An Act to correct an anomaly in the rate of duty applicable to crude feathers and downs, and for other purposes.
PL 93-480 (H.R.11452), enacted 10/26/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-480-OCT. 26, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
Appropriation. 
15 use 78b 
note. 
half years after enactment of this Act, a full and complete report of 
the findings made under the study authorized by this Act, together 
with such recommendations as they consider appropriate. 
SEC. 11. There is authorized to be appropriated a sum not to exceed 
$3,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Any funds so appro-
priated shall remain available until expended. 
Approved October 26, 1974. 
October 26, 1974 
[H. R.11452] 
Public Law 93-480 
AN ACT 
To correct an anomaly in the rate of duty applicable to crude feathers and downs, 
and for other purposes. 
Crude feathers 
and downs, duty 
rate; personal 
holding company, 
income exclusion; 
health insurance 
for the aged. 
Effective date. 
19 u s e 1202 
note. 
Corporations, 
consolidated 
returns. 
26 u s e 542. 
26 u s e 542 
note. 
Health insur-
ance for the aged, 
coverage, exclu-
sion. 
42 u s e 1395y. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
42 u s e 1395y 
note. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That subpart B of 
part 1 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States 
(19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended by inserting immediately before item 
903.90 the following new items: 
903.80 
Feathers and downs, whether or not on the 
skin, crude, sorted (including feathers 
simply strung for convenience in handling 
or transportation), treated, or both sorted 
and treated, but not otherwise processed 
(provided for in item 186.15, part 15D, 
schedule 1): 
Meeting both test methods 4 and 10.1 of 
Federal Standard 148a promulgated by 
the General Services Administration.. 
Other 
Free 
Free 
No change 
Free 
On or before 
6/30/79 
On or before 
6/30/79 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the 180th day after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 542(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 
(relating to corporations filing consolidated returns) is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
" (5) CERTAIN DIVIDEND INCOME RECEIVED FROM A NONINCLUDIBLE LIFE 
INSURANCE COMPANY.—In the case of an affiliated group of corpora-
tions filing or required to file a consolidated return under section 1501 
for any taxable year, there shall be excluded from consolidated per-
sonal holding company income and consolidated adjusted ordinary 
gross income for purposes of this part dividends received by a member 
of the affiliated group from a life insurance company taxable under 
section 802 that is not a member of the affiliated group solely by reason 
of the application of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 1504.". 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable 
years beginning after December 31,1973. 
SEC 4. (a) Section 1862(c) of the Social Security Act is amended 
by striking out "January 1, 1975" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"January 1,1976". 
(b) The Civil Service Commission and the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare shall submit to the Committee on Post Office 
and Civil Service and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives, and to the Committee on Post Office and Civil 
Service and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, on or before 
March 1, 1975, a report on the steps which have been taken, and the 
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steps which are planned, to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, 
and Welfare to make the determination and certification referred to 
in section 1862(c) of the Social Security Act. If such report is not 
submitted to such committees on or before March 1, 1975, the date 
specified in such section (as amended by this section) shall be deemed 
to be July 1,1975, rather than January 1,1976. 
Approved October 26, 1974. 
42 u s e 139Sy. 
Public Law 93-481 
AN ACT 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to extend for three fiscal years the 
authorizations of appropriations for the administration and enforcement of 
that Act. 
October 26, 1974 
[S.3355] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United: States of America in Congress assembled., That section 709 
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 904) is amended to read 
as follows: 
"AUTHORIZATIONS or 
APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC. 709. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated $105,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, $175,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1976, and $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1977, for the expenses of the Department of Justice (other 
(;han its expenses incurred in connection with carrying out section 
103 (a)) in carrying out its functions under this title. 
"(b) No funds appropriated under any other provision of this Act 
may be used for the expenses of the Department of Justice for which 
funds are authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) of this 
section.". 
SEC. 2. Section 702 of the Controlled Substances Act is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or section 1103, 
section 4202 of title 18, United States Code, shall apply to any indi-
vidual convicted under any of the laws repealed by this title or title 
I I I without regard to the terms of any sentence imposed on such 
individual under such law." 
SEC. 3. Section 509 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 879) 
is amended by striking out" (a)" and subsection (b). 
SEC. 4. (a) Subchapter VI of chapter 6 of title 23 of the District 
of Columbia Code is repealed and the analysis of such chapter is 
amended by striking out the item relating to such subchapter. 
(b) Section 23-521 (f) of such title 23 is amended— 
(1) by inserting "and" at the end of paragraph (5), and 
(2) by striking out paragraph (6) and redesignating para-
graph (7) as paragraph (6). 
(c) Section 23-522(c) of such title 23 is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The application may also contain a request that the search 
warrant be made executable at any hour of the day or night upon the 
ground that there is probable cause to believe that (1) it cannot be 
executed during the hours of daylight, (2) the property sought is 
likely to be removed or destroyed if not seized forthwith, or (3) the 
property sought is not likely to be found except at certain times or 
in certain circumstances. Any request made pursuant to this subsec-
tion must be accompanied and supported by allegations of fact sup-
porting such request." 
Controlled Sub-
stances Act, 
amendment. 
21 u s e 803. 
Savings provi-
sion. 
21 u s e 321 
note. 
21 u s e 171 
note. 
21 u s e 1161. 
Repeal. 
D.e. Code 23-
591. 
Search war-
rants. 
D.e. Code 23-
521. 
Application. 
D.e. Code 23-
522.