facilities adopt and make public a statement of the rights and responsibilities of the patients in such facilities and treat their patients in accordance with the provisions of such public statement. Enumerates the guarantees of rights which must be included in such statements. Provides that each facility make available a copy of the statement to each patient and provide appropriate staff training to implement each patient's right included in the statement.
Bill· HRH.R. 11764 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense to take such action as may be necessary to insure that no college or university shall be disqualified as an institution where members of the Armed Forces or employees of the military department may receive education and training solely because such college or university has withdrawn from the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.
Bill· HRH.R. 11679 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1973
Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to continue to admit and treat, without charge, persons at facilities of the Public Health Service for purposes of study.
Bill· HRH.R. 11658 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants of $10,000,000 to Eisenhower College, New York, and $1,000,000 to the Rayburn Library, Texas, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 11540 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Vocational Education Consolidation Act - Expands the purposes for which grants to states under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 may be made. Increases from $565,000,000 to $855,000,000 the yearly authorization of appropriations for state vocational education programs and for research and training in vocational education.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 828 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Designates February 10 to 16, 1974, as "National Vocational Education, and Educational Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
Bill· SS. 2700 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Postpones, under the Economic Opportunity Act, the implementation of the Headstart fee schedule until July 1, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 11464 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Comprehensive Bilingual Education Amendments Act - Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the bilingual education provisions of this Act $135,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1977; and there is further authorized to be appropriated for such purpose for each of such fiscal years such additional sums as the Congress may determine. Sets forth requirements for programs of bilingual education. Declares that if for any fiscal year the Commissioner of Education determines with respect to any State that: (1) the State educational agency of such State has developed high-quality leadership capabilities for the supervision of bilingual education programs in cooperation with local educational agencies in such State, or will for such fiscal year develop and maintain such capability; (2) there is in effect at the beginning of such fiscal year for such State a statute enacted under the constitution of such State designed to provide equal educational opportunity for children who speak primarily a language other than English through bilingual education programs; (3) there are a substantial number of bilingual education programs in operation by the local educational agencies in such State; and (4) the expenditures for such fiscal year from State revenues for bilingual education programs operated by local educational agencies in such State constitute not less than 25 percent of the total expenditures for such programs in such State; the Commissioner shall, upon application from the State educational agency of such State, make provision for the submission and approval of a State plan for the supervision by such State educational agency of bilingual education programs in such State assisted under this Act. Establishes in the Office of Education a Bureau of Bilingual Education, headed by a Director, through which the Commissioner shall carry out his responsibilities under this Act. Requires the Director to submit to the Congress, through the Commissioner, not later than November 1 of each year an annual report on the condition of bilingual education in the nation. Creates a fifteen member National Advisory Council on Bilingual Education to advise the Commissioner in the preparation of regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this Act including the development of criteria for approval of applications for grants thereunder. Allows the Commissioner to appoint such special advisory and technical experts as may be useful and necessary in the functioning of the Council. Directs the Commissioner and the Director of the National Institute of Education to, through contracts with appropriate public and private agencies, institutions, and organizations: (1) develop models for bilingual education programs; (2) develop a model State statute designed to promote equal educational opportunity for children who speak primarily a language other than English through bilingual education methods and techniques; (3) develop and publish instructional materials and equipment suitable for use in bilingual education programs; and (4) establish and operate a national clearinghouse of information for bilingual education, which shall collect, analyze, and disseminate information about bilingual education. Authorizes the Commissioner and the Director of the National Institute of Education to make contracts with State educational agencies for the development in such agencies of leadership capabilities in the field of bilingual education, in order that such agencies may be able to assist local educational agencies in providing bilingual educational opportunities for children who speak primarily a language other than English.
Law· HRH.R. 11441 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Postpones, under the Economic Opportunity Act, the implementation of the Headstart fee schedule until July 1, 1975.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 198 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Declares that the Senate hereby calls upon the Secretary of Defense to continue to provide such escort, briefing, musical organization and color guard, and other supportive services and courtesies as may be requested and appropriate, and without additional expense to the Federal Government, during a one week period in the annual operation of the high school Senate Youth program in Washington, D.C.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 810 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Establishes a national education policy. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that every citizen is entitled to an education from nursery through graduate school without financial barriers and limited only by the desire to learn and ability to absorb such education.
Bill· SS. 2638 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Fire Safety and Education Act - Declares the findings of Congress and states the purposes of this Act, including: (1) to protect the public against unreasonable risks of death, injury, and property loss associated with fire accidents; and (2) to provide training and education beyond the basic training received by firefighters, including public awareness efforts. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to develop: (1) a comprehensive national fire research and development program to determine the causes of fires, frequency of occurrence, and other pertinent factors, and develop more effective measures of protection against the hazards of death, injury, and damage to property resulting from fire; (2) educational and training programs in fire safety; and (3) a comprehensive fire data and information program. Directs the Secretary to coordinate and review existing and future Federal interagency research and development programs, fire data programs, and fire training and education programs. Provides that the Secretary shall appoint a Fire Safety Advisory Council, to be composed of fifteen members, which he may consult before taking any action under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that the Secretary may perform the functions authorized by the Act either directly or through contracts. (Repeals 15 U.S.C. 278(f) and (g))
Bill· SS. 2633 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Provides, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall designate an official name for any new drug subject to prescription sale upon approval of an application filed for such drug. Requires the Secretary to designate an official name for all drugs subject to prescription sale. Requires that such official names shall, to the extent possible, be in the interest of usefulness and simplicity and designed to adequately and fully replace the use of trade, brand, or proprietary names. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 358(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 11165 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Provides under the Emergency School Aid Act that Franco-Americans shall receive the same benefits afforded other minority groups under that Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11166 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Provides that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under, any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Sets forth exceptions to the above provisions, including that this Act does not apply to those individuals who are less than 18 or more than 65 years of Age.
Bill· HRH.R. 11149 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Women's Educational Equity Act - Establishes within the Office of Education a Council on Women's Educational Programs to help provide educational equity for women in the United States. States that funds shall be available to such Council to make contracts and engage in activities: (1) to encourage the development of new and improved curriculums; (2) to demonstrate the use of such curriculums in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; (3) to provide support for the initiation and maintenance of programs concerning women at all levels of education (preschool through adult education); (4) to disseminate instructional materials and other information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; (5) to provide for the planning of women's resource centers; (6) to provide improved career, vocational, and physical education programs, and to provide for community education programs; (7) to provide programs on the status, roles, and opportunities for women in this society; and (8) to provide for the preparation and dissemination of materials for use in mass media. Authorizes the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare concerning the administration of, preparation of, general regulations for, and operations of, programs assisted under this Act. Sets forth requirements for programs and for applications for financial assistance under this Act. Provides that the Secretary, in cooperation with the heads of other agencies with relevant jurisdiction, shall, upon request, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, institutions at all levels of education, agencies of State, local and Federal governments and other agencies deemed by the Secretary to affect the status of women in this society. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on women in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11127 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Defines the term "special dietary uses" as applied to food for man under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not classify a food for special dietary use as a drug within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act solely on the basis of levels of any vitamin, mineral, protein, or other food ingredient present in such food. Provides that such limitation shall not apply to vitamins A and D if the amount recommended to be consumed is determined by the Secretary, by regulation, to be injurious to health. States that nothing in this Act shall authorize the Secretary to establish limits on the amount of any vitamin, mineral, protein, or other food ingredient which may be contained in a food for special dietary use, unless the Secretary determines, by regulation, that such food would be injurious to health except for such limits.
Bill· HRH.R. 11089 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1973
Elementary and Secondary Drug Abuse Eradication Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide local educational agencies with the financial resources to bring services and programs to students who are users and potential users of drugs, so that the traffic in drugs in elementary and secondard schools may be eliminated. Directs the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of making grants to local educational agencies to finance such programs. Sets forth the requirements to be met in applications for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $500,000,000 for each of the following four fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 656 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1973
Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 9456) to extend the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970 for three years. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Requires that it shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule, and all points of order against section 2 of said substitute for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 4, rule XXI are hereby waived. Stipulates that, at the conclusion of such consideration, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. Provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Bill· HRH.R. 11065 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Safe Schools Act - Authorizes appropriations to local educational agencies throughout the nation for providing security for children, employees, and facilities. Provides that not in excess of 3 percent of such funds shall be set aside for schools in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and to the Secretary of the Interior for schools operated for Indian children. Provides that the remainder of such appropriations be allotted to other local educational agencies. Provides that any local educational agency may apply for such grant under this Act with the consent of the appropriate State educational agency. Provides that such grant shall be employed toward the provision of professional or other staff members; the provision of services to meet the special needs of students and employees; community activities; provision of information to parents and other members of the general public; planning and evaluation activities; acquisition, installation, modernization, or replacement of appropriate equipment and supplies; and minor alterations of school plants and facilities. Provides that no funds authorized under this Act shall be used to support the introduction, presence, or use of firearms, other weapons, or chemical agents in any school.
Bill· HRH.R. 11070 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a National Office for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers for the purpose of meeting more effectively the needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Directs the Secretary to appoint a special task force on migrant and seasonal farmworkers to conduct a continuing study and investigation of the needs and problems of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Transfers all functions, powers, and duties under Federal laws and programs within the jurisdiction of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which relate to migrant and seasonal farmworkers to the Office. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11071 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a National Office for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers for the purpose of meeting more effectively the needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Directs the Secretary to appoint a special task force on migrant and seasonal farmworkers to conduct a continuing study and investigation of the needs and problems of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Transfers all functions, powers, and duties under Federal laws and programs within the jurisdiction of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which relate to migrant and seasonal farmworkers to the Office. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 779 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Designates February 10 to 16, 1974, as "National Vocational Education, and Educational Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 780 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Designates February 10 to 16, 1974, as "National Vocational Education, and Educational Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
Bill· HRH.R. 10994 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Defines the term "special dietary uses" as applied to food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 321) Prohibits the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare from classifying a food for special dietary use as a drug solely on the basis of levels of vitamin, mineral, protein, or other food ingredient present in such food. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit, or to authorize the Secretary to prohibit, the inclusion in labeling or advertising of any truthful statement concerning the composition, source, or quality of any food for special dietary use or any of its ingredients, whether or not a need for the food or any of its ingredients in human nutrition has been established. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit, or to authorize the Secretary to prohibit, any combination of vitamins, minerals, protein, or other food ingredients in foods for special dietary use (whether or not a need for such ingredients in human nutrition has been established) unless the Secretary determines by regulation that such combination in such foods would be injurious to health.
Bill· HRH.R. 10991 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
National Educational Opportunities Act - Title I: Local Rights and Responsibilities - Allows any public school student to transfer from a school in which his race is in a majority to one in which he is in a minority. Requires the local educational agency to provide transportation for such transfer. Requires local educational agencies to insure that where minority children are concentrated in schools that they are not denied equal educational opportunities. States that unequal educational opportunity include: overcrowding, fewer and less qualified teachers, and less adequate services and facilities. Prohibits the separation of children on the basis of race. Allows equitable relief for violations of this title. Title II: State Responsibilities - Requires each State to submit to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare a plan to carry out this Act. Directs that the Virginia and Maryland plans shall take account of the neighboring areas of the District of Columbia. Requires each such plan to provide for establishment of a State advisory council to advise on the development of and policy matters concerning such plan. Requires such plans to provide for similarly functioning local advisory committees. Sets a January 30, 1975, deadline for submission of such plans to the Secretary. States that each plan must provide for implementing the purpose of this Act by 1985, by such particular means as: (1) drawing children from core city schools into suburban schools; (2) providing remedial and other services to meet the needs of underachieving children; and (3) decentralization and diversification of public schools. Requires such plans to specify how States can financially assist local areas undergoing desegregation pursuant to court order, to specify how federally funded educational programs fit into such plan, and to specify how to involve children in nonprofit private schools in programs funded under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out this title of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and each fiscal year thereafter. States that 80 percent of such funds must be dispersed among the States. Prohibits the use of such funds to supplant State or local expenditures. Authorizes the Secretary to discontinue all Federal grants to States whose plans are are in noncompliance with this Act. Title III: General Provision - Establishes a National Advisory Council on Educational Opportunities appointed by the President to advise the Secretary on the operation of States plans.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 165 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Designates February 10 to 16, 1974, as "National Vocational Education, and National Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".
Bill· HRH.R. 10948 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Extends to French-Americans, under the Emergency School Aid Act, the same benefits afforded other minority groups under this Act. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 1619(9)(A))
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 775 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Designates February 10 to 16, 1974, as "National Vocational Education, and Educational Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Week".