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United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Extends commissary and exchange privileges to widows, veterans who died from a service connected disability rated as permanently and totally disabling and to disabled veterans with a 50 percent or more service-connected disability.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973
Designates the Veterans' Administration hospital in Columbia, Missouri, as the "Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital".
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973
Provides that after June 30, 1974, not more than three hundred thousand members of the Armed Forces may be assigned overseas in the Western Pacific Ocean or the Mediterranean Sea.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that the contingent of United States troops and military and civilian support elements stationed overseas be reduced by two-thirds, such reduction to be accomplished in stages over the next two years, with those troops brought home to be demobilized within one year of returning to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973
Declares it to be the sense of Congress that no funds appropriated by Congress should be used after June 30, 1974, for the purpose of maintaining more than three hundred thousand military personnel assigned or home-posted at overseas bases or afloat on a regular basis in the Western Pacific or Mediterranean Sea.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Confers pensionable status on veterans involved in the Brownsville, Texas, incident of August 13, 1906. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make specified compensatory payments to such veterans and their heirs.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide hospital care and medical services abroad to an alien, who was never an American citizen for any service-connected disability incurred while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 624(b))
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Uniformed Services Special Pay Act - Provides that specified medical, dental, optometry and veterinary officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of more than thirty days are entitled, in addition to any other pay or allowances, to special pay at the following rates: (1) $100 a month for each month of active duty if he has not completed two years of active duty in a specified category; or (2) $350 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed two years of active duty. Provides that a member of a uniformed service who: (1) has completed at least twenty-two months of active duty (other than for training); (2) is designated as having a critical military skill; (3) is not receiving special pay under specified provisions of title 37 of the United States Code; and (4) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a regular component of the service concerned for a period of at least three years; may be paid a bonus, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years or the monthly fractions thereof, of additional obligated service, not to exceed six years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. States that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least three years or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to at least three years, may be paid an amount of not more than $3,000. Provides for continuation pay for physicians, veterinarians, optometrists, and dentists of the Public Health Service who extend their service on active duty. States that such person may be paid not more than four months' basic pay at the rate applicable to him when he executes the agreement for each additional year that he agrees to serve on active duty. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare shall submit a written report each year to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the operation of this special pay program. Provides that an officer of an armed force who is designated by the Secretary concerned as an officer possessing skills in a critical shortage specialty and whose retention on, or voluntary recall to, active duty in that specialty for a period of not less than one year, but not more than six years, in addition to any other period of active duty for which he is obligated may be paid, in addition to all other compensation, a sum of money not to exceed $4,000 for each year of such agreement. Provides special pay for participation in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. States that the amount of special pay for those persons possessing critical military skills as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard shall be: (1) up to $2,200 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment or extension of the enlistment period; or (2) for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period, ten percent of the total for one year, twenty-two percent of the total for two year, thirty-seven percent of the total for three years, fifty-four percent of the total for four years, or seventy-five percent of the total for five years. States that the amount of such pay for persons not possessing such critical skills shall be: (1) up to $1,000 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment, or extension of enlistment period; or (2) an amount as determined by the above formula for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period. Sets forth special pay provisions for officers of armed forces in health programs who execute active-duty agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as may be necessary to effectuate the transfer of all naval weapons range activities from the island of Culebra to the islands of Desecheo and Monito not later than July 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Provides that veterans (1) who were discharged or released from active duty on or prior to January 31, 1955; (2) who are eligible for educational assistance or have utilized their entitlement to such assistance; and (3) who need refresher courses due to technological changes in their vocation, unemployment or retraining, are eligible for up to fifteen months of educational assistance for the pursuit of such courses. Authorizes reduced assistance for eligible veterans pursuing such courses on less than a half-time basis. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1683A)
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Permits burials in national cemeteries on weekends and holidays. (Amends 27 U.S.C. 278)
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Directs the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard to develop and issue rules and regulations governing the movement and anchorage of vessels and barges in a specified portion of the Ohio River. Provides for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for violations of the regulations issued under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Excludes from gross income, under the Internal Revenue Code, the severance pay received by individuals as a result of the consolidation, reduction, realinement, or closure of specified military and naval installations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Specifies the circumstances under which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may pay for care and treatment rendered to veterans by private hospitals in emergencies. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 625(a))
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Permits the President to restrict travel by citizens and nationals of the United States to, in, or through any country or area whose military forces are engaged in armed conflict with the military forces of the United States. Provides that travel to such restricted country or area by any person may be authorized by the President when he deems such travel to be in the national interest. Makes it unlawful for any citizen or national of the United States to willfully and without authorization to travel to such restricted country or area.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer jurisdiction and control of a specified portion of the property comprising the Boston Naval Shipyard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, to the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take measures to preserve and administer such property. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Specifies the circumstances under which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may pay for care and treatment rendered to veterans by private hospitals in emergencies. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 625(a))
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Subversive Activities Control Board Terminatin Act - Provides that the Subversive Activities Control Board shall cease to exist, and that all proceedings before such Board shall abate, on the date of enactment of this Act. (Amends 50 U.S.C. 791(i))
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Defense Production Act Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to cancel the outstanding balance of all unpaid notes issued to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Defense production Act, together with interest accrued and unpaid on such notes. States that any cash balance remaining on June 30, 1974, in the borrowing authority previously authorized by this Act, and any funds thereafter received on transactions heretofore or hereafter entered into pursuant to this Act shall be covered into the Treasury a miscellaneous receipts. States that interest shall accrue on the cumulative amount of disbursements to carry out the purposes of this Act, plus any unpaid accrued interest, less the cumulative amount of any funds received on transactions entered into pursuant to this Act and any net losses incurred by an agency in carrying out its functions under this Act when the head of the agency determines that such net losses have occurred. States that the rate of interest shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Provides retirement annuities for specified widows of members of the uniformed services who died before the effective date of the Survivor Benefit Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Increases the rates of incentive pay for the performance of hazardous duty by members of the uniformed services in specified pay grades and for warrant officers. Increases incentive pay for qualified enlisted members and submarine and undersea exploration crew members. Provides that officers entitled to incentive pay on the day before the effective date of this Act are entitled, if otherwise qualified, to monthly incentive pay at specified rates dependent upon the number of years of aviation and active service.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Authorizes the President to appoint to the active list of the Navy and Marine Corps certain Reserves and temporary officers who were in a missing status during the Vietnam conflict as a result of such conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Makes brothers and sister of the whole blood eligible for war orphans' and widows' educational assistance if the veteran concerned has no children, wife, or widow. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1701(a)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Provides that nothing in the National Security Act or any other Act shall be construed as authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to: (1) carry out, directly or indirectly, within the United States, either on its own or in cooperation or conjunction with any other department, agency, organization, or individual, any police or police-type operation or activity, any law enforcement operation or activity, or any internal security operation or activity; (2) provide assistance of any kind, directly or indirectly, to any other department or agency of the Federal Government, to any department or agency of any State or local government, or to any officer or employee of any such department or agency engaged in police or police-type operations or activities, law enforcement operations or activities, or internal security operations or activities within the United States unless such assistance is provided with the prior, specific written approval of the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives; (3) participate, directly or indirectly, in any illegal activity within the United States; or (4) engage in any covert action in any foreign country unless such action has been specifically approved in writing by the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. (Amends 50 U.S.C. 403)
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Increases the amount of interest paid on the permanent fund of the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home from 3 percent to a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outside marketable obligations of the U.S. with remaining periods to maturity comparable to the average maturities of such investments, adjusted to the nearest one-eight of 1 percent. (Amends 24 U.S.C. 46)
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Title I: Amendments to Make Permanent Certain Provisions of the Dependents Assistance Act of 1950, as amended - Permits, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Armed Forces concerned, a regular enlisted member of an Armed Force who has dependents to be discharged for hardship. Revises the definition of the word "parent" for purposes of determining the entitlement of quarters allowances. Sets forth the monthly basic allowance for quarter for enlisted members in specified pay grades. Permits the Secretary concerned to make any determination necessary to administer this title with regard to enlisted members, including determinations of dependency and relationship, and to reconsider and change or modify any such determination. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends to June 30, 1975, those provisions of law authorizing special pay for physicians, dentists, optometrists and veterinarian ordered to active duty after June 30, 1973. Extends to June 30, 1975, those provisions of law providing for the payment of an enlistment bonus to a person who enlists in a combat element of an Armed Force for at least three years.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Permits eligible veterans pursuing full-time programs of education to receive increased monthly educational assistance allowances and have their period of entitlement reduced proportionally. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682(d))
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Includes for purposes of determinign entitlement to nonregular retired pay for members of the Armed Forces, participation in the Civilian Military Training Camp program. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1332(a)(5))
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Provides that the Veterans' Administrator shall reimburse any eligible veteran enrolled in a full-time or part-time course of education or training under this Act for costs incurred by such veteran for tuition, for laboratory, library, health, infirmary and other similar fees and for expenses incurred for books, supplies, equipment, and other necessary expenses, exclusive of board, lodging, other living expenses and travel, as are generally required for the successful pursuit and completion of the course of education or training in which such veteran is enrolled. Limits such payments to $1,000 for an ordinary school year. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682A)
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Provides that the Veterans' Administrator shall reimburse any eligible veteran enrolled in a full-time or part-time course of education or training under this Act for costs incurred by such veteran for tuition, for laboratory, library, health, infirmary and other similar fees and for expenses incurred for books, supplies, equipment, and other necessary expenses, exclusive of board, lodging, other living expenses and travel, as are generally required for the successful pursuit and completion of the course of education or training in which such veteran is enrolled. Limits such payments to $1,000 for an ordinary school year. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682A)
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Includes as creditable service for purposes of civil service retirement periods of service performed in nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of the Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that discharge certificates issued to members of the Armed Forces shall not bear any letter or number or other indicator of any kind whatsoever which discloses any reason why such member was discharged or separated from service; and no information indicating or relating to any reason why any former member of the Armed Forces was discharged or separated from service may be made available to any private person or entity by any officer or employee of any military department or agency. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that discharge certificates issued to members of the Armed Forces shall not bear any letter or number or other indicator of any kind whatsoever which discloses any reason why such member was discharged or separated from service; and no information indicating or relating to any reason why any former member of the Armed Forces was discharged or separated from service may be made available to any private person or entity by any officer or employee of any military department or agency. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reimburse specified veterans for costs incurred by such veterans for tuition, for laboratory, library, health, infirmary, and other similar fees, and for expenses incurred for books, supplies, equipment, and other necessary expenses, exclusive of board, lodging, other living expenses, and travel as are generally required for the successful pursuit and completion of the course of education or training in which such veterans are enrolled. Provides that in no event shall payment made to an eligible veteran under this Act for any expense incurred by such veterans exceed the customary amount paid by other students in the same institution for the same service, privilege, material, or equipment; and in no event shall the total payments made to or on behalf of any veteran under this Act exceed $500 for an ordinary school year, unless the veteran elects to have such customary charges paid in excess of such limitation, in which event there shall be charged against his period of eligibility the proportion of an ordinary school year which such excess bears to $500. Provides that no payments for tuition or enrollment shall be paid to any veteran for apprentice training on the job. Provides that payments for tuition and other expenses incurred by any eligible veteran may be made by the Administrator to such veteran under this subsection on the basis of such reasonable evidence as the Administrator may require.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Establishes a number of discharge review boards to be known as Vietnam Era Discharge Review Boards which shall review the discharges and dismissals of Vietnam Era servicemen. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the number of such boards, and to determine their location and when they shall convene. Outlines the membership and responsibilities of such boards in regard to less than honorable discharges of servicemen.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Establishes a number of discharge review boards to be known as Vietnam Era Discharge Review Boards which shall review the discharges and dismissals of Vietnam Era servicemen. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the number of such boards, and to determine their location and when they shall convene. Outlines the membership and responsibilities of such boards in regard to less than honorable discharges of servicemen.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Establishes a Veterans' Administration Task Force to advise and assist in, and to coordinate, all programs pertaining to veterans of the Vietnam era. Provides that such Task Force shall: (1) promote efforts to publicize the skills of veterans and help them obtain employment; (2) encourage government departments in incorporating relevant military experience into apprenticeship programs; (3) help augment military learning with civilian job training; (4) develop programs in business to use the skills of veterans; (5) develop educational programs for veterans; (6) assist in the leasing of the "Guide to the Evaluation of Education Experience in the Armed Forces"; (7) encourage employer-employee programs which give recognition to the experience of military training; (8) promote medical training for veterans; (9) give assistance to programs for the disabled veteran; (10) disseminate information on programs to all Vietnam era veterans; and (11) perform such other duties as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may assign to the Task Force that are consistent with this Act. Establishes an Advisory Committee appointed by the Administrator who shall consult with the Task Force concerning its functions under this Act. Authorizes for each fiscal year sums not to exceed $3,000,000 to carry out this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 4301-05)
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Permits eligible veterans pursuing full-time programs of education to receive increased monthly educational assistance allowances and have their period of entitlement reduced proportionally. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682(d))
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Permits eligible veterans pursuing full-time programs of education to receive increased monthly educational assistance allowances and have their period of entitlement reduced proportionally. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682(d))
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Provides that in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress or of a military attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, the Armed Forces of the United States shall not be committed to combat or introduced into a situation where combat is imminent or likely at any place outside of the United States, its territories and possession, without prior notice to and specific prior authorization by the Congress, except in case of emergency or necessity, the existence of which emergency or necessity is to be determined by the President of the United States. Provides that whenever, in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress or of a military attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, the President of the United States nevertheless determines that an emergency or necessity exists which justifies such action, and shall, by consequence, commit the Armed Forces of the United States to combat or shall introduce them into a situation where combat is imminent or likely at any place outside of the United States, its territories or possessions, without prior notice to and authorization by the Congress, the President shall report such action to the Congress in writing, as expeditiously as possible and, in all events, within twenty-four hours from and after the taking of such action. States that not later than ninety days after the receipt of the report of the President the Congress by the enactment with such period of a bill or resolution appropriate to the purpose, shall either approve, ratify, confirm, and authorize the continuation of the action taken by the President and reported to the Congress, or shall disapprove and require the discontinuance of the same.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Authorizes the apportionment of funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways for fiscal years 1974 and 1975, based on the factors contained in table 5, House Committee Print numbered 92-29.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the United States Navy upon graduation from such academies or colleges. (Adds 46 U.S.C. 1389)
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Provides veterans with a 10-year delimiting period (presently 8-year period) for completing education programs under title 38 (Veterans' Benefits) of the United States Code. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Declares that, in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress or of a military attack upon the United States, the Armed Forces shall not be committed to combat without prior notice to and specific prior authorization by the Congress, except in case of an emergency determined by the President. Requires the President, in case of an emergency, to report to the Congress in writing, as expeditiously as possible, the commitment of the Armed Forces to combat. Provides that not later than 90 days after the receipt of the President's report, the Congress shall either approve or disapprove the President's action. States that, upon approval of the President's action, the President shall report to the Congress at intervals of not more than 6 months as to the status of the situation; and that upon disapproval the President shall discontinue the action, shall report to the Congress, and shall withdraw the Armed Forces involved as expeditiously as possible. Declares that, in the absence of Congressional legislation, such failure to act on the part of the Congress shall be taken to be an approval of the President's action. Includes the Panama Canal Zone as a territory or possession of the United States. Takes effect on the date of enactment, but does not apply to current hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as may be necessary to effectuate the transfer of all naval weapons range activities from the island of Culebra to the islands of Desecheo and Monito not later than July 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments to allow a retired member to make new voluntary allotments from his retired pay towards the support of his wife and/or children upon a court order to do so. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 701, 702, and 705)
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Provides that nothing in the National Security Act or any other Act shall be construed as authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to (1) carry out, directly or indirectly, within the United States, either on its own or in cooperation or conjunction with any any other department, agency, organization or individual any police or police-type operation or activity, any law enforcement operation or activity, or any internal security operation or activity; (2) provide assistance of any kind, directly or indirectly, to any other department or agency of the Federal Government, to any department or agency of any State or local government, or to any officer or employee of any such department or agency engaged in police or police-type operations or activities, law enforcement operations or activities, or internal security operations or activities within the United States unless such assistance is provided with the prior, specific written approval of the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives; (3) participate, directly or indirectly, in any illegal activity within the United States; or (4) engage in any covert action in any foreign country unless such action has been specifically approved in writing by the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. (Amends 50 U.S.C. 403)
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)