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United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Designates the Veterans' Administration hospital in Saint Albans, New York, as the "Henry Schuman Veterans' Hospital."
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Applies this provision to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Revises the special pay structure for active duty medical officers of the uniformed services to direct the Secretaries of Defense and Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate regulations through which variable incentive pay may be adjusted to reflect (1) amounts that the Federal Government has paid to, or (2) benefits received by, medical officers prior to the commencement of active duty.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Exempts courses which lead to a standard college degree from the "85-15" rule whereby the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is required to disapprove enrollment of any eligible veteran, not already enrolled, in any course offered by a proprietary profit or proprietary nonprofit educational institution where more than 85 percent of the students enrolled have their fees paid by either the Veterans' Administration or the institution itself.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Requires active duty of 180 days or more for eligibility for veterans' job counseling, training, and placement.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in social security benefits. Applies to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to (1) restore the entitlement of any person who lost their entitlement by reason of certain past increases in monthly social security benefits; and (2) pay in a lump sum to any such person any such compensation or pension that would have been payable to him but to such loss of entitlement.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran who served in the active military, naval or air service for 90 days or more during World War I; during World War I and was discharged or released for a service-connected disability; or who served for a period of 90 consecutive days and such period began or ended during World War I.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Provides that the fees payable to agents or attorneys who represent veterans in allowed claims under the veterans laws shall be paid by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs rather than deducted from amounts awarded under the claims.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Entitles all veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I, and their widows and children, to pensions on the same basis as veterans of the Spanish-American War and their widows and children, regardless of whether a veteran was disabled or receiving disability compensation, and regardless of income level.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that all portions of the officially designated National System of Interstate and Defense Highways shall be free from tolls. Entitles each State having any portion of a free or toll highway bridge or tunnel which is part of the Interstate System to receive additional funds from the Highway Trust Fund for the removal of such toll facilities and the completion of the Interstate System within such State. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to deliver to Congress an estimate of the September 30, 1978, depreciated value of toll and free facilities incorporated in the Interstate System. Specifies criteria for determining such depreciation value. Allows a reimbursement of 90 percent of such depreciated value which remove tolls or presently operate free highway facilities Decreases Federal-aid highway apportionments for States not electing to eliminate tolls from facilities within the Interstate System. (Adds 23 USC 156)
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Permits an individual receiving civil service disability compensation to also receive retired pay from the armed forces for a disabling injury other than the one for which civil service compensation is being paid. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8116)
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Removes existing limitations and permits any person entitled to war orphans educational assistance and who uses any or all of such assistance before entering upon active duty to receive veterans' educational assistance as he or she may be entitled to by reason of such duty
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to appoint a Chief of the Biomedical Sciences Corps at the rank of brigadier general.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Repeals the Military Selective Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Defense Production Act Extension Amendments - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950: (1) to pay the expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Production from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives; and (2) to extend the provisions of such Act through September 30, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Excludes industrially funded personnel from the computation of the end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense for any fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Stipulates that the recalling to duty and assignment on a full-time basis of any retired member of the armed forces to the American Battle Monuments Commission shall not be chargeable against the authorized end strengths and grade limitations of the Department of Defense or the military departments concerned.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Removes the requirements that a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps must have served for at least 90 days before October 1, 1943, and been honorably discharged for a service-connected disability rendering her unfit for further service, in order for such service to be deemed active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Makes National Guard civilian technicians members of the competitive service. Gives such individuals certain rights relating to order of retention and procedures for removal or suspension from employment.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Provides that representatives of the Polish Legion of American Veterans are recognized as claims agents for claims arising under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Removes the ten-year delimiting period during which eligible veterans must complete their programs of educational assistance to to any eligible veteran as of December 31, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of general or cost-of- living increases in social security benefits or in benefits under any other Federal retirement, annuity or endowment program.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for a non-service connected disability pension. Directs the Administrator to pay medical services costs required outside Veterans' Administration facilities if travel to such facilities would be a burden for the veteran. Provides for survivor pensions for the widows of such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Entitles members of the armed forces reserves who were on active duty after August 13, 1961, and before May 31, 1963, or after August 4, 1964, to retired pay.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of general or cost-of- living increases in social security benefits or in benefits under any other Federal retirement, annuity or endowment program.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Applies these amendments to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 415(g), adds 38 U.S.C. 503(d))
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for a non-service connected disability pension. Directs the Administrator to pay medical services costs required outside Veterans' Administration facilities if travel to such facilities would be a burden for the veteran. Provides for survivor pensions for the widows of such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for a non-service connected disability pension. Directs the Administrator to pay medical services costs required outside Veterans' Administration facilities if travel to such facilities would be a burden for the veteran. Provides for survivor pensions for the widows of such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend the termination date of provisions of such Act relating to contract priorities and allocations for strategic materials and expansion of the national productive capacity and supply regarding such materials until September 30, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Establishes within the Department of Defense a Weapons and Munitions Security Office to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Defense which shall be responsible for formulating, coordinating, and supervising a continuing program of security and accountability for weapons and munitions of the Department of Defense. Requires the Assistant Secretary heading such Office to review existing accountability and security procedures, to modify such procedures or institute new ones as may be necessary, and to conduct periodic inspections to insure that such procedures are being complied with. Requires the military departments to conduct investigations whenever suffering a loss of weapons or munitions. Requires each military department to submit quarterly reports to the Office regarding security and accountability of all weapons and munitions under its jurisdiction. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to Congress summarizing weapons and munitions losses and recoveries by each military department.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Restores the Medal of Honor previously awarded to Dr. Mary Edwards Walker.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Eliminates the requirement for inspections of the mobile home manufacturing process by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in connection with the granting of loans to veterans for the purchase of such homes.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Veterans' Administration Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review Act - Provides that the decisions of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs on any question of law or fact under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration providing benefits for veterans and their dependents or survivors shall be subject to judicial review. Subjects all rules regulations, orders and any other determination of any kind made by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Repeals the requirement that the Administrator determine and pay fees to agents or attorneys in allowed claims for monetary benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to (1) restore the entitlement of any person who lost their entitlement by reason of certain past increases in monthly social security benefits; and (2) pay in a lump sum to any such person any such compensation or pension that would have been payable to him but to such loss of entitlement.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Authorizes the recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay for members or former members of the uniformed services whose retired or retainer pay was computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972 in order to reflect any retired or retainer pay increases for other members which was based on changes in the Consumer Price Index since that date.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Exempts courses which lead to a standard college degree from the "85-15" rule whereby the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is required to disapprove enrollment of any eligible veteran, not already enrolled, in any course offered by a proprietary profit or proprietary nonprofit educational institution where more than 85 percent of the students enrolled have their fees paid by either the Veterans' Administration or the institution itself. Revises the application of rules governing the two-year period a course must be in operation before enrollment of eligible veterans or persons can be approved.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Applies these amendments to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 415(g), adds 38 U.S.C. 503(d))
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Includes civilian security police of the Department of Defense within the civil service retirement provisions applicable to law enforcement officers and firefighters. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8331)
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1978 for the procurement of naval vessels for the armed forces. Prohibits the obligation of funds authorized under this Act for the DD6-47 guided missile destroyer program for material or components which are not suitable for use in a nuclear powered strike cruiser until the President has made certain determinations and has reported them to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Designates the Veterans' Administration hospital in Saint Albans, New York, as the "Henry Schuman Veterans' Hospital."
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Authorizes a presumption of service connection cause of death for the purposes of payment of dependency and indemnity compensation in the case of a blinded veteran who had a service-connected disability rated permanent and total for at least one year immediately preceding death, if death was due to causes not the result of misconduct on the part of such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Omnibus Intelligence Community Reorganization and Reform Act - Title I: Foreign Intelligence Community - Establishes within the National Security Council (NSC) the Committee on Foreign Intelligence to assist the Director of Central Intelligence (an office established by this Act) and the Foreign Activities Committee (established by this Act) in advising the President with respect to sensitive intelligence collection activities of intelligence agencies. Requires all new sensitive intelligence collection activities to be submitted to the Foreign Activities Committee for approval. Establishes within the NSC the Counterintelligence Committee to coordinate all counterintelligence activities of the United States and assure that they are legally conducted. Establishes as an independent establishment in the executive branch the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence to coordinate and oversee the entire foreign intelligence community of the United States. Establishes within such Office the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community to investigate any misconduct by any intelligence agency and report any such misconduct to the Attorney General. Creates within such Office a National Intelligence Board to advise the Director of Central Intelligence with respect to the supervision and control of intelligence agencies and to review finished intelligence estimates. Gives the Secretary of Defense authority over all foreign intelligence operations and activities in time of war. Places the Central Intelligence Agency under the NSC and the Office of the Director of Central of Intelligence. Changes the name of the head of such Agency to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Repeals provisions permitting the selection of the Director of such Agency from the ranks of commissioned officers of the armed forces. Limits the functions of the Agency to conducting a counterintelligence activities outside the United States. Prohibits collection of information concerning an American except at the request of the Department of Justice to assist in a criminal investigation or in the investigation of an employee of the Agency who may have violated security. Establishes within the Central Intelligence Agency a General Counsel to report any illegal action of the Agency. Creates under the NSC and the Director of Central Intelligence an Intelligence Research and Analysis Agency to assume the functions of the Central Intelligence Agency with respect to production, analysis, and dissemination of foreign intelligence. Removes the National Security Agency from the Department of Defense and makes it an independent establishment in the executive branch. Transfers the powers and duties of the Secretary of Defense with respect to such Agency to the Director of the National Security Agency. States that the Agency shall protect from unauthorized access official communications of the United States transmitted by electronic or mechanical means and collect intelligence from foreign communications transmitted by any electronic or mechanical device. Prohibits the monitoring of domestic communications or accepting records of such communications from any commercial carrier. Authorizes the Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, upon reasonable suspicion that a breach of security has occurred, to conduct a surveillance of the employee involved for not more than 15 days. Requires the fruits of such surveillance to be turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) if there is reason to believe that a crime has been committed. Abolishes the Defense Intelligence Agency. Limits the intelligence components of the Department of Defense and the Armed Forces to conducting foreign counterintelligence activities for the protection of military installations and personnel. Prohibits the clandestine collection of foreign intelligence by human beings through espionage or other covert techniques except in time of war. Restricts liaison with foreign intelligence services and domestic police. Prohibits the use of clergy, journalists, and persons who promote the arts, humanities, or cultural affairs to obtain intelligence information. Requires an annual report to the President and the appropriate congressional committee with respect to all commercial organizations owned in whole or in part by any intelligence agency. Prohibits the transfer of funds between intelligence agencies, the reprograming of funds within agencies, and the expenditure of contingency funds in connection with any intelligence collection activity. Permits the General Accounting Office to conduct full and complete management and financial audits of any intelligence agency. Title II: Domestic Intelligence Activites - Prohibits surveillance which is political in nature or designed to interfere with the first amendment activity of any person. Restricts the FBI to investigating incidents in which there exist reasonable suspicion that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a specific act which violates a Federal criminal statute. Prohibits criminal investigations which are not authorized by the Director of the FBI and generally limits the length of such investigation to 90 days. Requires the approval of the Attorney General for any investigation which may pose a danger to first amendment rights. Limits the use of financial records and mail covers. Sets forth warrant procedures and requirements for use of informants and undercover agents. Sets forth warrant requirements and procedures for inspection of records with and without prior notice, and for mail covers. Specifies the authority of the Attorney General over the FBI. Requires the Attorney General to approve the budget of the FBI and to review its investigative procedures at least annually. Limits the term of the Director of the FBI to ten years. Establishes within the FBI the position of Inspector General of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report any activity of the FBI which appears to have been conducted illegally. Abolishes the Internal Security Branch of the Intelligence Division of the FBI and terminates its functions. Prohibits the collection by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of any information about any American on behalf of any intelligence agency. Places other restrictions on the collection and dissemination of information collected by the IRS. Title III: Remedies - Repeals specified provisions of law respecting seditious conspiracy, advocating the overthrow of government, registration of organizations, and activities affecting the armed forces generally. Repeals provisions permitting specified electronic surveillance under color of law. Repeals the provision specifying that unwarranted searches of businesses must be done maliciously to be illegal. Sets penalties for misrepresentation of membership in political groups and assassinations by intelligence personnel. Imposes penalties for the experimental administration of drugs to any person without his or her prior informed consent, and for disciplining any Federal officer or employee for disclosing specified information, refusing to partake in illegal activity, or responding to a congressional request. Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office of the Special Prosecutor for Intelligence Crimes to exercise exclusive and independent jurisdiction over the investigation and prosecution of all offenses committed by an officer or employee of the United States arising out of an intelligence activity conducted in violation of this Act. Provides for congressional oversight of the activities of the Special Prosecutor. Permits any individual who has suffered a deprivation of rights by a Federal official acting under color of law to bring a civil suit against such officer and be awarded the greater of actual damages or $250 for each day of each such deprivation up to $2,500. Makes the United States liable to pay such damages but gives the United States the right to subrogate such award against the official whose action gave rise to such damages. Permits such suit to be brought in Federal court irrespective of the amount in controversy. Permits the granting of equitable relief for such activity. Places a two-year statute of limitations on such actions.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to defer payment of student loans for a period of not more than three years while the student is a participant in an accredited medical internship or residency program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Grants an annuity to dependents of deceased members of the armed forces who performed the service required under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan which made them eligible for retired pay but who died before the effective date of such Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in social security benefits. Applies to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Provides to veterans with a total service-connected disability the right to travel on a space-available basis on unscheduled military flights within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas flights operated by the Military Airlift Command.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in social security benefits. Applies to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in social security benefits. Applies to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1976.