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Bill· HRH.R. 1765 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Provides that the retired pay of any member or former member of the Armed Forces who was on active duty or in an active status on or before May 31, 1958, shall be computed at current active duty pay rates and increased to reflect later changes in applicable pay rates.
Bill· HRH.R. 1753 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Provides that in the determination of the annual income of recipients of vetetans' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall not reduce the amount of such pension or compensation because of increases in monthly social security benefits under Public law 92-336. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 415(g)(4) 503(d))
Bill· HRH.R. 1764 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Establishes the Office of Defense Review which shall be independent of the executive department of the Government and under the control and direction of the Director of Defense Review. Creates the positions of Director and Assistant Director of Defense Review, each of whom shall be nominated by the President from a slate of candidates submitted by the Joint Board of Defense Review with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Office to provide reports giving independent evaluations of defense and national security matters and to prepare for the Congress a defense budget for each fiscal year which shall be independent of that prepared by the executive branch. Establishes a Joint Board of Defense Review to be composed of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives; and provides that members of the Board shall serve for terms of no longer than a total of five sessions of Congress. Provides that it shall be the function of the Board to aid the Director in the performance of his duties and in the event of a vacancy in the office of the Director or Assistance Director to submit to the President the names of five individuals who, in the judgment of the Board, are qualified to hold such office.
Bill· HRH.R. 1732 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Uniformed Services Retirement Pay Equalization Act - Provides that the retired pay of each retired officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps shall be computed on the basis of rates of pay provided by law at the time of his retirement or subsequently for officers on the active list. Permits retired members of the uniformed service, who were retired by reason of physical disability and who are entitled to retired or retainer pay computed under the Career Compensation Act of 1949, to elect within the one-year period following the effective date of this Act, to receive disability retirement pay under this Act in lieu of that retired or retainer pay to which they are otherwise entitled. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 6149)
Bill· HRH.R. 1728 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Army to furnish when requested an appropriate memorial headstone or marker to commemorate any member of the Armed Forces of the United States dying in the service, and any former member of the Armed Forces whose last service terminated honorably, and whose remains, for whatever reason, are not available for normal burial, for placement by the applicant in a national cemetery or in any private or local cemetery. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to set aside, when available, suitable plots in the national cemeteries under their jurisdiction to honor the memory of members of the Armed Forces missing in action, or who died or were killed while serving in such forces and to honor the memory of any former member whose last service was terminated honorably, and whose remains, for whatever reason, are not available for normal burial. (Amends 24 U.S.C. 279a, 279d)
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 64 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Declares that the Congress strongly protests the treatment of United States servicemen held prisoner by North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, calls on them to comply with the requirements of the Geneva Convention, and approves and endorses efforts by the United States Government, the United Nations, the International Red Cross, and other leaders and peoples of the world to obtain humane treatment and release of American prisoners of war.
Bill· SS. 275 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Establishes new formulae computing the payment of veterans' disability and death pensions, and dependency and indemnity compensation.
Bill· SS. 284 (93rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Veterans Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitative Act - Defines "disability" for purposes of hospital, domicilary and medical care for veterans under title 38 of the United States Code so as to include alcoholism and drug dependence. Defines "veteran" for purposes of hospital care and medical services for a service-connected disability as a person with an other than dishonorable discharge. Defines the term "rehabilitative services" so as to include such services as professional counseling, educational and vocational guidance, education, training and job referral and placement and such other intensive, skilled services applied on an in-patient or out-patient basis, over a protracted period as may be necessary to assist the individual disabled veteran to return, as soon and as completely rehabilitated as practicable, to his or her family and community as a productive, self-respecting, and self-sustaining member of society. Extends the presumption of service-connected active psychoses to three years. Provides for readjustment medical counseling and approrpiate followup care to a veteran of the Vietnam era who requests such care. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out specified medical programs providing inpatient treatment, including treatment of the symptoms of detoxification, and outpatient treatment and rehabilitative services on a nationwide basis to the eligible veterans and persons suffering from the disability of alcoholism or alocholic abuse. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish special medical treatment and rehabilitation services for drug dependence and drug abuse disabilities for any veteran. Describes such services to be provided. Provides that, when Federal facilities are not available, the Administrator is required to contract with community facilities with special priority, wherever feasible, for community-based multiple modality treatment programs which employ peer groups veterans and stress outreach efforts to identify and counsel veterans eligible for treatment and rehabilitation under the Act. Provides that a veteran applying for treatment and rehabilitative services, with an other than honorable or general discharge, shall be advised of his right to a review of the nature of his discharge and informed of programs that he would be entitled to with a general or honorable discharge. Provides for the payment for treatment and rehabilitative services for a Vietnam era veteran in a non-Veterans' Administration facility where V.A. facilities are not readily accessible. Authorizes treatment and rehabilitative services for a veteran charged with or convicted of a criminal offense, and not confined. Authorizes the furnishing of drugs and medicines to any veteran incarcerated who had been in a program previously if the attendant physician orders them. Directs the Administrator to utilize all V.A. resources including the use of peer group veterans, in seeking out and counseling veterans, especially Vietnam era veterans. Provides for the employment of former addict veterans to assist in the program wherever feasible. Authorizes the Administrator to carry out an affirmative action program, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, to urge all Federal agencies, private and public firms, organization, agencies, and persons to provide appropriate employment opportunities for veterans who have received treatment and who have been determined by competent medical authority to be sufficiently rehabilitated to be employable. Provides for a special rehabilitation program of education and training for veterans with alcohol and drug dependence conditions acquired or aggravated while in the service. Provides that the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of his duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, accounts, records, reports, files, and all other things or property of non-Veterans' Administration facilities that are pertinent to payments received pursuant to contracts entered into under this Act. Provides that an active serviceman determined to have drug dependence disability may upon written request be transferred to a V.A. facility within the last 90 days of his tour of duty and be provided services under this Act as if he were a veteran. Requires all records and information divulged in connection with treatment and rehabilitative services under this Act to be kept confidential. Allows disclosure where there is a voluntary waiver, where the individual is a clear and present danger to himself or others, where the individual is deceased and information is necessary for benefits, and where a court order is obtained. Provides for an annual report to the Congress by the Administrator on the implementation of the programs under this Act.
Bill· SS. 257 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish a national cemetery in the State of Wyoming. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1646 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Increases payments in specified amounts to veterans under non-service-connected disability pension plans. Increases pension payments to widows of veterans who at the time of death were receiving compensation or retirement pay for a service-connected disability. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(b),(c); 541(b),(c))
Bill· HRH.R. 1610 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that monthly social security title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) benefit payments and annuity and pension payments under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 shall not be included as income for the purpose of determining eligibility for a veteran's or widow's pension for a non-service-connected disability or for the death of the veteran.
Bill· HRH.R. 1631 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, within the limits of Veterans' Administration facilities, to furnish hospital and medical care to any veteran of any war. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 610, 612)
Bill· HRH.R. 1633 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Extends to disabled veterans of the Vietnam era the same standards of eligibility for automobiles and adaptive equiptment as apply with respect to disabled veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1901 (1) (a))
Bill· HRH.R. 1595 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Defense Facilities and Industrial Security Act - Authorizes the Federal Government to institute measures for the protection of defense production and of classified information released to industry against acts of subversion. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to designate the following facilities as defense facilities: (1) facilities engaged in important classified military projects; (2) facilities producing important weapons, or defense systems, their subassemblies and components; (3) facilities producing basic material and raw material which are essential to the support of military production or mobilization programs and in limited supply; or (4) important utility and service facilities whose disruption or damage would seriously delay essential services in times of emergency or substantially affect the national defense capability. Provides that with respect to any educational institution only that part which is engaged in a classified military project shall be designated as a defense facility. Authorizes the President to issue such regulations and to prescribe such procedures as may be necessary for determining eligibility and authorization for access of individuals and for controlling such access to positions, places, or areas of employment in defense facilities which the Secretary of Defense determines to be sensitive. Prescribes specific standards and procedures for designation, by the Secretary of Defense under Presidential regulations, of selected facilities as "defense facilities." Requires the Secretary to give an opportunity both to management and labor to be heard with respect to the designation of any such facility. Requires the Secretary of Defense to designate the positions, places, and areas of employment in any defense facility which he determines to be sensitive. Establishes explicit hearing procedures for determining eligibility for access to, or control of, sensitive positions and classified information. Authorizes the President to suspend or revoke access to a sensitive position or to classified information prior to hearing, provided that the applicant is given prompt notice of the reasons for the action taken against him and thereafter, on request, a hearing is held in accordance with the applicable procedures. Requires a separation of the investigative or prosecution function from the decision function. Authorizes exclusion of the general public from the whole or any part of proceedings and hearings conducted under provisions of the bill, except that the hearings shall be public if the person requesting a hearing so demands. Requires the President to establish programs for the special training of personnel assigned or authorized for the execution of their duties under the title. Directs the President, in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, to provide for the reimbursement of all or any part of an applicant's net loss of earnings resulting directly from the suspension, denial, or revocation of access clearance pursuant to the provisions of this title. Authorizes the issuance of compulsory process for the attendance of witnesses and production of papers at any stage of any inquiry, investigation, or proceeding. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish area restrictions and prohibitions limiting access to defense facilities, and facilities to which classified information is released, against intrusion by unauthorized persons. Provides that with respect to educational institutions, such area restrictions and prohibitions shall be limited to those areas directly involved in classified military projects. Authorizes the President to develop a voluntary program, in cooperation with business, labor, and other interested persons, to protect facilities of importance to defense mobilization against sabotage, espionage, acts of subversion, and other destructive acts and omissions. Denies jurisdiction to courts at any time to issue any injunction that would have the effect of granting or continuing access to sensitive positions in defense facilities or to classified information in cases where such access has been denied, suspended, or revoked pursuant to this Act. Provides that no court shall have jurisdiction of any other action or proceeding on the complaint of any person adversely affected except after prior exhaustion of the administrative remedies authorized by the Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1632 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides additional educational assistance for a period of up to 18 months for graduate or professional study to eligible veterans who: (1) have received educational assistance (under chapter 34 of title 38, U.S. Code) for 36 months, or (under section 1791 of title 38) for 48 months; and (2) have completed at least 1 year of graduate or professional study. (Amend 38 U.S.C. 1661, 1662, 1791)
Bill· HRH.R. 1550 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
World War I Pension Act - Provides that every person who served in the active military or naval service of the United States during World War I and whose name is carried on the rolls of the Veterans' Administration as a veteran of World War I shall be entitled to receive from the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs a pension at the rate of not less than $100 a month. Requires any amount of pension payable under this Act, upon the death of the veteran, to be paid to his or her spouse (unless such spouse is also receiving an award under this Act), any other income notwithstanding. States that any World War I veteran shall be eligible to receive free hospitalization and domiciliary care with inpatient or outpatient services at any Veterans' Administration facility or medical services from a local medical doctor if the veteran is handicapped by either disability or lack of funds for traveling expenses, due to distance from a Veterans' Administration facility.
Bill· HRH.R. 1546 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides, under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance Plan, that benefits shall accrue on account of death resulting from an active duty occurrence when death occurs within one hundred and twenty days of such active duty occurrence. Provides for the convertability of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance to Veterans' Group Life Insurance upon expiration of the former. Provides for the automatic insuring under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance of any former member of the Armed Services otherwise eligible therefor who becomes eligible for such coverage and declines such coverage solely for the purpose of maintaining his Veterans' Group Life Insurance in effect upon the termination of the Veterans' Group Life Insurance coverage. Provides that Veterans' Group Life Insurance shall be issued in the amounts of $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000. Provides for reconvertibility of Veterans' Insurance to Servicemen's Insurance when any person shall again become eligible for the latter. Provides that any person may be eligible for only one insurance plan at any given time. Provides that Veterans' Group Life Insurance shall: (1) provide protection against death; (2) be issued on a non-renewable five year term basis; (3) have no cash loan, paid up, or extended values; and (4) except as otherwise provided, lapse for nonpayment or premiums. Provides that in any case in which a member or former member who was mentally incompetent on the date he first became insured under Veterans' Insurance dies within one year of such date, such insurance shall be deemed not to have lapsed for nonpayment of premiums and to have been in force on the date of death. Provides that an insured under Veterans' Group Life Insurance shall have the right to convert such insurance to an individual policy of life insurance upon written application for conversion made to the participating company he selectes and payment of the required premiums.
Bill· HRH.R. 1542 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Requires pay differentials (additional pay exceeding the hourly rate of pay of an employee) of 15 percent of the employee's hourly rate on weekdays, 20 percent on Saturdays, 30 percent on Sundays, 100 to 200 percent on legal public holidays, and 150-200 percent for overtime for nurses in Veterans' Administration hospitals who perform evening, night, weekend, holiday, or overtime duty. Authorizes payment for standby or on-call time to such employees. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4107)
Bill· HRH.R. 1567 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Permits the Secretary of the military department concerned to appoint as a cadet or midshipman, as appropriate, in the reserve of an Armed Force under his jurisdiction any eligible member of the program who will be under an age which is equal to 25 years plus the number of months of active service previously performed by such eligible member (but not over 28 years of age), on June 30 of the calendar year in which he is eligible for appointment as an ensign in the Navy or as a second lieutenant in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be. Provides that, upon completion of the four-year program, a cadet or midshipman may be appointed as a regular or reserve officer in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, regardless of any other provision of law which may establish a maximum or minimum age at which persons may be so commissioned. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2107(a),(d))
Bill· HRH.R. 1608 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Uniformed Services Retired and Retainer Pay Equalization Act - Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member or former member of the uniformed service who is entitled to retired or retainer pay in effect after September 30, 1949, and before January 1, 1971, is entitled to have that pay recomputed under the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1971. Lists provisions for such recomputation.
Bill· HRH.R. 1565 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that the retired pay of any member or former member of the Armed Forces who was on active duty or in an active status on or before May 31, 1958, shall be computed at current active duty pay rates and increased to reflect later changes in applicable pay rates.
Bill· HRH.R. 1547 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide for the construction of a Veterans' Administration hospital in the southern area of New Jersey. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1543 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that any person who: (1) served in the active service in the armed forces of any government allied with the United States in World War I or in World War II; (2) is a lawful resident of the United States and has been a lawful resident of the United States for at least ten years; and (3) during such service was a member of forces which actually participated in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States; shall be entitled to hospital and domiciliary care, medical services, and educational benefits within the United States to the same extent as if such service had been performed in the Armed Forces of the United States unless such person is entitled to payment for equivalent care and services or educational benefit under a program established by such allied government for persons who served in its armed forces in World War I or in World War II. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 109)
Bill· HRH.R. 1549 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides for the expansion of the Beverly National Cemetery in or near Beverly, Burlington County, New Jersey. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1510 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Increases the amount payable for burial and funeral expenses for a veteran from $250 to $500. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 902(a), 903(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 1568 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to administer a program of research, development, and demonstration for the purposes of advancing transportation technology, with priority given to applicants from the aircraft and defense industries which have had Government contracts canceled or which are located in high unemployment areas. Specifies projects to be given preference under this Act, including development of vertical and short takeoff and landing aircraft, improvement of high speed ground transportation, and advancement of technology in the areas of air traffic control, all-weather navigation systems for aircraft, and air safety. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $100,000,000 for this research and demonstration program. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study and report to Congress within 12 months as to the future growth potential of the airframe industry, its projected utilization of resources and manpower, and the potential for conversion of its productive capacity to alternative uses. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for this study.
Bill· HRH.R. 1548 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
National Cemeteries Act - Establishes in the Veterans' Administration a national cemetery system consisting of all cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of any war or conflict or of service in the Armed Forces are or may be buried. Specifies that the following persons are elibible for interment in any open national cemetery: (1) any veteran; (2) any reservist, whose death occurs under honorable conditions, while undergoing treatment at the expense of the United States for injury or disease contracted while acting within the scope of his reservist duties; (3) any ROTC member whose death occurs under honorable conditions during his training period; (4) any U.S. citizen, who served in the Armed Forces of an allied government and such service terminated honorably; (5) the wife, surviving spouse, minor child, and in some cases the unmarried adult child of the above-mentioned persons; and (6) such other persons as may be designated by the Administrator. Directs the Administrator to make all rules and regulations and conduct whatever business is necessary to establish and maintain such cemeteries. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to acquire needed additional land by purchase, gift, condemnation, transfer from other Federal agencies, or otherwise as he determines to be in the best interest of the United States. Transfers to the Administrator from the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force the functions and responsibilities of such Secretaries with respect to cemeteries under their jurisdiction. Authorizes the Administrator to dispose of inactive cemeteries, and to accept and maintain suitable memorials for the beautification of such cemeteries. Prescribes a penalty for defacing cemeteries of not less than $25 or more than $100 or imprisonment for not less than 15 days or more than 60 days. Designates when the Administration shall furnish headstones and markers for unmarked graves. Repeals numerous provisions of law, except with respect to rights and duties that matured, penalties, liabilities, and forfeitures that were incurred and proceedings that began before the effective date of this Act, which deal with National Cemeteries and Monuments.
Bill· HRH.R. 1495 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Specifies certain individuals as founders of the organization which became a body corporate of the District of Columbia known as Veterans of World War I of the United States of America, Incorporated.
Bill· HRH.R. 1505 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that monthly social security benefit payments shall not be considered as income in determining eligibility for a veterans, non-service connected disability compensation or, pension. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 503)
Bill· HRH.R. 1544 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Veterans Medical Care Act - Title I: Amendments to Chapter 17 of Title 38, United States Code - Hospital, Domiciliary, and Medical Care - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish hospital care to the wife or child of a person who has a total disability, permanent in nature, resulting from a service connected disability or to the widow or child of a person who has died as the result of a service-connected disability to the extent that such care does not interfere with furnishing hospital and domiciliary care to veterans themselves. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish medical services on an outpatient or ambulatory basis where such services are in preparation for or obviate the need of hospital admission, are necessary to complete treatment incident to hospital care, or when a veteran has a total and permanent service-connected disability. Allows the Administrator to transfer to public or private institutions any person who upon discharge from any Armed Forces hospital will become a veteran (as well as any veteran who has been furnished care in a hopital under the direct and exclusive jurisdicton of the Administrator). Authorizes the Administrator to reimburse veterans for loss of personal effects substained by natural disaster, as well as by fire, while such effects were stored in an Administration hospital. Authorizes the Administrator to reimburse beneficiaries entitled to hospital care or medical services for the reasonable value of such care or services provided by sources other than the Administrator, where such aid was rendered in an emergency, Veterans Administration facilities were not available, or where such treatment was in connection with any course of training or rehabilitation which would have been interrupted by a transfer to Administration facilities. Title II: Improvements in the Operation and Personnel Practices of the Department of Medicine and Surgery - Authorizes the Administrator, to the extent feasible without interfering with the treatment of veterans, to carry out a training and education program for personnel in the Department of Medicine and Surgery. Authorizes two additional Assistant Chief Medical Directors and requires that two of the Assistant Chief Medical Directors shall be qualified in the administration of health services and not doctors of medicine or dentistry. Authorizes the Administrator to appoint a Director of Pharmacy Service, and a Chief Optemotrist. Revises the pay schedule for medical personnel and makes provisions for additional compensation to nursing personnel. Forbids medical personnel to engage in outside practice except under designated conditions. Authorizes the Administrator to make temporary appointments not to exceed one year (rather than 90 days). Authorizes the Administrator to hold harmless or provide liability insurance for any person assigned to a foreign country or acting under any other circumstances which would preclude the remedies of an injured third person against the United States. Allows the Administrator to enter into contracts to provide medical specialist services at Administration facilities. Title III: Amendments to Chapter 81 of Title 38, United States Code - Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply - Authorizes leases to any public or non-profit organization without regard to the usual advertising requirement. Allows the maintenance, protection, and restoration by the lessee of the property leased to be part of all of the consideration for the lease. Authorizes the Administrator to cooperate and coordinate with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in heart disease and cancer programs. Title IV: Amendment to Chapter 3 of Title 38, United States Code - Veterans Administration; Offices and Employees - Authorizes the Administrator to pay for official telephone service for nonmedical directors of centers, hospitals, independent clinics, and domiciliaries. Title V: Applicability of Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 - Makes the Act subject to the Economic Stabilization Act to the degree deemed applicable by the President or his designee.
Bill· HRH.R. 1491 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that additional amounts received by retired servicemen employed in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be treated as subsistence or uniform allowances or as amounts received as commutation of quarters. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2031(d)(1))
Bill· HRH.R. 1501 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that for the purposes of medical and dental care, the male dependents of female armed services personnel shall enjoy the same eligibility as presently enjoyed by the female dependents of male Armed Forces personnl. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1072)
Bill· HRH.R. 1493 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that in the determination of the annual income of recipients of vetetans' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall not reduce the amount of such pension or compensation because of increases in monthly social security benefits under Public law 92-336. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 415(g)(4) 503(d))
Bill· HRH.R. 1471 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
World War I Pension Act - Directs the Administrator of the Veterans Administration to pay to each veteran of World War I, who meets the service requirements of this Act, or his widow, a pension at the monthly rate of $150. Defines the terms "veteran" and "World War I". States that the pension under this Act shall be paid to a veteran or his widow without regard to his or her annual income, if solely derived from the payments of social security benefits, railroad retirement benefits, or pensions. Sets forth specified minimum service requirements for a veteran to be eligible for a pension under this Act. Stipulates that a widow must have been married to the veteran for not less than ten years at the time of his death.
Bill· HRH.R. 1477 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that, in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress, the President of the United States is authorized to commit Armed Forces of the United States to military hostilities only: (1) to repel any attack against the United States, its territories, or possessions; (2) to repel any attack against the Armed Forces of the United States on the high seas, in the air, or lawfully stationed on foreign territory; (3) to protect the lives of United States nationals abroad; and (4) to comply with a national commitment resulting from treaty, convention, or legislative enactment specifically intended to give effect to such commitment. Establishes a Joint Committee on National Security which shall meet within twenty-four hours after the initiation of such hostilities. Directs the President to report the initiation of such hostilities to the joint committee, together with a full account of the circumstances bearing on the necessity for the initiation of such hostilities. Provides that the joint committee shall not have authority to report legislation to the floor of either House, but it shall transmit information under this Act together with its recommendation for legislation to be considered or adopted. States that military hostilities by the Armed Forces of the United States shall not be continued for more than thirty days from the date such hostilities are initiated unless the authority to continue such hostilities for more than thirty days is contained in enabling legislation enacted by the Congress, including a declaration of war.
Bill· HRH.R. 1512 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Uniformed Services Special Pay Act - Provides that an officer of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corps, an officer of the Air Force who is designated as a medical or dental officer, or a medical or dental officer of the Public Health Service, who is on active duty for a period of more than thirty days is entitled, in addition to any other pay or allowances, to special pay at the following rates: (1) $100 a month for each month of active duty if he has not completed two years of active duty in a category named above; or (2) $350 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed two years of active duty. Provides that a member of a uniformed service who: (1) has completed at least twenty-one months of active duty (other than for training); (2) is designated as having a critical military skill; and (3) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a regular component of the service concerned for a period of at least three years; may be paid a sum of money, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years or the monthly fractions thereof, of additional obligated service, not to exceed six years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. States that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least three years or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to a total of at least three years, may under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportaion with respect to the Coast Guard, be paid an amount prescribed by the Secretary concerned but not more than $3,000. Provides for continuation pay for physicians and dentists of the Public Health Service who extend their service on active duty. States that such person may be paid not more than four months' basic pay at the rate applicable to him when he executed the agreement for each additional year that he agrees to serve on active duty. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall submit a written report each year to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the operation of this special pay program. Provides for special pay for officers of the armed forces in health professions who execute active duty agreements. States that upon acceptance of such agreement by the Secretary concerned such officer is entitled to an amount not to exceed $17,000 for each year of the active duty agreement. Provides that such officer must be qualified in a critical health profession and qualified, as determined by a board composed of officers in his profession, to enter into such an agreement. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a written report each year to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the operation of this program. Provides that an officer of an armed force who is designated by the Secretary concerned as an officer possessing skills in a critical shortage specialty and whose retention on, or voluntary recall to, active duty would be of benefit to the United States, and who executes an agreement to serve on continuous active duty in that specialty for a period of not less than one year, but not more than six years, in addition to any other period of active duty for which he is obligated may be paid, in addition to all other compensation, a sum of money not to exceed $4,000 for each year of such agreement. Provides special pay for participation in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. States that the amount of special pay for those persons possessing critical military skills as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard shall be: (1) up to $2,200 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment or extentions of the enlistment period; or (2) for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period, ten percent of the total for two years, thirty-seven percent of the total for three years, fifty-four percent of the total for four years, or seventy-five percent of the total for five years. States that the amount of such pay for persons not possessing such critical skills shall be: (1) up to $1,100 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment, or extension of enlistment period; or (2) an amount as determined by the above formula for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period.
Bill· HRH.R. 1492 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides that in the determination of the annual income of recipients of vetetans' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall not reduce the amount of such pension or compensation because of increases in monthly social security benefits under Public law 92-336. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 415(g)(4) 503(d))
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 150 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of the first article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or any other provision of the Constitution, Congress shall have the power to establish, by law, conditions of employment in any facility which Congress determines is essential to the national security, including, but not limited to, the condition that no person shall be employed in such a facility who becomes or remains a member of any organization which advocates, advises, or teaches that the Government of the United States or of any State, district, territory, or possession thereof should be overthrown or destroyed by force or violence.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 112 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Makes it the sense of the House of Representatives that, under any circumstances which may arise in the future pertaining to situations in which the United States is not already involved, the commitment of the Armed Forces of the United States to hostilities on foreign territory for any purpose, other than to repel an attack on the United States or to protect United States citizens or property, properly will result from a decision made in accordance with constitutional processes, which in addition to appropriate executive action, requires affirmative action by Congress specially intended to give rise to such commitment.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 50 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President should take such steps as may be necessary to assure that any negotiations to terminate hostilities in Indochina include an unqualified demand by the United States for an adequate accounting for all American prisoners of war held by the Government of North Vietnam and forces allied with such Government and all Americans missing in action who have been held by or known to such Government or such forces.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 53 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Declares that the Congress strongly protests the treatment of United States servicemen held prisoner by North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, calls on them to comply with the requirements of the Geneva Convention, and approves and endorses efforts by the United States Government, the United Nations, the International Red Cross, and other leaders and peoples of the world to obtain humane treatment and release of American prisoners of war.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 47 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President should use every means at his disposal to secure the most accurate and fullest possible accounting of the American personnel missing throughout North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Laos. States that any agreement with regard to ending the present conflict in Southeast Asia would be incomplete and inadequate without tangible assurance of the identification and return of all American prisoners.
Bill· HRH.R. 1423 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1973
Authorizes pay and benefits for members, and survivors of members, of the Philippine Scouts who served in the military during World War II on the same basis as such pay and benefits are authorized for other members of the Armed Forces and their survivors.
Law· SS. 49 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
National Cemeteries Act - Establishes within the Veterans' Administration a National Cemetery System consisting of all cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of any war or conflict or of service in the Armed Forces may be buried. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials to advise and consult with the Administrator with respect to the administration of the cemeteries. Specifies that the following persons are eligible for interment in any open national cemetery: (1) any veteran; (2) any reservist, whose death occurs under honorable conditions, while undergoing treatment at the expense of the United States for injury or disease contracted while acting within the scope of his reservist duties; (3) any ROTC member whose death occurs under honorable conditions during his training period; (4) any U.S. citizen, who served in the Armed Forces of an allied government and such service terminated honorably; (5) the wife, surviving spouse, minor child, and the unmarried adult child of the above-mentioned persons; and (6) such other persons as may be designated by the Administrator. Directs the Administrator to make all rules and regulations and conduct whatever business is necessary to establish and maintain such cemeteries. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to acquire needed additional land by purchase, gift, condemnation, transfer from other Federal agencies, or otherwise as he determines to be in the best interest of the United States. Directs the Administrator to conduct a comprehensive study and to submit his recommendations to the 93d Congress within twelve months after such Congress convenes, concerning the criteria which should govern the development and operation of the National Cemetery System, including the concept of regional cemeteries; the relationship between that system to other Federal burial benefits provided servicemen and veterans; and the steps to be taken to comform the existing System to the recommended criteria. Authorizes the Administrator to make necessary rules for the governing of property under his control, and to fix penalties for violations. Provides for the payment of burial costs (up to $250) when an eligible veteran or veteran's relative dies in a VA facility. Stipulates that if the veteran is not buried in a national cemetery or other cemetery under the jurisdiction of the United States, the Administrator, in his discretion, having due regard to the circumstances in each case, may pay a sum not exceeding $150 as a plot or interment allowance to such person as he prescribes. Transfers to the Administrator from the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force the functions and responsibilities of such Secretaries with respect to cemeteries under their jurisdiction. Repeals specified provisions of law dealing with national cemeteries and payment of veterans' burial expenses. Authorizes the burial of an unknown soldier from the Vietnam Conflict at Arlington National Cemetery after the United States has concluded its participation in hostilities in Southeast Asia.
Bill· SS. 140 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to insure members of the uniformed services with servicemen's group life insurance during any period they are assigned to duty in a combat zone in the amount of $15,000, subject to election by the member to be insured for only $10,000. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 767(d))
Bill· SS. 224 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Provides for the establishment by the Secretary of the Army of a national cemetery in the State of Wyoming, at or near the city of Casper. Authorizes such appropriations as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· SS. 150 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Provides that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may furnish outpatients dental services and treatment for a non-service-connected disability to any war veteran who has a permanent total disability from a service-connected disability. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 612)
Bill· SS. 185 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Provides for the shipment at Government expense of motor vehicles owned by members of the Armed Forces, in the case of movement to or from Alaska, by commercial motor carrier via highways and the Alaska ferry system or other surface transportation between customary ports of embarkation and debarkation, if such means of transport does not exceed the cost to the United States of other authorized means. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2634)
Bill· SS. 176 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
World War I Pension Act - Increases non service-connected disability pensions of World War I veterans, their widows and children, by 10 percent. Increases the monthly rate payable to any World War I veteran for regular aid and attendance by $15 and increases the monthly rate for such veterans with permanent and total disability by $6 a month. Provides that the monthly rate to which any child or children of a veteran of World War I shall be increased by $8 in the case of one child and by $1 for each additional child. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(b), (c), (d), (e), 542)
Bill· SS. 153 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1973
Provides for the payment of a per diem for travel and transporation to a member of the armed forces who is assigned to a duty station in a restricted area outside the United States if, in connection with the assignment, his dependents move to his legal residence and the residence is in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the United States. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 405)
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