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Bill· SS. 309 (95th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1977

Authorizes the recomputation at age 60 of the retired or retainer 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.

Law· SS. 274 (95th)open

An Act to amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit union organization of the armed forces, membership in military labor organizations by members of the armed forces, and recognition of military labor organizations by the Government, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 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 to encourage others to join or to actively support any military labor organization. Sets forth penalties for violation of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1957 (95th)referred

Veterans and Dependents Psychological Readjustment Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1977

Veterans and Dependents Psychological Readjustment Assistance Act - States that for purposes of this Act the term "veteran" means any person who served in the active military service since August 10, 1964, who was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, and who is in need of the services provided under this Act because of performance of such service, because of a service-connected disability, or because of problems attributable to or caused by readjustment from such service. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out a program for the treatment, readjustment, and rehabilitation of veterans and their dependents who are experiencing psychosocial readjustment problems as a result of military service, or as a result of problems evolving from readjustment from such service. States that such program shall include such psychiatric, psychological, and counseling services as may be necessary to provide for the successful treatment of the veteran or dependent. Allows such services to be provided outside Veterans' Administration facilities under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator to conduct or contract for comprehensive studies of the psychological and sociological effects of the Vietnam war upon veterans and their dependents. Stipulates that participation in the program established by this Act shall be completely voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to receipt of any other veterans' services.

Bill· HRH.R. 1951 (95th)referred

A bill to revise the laws governing appointments to the service academies so as to relieve Members of Congress from the responsibility of making nominations for appointments thereto.

United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1977

Terminates the authority of Members of Congress and Delegates to Congress from the various territories to make appointments to the various service academies. Terminates the authority of the Secretaries of the military departments to appoint members of the reserve components of the armed forces to the academies except under certain circumstances. Directs the Board of Visitors of the Military, Naval, and Air Force academies to inquire into the admission policy and procedure of these academies on their annual visit and to send their annual report to the Congress as well as the President. Directs the Board of Visitors of the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine academies to inquire into specified subject areas including admission policies and procedures on their annual visit and to report to the Congress as well as the President regarding their findings. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to accomplish the purposes of this Act with respect to the Merchant Marine Academy.

Bill· SS. 229 (95th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, to permit children who are eligible for educational assistance under such chapter to pursue a program of education under such chapter exclusively by correspondence.

United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977

Permits education assistance for correspondence programs of education to children of certain categories of veterans and members of the Armed Forces on active duty. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1734(b))

Bill· SS. 221 (95th)referred

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to set aside and clear a certain portion of the Island of Kahoolawe, Hawaii, as a pilot project to determine the feasibility and cost factors of clearing the entire island and surrounding waters of naval ordnance which is on such island and in such waters as the result of such island being used as a target range.

United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977

Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a pilot project on the island of Kahoolawe, Hawaii, to determine the feasibility and cost of clearing the island and surrounding waters of naval ordnance and other debris resulting from the use of such island as a target range by the United States Navy. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· SS. 236 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976.

United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977

Eliminates the provision in the Veterans' Assistance and Employment Act of 1976 which prohibits colleges and universities from receiving Veterans' Administration educational benefits for classes in which more than 85 percent of the enrollment is composed of students having their fees paid either by the Federal Government or the institutions themselves.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 5 (95th)referred

A concurrent resolution relating to diplomatic recognition of Vietnam.

United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977

Declares it the sense of the Congress that the United States should oppose United Nations membership of Vietnam and deny diplomatic recognition to Vietnam until that country cooperates in securing a satisfactory accounting of Americans missing in action and unaccounted for in the territory under Vietnamese control.

Bill· HRH.R. 1897 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 1903 of title 38, United States Code, to provide a direct long term low interest loan for the replacement of an automobile or other conveyance previously provided under chapter 39 of this title.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Provides to each eligible person for whom the Veterans' Administration has purchased an automobile with specially adapted equipment a loan, not to exceed $5,000, for the purpose of replacing the automobile or conveyance so purchased. Limits the interest on such loan to no more than six percent annually, repayable over a term of four years, and limits the number of such loans to one per eligible person.

Bill· HRH.R. 1893 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to provide for preferential enrollment of disabled veterans in programs under that Act.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to require that disabled veterans be given opportunities to participate in the comprehensive manpower services programs and the public service employment programs thereunder at a rate in excess of the rate of unemployment among such veterans. Directs that special consideration be given disabled veterans in the public service employment programs. Specifies disabled veterans as a group eligible for additional manpower services under such Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1889 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, to permit certain service-connected disabled veterans who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.

United States · United States Congress · 13 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. 1918 (95th)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 · 13 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 1869 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 3012 of title 38, United States Code, to extend to 120 days the period between notice of, and the effective date for, the reduction or discontinuance of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Extends from 60 to 120 days the period between notice of, and the effective date for, the reduction or discontinuance of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension paid by the Veterans' Administration.

Bill· HRH.R. 1888 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code with respect to the computation of the ten year period in which wives and widows may pursue programs of education.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to compute the ten-year period in which wives and widows of veterans may pursue programs of education as beginning at the date of death of the spouse from whom eligibility is derived (such authority currently exists).

Bill· HRH.R. 1898 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the repayment of the Federal excise tax on gasoline which is used for personal purposes by certain disabled veterans who are entitled to grants for automobiles with special equipment.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide either a refund or an income tax credit for Federal gasoline excise taxes paid by disabled veterans for fueling specially equipped motor vehicles for their personal use.

Bill· HRH.R. 1894 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to authorize a presumption of service connection for cause of death in certain cases involving veterans who had been rated permanently and totally disabled due to service-connected disability for at least 1 year immediately preceding death.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Authorizes a presumption of service connection for cause of death for the purposes of payment of dependency and indemnity compensation in the case of a veteran who had a service-connected disability rated permanent and total for at least one year immediately preceding death, if death was due to natural causes not the result of misconduct on the part of such veteran.

Bill· HRH.R. 1880 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include synthetic fuels which may be used as fuels under title III.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President to make commitments to purchase or otherwise encourage the use or development of synthetic fuels which are produced by the conversion of renewable and nonrenewable resources into fuel. Authorizes the President to make subsidy payments for domestically-produced raw materials necessary for national defense where the market price of such materials is inadequate so as to assure maximum production. Authorizes the President to install additional equipment, facilities, and processes in industrial facilities when the President deems such action necessary for the national defense. Authorizes the President to transfer excess products obtained under this Act to the national stockpile. Establishes a ceiling of $2,000,000,000 on all obligations incurred under this Act, which may not be exceeded without the approval of Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 1890 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that certain persons with a service-connected disability of 30 percent or more, will have two years in which to apply for service Disabled Veterans Insurance (RH).

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Authorizes a person who has been released from active service and who suffers an increase in a service-connected disability to 30 percent or more to apply for National Service Life Insurance anytime within two years from the date that the increase in the service-connected disability is determined by the Veterans' Administration.

Bill· HRH.R. 1876 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for automobile adaptive equipment to certain additional veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide automobile adaptive equipment to any veteran receiving compensation for ankylosis of one or both knees, or one or both hips, which resulted from any injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, or air service during World War II or thereafter.

Bill· HRH.R. 1886 (95th)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 · 13 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. 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))

Bill· HRH.R. 1895 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that certain veterans who were prisoners of war shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability of 50 percent; to deem certain prisoners of war to be permanently and totally disabled for the purposes of receiving wartime disability compensation; to provide hospital care and medical treatment for certain nonservice-connected disabilities of former prisoners of war; to provide a ten year presumptive period of service connection for chronic diseases of certain prisoners of war.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Provides that any veteran who, while on active duty, was held as a prisoner of war for not less than six months shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability of 50 percent rated as permanent for purposes of entitlement to wartime disability compensation and other veterans' benefits. Provides for a ten-year presumptive period of service connection for chronic diseases of such veterans.

Bill· HRH.R. 1872 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 315 of title 38, United States Code, to provide an additional compensation benefit to a veteran rated not less than 50 percent disabled on account of a child requiring regular aid and attendance.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Provides to a veteran rated not less than 50 percent disabled an additional compensation benefit paid by the Veterans' Administration on account of a child requiring regular aid and attendance.

Bill· HRH.R. 1891 (95th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide educational benefits, on a prorated basis, to children of veterans having permanent service service-connected disabilities rated at not less than 50 percent but less than total.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Provides educational benefits, on a prorated basis, to children of veterans having permanent service-connected disabilities rated at not less than 50 percent but less than total.

Bill· HRH.R. 1868 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the 20-year protection to ratings for children permanently incapable of self-support.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Extends indefinitely, barring a showing of fraud, the ratings for children permanently incapable of self-support, for compensation or pension purposes under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, if such ratings have been continuously in force for 20 years or more.

Bill· HRH.R. 1874 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 362 of title 38, United States Code, to extend the annual clothing allowance to veterans with service-connected blindness and those who are required to wear hearing aids as a result of service-connected disability.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Extends the annual clothing allowance provided by the Veterans Administration to veterans with service-connected blindness and those who are required to wear hearing aids as a result of service-connected disability.

Bill· HRH.R. 1864 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide an automobile assistance allowance and to provide automotive adaptive equipment to certain veterans not now qualifying for such benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Includes among those disabled veterans eligible for assistance for automobiles and automobile adaptive equipment: (1) veterans of World War I; and (2) any other veteran who is not eligible but who has a service-connected disability which constitutes a permanent loss or impairment of the use of an anatomical part which is rated at not less than 30 percent and which impairs his ability to operate an automobile or other conveyance.

Law· HRH.R. 1862 (95th)open

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act of 1977

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act - Title I: Veterans Disability Compensation - Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of disabled veterans. Title III: Effective Date - Declares that the provisions of this shall become effective on October 1, 1977.

Bill· HRH.R. 1870 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to assist veterans with a permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss or loss of use of one upper and one lower extremity to acquire specially adapted housing.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Authorizes the Administrator of Veteran's Affairs to assist veterans with a permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss or loss of use of one upper and one lower extremity in acquiring specially adapted housing.

Bill· HRH.R. 1866 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 360 of title 38, United States Code, to provide increased awards of service-connected compensation to certain veterans who have suffered the loss or loss of use of paired extremities.

United States · United States Congress · 13 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 as a result of a service-connected disability, and has suffered the loss or loss of use of the other 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· HRH.R. 1875 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 312 of title 38, United States Code, by providing that malignant tumors (cancer) which develop within five years from the date of separation from wartime service shall be presumed to have been incurred in, or aggravated by, such service.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Provides, for purposes of qualifying veterans for wartime disability compensation, a five-year presumptive period of service connection for malignant tumors (cancer) which develop within five years from the date of separation from wartime active service.

Bill· HRH.R. 1871 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 312 of title 38, United States Code, by providing a 2-year presumptive period of service connection for the psychoses which develop within 2 years from the date of separation from active service.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Provides, for purposes of qualifying veterans for wartime disability compensation, a two-year presumptive period of service connection for psychoses which develop within two years from the date of separation from active service.

Bill· HRH.R. 1863 (95th)referred

Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Veterans and Survives Pension Adjustment Act - Title I: Veterans' and Survivors' Pensions - Increases the rates of pensions with a non-service connected disability for war veterans, their surviving spouses and children, and increases the annual income limitations governing payment of such pensions. Title II: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the parents of veterans who died in active military service. Title III: Miscellaneous and Effective Date Provisions - Increases the monthly rate of death compensation payable to a widow or dependent parent if the payee is a patient in a nursing home or helpless or blind. States that the effective date of this Act shall be January 1, 1978.

Bill· HRH.R. 1836 (95th)referred

Uniformed Services Retired and Retainer Pay Equalization Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Uniformed Services Retired and Retainer Pay Equalization Act - Authorizes the recomputation of the retired or retainer pay for members and former members of the uniformed services if such pay was computed under the rates of basic pay in effect after September 30, 1949, and before January 1, 1971. Stipulates that such recomputation shall be based on the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1974. Sets forth the age at which such individuals become entitled to the recomputed pay. Increases the basic pay for specified officers.

Bill· HRH.R. 1808 (95th)referred

World War I Pension Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

World War I Pension Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay (in addition to any already paid) a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, or to the surviving spouse of each such veteran, or when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.

Bill· HRH.R. 1814 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from taxation the pay received by members of the National Guard or of Reserve components of the Armed Forces to the extent that such pay does not exceed $5,000.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income the first $5,000 received by an individual for service during less-than-30 day periods as a member of the National Guard or a reserve component of the Armed Forces.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 136 (95th)referred

Joint resolution to restore the Congressional Medal of Honor to Dr. Mary Edwards Walker.

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1977

Directs the President of the United States to issue a citation restoring to Doctor Mary Edwards Walker the Congressional Medal of Honor which was awarded to her in 1865 and revoked in 1917. Expresses the sense of Congress that the citation be displayed at the Richardson-Bates House, Oswego, New York, with the Medal of Honor presented to Doctor Walker in 1865.

Bill· HRH.R. 1755 (95th)referred

A bill to authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1978 for procurement of naval vessels. purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 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.

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