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| 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-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-s-4259 | 93 | s | 4259 | Patent Modernization Act | Commerce | 1974-12-19 | 1974-12-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Fong, Hiram L. [R-HI] | HI | R | F000245 | 0 | Patent Modernization Act - Provides for the modernization and general revision of the patent laws (Title 35 of the United States Code). | 2025-09-03T12:53:30Z | |
| 93-s-4246 | 93 | s | 4246 | Consumer Fraud Act | Commerce | 1974-12-18 | 1974-12-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Moss, Frank E. [D-UT] | UT | D | M001033 | 0 | Consumer Fraud Act - Provides that whoever, in connection with the sale or distribution of goods, services, or other property by the use of any means or instrumentality of transportation or communication in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or by use of the mails, willfully engages in or offers or attempts to engage in an unfair consumer practice, shall be fined not more that $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. Sets forth the definition of "unfair consumer practice", including: (1) offering goods or services intending not to sell them as offered; (2) advertising goods or services intending not to supply reasonably expectable public demands, unless the advertisement discloses a limitation; (3) knowingly making false or misleading statements concerning the need for, or necessity of, any goods, service replacements, or repairs; and (4) representing that the consumer will obtain any rights, privileges, or remedies knowing that the consumer will not in fact obtain them. States that any contract or agreement which provides for the purchase of goods or services in furtherance of an unfair consumer practice is void. | 2025-09-03T12:53:27Z | |
| 93-s-4240 | 93 | s | 4240 | Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Act | Commerce | 1974-12-14 | 1974-12-14 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 0 | Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purposes of this Act, including: to encourage the manufacture of automobiles which reduce the amount of fuel consumed per mile traveled without reducing safety, damageability, or environmental standards. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to prescribe such minimum average fuel economy standards for any class or classes of new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines as in his judgment are necessary to assure the efficient utilization of fuels by such motor vehicles or engines. Sets forth the objectives of and the factors to be taken into consideration in such regulations. States that regulations shall be applicable to new light-duty motor vehicles manufactured during model year 1977 and thereafter, and with respect to model year 1977 shall be promulgated not later than two hundred and seventy days after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that in order to determine whether new vehicles or new engines conform with regulations pursuant to this Act, the Secretary is authorized to test or require testing by such manufacturers. Empowers the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require manufacturers of new vehicles and engines to submit information and data as to sales and fuel economy and such other information that as may be required to ascertain compliance with the requirements of this Act. Requires manufacturers to: (1) warrant to the ultimate purchaser and each subsequent purchaser that the new motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine is designed, built, and equipped so as to conform to the regulations for its useful life; and (2) to affix on each new motor vehicle subject to regulation under this Act a label indicating the fuel economy as determined through testing required by or performed under this Act or under title II of the Clean Air Act, and such other fuel economy information as the Secretary may require. Provides t… | 2025-09-03T12:53:27Z | |
| 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-17545 | 93 | hr | 17545 | A bill to prohibit the manufacture or importation of Freon and similar substances unless a study finds such substances are not harmful to human life, agriculture, or the national environment. | Commerce | 1974-12-03 | 1974-12-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] | WI | D | A000224 | 0 | Prohibits the manufacture or importation of specified chlorofluoromethanes (commonly referred to by the trade names Freon 11 and Freon 12), and imposes criminal penalties for violation of this Act. States that this Act shall take effect July 1, 1976, unless a determination is made that such chlorofluoromethanes present no substantial danger to human life, agriculture, or the national environment. Empowers the President of the National Academy of Sciences with sole authority to make such determination. | 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z | |
| 93-hr-17560 | 93 | hr | 17560 | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the establishment of standards for a grading system by which retail purchasers may determine the relative nutritional value of different foods. | Commerce | 1974-12-03 | 1974-12-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Gude, Gilbert [R-MD-8] | MD | R | G000513 | 10 | Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, to: (1) establish standards for a grading system by which retail purchases may determine the relative nutritional value of food distributed in interstate commerce; and (2) prescribe the manner in which packaged foods will be labeled in accordance with such system. Provides criminal penalties for any person who distributes or sells food not displayed in the manner prescribed by such regulations. | 2024-08-01T18:39:22Z | |
| 93-s-4203 | 93 | s | 4203 | A bill to repeal exemptions in the antitrust laws relating to fair trade laws. | Commerce | 1974-12-03 | 1974-12-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA] | MA | R | B000871 | 5 | Repeals, under the 1890 Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies and under the Federal Trade Commission Act, exemptions in the antitrust laws relating to fair trade laws (also known as resale price maintenance or quality stabilization laws) which permit agreements prescribing minimum or stipulated prices for the resale of brand-name commodities. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-s-4188 | 93 | s | 4188 | A bill to amend section 502 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to provide for loans for plant acquisition. | Commerce | 1974-11-25 | 1974-11-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 0 | Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make loans for plant acquisition. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 93-hres-1473 | 93 | hres | 1473 | Resolution directing the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to furnish certain facts pertaining to small business investment companies. | Commerce | 1974-11-21 | 1974-11-21 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Hinshaw, Andrew J. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | H000638 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to furnish to the House of Representatives specified facts pertaining to small business investment companies. | 2024-08-01T18:27:09Z | |
| 93-hr-17444 | 93 | hr | 17444 | A bill to amend the Sherman Antitrust Act to clarify the intent of the Congress with respect to marketing cooperatives. | Commerce | 1974-11-18 | 1974-11-18 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Nix, Robert N. C. [D-PA-2] | PA | D | N000113 | 0 | Includes marketing cooperatives within the definition of "persons", under the Sherman Antitrust Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 7) | 2024-08-01T18:39:13Z | |
| 93-hr-17397 | 93 | hr | 17397 | Interfuel Competition Act | Commerce | 1974-10-16 | 1974-10-16 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1] | OH | D | L000508 | 0 | Interfuel Competition Act - Makes it unlawful for any oil company: (1) to acquire any coal, oil shale, tar sands, uranium, geothermal steam, and solar energy asset after the enactment of this Act; or (2) to own or control any coal, oil shale, tar sands, uranium, geothermal steam, and solar energy asset after the expiration of three years after the enactment of this Act. Requires that each oil company which owns or controls any such energy asset shall file with the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission such reports respecting its energy assets. Directs the Attorney General and/or the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to commence a civil action for appropriate relief whenever any person violates the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:20Z | |
| 93-hr-17402 | 93 | hr | 17402 | Small Business Development Act | Commerce | 1974-10-16 | 1974-10-16 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Reuss, Henry S. [D-WI-5] | WI | D | R000165 | 0 | Empowers the Small Business Administration to enter into agreements with States to make model program revenue-sharing grants to States out of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for the purposes of: (1) developing and establishing State and local centers to provide technical assistance and other useful and practical advice, information and services to small business concerns; (2) training, where necessary, of personnel to provide such services; and (3) studying the effectiveness of providing such assistance through such small business enterprise of State and local centers. Stipulates that the Federal share of such grants shall not exceed 50 percent. Authorizes the appropriation to the Administration for the purposes of this Act of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1976 and 1977. | 2025-09-03T12:50:23Z | |
| 93-hr-17319 | 93 | hr | 17319 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act | Commerce | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Flood, Daniel J. [D-PA-11] | PA | D | F000209 | 0 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act - Title I: Tax Simplification Relating to Small Business - Creates a Committee on Tax Simplification for Small Business for the purpose of devoting continued attention to the simplification of the Internal Revenue Code to small business, and the regulations, instructions, procedures, and other publications relating to small business taxation. Provides that the membership of the Committee would include representatives of the Secretary of the Treasury (for policy matters); Internal Revenue Service (for technical matters); Office of Management and Budget (for coordinating the paperwork aspects of IRS forms, in view of the Federal Reports Act) and the Small Business Administration to express the interests of the small business community. Creates in the Treasury Department an Office of Small Business Analyst, which would be responsible for looking at tax problems primarily from the view of small business and the free enterprise system. Calls upon the Treasury Department for a comprehensive study of depreciation policies with particular attention to: the impact of legislation; the rapid advances in technology to which small business must adapt; and the practices of other industrialized nations. Calls upon the Treasury to study the entire range of pension, retirement, health, medical, and insurance benefits in the larger context of what both corporations (including large corporate enterprise) and other forms of business are providing for their employees and executives. Authorizes a special study of the differential effect of tax law changes on businesses of different sizes. Title II: Adjustment of Corporate Normal Tax - Effects a progressive reform in the entire corporate tax structure by providing for reductions in normal corporate tax rates based on the corporations earning. Provides that as corporate earnings rise above $1 million per year the normal tax would incline upward to a maximum of 24 percent for corporations earning over $1 billion annually. Title III: … | 2025-09-03T12:50:18Z | |
| 93-hr-17321 | 93 | hr | 17321 | A bill to amend the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the establishment of standards for a grading system by which retail purchasers may determine the relative nutritional value of different foods. | Commerce | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Gude, Gilbert [R-MD-8] | MD | R | G000513 | 8 | Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, to: (1) establish standards for a grading system by which retail purchases may determine the relative nutritional value of food distributed in interstate commerce; and (2) prescribe the manner in which packaged foods will be labeled in accordance with such system. Provides criminal penalties for any person who distributes or sells food not displayed in the manner prescribed by such regulations. | 2024-08-01T18:39:07Z | |
| 93-hr-17231 | 93 | hr | 17231 | A bill to make it an unfair practice for any retailer to increase the price of certain consumer commodities once he marks the price on any such consumer commodity, and to permit the Federal Trade Commission to order any such retailer to refund any amount of money obtained by so increasing the price of such consumer commodity. | Commerce | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Grasso, Ella T. [D-CT-6] | CT | D | G000387 | 2 | Makes it a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any retailer to increase the price of consumer commodities once he marks the price on any such consumer commodity, and permits the Federal Trade Commission to order any such retailer to refund any amounts of money obtained by increasing the price of such consumer commodity. | 2024-08-01T18:39:06Z | |
| 93-hr-17235 | 93 | hr | 17235 | Imported Dairy Products Labeling Act | Commerce | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 0 | Imported Dairy Products Labeling Act- Requires that dairy products which are imported be labeled to disclose such fact. Prohibits such products from being imported unless labeled in accordance with this Act. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:15Z | |
| 93-hr-17181 | 93 | hr | 17181 | A bill to make it an unfair practice for any retailer to increase the price of certain consumer commodities once he marks the price on any such consumer commodity, and to permit the Federal Trade Commission to order any such retailer to refund any amounts of money obtained by so increasing the price of such consumer commodity. | Commerce | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Grasso, Ella T. [D-CT-6] | CT | D | G000387 | 15 | Makes it a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any retailer to increase the price of consumer commodities once he marks the price on any such consumer commodity, and permits the Federal Trade Commission to order any such retailer to refund any amounts of money obtained by increasing the price of such consumer commodity. | 2024-08-01T18:39:06Z | |
| 93-hr-17194 | 93 | hr | 17194 | A bill to make it an unfair practice for any retailer to increase the price of certain consumer commodities once he marks the price on any such consumer commodity, and to permit the Federal Trade Commission to order any such retailer to refund any amounts of money obtained by so increasing the price of such consumer commodity. | Commerce | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Daniels, Dominick V. [D-NJ-14] | NJ | D | D000041 | 0 | Makes it a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any retailer to increase the price of consumer commodities once he marks the price on any such consumer commodity, and permits the Federal Trade Commission to order any such retailer to refund any amounts of money obtained by increasing the price of such consumer commodity. | 2024-08-01T18:39:06Z | |
| 93-hr-17133 | 93 | hr | 17133 | Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act | Commerce | 1974-10-08 | 1974-10-08 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Mezvinsky, Edward [D-IA-1] | IA | D | M000686 | 0 | Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act - Revises the procedures relating to the entry by the United States in U.S. District Courts of proposals for consent judgements for antitrust violations. States that simultaneously with the filing of any such proposal, unless otherwise instructed by the court, the United States shall file with the district court, publish in the Federal Register, and thereafter furnish to any person upon request, a competitive impact statement which shall recite: (1) the nature and purpose of the proceeding; (2) a description of the practices or events giving rise to the alleged violation of the antitrust laws; (3) an explanation of the proposal for a consent judgement, including an explanation of any unusual circumstances giving rise to such proposal or any provisions contained therein, relief to be obtained thereby, and the anticipated effects on competition of such relief; (4) the remedies available to potential private plaintiffs damaged by the alleged violation in the event that such proposal for the consent judgement is entered in such proceeding; (5) a description of the procedures available for modification of such proposal; and (6) a description and evaluation of alternatives to such proposal actually considered by the United States. Stipulates that before entering any consent judgement proposed by the United States, the court shall determine that the entry of such judgement is in the public interest. Provides for an increase in penalties for violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act of up to $500,000 for corporations and $100,000 for individuals. States that in cases of general public importance, as certified by the Attorney General, it shall be the duty of the judge designated to hear the case to assign the case for early hearing and to cause the case to be in every way expedited. Provides that appeals from a final judgement entered in any action shall lie directly to the Supreme Court if the Attorney General files in the district court a certificate stating that immediate considerati… | 2025-09-03T12:50:06Z | |
| 93-hr-17156 | 93 | hr | 17156 | A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed unlawful. | Commerce | 1974-10-08 | 1974-10-08 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any trademark licensing contract or agreement for the manufacture, distribution and sale of a trademarked food product or provisions granting the licensee the sale and exclusive right to manufacture, distribute, and sell such product in an area or limiting the licensee to the manufacture, distribution, or sale of such product only for ultimate resale to consumers within an area shall not be deemed unlawful, provided: (1) that such product is in free and open competition with products of the same general class manufactured, distributed, and sold by others; (2) the licensee is in free and open competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 41) | 2024-08-01T18:38:59Z | |
| 93-hr-17096 | 93 | hr | 17096 | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the establishment of standards for a grading system by which retail purchasers may determine the relative nutritional value of different foods. | Commerce | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Gude, Gilbert [R-MD-8] | MD | R | G000513 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, to: (1) establish standards for a grading system by which retail purchases may determine the relative nutritional value of food distributed in interstate commerce; and (2) prescribe the manner in which packaged foods will be labeled in accordance with such system. Provides criminal penalties for any person who distributes or sells food not displayed in the manner prescribed by such regulations. | 2024-08-01T18:38:58Z | |
| 93-hr-17118 | 93 | hr | 17118 | Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act | Commerce | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Heinz, John [R-PA-18] | PA | R | H000456 | 3 | Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act - Revises the procedures relating to the entry by the United States in U.S. District Court of proposals for consent judgments for antitrust violations. States that simultaneously with the filing of any such proposal, unless otherwise instructed by the court, the United States shall file with the district court, publish in the Federal Reigster, and thereafter furnish to any person upon request, a competitive impact statement which shall recite: (1) the nature and purpose of the proceeding; (2) a description of the practices or events giving rise to the alleged violation of the anitrust laws; (3) an explanation of the proposed judgment, relief to be obtained thereby, and the anticipated effects on competition of such relief; (4) the remedies available to potential private plaintiffs damaged by the alleged violation in the event that such proposal for the consent judgment is entered in such proceeding; (5) a description of the procedures available for modification of such proposal; and (6) a description and evaluation of alternatives to such proposal actually considered by the United States. Stipulates that before entering any consent judgement proposed by the United States, the court shall determine that the entry of such judgment is in the public interest. Provides for an increase in penalties for violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act of up to $1,000,000 for corporations and $100,000 for individuals. States that in cases of general public importance, as certified by the Atorney General, it shall be the duty of the judge designated to hear the case to assign the case for early hearing and to cause the case to be in every way expedited. Provides that appeals from a final judgment entered in any action shall be directly to the Supreme Court if the Attorney General files in the district court a certificate stating that immediate consideration of the appeal by the Supreme Court is of general public importance in the administration of justice. Directs the Supreme Court to either… | 2025-09-03T12:50:13Z | |
| 93-hr-17121 | 93 | hr | 17121 | Sales Representatives Protection Act | Commerce | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. McCollister, John Y. [R-NE-2] | NE | R | M000349 | 0 | Sales Representatives Protection Act - Requires indemnification in specified instances by business firms to sales representatives for the termination of their jobs in violation of standards set forth in this Act. Places the enforcement of the provisions of this Act under the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2025-09-03T12:50:05Z | |
| 93-hr-17125 | 93 | hr | 17125 | Small Business Emergency Relief Act | Commerce | 1974-10-07 | 1974-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Wyman, Louis C. [R-NH-1] | NH | R | W000782 | 0 | Small Business Emergency Relief Act - Declares it to be the policy of Congress to provide equitable relief to small business concerns which have fixed-price Government contracts where such concerns encounter difficulties during performance because of the energy crisis or rapid and unexpected escalations of contract costs. Empowers the head of any agency to make modifications in the terms of existing fixed-price contract or contracts completed after December 31, 1972, with a small business concern which demonstrates specified performance difficulties. | 2025-09-03T12:50:05Z | |
| 93-hr-17063 | 93 | hr | 17063 | Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act | Commerce | 1974-10-03 | 1974-10-03 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 0 | Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act - Revises the procedures relating to the entry by the United States in U.S. District Courts of proposals for consent judgements for antitrust violations. States that simultaneously with the filing of any such proposal, unless otherwise instructed by the court, the United States shall file with the district court, publish in the Federal Register, and thereafter furnish to any person upon request, a competitive impact statement which shall recite: (1) the nature and purpose of the proceeding; (2) a description of the practices or events giving rise to the alleged violation of the antitrust laws; (3) an explanation of the proposal for a consent judgement, including an explanation of any unusual circumstances giving rise to such proposal or any provisions contained therein, relief to be obtained thereby, and the anticipated effects on competition of such relief; (4) the remedies available to potential private plaintiffs damaged by the alleged violation in the event that such proposal for the consent judgement is entered in such proceeding; (5) a description of the procedures available for modification of such proposal; and (6) a description and evaluation of alternatives to such proposal actually considered by the United States. Stipulates that before entering any consent judgement proposed by the United States, the court shall determine that the entry of such judgement is in the public interest. Provides for an increase in penalties for violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act of up to $500,000 for corporations and $100,000 for individuals. States that in cases of general public importance, as certified by the Attorney General, it shall be the duty of the judge designated to hear the case to assign the case for early hearing and to cause the case to be in every way expedited. Provides that appeals from a final judgement entered in any action shall lie directly to the Supreme Court if the Attorney General files in the district court a certificate stating that immediate considerati… | 2025-09-03T12:50:05Z | |
| 93-hr-16916 | 93 | hr | 16916 | A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44, 45) to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed per se unlawful. | Commerce | 1974-09-26 | 1974-09-26 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000778 | 0 | Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any trademark licensing contract or agreement for the manufacture, distribution and sale of a trademarked soft drink product or distribution and sale of a trademarked private label food product shall not be deemed unlawful, provided: (1) that such product is in substantial and effective competition with products of the same general class manufactured, distributed, and sold by others; (2) the licensee is in substantial and effective competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 45) | 2024-08-01T18:38:51Z | |
| 93-s-4051 | 93 | s | 4051 | Products and Materials Shortages Research and Development Act | Commerce | 1974-09-26 | 1974-09-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Tunney, John V. [D-CA] | CA | D | T000410 | 1 | Products and Materials Shortages Research and Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish within the Department of Commerce, utilizing the National Bureau of Standards, a research and development program to alleviate existing and potential product and material shortages, and to improve technology with respect to such products and materials. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to, not later than one hundred and eighty days after the enactment of this Act, compile and publish a report identifying existing and potential product and material shortages and those research and development projects which are most likely to substantially reduce such shortages and improve product and materials technology consistent with the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and to guarantee loans to promote research and development programs within the National Bureau of Standards and by private interests. Provides that, prior to making any financial assistance available under this Act to any person for a research and development project or prior to making any commitment to conduct any research and development project under this Act within the Department of Commerce, the Secretary shall afford to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration an opportunity, not to exceed thirty days, to review and, if necessary, to modify such project. Provides that information, processes, or patents obtained as a result of research or demonstration projects solely funded by financial assistance under this Act may, as a matter of agreement, become the property of the United States and be dedicated to the general public. | 2025-09-03T12:53:19Z | |
| 93-hr-16895 | 93 | hr | 16895 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act | Commerce | 1974-09-25 | 1974-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Mayne, Wiley [R-IA-6] | IA | R | M000286 | 0 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act - Title I: Tax Simplification Relating to Small Business - Creates a Committee on Tax Simplification for Small Business for the purpose of devoting continued attention to the simplification of the Internal Revenue Code to small business, and the regulations, instructions, procedures, and other publications relating to small business taxation. Provides that the membership of the Committee would include representatives of the Secretary of the Treasury (for policy matters); Internal Revenue Service (for technical matters); Office of Management and Budget (for coordinating the paperwork aspects of IRS forms, in view of the Federal Reports Act) and the Small Business Administration to express the interests of the small business community. Creates in the Treasury Department an Office of Small Business Analyst, which would be responsible for looking at tax problems primarily from the view of small business and the free enterprise system. Calls upon the Treasury Department for a comprehensive study of depreciation policies with particular attention to: the impact of legislation; the rapid advances in technology to which small business must adapt; and the practices of other industrialized nations. Calls upon the Treasury to study the entire range of pension, retirement, health, medical, and insurance benefits in the larger context of what both corporations (including large corporate enterprise) and other forms of business are providing for their employees and executives. Authorizes a special study of the differential effect of tax law changes on businesses of different sizes. Title II: Adjustment of Corporate Normal Tax - Effects a progressive reform in the entire corporate tax structure by providing for reductions in normal corporate tax rates based on the corporations earning. Provides that as corporate earnings rise above $1 million per year the normal tax would incline upward to a maximum of 24 percent for corporations earning over $1 billion annually. Title III: … | 2025-09-03T12:50:02Z | |
| 93-hr-16838 | 93 | hr | 16838 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act | Commerce | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] | PA | D | M001120 | 0 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act - Title I: Tax Simplification Relating to Small Business - Creates a Committee on Tax Simplification for Small Business for the purpose of devoting continued attention to the simplification of the Internal Revenue Code to small business, and the regulations, instructions, procedures, and other publications relating to small business taxation. Provides that the membership of the Committee would include representatives of the Secretary of the Treasury (for policy matters); Internal Revenue Service (for technical matters); Office of Management and Budget (for coordinating the paperwork aspects of IRS forms, in view of the Federal Reports Act) and the Small Business Administration to express the interests of the small business community. Creates in the Treasury Department an Office of Small Business Analyst, which would be responsible for looking at tax problems primarily from the view of small business and the free enterprise system. Calls upon the Treasury Department for a comprehensive study of depreciation policies with particular attention to: the impact of legislation; the rapid advances in technology to which small business must adapt; and the practices of other industrialized nations. Calls upon the Treasury to study the entire range of pension, retirement, health, medical, and insurance benefits in the larger context of what both corporations (including large corporate enterprise) and other forms of business are providing for their employees and executives. Authorizes a special study of the differential effect of tax law changes on businesses of different sizes. Title II: Adjustment of Corporate Normal Tax - Effects a progressive reform in the entire corporate tax structure by providing for reductions in normal corporate tax rates based on the corporations earning. Provides that as corporate earnings rise above $1 million per year the normal tax would incline upward to a maximum of 24 percent for corporations earning over $1 billion annually. Title III: … | 2025-09-03T12:50:02Z | |
| 93-hr-16849 | 93 | hr | 16849 | Tear Gas Safety Act | Commerce | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 0 | Tear Gas Safety Act - Prohibits the introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into interstate commerce of tear gas, except in connection with legitimate Federal or State government activities. States that the Postal Service may require, as a condition of conveying tear gas in the mails, that any person proposing to mail tear gas explain in writing to the satisfaction of the Postal Service that such mailing will not be in violation of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:49:59Z | |
| 93-hr-16790 | 93 | hr | 16790 | A bill to make it an unfair practice for any retailer to increase the price of certain consumer commodities once he marks the price on any such consumer commodity, and to permit the Federal Trade Commission to order any such retailer to refund any amounts of money obtained by so increasing the price of such consumer commodity. | Commerce | 1974-09-23 | 1974-09-23 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Grasso, Ella T. [D-CT-6] | CT | D | G000387 | 0 | Makes it a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any retailer to increase the price of consumer commodities once he marks the price on any such consumer commodity, and permits the Federal Trade Commission to order any such retailer to refund any amounts of money obtained by increasing the price of such consumer commodity. | 2024-08-01T18:38:50Z | |
| 93-s-4020 | 93 | s | 4020 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to authorize Federal revenue sharing grants to States to develop model programs to demonstrate the effectiveness of the use of independent State and local small business enterprise centers to provide technical assistance and other useful and practical services to small businesses. | Commerce | 1974-09-19 | 1974-09-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Gaylord [D-WI] | WI | D | N000033 | 0 | Empowers the Small Business Administration to enter into agreements with States to make model program revenue-sharing grants to such States out of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for the purpose of developing and establishing State and local centers to provide technical assistance and other useful and practical advice, information and services to small business concerns. Limits the Federal share in such programs to 50 percent. Authorizes appropriation of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1976 to 1977 for the purposes of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:43:11Z | |
| 93-s-4022 | 93 | s | 4022 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for compensation for small business and other losses arising out of the disturbances at Wounded Knee, S. Dak. | Commerce | 1974-09-19 | 1974-09-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] | SD | D | M000452 | 2 | Establishes the Wounded Knee Compensation Commission to process claims for inquiries and losses arising out of the disturbances at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Authorizes compensation, of 100 percent, to innocent persons. Requires such claims to be filed within a year. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to carry out this Act. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 93-s-3994 | 93 | s | 3994 | A bill to amend section 401 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize guarantees of leases of commercial and industrial personal property. | Commerce | 1974-09-12 | 1974-09-12 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 4 | Authorizes guarantees of leases of commercial and industrial personal property under the Small Business Investment Act. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 93-hr-16601 | 93 | hr | 16601 | A bill to amend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to registration for unpublished works and with respect to the fees of the Copyright Office. | Commerce | 1974-09-11 | 1974-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 0 | Revises the copyright laws with respect to: (1) the rights of authors or proprietors of unpublished works, (2) the registration of unpublished works, (3) deposit of copyrights with the Copyright Office after publication, (4) actions or proceedings for infringement, and (5) duration, renewal, and extension of copyrights. Increases the fees payable to the Copyright Office for registration of claims to copyright and other services rendered. | 2024-08-01T18:38:39Z | |
| 93-s-3976 | 93 | s | 3976 | An Act to amend title 17 of the United States Code to remove the expiration date for a limited copyright in sound recordings, to increase the criminal penalties for piracy and counterfeiting of sound recordings, to extend the duration of copyright protection in certain cases, to establish a National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1974-09-09 | 1974-12-31 | Public law 93-573. | Senate | Sen. McClellan, John L. [D-AR] | AR | D | M000332 | 2 | Provides for the elimination of the copyright expiration date of January 1, 1975, for a limited copyright in sound recordings for the purpose of protecting against unauthorized duplication and piracy of sound recordings. Sets forth increased criminal penalties for piracy and counterfeiting of sound recordings, and for the knowing and fraudulent transportation, sale, or receipt of phonograph records bearing forged or counterfeit labels. Establishes in the Library of Congress a National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works. States that the purpose of the Commission is to study and compile data on: (1) the reproduction and use of copyrighted works of authorship (A) in conjunction with automatic systems capable of storing, processing, retrieving, and transferring information, and (B) by various forms of machine reproduction, not including reproduction by or at the request of instructors for use in face-to-face teaching activities; and (2) the creation of new works by the application or intervention of such automatic systems or machine reproduction. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:43:15Z | |
| 93-s-3960 | 93 | s | 3960 | A bill to amend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to registration for unpublished works and with respect to the fees of the Copyright Office. | Commerce | 1974-09-04 | 1974-09-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. | Senate | Sen. McClellan, John L. [D-AR] | AR | D | M000332 | 0 | Revises the copyright laws with respect to: (1) the rights of authors or proprietors of unpublished works; (2) the registration of unpublished works; (3) deposit of copyrights with the Copyright Office after publication; (4) actions or proceedings for infringement; and (5) duration, renewal, and extension of copyrights. Increases the fees payable to the Copyright Office for registration of claims to copyright and other services rendered. | 2025-01-14T17:21:40Z | |
| 93-hr-16560 | 93 | hr | 16560 | Energy Conservation Act | Commerce | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1] | OH | D | L000508 | 0 | Energy Conservation Act - Title I: Truth In Energy - Federal Trade Commission Act - Provides for the disclosure of the annual operating cost of major energy consuming products and systems, so that consumers can readily compare them and thereby avoid purchasing those which unnecessarily waste energy. Requires the National Bureau of Standards to identify those products which are major energy consuming household products and to devise a procedure for estimating the annual operating costs of such products. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to establish model calculation procedures for use by suppliers in determining the estimated annual operating costs of climate conditioning systems. Provides that the disclosure of the annual operating cost estimate must appear in the same place as the purchase price on the article. Title II: Automobile Fuel Economy Standards - Automobile Fuel Economy Act - Declares it to be the purpose of the Congress to encourage the development, manufacture, and sale of automobiles which are more economical to operate in terms of the amount of fuel consumed per mile traveled, and increase the industry-wide average fuel economy for new automobiles by at least 75 percent by 1984 in comparison to the industry-wide average fuel economy for new automobiles in 1974. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a minimum fuel economy standard for new automobiles introduced into commerce during and after the 1978 model year. States that such a standard shall represent the first step in a progression toward achievement of the national purpose stated in this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this title a plan for achieving the national purpose set forth in this Act. Provides for judicial review in a United States Court of Appeals of regulations promulgated in furtherance of such a plan by any person who may be adversely affected by such a regulation. States that, no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this t… | 2025-09-03T12:49:47Z | |
| 93-hr-16590 | 93 | hr | 16590 | Franchise Act | Commerce | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Young, Samuel H. [R-IL-10] | IL | R | Y000052 | 14 | Franchise Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress and the definitions of terms used in this Act. States that the Securities and Exchange Commission may, by its rules and regulations, exempt from the disclosure requirements of this Act any franchise where the Commission finds such exemption is necessary and appropriate. Enumerates what actions shall constitute unfair practices. States that any contract or agreement for the purpose of a franchise covered by this Act shall be voidable at the option of the franchisee, providing specified conditions are met. Provides that, with specified exceptions, the effective date of a disclosure statement shall be the twentieth day after the filing or such earlier date as the Commission may determine having due regard to the public interest and the protection of prospective franchisees. Requires that a disclosure statement contain such information as the Commission may require as being necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of prospective franchisees, including: (1) the name of the franchisor, the trade name(s) or trademark(s) under which he intends or is doing business, and the name of any parent or affiliated company that will engage in transactions with franchisees; (2) the name of the State under which the franchisor is organized and the location of the principal place of business; (3) the names and addresses, educational and business background, and biographical data, stated individually, of the directors, the chief executive, the financial accounting, principal executive officer, all partners, and of the franchisor; and (4) other enumerated statements relating to the franchise and attendant interests. Specifies the procedures for applications for registration, registration renewal statements and amendments thereto. Authorizes the Commission to promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to implement and interpret this Act. Sets forth civil liabilities for violations of this Act and other remedies available for violations o… | 2025-09-03T12:49:53Z | |
| 93-hr-16513 | 93 | hr | 16513 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act | Commerce | 1974-08-21 | 1974-08-21 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Sebelius, Keith G. [R-KS-1] | KS | R | S000217 | 0 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act - Title I: Tax Simplification Relating to Small Business - Creates a Committee on Tax Simplification for Small Business for the purpose of devoting continued attention to the simplification of the Internal Revenue Code to small business, and the regulations, instructions, procedures, and other publications relating to small business taxation. Provides that the membership of the Committee would include representatives of the Secretary of the Treasury (for policy matters); Internal Revenue Service (for technical matters); Office of Management and Budget (for coordinating the paperwork aspects of IRS forms, in view of the Federal Reports Act) and the Small Business Administration to express the interests of the small business community. Creates in the Treasury Department an Office of Small Business Analyst, which would be responsible for looking at tax problems primarily from the view of small business and the free enterprise system. Calls upon the Treasury Department for a comprehensive study of depreciation policies with particular attention to: the impact of legislation; the rapid advances in technology to which small business must adapt; and the practices of other industrialized nations. Calls upon the Treasury to study the entire range of pension, retirement, health, medical, and insurance benefits in the larger context of what both corporations (including large corporate enterprise) and other forms of business are providing for their employees and executives. Authorizes a special study of the differential effect of tax law changes on businesses of different sizes. Title II: Adjustment of Corporate Normal Tax - Effects a progressive reform in the entire corporate tax structure by providing for reductions in normal corporate tax rates based on the corporations earning. Provides that as corporate earnings rise above $1 million per year the normal tax would incline upward to a maximum of 24 percent for corporations earning over $1 billion annually. Title III: … | 2025-09-03T12:49:49Z | |
| 93-hr-16464 | 93 | hr | 16464 | A bill to transfer the technical assistance authority to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with respect to the surety bond guarantee program of the Small Business Administration provided by the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to the Small Business Administration. | Commerce | 1974-08-19 | 1974-08-19 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000826 | 0 | Transfers the technical assistance authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with respect to the surety bond guarantee program of the Small Business Administration provided by the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to the Small Business Administration. | 2024-08-01T18:38:34Z | |
| 93-hr-16327 | 93 | hr | 16327 | Consumer Product Warranties-Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act | Commerce | 1974-08-08 | 1974-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000966 | 8 | Consumer Product Warranties-Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act - Title I: Consumer Product Warranties - Provides that any supplier warranting a consumer product to a consumer in writing shall fully and conspicuously disclose in simple and readily understood language the terms and conditions of such warranty pursuant to any rules issued by the Federal Trade Commission. States that the Commission shall prescribe rules requiring that the terms of any warranty on a consumer product be made available to the consumer (or prospective consumer) prior to the sale of the product to him. Allows the Commission to prescribe rules for determining the manner and form in which information with respect to any written warranty of a consumer product shall be clearly and conspicuously presented or displayed so as not to mislead the reasonable, average consumer, when such information is contained in advertising, labeling, point-of-sale material, or other representations in writing. States that no warrantor of a consumer product may condition his warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than a service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade, or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the Commission if: (1) the warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the product or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product; and (2) the Commission finds that the waiver is in the public interest. Enumerates Federal minimum standards for consumer product warranties. States that a written warranty incorporating the minimum Federal standards specified in this Act shall be conspicuously designated a "full" warranty, while a written warranty not incorporating Federal minimum standards shall be conspicuously designated a "limited" warranty. Provides that no supplier may disclaim or modify any implied warranty… | 2025-09-03T12:49:41Z | |
| 93-hr-16334 | 93 | hr | 16334 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to assist in the financing of small business concerns owned by persons who are disadvantaged because of certain social or economic considerations. | Commerce | 1974-08-08 | 1974-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Revises the Small Business Act by providing that the Small Business Administration may guarantee equity investments made by investment companies in small business concerns which will contribute to a well-balanced national economy by facilitating ownership in such concern by persons whose participation in the free enterprise system is hampered because of social or economic considerations. Defines the terms used in this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:27Z | |
| 93-s-3886 | 93 | s | 3886 | A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase a pollution control financing program for small business. | Commerce | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Provides that whenever the Small Business Administration determines that small business concerns are or are likely to be at an operational or financing disadvantage with other business concerns with respect to the planning, design, or installation of pollution control facilities, or the obtaining of private financing therefor, it may guarantee the payment of rentals or other amounts due under qualified contracts, and any such guarantee shall be for the full amount of the payments due under such qualified contract. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 93-hr-16279 | 93 | hr | 16279 | A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to create a pollution control financing program for small business. | Commerce | 1974-08-06 | 1974-08-06 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. McFall, John J. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | M000436 | 0 | Provides that whenever the Small Business Administration determines that small business concerns are or are likely to be at an operational or financing disadvantage with other business concerns with respect to the planning, design, or installation of pollution control facilities, or the obtaining of private financing therefor, it may guarantee the payment of rentals or other amounts due under qualified contracts, and any such guarantee shall be for the full amount of the payments due under such qualified contract. | 2024-08-01T18:38:19Z | |
| 93-hr-16295 | 93 | hr | 16295 | A bill to provide for protection of franchised dealers in petroleum products. | Commerce | 1974-08-06 | 1974-08-06 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6] | MO | D | L000360 | 24 | Prohibits a petroleum refiner or distributor from cancelling, failing to renew, or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes notification in writing to each affected distributor or retailer by certified mail not less than ninety days prior to the date on which such franchise will be canceled, together with a statement of the reasons of such cancellation and of the remedies available. Provides that a petroleum refiner or distributor shall not cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise unless the retailer or distributor whose franchise is terminated failed to comply substantially with any essential and reasonable requirement of such franchise or failed to act in good faith in carrying out the terms of such franchise. States that if a refiner or distributor engages in conduct prohibited under this Act, a retailer or distributor may maintain a suit against such refiner or distributor. | 2024-08-01T18:38:25Z | |
| 93-hr-16296 | 93 | hr | 16296 | A bill to provide for protection of franchised dealers in petroleum products. | Commerce | 1974-08-06 | 1974-08-06 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6] | MO | D | L000360 | 4 | Prohibits a petroleum refiner or distributor from cancelling, failing to renew, or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes notification in writing to each affected distributor or retailer by certified mail not less than ninety days prior to the date on which such franchise will be canceled, together with a statement of the reasons of such cancellation and of the remedies available. Provides that a petroleum refiner or distributor shall not cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise unless the retailer or distributor whose franchise is terminated failed to comply substantially with any essential and reasonable requirement of such franchise or failed to act in good faith in carrying out the terms of such franchise. States that if a refiner or distributor engages in conduct prohibited under this Act, a retailer or distributor may maintain a suit against such refiner or distributor. | 2024-08-01T18:38:25Z | |
| 93-hr-16239 | 93 | hr | 16239 | Franchise Act | Commerce | 1974-08-01 | 1974-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Young, Samuel H. [R-IL-10] | IL | R | Y000052 | 6 | Franchise Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress and the definitions of terms used in this Act. States that the Securities and Exchange Commission may, by its rules and regulations, exempt from the disclosure requirements of this Act any franchise where the Commission finds such exemption is necessary and appropriate. Enumerates what actions shall constitute unfair practices. States that any contract or agreement for the purpose of a franchise covered by this Act shall be voidable at the option of the franchisee, providing specified conditions are met. Provides that, with specified exceptions, the effective date of a disclosure statement shall be the twentieth day after the filing or such earlier date as the Commission may determine having due regard to the public interest and the protection of prospective franchisees. Requires that a disclosure statement contain such information as the Commission may require as being necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of prospective franchisees, including: (1) the name of the franchisor, the trade name(s) or trademark(s) under which he intends or is doing business, and the name of any parent or affiliated company that will engage in transactions with franchisees; (2) the name of the State under which the franchisor is organized and the location of the principal place of business; (3) the names and addresses, educational and business background, and biographical data, stated individually, of the directors, the chief executive, the financial accounting, principal executive officer, all partners, and of the franchisor; and (4) other enumerated statements relating to the franchise and attendant interests. Specifies the procedures for applications for registration, registration renewal statements and amendments thereto. Authorizes the Commission to promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to implement and interpret this Act. Sets forth civil liabilities for violations of this Act and other remedies available for violations o… | 2025-09-03T12:49:35Z | |
| 93-hr-16189 | 93 | hr | 16189 | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers with respect to the labeling and advertising of special dietary foods, such as vitamins and minerals, et cetera. | Commerce | 1974-07-31 | 1974-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 0 | Adds the following labeling requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for products represented to be for special dietary use: (1) the name and address of the manufacturer; (2) the common or usual names of each ingredient present in the product listed in descending order of predominance; (3) a declaration of the percentage of any ingredient of such product if the ingredient is an integral part of such product and is significant with respect to value, quality, nutrition, or acceptability of such product, or the ingredient is required to be so listed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by regulation upon a finding that such information would be useful to consumers; and (4) a clear statement of applicable United States recommended daily allowances in the form established by the Secretary. States that a special dietary food shall be deemed to be misbranded if the Secretary finds, after giving due notice and an opportunity to interested parties for a public hearing, that a therapeutic or preventive claim made for such food product is not supported by substantial evidence: (1) unless advertising for the product is not false or misleading in any particular; (2) unless all advertising for such product contains the name and address of the place of business, where the information required above can be obtained, provided that such information is presented in such terms as to render it likely to be read in the case of visual ads and heard in the case of ads with oral content, and understood by the ordinary individual; and (3) unless the label, labeling, or advertising contains no untrue nutritional, health, or other statement. | 2024-08-01T18:38:18Z | |
| 93-hr-16207 | 93 | hr | 16207 | Small Business Emergency Relief Act | Commerce | 1974-07-31 | 1974-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Wyman, Louis C. [R-NH-1] | NH | R | W000782 | 0 | Small Business Emergency Relief Act - States that it is the policy of Congress to provide equitable relief to small business concerns which have fixed price Government contracts in cases where such concerns encounter significant and unavoidable difficulties during performance because of the energy crisis or rapid and unexpected escalations of contract costs. Authorizes the head of any agency of the Federal Government or his delegate to make appropriate modification in the terms of an existing fixed price contract or a fixed priced contract completed after December 31, 1972, with a small business concern which demonstrates that: (1) during the performance of the contract, it has experienced significant unanticipated cost increases directly related to the contract; and (2) the conditions which caused such increases were not peculiar to that particular small business concern and were generally experienced by other small business concerns in the market at that time. Directs each agency of the Federal Government to include in any fixed price contract with a small business concern an economic price adjustment clause which provides for upward or downward adjustments in the contract price based on cost increases or decreases experienced by the small business concern in the performance of the contract. | 2025-09-03T12:49:35Z | |
| 93-s-3833 | 93 | s | 3833 | Small Business Tax Reform Act | Commerce | 1974-07-30 | 1974-07-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] | TX | R | T000322 | 1 | Small Business Tax Reform Act - Title I: Tax Simplification Relating to Small Business - Provides for a study by the Treasury Department and a report to Congress on the desirability of providing special depreciation rules for small business and for changes in the Tax Code to equate the treatment of fringe benefits as between incorporated and unincorporated small businesses. Revises the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the payment by small taxpayers of specified employment and excise taxes. Title II: Increase of Corporate Surtax Exception - Increases the corporate surtax exemption from $25,000 to $100,000. Title III: Special Provisions to Encourage Establishment of New Small Business Enterprises - Extends to partnerships the option now afforded corporations to amortize their organization expenses over 60 months. Extends the bad debt deduction provisions of the Code to lenders, or guarantors of small business obligations, whether the businesses are incorporated or not. Increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the amount of allowable losses resulting from the purchase of specified small business stock. Title IV: Provisions to Assist Small Business Growth - Increases the additional first-year depreciation for small businesses from $10,000 to $20,000 to reflect increases in the cost of living and doing business. Extends the period of the loss carryover provision for small business by allowing existing corporations to carry losses forward up to 10 years at their option. Increases from $100,000 to $200,000 the minimum accumulated earnings credit for all corporations. Reduces the accumulated tax rate on improperly accumulated earnings to 22 percent from 27 1/2 percent on the first $100,000 and 38 1/2 percent on amounts in excess of $100,000. Allows research and development expenses of small businesses to be amortized beginning at the time they are made rather than waiting until the taxpayer "first realizes benefits" from these expenditures. Title V: Provisions Relating to Subchapter S Corporations - All… | 2025-09-03T12:53:07Z | |
| 93-hr-16134 | 93 | hr | 16134 | A bill to amend the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 with respect to reprocessed wool. | Commerce | 1974-07-25 | 1974-07-25 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Kyros, Peter N. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | K000356 | 1 | Redefines the term "reprocessed wool" for the purposes of the labeling requirements of the Wool Products Labeling Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:18Z | |
| 93-hr-16014 | 93 | hr | 16014 | Small Business Emergency Relief Act | Commerce | 1974-07-18 | 1974-07-18 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 0 | Small Business Emergency Relief Act - States that it is the policy of Congress to provide equitable relief to small business concerns which have fixed price Government contracts in cases where such concerns encounter significant and unavoidable difficulties during performance because of the energy crisis or rapid and unexpected escalations of contract costs. Authorizes the head of any agency of the Federal Government or his delegate to make appropriate modification in the terms of an existing fixed price contract or a fixed priced contract completed after December 31, 1972, with a small business concern which demonstrates that: (1) during the performance of the contract, it has experienced significant unanticipated cost increases directly related to the contract; and (2) the conditions which caused such increases were not peculiar to that particular small business concern and were generally experienced by other small business concerns in the market at that time. Directs each agency of the Federal Government to include in any fixed price contract with a small business concern an economic price adjustment clause which provides for upward or downward adjustments in the contract price based on cost increases or decreases experienced by the small business concern in the performance of the contract. | 2025-09-03T12:49:30Z | |
| 93-hres-1245 | 93 | hres | 1245 | Resolution creating a standing Committee on Small Business in the House of Representatives. | Commerce | 1974-07-18 | 1974-07-18 | Referred to House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Scherle, William J. [R-IA-5] | IA | R | S000121 | 0 | Establishes a standing Committee on Small Business in the House of Representatives. Authorizes the Committee to make investigations of the problems of American small business enterprises, both existing and potential, and to obtain all facts possible in relation thereto which would be of public interest or would aid the Congress in enacting remedial legislation, giving particular attention to: (1) whether the potentialities of small business are being adequately developed and, if not, what factors have hindered and are hindering the normal operation of established small business and/or its development and enterprise; (2) whether agencies, departments of the Government, or Government owned or controlled corporations are properly, adequately, or equitably serving the needs of small business; (3) whether small business is being treated fairly and the public welfare properly and justly served through the allotments of valuable materials in which there are shortages, in the granting of priorities or preferences in the use, sale, or purchase of said materials, and (4) the need for a sound program for the solution of the postwar problems of small business. | 2024-08-01T18:27:05Z | |
| 93-hr-15830 | 93 | hr | 15830 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage. | Commerce | 1974-07-10 | 1974-07-10 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI-1] | HI | D | M000250 | 0 | Provides, under the Small Business Act, for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage. | 2024-08-01T18:38:02Z | |
| 93-hr-15764 | 93 | hr | 15764 | A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall be deemed lawful. | Commerce | 1974-07-02 | 1974-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rooney, Fred B. [D-PA-15] | PA | D | R000423 | 2 | Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that under specified circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements relating to the manufacture, distribution, or sale of food and beverage products shall be deemed lawful provided that substantial and effective competition between products and between vendors of those products is maintained, and the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product pursuant to the Trademark Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:02Z | |
| 93-sjres-223 | 93 | sjres | 223 | Joint resolution extending the authority of the Small Business Administration. | Commerce | 1974-06-27 | 1974-06-28 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 1 | Extends the authority of the Small Business Administration from June 30, 1974 to August 16, 1974. | 2024-08-01T18:40:08Z | |
| 93-hr-15616 | 93 | hr | 15616 | National Appliance and Motor Vehicle Energy Labeling Act | Commerce | 1974-06-25 | 1974-06-25 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000778 | 1 | National Appliance and Motor Vehicle Energy Labeling Act - Authorizes the President to develop and promulgate energy conservation specifications for the following classes of products: motor vehicles, room and central air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, dishwashers, clothes dryers, kitchen ranges and ovens, water heaters, comfort heating equipment, and additional classes of appliances which use a significant amount of energy and which have an actual or potential range of energy efficiency from which consumers can choose. States that each specification promulgated under this Act shall include but need not be limited to: (1) a description of the class of product covered by the specification; (2) the range of energy efficiency and energy use data for that class of product as provided in this Act; (3) listings or descriptions of test methods to be used in measuring the energy efficiency and/or energy use characteristics of the class of product, providing that such test methods shall be methods the President determines are reasonable, technologically practicable, and appropriate; (4) a prototype label and directions for displaying the label, provided, however, that the specification shall require that the label be prominent and readable, visible to the consumer at time of purchase, shall specify the information that shall be included on the label to assist the consumer in comparing by cost of energy used or otherwise, the energy efficiency and/or energy use characteristics of a particular product with all others in its class, and include the energy conservation mark specified in this Act; and (5) a statement covering the information on the energy use and/or efficiency characteristics of the product which is to be included in any product advertisement pursuant to this Act. States that a specification shall be effective 60 days after publishing in the Federal Register unless the President determines that an earlier or later date is in the public interest. Requires that, if the range of energy … | 2025-09-03T12:49:17Z | |
| 93-hr-15578 | 93 | hr | 15578 | Small Business Amendments | Commerce | 1974-06-24 | 1974-08-01 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 3331 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Stephens, Robert G., Jr. [D-GA-10] | GA | D | S000860 | 11 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Small Business Amendments - Makes technical changes to the Small Business Act in terms of program funding, repayments to revolving funds, and program ceilings, transferring to the Small Business Act authority previously embodied in title IV of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Removes loans under title IV of the Economic Opportunity Act as permissible loans from the business loan and investment fund of the Small Business Administration. Limits the amount of loans, guarantees, and other obligations of the Small Business Administration that may be outstanding at one time. Empowers the Small Business Administration to make or guarantee loans, with particular emphasis on the preservation or establishment of small business concerns located in urban or rural areas with high proportions of unemployed or low-income individuals or owned by low-income individuals. Provides that in the case of loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration pursuant to the Small Business Act, for purposes of which the participating institution has made a valid demand under the terms of the guarantee, a rate of interest not to exceed that charged by the institution may continue to be charged by the SBA for the remaining term of the outstanding indebtedness. Empowers the Administrator of the Administration to make such investigations as he deems necessary to determine whether a recipient of or participant of any assistance under this Act or any other person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitue or will constitue a violation of any provision of this Act, or of any rule or regulation under this Act. Creates within the Treasury, under the Small Business Investment Act, separate funds for guarantees which shall be available to the Administrator without fiscal year limitation as revolving funds for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the funds from time to time in such amounts not to exceed $10,000,000 for the lease fund and $35,000… | 2025-09-03T12:49:18Z | |
| 93-hr-15566 | 93 | hr | 15566 | Small Business Tax Relief Act | Commerce | 1974-06-21 | 1974-06-21 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Johnson, Albert W. [R-PA-23] | PA | R | J000115 | 0 | Small Business Tax Relief Act - Allows an investment tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to small businesses for depreciable property on which construction begins after April 1, 1974, or which is acquired after such time, equal to 10 percent of the qualified investment (the applicable precentage of the basis of each new such property and cost of each used such property placed in service by the taxpayer during the taxable year) up to $20,000 and 7 percent of such investment in excess of $20,000. Increases the additional first-year depreciation allowance under the Internal Revenue Code for a small business from 20 to 25 percent. Increases the cost allowance of such property on which such deduction is based from $10,000 to $15,000. Prescribes a formula for computing the last-in-first-out (LIFO) inventory adjustment for small businesses whose closing inventory is less than $200,000 and who do not use the LIFO inventory methods described in the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Allows small businesses a carryover for 10 years of a net operating loss. | 2025-09-03T12:49:20Z | |
| 93-hr-15522 | 93 | hr | 15522 | Design Protection Act | Commerce | 1974-06-20 | 1974-06-20 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Waldie, Jerome R. [D-CA-14] | CA | D | W000035 | 0 | Design Protection Act - Provides for the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code. | 2025-09-03T12:49:16Z | |
| 93-hr-15493 | 93 | hr | 15493 | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to halt the sales and distribution of food, drugs, and cosmetics adulterated or misbranded in a manner which presents an imminent hazard to the public health and to require their recall or destruction, as may be appropriate. | Commerce | 1974-06-19 | 1974-06-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | K000302 | 3 | Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to halt the sales and distribution of food, drugs, and cosmetics adulterated or misbranded in a manner which presents an imminent hazard to the public health. Requires the recall or destruction, as may be appropriate, of such drugs, cosmetics, or food. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:47Z | |
| 93-s-3672 | 93 | s | 3672 | A bill to amend title 17 of the United States Code to remove the expiration date for a limited copyright in sound recordings, to increase the criminal penalties for piracy and counterfeiting of sound recordings, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1974-06-19 | 1974-06-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Baker, Howard H., Jr. [R-TN] | TN | R | B000063 | 4 | Provides for the elimination of the copyright expiration date of January 1, 1975, for a limited copyright in sound recordings for the purpose of protecting against unauthorized duplication and piracy of sound recordings. Sets forth increased criminal penalties for piracy and counterfeiting of sound recordings, and for the knowing and fraudulent transportation, sale, or receipt of phonograph records bearing forged or counterfeit labels. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-s-3664 | 93 | s | 3664 | National Fuel Economy Testing Act | Commerce | 1974-06-18 | 1974-06-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Gaylord [D-WI] | WI | D | N000033 | 2 | National Fuel Economy Testing Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to determine and publish, on an annual basis, information with respect to the fuel economy of passenger motor vehicles. | 2025-09-03T12:53:03Z | |
| 93-s-3619 | 93 | s | 3619 | Small Business Emergency Relief Act | Commerce | 1974-06-11 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] | ME | D | H000346 | 4 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Small Business Emergency Relief Act - States that it is the policy of Congress to provide equitable relief to small business concerns which have fixed price Government contracts in cases where such concerns encounter significant unavoidable difficulties during performance because of the energy crisis or rapid and unexpected escalations of contract costs. Authorizes the head of any executive agency to terminate for the convenience of the Government any fixed-price contract between that agency and a small business concern upon a finding that (1) during the performance of the contract, the concern has experienced significant unanticipated cost increases directly affecting the cost of contract compliance; and (2) the conditions which have caused such cost increases were experienced generally by other small business concerns in the market at the same time and were not caused by negligence, underbidding, or other special management factors peculiar to that small business concern. Sets forth documentation required of small business concerns requesting relief under this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:53:04Z | |
| 93-hr-15248 | 93 | hr | 15248 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to assist in the financing of small business concerns owned by persons who are disadvantaged because of certain social or economic considerations. | Commerce | 1974-06-06 | 1974-06-06 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] | NY | D | R000053 | 0 | Revises the Small Business Act by providing that the Small Business Administration may guarantee equity investments made by investment companies in small business concerns which will contribute to a well-balanced national economy by facilitating ownership in such concern by persons whose participation in the free enterprise system is hampered because of social or economic considerations. Defines the terms used in this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:42Z | |
| 93-hres-1163 | 93 | hres | 1163 | Resolution to create a standing Committee on Small Business. | Commerce | 1974-06-06 | 1974-06-06 | Referred to House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Steele, Robert H. [R-CT-2] | CT | R | S000836 | 0 | Establishes a Committee on Small Business in the House of Representatives, to consist of nineteen members. States that the committee shall have jurisdiction over the following items: (1) assistance to and protection of small businesses, including financial aid; (2) participation of small-business enterprises in Federal procurement and Government contracts; and (3) studying and investigating, on a continuing basis, the problems of all types of small businesses. | 2024-08-01T18:27:07Z | |
| 93-hr-15203 | 93 | hr | 15203 | Energy Conservation Act | Commerce | 1974-06-05 | 1974-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Moss, John E. [D-CA-3] | CA | D | M001035 | 3 | Energy Conservation Act - Title I: Truth In Energy - Federal Trade Commission Act - Provides for the disclosure of the annual operating cost of major energy consuming products and systems, so that consumers can readily compare them and thereby avoid purchasing those which unnecessarily waste energy. Requires the National Bureau of Standards to identify those products which are major energy consuming household products and to devise a procedure for estimating the annual operating costs of such products. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to establish model calculation procedures for use by suppliers in determining the estimated annual operating costs of climate conditioning systems. Provides that the disclosure of the annual operating cost estimate must appear in the same place as the purchase price on the article. Title II: Automobile Fuel Economy Standards - Automobile Fuel Economy Act - Declares it to be the purpose of the Congress to encourage the development, manufacture, and sale of automobiles which are more economical to operate in terms of the amount of fuel consumed per mile traveled, and increase the industry-wide average fuel economy for new automobiles by at least 75 percent by 1984 in comparson to the industry-wide average fuel economy for new automobiles in 1974. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a minimum fuel economy standard for new automobiles introduced into commerce during and after the 1978 model year. States that such a standard shall represent the first step in a progression toward achievement of the national purpose stated in this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this title a plan for achieving the national purpose set forth in this Act. Provides for judicial review in a United States Court of Appeals of regulations promulgated in furtherance of such a plan by any person who may be adversely affected by such a regulation. States that, no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this … | 2025-09-03T12:49:00Z | |
| 93-hr-15171 | 93 | hr | 15171 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide low-interest loans to small businesses and homeowners whose real property located adjacent to any of the Great Lakes is damaged or destroyed as the result of erosion caused by the lake, and to provide grants to owners of public facilities and private nonprofit facilities whose property located adjacent to any of the Great Lakes is damaged or destroyed as the result of erosion caused by the lake. | Commerce | 1974-06-04 | 1974-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Hastings, James F. [R-NY-39] | NY | R | H000327 | 0 | Provides, under the Small Business Act, low-interest loans to small businesses and homeowners whose real property located adjacent to any of the Great Lakes is damaged or destroyed as the result of erosion caused by the lake. Authorizes grants to owners of public facilities and private nonprofit facilities whose real property located adjacent to any of the Great Lakes is damaged or destroyed as the result of erosion caused by the lake. | 2024-08-01T18:37:36Z | |
| 93-hr-15098 | 93 | hr | 15098 | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to halt the sales and distribution of food, drugs, and cosmetics adulterated or misbranded in a manner which presents an imminent hazard to the public health and to require their recall or destruction, as may be appropriate. | Commerce | 1974-05-30 | 1974-05-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | K000302 | 17 | Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to halt the sales and distribution of food, drugs, and cosmetics adulterated or misbranded in a manner which presents an imminent hazard to the public health. Requires the recall or destruction, as may be appropriate, of such drugs, cosmetics, or food. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:35Z | |
| 93-hr-14997 | 93 | hr | 14997 | Corporate Management Interlocks Act | Commerce | 1974-05-23 | 1974-05-23 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 6 | Corporate Management Interlocks Act - Prohibits, unless specific approval has been granted by the Attorney General, corporate management interlocking relationships. States that this Act shall apply (1) if any one of the persons involved in an interlocking relationship shall have capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $1,000,000, and (2) if any one of the persons involved in an interlocking relationship is engaged in commerce: provided, however, that this Act shall not prohibit any interlocking relationship when one of the persons involved directly or indirectly lawfully owns more than 50 percent of the voting stock of the other company, or where 50 percent or more of the voting stock of each of the persons involved in an interlocking relationship is directly or indirectly lawfully owned by the same person. Sets a fine of not more than $50,000 and/or imprisonment not exceeding one year upon conviction of a willful violation of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:54Z | |
| 93-hr-14971 | 93 | hr | 14971 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may render on-site consulation and advice to certain small business employers to assist such employers in providing safe and healthful working conditions for their employees. | Commerce | 1974-05-22 | 1974-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6] | MO | D | L000360 | 2 | Provides that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may render onsite consultation and advice to small business employers who request such assistance in writing to assist such employers in providing safe and healthful working conditions for their employees. Provides that the Administrator may issue recommendations and/or written notice with respect to hazards and/or serious violations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, but no citation or civil penalty shall follow directly from such onsite consultation and advice. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hres-1142 | 93 | hres | 1142 | Resolution creating a standing Committee on Small Business in the House of Representatives. | Commerce | 1974-05-22 | 1974-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Esch, Marvin L. [R-MI-2] | MI | R | E000213 | 0 | Establishes a standing Committee on Small Business in the House of Representatives. Authorizes the Committee to make investigations of the problems of American small business enterprises, both existing and potential, and to obtain all facts possible in relation thereto which would be of public interest or would aid the Congress in enacting remedial legislation, giving particular attention to: (1) whether the potentialities of small business are being adequately developed and, if not, what factors have hindered and are hindering the normal operation of established small business and/or its development and enterprise; (2) whether agencies, departments of the Government, or Government owned or controlled corporations are properly, adequately, or equitably serving the needs of small business; (3) whether small business is being treated fairly and the public welfare properly and justly served through the allotments of valuable materials in which there are shortages, in the granting of priorities or preferences in the use, sale, or purchase of said materials, and (4) the need for a sound program for the solution of the postwar problems of small business. | 2024-08-01T18:27:06Z | |
| 93-hr-14909 | 93 | hr | 14909 | A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall be deemed lawful. | Commerce | 1974-05-21 | 1974-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Byron, Goodloe E. [D-MD-6] | MD | D | B001221 | 0 | Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that under specified circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements relating to the manufacture, distribution, or sale of food and beverage products shall be deemed lawful provided that substantial and effective competition between products and between vendors of those products is maintained, and the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product pursuant to the Trademark Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:29Z | |
| 93-hr-14922 | 93 | hr | 14922 | Design Protection Act | Commerce | 1974-05-21 | 1974-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Maraziti, Joseph J. [R-NJ-13] | NJ | R | M000121 | 0 | Design Protection Act - Provides for the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code. | 2025-09-03T12:48:53Z | |
| 93-hr-14923 | 93 | hr | 14923 | A bill to prohibit loans by the Small Business Administration to businesses deriving any part of their revenues from gambling. | Commerce | 1974-05-21 | 1974-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Prohibits loans by the Small Business Administration to any borrowers deriving any portion of their revenues from gambling. | 2024-08-01T18:37:30Z | |
| 93-hr-14837 | 93 | hr | 14837 | Small Business Tax Relief Act | Commerce | 1974-05-16 | 1974-05-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Chamberlain, Charles E. [R-MI-6] | MI | R | C000275 | 8 | Small Business Tax Relief Act - Allows an investment tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to small businesses for depreciable property on which construction begins after April 1, 1974, or which is acquired after such time, equal to 10 percent of the qualified investment (the applicable precentage of the basis of each new such property and cost of each used such property placed in service by the taxpayer during the taxable year) up to $20,000 and 7 percent of such investment in excess of $20,000. Increases the additional first-year depreciation allowance under the Internal Revenue Code for a small business from 20 to 25 percent. Increases the cost allowance of such property on which such deduction is based from $10,000 to $15,000. Prescribes a formula for computing the last-in-first-out (LIFO) inventory adjustment for small businesses whose closing inventory is less than $200,000 and who do not use the LIFO inventory methods described in the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Allows small businesses a carryover for 10 years of a net operating loss. | 2025-09-03T12:48:52Z | |
| 93-s-3501 | 93 | s | 3501 | Consumer Claims Court Act | Commerce | 1974-05-16 | 1974-05-16 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Cook, Marlow W. [R-KY] | KY | R | C000721 | 0 | Consumer Claims Court Act - Title I: State Programs - Empowers the Attorney General to make grants and provide assistance to States to carry out the provisions of this Title. Sets forth the criteria which a State must meet to be eligible, on the basis of an application, for a grant to aid in the establishment of a state-wide system of consumer claims courts. Prescribes the record-keeping, auditing, and reporting duties of recipients of aid under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Title. Title II: Federal Small Claims Jurisdiction - Provides that the district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action wherein the matter in controversy does not exceed $1,000 and (1) arises under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States, or (2) is between citizens of different States; citizens and foreign states citizens or subjects; or citizens and foreign states, citizens, or subjects thereof who are additional parties. Confers small claims jurisdiction upon any United States magistrate who has been specifically designated to exercise such jurisdiction by the district court or courts be serves. Empowers each district court to establish rules of practice and procedure governing the conduct of civil actions tried before a magistrate. Enumerates the general content of any such rules. | 2025-09-03T12:53:00Z | |
| 93-hr-14805 | 93 | hr | 14805 | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to halt the sales and distribution of food, drug, and cosmetics adulterated or misbranded in a manner which presents an imminent hazard to the public health and to require their recall or destruction, as may be appropriate. | Commerce | 1974-05-15 | 1974-05-15 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | K000302 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to halt the sales and distribution of food, drugs, and cosmetics adulterated or misbranded in a manner which presents an imminent hazard to the public health. Requires the recall or destruction, as may be appropriate, of such drugs, cosmetics, or food. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:21Z | |
| 93-hr-14774 | 93 | hr | 14774 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may render on-site consultation and advice to certain small business employers to assist such employers in providing safe and healthful working conditions for their employees. | Commerce | 1974-05-14 | 1974-05-14 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] | NY | R | L000243 | 0 | Provides that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may render onsite consultation and advice to small business employers who request such assistance in writing to assist such employers in providing safe and healthful working conditions for their employees. Provides that the Administrator may issue recommendations and/or written notice with respect to hazards and/or serious violations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, but no citation or civil penalty shall follow directly from such onsite consultation and advice. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-14788 | 93 | hr | 14788 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the income tax treatment of small business investment companies and shareholders in such companies. | Commerce | 1974-05-14 | 1974-05-14 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Stephens, Robert G., Jr. [D-GA-10] | GA | D | S000860 | 9 | Applies Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to regulated investment companies to small business investment companies regulated by the Small Business Investment Act and which have made or are making a public offering of their securities. Prescribes conditions under which such companies may choose to meet differing standards defining regulated investment companies, including the requirement that at the close of each quarter at lest 50 percent of the value of such companies' assets be represented by cash and cash items, Government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies. | 2024-08-01T18:37:25Z | |
| 93-s-3483 | 93 | s | 3483 | A bill to authorize the Federal Power Commission to enforce the antitrust laws. | Commerce | 1974-05-13 | 1974-05-13 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Metcalf, Lee [D-MT] | MT | D | M000671 | 0 | Authorizes the Federal Power Commission to enforce the antitrust laws with respect to companies subject to its regulation. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 21(a)) | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-hr-14636 | 93 | hr | 14636 | A bill to amend title 17 of the United States Code to permit the copyrighting of recorded performances of musical compositions. | Commerce | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. McSpadden, Clem Rogers [D-OK-2] | OK | D | M000603 | 0 | Permits the copyrighting of recorded performances of musical compositions. (Amends 17 U.S.C. 4) | 2024-08-01T18:37:12Z | |
| 93-hr-14664 | 93 | hr | 14664 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act by adding at the end thereof the following new title. | Commerce | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Roncalio, Teno [D-WY-At Large] | WY | D | R000421 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to grant any innocent person for any uninsured loss or injury which arose out of, or was caused by, the disturbance at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, or any related disturbance, an amount equal to 100 percent of such loss or injury. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress within thirty days of enactment of this Act on the amount and extent of damage resulting from such disturbances. Defines the terms used in this Act. States that any right of action of any person compensated under this Act shall inure to the Government of the United States upon payment of the compensation. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:17Z | |
| 93-hr-14665 | 93 | hr | 14665 | Consumer Price Information Act | Commerce | 1974-05-07 | 1974-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | R000442 | 0 | Consumer Price Information Act - States that the Congress finds that during periods of severe inflation, consumers can minimize the effects of rapidly rising prices by avoiding the purchase of products that have experienced sharp price increases over a brief time span. Expresses the policy of Congress to provide consumers with point of sale information concerning the nature and extent of price variations for products offered for sale at retail in commerce. Provides that no person engaged in commerce may, in the course of such commerce, sell or offer for sale at retail any products, goods, wares, or merchandise unless there is conveniently available to consumers at the place of sale price information, in such form and manner as shall be prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission, which contains: (1) the retail price at which such item or article is currently being offered for sale at retail by such person; and (2) the price at which the item or article was usually sold at retail by such person in the course of business (A) immediately before and (B) twelve and eighteen months before such time as the price referred to in clause (1) was established as the current retail price, if such former retail prices and the current retail price differ. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act. Exempts specified entities from the operation of the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:48:43Z | |
| 93-s-3443 | 93 | s | 3443 | Petroleum Moratorium Act | Commerce | 1974-05-06 | 1974-05-06 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] | MN | D | M000851 | 8 | Petroleum Moratorium Act - States that no person directly or indirectly engaged in the production of crude petroleum who possesses a major market share shall (1) control either directly or indirectly any pipeline or refinery which, on the effective date of this Act is controlled by any person who does not possess a major market share; or (2) operate either directly or indirectly any out- let which, on the effective date of this Act, is not operated by such person, or any subsidiary corporation or salaried employee of such person. States that a knowing violation of this provision shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $100,000 or by imprisonment for not exceeding ten years, or both. Directs the Federal Trade Commission, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the Federal Energy Office (or any successor office), the Secretary of Commerce, the Comptroller General, and the Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs to each undertake a study of the actions which may be required to preserve and enhance competition in the production, refining, transportation, and marketing of petroleum and petroleum products in the United States. | 2025-09-03T12:52:59Z | |
| 93-hr-14470 | 93 | hr | 14470 | A bill to authorize payments to any small business which suffers financial loss because customer access to such business is interfered with by certain Federal urban development projects. | Commerce | 1974-04-30 | 1974-04-30 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Fulton, Richard [D-TN-5] | TN | D | F000424 | 0 | Provides, under the Housing Act of 1949, that a local public agency shall make payments to any small business which suffers loss of income because of interference with pedestrian or vehicular customer access to such business, if such interference: (1) lasts for thirty consecutive days; and (2) is a direct result of any work which is performed after January 1, 1970, with the financial assistance of any loan or grant made under title I of such Act. Prescribes the formula for computation of such payments. | 2024-08-01T18:37:09Z | |
| 93-hr-14479 | 93 | hr | 14479 | A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall be deemed lawful. | Commerce | 1974-04-30 | 1974-04-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rooney, Fred B. [D-PA-15] | PA | D | R000423 | 8 | Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that under specified circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements relating to the manufacture, distribution, or sale of food and beverage products shall be deemed lawful provided that substantial and effective competition between products and between vendors of those products is maintained, and the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product pursuant to the Trademark Act. | 2024-08-01T18:37:08Z | |
| 93-hr-14448 | 93 | hr | 14448 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to relieve employers of 50 or less employees from the requirement of paying or depositing certain employment taxes more often than once each quarter. | Commerce | 1974-04-29 | 1974-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Guyer, Tennyson [R-OH-4] | OH | R | G000537 | 1 | Provides that employers of 50 or less employees shall not be required to pay or deposit employment taxes more often than once each quarter under the Internal Revenue Code. | 2024-08-01T18:37:11Z | |
| 93-hr-14370 | 93 | hr | 14370 | Federal Trade Commission Act | Commerce | 1974-04-24 | 1974-04-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Symington, James W. [D-MO-2] | MO | D | S001134 | 0 | Federal Trade Commission Act - States that since informed consumers are essential to the fair working of the free enterprise system and to the maintenance of balance between the supply of and the demand for energy, it is hereby declared to be the intent of Congress to assure, through a uniform national system, noncompliance with which shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice, meaningful disclosure of the annual operating cost of certain products and systems, so that consumers can readily compare them and thereby avoid purchasing those which unnecessarily waste energy. Provides that the Federal Trade Commission, in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards, within three months after the date of enactment of this Act, shall identify those products which are major energy consuming household products. Directs the Commission, for each major energy consuming household product, in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards, to define an average-use cycle and devise a procedure for testing or calculations designed to measure the energy used during such cycle. States that the annual operating cost of any major energy consuming household product shall be determined by multiplying the energy utilized per average-use cycle, by the number of average-use cycles per annum multiplied by the average unit cost of energy. Provides that, within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission, in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards, shall establish model calculation procedures for use by suppliers in determining the annual operating costs of climate conditioning systems. States that, beginning six months after the date of adoption of procedures for determining and disclosing annual operating costs in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any supplier to sell or offer for sale in commerce for purposes other than resale any new major energy consuming household product or climate conditioning system for which such procedure has been adopted, unles… | 2025-09-03T12:48:38Z | |
| 93-hr-14380 | 93 | hr | 14380 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act | Commerce | 1974-04-24 | 1974-04-24 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9] | IN | D | H000114 | 0 | Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform Act - Title I: Tax Simplification Relating to Small Business - Creates a Committee on Tax Simplification for Small Business for the purpose of devoting continued attention to the simplification of the Internal Revenue Code to small business, and the regulations, instructions, procedures, and other publications relating to small business taxation. Provides that the membership of the Committee would include representatives of the Secretary of the Treasury (for policy matters); Internal Revenue Service (for technical matters); Office of Management and Budget (for coordinating the paperwork aspects of IRS forms, in view of the Federal Reports Act) and the Small Business Administration to express the interests of the small business community. Creates in the Treasury Department an Office of Small Business Analyst, which would be responsible for looking at tax problems primarily from the view of small business and the free enterprise system. Calls upon the Treasury Department for a comprehensive study of depreciation policies with particular attention to: the impact of legislation; the rapid advances in technology to which small business must adapt; and the practices of other industrialized nations. Calls upon the Treasury to study the entire range of pension, retirement, health, medical, and insurance benefits in the larger context of what both corporations (including large corporate enterprise) and other forms of business are providing for their employees and executives. Authorizes a special study of the differential effect of tax law changes on businesses of different sizes. Title II: Adjustment of Corporate Normal Tax - Effects a progressive reform in the entire corporate tax structure by providing for reductions in normal corporate tax rates based on the corporations earning. Provides that as corporate earnings rise above $1 million per year the normal tax would incline upward to a maximum of 24 percent for corporations earning over $1 billion annually. Title III: … | 2025-09-03T12:48:36Z | |
| 93-s-3374 | 93 | s | 3374 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to assist in the financing of small business concerns owned by persons who are disadvantaged because of certain social or economic considerations. | Commerce | 1974-04-24 | 1974-04-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY] | NY | R | B001026 | 4 | Revises the Small Business Act by providing that the Small Business Administration may guarantee equity investments made by investment companies in small business concerns which will contribute to a well-balanced national economy by facilitating ownership in such concerns by persons whose participation in the free enterprise system is hampered because of social or economic considerations. Defines the terms used in this Act. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 93-s-3377 | 93 | s | 3377 | Consumer Product Testing Act | Commerce | 1974-04-24 | 1974-04-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Magnuson, Warren G. [D-WA] | WA | D | M000053 | 1 | Consumer Product Testing Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission to categorize consumer products into priority classifications for the purpose of developing standards for test protocols, the results of which will provide a basis to the consumer for judging and comparing product characteristics. Defines the terms used in this Act. Specifies relevant factors for the designation of priority classifications. Requires the Commission to commence a proceeding for the development of such a test protocol whenever the Commission determines that such would assist consumers in making informed purchases. Requires the Commission to promulgate advertising regulations with regard to products tested under this Act, and to furnish consumers with information about such products. Allows the Commission to contract for compliance of test results furnished by any person who has tested such products. Provides that the United States district courts shall have jurisdiction over any alleged violations or hardship claims arising out of the provisions of this Act. States that it shall be a civil violation under the Federal Trade Commission Act to induce or encourage the purchase of a product by falsely representing that it has been tested or by misrepresenting the results of such test, and, further, in the case of a person engaged in testing consumer products, to advertise or distribute a consumer product with respect to which there has been any statement or representation in violation of this Act. Provides, for a conviction of a wilful violation of this Act or regulations promulgated hereunder, a fine of not more than $10,000 for each day of violation, or imprisonment for more than one year or both. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-09-03T12:52:50Z | |
| 93-hr-14206 | 93 | hr | 14206 | Disaster Loan Assistance Act | Commerce | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Clancy, Donald D. [R-OH-2] | OH | R | C000409 | 0 | Disaster Loan Assistance Act - Authorizes additional loan assistance for disaster victims under the Small Business Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 636(b)) | 2025-09-03T12:48:31Z | |
| 93-hr-14219 | 93 | hr | 14219 | A bill to prohibit any regulated public utility from expanding any money for promotional advertising purposes during any period when electricity or natural gas is determined to be in short supply. | Commerce | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Walsh, William F. [R-NY-33] | NY | R | W000107 | 0 | Prohibits any regulated public utility from expending any money for promotional advertising purposes during any period when electricity or natural gas is determined, by the Federal Power Commission, to be in short supply. Prohibits preferential rates from being charged by such a utility on the basis of electricity or natural gas bought. Establishes a $5,000-$10,000 fine for violations of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:36:56Z | |
| 93-hr-14227 | 93 | hr | 14227 | A bill to establish an Antitrust Revision Commission. | Commerce | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Chappell, Bill, Jr. [D-FL-4] | FL | D | C000321 | 0 | Establishes an Antitrust Revision Commission. States that the purposes of the Commission shall be to: (1) study the operation of existing antitrust statutes, as interpreted by judicial, executive, and administrative decisions, and their effect upon competition, price levels, employment, profits, production, consumption, and the capability of the economy to best sustain the Nation at home and abroad; (2) study the enforcement procedures of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies of Government as they relate to the antitrust laws; and (3) make recommendations for improvement in the statutory framework as well as in enforcement administration and procedures wherever appropriate. Specifies the membership, method of appointment, and manner of compensation of the members of the Commission. States that the Commission shall make a report of its findings and conclusions no later than one year after its first meeting, and that the Commission shall cease to exist sixty days after the submission of such report. | 2024-08-01T18:36:55Z | |
| 93-hr-14244 | 93 | hr | 14244 | A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may render on-site consultation and advice to certain small business employers to assist such employers in providing safe and healthful working conditions for their employees. | Commerce | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6] | MO | D | L000360 | 21 | Provides that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may render onsite consultation and advice to small business employers who request such assistance in writing to assist such employers in providing safe and healthful working conditions for their employees. Provides that the Administrator may issue recommendations and/or written notice with respect to hazards and/or serious violations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, but no citation or civil penalty shall follow directly from such onsite consultation and advice. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 93-hr-14255 | 93 | hr | 14255 | A bill to amend the small business concerns affected by the energy shortage. | Commerce | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] | FL | D | R000401 | 0 | Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make loans directly or in cooperation with lending institutions to assist small businesses adversely affected by fuel shortages, electrical energy shortages, shortages of energy producing resources, or shortages of raw or processed processed materials resulting from such shortages. | 2024-08-01T18:37:03Z |
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