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United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that John Adams should be known as the Father of the United States Marine Corps.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Army to establish one or more national cemeteries in the State of Arizona. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Entitles specified veterans of World War I and their widows and children to veterans' pension benefits on the same basis as that accorded to veterans of the Spanish American War and their widows and children, respectively. Provides for an increase in pension rates applicable to such classes of veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
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 other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits at a schedule provided in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
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 other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits at a schedule provided in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
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 other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits at a schedule provided in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Provides a 10-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans and their wives and widows.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives of the United States that the Secretary of Defense shall issue no further reclassifications from missing in action or prisoner of war status to presumptive finding of death status until such time as the Government of North Vietnam complies with the Paris Peace Agreement, and until a determination is made that all possible means of ascertaining the fates of those listed as missing in action has been made.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives of the United States that the Secretary of Defense shall issue no further reclassifications from missing in action or prisoner of war status to presumptive finding of death status until such time as the Government of North Vietnam complies with the Paris Peace Agreement, and until a determination is made that all possible means of ascertaining the fates of those listed as missing in action has been made.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Provides for cost-of-living increases for veterans' compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation and pension payments equal to the rise in the consumer price index when the Administrator of Veteran's Affairs determines that the Consumer Price Index has increased by 3 percent or more.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Provides a 10-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans and their wives and widows.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Increases the maximum annual income limitations applicable to veterans' and widows' pensions for those veterans of the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, or the Vietnam era. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521,541)
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Authorizes the induction of individuals, under the Military Selective Service Act, during the period beginning July 1, 1975, and ending June 30, 1977, for training and service in the Armed Forces. Provides that, on or after July 1, 1975, individuals may be inducted pursuant to the provisions of the Military Selective Service Act for training and service in the Armed Forces. (Amends 50 U.S.C. App. 467 (c))
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Provides a 10-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans and their wives and widows.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Provides a 10-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans and their wives and widows.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Entitles specified veterans of World War I and their widows and children to veterans' pension benefits on the same basis as that accorded to veterans of the Spanish American War and their widows and children, respectively. Provides for an increase in pension rates applicable to such classes of veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Authorizes the payment of severance pay, in amounts not to exceed $15,000 for any one individual member, for regular enlisted members of the United States armed forces. Provides that specified members discharged on or after July 1, 1973 shall be entitled to payment under this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1173)
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Requires the Secretary of Defense to take such action as is necessary to insure that any member of the Armed Forces who is discharged shall receive a discharge certificate which shall indicate that such member was so discharged and which shall not bear any indication of the conditions under which such separation occured. States that the reason why such member was so separated (other than by reason of discharged dismissal pursuant to a sentence of a general or special court-martial) and all other records or documents pertaining to such reason or reasons shall be treated as confidential and shall not be made known to or otherwise released to any private person or any public agency (whether Federal, State, or local) without the prior written consent of the member concerned. Sets forth the conditions under which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces may be discharged under other than honorable conditions. Establishes procedures for military review panels in considering the dishonorable discharge of enlisted personnel. Requires military review panels to conduct hearings which afford the enlisted member concerned an opportunity to: (1) appear before the panel and present evidence in his own behalf; (2) be represented by counsel; (3) confront the witnesses against him; and (4) examine documentary and real evidence against him. States that the recommendation of a review panel appointed under the provisions of this Act for separation under other than honorable conditions may be appealed to an appeal board established by the Judge Advocate General concerned, or the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate. Authorizes the Secretaries concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretaries concerned, after consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to establish a number (but not less than ten) of regional boards of review throughout the United States. States that the function of the regional boards shall be to review the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by a general or special court-martial) of any former member of an Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the military department concerned. Provides that if a request for the review of a discharge or dismissal of any person who was discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces within the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this Act was filed before such effective date and such review resulted in no change to the discharge or dismissal, or no new discharge was issued, another request for review of that discharge or dismissal pursuant to this Act may be filed and such review shall be acted upon without prejudice, if such request for review is filed with the appropriate regional board of review within the one-year period immediately following such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Prescribes a World War I veterans' pension of $150 for married veterans or veterans with one child or $135 for unmarried veterans, and an extra $125 for those in need of regular attendance. Authorizes hospital, domiciliary, and medical care to such veterans for non-service-connected disabilities, and costs for medical services unavoidably incurred outside Veterans Administration facilities. Authorizes the payemnt of a pension to the widow of a World War I veteran if she is not otherwise entitled to a pension.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to recognize as service during a period of war, for purposes of veterans' benefits, service between July 1, 1958, and August 5, 1964, in the Vietnam era of operations for which the Armed Services Expeditionary Medal was awarded. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 101(29)).
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Requires the Secretary of Defense to take such action as is necessary to insure that any member of the Armed Forces who is discharged shall receive a discharge certificate which shall indicate that such member was so discharged and which shall not bear any indication of the conditions under which such separation occured. States that the reason why such member was so separated (other than by reason of discharged dismissal pursuant to a sentence of a general or special court-martial) and all other records or documents pertaining to such reason or reasons shall be treated as confidential and shall not be made known to or otherwise released to any private person or any public agency (whether Federal, State, or local) without the prior written consent of the member concerned. Sets forth the conditions under which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces may be discharged under other than honorable conditions. Establishes procedures for military review panels in considering the dishonorable discharge of enlisted personnel. Requires military review panels to conduct hearings which afford the enlisted member concerned an opportunity to: (1) appear before the panel and present evidence in his own behalf; (2) be represented by counsel; (3) confront the witnesses against him; and (4) examine documentary and real evidence against him. States that the recommendation of a review panel appointed under the provisions of this Act for separation under other than honorable conditions may be appealed to an appeal board established by the Judge Advocate General concerned, or the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate. Authorizes the Secretaries concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretaries concerned, after consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to establish a number (but not less than ten) of regional boards of review throughout the United States. States that the function of the regional boards shall be to review the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by a general or special court-martial) of any former member of an Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the military department concerned. Provides that if a request for the review of a discharge or dismissal of any person who was discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces within the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this Act was filed before such effective date and such review resulted in no change to the discharge or dismissal, or no new discharge was issued, another request for review of that discharge or dismissal pursuant to this Act may be filed and such review shall be acted upon without prejudice, if such request for review is filed with the appropriate regional board of review within the one-year period immediately following such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Requires the Secretary of Defense to take such action as is necessary to insure that any member of the Armed Forces who is discharged shall receive a discharge certificate which shall indicate that such member was so discharged and which shall not bear any indication of the conditions under which such separation occured. States that the reason why such member was so separated (other than by reason of discharged dismissal pursuant to a sentence of a general or special court-martial) and all other records or documents pertaining to such reason or reasons shall be treated as confidential and shall not be made known to or otherwise released to any private person or any public agency (whether Federal, State, or local) without the prior written consent of the member concerned. Sets forth the conditions under which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces may be discharged under other than honorable conditions. Establishes procedures for military review panels in considering the dishonorable discharge of enlisted personnel. Requires military review panels to conduct hearings which afford the enlisted member concerned an opportunity to: (1) appear before the panel and present evidence in his own behalf; (2) be represented by counsel; (3) confront the witnesses against him; and (4) examine documentary and real evidence against him. States that the recommendation of a review panel appointed under the provisions of this Act for separation under other than honorable conditions may be appealed to an appeal board established by the Judge Advocate General concerned, or the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate. Authorizes the Secretaries concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretaries concerned, after consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to establish a number (but not less than ten) of regional boards of review throughout the United States. States that the function of the regional boards shall be to review the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by a general or special court-martial) of any former member of an Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the military department concerned. Provides that if a request for the review of a discharge or dismissal of any person who was discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces within the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this Act was filed before such effective date and such review resulted in no change to the discharge or dismissal, or no new discharge was issued, another request for review of that discharge or dismissal pursuant to this Act may be filed and such review shall be acted upon without prejudice, if such request for review is filed with the appropriate regional board of review within the one-year period immediately following such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Provides a 10-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans and their wives and widows.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Directs and authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Directs the Administrator to provide for and maintain such cemetery. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66, Public Law 93-233, and subsequent cost-of-living increases under title II of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to include cost-of-living increases in educational benefits payable to qualified veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Armed Service Discharge Review Procedure Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide for the establishment of regional boards of review throughout the United States to review the discharge or dismissal under specified conditions of any former member of an armed force upon motion of any such board or upon request of the former member, or, if deceased, the surviving spouse or other specified persons. Provides for a procedure whereby a judge advocate may be appointed to represent a person requesting a review under this Act before a board established under the provisions of this Act. Provides that a person who requests a review under this Act shall be promptly advised in writing, upon filing his application, of his right to make a personal appearance before the board, and of his right to be represented by counsel, of his own choosing or appointed by the Judge Advocate or by an accredited representative. Directs that no information (in code or otherwise) shall be included on any discharge certificate by any military department if such information in any way indicates the attitude, opinion, or decision of the military department concerned with respect to whether the person to whom such certificate was issued should be accepted for reenlistment in the armed forces. Requires that all such information shall be treated as strictly confidential and may be released to another department or agency of the Government only on a need-to-know basis. Directs the Secretary of each military department (and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard), to the maximum extent practicable, to issue new discharge certificates to all former members of such department whose last discharge certificate contains any information (in code or otherwise) described in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to, within sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act, initiate and carry out a comprehensive nationwide program designed to contact and inform all former members of the armed forces who have been issued discharge certificates with the type of information described in this Act and who have not been contacted and issued new discharge certificates as provided in this Act. Directs the secretary to consult with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in carrying out such program and the Administrator shall utilize the full services and facilities of the Veterans' Administration to assist in contacting such former members. Provides that any action taken by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, action to be taken by the Secretary of Defense. Provides that not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary of Defense shall submit a written report to the Congress disclosing the plan to be carried out by him under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Entitles specified veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to a veterans' pension benefit on the same basis as that accorded to veterans of the Spanish American War and their widows and children, respectively. Provides for an increase in pension rates applicable to such classes of veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Entitles specified veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to a veterans' pension benefit on the same basis as that accorded to veterans of the Spanish American War and their widows and children, respectively. Provides for an increase in pension rates applicable to such classes of veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1974
Sets conditions for the awarding of the gold star lapel button under the approval of the Secretary of Defense in instances of members of the Armed Forces who fall in armed conflict while serving with friendly foreign forces. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1126)
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1974
Directs and authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery in Connecticut or in Standard Federal Region 1. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1974
Prescribes procedures for the upward adjustment in regular military compensation.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1974
Military Construction Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Defense to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating or installing permanent or temporary public works, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment at designated projects to the extent of the dollar amounts designated by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct family housing units and mobile home facilities, after consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in the locations designated by this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of funds needed to carry out the provisions of this Act. Reserve Forces Facilities Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Reserve Forces of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air National Guard, the Air Force Reserve, and the Army National Guard.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1974
Authorizes the President to appoint and fix the pay of: (1) not more than thirty-five administrative and staff assistants in the White House Office and the Executive Residence at respective rates not more than the rate of basic pay than currently in effect for level II of the Executive Schedule; and (2) other administrative and staff assistants in the White House Office and the Executive Residence at respective rates not more than the maximum rate of basic pay then currently paid under the General Schedule. Authorizes the President to: (1) procure services of experts and consultants; and (2) procure goods and administrative services necessary in connection with the performance of his official duties (including maintenance, operation, and preservation of the Executive Residence). Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year to the President and Vice President for carrying out specified duties and responsibilities. Authorizes to be appropriated to the President each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to enable the President, in his discretion, to respond to and deal with emergencies involving the national interest, security, or defense which may arise. Increases, from $40,000 to $100,000 per year, the maximum amount authorizable for traveling expenses of the President.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1974
Specifies, under the Freedom of Information Act, those matters which in the interest of the national defense may be withheld from public disclosure by a Federal agency.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
Authorizes the inclusion, for purposes of nonregular retirement pay, of service before World War II in specified State militia units which were restricted in their membership to individuals not of the Caucasian race and the unit was ordered to active duty during World War II. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1332(a)(1)).
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
Establishes in the Army an Optometry Corps. Provides for the membership of such Corps to qualified optometrists who are citizens of the United States and who have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe. Establishes an Optometry Corps in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Establishes procedures for appointments to the active list of the Navy in the Optometry Corps and the Regular Air Force. Provides for the crediting of service for commissioned officers equal to one year for each academic year required for an appointment conditioned upon training beyond the four-year college level.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
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 other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits at a schedule provided in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
Provides for a ten-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans and their wives, and widows under Veterans' Administration programs. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974
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 other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits at a schedule provided in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives of the United States that the Secretary of Defense shall issue no further reclassifications from missing in action to presumptive finding of death status until such time as the Government of North Vietnam complies with the Paris Peace Agreement, and until a determination is made that all possible means of ascertaining the fates of those listed as missing in action has been made.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1974
Authorizes appropriations during the fiscal year 1975 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons, and research, development, test and evaluation for the Armed Forces. Prescribes the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component and of the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the Armed Forces and of civilian personnel of the Department of Defense. Prescribes military training student loads. States it to be the policy of the United States to modernize the strike forces of the United States Navy by the construction of nuclear powered major combatant vessels. Calls for an adequate industrial base for the research, development, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of such vessels. Requires that new construction major combatant vessels for the strike forces of the United States Navy authorized subsequent to the date this Act becomes law shall be nuclear powered, except as the Congress shall hereafter provide. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress each calendar year a written report regarding the application of nuclear propulsion to major combatant vehicles for such strike forces.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1974
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide cost-of-living increases, on a quarterly basis, in the educational assistance allowances received by veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1682)
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1974
Specifies, under the Freedom of Information Act, those matters which in the interest of the national defense may be withheld from public disclosure by a Federal agency.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1974
Permits the presumption that diseases and injuries, which became manifest to a degree of 10 percent, of former prisoners of war shall be considered to have been service connected disabilities, if while held as such a prisoner, the veteran suffered from dietary deficiencies, forced labor, or inhumane treatment (in violation of the terms of the Geneva Convention). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 312(c))
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1974
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 other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits at a schedule provided in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1974
Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Provides that any member of a Regular or Reserve component of the Armed Forces who is retired and is receiving from the United States retired or retirement pay and other benefits incident to his retired status, and who is required by provisions of the Constitution or statutes of a State to resign his military commission, terminate his retired status, and forgo receipt of retired or retirement pay and other benefits incident to such retired status, in order to be eligible to accept elective or appointive civil office under the said State, shall with his consent, be reappointed by the service Secretary alone to the grade and position on the retired list which he held prior to his resignation, effective the day following termination of his State civil office, and as of such date be entitled to resume receipt of the retired or retirement pay and other benefits incident to his retired status to which he was entitled prior to his resignation. Provides that if such retired member is participating in the Survivor Benefit Plan at the time of his resignation, to accept a State civil office, he may, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, continue to participate in the plan as if he had never resigned by depositing in the Treasury each month thereafter the sum of money that otherwise would have been deducted from his retired pay for the month under the plan, and if the said retired member should die while holding State civil office his beneficiary or beneficiaries under the plan shall be paid the annuity authorized thereunder as if the said member had died while in retired status.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Authorizes the widows of specified former members of the armed forces of the United States to use the services and facilities of post exchanges and commissaries. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1041)