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Bill· HRH.R. 11887 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the parents of veterans who died in active military service or from a service-connected disability. Increases the monthly rate of wartime death compensation payable to a widow or dependent parent if the payee is a patient in a nursing home or helpless or blind.
Bill· HRH.R. 11889 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Increases the rate of special pension payable to Congressional Medal of Honor holders.
Bill· HRH.R. 11890 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of any veteran who was rated totally and permanently service-connected disabled for at least ten years, as though the cause of death were service-connected.
Bill· HRH.R. 11891 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Amends the veterans' aid and attendance compensation payment system to provide a second-step allowance at an increased rate of $900 per month for veterans in need of constant medical aid and attendance.
Bill· HRH.R. 11888 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Reduces from 50 percent to 40 percent the minimum disability rating necessary for a veteran entitled to wartime disability compensation to receive additional compensation for dependents.
Bill· HRH.R. 11898 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the use of Federal civil defense funds by local civil defense agencies for natural disaster or civil disturbance relief. Increases the Federal contribution for travel expenses and per diem allowances for students in civil defense training programs and increases the Federal financial contribution to States for civil defense personnel and administrative expenses. Increases the authorization for appropriations under such Act for travel expenses, for personal equipment for State and local workers, and personnel and administrative expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 11863 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to terminate the requirement for mortgage insurance premiums with respect to property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.
Bill· HRH.R. 11844 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Increases from $250 to $350 the burial and funeral expense allowance which may be paid by the Veterans' Administration on behalf of certain deceased veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 11843 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Directs the Secretary of Defense to place a memorial plaque in the Trophy Hall of the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to those members of the armed force who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. Directs the Secretary, to honor those members who lost their lives in Southeast Asia, to display near such plaque the medals, ribbons, and decorations associated with service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.
Bill· HRH.R. 11836 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
World War I Pension Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, to the surviving spouse (who meets specified requirements), or, when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children (who meet specified requirements).
Bill· HRH.R. 11823 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Entitles members of the Armed Forces Reserves who were on active duty after August 13, 1961, and before May 31, 1963, or after August 4, 1964, and before March 28, 1973, to retired pay.
Bill· HRH.R. 11819 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Rates - Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rates - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of disabled veterans. Title III: Miscellaneous and Effective Date Provisions - Provides for an additional increase in dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse who is permanently housebound but ineligible for an aid and attendance allowance. Provides for retroactive dependency and indemnification compensation and war veterans pensions, to children whose entitlement is established after such compensation has already been awarded to a veteran's other children. Reduces supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for certain 18 year old children considered below such age for purposes of additional dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse.
Bill· HRH.R. 11808 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Defense Dependents' Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program of free public education through secondary school for dependents of military and civilian personnel overseas and on certain military bases. Transfers certain authority of the Commissioner of Education regarding schools on domestic military installations to the Secretary of Defense. Establishes within the Department of Defense the Office of Dependents' Education and an Advisory Council on Dependents' Education. Makes such overseas schools eligible for assistance under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
Bill· HRH.R. 11780 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - States the purpose of this Act to be to provide advance planning for effective conversion of defense-related industries to productive civilian activity and to provide economic adjustment assistance to affected communities, industries, and workers which may be substantially and seriously affected by reductions in defense expenditures. Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes a Defense Economic Adjustment Council in the Executive Office of the President, membership to include Cabinet officers, representatives of the business-management community, and representatives of labor union organizations. Defines the duties of the Council, including: (1) encouraging preparation of plans for civilian-oriented public projects; (2) supervising the establishment of a Job Information Bank in the Department of Labor to coordinate State, local and Federal employment services; (3) preparing lists of organizations and consultants engaged in civilian-oriented activity for use by local conversion committees; and (4) preparing and distributing a Conversion Guidelines Handbook. Title II: Alternative Use Committees - Establishes local Alternative Use Committees to undertake economic conversion planning and preparation in the event of reductions in defense spending resulting in substantial and serious unemployment. Provides a fund for performing these duties to be derived from the military contract or base operating costs. Title III: Economic Adjustment Fund - Provides for establishment in the Treasury of a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contractors to pay to the Fund an amount equal to one and a quarter percent per year of their gross revenue. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Requires that all displacements in defense related facilities affecting more than five percent of the workers be reported to the State employment office or agency acting as agent for administration of employees' benefits programs. Provides eligible workers with two year entitlement to the following applicable benefits: (1) compensation on a weekly basis to maintain an income equal to 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000; (2) vested pension credit; (3) maintenance of hospital, surgical, medical, disability, and life insurance coverage; (4) retraining for civilian work; and (5) necessary relocation expenses. Requires all managerial and technical employees who have spent more than 50 percent of the ten years preceding implementation of the plan to participate in a professional retraining program in order to be eligible for benefits. Authorizes the Council to reimburse a State or administering agency (acting as agent of the Council) for all benefits paid. Title V: Use of Certain Research Funds - Amends the Defense Authorization Act of 1970 to expand kinds of independent research and development which can be funded in a defense contract to include projects which the Council believes have a potential relationship to an urgent national requirement in a designated non-defense sector. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes the appropriation of sums which may be necessary to carry out provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11754 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Designates the Veterans' Administration hospital located at 50 Irving Street, Washington, D.C., as the "Olin E. Teague Veterans' Hospital."
Bill· HRH.R. 11732 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the use of Federal civil defense funds by local civil defense agencies for natural disaster or civil disturbance relief. Increases the Federal contribution for travel expenses and per diem allowances for students in civil defense training programs and increases the Federal financial contribution to States for civil defense personnel and administrative expenses. Increases the authorization for appropriations under such Act for travel expenses, for personal equipment for State and local workers, and personnel and administrative expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 11700 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1978
Designates the proposed new Veterans' Administration hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, as the "Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans' Hospital."
Bill· HRH.R. 11687 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1978
Establishes a Dental Corps within the Department of the Army to be headed by the Assistant Surgeon General. Establishes a Dental Service within the Air Force. Sets forth the duties of such units.
Bill· HRH.R. 11656 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1978
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1979 through 1985 to carry out the provisions of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11592 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
World War I Pension Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, to the surviving spouse (who meets specified requirements), or, when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children (who meet specified requirements).
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 535 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Urges the Secretary of Defense not to include within the competitive rate program (under which services are procured for the movement of the household goods of Department of Defense employees) the movement of household goods of Department personnel who are being transferred between the continental United States and Alaska or Hawaii.
Law· HRH.R. 11579 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Designates the Veterans' Administration hospital located at 1901 South First Street, Temple, Texas, as the "Olin E. Teague Veterans' Hospital."
Bill· HRH.R. 11588 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
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 others to join any labor organization. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11584 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Provides for the payment by the Veterans' Administration of special assessments levied by a local government against the home of any veteran, or the surviving spouse of any veteran, with a permanent and total service-connected disability. Stipulates that such payment shall create a lien against such home for the amount of such Federal payment. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the Veterans' Administration Local Special Assessment Payment Revolving Fund for payments under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11583 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act - Title I: Amendments to Pension Program for Non-service-connected Disability or Death - Revises the list of specified catagories of payments excluded from the determination of annual income for benefit payment purposes. Requires persons applying for a non-service-connected disability pension to report the income and estate of each spouse and child on account of whom added pension is applied for or received. Sets increased flat pension and aid-and-attendance allowance rates, reduced by the amount of a veteran's annual income, and in specified instances, by the amount of a spouse's or child's income which is reasonably available to or for such veteran. Sets increased flat benefit rates, with similar reductions, for the surviving spouses and children of such veterans. Requires annual adjustments in such pension and benefit rates in conjunction with cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Sets the effective dates for provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11559 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Directs the Secretary of Defense to place a memorial plaque in the Trophy Hall of the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to those members of the armed force who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. Directs the Secretary, to honor those members who lost their lives in Southeast Asia, to display near such plaque the medals, ribbons, and decorations associated with service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.
Bill· HRH.R. 11544 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Veterans' Education Amendments - Increases the rates of educational assistance for eligible veterans and their survivors and dependents for: (1) vocational rehabilitation; (2) flight training; (3) special supplementary assistance for educationally disadvantaged veterans; (4) correspondence courses; (5) apprenticeships or other on-the-job training; and (6) education loans.
Bill· HRH.R. 11543 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Provides that war veterans who attain the age of 65 and have a service-connected disability rated 30 percent or more but less than total shall have their wartime disability compensation increased by ten percent.
Bill· HRH.R. 11530 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Increases the rate of wartime disability compensation payable to war veterans who have suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of three extremities as the result of a service-connected disability.
Bill· HRH.R. 11531 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the parents of veterans who died in active military service or from a service-connected disability. Increases the monthly rate of wartime death compensation payable to a widow or dependent parent if the payee is a patient in a nursing home or helpless or blind.
Bill· SS. 2729 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Establishes a ceiling on payments to physicians under the Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) based on the customary charges made for similar services in the same locality.
Bill· HRH.R. 11486 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Directs the Secretary of the Army to pay to each person who served as a Philippine Scout between December 6, 1941, and December 31, 1946, or the survivors of such an individual the difference between the basic pay received by such an individual and the pay received by other members of the Army of corresponding grades and length of service. Requires that the retired pay of such individuals be computed using the rates of basic pay applicable to other members of the Army of corresponding grades and length of service.
Bill· HRH.R. 11487 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of approximately 45,000 pounds of mica, muscovite film presently held in the national and supplemental stockpiles.
Bill· SS. 2702 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services to dispose of up to 45,000 long tons of tin presently held in the national and supplemental stockpiles. Stipulates that: (1) up to 26,000 long tons of such tin, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall be used to obtain up to 225,000 short tons of copper; (2) the proceeds from the sale of the first 5,000 long tons of tin sold pursuant to this Act in fiscal year 1978 and the proceeds from the sale of the first 10,000 long tons of such tin sold in fiscal year 1979 shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts; and (3) 4,000 long tons of such tin, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall be used to acquire strategic and critical materials which are needed on a priority basis. Authorizes the Administrator to use any quantity of tungsten, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, which is available for disposal to aid in the acquisition of the 225,000 short tons of copper (except that the proceeds from the sale of the first 3,000,000 pounds of tungsten for each of the fiscal years 1978 and 1979 may not be used for such purpose. Stipulates that the copper acquired pursuant to this Act shall be placed in the national stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 11429 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to dispose of approximately 2,500 short tons of antimony presently held in the national and supplemental stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 11425 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to dispose of approximately 750,000 pounds of iodine presently held in the national and supplemental stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 11421 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Increases from one year to seven years the period after a war veteran is separated from military service during which development of Parkinson's disease will be presumed to be service-connected for wartime disability compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 11448 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services to dispose of up to 45,000 long tons of tin presently held in the national and supplemental stockpiles. Stipulates that: (1) up to 26,000 long tons of such tin, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall be used to obtain up to 225,000 short tons of copper; (2) the proceeds from the sale of the first 5,000 long tons of tin sold pursuant in this Act in fiscal year 1978 and the proceeds from the sale of the first 10,000 long tons of such tin sold in fiscal year 1979 shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts; and (3) 4,000 long tons of such tin, or the proceeds from the sale thereof shall be used to acquire strategic and critical materials which are needed on a priority basis. Authorizes the Administrator to use any quantity of tungsten or the proceeds from the sale thereof, which is available for disposal to aid in the acquisition of the 225,000 short tons of copper (except that the proceeds from the sale of the first 3,000,000 pounds of tungsten for each of the fiscal years 1978 and 1979 may not be used for such purpose). Stipulates that the copper acquired pursuant to this Act shall be placed in the national stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 11430 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to dispose of approximately 25,000 long tons of tin presently held in the national and supplemental stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 11432 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to dispose of approximately 62,500,000 troy ounces of silver presently held in the national and supplemental stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 11428 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to dispose of approximately 500,000 pounds of bismuth presently held in the national and supplemental stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 11431 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to dispose of approximately 1,250,000 pounds of castor oil-sebacic acid presently held in the national stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 11427 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to dispose of approximately 4,000 short tons of asbestos chrysotile presently held in the national and supplemental stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 11364 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1978
World War I Pension Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, to the surviving spouse (who meets specified requirements), or, when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children (who meet specified requirements).
Bill· HRH.R. 11329 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1978
Allows disabled veterans and Vietnam era veterans who claim employment discrimination based on their status as veterans by either specified Federal Government contractors or a department, agent, or instrumentality of the executive branch, and who have exhausted their administrative remedies, to file a civil action with the same procedural rights as persons under an unlawful employment practices proceeding covered by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Bill· HRH.R. 11354 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1978
Entitles former spouses of members of the armed forces who were married to the member for at least ten years to a portion of that member's retired or retainer pay. Entitles such former spouses to a portion of the annuity of the surviving spouse of such member. Stipulates that such a member may not elect not to provide an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan without the consent of the member's spouse and any former spouses.
Bill· HRH.R. 11344 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1978
Prohibits the transfer or disposal of any military installation located in the Panama Canal Zone unless specifically authorized by Act of Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 11351 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1978
Prohibits the Veterans' Administration from refusing to guarantee, insure, or make a home loan to veterans solely because the property is located in an area identified by a Federal agency as the area which is most adversely affected by the noise from the operation of nearby civilian or military airports. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, when providing assistance under such conditions, to notify the buyer regarding the nature of such property.
Bill· HRH.R. 11330 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1978
Permits veterans with an upgraded discharge to receive full educational benefits without regard to the date of the veteran's initial discharge from service.
Bill· HRH.R. 11328 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1978
Excludes the value of veterans' vocational rehabilitation and educational assistance entitlements from consideration as annual income for specified veterans' pension determinations.