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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 57 (95th)referred

Concurrent resolution endorsing the publicly declared Vietnam-era reconciliation program of the President-elect and urging the President-elect to extend that program to include all Vietnam-era selective service offenders and all Vietnam-era veterans who received less than honorable discharges or who deserted or were absent without leave during such era.

United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1977

Expresses the endorsement of Congress for the President-elect's pardon program for persons who, during the Vietnam era, failed to report for induction into, or refused induction into, the armed forces and have not been prosecuted for such violation. Requests the President-elect to extend his reconciliation program by: (1) granting amnesty to all persons convicted under the Military Selective Service Act of offenses committed during the Vietnam era; (2) upgrading all the general and undesirable discharges issued to those who served during that era to honorable discharges; (3) reviewing on a case-by-case basis each bad conduct and dishonorable discharge issued during that period; and (4) granting amnesty to all those who were convicted or charged with desertion and to those convicted of absence without leave.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 4 (95th)referred

A concurrent resolution regarding amnesty.

United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977

Endorses the President-elect's program of pardoning Vietnam-era draft resisters who have not been prosecuted under the Military Selective Service Act. Requests the President-elect to extend the program to grant amnesty to all Vietnam-era resisters convicted under such Act, and to each member and former member of the Armed Forces who during the Vietnam era deserted, whether or not he or she was tried and convicted by a court-martial, or was convicted by a court-martial for being absent without leave. Urges the President-elect to upgrade to honorable discharges all general and undesirable discharges issued to former members of the Armed Forces who served during the Vietnam era, and to review on a case-by-case basis every bad conduct and dishonorable discharge to determine whether such discharge should be upgraded.

Bill· HRH.R. 1617 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to acquire commercial life insurance because of service-connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to purchase from one or more life insurance companies a policy or policies of mortgage protection life insurance on a group basis for veterans (other than permanently and totally disabled veterans), who are unable to obtain commercial life insurance because of a service-connected disability. Sets forth the maximum amount of insurance under a policy provided under this Act at no more than $30,000. Authorizes the Administrator to deduct insurance premiums from any compensation or other cash benefits payable to veterans by the Veterans' Administration, and to pay such premiums to the insurers. Provides that the United States shall bear all costs of the insurance provided under this Act, except the amount of premium rates. States that any amount of insurance in force under this Act on the date of death of an insured veteran shall be paid only to the holder of the mortgage loan on the veteran's home as a credit toward loan indebtedness. Requires each policy purchased under this Act to provide for the following: (1) reinsurance with other insurers which meet the Administrator's criteria; (2) that the Administrator may discontinue a whole policy, or exclude from issuance to each insured veteran of a certificate setting forth the benefits to which he is entitled; (3) any other provisions necessary to carry out this Act; and (4) an annual accounting to the Administrator of the amount of premiums paid, the total of all mortality and other claim charges incurred, and the amount of the insurer's expenses and risk charges. States that insurance under this Act shall terminate upon whichever first occurs: (1) satisfaction of the veteran's indebtedness under the loan upon which the insurance is based; (2) the veteran's 70th birthday; (3) termination of the veteran's ownership of the property securing the loan; (4) discontinuance of payment of premiums by the veteran; or (5) discontinuance of the entire contract or agreement.

Bill· HRH.R. 1632 (95th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 11 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 1623 (95th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit union organization in the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977

Makes it unlawful for any individual or entity to enroll, or solicit to enroll, any member of the armed forces or National Guard, in any labor organization where the function of such organization is related to membership in the armed forces. Sets forth penalties for violation of this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)

Bill· HRH.R. 1618 (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 · 11 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))

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 55 (95th)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress in favor of eliminating the reduction in veterans' pensions which results when cost-of-living increases in social security or railroad retirement benefits occur.

United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977

Declares it to be the sense of Congress that the Veterans' Affairs Committees of the House and the Senate consider and report without delay legislation eliminating the possibility of any reduction in veterans' pensions on account of increases in social security or railroad retirement benefits.

Bill· SS. 129 (95th)referred

A bill to restore the wartime recognition of certain Filipino veterans of World War II and to entitle them to those benefits, rights, and privileges which result from such recognition.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Restores to their status as bona fide recognized veterans of World War II those Filipino veterans who served in either the Army of the United States in the Philippines (Commonwealth Army) or in the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), but whose wartime records were subsequently nullified by the removal of their names from the official records of the United States Army after the war.

Bill· SS. 119 (95th)referred

A bill to incorporate the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Grants a Federal charter to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. Declares that the purposes of such corporation are to encourage the study of events relating to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and to shield from neglect the graves of those who served there during the attack.

Bill· SS. 100 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 1003 of title 38, United States Code, relating to memorial areas and appropriate memorials to honor the memory of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces whose remains were buried at sea, have not been identified, or were nonrecoverable.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to set aside, when available, suitable areas in national cemeteries to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces whose remains have been donated for use in medical research or training.

Bill· SS. 84 (95th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 31 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the requirement for furnishing certain information as a condition to enlisting in the armed forces.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Stipulates that no individual, as a condition for enlisting in the armed forces, shall be required to furnish any information relating to an offense for which such individual was arrested, charged, or convicted if such charge has been dismissed or the record of such arrest, charge or conviction has been sealed or expunged. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 502)

Bill· SS. 13 (95th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 13 of title 38, United States Code, to make eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation widows of veterans who die of non-service-connected causes but who were at the time of death totally disabled as the result of one or more service-connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Extends eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation to widows of veterans who die of non-service-connected causes but who were at the time of death totally disabled as the result of one or more service-connected disabilities. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 410,411)

Bill· SS. 27 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may furnish outpatient dental services and treatment for a non-service-connected disability to any war veteran who has a service-connected disability of 80 percent or more.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Extends outpatient dental services and treatment for a non-service-connected disability to any war veteran who has a service-connected disability of 80 percent or more. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 612 (b))

Bill· SS. 24 (95th)referred

A bill to authorize the widows of certain former members of the Armed Forces of the United States to use the services and facilities of post exchanges and commissaries.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Entitles the surviving spouse of a former member of the armed forces, whose spouse's death was service-connected or whose spouse was totally disabled at the time of death as a result of a service-connected disability, to use the services and facilities of post exchanges and commissary stores operated under the jurisdiction of any military department. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1041)

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 3 (95th)referred

A concurrent resolution to urge the establishment of a Presidential task force on MIAs and POWs.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Declares the sense of Congress that, simultaneously with the issuance of a general amnesty or pardon for United States draft evaders of the Vietnam era, a Presidential Task Force on Missing in Action and Prisoners of War should be established to propose courses of action to achieve the fullest possible accounting for all Americans listed as missing in Southeast Asia, including the return of remains, and to make recommendations concerning Federal policies relating to prisoners of war and missing in action.

Bill· HRH.R. 1601 (95th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 10 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 surviving spouses of such veterans.

Bill· HRH.R. 1565 (95th)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 · 10 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 1592 (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 · 10 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· HRH.R. 1599 (95th)referred

A bill to provide that veterans be provided employment opportunities after discharge at certain minimum salary rates.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to take action (including the making of monetary grants) to insure employment in a Federal, State, local, or private nonprofit agency or institution to veterans with other than dishonorable discharges, who do not avail themselves of veterans' educational benefits, during the 24 month period following their discharge. Establishes a formula for determining the salary rates of positions in which such veterans can be employed.

Bill· HRH.R. 1570 (95th)referred

A bill to extend commissary and exchange privileges to certain disabled veterans and the widows of certain deceased veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Entitles individuals who have been discharged from the armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable, and who are 50 percent or more disabled due to a service-connected disability, to post exchange and commissary privileges. Grants such privileges to unremarried surviving spouses of individuals, discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, who died from a service-connected disability rated as permanently and totally disabling by the Veterans' Administration.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 53 (95th)referred

Concurrent resolution relative to establishing a Presidential Task Force on Prisoners of War and Missing in Action.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Declares the sense of Congress that, simultaneously with the issuance of a general amnesty or pardon for United States draft evaders of the Vietnam era, a Presidential Task Force on Prisoners of War and Missing in Action should be established to propose courses of action to achieve the fullest possible accounting for all Americans listed as missing in Southeast Asia, including recommendations concerning Federal policies relating to prisoners of war and missing in action.

Bill· HRH.R. 1534 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide the Congress with an opportunity to disapprove proposed transfers from the recipient country to another country of defense articles or related training or other defense services supplied by the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1977

Amends the Arms Export Control Act, with respect to approval for the transfer of defense articles, training, or services under that Act, to delay the effective date of such approval until the end of the first period of 30 days of continuous Congressional session after the President has certified the proposed transfer to Congress, unless Congress disapproves such transfer by concurrent resolution within that period. Permits such proposed transfer to become effective immediately if the President certifies to Congress that a state of emergency exists which requires such transfer in the national security interests of the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 1499 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide that the fees payable to agents or attorneys who represent veterans in allowed claims under the veterans laws shall be paid by the Administrator rather than deducted from amounts awarded under the claims.

United States · United States Congress · 6 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. 1478 (95th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit union organization in the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 6 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. 1459 (95th)referred

World War I Pension Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 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. 1385 (95th)referred

A bill to insure 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.

United States · United States Congress · 4 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. 1381 (95th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit union organization in the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 4 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. 1369 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide counseling for certain veterans; to permit acceleration of monthly educational assistance payments to veterans; to revise the criteria for approval of nonaccredited courses.

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977

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 him in terms of his personal circumstances, characteristics, financial resources, dependent responsibilities and other relevant factors; (2) to select the occupation or training objective which will provide him, after he has developed the required job skills, with reasonable opportunities for employment and with job satisfaction; (3) to select the educational institution that will effectively assist him in attaining his educational or vocational objective; 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. Authorizes specified veterans pursuing full-time programs of institutional training to apply to have their monthly educational assistance allowance accelerated. Stipulates required information to be included in such application. Sets forth criteria to be met in the application for approval of nonaccredited courses.

Bill· HRH.R. 1361 (95th)referred

A bill to insure 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.

United States · United States Congress · 4 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. 1387 (95th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977

Entitles veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to pensions on the same basis as veterans of the Spanish-American War and their widows and children. Increases the pension rate for all these veterans and their survivors.

Bill· HRH.R. 1386 (95th)referred

World War I Pension Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977

World War I Pension Act - Establishes a monthly pension for qualified World War I veterans of $135 if unmarried and with no children, or $150 if married and living with or contributing to the support of a spouse or with children. Provides an additional monthly payment of $50 if the veteran is permanently homebound, or $125 if he is in need of regular aid and attendance. Provides that no pension shall be paid to a veteran who has income in excess of $3,000 if unmarried or $4,200 if married. Provides that a veteran entitled to another pension shall receive whichever amount is greater. Establishes for widows of qualified World War I veterans a monthly Pension of $100 if there is no child or $125 if there is one child, with an additional $20 for each additional child. Provides that no pension shall be paid if the total annual income of the widow with children exceeds $3,000 or $4,200 in the case of a widow with children. Establishes a monthly pension for the children of qualified World War I veterans when there is no widow. Sets such pension at $45 for the first child and $18 for each additional child. Requires each pension to be equally distributed among the eligible children and makes any child with an annual income, excluding earned income, in excess of $2,000 ineligible for a pension. Exempts increases in Social Security benefits, railroad retirement annuities or pensions, or Federal government employee annuities from the determination of annual income. Gives priority for hospital care to those veterans receiving a pension under the Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1370 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide for the payment of supplemental tuition allowances for certain veterans pursuing educational programs.

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977

Provides for payment of a supplemental tuition allowance to each qualified veteran upon application to the Administrator of the Veterans Administration. Stipulates that no veteran may receive a supplemental tuition allowance in excess of $1,100 for any ordinary school year. Requires assurances from the institution that the tuition charged the veteran is equivalent to that of nonveteran students and that all fees are included in an itemization to be presented to the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to adjust the amount of supplemental tuition according to changes in the estimation of the national tuition average.

Bill· HRH.R. 1257 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 618 of title 38, United States Code, in order to authorize the Administrator to expand the current program providing therapeutic and rehabilitation activities for certain veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, in providing therapeutic and rehabilitation activities, to provide for the participation of patients and members in Veterans' Administration health facilities in the assemblage of poppies or other similar projects carried out at such facilities, which are sponsored by a national veterans service organization or its auxiliary. Directs that patients and members be compensated by the sponsoring organization for their participation in such programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 1256 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make scholarship grants to individuals attending medical schools on the condition that such individuals will serve in Veterans' Administration facilities for a certain period of time upon completion of professional training.

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to implement a pilot program to make scholarship grants to individuals attending medical schools on the condition that such individuals will serve in Veterans' Administration facilities for a period of time upon completion of professional training. Limits the amount of any scholarship grant to an individual for an academic year to $5,000. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program of $2,500,000; $3,000,000; and $3,500,000 in fiscal years 1976-1978 respectively. Authorizes necessary appropriations for fiscal year 1979 and succeeding fiscal years.

Bill· HRH.R. 1254 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize expenditures by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs for repair of certain dwellings.

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make expenditures to correct serious structural defects in dwellings securing loans guaranteed or insured by the Administrator if the defect is one that existed on the date of issuance of the loan and is one that a proper inspection could reasonably be expected to disclose (presently, the dwelling must have been actually inspected by either the VA or FHA during construction).

Bill· HRH.R. 1255 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend specially adapted housing benefits to certain disabled veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist any veteran, who has a permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss, or loss of use, of one arm and one leg, including but not limited to cases of hemiplegia, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair, in acquiring a suitable housing unit with special fixtures or moveable facilities made necessary by the nature of the veteran's disability, and necessary land therefor.

Bill· HRH.R. 1220 (95th)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 · 4 January 1977

Amends the Public Health Service Act to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to schools of medicine to assist in developing and conducting training programs designed to prepare Armed Forces 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 1976 and $5,000,000 for each of the next three fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1186 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code in order to provide 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.

United States · United States Congress · 4 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)

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