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93-hr-17679 93 hr 17679 Rice Act Agriculture and Food 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] AR D A000103 0 Rice Act - Title I: Rice - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, to establish for each of the 1975 through 1977 crops of rice a national acreage allotment which shall be the number of acres which will produce an amount of rice equal to the estimated domestic consumption and exports (less imports) of rice for the marketing year beginning in the year in which the crop is to be produced, adjusted to maintain adequate supplies or to prevent excessive carryover stocks. Requires that the national acreage allotment shall not be less than two million acres. Directs the Secretary to allocate the national acreage allotment on the basis of the rice allotments established for the preceding crops, as equitably adjusted. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing the rice allotment. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or a part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same State, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him if in the same State. Title II: Rice Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regional and national research programs with respect to rice for specified purposes, including: (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of production needs; (2) to develop varieties of rice more susceptible to complete fertilizer utilization; and (3) to improve the resistance of… 2025-09-03T12:50:27Z  
93-hr-17680 93 hr 17680 A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that officials and employees subject to certain pay limitations, or with respect to whom pay recommendations under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 are disapproved shall be credited, for civil service retirement purposes, with the pay which would be received if such pay limitations were not applicable. Government Operations and Politics 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Hosmer, Craig [R-CA-32] CA R H000802 0 Provides that Federal employees whose basic pay is frozen shall be credited, for civil service retirement purposes, with the pay which would be received if the pay limitations were not in effect. Makes this Act effective January 1, 1973, and requires the employee to deposit the additional amount which would have been deducted from his pay, in order to receive the full annuity. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8331 (3)) 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z  
93-hr-17681 93 hr 17681 A bill to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and the natural environment by regulating the production and importation of chlorofluoromethane. Commerce 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] WI D A000224 12 Provides that, beginning fifteen months after the date of the enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or import chlorofluoromethane, except under a license issued pursuant to this Act. States that any person who manufactures or imports chlorofluoromethane in violation of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, for each day of violation. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to apply to any United States District Court to obtain a temporary restraining order, an injunction, and other appropriate equitable relief from any such violation. States that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall have the power, after public hearing and consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and scientific entities, and after considering the report made by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration pursuant to this Act, to make rules prescribing the maximum steady-state ozone reduction due to chlorofluoromethane which is consistent with the protection of the public health, and to issue licenses to manufacture or import a quantity of chlorofluoromethane equivalent to the control level thereby established. 2024-08-01T18:39:28Z  
93-hr-17682 93 hr 17682 A bill to limit the medicare in-patient hospital deductible. Health 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] MA R H000440 0 Increases the medicare inpatient hospital deductible from $40 to $84 under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z  
93-hr-17683 93 hr 17683 Federal Oil and Gas Corporation Act Petroleum industry 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Leggett, Robert L. [D-CA-4] CA D L000221 0 Federal Oil and Gas Corporation Act - Directs the Federal Power Commission to establish a corporation to be known as the Federal Oil and Gas Corporation, administered by a Board of Directors consisting of five qualified individuals who shall be selected by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires that all members of the Board shall be individuals who believe and profess a demonstrable belief in environmental protection and the purposes of the antitrust and consumer protection laws of the United States. Requires that no member of the Board shall, during his term in office, be engaged in any other business, nor may he have any financial interest in any business entity which is engaged in the exploration, development, production, transportation, or sale of natural gas or oil. Grants the Corporation power to: (1) explore for natural gas and oil on Federal, State, foreign, or private lands; (2) develop and sell natural gas or oil discovered by exploration, or otherwise obtained by sale, lease, purchase, exchange, or contract, and to build and operate all those facilities necessary for the development or sale of such resources; and (3) engage in research directed toward the development or utilization of abundant and nonpolluting supplies of energy, from whatever source. Requires any Federal agency or department having authority to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of Federal lands, or rights to natural gas or oil which is or may be located on Federal lands, including offshore rights, shall, upon receipt of a request of the Corporation under this Act, grant the Corporation such right to develop pursuant to payment within 60 days after the receipt of such request. Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting for the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer possession of certain properties inside the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, to the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to build, lease, or purchase refining facilities for the crude oil it produces or otherwise obtains only if it is una… 2025-09-03T12:50:28Z  
93-hr-17684 93 hr 17684 Securities Investors Protection Act Amendments Finance and Financial Sector 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Moss, John E. [D-CA-3] CA D M001035 0 Securities Investor Protection Act Amendments - Excludes from membership in the Securities Investor Protection Corporation those persons whose head office is located, and whose principal business is conducted, outside the United States. Grants additional power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules and bylaws of the Corporation to its Board of Directors. Provides that matters relating to the determination of dollar volume of trading on exchanges shall no longer be subject to the by laws of the Corporation. Revises the procedure for the promulgation of rules by the Securities Exchange Commission as filed by the Corporation. States that the minimum assessment imposed upon each member of the Corporation shall be $25 per year for the 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Securities Investor Protection Corporation to maintain confirmed lines of credit outside of the balance of its Fund, but allows disbursement of amounts received from such lines of credit as though they were a part of the Fund. Expands the term "gross revenues from the securities business" (for purposes of determining assessments to be paid by its members to the Corporation) to include specified fees as a result of services rendered by such dealer. Authorizes self-regulatory organizations to take such actions in liquidation proceedings instituted by brokers or dealers in securties as it deems appropriate to protect the interests of customers of such broker or dealer. Authorizes a court of competent jurisdiction to issue a protective decree if it finds the debtor to be bankrupt within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act or not able to comply with financial responsibility rules or regulations. Provides for the appointment and compensation of disinterested third parties as attorneys and trustees for the parties to such actions. Defines the term "disinterested" for the purposes of this Act. Revises the provisions relating to the purposes of liquidation proceedings, and enumerates the powers and duties of the trustee in such proceedings.… 2025-09-03T12:50:31Z  
93-hr-17685 93 hr 17685 A bill to modify the effective date of Public Law 93-373 which permits U.S. citizens to purchase, hold, sell, or otherwise deal with gold in the United States or abroad in order to conform such effective date to the effective date of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974. Gold 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] RI D S000762 6 Delays until April 21, 1975, the effective date of Public Law 93-373, which permits United States citizens to purchase, hold, sell, or otherwise deal with gold in the United States or abroad. 2024-08-01T18:39:28Z  
93-hr-17686 93 hr 17686 Economic Stabilization Act Commerce 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Stratton, Samuel S. [D-NY-28] NY D S000997 0 Economic Stabilization Act - Authorizes the President to issue such orders and regulations as he may deem appropriate to stabilize prices, rents, wages, salaries, profits, dividends, interest rates, and other comparable economic transfers at levels not less than those prevailing on April 30, 1974. States that such orders and regulations shall provide for: (1) the making of such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent gross inequities; (2) wage and salary increases or adjustments, after April 30, 1974, based on the application of cost of living and productivity formulas; (3) price, rent, or interest rate increases or adjustments, after April 30, 1974, based on cost or productivity increases; and (4) profit or dividend increases, after April 30, 1974, attributable to increased productivity, efficiency, or sales or revenues. Provides that the authority to issue and enforce orders and regulations under this Act shall expire at midnight, September 30, 1977, or upon the date provided in a concurrent resolution of Congress, whichever is earlier. Requires that whoever violates any order or regulation under this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000. 2025-09-03T12:50:31Z  
93-hr-17687 93 hr 17687 Economic Stabilization Act Amendments Economics and Public Finance 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Stratton, Samuel S. [D-NY-28] NY D S000997 0 Economic Stabilization Act Amendments - Establishes an Economic Stabilization Board, to be composed of three members, representing labor, business and the consuming public, to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Freezes all prices, wages, rents, and interest rates at levels no higher than those prevailing on the date of enactment of this Act. Allows the Board to make adjustments in such levels in order to correct gross inequities. Allows the Board, within 60 days of enactment of this Act, to roll back prices, rents and interest rates to levels lower than those prevailing on the date of enactment where necessary to eliminate windfall profits or to carry out the purposes of this Act. Allows the Board, on petition of interested parties, to eliminate inequities which may have developed in the wage-price relationship by allowing upward adjustments in wages. Specifies that such increases not exceed the difference between the rate of price increases as measured by the Consumer Price Index between August 1971 and the date of enactment, and the average wage increases in the firm or industry during the same period. Exempts from the wage freeze all workers whose earnings are substandard or who are members of the working poor. Specifies that this Act shall not preclude any increase in wages required by the Fair Labor Standards Act or other preexisting wage determinations. Requires the Board to transmit quarterly reports to the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate, describing the action taken and assessing the progress attained in achieving the purpose of this Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments. 2025-09-03T12:50:28Z  
93-hr-17688 93 hr 17688 A bill to amend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to prohibit the President from increasing the price of crude oil produced in the United States from the price of such oil in effect on December 1, 1974. Energy 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Vanik, Charles A. [D-OH-22] OH D V000047 23 Prohibits the President, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, from increasing the price of crude oil produced in the United States from the price of such oil in effect on December 1, 1974. 2024-08-01T18:39:28Z  
93-hr-17689 93 hr 17689 A bill for the relief of Frances Dwane McGill. Private Legislation 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Green, Edith [D-OR-3] OR D G000407 0 Provides for the relief of Frances Dwane McGill. 2024-08-01T18:39:27Z  
93-hr-17690 93 hr 17690 A bill for the relief of Bethani Maria Amble. Private Legislation 1974-12-20 1974-12-20 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] WI D K000020 0 Provides for the relief of Bethani Maria Amble. 2024-08-01T18:39:27Z  
93-hr-17668 93 hr 17668 Postal Service Reform Act Government Operations and Politics 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] AR D A000103 0 Postal Service Reform Act - Authorizes to be appropriated to the Postal Service each year such sums as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its purposes, functions, and powers. States that revenues and fees collected by the Postal Service shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Requires the Postal Service to consult with agencies of State and local governments with respect to the construction of specified Postal Service facilities. Provides for hearing procedures with respect to proposals for such construction. Provides that in promoting Postal Service employees consideration shall be given to demonstrated ability and not exclusively to seniority. Requires the Postal Service not to give significant consideration to performance on competitive examinations in appointing officers and employees. Directs the Postal Service to give preference in employment to persons who reside in, and have knowledge of, the community to be served. Requires the establishment of a sectional center for the sorting and distribution of mail in each county of the United States, to be located in the trading center of the county. 2025-09-03T12:50:29Z  
93-hr-17669 93 hr 17669 A bill to require that all insurance on subsidized vessels be placed in the American market. Transportation and Public Works 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. House Rep. Clark, Frank M. [D-PA-25] PA D C000431 0 Provides that all insurance on vessels paid construction-differential subsidy or operating-differential subsidy under provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 shall be placed with marine insurance companies authorized to write marine insurance under the laws of the United States, or any State, territory, district or possession. 2024-08-01T18:39:27Z  
93-hr-17670 93 hr 17670 A bill to amend certain provisions of the District of Columbia Code in order to eliminate their sex discriminatory aspects. District of Columbia 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on District of Columbia. House Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] MN D F000350 0 Revises the provisions of the District of Columbia Code including Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability, Public health (report of births), and Domestic Relations to change references of "wife" to "spouse". 2024-08-01T18:39:27Z  
93-hr-17671 93 hr 17671 Tax Credits and Allowances Act Taxation 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Griffiths, Martha W. [D-MI-17] MI D G000471 9 Tax Credits and Allowances Act - Title I: Personal Credits Allowances for Basic Living Expenses, and other Tax Provisions - Repeals the personal exemption and provides, in lieu thereof, a credit against tax equal to the personal credits granted by this title. Provides a $225 credit for the taxpayer, and additional credits of $225 each for the taxpayer's spouse and each dependent. Authorizes prepayment of estimated personal credits to recipients of allowances for basic living expenses. Repeals the low income allowance. Provides for a standard employment expense deduction of: (1) 10 percent (but not to exceed $500) of the earned income received by the lesser compensated spouse; and (2) 10 percent (but not to exceed $1,000) of the earned income of the head of a household. Provides an allowance for basic living expenses. Specifies the requirements to be met for eligibility for receipt of such allowance, and sets forth the maximum amounts of such allowance. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate regulations for the administration of this Act. Defines the terms used in the Act. Provides special rules with respect to the filing status of individuals under this Act. Provides for the coordination of allowances and credits authorized by this Act with those authorized under the educational opportunity grant program of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. States that gross income does not include, for the purposes of this title, amounts received by recipients as allowances for basic living expenses. Title II: Public Assistance and Welfare Reform - Requires State supplementation of income to families receiving aid for dependent children in the amount that the income of such families is reduced by the provisions of this Act. Provides that supplementary payments made by States under this title shall be made for a maximum period of 24 months. Changes the eligibility requirements for benefits under the supplemen… 2025-09-03T12:50:30Z  
93-hr-17672 93 hr 17672 A bill to require federally related health care facilities to test infants for certain diseases. Health 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] NY D K000302 0 Requires federally related health care facilities to test infants born in the facility or brought to it for health care for specified diseases. Defines a "federally related health care facility" for the purposes of this Act. 2024-08-01T18:39:23Z  
93-hr-17673 93 hr 17673 A bill to make more chemical fertilizer available throughout the world for the production of food during 1975 by substantially reducing the amount of such fertilizer used in the United States for nonfood growing purposes. Agriculture and Food 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Mezvinsky, Edward [D-IA-1] IA D M000686 2 Directs the President to appoint a Commission on Fertilizer Availability: (1) to review and recommend specific conservation steps and other measures which would be taken to increase the short-term availability of fertilizer for food production; and (2) to encourage increased production of fertilizer to meet the medium and long-term fertilizer needs such as investment incentives and machinery to increase production capacity. Limits the amounts of chemical fertilizer used by any department or agency of the Federal Government during 1975 for ornamental or decorative growing purposes. Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to decorative growing aimed at preventing soil erosion. 2024-08-01T18:39:28Z  
93-hr-17674 93 hr 17674 Economic Stabilization Act Amendments Economic stabilization 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] TX D P000103 16 Economic Stabilization Act Amendments - Establishes an Economic Stablilzation Board, to be composed of three members, representing labor, business and the consuming public to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Freezes all prices, wages, rents, and interest rates at levels no higher than those prevailing on December 1, 1974. Allows the Board to make ajustments in such levels in order to correct gross inequities. Directs the Board, within 60 days of enactment of this Act, to roll back prices, rents and interest rates to levels lower than those necessary to eliminate windfall profits or to carry out the purposes of this Act. Allows the Board, on petition of interested parties, to eliminate inequities which may have developed in the wage-price relationship by allowing upward adjustments in wages. Specifies that such increases not exceed the difference between the rate of price increases as measured by the Consumer Price Index between August 15, 1971 and the date of enactment, and the average wage increases in the firm or industry during the same period. Exempts from the wage freeze all workers whose earnings are substandard or who are members of the working poor. Specifies that this Act shall not preclude any increase in wages required by the Fair Labor Standards Act or other preexisting wage determinations. Establishes in the legislative branch the Office of Consumer Counsel, to be headed by the Counsel, appointed for one year by the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals. Authorizes the Consumer Counsel: (1) to investigate any complaints concerning actions of the Board; (2) to issue subpenas for the testimony of witnesses and the production of records; (3) to intervene as a party in rulemaking and other decisions by the Board which the Counsel believes may be contrary to law or to the public interest; and (4) to apply to the appropriate court for relief if the Board makes a decision notwithstanding the objections of the Consumer Counsel. Directs the Office of the Consumer C… 2025-09-03T12:50:31Z  
93-hr-17675 93 hr 17675 A bill to amend title 37 of the United States Code in order to prohibit findings of death with respect to certain servicemen in missing status unless hearings thereon are afforded to the next-of-kin and the next-of-kin consents to such finding. Armed Forces and National Security 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Roncallo, Angelo D. [R-NY-3] NY R R000422 0 Prohibits findings of death with respect to specified Vietnamese War servicemen in missing status unless hearings thereon are afforded to the next-of-kin and the next-of-kin consents to such finding. Defines the term "next of kin" for the purposes of this Act. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
93-hr-17676 93 hr 17676 A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to insure that leases of the Outer Continental Shelf for the recovery of oil and gas are issued only to citizens of the United States. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] NY D W000680 0 Provides that leases for the recovery of oil and gas from the Outer Continental Shelf shall be issued, assigned, and transferred only to citizens of the United States. Stipulates that a corporation, partnership, or association shall be deemed a citizen so long as not more than 5 percent interest therein is owned or controlled by persons who are not citizens of the United States. (Amends 43 U.S.C. 1337). 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17677 93 hr 17677 A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to require payments by States to local jurisdictions in lieu of taxes, to increase the authorization of appropriation for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Taxation 1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Froehlich, Harold V. [R-WI-8] WI R F000388 0 Requires payments, under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, by States to local jurisdictions in lieu of property taxes that would have been paid to that jurisdiction had land being used for conservation purposes been private. Increases appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund to $1,000,000,000 for each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay annually to each county, and political subdivision within a county, in which more than 40 percent of the land subject to real property taxes is Federal land, an amount equal to the amount of real property taxes which would have been paid on Federal lands had they been privately owned. 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z  
93-hr-17678 93 hr 17678 Electronic Funds Transfer Moratorium Act   1974-12-19 1974-12-19 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] RI D S000762 0 Electronic Funds Transfer Moratorium Act - Defines the terms used in this Act. Prohibits and makes unenforceable any contract entered into after December 19, 1974 by any financial institution, which involves electronic methods of fund transfers at places of business other than the premises of the financial institution. Provides that this Act shall expire December 1, 1976, or at such time as the Congress shall determine while it considers the report of the National Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers established by Public Law 93-495. 2025-09-03T12:50:31Z  
93-hr-17655 93 hr 17655 An Act to extend for 2 years the authorizations for the striking of medals in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the cable car in San Francisco and in commemoration of Jim Thorpe, and for other purposes. Awards, medals, prizes 1974-12-18 1975-01-02 Public law 93-617. House Rep. Sullivan, Leonor K. (Mrs. John B.) [D-MO-3] MO D S001057 0 (LATEST SUMMARY) Extends the authorizations for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the cable car in San Francisco and in commemoration of Jim Thorpe for two years, and extends for three months the authorization for medals to commemorate the International Exposition on Environment at Spokane, Washington. Provides that, except with respect to medals in commemoration of the bicentennial of the American Revolution, no national medals made for public sale under authority of any law of the United States shall contain any gold without the express prior approval, by law, of the Congress. Imposes criminal penalties for violation of such prohibition. 2024-08-01T18:39:23Z  
93-hr-17656 93 hr 17656 Medicare Benefits Protection Act Health 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] WI D A000224 0 Medicare Benefits Protection Act - Provides that any hospital or nursing home which desires to participate in the medicaid program must also participate in the medicare program (if qualified therefor). Prohibits Federal matching of hospital and nursing home expenses under the medicaid program in the absence of such participation. 2025-09-03T12:50:30Z  
93-hr-17657 93 hr 17657 Economic Stabilization Act Amendments Economic stabilization 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Drinan, Robert F. [D-MA-4] MA D D000499 0 Economic Stabilization Act Amendments - Establishes an Economic Stablilzation Board. Provides that all prices, wages, rents, and interest rates will be frozen at levels no higher than those prevailing on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Board, after full explanation of its actions, to roll back prices, rents, and interest rates to levels lower than those prevailing on the date of enactment in order to eliminate windfall profits or to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that, in order to eliminate inequities in the wage-price relationship which may have developed in certain firms or industries since August 15, 1971, the Board shall, on petition of any interested person after reviewing all relevant data, allow upward adjustments in wages in amounts which at the maximum would be equal to the difference between the rate of price increases as measured by the Consumer Price Index (all items - United States city average) as compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor occurring between August 15, 1971, and the date of enactment of the Economic Stablilzation Act Amendments of 1975 and average wage increases occurring in a firm or industry during the same period. Provides that in carrying out the authority vested in it by this Act, the Board shall issue standards which shall: (1) be fair and equitable; (2) call for generally comparable sacrifices by business and labor as well as other segments of the country; and (3) permit passthrough of bona fide increases in costs. Sets forth limitations on the authority of the Board. Establishes in the executive branch the Office of Consumer Counsel. States that the Office of the Consumer Counsel, under the direction of the Consumer Counsel, shall have authority to investigate fully, on complaint from a consumer, or otherwise, all official actions of the Board, which shall promptly upon request make fully available to the Office of the Consumer Counsel all records, information, and testimony relating to any matter which such Off… 2025-09-03T12:50:31Z  
93-hr-17658 93 hr 17658 Credit Allocation Incentive Act Credit 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Drinan, Robert F. [D-MA-4] MA D D000499 0 Credit Allocation Incentive Act - Defines, under the Federal Reserve Act, "National Priority Loans and Investments" to include any loan or investment for: (1) useful capital investments; (2) lower middle-income housing; or (3) small businesses. Permits the requirement of a supplemental reserve by member banks which will not take outstanding National Priority Loans and Investments into consideration in its computation. 2025-09-03T12:50:31Z  
93-hr-17659 93 hr 17659 Foreign Investment Regulatory Commission Act Independent regulatory commissions 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Gunter, Bill [D-FL-5] FL D G000528 8 Foreign Investment Regulatory Commission Act - Sets forth the purposes of this Act. Establishes the Foreign Investment Regulatory Commission. Provides that except as the Commission shall by rule determine: (1) no foreign investor may acquire any interest in any American business if after such acquisition one or more foreign investors have a controlling interest in such business; (2) if on the date of enactment of this Act, one or more foreign investors have a controlling interest in an American business, the Commission may order one or more of such foreign investors to sell, to persons who are not foreign investors, a portion of their interest in such business sufficient to assure that foreign investors do not have controlling interest in such business; (3) no person who is a foreign investor may invest in any calendar year in one or more American businesses an amount which exceeds $100,000,000 in the aggregate; (4) the Commission may, by rule or order, prohibit any foreign investor from acquiring any interest in an American business or class of American business which it determines affects national security or the economic interest stability of the United States. Authorizes the Commission to issue exemptions from the provisions specified above with respect to: (1) any foreign investors or class of American businesses, except that in no case may the Commission issue an exemption under this subsection with respect to any American business which it finds affects national security or the economic interest or stability of the United States and which has annual gross revenues in excess of $50,000,000. Requires that not later than April 1 of each year, the Commission shall transmit to the President and to each House of Congress an annual report. States that such report shall contain a detailed statement of the activities of the Commission in the preceeding year, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it deems appropriate. 2025-09-03T12:50:28Z  
93-hr-17660 93 hr 17660 A bill to protect the constitutional rights of citizens of the United States and to prevent unwarranted invasion of their privacy by prohibiting the use Crime and Law Enforcement 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. House Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] NY D K000302 1 States that it shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of any executive department or agency to do the following: (1) to require or request any officer or employee of the United States, or any individual applying for employment as an officer or employee of the United States, to take any polygraph test in connection with his services or duties or in connection with his application for employment; or (2) to discharge, discipline, or deny promotion to any officer or employee of the United States, or to threaten to commit any such act by reason of his refusal or failure to submit to such requirement or request. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in any business or other activity in or affecting interstate commerce to do the following: (1) to require or request any officer or employee or any individual applying for employment to take any polygraph test; or (2) to deny employment to any individual, or to discharge, discipline, or deny promotion to any officer or employee, or to threaten to commit such act, by reason of his refusal or failure to submit to such requirement or request. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act. 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z  
93-hr-17661 93 hr 17661 A bill to provide that amounts paid by a mine operator to a State in the form of a reclamation fee may be credited form of a reclamation fee may be credited against the amount paid to the Secretary of the Interior for the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.   1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] OH R R000141 0 Provides that any operator of a coal mining operation who is liable under any law of the United States for payments to any Federal fund for the reclamation of coal mined land may take as a credit against the amount of such payment due in any year the amount of any reclamation fee or severance tax paid to the State during that year. States that such credits shall not exceed the amount payable to the United States. Defines the terms "reclamation fee" and "severance tax" for purposes of this Act. 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z  
93-hr-17662 93 hr 17662 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act Finance and Financial Sector 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] AZ R R000188 0 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act - Establishes a body corporate with the name "Reconstruction Finance Corporation" with a principal office to be located in the District of Columbia. Provides that the Corporation shall have a capital stock of $2,000,000,000 to appropriated from the Treasury of the United States. Specifies the membership of the Board of Directors of such Corporation and grants the Corporation the powers necessary to function as such. Authorizes the Corporation, in order to aid in financing agriculture, commerce, and industry, to make loans to any business concern: (1) to enable such business concern to finance plant construction, conversion, or expansion, or the acquisition of equipment, facilities, machinery, supplies, or materials; (2) to supply such business concern with working capital; or (3) to aid such business concern in the payment of current debts or obligations, if such aid is considered by the Board of Directors to be in the public interest. Provides that no loan may be made to any business concern under this Act unless such business concern is unable to obtain a loan on reasonable terms from any other source. Provides that each loan made under this Act may be made for a period not exceeding 10 years, and the Corporation may extend the time of payment of any such loan up to 12 years from the date upon which such loan was made originally. States that each such loan shall bear interest at a rate equal to the current average yield (as certified by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Corporation) on all outstanding obligations of the United States as of the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the loan is made. Requires all loans made under this Act to be fully and adequately secured, and specifies the requirements of any collateral to be accepted by the Corporation as security for such loans. Authorizes the Corporation to guarantee the payment of principal and interest on a loan made to such business concern by a non-Federal lender under the same circumstan… 2025-09-03T12:50:31Z  
93-hr-17663 93 hr 17663 Uniform Tax Treatment of Financial Institutions Title Taxation 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Schneebeli, Herman T. [R-PA-17] PA R S000135 0 Uniform Tax Treatment of Financial Institutions Title - Provides that any debt owed to a financial institution becoming worthless or partially worthless during the taxable year shall be charged to the reserve for losses on loans for purposes of business expense deductibility under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Redefines the term "bank" for purposes of the general rules applicable to banking institutions under the Internal Revenue Code. Changes the rules for determination of the reserve for losses for financial institutions for each taxable year. Provides for nonrecognition of gain or loss as a result of foreclosure on any property which was security for the payment of any indebtedness. Provides that the foreclosing party's basis in such property shall be the amount of the indebtedness for which the property was secured, plus costs of foreclosure. Provides new rules for the treatment of distributions of stock to shareholders by domestic building and loan associations where such distribution does not qualify as a deduction for dividends paid on deposits. Authorizes a deduction for the repayment of loans made before September 1, 1951, by the United States or any mutual fund established pursuant to the laws of any State to financial institutions as defined in this Act. Provides for separate taxation under Subchapter L (relating to the taxation of insurance companies) of the life insurance business of a mutual savings bank where such life insurance business is conducted separately from the other business of a mutual savings bank. Allows a deduction for dividends paid on deposits to banking organizations qualifying as such for purposes of the term "bank" as expanded by the provisions of this Act. Redefines the terms "domestic building and loan association" and "cooperative bank" for the purposes of this Act. Allows as a credit against its income tax 3.5 percent (1.5 percent in the case of an individual) of the amount of interest received or accrued from qualifying residential mortgage loans if at least 70 percen… 2025-09-03T12:50:30Z  
93-hr-17664 93 hr 17664 A bill for the establishment of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Office of the President. Government Operations and Politics 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. House Rep. Vander Jagt, Guy [R-MI-9] MI R V000027 0 Establishes the Commission on Organization of the Executive Office of the President. States that the Commission shall study the organization of the Executive Office of the President for the purpose of advising the President and Congress of the desirability of modifying the structure of the Office or through other means seeking to fulfill the goal of promoting efficiency, coordination, and accountability in the management of the executive branch of the Government and, through proposing amendments to the Constitution or through altering laws or other means, to facilitate the responsible delegation of duties by the President of the United States. Requires the Commission's study to include an analysis of the desirability of proposing an amendment to the Constitution creating an Executive Vice President for Domestic Affairs and an Executive Vice President for International Affairs to coordinate the instrumentalities of the Government and fulfill executive functions delegated to them by the President. Directs the Commission to report its findings to the President within one year of the enactment of this Act. Provides that thirty days after receipt of this report, the President shall forward it to Congress, accompanied by his recommendations as to its implementation. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
93-hr-17665 93 hr 17665 Local Education Accountability Act Education 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Zion, Roger H. [R-IN-8] IN R Z000010 0 Local Education Accountability Act - Provides that no Federal funds shall be paid over or used to make possible the release of other funds which may make grants to be paid over to any local education agency or any school which fails to: (1) guarantee to every parent of students access, for the purpose of scrutiny, to any book available to said students; and (2) provide a method for removing any member of such local education agency upon petition of not more than twenty percent of such parents and the majority of all eligible voters in a special referendum of removal. 2025-09-03T12:50:34Z  
93-hr-17666 93 hr 17666 A bill to establish the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. Recreation areas 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] OR D U000004 0 Establishes the Hells Canyon National Recreation area to assure that the natural, historical and archeological values of the Hells Canyon area, portions of the Snake River, and adjacent lands are preserved and the recreational and ecological values and public enjoyment of the area are enhanced. Designates specified lands in Hells Canyon as wilderness areas. Incorporates segments of the Rapid River and the Snake River into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. States that the Federal Power Commission may not license the construction of any dam, water conduit, powerhouse, or other project work under the Federal Power Act when the recreation area. Authorizes the Asotin Dam. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a management plan for the recreation area within five years from the date of enactment of this Act. Details the elements to be contained in such plan. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the acquisition of lands; (2) the development of recreation facilities; and (3) the inventory, identification, and protection of the historic and archeological sites within the recreation area. 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z  
93-hr-17667 93 hr 17667 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved phosphate interests of the United States in certain lands in Florida to Arthur M. Marshall and Carl F. Steinfield. Private Legislation 1974-12-18 1974-12-18 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Haley, James A. [D-FL-8] FL D H000041 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved phosphate interests of the United States in certain lands in Florida to Arthur M. Marshall and Carl F. Steinfield. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17647 93 hr 17647 A bill to designate certain National Park and Monument lands as wilderness and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1974-12-17 1974-12-17 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Hosmer, Craig [R-CA-32] CA R H000802 1 Designates national park and monument lands in Washington, Florida, Hawaii, Utah, Colorado Arizona, California, Nevada, Tennessee, and North Carolina. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17648 93 hr 17648 A bill to designate certain lands as wilderness. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1974-12-17 1974-12-17 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Hosmer, Craig [R-CA-32] CA R H000802 1 Designates as wilderness specified lands in Alaska, Minnesota, Nevada, South Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Nebraska, Montana, Mississippi, Delaware, Wyoming, California, Idaho, and Colorado. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17649 93 hr 17649 Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act Taxation 1974-12-17 1974-12-17 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Landgrebe, Earl F. [R-IN-2] IN R L000049 0 Cost of Living Adjustment Act - Provides a tax credit, under the Internal Revenue Code, the amount of which shall be the amount of income tax payable by a taxpayer multiplied by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the taxable year over that of the previous taxable year. Provides that the amount of the deduction for personal exemptions, the low income allowance, and the standard deduction are increased by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index exceeds that of the previous taxable year. 2025-09-03T12:50:29Z  
93-hr-17650 93 hr 17650 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax deductions for health care expenses for pets. Taxation 1974-12-17 1974-12-17 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Maraziti, Joseph J. [R-NJ-13] NJ R M000121 0 Provides a tax deduction, under the Internal Revenue Code, for health care expenses for pets up to $250 for the taxable year. 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z  
93-hr-17651 93 hr 17651 A bill for the relief of Edna Pesquera Cezar. Private Legislation 1974-12-17 1974-12-17 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5] CA D B001153 0 Provides for the relief of Edna Pesquera Cezar. 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z  
93-hr-17652 93 hr 17652 A bill for the relief of Marlin Toy Products, Incorporated. Private Legislation 1974-12-17 1974-12-17 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] WI D K000020 0 Provides for the relief of Marlin Toy Products, Incorporated. 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z  
93-hr-17653 93 hr 17653 A bill for the relief of Jack R. Misner. Private Legislation 1974-12-17 1974-12-17 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38] NY R K000086 0 Provides for the relief of Jack R. Misner. 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z  
93-hr-17654 93 hr 17654 A bill for the relief of Young Il Choi (Mark Charles Mieir). Private Legislation 1974-12-17 1974-12-17 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. McFall, John J. [D-CA-15] CA D M000436 0 Provides for the relief of Young Il Choi (Mark Charles Mieir). 2024-08-01T18:39:27Z  
93-hr-17635 93 hr 17635 A bill to adjust price support for tobacco under the Agricultural Act of 1949. Tobacco 1974-12-16 1974-12-17 Measure passed House. House Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] NC D R000436 4 Provides that the level of support for tobacco, if marketing quotas are in effect, shall be 75 percent of the parity price. States that if acreage poundage or poundage farm marketing quotas are in effect: (1) price support shall not be made available on tobacco marketed in excess of 110 percent of the marketing quota (after adjustments) for the farm on which such tobacco was produced; and (2) for the purpose of price-support eligibility, tobacco carried over from one marketing year to another shall, when marketed, be considered tobacco of the then current crop. 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z  
93-hr-17636 93 hr 17636 A bill to grant a Federal Charter to the United States Athletic Hall of Fame Incorporated. Sports and Recreation 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. House Rep. Camp, John N. Happy [R-OK-6] OK R C000073 0 Grants a Federal charter with all of the appropriate powers, duties, and liabilities to the United States Athletic Hall of Fame, Incorporated. States that purposes of the corporation created by this Act shall be: (1) to maintain a United States Athletic Hall of Fame in order to display sports equipment, books, memorabila, and other related material dating from the beginning of organized sports in the United States; (2) to maintain and disseminate literature about the history of sports in the United States; and (3) to name and enshrine into the United States Athletic Hall of Fame the greatest contributors to American sports. 2024-08-01T18:39:21Z  
93-hr-17637 93 hr 17637 A bill to amend the District of Columbia Code to provide for the appointment of a commission in certain proceedings for the condemnation of real property in the District of Columbia. District of Columbia 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on District of Columbia. House Rep. Harsha, William H. [R-OH-6] OH R H000281 0 Provides, under the District of Columbia Code, for the appointment of a commission in specified proceedings for the condemnation of real property in the District of Columbia in order to determine compensation. 2024-08-01T18:39:21Z  
93-hr-17638 93 hr 17638 A bill to amend the Shipping Act, 1916, to provide for the licensing, bonding and regulating of nonvessel operating common carriers in the foreign and domestic offshore commerce of the United States. Transportation and Public Works 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. House Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] ME D K000356 0 Provides for the licensing, bonding, and regulating of nonvessel operating common carriers in the foreign and domestic offshore commerce of the United States. 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17639 93 hr 17639 A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, to establish a grant program to enable public ports to comply with certain Federal standards, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to undertake a comprehensive study of the present and future needs of public ports in the United States. Transportation and Public Works 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. House Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] ME D K000356 4 Establishes a grant program to enable any State, local government, or interstate agency or other public port authority to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for financial assistance to assist such agency in making such improvements as may be required to any port operated by it in order to bring such port into compliance with any requirements relating to environmental protection, the public health and safety, or port or cargo security which may be imposed by Federal law. Defines the term "improvements". States that the Secretary may grant to the applicant all or part of the money applied for, except that no grant or aggregate of grants made under this Act to any State, local, or interstate agency or public port authority may exceed $1,000,000. Authorizes appropriations of $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and each fiscal year thereafter for grants under this Act. Directs the Secretary to undertake a comprehensive study to determine the immediate and long-range requirements of public ports in the United States: (1) for expansion and modernization in order to meet adequately the economic and defense needs of the United States; and (2) to meet such standards as may be imposed by law for purposes of environmental protection and port safety and security. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress the final results of such study not later than one year after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for purposes of conducting the study. 2024-08-01T18:39:21Z  
93-hr-17640 93 hr 17640 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide relief to the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District due to delivery of water to the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation lands. Water Resources Development 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-13] CA R L000020 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to relieve the Santa Ynez Water Conservation District, California of payments due the United States for repayment of a Small Reclamation Projects loan in the amount of $1,120 per year due to the delivery of water to the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation lands within such district. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17641 93 hr 17641 A bill to protect juvenile and egg-bearing spiny rock lobsters. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. House Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] FL D R000401 2 Makes it unlawful for a person to engage in specified activities with respect to any spiny rock lobster, including to: (1) import or export any such lobster; (2) take any such lobster upon the high seas; and (3) sell in interstate or foreign commerce any such lobster. States that any importation or possession of a catch of spiny rock lobster which exceeds specified percentages of egg-bearing female and juvenile lobsters shall be presumed to be an importation or possession in violation of this Act. Imposes fines and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes inspections of crates, their contents, and accompanying documentation for purposes of enforcement of this Act. 2024-08-01T18:39:21Z  
93-hr-17642 93 hr 17642 A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend the entitlement of veterans to educational assistance from 36 to 45 months. Armed Forces and National Security 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Scherle, William J. [R-IA-5] IA R S000121 17 Extends to forty-five months (presently thirty-six months) the maximum number of school months covered by veterans' educational benefits for eligible veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661) 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z  
93-hr-17643 93 hr 17643 A bill to establish comparable standards for grain sorghum and corn in the determination of crop disaster losses. Disaster relief 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Thone, Charles [R-NE-1] NE R T000234 0 Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, that in the determination of disaster payments for the 1974-1977 crops, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish standards relative to the moisture content of grain sorghum on a basis that is comparable to those established for the 1974 corn program. 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z  
93-hr-17644 93 hr 17644 A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of certain emergency assistance grants and special allowances to recipients of supplemental security income benefits, to authorize cost-of-living increases in such benefits and in State supplementary payments, to prevent reductions in such benefits because of social security benefit increases, to provide reimbursement to States for home relief payments to disabled applicants prior to determination of their disability, to permit payment of such benefits directly to drug addicts and alcoholics (without a third party payee) in certain cases, and to restore to recipients of such benefits their right to participate in the food stamp and surplus commodities programs. Social Welfare 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] NY D W000680 24 Provides, under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the payment of emergency financial assistance grants and special allowances for incidental expenses to recipients of supplemental security income benefits. Authorizes cost-of-living increases in such benefits and in State supplementary payments. Prevents reductions in such benefits because of social security benefit increases. Provides reimbursement to States for home relief payments to disabled applicants prior to determination of their disability. Permits the payment of such benefits directly to drug addicts and alcoholics (without a third party payee) upon certification of the chief medical officer of the therapeutic institution that the funds would not be misused. Entitles recipients of such benefits to participate in the food stamp and surplus commodities programs. 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z  
93-hr-17645 93 hr 17645 A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of certain emergency assistance grants and special allowances to recipients of supplemental security income benefits, to authorize cost-of-living increases in such benefits and in State supplementary payments, to prevent reductions in such benefits because of social security benefit increases, to provide reimbursement to States for home relief payments to disabled applicants prior to determination of their disability, to permit payment of such benefits directly to drug addicts and alcoholics (without a third party payee) in certain cases, and to restore to recipients of such benefits their right to participate in the food stamp and surplus commodities programs. Social Welfare 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] NY D W000680 3 Provides, under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the payment of emergency financial assistance grants and special allowances for incidental expenses to recipients of supplemental security income benefits. Authorizes cost-of-living increases in such benefits and in State supplementary payments. Prevents reductions in such benefits because of social security benefit increases. Provides reimbursement to States for home relief payments to disabled applicants prior to determination of their disability. Permits the payment of such benefits directly to drug addicts and alcoholics (without a third party payee) upon certification of the chief medical officer of the therapeutic institution that the funds would not be misused. Entitles recipients of such benefits to participate in the food stamp and surplus commodities programs. 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z  
93-hr-17646 93 hr 17646 A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to authorize the transmission, without cost to the sender, of letter mail to the President or Vice President of the United States, to Federal executive departments and agencies, or to Members of Congress. Government Operations and Politics 1974-12-16 1974-12-16 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Denholm, Frank E. [D-SD-1] SD D D000234 0 Authorizes the transmission, without cost to the sender, of letter mail to the President or Vice President of the United States, to Federal executive departments and agencies, or to Members of Congress. (Adds 39 U.S.C. 3406) 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z  
93-hr-17629 93 hr 17629 A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to entitle veterans with service-connected disabilities rates as total to domestic and overseas travel on military aircraft on a space-available basis. Armed Forces and National Security 1974-12-13 1974-12-13 Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Burke, James A. [D-MA-11] MA D B001092 0 Entitles veterans with service-connected disabilities rated as total to domestic and overseas travel on military aircraft on a space-available basis. 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z  
93-hr-17630 93 hr 17630 A bill to provide an income tax credit for savings for the payment of post-secondary educational expenses. Taxation 1974-12-13 1974-12-13 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Dent, John H. [D-PA-21] PA D D000255 3 Provides for a credit under the Internal Revenue Code for 20 percent of the amounts deposited by the taxpayer in an educational savings plan for himself or a dependent. Sets limitations on the amount of such credit, dependent upon the nature of the account. Defines "educational savings plan" and other terms used in this Act. Provides for the recapture of any such credit allocable to nonqualified noneducational uses or for failure to use the account. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 42) 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z  
93-hr-17631 93 hr 17631 Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight Act Congress 1974-12-13 1974-12-13 Referred to House Committee on Rules. House Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] MN R F000380 1 Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight Act - Establishes a Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, specifying the composition of such Committee and enumerating its duties, including to conduct a continuing study of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other specified agencies of the Federal Government. States that no funds may be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out any intelligence or surveillance activity unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after this Act. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Committee, the procedures for classification of information, and the recordkeeping requirements. 2025-09-03T12:50:29Z  
93-hr-17632 93 hr 17632 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for a tax on every new automobile with respect to its fuel consumption rate, to provide for public disclosure of the fuel consumption rate of every automobile, to provide funding to develop more efficient automobile engines. Motor vehicles 1974-12-13 1974-12-13 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Vanik, Charles A. [D-OH-22] OH D V000047 1 Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the development and manufacture of automobiles which efficiently consume gasoline. Imposes, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to motor vehicle excise taxes, upon every new automobile manufactured, produced, or imported a tax based on rates of the fuel consumption of such automobile. Sets forth such rates, in terms of miles per gallon, for July 1, 1975 through September 30, 1977, and increases such rates for the period October 1, 1977 to September 30, 1980. States that the tax shall be paid by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. Directs the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to study the fuel consumption rates of automobiles which are subject, or may be subject, to the tax imposed by this Act, and on the basis of such studies, determine the fuel consumption of each automobile, to be compiled in a public document, the Automobile Fuel Consumption Schedule. Requires, under the Automobile Information Disclosure Act, that labels include specified fuel consumption information. Sets deadlines for the Secretary to meet in: (1) establishing fuel consumption rates for existing and new automobiles; and (2) recommending legislation for fuel consumption rate taxation after September 30, 1980. 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z  
93-hr-17633 93 hr 17633 A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, to provide for Federal-State cooperation in oil drilling activities which may affect the coastal zone of a State's coastal zone management program. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1974-12-13 1974-12-13 Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. House Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-35] CA D A000189 7 Provides that while a State is devising a coastal zone management program under the Coastal Zone Management Act, no Federal agency may conduct or support activities pertaining to the exploration and development of new oil and gas resources on the Outer Continental Shelf which may directly affect that State's coastal zone, unless the Governor certifies that such activities are consistent with the State's policies relating to the coastal zone. 2024-08-01T18:39:21Z  
93-hr-17634 93 hr 17634 A bill to authorize Col. Charles Dolan, United States Air Force Reserve, to receive credit for certain activities of benefit to the United States in determining his entitlement to and amount of retired pay for nonregular service in the Armed Forces. Private Legislation 1974-12-13 1974-12-13 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Authorizes Colonel Charles Dolan, United States Air Force Reserve, to receive credit for certain activities of benefit to the United States in determining his entitlement to and amount of retired pay for nonregular service in the Armed Forces. 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17619 93 hr 17619 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act Finance and Financial Sector 1974-12-12 1974-12-12 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] FL D P000218 0 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act - Establishes a body corporate with the name "Reconstruction Finance Corporation" with a principal office to be located in the District of Columbia. Provides that the Corporation shall have a capital stock of $2,000,000,000 to be appropriated from the Treasury of the United States. Specifies the membership of the Board of Directors of such Corporation and grants the Corporation the powers necessary to function as such. Authorizes the Corporation, in order to aid in financing agriculture, commerce, and industry, to make loans to any business concern: (1) to enable such business concern to finance plant construction, conversion, or expansion, or the acquisition of equipment, facilities, machinery, supplies, or materials; (2) to supply such business concern with working capital; or (3) to aid such business concern in the payment of current debts or obligations, if such aid is considered by the Board of Directors to be in the public interest. Provides that no loan may be made to any business concern under this Act unless such business concern is unable to obtain a loan on reasonable terms. Provides that each loan made under this Act may be made for a period not exceeding 10 years, and the Corporation may extend the time of payment of any such loan up to 12 years from the date upon which such loan was made originally. States that each such loan shall bear interest at a rate equal to the current average yield (as certified by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Corporation) on all outstanding obligations of the United States as of the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the loan is made. Authorizes the Corporation to guarantee the payment of principal and interest on a loan made to such business concern by a non-Federal lender under the same circumstances in which the business would be eligible for a loan from the Corporation if it was not available on reasonable terms from any other source. Provides that the aggregate of the principal amounts of the l… 2025-09-03T12:50:28Z  
93-hr-17620 93 hr 17620 A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that certain State conservation publications shall qualify for second class mail rates. Government Operations and Politics 1974-12-12 1974-12-12 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15] MI D F000270 5 Provides that a conservation publication published by a State agency which is responsible for management and conservation of fish or wildlife resources shall be considered a publication of a qualified nonprofit organization which qualifies for second-class mail rates. (Adds 39 U.S.C. 3626 (b)) 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17621 93 hr 17621 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that all covered workers be informed annually of their potential benefit rights (based on their then current wage records), and that new primary and survivor beneficiaries be furnished with information concerning the total amount of the social security taxes paid toward their benefits. Social Welfare 1974-12-12 1974-12-12 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Griffiths, Martha W. [D-MI-17] MI D G000471 0 Requires that all workers covered under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program of the Social Security Act be informed annually of their potential benefit rights (based on their then current wage records), and that new primary and survivor beneficiaries be furnished with information concerning the total amount of the social security taxes paid toward their benefits. 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17622 93 hr 17622 A bill to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Awards, medals, prizes 1974-12-12 1974-12-12 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Gude, Gilbert [R-MD-8] MD R G000513 0 Provides for the striking of up to 50,000 bronze medals in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17623 93 hr 17623 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase from 12 to 36 months the period for which benefits may be paid to an individual prior to the actual time of his or her application for such benefits. Social Welfare 1974-12-12 1974-12-12 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Helstoski, Henry [D-NJ-9] NJ D H000465 0 Increases from twelve to thirty-six months the period for which benefits may be paid to an individual prior to the actual time of his or her application for such benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program of the Social Security Act. 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17624 93 hr 17624 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide relief to the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District due to delivery of water to the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation lands. Water Resources Development 1974-12-12 1974-12-12 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-13] CA R L000020 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to relieve the Santa Ynez Water Conservation District, California of payments due the United States for repayment of a Small Reclamation Projects loan in the amount of $1,120 per year due to the delivery of water to the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation lands within such district. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17625 93 hr 17625 A bill to designate the Wheeling Suspension Bridge as a national historic site, and to provide for the administration and maintenance of the site by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with an advisory commission. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1974-12-12 1974-12-12 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Mollohan, Robert H. [D-WV-1] WV D M000845 3 Provides for the designation of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, at Wheeling, West Virginia, as a national historic site. Provides for the administration and maintenance of the site by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Wheeling Suspension Bridge Advisory Commission (established by this Act). 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17626 93 hr 17626 A bill relating to equitable relief in civil actions brought for the purpose of protecting public health. Health 1974-12-12 1974-12-12 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. House Rep. Ruppe, Philip E. [R-MI-11] MI R R000512 8 Provides that in any action brought by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency requesting equitable relief for the purpose of protecting public health, if a party shows that a defendant in such action is discharging or emitting any substance in violation of Federal law (or any State law which is enforceable under Federal law) and that such discharge or emission presents or contributes to a public health risk, the court shall grant such equitable relief as may be necessary promptly to assure that such discharge or emission does not present or contribute to such risks, unless the person who is discharging or emitting such substance demonstrates that: (1) the public health risk does not exist; or (2) it would be arbitrary or capricious to grant such relief (taking into account technological and economic considerations, and magnitude or risk). 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17627 93 hr 17627 A bill to modify the effective date of Public Law 93-373 which permits U.S. citizens to purchase, hold, sell, or otherwise deal with gold in the United States or abroad in order to conform such effective date to the effective date of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974. Gold 1974-12-12 1974-12-12 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] RI D S000762 0 Delays until April 21, 1975, the effective date of Public Law 93-373, which permits United States citizens to purchase, hold, sell, or otherwise deal with gold in the United States or abroad. 2024-08-01T18:39:23Z  
93-hr-17628 93 hr 17628 An Act to designate a national laboratory as the "Holifield National Laboratory". Energy 1974-12-12 1975-01-02 Public law 93-616. House Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] IL D P000522 5 Provides that the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, shall hereafter be known as the "Holifield National Laboratory". 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z  
93-hr-17609 93 hr 17609 A bill to establish tax treatment for the sale of domestic corporations incomes of which derives substantially from foreign oil or gas operations. Taxation 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Vanik, Charles A. [D-OH-22] OH D V000047 0 Treats the sale of foreign oil-related corporate stock or assets, for purposes of taxation, as income from a source within the United States if 80 percent of the gross income of such corporation for the preceding three taxable years was foreign oil-related income as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. Defines foreign tax credit treatment for any foreign taxes relating to the sale of such a corporation, but provides for allowance of a deduction with respect to such a sale. 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17610 93 hr 17610 A bill to amend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to prohibit the President from increasing the price of crude oil produced in the United States from the price of such oil in effect on December 1, 1974. Energy 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Vanik, Charles A. [D-OH-22] OH D V000047 0 Prohibits the President, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, from increasing the price of crude oil produced in the United States from the price of such oil in effect on December 1, 1974. 2024-08-01T18:39:23Z  
93-hr-17611 93 hr 17611 Animal Welfare Act Amendments Animals 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Frey, Lou, Jr. [R-FL-9] FL R F000381 0 Animal Welfare Act Amendments - Provides, under the Federal Laboratory Animal Welfare Act, that no animals shall be delivered to any intermediate handler or common carrier for transportation in commerce unless the animals are accompanied by a veterinarian's certificate certifying that the animals are sound, healthy, and in such condition that they may reasonably be expected to withstand the rigors of the intended transportation without adverse effects. States that specified animals shall not be delivered for transportation if they are less than eight weeks of age. Provides that no intermediate handler or common carrier shall participate in any practice under which the cost of such animal or its transportation is to be paid and collected upon delivery of the animal to the consignee. Imposes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Makes it unlawful to transport in interstate or foreign commerce any live dog or animal trained to participate in dog or animal fighting ventures. 2025-09-03T12:50:27Z  
93-hr-17612 93 hr 17612 A bill to authorize the Administrator of General Services to provide space in the Old Post Office Building to tenants approved by the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. District of Columbia 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Public Works. House Rep. Gray, Kenneth J. [D-IL-24] IL D G000400 0 Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide space in the Old Post Office Building in the District of Columbia, at rates approximating commercial rents, to persons or entities engaged in artistic or cultural enterprises who are designated by the Chariman of the National Endownment for the Arts. Authorizes the rental of space to such commercial enterprises as may be necessary to the accommodation of visitors to the building. 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z  
93-hr-17613 93 hr 17613 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an income tax deduction for individuals for purchases of contemporary American art. Taxation 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Rees, Thomas M. [D-CA-26] CA D R000134 0 Provides an income tax deduction, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, for individuals for the purchase of contemporary American art. Limits such tax deduction to $10,000, or $5,000 in the case of a spouse filing a separate return. Allows a carryover and carryback of such tax deduction. 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17614 93 hr 17614 A bill to increase the period during which benefits may be paid under title XVI of the Social Security Act on the basis of presumptive disability. Social Welfare 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Carey, Hugh L. [D-NY-15] NY D C000143 1 Extends, under the Social Security Act, through the first three months of 1975 the period during which benefits may be paid to the aged, blind and disabled on the basis of the presumptive disability of individuals who received aid in December 1973. 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17615 93 hr 17615 A bill to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to exempt certain youth organizations, college fraternities, and sororities, and intercollegiate sports from provisions requiring that admissions and benefits be allocated without regard to gender. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. House Rep. Fountain, L. H. [D-NC-2] NC D F000319 0 Exempts from the prohibitions against sex discrimination of the Education Amendments of 1972, nonprofit youth organizations and nonprofit social or honorary fraternal and sororal organizations which traditionally admitted only persons of one sex, and intercollegiate athletic activities. Provides that this Act shall be effective as of June 23, 1972, as though it had been part of the Education Amendments of 1972 as originally passed. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
93-hr-17616 93 hr 17616 A bill to impose on petroleum imported from Canada into the United States for later exportation a duty equal to the Canadian duty on petroleum imported into the United States for consumption in the United States. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2] GA D M000244 0 Provides that during any period in which the Canadian Government imposes an exportation tax, duty, or fee on a petroleum product exported from Canada into the United States, there shall be imposed on any such petroleum product imported from Canada into the United States which is to be later exported back to Canada, or to be exported to any other country, a duty (to be determined by the President) equal to such exportation tax, duty, or fee. 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17617 93 hr 17617 Bill of Rights Procedures Act Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. House Rep. Mosher, Charles A. [R-OH-13] OH R M001031 8 Bill of Rights Procedures Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to prohibit any interception of communication, other than electronic surveillance, surreptitious entry, mail opening, or the inspection of and procuring of the records of telephone, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions, of any individual without a court order issued upon probable cause that a crime has been or is about to be committed, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Provides that whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof willfully: (1) searches any private dwelling used and occupied as a dwelling without a warrant directing such search or maliciously and without reasonable cause searches any other building or property without a search warrant; (2) procures or inspects the records of telephone calls, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions of any individual without a search warrant or the consent of the individual; (3) opens any foreign or domestic mail not directed to him without a search warrant directing such opening or without the consent of the sender or addressee of such mail; or (4) intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept any wire or oral communication except as authorized by law; shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Requires that within 30 days after the date of an order authorizing or approving the interception of a wire or oral communication (or each extension thereof) entered under authority of law, or the denial of an order approving an interception, the person seeking such order shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives: (1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for; (2) the kind of order or extension applied for; (3) the … 2025-09-03T12:50:27Z  
93-hr-17618 93 hr 17618 National Arthritis Act Health 1974-12-11 1974-12-11 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] FL D R000401 1 National Arthritis Act - Expresses the findings of Congress that arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases constitute major health problems and that the development of methods for their diagnosis and treatment deserve the highest national priority. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases, and specifies the composition of the Commission. Requires the Commission to survey Federal, State, and local programs relating to arthritis to assess the adequacy and coordination of such programs. Requires the Commission to formulate a long-range plan for the organization of national resources to combat arthritis. States that the Arthritis Plan shall provide a comprehensive program for the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases and plans for Federal, State, and local programs, including specified activities and research. Requires the Commission to prepare an estimate of necessary expenditures for each of the National Institutes of Health to be affected by the Arthritis Plan, which shall be submitted to Congress for comparison with the amounts requested for each fiscal year. Directs the Commission to publish the Arthritis Plan within 210 days of the date on which funds are first appropriated and provides that the Commission shall cease to exist 30 days after the submission of the Plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section. Directs the Secretary to establish an Arthritis Coordinating Committee, to be composed of representatives of Federal departments and agencies involved in research, health services, and rehabilitation programs affecting arthritis. Requires the Committee to submit a report of its work to the Secretary at the end of each fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Health: (1) to make grants to public and non-profit private entities for projects for the development and demonstration of methods for ar… 2025-09-03T12:50:28Z  
93-hr-17597 93 hr 17597 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 Labor and Employment 1974-12-10 1974-12-31 Public law 93-572. House Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] OR D U000004 6 (LATEST SUMMARY) Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides that any State may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor under this Act if such State's law contains a requirement that extended compensation be payable thereunder as provided by the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. States that any such agreement shall provide that the State agency of the State will make payments of emergency compensation to individuals who: (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under the State law; (2) have exhausted all rights to or eligibility for extended compensation in such State; (3) have no rights to regular or extended compensation with respect to a week under State or Federal law; and (4) are not receiving unemployment compensation from Canada or the Virgin Islands, for any week of unemployment which begins in an emergency benefit period and the individual's period of eligibility. States the circumstances under which an individual shall be deemed to have exhausted his rights to regular or extended compensation, and specifies the period of time which shall constitute an emergency benefit period. Provides that, in the case of any State, no emergency benefit period shall last for a period of less than 26 consecutive weeks. States that any agreement under this Act with a State shall provide that the State will establish, for each eligible individual who files an application for emergency compensation, an emergency compensation account, and specifies the range of the amount to be placed in such account. Provides that there shall be paid to each State which has entered into an agreement under this Act an amount equal to 100 percent of the emergency compensation paid to individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement, but only where the State has waived the 120 percent requirement as provided by Public Law 93-368. Authorizes to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, to the extended unemployment compensation account, as repay… 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17598 93 hr 17598 A bill to eliminate a restriction on use of certain lands patented to the city of Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Camp, John N. Happy [R-OK-6] OK R C000073 0 Removes the reservation for school purposes from a lot patented by the United States to Hobart, Oklahoma, when Hobart deeds a specified lot of comparable size and value to its Board of Education. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17599 93 hr 17599 Economic Stabilization Act Economics and Public Finance 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Gaydos, Joseph M. [D-PA-20] PA D G000105 0 Economic Stabilization Act - Authorizes the President to issue such orders and regulations as he may deem appropriate to stabilize prices, rents, wages, salaries, profits, dividends, interest rates, and other comparable economic transfers at levels not less than those prevailing on April 30, 1974. States that such orders and regulations shall provide for: (1) the making of such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent gross inequities; (2) wage and salary increases or adjustments, after April 30, 1974, based on the application of cost of living and productivity formulas; (3) price, rent, or interest rate increases or adjustments, after April 30, 1974, based on cost or productivity increases; and (4) profit or dividend increases, after April 30, 1974, attributable to increased productivity, efficiency, or sales or revenues. Provides that the President may delegate the performance of any function under this Act to such officers, departments and agencies of the United States as he may deem appropriate. Stipulates that, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President or his delegate shall transmit to the Congress a plan setting forth detailed proposals for the implementation of the authority conferred by this Act, including specific descriptions of the manner in which such authority would be exercised and the organizational and administrative provisions which would be used. States that the plan required under this Act shall: (1) be generally fair and equitable; (2) provide for a comparable level of control of all sectors of the economy; and (3) impose comparable duties and sacrifices on individuals and organizations in all segments of the economy. 2025-09-03T12:50:28Z  
93-hr-17600 93 hr 17600 Truth in Lending Act Amendments Credit 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Helstoski, Henry [D-NJ-9] NJ D H000465 0 Truth in Lending Act Amendments - Title I: Fair Credit Billing - Fair Credit Billing Act - Requires a creditor to provide an obligor with a semiannual statement with respect to any account in which there was any activity during the preceding six months. Establishes requirements and procedures for the correction of billing errors. States that if an open end consumer credit plan provides a time period within which an obligor may repay any portion of the credit extended without incurring an additional finance charge, such additional finance charge may not be imposed with respect to such portion of the credit extended for the billing cycle of which such period is a part unless a statement which includes the amount upon which the finance charge for that period is based was mailed at least fourteen days prior to the date specified in the statement by which payment must be made in order to avoid imposition of that finance charge. Provides that payments received from an obligor under an open end consumer credit plan by the creditor shall be posted promptly to the obligor's account. Declares that with respect to a credit card which may be used for extensions of credit in sales transactions in which the seller is a person other than the card issuer, the card issuer may not, by contract or otherwise, prohibit any such seller from offering a discount to a cardholder to induce the cardholder to pay by cash, check, or similar means rather than a credit card. Prohibits the use of tie-in services and offsets. Lists specified rights of credits card customers. Title II: Amendments to the Truth in Lending Act - Provides that any advertisement to aid, promote, or assist directly or indirectly the extension of consumer credit repayable in more than four installments shall, unless a finance charge is stated in the advertisement, clearly and conspicuously state: "The cost of credit is included in the price quoted for the goods and services". Exempts from the provisions of this Act consumer consumer credit cost disclosure credit tra… 2025-09-03T12:50:28Z  
93-hr-17601 93 hr 17601 A bill to modify labeling and packaging requirements for colored oleomargarine or colored margarine under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Agriculture and Food 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Rep. Kluczynski, John C. [D-IL-5] IL D K000273 0 Modifies the labeling and packaging requirements on intrastate sales of colored oleomargarine by: (1) deleting the requirements that the word "oleomargarine" or "margarine" be in type or lettering at least as large as any other type or lettering on the label; and (2) deleting the requirement that each part of the contents of the package be contained in a wrapper which bears the word "olemargarine" or "margarine" in 20-point type and substituting the requirement that each part of the contents be in a separate wrapper. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 347 (b)) 2024-08-01T18:39:23Z  
93-hr-17602 93 hr 17602 A bill to repeal sections 102 and 202 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 which make flood insurance coverage and community participation in the national flood insurance program prerequisites for approval of any financial assistance in a flood hazard area. Finance and Financial Sector 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. House Rep. Mollohan, Robert H. [D-WV-1] WV D M000845 5 Removes the provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 which make flood insurance coverage and community participation in the national flood insurance program prerequisites for approval of any financial assistance in a flood hazard area. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17603 93 hr 17603 A bill to further enhance and protect the historical values of the Manassas National Battlefield Park. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8] VA R P000080 0 Defines the boundary of the Manassas National Battelfield Park, Virginia. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17604 93 hr 17604 A bill to provide for an additional national cemetery at Woodbridge, Va. Armed Forces and National Security 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8] VA R P000080 0 Directs the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to ascertain the availability of the former United States Army radio transmitter site at Woodbridge, Virginia, for the establishment of an additional national cemetery, to prepare preliminary plans and cost estimates for such an acquisition, and to report the results to Congress not later than September 1, 1975. 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z  
93-hr-17605 93 hr 17605 Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight Act Congress 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on Rules. House Rep. Steelman, Alan [R-TX-5] TX R S000841 0 Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight Act - Establishes a Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, specifying the composition of such Committee and enumerating its duties, including to conduct a continuing study of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other specified agencies of the Federal Government. States that no funds may be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out any intelligence or surveillance activity unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after this Act. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Committee, the procedures for classification of information, and the recordkeeping requirements. 2025-09-03T12:50:29Z  
93-hr-17606 93 hr 17606 A bill to amend section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a 60-percent vote in each House for the passage of a concurrent budget resolution recommending or specifying a budget deficit, or for the adoption of a conference report on such a resolution. Economics and Public Finance 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on Rules. House Rep. Young, Samuel H. [R-IL-10] IL R Y000052 0 Requires, under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, a 60 percent vote in each House for the passage of a concurrent budget resolution recommending or specifying a budget deficit, or for the adoption of a conference report on such a resolution, unless such concurrent resolution or conference report also recommends or provides for the adoption of such measures, other than increases in the public debt, as may be necessary to eliminate such deficit. 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z  
93-hr-17607 93 hr 17607 A bill for the relief of Violetta Bowman. Private Legislation 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Burgener, Clair W. [R-CA-42] CA R B001080 0 Provides for the relief of Violetta Bowman. 2024-08-01T18:39:21Z  
93-hr-17608 93 hr 17608 A bill for the relief of Allan Chan, also known as Sui Chan Chan. Private Legislation 1974-12-10 1974-12-10 Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5] CA D B001153 0 Provides for the relief of Allan Chan, also known as Sui Chan Chan. 2024-08-01T18:39:21Z  
93-hr-17580 93 hr 17580 A bill to recognize the 50 years of extraordinary and selfless public service of Herbert Hoover, including his many great humanitarian endeavors, his chairman of two Commissions of the Organization of the Executive Branch, and his service as 31st President of the United States, and in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his birth on August 10, 1974, by providing grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Monuments and memorials 1974-12-09 1974-12-19 Measure passed House. House Rep. Dellenback, John [R-OR-4] OR R D000220 6 Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace in Stanford, California, in order to recognize the fifty years of extraordinary and selfless public service of Herbert Hoover. States that grants made under this Act may be used for the construction of a new educational building to be used by the Hoover Institution, and for the equipment of such building. Provides that no grant may be made under this Act for any fiscal year unless: (1) the Secretary determines that the total of such grants for that year will not exceed the total amount of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property, made after the date of enactment of this Act, for that year for the benefit of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; and (2) the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace furnishes to the Secretary such information at such times and in such manner as he may require. Authorizes appropriations for grants of up to $7,000,000. 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z  
93-hr-17581 93 hr 17581 Small Business Emergency Relief Act Commerce 1974-12-09 1974-12-09 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. House Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-22] CA D C000780 0 Small Business Emergency Relief Act - Declares it to be the policy of Congress to provide relief to small business concerns which have fixed-price Government contracts where such concerns encounter performance difficulties because of the energy crisis or rapid and unexpected escalations of contract costs. Provides that pursuant to an application by a small business concern the head of any executive agency may terminate for the convenience of the Government any fixed-price contract between that agency and such small business concern upon a finding that specified cost difficulties are shown. Requires enumerated pieces of documentation to support any such request for relief by a small business concern, including a history of performance under the contract, statements of costs and profits, and balance sheets. 2025-09-03T12:50:26Z  
93-hr-17582 93 hr 17582 A bill to provide an income tax credit for savings for the payment of postsecondary educational expenses. Taxation 1974-12-09 1974-12-09 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Dent, John H. [D-PA-21] PA D D000255 15 Provides for a credit under the Internal Revenue Code for 20 percent of the amounts deposited by the taxpayer in an educational savings plan for himself or a dependent. Sets limitations on the amount of such credit, dependent upon the nature of the account. Defines "educational savings plan" and other terms used in this Act. Provides for the recapture of any such credit allocable to nonqualified noneducational uses or for failure to use the account. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 42) 2024-08-01T18:39:26Z  
93-hr-17583 93 hr 17583 A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to entitle veterans to 45 months of educational assistance for all educational programs under chapter 34 of this title. Armed Forces and National Security 1974-12-09 1974-12-09 Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Dorn, William Jennings Bryan [D-SC-3] SC D D000434 1 Entitles veterans to a maximum of forty-five months of educational assistance for all veterans educational assistance programs if such veterans have served eighteen months of active duty and have satisfied their active duty obligations. 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z  
93-hr-17584 93 hr 17584 A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to certain owners of cattle injured by the activities of Federal employees. Livestock 1974-12-09 1974-12-09 Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5] WA D F000239 0 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to any owner of cattle in Ferry and Okanogan Counties in Washington whose cattle were stricken with DDT and thereby became unmarketable as a result of the spraying of such insecticide by the United States Forest Service between June 9, 1974, and July 25, 1974. Specifies the procedures for the making of such payments, requiring that they may only be used to purchase feed for the cattle while they remain unmarketable. 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z  
93-hr-17585 93 hr 17585 A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to provide that persons may qualify for nonregular retirement pay before age 60 if totally and permanently disabled. Armed Forces and National Security 1974-12-09 1974-12-09 Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Gude, Gilbert [R-MD-8] MD R G000513 0 Provides that military personnel and veterans may qualify for nonregular retirement pay before age 60 if totally and permanently disabled. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  

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