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Bill· HRH.R. 5022 (94th)referred

A bill to provide that time spent by American civilians in enemy prisoner-of-war camps and similar places shall be creditable (as though it were military service) toward pensions, annuities, or similar benefits under various Federal retirement programs.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975

Provides that time spent by American civilians in enemy prisoner-of-war camps and similar places on or after December 7, 1941, shall be creditable (as though it were military service) toward pensions, annuities, or similar benefits under the Social Security Act, the Railroad Act and other specified Federal retirement programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 4997 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide hospital and medical care to certain members of the armed forces of nations allied or associated with the United States in World War I or World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975

Provides hospital and medical care to members of the armed forces of Poland or Czechoslovakia who participated in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States during World War I or World War II, and who have been citizens of the United States for not less than 10 years. Provides that such hospital and medical care shall be available to the same extent as if such service had been performed in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 4996 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide hospital and medical care to certain members of the armed forces of nations allied or associated with the United States in World War I or World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975

Provides hospital and medical care to members of the armed forces of Poland or Czechoslovakia who participated in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States during World War I or World War II, and who have been citizens of the United States for not less than 10 years. Provides that such hospital and medical care shall be available to the same extent as if such service had been performed in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 5019 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975

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. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations for calendar years after 1974.

Bill· HRH.R. 4955 (94th)referred

A bill to prohibit the production and procurement by any agency of the United States of any delivery system designed to disseminate any binary-type chemical warfare agent.

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1975

Provides that no funds authorized or appropriated by any Act for fiscal year 1976 or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense may be used by any U. S. department, agency, or instrumentality to procure any delivery system which is designed to disseminate any binary-type chemical warfare agent, or to establish any facility for the production of any such system or part thereof.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 312 (94th)referred

Resolution creating a select committee to conduct an investigation and study of the fate of the missing in action and prisoners of war in Vietnam and to make recommendations to the President and Congress of means to obtain an honorable resolution as soon as possible of the missing-in-action and prisoners-of-war problem.

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1975

Establishes a select committee of the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation and study of the fate of the missing in action and prisoners of war in Vietnam and to make recommendations to the President and Congress of means to obtain an honorable resolution as soon as possible of the missing in action and prisoners of war problem. Provides the committee with the power to hold hearings and issue subpenas to carry out its responsibilities.

Bill· HRH.R. 4853 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to correct certain inequities in the crediting of National Guard technician service in connection with civil service retirement.

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975

Removes the requirement of service on or after the effective date of the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 as a prerequisite for creditable service for civil service retirement purposes for National Guard technicians. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8332(b))

Bill· HRH.R. 4855 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 9441 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for the budgeting by the Secretary of Defense, the authorization of appropriations, and the use of those appropriated funds by the Secretary of the Air Force, for certain specified purposes to assist the Civil Air Patrol in providing services in connection with the noncombatant mission of the Air Force.

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to budget and provide for the authorization of appropriations, and the use of those appropriated funds by the Secretary of the Air Force to assist the Civil Air Patrol in providing services in connection with the noncombatant mission of the Air Force.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 309 (94th)passed

Resolution disapproving the deferral of certain budget authority (D75-94) relating to the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, proposed in the President's special message of November 26, 1974, transmitted under section 1013 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, and subsequently revised in the supplementary message of January 30, 1975, transmitted under section 1014(c) of such act.

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975

Disapproves the deferral of certain budget authority (D75-94) relating to the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, proposed in the President's special message of November 26, 1974, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, and subsequently revised in the supplementary message of January 30, 1975, transmitted under such Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4780 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to train certain veterans, with appropriate experience as paramedical personnel, to serve as medical assistants in long-term health care facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to schools of medicine to train veterans, with appropriate experience as paramedical personnel, to serve as medical assistants in long-term health care facilities. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $5,000,000 for each of the next three fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4795 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States so as to entitle veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to pension on the same basis as veterans of the Spanish-American War and their widows and children, respectively, and to increase pension rates.

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975

Entitles specified veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to a veterans' pension benefit on the same basis as that accorded to veterans of the Spanish American War and their widows and children, respectively. Provides for an increase in pension rates applicable to such classes of veterans.

Bill· HRH.R. 4791 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975

Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits which result from the enactment of Public Law 92-336 or any subsequent cost-of-living increase under title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to annual income determinations made for calendar years afer 1971.

Bill· HRH.R. 4745 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975

Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits which result from the enactment of Public Law 92-336 or any subsequent cost-of-living increase under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.

Bill· HRH.R. 4677 (94th)referred

Energy and Defense Industry Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975

Energy and Defense Industry Protection Act - Makes it unlawful for: (1) any person who is not a citizen of the United States; or (2) an entity which is owned or controlled by a person who is not a citizen of the United States; to control any American issuer registered under the Securities Exchange Act if such issuer is engaged in the energy or defense industries. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to exempt any issuer engaged in the energy industry from the prohibition of this Act if the Administrator finds that the granting of such exemption would not adversely affect the production or supply of energy within the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to exempt any issuer engaged in the defense industry from the prohibition of this Act if the Secretary finds that the granting of such exemption would not adversely affect the national defense. States that any person who is in violation of the provisions of this Act on the date of enactment shall have two years from such date to bring himself into compliance.

Bill· HRH.R. 4695 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975

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. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations for calendar years after 1974.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 301 (94th)referred

Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the missing in action in Southeast Asia and the Paris Agreement.

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of the State should take the necessary steps, including the renewal of negotiations between the parties, signatory to the Paris agreement and the agreement with the Lao Patriotic Front, to finally determine the fate of all United States servicemen and civilians missing in Southeast Asia. Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of this resolution to the President who is requested to report to the House in 90 days on steps taken to implement this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4642 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to exempt certain State-operated vocational courses from placement record requirements as a prerequisite to approval by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs.

United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975

Exempts specified State-operated vocational courses from placement record requirements as a prerequisite to approval by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1673 (a)(2), 1723(a)(2)).

Bill· HRH.R. 4537 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975

Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits which result from the enactment of Public Law 92-336 or any subsequent cost-of-living increase under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.

Bill· HRH.R. 4528 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to correct certain inequities in the crediting of National Guard technician service in connection with civil service retirement.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975

Removes the requirement of service on or after the effective date of the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 as a prerequisite for creditable service for civil service retirement purposes for National Guard technicians. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8332(b))

Bill· HRH.R. 4524 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 1401a(e) of title 10, United States Code, to preclude a military member from receiving less retired pay by continued active service.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975

Requires the payment of retirement pay for members of the armed forces who became entitled to such pay on or after October 1, 1967, so as to preclude such a military member from receiving less retired pay by continued active service. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1401a(e))

Bill· HRH.R. 4543 (94th)referred

A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975

Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.

Bill· HRH.R. 4508 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975

Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits which result from the enactment of Public Law 92-336 or any subsequent cost-of-living increase under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.

Bill· SS. 977 (94th)referred

National Emergencies Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975

National Emergencies Act - Title I: Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies - States that all powers and authorities conferred by law upon the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or upon any department, agency, independent establishment, or any other body of the Federal Government, and all powers and authorities conferred by any Executive Order pursuant to law as a result of the existence of any national emergency in effect immediately prior to the two hundred and seventy-first day after the date of enactment of this Act, are terminated on such two hundred and seventy-first day. Title II: Future National Emergencies - Provides that in the event the President finds that the proclamation of a national emergency is essential to the preservation, protection, and defense of the Constitution, and is essential to the common defense, safety, or well-being of the territory and people of the United States, the President is authorized to proclaim the existence of a national emergency. Title III: Declarations of War by Congress - Stipulates that whenever Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during time of war or a national emergency shall be effective from the date of such declaration and remain in effect only in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Title IV: Future National Emergencies - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during such a national emergency or during a war declared by the Congress shall be effective and remain in effect with respect to such emergency or war only in accordance with this Act. States that when the President declares a national emergency, no powers made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall become operative unless and until the President specifies by Executive Order the specific provisions of law under which he proposes that he, or other officers of the executive branch, will act. Provides that any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with this title shall terminate 180 days after the date the national emergency was declared unless Congress, by concurrent resolution, provides otherwise. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file, and an index thereof, of all Executive Orders issued by the President. Directs the President to transmit to the House of Representatives and the Senate and to the appropriate committees of the Congress the texts of each order, rule, or regulation, by whatever name called, promulgated by any executive department, administration, independent establishment, board, commission, official, group of officials, or other rulemaking authority. Title VI: Repeal of Certain Emergency Power Statutes - Provides for the repeal of specified provisions of law dealing with emergency powers.

Bill· HRH.R. 4455 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975

Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.

Bill· HRH.R. 4417 (94th)referred

A bill to provide for determination through judicial proceedings of claims for compensation on account of disability or death resulting from disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty while serving in the active military or naval service, including those who served during peacetime.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975

Provides that, except as provided in this Act, the decisions of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs on any question of law or fact concerning a claim for benefits or payments shall be final and conclusive. States that in the event of a disagreement with respect to any claim on account of disability or death (including peacetime veterans resulting from disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty, within 12 months after discharge if he or she is disabled by disease then it is presumed that such disease was prevalent at time of discharge) an action may be brought against the United States and jurisdiction is conferred upon such courts to hear and determine all such controversies. Limits institution of any such claim to within two years from the date of notice by the Administrator of his determination with respect to such claim or within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever date is the later. Provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of the Act to provide that the unexplained absence of any individual for seven years shall be deemed sufficient evidence of death for the purpose of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, a finding of death made by the Administrator shall not be final and conclusive in an action brought under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4443 (94th)referred

Armed Forces Drug Dependency Treatment and Rehabilitation Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975

Armed Forces Drug Dependency Treatment and Rehabilitation Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to require examination of each member of the armed forces to determine which members are drug dependent. Requires that treatment be provided such members. Provides that members of the armed forces charged with possession of a habit-forming drug shall be accepted for treatment. Provides that prosecution of such offense shall be waived on condition that such member complies with the requirements established for treatment. Requires that information given in seeking treatment shall be held in the strictest confidence. Specifies that neither a condition of drug dependency nor possession for personal use shall warrant disciplinary action. Requires the President to take action to seek agreement with foreign nations whereby members shall not be prosecuted for drug use or possession when such members volunteer for treatment under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4416 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make more equitable the procedures for determining eligibility for benefits under the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975

Defines the term "veteran," for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under the laws administered by the Veterans Administration, to mean a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom other than by a discharge imposed by a court-martial. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide to any claimant for any benefit under law administered by the Veterans' Administrator a list of such documentary information which the claimant will likely need to support his claim. Provides that the Administrator shall recognize any individual admitted to practice law before the highest court in any State or the District of Columbia to act as an agent or attorney in the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. Describes the procedure for review of a case by the Board of Veterans' Appeals and for appeals from the decision of such Board.

Bill· HRH.R. 4393 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to require that all Federal retirement or annuity payments be disregarded in determining annual income under the veterans' pension laws.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to disregard all Federal retirement or annuity payments, or similar plan or program, in arriving at annual income determinations under the veterans' pension laws. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 415 (g) (1) (G), 503 (a)(b))

Bill· HRH.R. 4419 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975

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. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations for calendar years after 1974.

Bill· HRH.R. 4382 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, of the United States Code in order to provide service pension to certain veterans of World War I and pension to the widows of such veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975

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 other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits as prescribed in this Act.

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