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Bill· HRH.R. 6725 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Provides that, in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress, the President of the United States is authorized to commit Armed Forces of the United States to military hostilities only: (1) to repel any attack against the United States, its territories, or possessions; (2) to repel any attack against the Armed Forces of the United States on the high seas, in the air, or lawfully stationed on foreign territory; (3) to protect the lives of United States nationals abroad; and (4) to comply with a national commitment resulting from treaty, convention, or legislative enactment specifically intended to give effect to such commitment. Establishes a Joint Committee on National Security which shall meet within twenty-four hours after the initiation of such hostilities. Directs the President to report the initiation of such hostilities to the joint committee, together with a full account of the circumstances bearing on the necessity for the initiation of such hostilities. Provides that the joint committee shall not have authority to report legislation to the floor of either House, but it shall transmit information under this Act together with its recommendation for legislation to be considered or adopted. States that military hostilities by the Armed Forces of the United States shall not be continued for more than thirty days from the date such hostilities are initiated unless the authority to continue such hostilities for more than thirty days is contained in enabling legislation enacted by the Congress, including a declaration of war.
Bill· HRH.R. 6722 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations during the fiscal year 1974 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes and other weapons, prescribes the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component and of the selected reserve of each reserve component of the Armed Forces. Authorizes average military training student loads for each component of the Armed Forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 6723 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Provides that if a member of the Armed Forces who receives a readjustment payment after June 28, 1962, qualifies for retired pay under provisions of title 10 or title 14 that authorizes his retirement upon completion of twenty years of active service, an amount equal to 75 percent of that payment, without interest, shall be deducted from his retired pay; but any such deduction from his retired pay for any month may not exceed an amount equal to 75 percent of such pay for that month less the amount of any reduction from such pay for that month which is required under present law.
Bill· HRH.R. 6724 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Establishes the Joint Committee on National Security: (1) to enable Congress to more effectively carry out its constitutional responsibility in the formulation of foreign, domestic and military policies; (2) to provide an improved means for formulating legislation and providing for integration of cooperation with the executive branch to further promote the security of the United States; and (3) to improve the means of rapidly responding to and participating in decisions to commit the Nation to war and the use of United States Armed Forces abroad. Specifies that the committee shall be convened within 24 hours in any case where the President, without prior authorization of Congress and in the absence of a declaration of war by Congress, commits: (1) United States military forces to armed conflict; (2) commits military forces to the territory of a foreign nation except for those instances in which such commitment is for humanitarian or training purposes, or (3) substantially enlarges military forces already located in a foreign nation. Directs the committee to consult with the President on issues and reasons surrounding any of the above decisions. Forbids the committee from reporting legislation to the floor of either House, but authorizes the transmittal of proposed legislation to the appropriate committees of the Congress, together with recommendations it deems to be necessary. Authorizes the joint committee to make expenditures, employ personnel, adopt rules and procedures, hold hearings, sit and act at anytime or place, subpena witnesses, procure printing and binding, procure the services of consultants and to provide assistance for training a professional staff, to use facilities of other agencies and to take depositions and other testimony. Requires a vote of a majority of the committee before policies may be undertaken. Provides that a subpena may be issued upon the signature of the chairman of the committee and that any member may administer oaths to witnesses. Provides that with the consent of any standing select or special committee of the Congress the joint committee may utilize the service of any staff member of such committee whenever the chairman of the joint committee determines that such services are necessary and appropriate. Provides that members of the committee shall receive a per diem allowance for expenses to be paid from the contingent fund of the House.
Bill· SS. 1482 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Authorizes fiscal year 1974 appropriations for the Coast Guard for the procurement of vessels, the construction of shore and offshore establishments, and for bridge alterations. Prescribes the Coast Guard a end-year strength for active duty personnel. Sets forth the Coast Guard military student loads.
Law· SS. 1479 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Designates the Secretary of Defense, rather than the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy, as the person entitled under the Communications Act of 1934 to receive official notice of the filing of applications in the common carrier service and to provide notice to the Secretary of State where under such applications involve service to foreign points.
Law· SS. 1493 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
States that the promotion of a member of an Armed Force, while he is in a missing status, is fully effective for all purposes even though it is later determined that the member died before the promotion was made. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 552(a))
Law· HRH.R. 6574 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Extends eligibility for coverage under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance to: (1) a person who volunteers for assignment to the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service and is assigned to a unit or position in which he may be required to perform active duty; (2) a person assigned to the Retired Reserve of a uniformed service who has not received the first increment of retirement annuities or has not yet reached 61 years of age and has completed at least 20 years of satisfactory service creditable for retirement purposes; and (3) a member, cadet, or midshipman of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending field training or practice cruises. Provides that an insurance policy for a member of the Ready Reserve shall cease 120 days after separation or release from such assignment unless on the date of separation the member is totally disabled, or has completed 20 years of service creditable for retirement purposes. Continues the insurance policy of a member of the Retired Reserve until such time as the member receives the first increment of retirement annuity, or the member's sixty-first birthday, whichever occurs earlier. Makes provisions for the conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance following termination to a policy with a participating life insurance company. Provides for the payment of premiums by a deduction from the pay of a member of the Reserve or Ready Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, to allow a member of the National Guard who is not on active duty to make allotments from his pay for the payment of premiums under a group life insurance program sponsored by the military department of the State in which such member holds his National Guard membership or by the National Guard Association of such State. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 765-771; Adds 37 U.S.C. 707)
Bill· HRH.R. 6562 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Exempts from the income tax the compensation of members of the Armed Forces during the period of time in which they are hospitalized as a result of disease or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone, whether or not combatant activities are continuing. Exempts from the income tax the compensation of members of the Armed Forces paid during the last year in which they were in missing in action status. Permits the spouse of a serviceman or civilian missing in action as a result of service in a combat zone to file a joint return for any taxable year in which he is in a missing status. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 112(a)(2),(b)(2); 692(1); 6013(f); 7508)
Bill· HRH.R. 6550 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Provides for the cancellation of student loans under the student loan provisions of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 for service in mental hospitals and schools for the handicapped. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 425(b)(3)(B))
Bill· HRH.R. 6555 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Excludes from gross income for income tax purposes interest on certain special deposits of prisoners of war and other members of the Armed Forces in a missing status during the Vietnam conflict. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 124)
Bill· SS. 1452 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Prohibits Department of Defense funds from being used for the purpose of providing assistance to or on behalf of North Vietnam.
Bill· HRH.R. 6539 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to an employer of an unemployed Vietnam-era veteran, for his qualified employment expenses as defined under this Act. Provides that the unemployed Vietnam-era veteran must be employed for a period of at least six months for the purposes of the credit under this Act. Prohibits employers from dismissing and rehiring employed Vietnam veterans. Sets maximum numbers of unemployed Vietnam veterans taken into account for purposes of such credit. Defines the terms used in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6497 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Provides that, whenever the President finds it necessary in the interest of the United States commitments abroad to provide facilities and services for the American Legion in foreign areas, he may authorize the Secretary of Defense, under such regulation as the Secretary may prescribe, to cooperate with and assist the American Legion in establishing and providing those facilities and services. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 2605)
Bill· HRH.R. 6514 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Permits service-connected disabled veterans, whose disability is rated thirty percent or more in degree disabling, and who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive disability compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3104(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 6488 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. Restores on behalf of World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War educational assistance benefits which had previously terminated. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 6473 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions will not have the amount of such pension reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits under Public Law 92-336.
Bill· HRH.R. 6457 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Increases payments in specified amounts to veterans under non-service-connected disability pension plans. Increases pension payments to widows of veterans who at the time of death were receiving compensation or retirement pay for a service-connected disability. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(b),(c); 541(b),(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 6474 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Veterans' Higer Education Loan Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to establish a program of insured and direct education loans for eligible veterans enrolled in and pursuing courses in an institution of higher learning for which credit is granted toward a standard college degree. Provides that the total of the loans made to an eligible veteran in any academic year may not exceed $1,500, and that the aggregate insured unpaid principal amount of all such insured loans made to any veteran shall not at any time exceed $6,000. Sets forth the standards applicable to each veteran applying for such loans. Provides for the repayment of the principal amount of the loan in installments over a period of not less than five years, nor more than ten years beginning not earlier than nine months, nor later than one year, after the date on which the veteran ceases to carry at an approved institution at least one-half of the full-time course. States that each veteran who has received a loan which is insured by the Administrator under this Act shall be entitled to have paid on his behalf and for his account to the holder of the loan, over the period on the loan, a portion of the interest on the loan.
Bill· HRH.R. 6453 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Deems service as a member of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots during World War II to be active service for purposes of computing retirement and longevity benefits. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 101 (22))
Bill· HRH.R. 6425 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Provides that totally and permanently disabled World War II servicemen and their dependents are eligible for specified medical and dental benefits. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1086(c)(1))
Bill· HRH.R. 6426 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Provides that totally and permanently disabled World War II servicemen and their dependents are eligible for specified medical and dental benefits. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1086(c)(1))
Bill· HRH.R. 6427 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Provides additional compensation to veterans who are totally disabled as a result of combat injuries. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314)
Bill· HRH.R. 6419 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Provides for the construction of a Veterans' Administration hospital of one thousand beds in the county of Queens, New York State. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6456 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
World War I Pension Act - Increases non service-connected disability pensions of World War I veterans, their widows and children, by 10 percent. Increases the monthly rate payable to any World War I veteran for regular aid and attendance by $15 and increases the monthly rate for such veterans with permanent and total disability by $6 a month. Provides that the monthly rate to which any child or children of a veteran of World War I shall be increased by $8 in the case of one child and by $1 for each additional child. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521 (b), (c), (d), (e), 542)
Bill· SS. 1424 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in determining eligibility for retirement from the Armed Forces and in computing the amount of retired pay, a member or former member of the Armed Forces shall be credited with a period of service equal to any period of time during the Vietnam Conflict he was in a missing status and any such period of time credited under this Act shall be in addition to credit for such period of time allowed for such purposes under any other provision of law. Provides that a member may elect to be credited with all or any portion of the period referred to in the Act, but such election must be made within two years after his return to the jurisdiction of the United States following the termination of his missing status. Provides that an employee shall, if he elects within the two year period, be given civil service credit for a period of time equal to any period of time during the Vietnam Conflict he was in a missing status, and any such period of time credited under this Act shall be in addition to credit for such period of time allowed under any other provision of title 5, United States Code. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide a special medical care program for members and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were in a missing status for any period of time during the Vietnam Conflict. Authorizes the Secretary to provide special medical care programs for the dependents of such members and former members.
Bill· HRH.R. 6365 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Foreign Service War Prisoners Retirement Benefits Act - Provides that employees of the Foreign Service who were prisoners of war or missing in action for any period during the Vietnam conflict may receive double credit for such period for retirement purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 6361 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Increases payments in specified amounts to veterans under non-service-connected disability pension plans. Increases pension payments to widows of veterans who at the time of death were receiving compensation or retirement pay for a service-connected disability. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(b),(c); 541(b),(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 6366 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Civil Service War Prisoners Retirement Benefits Act - Provides that civil service employees who were prisoners of war or missing in action for any period during the Vietnam conflict may receive double credit for such period for retirement purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 6363 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
War Prisoners Retirement Benefits Act - Allows United States military and civilian government employees, who have been held prisoner or who have been missing in action in Southeast Asia, to elect to receive double credit for retirement purposes for the period of confinement or missing status. Requires such individual to claim such credit, if he so desires, within two years after his return to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 6305 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Provides for the inclusion, as creditable service for purposes of the civil service retirement system, of certain periods of service of civilian employmees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities under the Armed Forces. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 2105(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 6318 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Provides that in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress or of a military attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, the Armed Forces of the United States shall not be committed to combat or introduced into a situation where combat is imminent or likely at any place outside of the United States, its territories and possession, without prior notice to and specific prior authorization by the Congress, except in case of emergency or necessity, the existence of which emergency or necessity is to be determined by the President of the United States. Provides that whenever, in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress or of a military attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, the President of the United States nevertheless determines that an emergency or necessity exists which justifies such action, and shall, by consequence, commit the Armed Forces of the United States to combat or shall introduce them into a situation where combat is imminent or likely at any place outside of the United States, its territories or possessions, without prior notice to and authorization by the Congress, the President shall report such action to the Congress in writing, as expeditiously as possible and, in all events, within twenty-four hours from and after the taking of such action. States that not later than ninety days after the receipt of the report of the President the Congress by the enactment with such period of a bill or resolution appropriate to the purpose, shall either approve, ratify, confirm, and authorize the continuation of the action taken by the President and reported to the Congress, or shall disapprove and require the discontinuance of the same.
Bill· HRH.R. 6364 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Military and CIA War Prisoners Retirement Benefits Act - Provides that members of the Armed Forces and Central Intelligence Agency employees who were prisoners of war or missing in action for any period during the Vietnam conflict may receive double credit for such period for retirement purposes.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 168 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that: (1) the President vigorously press our NATO allies to assume a greater proportion of the cost of their own defense; and (2) the President, as Commander in Chief, take whatever steps he deems necessary to implement this burden-sharing concept. Declares that no action taken pursuant to this resolution should weaken either our resolve or our ability to fulfill our commitments under the North Atlantic Treaty.
Bill· HRH.R. 6290 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
To amend title 38, United States Code, to stabilize and "freeze" as of January 1, 1973, the Veterans' Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities, 1945 edition, and the extension thereto.
Bill· HRH.R. 6257 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Provides that, in the determination of the annual income of recipients of veterans' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall not reduce the amount of such pension or compensation because of increases in monthly social security benefits under Public Law 92-336 or the general increase in annuities and pensions under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 provided by Public Law 92-460.
Bill· HRH.R. 6229 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Requires termination by July 1, 1975, of all weapons range activities conducted on or near the island of Culebra complex of the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range. Prohibits funds from being appropriated by the Congress after such date.
Bill· HRH.R. 6217 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Provides veterans with a 10-year delimiting period (presently 8-year period) for completing education programs under title 38 (Veterans' Benefits) of the United States Code. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 6234 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Provides that no changes or readjustments in the schedule for rating disabilities made by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall be effective unless: (1) such proposed damage or readjustment is first submitted to Congress, and (2) neither House of Congress, prior to the expiration of ninety calendar days of continuous session of Congress following the date of submission of the proposed change or readjustment, has adopted a resolution stating in substance that the House does not favor the proposed change or readjustment. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 355(b))
Bill· HRH.R. 6216 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Authorizes claims to be presented for reimbursement of memorial service expenses for members of the Armed Forces whose remains are not recovered on the date such member of the Armed Forces is ruled dead. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1482(e))
Bill· HRH.R. 6165 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Extends eligibility for coverage under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance to: (1) a person on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training in the uniformed services in a commissioned, warrant, or enlisted rank or grade,or a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy; (2) a person who volunteers for assignment to the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service and is assigned to a unit or position in which he may be required to perform active duty, or active duty for training, and each year will be scheduled to perform at least twelve periods of inactive duty training that is creditable for retirement purposes, (3) a person assigned to, or who upon application would be eligible for assignment to, the Retired Reserve of a uniformed service who has not received the first increment of retirement annuities or has not yet reached sixty-one years of age and has completed at least twenty years of satisfactory service creditable for retirement purposes, and (4) a member, cadet, or midshipman of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending field training or practice cruises. Provides that an insurance policy for a member of the Ready Reserve shall cease 120 days after separation or release from such assignment unless on the date of separation the member is totally disabled or has completed 20 years of service creditable for retirement purposes. Continues the insurance policy of a member of the Retired Reserve until such time as the member receives the first increment of retirement annuity, or the member's sixty-first birthday, whichever occurs earlier. Makes provisions for the conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance following termination to a policy with a participating life insurance company. Provides for the payment of premiums by a deduction from the pay of a member of the reserve or Ready Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, to allow a member of the National Guard who is not on active duty to make allotments from his pay for the payment of premiums under a group life insurance program sponsored by the military department of the State in which such member holds his national guard membership or by the national guard association of such State. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 765-771; Adds 37 U.S.C. 707)
Bill· HRH.R. 6195 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Veterans' Administration Accountability Act - Modifies those powers exercised by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs with respect to readjustment of the schedule of ratings for the disabilities of veterans. Requires that notice of closing must be given to Congress in writing before the closing of a hospital or domiciliary facility over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction. Prohibits the sale or transfer of Government property under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 6166 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Extends eligibility for coverage under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance to: (1) a person on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training in the uniformed services in a commissioned, warrant, or enlisted rank or grade,or a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy; (2) a person who volunteers for assignment to the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service and is assigned to a unit or position in which he may be required to perform active duty, or active duty for training, and each year will be scheduled to perform at least twelve periods of inactive duty training that is creditable for retirement purposes, (3) a person assigned to, or who upon application would be eligible for assignment to, the Retired Reserve of a uniformed service who has not received the first increment of retirement annuities or has not yet reached sixty-one years of age and has completed at least twenty years of satisfactory service creditable for retirement purposes, and (4) a member, cadet, or midshipman of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending field training or practice cruises. Provides that an insurance policy for a member of the Ready Reserve shall cease 120 days after separation or release from such assignment unless on the date of separation the member is totally disabled or has completed 20 years of service creditable for retirement purposes. Continues the insurance policy of a member of the Retired Reserve until such time as the member receives the first increment of retirement annuity, or the member's sixty-first birthday, whichever occurs earlier. Makes provisions for the conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance following termination to a policy with a participating life insurance company. Provides for the payment of premiums by a deduction from the pay of a member of the reserve or Ready Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, to allow a member of the National Guard who is not on active duty to make allotments from his pay for the payment of premiums under a group life insurance program sponsored by the military department of the State in which such member holds his national guard membership or by the national guard association of such State. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 765-771; Adds 37 U.S.C. 707)
Bill· HRH.R. 6137 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides an additional aid and attendance allowance of $336 per month to specified service-connected blinded veterans having visual acuity of 5/200 or less. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314(r))
Bill· HRH.R. 6154 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 6155 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that veterans who were prisoners of war for more than 6 months during World War II or the Korean War shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability of 50 percent for purposes of entitlement to veterans' disability compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 6134 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Extends from one to three years the period that a member of the uniformed services has following his retirement to select his home for purposes of travel and transportation allowances. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 404(c), 406(g))
Bill· HRH.R. 6136 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Provides that if a veteran has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or foot in combination with total blindness with 5/200 visual acuity or less, the monthly compensation for such veteran shall be $784. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314(k))
Bill· HRH.R. 6109 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1973
Provides under the Interstate Commerce Act, that the court, in its discretion, may allow a reasonable attorney's fee and court costs to the prevailing party in any successful prosecution or defense of an action for recovery of damages sustained in transportation of property.
Bill· HRH.R. 6096 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1973
Veterans Health Care Expansion Act - Title I: Hospital, Domicilliary, and Medical Care Benefits - Extends the definition of "private facilities" for which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs contracts in order to provide hospital care to include facilities for the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, permanent in nature, resulting from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Includes in the term "hospital care" mental health services, consultation, professional counseling, and training of a veteran or dependent, or survivor if the veteran has no dependents, as may be necessary or appropriate to the effective treatment and rehabilitation of such individual. Adds home health services which the Administrator deems appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of a disability of a veteran, or dependent, or survivor, to the definition of the term "medical services". Extends to all veterans hospital or nursing home care if such veteran is unable to defray the expenses of the necessary care. Allows the Administrator to furnish hospital or nursing home care to the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, permanent in nature from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Permits the Administrator to furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis to persons already described in this Act and to any veteran who has a service connected disability rated at eighty percent or more. Authorizes the Administrator, under such regulations as he might prescribe, to reimburse veterans entitled to hospital care as medical services for the reasonable value of such care or services for which such veterans have made payment from sources other than the Veterans' Administration. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 628) Authorizes the President to assist the Republic of the Philippines in providing medical care and treatment for commonwealth army veterans and New Philippine Scouts under certain conditions. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 631) Provides that the President may authorize the Administrator to enter into a contract with the Veterans Memorial Hospital, with the approval of the appropriate department of the government of the Republic of the Philippines under which the United States: (1) will pay for hospital care in the Republic of the Philippines, or for medical services which shall be provided either in Veterans' Administration facilities, or by contract, or otherwise, by the Administrator in accordance with the conditions and limitations applicable generally to beneficiaries under this title, for commonwealth army veterans determined by the Administrator to be in need of such hospital care or medical services for service-connected disabilities; (2) will pay for hospital care at the Veterans Memorial Hospital for commonwealth army veterans determined by the Administrator to need such care for non-service-connected disabilities if they are unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care; and (3) will pay for hospital care, determined by the Administrator to be necessary, at the Veterans Memorial Hospital for New Philippine Scouts for service-connected disabilities and for non-service-connected disabilities, if they enlisted before July 4, 1946, and if they are unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care. Provides that the total of the payments authorized shall not exceed $2,000,000 for any one fiscal year ending before 1978. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year ending with fiscal year 1978, $100,000 to be used for the education and training of health service personnel at the hospital, and for the upgrading of equipment and in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of such hospital (Amends 38 U.S.C. 632) Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a comprehensive program providing Sickle Cell Anemia screening, counseling, and treatment and to carry out research and research training in the diagnosis, treatment, and control of Sickle Cell Anemia based upon such screening examinations and treatment. Requires the Administrator to include such information in his annual report to Congress. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 651-654) Title II: Amendments to chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code Relating to the Department of Medicine and Surgery - Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a major program of recruitment training, and employment of veterans with various medical military occupation specialties in order to provide a complete medical and hospital service for the medical care and treatment of veterans and to assist in providing an adequate supply of health manpower to the nation. (Amends 38 U.S.C 4101 (B)) Establishes pay schedules for assistant chief medical directors, physicans and dentists, nurses. Provides criteria on which nurses are to receive additional compensation. Enumerates restriction on physicians, dentists, and nurses, including requirements that no such person may: (1) assume responsibility for the medical care of any patient other than a patient admitted for treatment at a Veterans' Administration facility, except in those cases where the individual, upon request and with the approval of the chief medical director, assumes such responsibilities to assist communities or medical practice groups to meet medical needs which would not otherwise be available for a period not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days, which may be extended by the chief medical director for additional periods not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days each; (2) teach or provide consultative services at any affiliated institution if such teaching or consultation will, because of its nature or duration, conflict with his responsibilities under this title; and (3) perform, in the course of carrying out his responsibilities under this title, professional services for the purpose of generating money for any fund or account which is maintained by an affiliated institution for the benefit of such institution, or for his personal benefit, or both. Provides that temporary full-time appointments of personnel, other than physicians, dentists, and nurses, shall not exceed one year. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4114(A) (3) (A)) Provides that the Administrator may contract with one or more hospitals, medical schools, or medical installations having hospital facilities and participating with the Veterans' Administration in the training of interns or residents to provide for the central administration of stipend payments, provision of fringe benefits, and maintenance of records for such interns and residents by the designation of one such institution to serve as a central administrative agency for this purpose. Permits the Administrator to pay to such designated agency, without regard to any other law or regulation governing the expenditure of government moneys either in advance or in arrears, all amount to cover the costs for the period such intern or resident serves in a Veterans' Administration Hospital. (Adds 38 U.S.C.4114 (B) (2)) Title III: Amendments to chapter 81 of Title 38, United States Code - Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domicilliary Facilites; Procurement and Supply - Requires the Administrator to provide for no less than an average of 98,500 operating beds in Veterans' Administration hospitals and to maintain an average daily patient census in such beds of no less than 85,500 in any fiscal year. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and operate not less than eight thousand beds for the furnishing of nursing home care to eligible veterans over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001 (A)) Requires the Administrator to appoint an advisory committee on structural safety of Veterans' Administration facilities to advise him on all matters of structural safety in the construction and remodeling of Veterans' Administration facilites. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001 (B)) Title IV: Miscellaneous Amendments to Title 38 United States Code - Specifies certain miscellaneous amendments to title 38 of the United States Code. Title V: Effective Dates - Specifies the dates on which the provisions of this Act shall become effective.
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