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Bill· HRH.R. 2547 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Directs the Administrator of General Services to purchase property which is suitable for use as a training facility by the Texas National Guard equal in value to the interest held by the Texas National Guard Armory Board in specified property. Directs the Administrator and the Texas National Guard Armory Board to exchange such purchased and presently owned properties for one another.
Bill· HRH.R. 2477 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Makes it unlawful for any individual or entity to solicit to enroll or enroll any member of the armed forces in any labor organization, or for any member of the armed forces to join, or encourage other members to join, any labor union. Prescribes a penalty of not more than five years imprisonment for any individual violating this Act, and a fine of not less than $25,000 nor more than $50,000 for any labor organization in violation of this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
Bill· HRH.R. 2473 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Veterans' Pension Act - Reduces the number of items excluded in the determination of income for veterans who have a non-service-connected disability. Sets flat pension rates for specified categories of such veterans and also for widows and children of Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, Korean conflict or Vietnam era veterans. Provides for continuance, even though income status changes, of amount paid to veterans with a permanent and total disability rating or who are in need of regular care and attendance. Requires cost-of-living increases in the rates payable to persons affected by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2476 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities, regardless of disability rating, who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.
Bill· HRH.R. 2478 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Makes it unlawful for any individual or entity to solicit to enroll or enroll any member of the armed forces in any labor organization, or for any member of the armed forces to join, or encourage other members to join, any labor union. Prescribes a penalty of not more than five years imprisonment for any individual violating this Act, and a fine of not less than $25,000 nor more than $50,000 for any labor organization in violation of this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
Bill· HRH.R. 2472 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Mustering-Out Payment Act - Revises the eligibility requirements for mustering-out payments by removing criteria stipulating active duty during the Korean conflict and an honorable discharge. Grants eligibility to members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty for 90 days or more during the Vietnam era and who were discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. Denies benefits to any individual on account of service as a commissioned officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Increases the amount of mustering-out payments: (1) from $300 to $350 for persons who, having performed active duty for 60 days or more, have served outside the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska; and (2) from @200 to $250 for persons who, having performed active duty for 60 days or more have served no part thereof outside the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska. Changes the time limitations: (1) for entitlement, to discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) for application, to any time within two years after the date of enactment of this Act. Declares that mustering-out payments shall now be assignable. Disqualifies recipients of mustering-out payments from receiving unemployment compensation with respect to weeks of unemployment completed within 60 days after discharge or release.
Bill· HRH.R. 2474 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make annual adjustments in monthly rates of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation according to cost-of-living changes in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index.
Bill· HRH.R. 2470 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Stipulates that no veteran may be denied care or treatment under the Champus program for any service-connected disability solely because care or treatment for such disability is available at Veterans' Administration medical facilities. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1086)
Bill· HRH.R. 2479 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Makes it unlawful for any individual or entity to solicit to enroll or enroll any member of the armed forces in any labor organization, or for any member of the armed forces to join, or encourage other members to join, any labor union. Prescribes a penalty of not more than five years imprisonment for any individual violating this Act, and a fine of not less than $25,000 nor more than $50,000 for any labor organization in violation of this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
Bill· HRH.R. 2475 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Provides that pension or compensation payments made to a hospitalized incompetent veteran will not be terminated unless his estate exceeds $3,000 (currently $1,500); and in the event of such termination, payments will be resumed when such veteran's estate has been reduced to $1,000 (currently $500).
Bill· HRH.R. 2412 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a national cemetery in each State in which there is no national cemetery and to provide for the maintenance and care of each such cemetery. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire such land as may be necessary to establish each such cemetery, leaving location and size to the Secretary's discretion. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay, in addition to any other burial allowance authorized to be paid, an additional burial allowance of $400 for any deceased veteran interred in other than a national cemetery. Prohibits any deduction for any reason from this additional burial allowance.
Bill· HRH.R. 2385 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Requires an increase in the annuities payable under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan to spouses or children of deceased members of the armed forces who died before March 20, 1974, whenever retired or retainer pay is increased to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Makes such adjustments retroactive for retired or retainer pay adjustments since September 21, 1972. Makes adjustments regarding eligibility and the amounts payable under the Survivor Benefit Plan of the armed forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 2415 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Northern Irish Relief Act - Authorizes the issuance of 25,000 special immigrant visas to British citizens who are residents of Northern Ireland and who are seeking admission into the United States to avoid the consequences of war, armed conflict, civil disorder or persecution. Authorizes such special visas to aliens from Northern Ireland who would be eligible to enter the United States pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act but for the fact that a visa is not immediately available under such Act. Exempts the provisions of this Act from British citizens who are residents of Northern Ireland seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor. Exempts aliens receiving a visa under this Act from paying the fees required by the Immigration and Nationality Act. Allows an alien already in this country on a nonimmigrant visa who is eligible for a visa under this Act to adjust his status to that of a permanent resident.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 82 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish a Presidential task force to advise the President with respect to actions which may be taken to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans who are prisoners of war or missing in Southeast Asia as a result of the Vietnam conflict and to recommend to the President the adoption of national policies with respect to prisoners of war and individuals who are missing in action.
Bill· SS. 444 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1977
Directs that National Guard technicians rendering certain services prior to January 1, 1969 be considered to have been in the employment of the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force for the purposes of computing civil service retirement benefits.
Bill· SS. 445 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1977
Authorizes the establishment of a National Guard for Guam. (Amends 32 U.S.C. 101)
Bill· SS. 433 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to retain reserve officers of the Army in an active status until age 60 except first lieutenants, captains, and majors who have not been recommended for promotion by two selection boards.
Bill· SS. 446 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1977
Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, to reimburse non-appropriated fund instrumentalities in the Ryukyu Islands and Daito Islands, Japan, for increased costs in severance pay entitlements of their Japanese employees whose severance pay computation was changed effective May 15, 1972 pursuant to the treaty which reverted such islands to Japan. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary for such reimbursements.
Bill· SS. 434 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 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.
Bill· SS. 407 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Declares that time spent by civilian citizens and permanent residents of the United States in prisoner-of-war camps, internment centers, or similar places, on or after December 7, 1941 shall be considered; (1) service in the active military or naval service for purposes of certain veterans' benefits; (2) military service during war for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937; (3) military service for purposes of Civil Service retirement; and (4) active service for purposes of Armed Forces retirement pay.
Bill· HRH.R. 2360 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Amends the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 to increase the subsistence payments to students at State maritime academies from $600 to $1200 per academic year.
Bill· HRH.R. 2354 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension 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 for a period of 90 consecutive days or more and such period began or ended 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 2328 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Removes the requirement that a dependent of, or a member of the uniformed services go to a nonprofit medical facility to receive institutional care in order to be eligible for medical benefits. Allows pregnant wives of members who died while eligible for hostile fire pay to receive medical care for that pregnancy on the same basis as that prescribed for dependents of members who are on active duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 2305 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide chiropractic care to any eligible veteran for outpatient medical treatment upon the request of the veteran.
Bill· HRH.R. 2324 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 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)
Bill· HRH.R. 2294 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require air carriers to provide half-fare air transportation on a space-available basis to disabled veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 2295 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Extends outpatient dental services and treatment to any veteran who has a service-connected disability rated 60 percent or more.
Bill· SS. 379 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assign and pay the applicable rate of compensation for full service-connected disability to a veteran who has suffered the loss or loss of use of one limb such as to cause total disability, as a result of a non-service-connected disability not the result of his own willful misconduct.
Bill· SS. 366 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 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, and before March 28, 1973, or who completed at least 20 years of service after August 15, 1945, to retired pay.
Bill· SS. 364 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 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. Directs that all rules, regulations, orders and any other determination of any kind made by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs be subject 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.
Bill· SS. 326 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Extends the delimiting period within which a veteran must complete a program of education when such veteran can demonstrate a compelling reason for his or her inability to complete a program within the delimiting period otherwise applicable.
Bill· HRH.R. 2233 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Provides for the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals residing in Guam on the basis of service as a Federal employee, provided that such employee is not entitled to unemployment compensation based upon other service and wages.
Bill· HRH.R. 2230 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Makes it unlawful for any individual or entity to solicit to enroll or enroll any member of the armed forces in any labor organization, or for any member of the armed forces to join, or encourage other members to join, any labor union. Prescribes a penalty of not more than five years imprisonment for any individual violating this Act, and a fine of not less than $25,000 nor more than $50,000 for any labor organization in violation of this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
Bill· HRH.R. 2231 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Comprehensive Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act - Title I: Educational Assistance Program Amendments - Redefines the qualifying service period of an "eligible veteran" to be the period from August 4, 1964 to January 1, 1977; and redesignates as an "eligible peacetime post-Korean veteran" anyone whose qualifying service period fell between January 31, 1955, and August 5, 1964; and entitles both "eligible veterans" and "eligible peacetime post-Korean veterans" to all benefits, services and loans available under the educational assistance program. Extends from 36 to 45 months the period of eligibility for receiving educational assistance (this provision currently exist, 38 U.S.C. 1661 (a)). Sets conditions for extending the ten-year delimiting period for receipt of assistance up to a maximum of two additional years. Provides that counseling offered by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to veterans eligible for educational assistance may include assisting any veteran: (1) to select the occupation or training objective suitable to personal circumstances, characteristics, financial resources, dependent responsibilities and other relevant factors; (2) to select the occupation or training objective which will provide reasonable opportunities for employment and with job satisfaction after development of the required job skills; (3) to select the educational institution that will effectively assist in attaining educational or vocational objectives; and (4) to develop a program of education that will lead to a recognized and predetermined educational, vocational, technical, or professional objective within the veteran's period of entitlement. Directs the Administrator to take such measures as may be necessary, including denial of applications or disapproval of courses, to insure that no aspect of the educational assistance program is used for the purpose of income supplementation, unemployment compensation, or adjusted compensation. Allows continued payments to veterans enrolled in institutions not complying with provisions of the Act if such veterans are not at fault for the noncompliance. Provides an accelerated educational assistance allowance, not to exceed twice the ordinary monthly amount, to be granted, after appropriate counseling, to an eligible veteran or person who demonstrates need for the acceleration. Stipulates the categories of persons most likely to need a program of acceleration. Limits any program of accelerated assistance allowances to five years. Title II: War Orphans' and Widows' Educational Assistance Program Amendments - Allows the ten-year period of eligibility for educational assistance for the spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability to run from the wedding date of the spouse and such veteran. Entitles eligible war orphans and widows to accelerated educational assistance allowances. Title III: Administration of Educational Benefits - Extends the coverage of existing administrative provisions of the educational assistance program to all branches and extensions of an educational institution. Directs the Administrator to establish between the Administration, the State approving agencies and nationally recognized accrediting agencies and associations, an exchange of information pertaining to activities of educational institutions, especially to the enforcement of approval standard and enrollment restrictions and fraudulent and other criminal activities on the part of persons connected with the institution; and directs the Administrator to furnish the U.S. Attorney General, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and other Federal, State and local agencies such information and assistance as may be necessary to preclude abuses or enhance the effectiveness of the programs established hereunder. Requires educational institutions to transmit to State approving agencies catalogs or bulletins certified as true, current and correct both in content and policy by an authorized school official. Requires the State approving agencies to find as a condition of approval, adequate standards of progress established and clearly defined, and to find that an institution and its programs of education are in every aspect, portion, element, and division in full compliance with the law. Revises the criteria for approval of nonaccredited courses. Requires all advertising, promotion, sales techniques, claims and personnel employed by or representing the institution and branches or extensions offering nonaccredited courses to be in compliance with all applicable State and Federal licensing regulations and laws. Permits the Administrator to disapprove any institution of program of education approved as accredited if it fails to comply with any of specified provisions of law. Makes any advance payment of initial educational assistance or subsistence allowance conditional, and denies such advance payments to those entitled to receive accelerated payments. Requires the application for conditional advance payments to indicate that the eligible veteran or person had requested such, that it is necessary and appropriated to meet specific expenses, and that such expenses shall reasonably equal or exceed the amount of conditional advance payment. Requires the Administrator to set up an appeals procedure for administrative proceedings involving property loss resulting from a decision to terminate or modify an eligible veteran's or person's educational benefits. Increases from $3 and $4 to $8 and $10 respectively the fees paid to educational institutions in reimbursement for reports and certifications. Directs the Administrator to refer to the U.S. Attorney General any deliberate, premeditated, or willful misconduct or illegal action of a significant nature or involving a significant sum of money stemming from overpayments occasioned by a false or misleading report by an educational institution. Sets new conditions for the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in a program of correspondence or residence-correspondence. Denies approval of enrollment in an institution in any way affiliated with a proprietary institution or profitmaking operation which affects any program of education provided eligible veterans and persons unless such program meets all the requirements of the law. Requires the Administrator to notify any eligible veteran or eligible person of any available vocational assistance alternatives and of any legal recourse when it disapproves an institution or discontinues anyone's educational assistance. Requires the Administrator, upon determination that the interruption of failure of a person's program was due in whole or in part to problems of personal adjustment, to advise such person of available counseling services and vocational, educational and psychological assistance. Establishes with the Veterans Administration an Interagency Veterans' Advisory Task Force to advise and assist the Administrator, among other things, in: (1) the review of the effectiveness and coordination of all rights and services authorized for veterans; (2) the development and implementation of studies of the effectiveness of laws applicable to veterans and eligible persons; (3) the monitoring and evaluation and preclusion of abuses of veterans' adjustment assistance programs; (4) the investigation of allegations indicating that veterans are being denied rights, benefit,or assistance; and (5) the appraisal of Federal laws, appropriations, and policies meeting the readjustment needs of veterans. Directs the Task Force to serve as a national clearinghouse for information and assistance relating to the needs of veterans, and to serve as an advocate for the correction of problems and the preclusion of abuses. Establishes within the Task Force a section on enforcement and implementation of laws, a section on the evaluation and accreditation of military experience, and an Advisory Committee to take over the duties and responsibilities of the current advisory committee, with special emphasis on the inclusion and participation of veterans receiving or requiring readjustment assistance. Empowers the Task Force and its sections to issue subpenas. Requires the Task Force to report to Congress within one year of enactment its findings and recommendations for post-Vietnam era readjustment assistance programs. Sets maximum aggregate education loan amounts for eligible persons with no, one, two, or more dependents. Title IV: Miscellaneous Veterans Program Amendments - Requires the Veterans' Administration to adjust its adjudication criteria and under no circumstances to determine eligibility for veterans' benefits for ex-servicemen with other than honorable discharges with either less lenient or more restrictive criteria and procedures that those used by the various military departments in the review and upgrading of other than honorable discharges. Title V: Employment and Training of Disabled and Vietnam-era Veterans - Creates within the Department of Labor a separate agency to be known as the Veterans' Employment Service which shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment. Title VI: Veterans' Administration: Miscellaneous Amendments - Directs the Administrator to initiate a comprehensive outreach and information program to inform veterans of the programs and services made available by this Act. Directs the veterans' representatives to carry out such outreach and information assistance services. Requires both the Administrator and the veterans' representatives especially to assist veterans whose educational benefits have ended because of the expiration of their delimiting period to obtain alternative means of completing their education and training.
Bill· HRH.R. 2218 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Authorizes additional retired or retainer pay for members of the armed forces who have been credited with extraordinary heroism in the line of duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 2121 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 2117 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Provides that monthly social security benefit payments and annuity payments under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 shall not be included as income for the purpose of determining eligibility for certain veterans' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation paid by the Veterans' Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 2120 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Provides that monthly social security benefit payments and annuity payments under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 shall not be included as income for the purpose of determining eligibility for certain veterans' and widows' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation paid by the Veterans' Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 2114 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Provides that public or private retirement, annuity, or endowment payments (including monthly social security insurance benefits) shall not be included in computing annual income for the purpose of determining eligibility for a service pension or a non-service-connected disability pension paid by the Veterans' Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 2119 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Authorizes the payment of $150 per month as a pension to World War I veterans, subject to a $3,540 or a $4,760 annual income limitation, depending on marital status. Provides that retirement income shall not be counted as income in the determination of annual income for purposes of pensions under this Act. Provides that such pension shall be increased by ten percent where the veteran served overseas during World War I.
Bill· HRH.R. 2102 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Increases the rates of vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, and special training allowances paid to eligible veterans and persons.
Bill· HRH.R. 2098 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 2103 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Provides that veterans with disabilities rated 10 through 100 percent shall receive from the Veterans' Administration additional compensation for dependents.
Bill· HRH.R. 2072 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 2079 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1977, to repeal the prohibition of expenditure of funds for claims for nonemergency inpatient hospital care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) when such care was available at a facility of the uniformed services within a 40-mile radius of the patient's residence.
Bill· HRH.R. 2025 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 2039 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Directs the Secretaries of the various armed forces to establish discharge review boards and panels and to geographically disburse such panels on the basis of population concentrations of discharge applicants. Requires such panels to travel to areas where a reasonable number of applications for review have been filed. Directs the discharge review boards and panels to review any discharge or dismissal from the armed forces granted under other than fully honorable conditions upon their own motion or upon the request of the former member or the representative of a former member. Directs the review board or panel to determine whether such discharge was fair and equitable, or in the interest of justice, by standards current at the time of review, taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish guidelines and directives to be followed by the review boards and panels including specified mitigating and extenuating circumstances. Stipulates that the presence of strong mitigating factors shall normally warrant the upgrading of an other than fully dishonorable discharge to an honorable discharge, unless they are offset by serious aggravating factors which have a direct relationship to the issuance of an other than fully honorable discharge. Authorizes a review board or panel to issue an honorable discharge (limited) to individuals who were discharged under less than honorable conditions if such individuals have rehabilitated themselves and their conduct, activities and habits since being granted original discharge have been exemplary. Stipulates that such new discharge certificate shall be the same as a fully honorable discharge for all records and information pertaining to the individual. Stipulates that no benefits under any laws shall automatically be afforded to any individual issued an honorable discharge (limited) unless such an individual would have been entitled to such benefits under the original discharge or dismissal. Sets forth the procedures which review boards and panels must follow regarding review hearings. Requires the Government to provide legal counsel or assistance as may be necessary to insure that an applicant is competent to present a claim for review, in clear cases of need. Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a public information program designed to inform former members of the armed services of the new discharge review program under this Act. Requires each Secretary of the various services concerned to prepare a semiannual report on the functions, problems, and accomplishments of the review boards and panels established under this Act. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1553)
Bill· HRH.R. 2015 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Directs the Secretary of Defense to take such action as may be necessary to insure that military discharges only indicate that a member of the armed forces has been discharged without any indication of the conditions under which such discharge occurred and that all records or documents pertaining to the reasons for discharge be kept confidential and not disclosed without the prior approval of the member concerned, except where such separation was pursuant to a sentence of a court-martial. Sets forth the conditions under which a member of the armed forces may be separated from the service under less than honorable conditions. Sets forth procedures for the establishment of review panels to determine whether a member should be separated under less than honorable conditions. Establishes procedures which the review boards must follow regarding such determinations. Allows members to appeal review board decisions to appeal boards to be established by the Judge Advocate General concerned or the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate. Directs each of the Secretaries concerned to establish regional boards of review to review military discharges within 15 years after such separation either on its own motion or the motion of the member concerned or the representative of such member. Establishes procedures for such review.
Bill· HRH.R. 2011 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 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.
Bill· SS. 317 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 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.
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