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United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Provides additional compensation to veterans who are totally disabled as a result of combat injuries. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314)
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Provides that the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to readjust the schedule of ratings for the disabilities of veterans after December 31, 1972, shall require the submission to the Congress of any proposed change in such schedule and the absence of any resolution adopted by either House of the Congress opposing the proposed change. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 355)
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Provides, for purposes of computing retired pay for members of the Armed Forces, an additional credit of service equal to all periods of time spent by any such member as a prisoner of war.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Includes as creditable service for purposes of civil service retirement those periods of imprisonment and missing in action status of members of the Armed Forces and of civilian employees where engaged in actions against hostile foreign forces. (Adds 5 U.S.C. 8332 (l))
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Provides that any veteran with a non-service-connected disability involving the loss or loss of use of all extremities is eligible for a pension, specially adapted housing, and specially adapted automobiles. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521)
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Repeals the Military Selective Service Act effective June 30, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Exempts contract nursing home care provided to veterans from the requirements of the Service Contract Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Provides travel and transportation allowances for emergency leave and ordinary leave for compassionate reasons granted to servicemen stationed overseas. (Adds 37 U.S.C. sec. 404(a)(5))
United States · United States Congress · 13 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 unless notice of such transfer or sale is first given to congress.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Repeals those provisions of Federal law providing personal money allowances to specified military officers. (Repeals 37 U.S.C. 414)
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Provides that the retired pay of any member or former member of the Armed Forces who was on active duty or in an active status on or before May 31, 1958, shall be computed at current active duty pay rates and increased to reflect later changes in applicable pay rates.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for the procurement of vessels and construction of shore and offshore establishments; and for bridge alterations. Prescribes the Coast Guard end-of-year strength for active duty personnel. Prescribes authorized Coast Guard average military student loads.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Provides, for purposes of computing retired pay for members of the Armed Forces, an additional credit of service equal to all periods of time spent by any such member as a prisoner of war.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Uniformed Services Special Pay Act - Provides that an officer of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corp, an officer of the Medical, Dental, or Veterinary Corps of the Air Force who is designated as a medical, dental, or veterinary officer, or a medical, dental, or veterinary officer of the Public Health Service, who is on active duty for a period of more than thirty days is entitled, in addition to any other pay or allowances, to special pay at the following rates: (1) $100 a month for each month of active duty if he has not completed two years of active duty in a category named above; or (2) $350 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed two years of active duty. Provides that a member of a uniformed service who: (1) has completed at least twenty-one months of active duty (other than for training); (2) is designated as having a critical military skill; and (3) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a regular component of the service concerned for a period at least three years; may be paid a sum of money, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years or the monthly fractions thereof, of additional obligated service, not to exceed six years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. States that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least three years or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to a total of at least three years, may under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, be paid an amount prescribed by the Secretary concerned but not more than $3,000. Provides for continuation pay for physicians and dentists of the Public Health Service who extend their service on active duty. States that such person may be paid not more than four months' basic pay at the rate applicable to him when he executes the agreement for each additional year that he agrees to serve on active duty. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall submit a written report each year to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the operation of this special pay program. Provides for special pay for officers of the armed forces in health professions who execute active duty agreements. States that upon acceptance of such agreement by the Secretary concerned such officer is entitled to an amount not to exceed $17,000 for each year of the active duty agreement. Provides that such officer must be qualified in a critical health profession and qualified, as determined by a board composed of officers in his profession, to enter into such an agreement. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a written report each year to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the operation of this program. Provides that an officer of an armed force who is designated by the Secretary concerned as an officer possessing skills in a critical shortage specialty and whose retention on, or voluntary recall to, active duty would be of benefit to the United States; and who executes an agreement to serve on continuous active duty in that specialty for a period of not less than one year, but not more than six years, in addition to any other period of active duty for which he is obligated may be paid, in addition to all other compensation, a sum of money not to exceed $4,000 for each year of such agreement. Provides special pay for participation in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. States that the amount of special pay for those persons possessing critical military skills as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard shall be: (1) up to $2,200 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment or extension of the enlistment period; or (2) for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period, ten percent of the total for one year, twenty-two percent of the total for two years, thirty-seven percent of the total for three years, fifty-four percent of the total for four years, or seventy-five percent of the total for five years. States that the amount of such pay for persons not possessing such critical skills shall be: (1) up to $1,100 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment, or extension of enlistment period; or (2) an amount as determined by the above formula for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Authorizes the apportionment of funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways for fiscal year 1974, based on the factors in table 5, House Committee Print numbered 92-29, as revised in House Report 92-1443.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Provides that no changes or readjustments in the schedule for rating disabilities made by the Administrator of Veteans' 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 that House does not favor the proposed change or readjustment. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 355)
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Provides that, in determining the annual income of any individual for veterans' pension and compensation purposes, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall disregard any increase in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) brought about by Public Law 92-336 to which a veteran might be entitled, or any subsequent cost-of-living increase in such benefits occurring pursuant to the Social Security Act. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 415(g)(4), 503(d))
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Includes as creditable service for purposes of civil service retirement those periods of imprisonment and missing in action status of members of the Armed Forces and of civilian employees where engaged in actions against hostile foreign forces. (Adds 5 U.S.C. 8332 (l))
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Uniformed Services Retirement Pay Equalization Act - Provides that the retired pay of each retired officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps shall be computed on the basis of rates of pay provided by law at the time of his retirement or subsequently for officers on the active list. Permits retired members of the uniformed service, who were retired by reason of physical disability and who are entitled to retired or retainer pay computed under the Career Compensation Act of 1949, to elect within the one-year period following the effective date of this Act, to receive disability retirement pay under this Act in lieu of that retired or retainer pay to which they are otherwise entitled. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 6149)
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 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))
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Provides that specified beneficiaries of veterans under a National Service Life Insurance policy may elect a lump-sum settlement after attaining age 65. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 717(f))
United States · United States Congress · 7 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. Increases dependency and indemnity compensation to parents of deceased veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 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))
United States · United States Congress · 7 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.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Allows as a credit against the tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code a percentage of a taxpayer's employment expenses in employing a Vietnam veteran. Gives preference in percentages allowed as a credit to the hiring of a person who is physically handicapped, or who was a prisoner of war or missing in action. Specifies qualifying expenses and the percentages allowed depending on the length of a veteran's employment. Requires the payment of the higher of either the minimum wage or the prevailing wage. Defines terms and sets forth regulations for purposes of this Act. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Provides an alternative method for computing dependency and indemnity compensation in order to insure that the survivors of deceased veterans receive an amount of compensation equal to that to which they would have been entitled if such veterans had been civil service employees killed while performing job-related functions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay to each veteran of World War I who meets service requirements a specified pension. Provides for pension payments to the widow, or to the children of World War I veterans if there is no widow. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 512, 536, 537)
United States · United States Congress · 6 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))
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Provides that no changes or readjustments in the schedule for rating disabilities made by the Administrator of Veteans' 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 that House does not favor the proposed change or readjustment. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 355)
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Provides that veterans who were held as prisoners of war shall be deemed permanently and totally disabled for purposes of receiving wartime disability compensation. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 303)
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Prisoner of War Bonus Benefits Act - Entitles members of the armed forces who were in a missing status for any period during the Vietnam conflict to double credit for such period for retirement purposes. Specifies additional pay and allowances and medical benefits to which such persons are entitled. Provides for double retirement credit to Federal employees in such status during the conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Provides for the treatment of illegitimate children of servicemen or servicewomen to be dependents under specified circumstances for the purpose of paying quarters allowances to the service parent. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 403)
United States · United States Congress · 5 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.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Permits any returned prisoner of war of the Vietnam conflict to import free of duty additional personal and household effects during the one-year period after his return to the jurisdiction of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Permits attendance, without loss of pay or deduction from annual leave, of United States Postal Service employees who are veterans at funerals of honorably discharged members of the United States Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Permits any returned prisoner of war of the Vietnam conflict to import free of duty additional personal and household effects during the one-year period after his return to the jurisdiction of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Increases the educational assistance allowance payable to eligible veterans by a sum of money necessary to cover reasonable tuition costs, including the cost of books. Empowers the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to adjust the time and manner of such payments with respect to the type of educational program being pursued by the veteran. Provides that no amount payable to an eligible veteran under a half-time of more educational program or under a correspondence educational program shall be deemed to cover the cost of tuition and books under this Act. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1682)
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to utilize Department of Defense resources for the purpose of providing medical emergency transportation services to civilians.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the General Services Administration to insure the procurement and use by the Federal Government of products manufactrued from recycled materials. Requires the Secretary and Administrator to make an annual report to the Congress with regard to Federal departments and agencies progress in carrying out the objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Prisoner of War Bonus Benefits Act - Entitles members of the armed forces who were in a missing status for any period during the Vietnam conflict to double credit for such period for retirement purposes. Specifies additional pay and allowances and medical benefits to which such persons are entitled. Provides for double retirement credit to Federal employees in such status during the conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 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)
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Veterans' Administrative 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 unless notice of such transfer or sale is first given to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 1 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. Increases dependency and indemnity compensation to parents of deceased veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Provides for crediting service as an aviation midshipman for purposes of pay and retirement for nonregular service in the Armed Forces. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1332 (b) (7), 37 U.S.C. 205 (a) (1))
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Revises the rule for entitlement to retired or retainer pay to reflect later active duty. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1402(a))
United States · United States Congress · 1 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))
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Prisoner of War Bonus Benefits Act - Entitles members of the armed forces and Federal employees who were in a missing status for any period during the Vietnam conflict to double credit for such period for retirement purposes. Specifies additional pay and allowances and medical benefits to which such persons are entitled.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Provides that no further reduction be made in the retired or retainer pay of any person who elects to provide annuities under the survivor benefit plan if all beneficiaries of the annuities predecease such person. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1452)
United States · United States Congress · 1 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))
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Directs the President to establish national defense petroleum reserves which shall have a petroleum producing capacity sufficient to protect the United States against a continuous one year interruption of the importation of petroleum from foreign countries not contiguous to the United States, which the President has determined to be insecure sources. Provides that, to the extent deemed necessary, the President may treat existing petroleum reserves established under other laws as part of the national reserves and is authorized to acquire lands adjacent to such existing reserves and to enter into contracts to protect or increase the capacity of these existing reserves. Provides that nothing in this act shall require or authorize the cancellation or termination of any existing lease, or the taking of lands or use thereof, which have been set aside for purposes of recreation, conservation or public use. Requires the President to submit a quarterly report to the Joint Committee on Defense Production.