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United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Authorizes the recomputation of the retired pay of persons who served as sergeant major of the Marine Corps prior to December 16, 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
Redefines the term "disabled veteran" to include any individual who received a service-connected disability while serving on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training in the Armed Forces, for purposes of preference eligibility in the Civil Service system.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to be composed of Cabinet members and Directors of government agencies. Specifies the duties of the Council, including the duty to assist communities, industries, and employees which may be substantially and seriously affected to make adjustment to closure and reduction of bases or cancellation or reduction of defense contracts. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Authorizes the Council to allocate economic development funds appropriated to Federal agencies to communities which would be substantially affected by reduction or elimination of Government military facilities or curtailment or conclusion of military contracts. Title III: Industrial Economic Adjustment - Requires defense contractors to undertake planning and preparation for the employment of the personnel and utilization of the facilities employed on a contract after its completion. Authorizes the Chairman of the Council to provide assistance to defense and nonprofit contractors on conversion to nondefense industry, and appropriates $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for such purpose. Specifies the criteria for assigning priorities among economic projects applying for support under this Act. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Fund - Requires payment to the Council of one-half of one percent of the amount of any defense contract for funding of the Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund to be established in the Treasury. Provides for the return of unexpended moneys of a contractor in the fund if all of his obligations under this Act have been discharged and he has not contracted with the Federal Government to furnish defense materials within 24 months. Title V: Economic Adjustment Assistance For Workers - Provides for the payment of economic adjustment benefits for workers or nonprofit contractors who have been displaced from private defense facilities for 2 years following such displacement. Provides that such assistance shall include up to 80 percent of weekly wages, maintenance of insurance coverages, vested pension credit, and retraining. Conditions the eligibility of workers for such benefits upon maintenance of registration with the Secretary of Labor and an agreement to accept employment determined by the Secretary of Labor to be suitable.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
Provides that publications mailed by any veterans' organization or association entitled to preferential rates, shall not, on and after the first day of the twenty-fifth year following the effective date of the first rate decision applicable to such publications, exceed the direct and indirect postal costs attributable to the mailing of such publications. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Provides for the appointment of an Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from officers on the active list of the Marine Corps. Provides that the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps shall have such authority and duties with respect to the Marine Corps as the Commandant of the Marine Corps, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, may delegate or prescribe for him. Provides that orders issued by the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps in performing such duties shall have the same effect as those issued by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Requires that when there is a vacancy in the office of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, or during the absence or disability of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps and then the officers of the Marine Corps on duty at Headquarters, Marine Corps, in order of seniority, unless otherwise directed by the President, shall perform the duties of the Commandant until a successor is appointed or the absence or disability ceases.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Nuclear Career Incentive Act - Provides that officers of the naval service who are designated as qualified for duty in connection with the supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants, or are in training that leads to such qualification, and who are entitled to basic pay shall be entitled to continuous monthly incentive pay in the amount set forth in this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to make annual reports to the Armed Services Committees containing data to monitor the effectiveness of this Act. (Adds 37 U.S.C. 312(b))
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Enables the President to authorize the involuntary order to active duty of Selected Reservists, for a period not to exceed 90 days, whether or not a declaration of war has been made by the Congress, or a national emergency has been declared by the President. Provides that not more than 50,000 Selected Reservists may be on active duty under this Act at any one time. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 673b)
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Extends for a period of two years and three months the special pay provisions for veterinarians and optometrists. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 302 a, 303).
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Provides that any individual who on or before September 21, 1972, was a widow of a person who: (1) was entitled at the time of his death to retired or retainer pay because of service in the uniformed services; and (2) had served on active duty in the uniformed services for a period of not less than 20 years, shall be paid an annuity by the Secretary concerned in an amount specified.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Permits eligible veterans to use their veteran's educational benefits for a program of flight training at an educational institution outside the United States. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1676)
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Provides for the appointment of an Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from officers on the active list of the Marine Corps. Provides that the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps shall have such authority and duties with respect to the Marine Corps as the Commandant of the Marine Corps, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, may delegate or prescribe for him. Provides that orders issued by the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps in performing such duties shall have the same effect as those issued by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Requires that when there is a vacancy in the office of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, or during the absence or disability of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps and then the officers of the Marine Corps on duty at Headquarters, Marine Corps, in order of seniority, unless otherwise directed by the President, shall perform the duties of the Commandant until a successor is appointed or the absence or disability ceases.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Eliminates the dates for submission of nominations to the United States Naval Academy. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 6956)
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Requires the President to transmit annually to the Congress a report covering sales, procurement contracts, and guaranties under the Foreign Military Sales Act proposed to be made during the next fiscal year to each country or international organization. Requires specified systems covered by such report. Provides that no sale, credit sale, or guaranty involving a major weapons system or major defense service may be made unless the Congress by concurrent resolution approves such sale, credit sale or guaranty.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Removes the present prohibition upon the payment of remuneration to members of military bands for the furnishing of music outside the limits of military posts and bases. (Repeals 10 U.S.C. 974, 3634, 6223, 8634)
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Permits retired members of the Armed Forces to elect to provide an annuity for their dependent children but not for spouses under the survivor benefit plan. Makes such provision effective as of September 21, 1972. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1448, 1450, 1452)
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
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 July 1975
Authorizes the Commandant of the Defense Intelligence School to award the degree of Master of Science of Stratgic Intelligence under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 2150)
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Revises the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages for a period of nine months.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Creates a select committee in the House of Representatives with authority to conduct a full and complete investigation of the problem of United States servicemen missing in action or known to be dead whose bodies have not been recovered, as a result of military operations in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Provides that such investigation shall include an examination of the need for additional international inspection teams to determine whether there are servicemen still held as prisoner of war. Authorizes the Committee to hold hearings, issue subpenas, and maintain a staff as necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this resolution. Directs the committee to report to the House the results of its investigation no later than one year after adoption of this resolution. Provides that the committee's authority shall expire 30 days after the filing of such report. Directs that the expenses of the select committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
Authorizes the payment of separation pay for regular enlisted members of the United States armed forces who have served a minimum of 5 continuous years but less than 20 years of active service and who meet other specified requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
Establishes in the House of Representatives a Select Committee on Intelligence to conduct an inquiry into the organization, operations, and oversight of the intelligence community of the of the United States Government. Directs the Select Committee to conduct an inquiry into specified matters, including the following: (1) the collection, analysis, use, and cost of intelligence information and allegations of improper activities of intelligence agencies in the United States and abroad; (2) the procedures and effectiveness of coordination among and between the various intelligence components of the United States Government; (3) the nature and extent of executive branch oversight and control of United States intelligence activities; (4) the need for improved or reorganized oversight by the Congress of United States intelligence activities; and (5) the necessity, nature, and extent of overt and covert intelligence activities by United States intelligence instrumentalities in the United States and abroad. Authorizes the expenditure of no more than $750,000 for expenses of the select committee. Requires the select committee to report to the House with respect to the matters covered by this resolution as soon as practicable but not later than January 3, 1976. Abolishes the Select Committee established by H.Res. 138 upon the adoption of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Makes retroactive to November 1, 1954, the eligibility requirements for survivor annuities for non-regular service personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Prohibits the utilization of funds appropriated for the use of the Department of Defense for purposes of conducting any research, testing, or evaluation in which dogs are used if such research, testing, or evaluation is conducted for the purpose of developing or improving any radioactive, chemical, or biological warfare agent. Restricts Department of Defense appropriated funds use in the area of dog procurement. Directs the Department of Defense to develop new research methods for its research projects, where feasible, to complement or eliminate current methods involving the direct or indirect use of animals.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Provides that the August 1975 congressional recess shall not be included in calculating the twenty-calendar-day period during which the Congress may disapprove the proposed sale of a defense article or service under the Foreign Military Sales Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Designates the Commandant of the Marine Corps a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 141))
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Provides, under the Social Security Act, that recipients of supplemental security income benefits, recipients of aid or assistance under the various Federal-State public assistance and medicaid programs, and recipients of assistance or benefits under the veterans' pension and compensation program and specified other Federal and federally assisted programs including the food stamp program and the public housing program, will not have the amount of such benefits, aid, or assistance reduced because of post-1973 increases in monthly social security benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Entitles veterans to forty-five months of educational assistance for all educational programs approved for veterans. Eliminates the time limitation within which educational assistance must be used. Restores on behalf of qualified veterans, educational assistance benefits previously terminated. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661, 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Creates a ten-member Select Joint Committee on Servicemen Missing in Action. States that the function of such joint committee shall be to conduct a study of the problem of United States servicemen missing in action and to determine whether there exists a need for additional international inspection teams to ascertain whether there are servicemen held as prisoners of war. Gives the joint committee specified powers necessary to carry out functions required by this resolution. Directs the joint committee to report the results of its investigations to the Congress not later than one year after the adoption of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the joint committee shall be paid one-half from the contingent fund of the House and one-half from the contingent fund of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
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 · 8 July 1975
Sets a termination date for veterans' educational benefits. Allows 1 1/2 months of educational assistance for each month of active duty service between January 31, 1955, and September 1, 1975. Extends the maximum educational benefits to 45 months. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1652,1661,1818).
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
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.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Authorizes, under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shipment to Turkey of defense articles which were awaiting shipment to such country on February 5, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
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.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to prescribe an oath to be taken by appointees to the United States Military Academy.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Uniformed Services Retirement Modernization Act - States thatu, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of an Armed Force who is discharged or released from active duty and who has completed at least five but less than twenty years of service immediately before that discharge or release is entitled to a readjustment payment if: (1) his discharge or release from active duty is involuntary; (2) he was not accepted for an additional enlistment for which he volunteered; or (3) he was not accepted for an additional tour of active duty for which he volunteered. States that such a member is entitled to a readjustment payment equal to five percent of the product of twelve times the monthly basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release from active duty multiplied by his years of service. Provides that such provisions shall not apply to a member who: (1) is discharged or released from active duty at his request; (2) is released from active duty for purposes of training; (3) upon such discharge or release from active duty is immediately eligible for retired or retainer pay based entirely on his military service; or (4) is discharged or released from active duty under conditions which the Secretary concerned determines do not warrant payment of readjustment pay. States that under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of an Armed Force who is discharged or released from active duty, and who has completed at least five, but less than twenty, years of service immediately prior to such discharge or release from active duty, is entitled to deferred retired pay at age sixty or a lump-sum payment in lieu thereof. Permits a member of an Armed Force to defer an election under this Act, and to instead elect at any time prior to reaching age sixty. Stipulates that, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of an Armed Force who is voluntarily discharged or released from active duty, and who has completed immediately prior to such discharge or release from active duty at least ten, but less than twenty, years of service is entitled to deferred retired pay computed when he becomes sixty years of age. Permits a person who is qualified for retirement under more than one provision of law to be entitled to retired pay under that provision which is most favorable to him. Allows a member of an Armed Force who is advanced to a higher grade on the retired list to recompute his monthly retired pay. Provides that a member of an Armed Force who has been retired other than for physical disability, and who while on active duty incurs a physical disability of at least thirty percent for which he would have otherwise been eligible for retired pay, shall be entitled to such retired pay upon his release from active duty. Sets forth a schedule for computing years of service, monthly retired or retainer pay base, and monthly retired pay base with physical disability. Sets forth retirement provisions for the Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey commissioned officers, and Public Health Service officers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975
Provides that publications mailed by any veterans' organization or association entitled to preferential rates, shall not, on and after the first day of the twenty-fifth year following the effective date of the first rate decision applicable to such publications, exceed the direct and indirect postal costs attributable to the mailing of such publications. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Provides that the sons and daughters of recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, or the Air Force Cross may be admitted to the service academies on the same basis as sons and daughters of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Provides that no veteran may be denied care or treatment at non-Veteran's Administration Hospitals under the CHAMPUS program for any service-connected disability solely because care or treatment for such disability is available at Veterans' Administration medical facilities. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1086(f))
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Excludes general and cost-of-living increases in Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits from being considered income for the purpose of determining an individual's eligibility for supplemental security income benefits, aid to families with dependent children benefits, Federal-State public assistance, public housing, food stamps, veterans' pensions, dependency and indemnity compensation for parents of deceased veterans, and other Federal retirement or disability benefit program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force to prescribe regulations to except National Guard units under their command from the requirement of assembling for drill or instruction at least 48 times each year. (Amends 32 U.S.C. 502(a)(1)) Requires an annual report to the Congress by the Secretary of Defense on the extent that reserve units are specifically divided into training categories. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2001)
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Provides that publications mailed by any veterans' organization or association entitled to preferential rates, shall not, on and after the first day of the twenty-fifth year following the effective date of the first rate decision applicable to such publications, exceed the direct and indirect postal costs attributable to the mailing of such publications. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Extends to Federal civilian employees who are retired members of the uniformed services full retention preference credit in reductions in force for total length of time in active service in the Armed Forces. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 3501(a), 3502(a))
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Provides that no veteran may be denied care or treatment at non-Veteran's Administration Hospitals under the CHAMPUS program for any service-connected disability solely because care or treatment for such disability is available at Veterans' Administration medical facilities. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1086(f))
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Provides that members of reserve components of the Armed Forces who are not serving on active duty or as National Guard technicians may establish individual retirement accounts under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Veterans' Administration Physicians and Dentists Comparability Pay Act - Provides increases in pay for physicians and dentists employed full time by the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration. Establishes special pay for such physicians and dentists to maximum annual amounts of $5,000 and $2,500, respectively. Establishes a schedule of incentive pay in amounts up to $8,500 for physicians, and $4,250 for dentists, annually. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to report to Congress by August 31, 1976, on investigations and evaluations: (1) of the problems facing Federal departments and agencies, including the uniformed services, in recruiting and retaining qualified physicians and dentists; (2) of the extent to which a uniform system of pay, allowances, and benefits would alleviate or solve such problems; and (3) of other appropriate solutions. Directs the Comptroller General to develop alternative courses of action to solve such recruitment and retention problems. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4107; 4114 (a) (2))
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Redefines the term "World War II" to include service through June 26, 1950, (presently July 25, 1947) for purposes of determining the class of veterans eligible for home, farm, and business loans.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager, United States Air Force, a silver medal equivalent to a noncombat Medal of Honor for piloting the XS-1 research airplane faster than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947. Authroizes the appropriation of $5,500 for such purpose. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to coin duplicates in bronze of such medal to be sold in order to cover the costs of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Requires, under the Foreign Assistance Act, that the President's report to the Congress with respect to the use of funds by the Central Intelligence Agency for any nonintelligence gathering operation in a foreign country be made in writing prior to the commencement of such operation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Joint Committee on Intelligence Operations Act - Establishes a Joint Committee on Intelligence Operations. States that it shall be the duty of the joint committee to conduct continuing oversight of, and to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over, the legislative authorization with respect to the foreign intelligence activities and operations of (1) the Central Intelligence Agency, (2) the Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, (3) the National Security Agency, (4) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, (5) Army, Navy, and Air Forcr Intelligence, and (6) other agencies, bureaus, or departments insofar as their operations include foreign intelligence activities. Requires that the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security Agency, the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the Commander of United States Army Intelligence, the Commander of Naval Intelligence, and the Air Force Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence shall keep the joint committee fully and currently informed with respect to all of the foreign intelligence activities and operations of their respective organizations, and the heads of all other departments and agencies of the Federal Government conducting foreign intelligence activities and operation shall keep the joint committee fully and currently informed of all foreign intelligence activities and operations carried out by their respective departments and agencies. Sets forth the administrative powers of the committee. Charges the committee with the establishment of guidelinges for the classification of information originating within the joint committee in accordance with standards used generally by the executive branch for classifying restricted data or defense information.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager, United States Air Force, a silver medal equivalent to a noncombat Medal of Honor for piloting the XS-1 research airplane faster than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947. Authroizes the appropriation of $5,500 for such purpose. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to coin duplicates in bronze of such medal to be sold in order to cover the costs of this Act.