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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)
United States · United States Congress · 4 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 · 4 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 · 4 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 · 4 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 · 4 June 1973
Authorizes the President to proclaim June 3, 1973, as "National MIA-POW Day".
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 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 force concerned, a regular enlisted member of an armed force who has dependents to be discharged for hardship. Revises the definition of word "parent" for purposes of determining the entitlement of quarters allowances. Sets forth the monthly basic allowance for quarters for enlisted members in specific 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 veternarians 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 · 31 May 1973
Authorizes the granting of retired pay to persons otherwise qualified for such pay who were members of the Reserve Forces prior to August 16, 1945, if such persons served on active duty during the Vietnam conflict. (August 4, 1964 to January 28, 1973) (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1331(c))
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides that the effective date on an award of disability pension to a veteran shall be on the date on which the veteran became permanently and totally disabled, if an application therefor is received within one year of such date. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3010(b))
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides, under the Military Selective Service Act, for reemployment of members and former members of the Armed Forces who were in the employ of a State or of a political subdivision. States that an employee of the United States Postal Service shall be considered an employee of the United States Government for purposes of this Act. (50 App. 459(b)(B))
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Exempts from the income tax the compensation of members of the Armed Forces during the period of time in which they are hospitalized as a result of disease or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone, whether or not combatant activities are continuing. Exempts from the income tax the compensation of members of the Armed Forces paid during the last year in which they were in missing in action status. Permits the spouse of a serviceman or civilian missing in action as a result of service in a combat zone to file a joint return for any taxable year in which he is in a missing status. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 112(a)(2),(b)(2); 692(1); 6013(f); 7508)
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Provides that no action may be taken by the Department of Defense which: (1) results in the permanent reduction in the number of direct hire civilians of the United States employed at any military installation in the United States unless, prior to the date on which such termination is to become effective, there is a comparable reduction in force of foreign nationals employed by the United States at military installations overseas; or (2) results in the closing of any military installation in the United States, while there exists an equivalent United States installation overseas which performs a like function and that function can be performed at either the domestic or foreign installation. States that the prohibitions contained in this Act shall not apply in any case in which the Secretary of Defense makes a finding that a reduction in the civilian personnel overseas or the transfer of an activity from an overseas installation would seriously and adversely affect the defense posture or the economy of the United States and promptly reports such finding(s) in writing to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Veterans' Administration Accountability Act - Modifies those powers exercised by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs with respect to readjustment of the schedule of ratings for the disabilities of veterans. Requires that notice of closing must be given to Congress in writing before the closing of a hospital or domiciliary facility over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction. Prohibits the sale or transfer of Government property under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration unless notice of such transfer or sale is first given to congress.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Commends the New York Times for its defense of freedom of the press against the threats of the People's Republic of China.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the National Guard and Reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States cut back on unnecessary fuel expenditures which are not required for our national security or defense readiness.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Removes the requirement that a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at any institution must have a minimum number of physically fit male students. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2031(b)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Provides for the procurement and retention of judge advocates and law specialist officers for the Armed Forces by creating special pay schedules for such officers. Provides special pay for lawyers and continuation pay for lawyers who reenlist for at least 3 years. Sets the incentive pay at $50 per month for grades 0-1 through 0-3; $150 per month for grades 0-4 and 0-5; and $200 per month for grades 0-6 and above. Provides that the continuation pay would be paid to those judge advocates who extend their service on active duty for at least 3 years but not more than 6 years, at the rate of 2 month's pay for each additional year that he agrees to remain on active duty. Provides that the bonus is payable upon the completion of 4 year's active duty. (Adds 37 U.S.C. 302a, 311a)
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Requires prior congressional approval of any action by the Commandant of the Coast Guard to change the location of, consolidate, or discontinue any Coast Guard shore establishment. (Adds 14 U.S.C. 93(a))
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 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 · 29 May 1973
Requires the Judge Advocate General of each armed forces to establish a Military Trial Command divided into judicial circuits, including the following division: (1) military judge division; (2) defense counsel division; (3) court reporter and administrative division. Specifies that these divisions shall conduct military judicial proceedings. Provides that the military trial command shall select: (1) the members of the jury at random; (2) the trial counsel; (3) the mulitary judge; and (4) all administrative personnel. States that unless the court-martial was convened by the President or the Secretary of the armed force concerned neither the convening authority nor any member of his staff shall prepare or review any report concerning the effectiveness of the military judge so selected.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to an immediate reduction in the number of United States ground forces committed to the defense of central Europe and the development of an appropriate payments mechanism designed to eliminate the balance-of-payments deficit of any member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) attributable to NATO defense cost.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Serviceman's Veterans' and Ex-servicemen's Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Act - Declares that the Congress recognizes the urgent need for meeting and attacking on all fronts the growing national social problem of drug addiction and, toward that end, firmly believes that the existing and potential facilities and resources of the Veterans' Administration must be utilized to the fullest extent. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish such medical care and treatment as is deemed medically indicated for the rehabilitation of any eligible ex-serviceman whose disability is caused by or has resulted from drug abuse or drug dependency. Permits the Administrator to terminate further medical care and treatment to any eligible ex-serviceman who refuses to cooperate with the terms and conditions of the medical care and treatment which may be prescribed or where it is determined that the care and treatment which could otherwise be provided will serve no further benefit to the eligible ex-serviceman. Authorizes the treatment of members of the Armed Forces for drug addiction in Veterans Administration facilities. Authorizes the treatment of Veterans and ex-servicemen who are committed by the courts for drug abuse or drug dependency in veterans administration facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 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 · 24 May 1973
Uniformed Services Retirement Pay Equalization Act - Provides that the retired or retainer pay of any member or former member of a uniformed service shall be computed at the rate of basic pay to which such member or former member would be entitled if he were serving on active duty in his retired grade.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Provides that, in determining the annual income of any individual for veterans' pension and compensation purposes, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall disregard any increase in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) brought about by Public Law 92-336 to which a veteran might be entitled, or any subsequent cost-of-living increase in such benefits occurring pursuant to the Social Security Act. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 415(g)(4), 503(d))
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 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 · 24 May 1973
Veterans Health Care Expansion Act - Title I: Hospital, Domicilliary, and Medical Care Benefits - Extends the definition of "private facilities" for which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs contracts in order to provide hospital care to include facilities for the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, permanent in nature, resulting from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Includes in the term "hospital care" mental health services, consultation, professional counseling, and training of a veteran or dependent, or survivor if the veteran has no dependents, as may be necessary or appropriate to the effective treatment and rehabilitation of such individual. Adds home health services which the Administrator deems appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of a disability of a veteran, or dependent, or survivor, to the definition of the term "medical services." Extends to all veterans hospital or nursing home care if such veteran is unable to defray the expenses of the necessary care. Allows the Administrator to furnish hospital or nursing home care to the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, permanent in nature from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Permits the Administrator to furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis to persons already described in this act and to any veteran who has a service connected disability rated at eighty percent or more. Authorizes the Administrator, under such regulations as he might prescribe, to reimburse veterans entitled to hospital care as medical services for the reasonable value of such care or services for which such veterans have made payment from sources other than the Veterans' Administration. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 628) Authorizes the President to assist the Republic of the Philippines in providing medical care and treatment for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts under certain conditions. (Amend 38 U.S.C. 631) Provides that the President may authorize the Administrator to enter into a contract with the Veterans Memorial Hospital, with the approval of the appropriate department of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines under which the United States: (1) will pay for hospital care in the Republic of the Philippines, or for medical services which shall be provided either in Veterans' Administration facilities, or by contract, or otherwise, by the Administrator in accordance with the conditions and limitations applicable generally to beneficiaries under this title, for Commonwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator to be in need of such hospital care or medical services for service-connected disabilities; (2) will pay for hospital care at the Veterans Memorial Hospital for Commonwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator to need such care for non-service-connected disabilities if they are unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care; and (3) will pay for hospital care, determined by the Administrator to be necessary, at the Veterans Memorial Hospital for new Philippine Scouts for service-connected disabilities and for non-service-connected disabilities, if they are unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care. Provides that the total of the payments authorized shall not exceed $2,000,000 for any one fiscal year ending before 1978. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year ending with fiscal year 1978, $100,000 to be used for the education and training of health service personnel at the hospital, and for the upgrading of equipment and in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of such hospital. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 632) Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a comprehensive program providing sickle cell anemia screening, counseling, and treatment and to carry out research and research training in the diagnosis, treatment, and control of sickle cell anemia based upon such screening examinations and treatment. Requires the Administrator to include such information in his annual report to Congress. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 651-654) Title II: Amendments to Chapter 73 of Title 38, United States Code Relating to the Department of Medicine and Surgery - Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a major program of recruitment training, and employment of veterans with various medical military occupation specialties in order to provide a complete medical and hospital service for the medical care and treatment of veterans and to assist in providing an adequate supply of health manpower to the nation. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4101(b)) Establishes pay schedules for Assistant Chief Medical Directors, physicians and dentists, and nurses. Provides criteria on which nurses are to receive additional compensation. Enumerates restrictions on physicians, dentists, and nurses, including requirements that no such person may: (1) assume responsibility for the medical care of any patient other than a patient admitted for treatment at a Veterans' Administration facility, except in those cases where the individual, upon request and with the approval of the Chief Medical Director, assumes such responsibilities to assist communities or medical practice groups to meet medical needs which would not otherwise be available for a period not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days, which may be extended by the Chief Medical Director for additional periods not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days each; (2) teach or provide consultative services at any affiliated institution if such teaching or consultation will, because of its nature or duration, conflict with his responsibilities under this title; and (3) perform, in the course carrying out his responsibilities under this title, professional services for the purpose of generating money for any fund or account which is maintained by an affiliated institution for the benefit of such institution, or for his personal benefit, or both. Provides that temporary full-time appointments of personnel, other than physicians, dentists, and nurses, shall not exceed one year. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4114(a)(3)(A)) Provides that the Administrator may contract with one or more hospitals, medical schools, or medical installations having hospital facilities and participating with the Veterans' Administration in the training of interns or residents to provide for the central administration of stipend payments, provision of fringe benefits, and maintenance of records for such interns and residents by the designation of one such institution to serve as a central administrative agency for this purpose. Permits the Administrator to pay to such designated agency, without regard to any other law or regulation governing the expenditure of Government moneys either in advance or in arrears, all amount to cover the costs for the period such intern or resident serves in a Veterans' Administration hospital. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 4114(b) (2)) Title III: Amendments to Chapter 81 of Title 38, United States Code _ Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domicilliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply - Requires the Administrator to provide for no less than an average of 98,500 operating beds in Veterans' Administration Hospitals and to maintain an average daily patient census in such beds of no less than 85,500 in any fiscal year. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and operate not less than eight thousand beds for the furnishing of nursing home care to eligible veterans over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001(a)) Requires the Administrator to appoint an Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Veterans' Administration Facilities to advise him on all matters of structural safety in the construction and remodeling of Veterans' Administration facilities. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001(b)) Title IV: Miscellaneous Amendments to Title 38 United States Code - Specifies certain miscellaneous amendments to title 38 of the United States Code. Title V: Effective Dates - Specifies the dates on which the provisions of this Act shall become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Entitles members and employees of the Armed Forces who were illegally detained during 1968 in the Vietnam Conflict to exclude combat pay from gross income for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code. Deletes the provisions limiting such exclusion to members of the Armed Forces only during a period when men are being inducted. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 112)
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Increases the period of presumption of service connection for cases of multiple sclerosis from seven to ten years after a veteran's separation from the Armed Forces. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 312 (a) (4))
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Defense Emergency Procedure Act - Establishes the Joint Committee on National Security. Directs the President to consult with the committee before the introduction of the Armed Forces of the United States in hostilities or in situations in which hostilities may be imminent. Requires the President to continue such consultation until United States Armed Forces are no longer engaged in hostilities. Requires the President, absent a declaration of war by Congress, to submit to the Committee, within 48 hours, a report whenever he: (1) introduces the Armed Forces in hostilities outside the territory of the United States; (2) introduces the Armed Forces equipped for combat into the territory, airspace, or waters of a foreign nation; or (3) substantially enlarges the Armed Forces equipped for combat already located in a foreign nation. Sets forth the information to be included in such report. Directs the President to terminate the use of the Armed Forces within 90 calendar days after a report is submitted unless Congress enacts a declaration of war or authorizes their use. Sets forth Congressional priority procedures for bills or joint resolutions introduced pursuant to the termination of the 90-day period. Provides that this Act does not represent congressional acceptance of the proposition that Executive action alone can satisfy the constitutional process requirement contained in the provisions of mutual security treaties to which the United States is party.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 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 · 23 May 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 · 22 May 1973
Deems disabilities involving the loss of one or more lives by an individual and incurred pursuant to State National Guard service during World War I to be service-connected for purposes of veterans compensation for service-connected disabilities. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make specified lump-sum payments to such individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Increases the limitations with respect to direct housing loans to veterans in rural areas and small towns from $21,000 to $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist veterans with a permanent and total service-connected diability due to the loss or loss of use of two or more extremities to acquire specially adapted housing. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 801(1)
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides that compensation received by a veteran for a service-connected wartime disability shall not be taken into account in determining his eligibility for Federal housing assistance or the amount or extent of such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Makes the children of veterans having a service-connected disability rated at not less than 50 percent eligible for benefits under the war orphans' educational assistance program. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1701(a)(1),1742; Add 380 U.S.C. 1732(d))
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides that specified disabled veterans will be accorded preference in the purchase of any automobile or other conveyance which is being sold by the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides that the effective date on an award of disability pension to a veteran shall be on the date on which the veteran became permanently and totally disabled if an application therefor is received within one year of such date. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3010(b))
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides former members of the Armed Services and their dependents medical and dental care in uniformed services facilities during the sixty-day period after discharge or separation. Makes such persons eligible for post exchange and commissary privileges during such sixty-day period.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Makes the veterans' preference, under the Housing Act of 1949 applicable to veterans of the post-Korean era.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of various materials from the national stockpile, and the supplemental stockpile States that the time and method of disposition shall be fixed with due regard to the protection of the United States against avoidable loss and the protection of producers, processors, and consumers against avoidable disruption of their usual markets.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer jurisdiction and control of a portion of the property comprising the Boston Naval Shipyard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, to the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine (1) the feasibility of establishing a naval museum on such site, and (2) which portion of the shipyard shall be preserved as a national historic site. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Declares that the United States Senate mourns the death of the courageous Americans who gave their lives and served in Vietnam, commemorates their memory, and recognizes its obligation especially to those Americans returned with broken and dismembered bodies who shall be imprisoned the rest of their lives as a result of these tragic hostilities. Declares that the United States Senate shall dedicate itself to the debt it owes these Americans and shall look to them as a living reminder of the tragedy of the Vietnam conflict. Provides that on Memorial Day, May 28, 1973, special commemoration be accorded the 359,879 dead and wounded members of the Armed Forces whose loss and suffering were occasioned by the war in Vietnam.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Provides that, for purposes of computing the retired pay of enlisted members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the years of service are computed by adding the years of active service in the armed forces, the years of service in a medical unit or in medical work, and the years of service credited for special duty in specified assignments. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 3925(a), 6330, 8925(a))
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 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 · 21 May 1973
Requests the President of the United States to declare Sunday, June 3, 1973, as "MIA Awareness Day" to pay tribute to members of the Armed Forces who are missing in action in Indochina.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 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 · 17 May 1973
Authorizes the granting of retired pay to persons otherwise qualified who were Reserves before August 16, 1945, and who served on active duty during the so-called Berlin crisis. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1331 (c))
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Veteran's Insurance Act - Provides that all premiums and other collections on the Veterans' Special Life Insurance and any total disability provisions added thereto shall be credited to a revolving fund in the Treasury of the United States which together with interest earned thereon, shall be available for the payment of liabilities under such insurance and any total disability provisions added thereto, including payments of dividends and refunds of unearned premiums. Expands the term "member" for purposes of the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program to include specified members of the Reserves and the National Guard. Provides that the maximum amount of benefits payable under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance shall be $20,000. Permits any former member insured under Veteran's Group Life Insurance who again becomes eligible for Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and declines such coverage solely for the purpose of maintaining his Veteran's Group Life Insurance in effect shall upon termination of coverage under Veterans' Group Life Insurance be automatically insured under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance. Provides for the automatic conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance to Veterans' Group Life Insurance subject to specified condtion. Redefines the order of precedence to be followed in the payment of insurance to beneficiaries under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance. Provides that Veterans' Group Life Insurance shall be issued in the amount of $5,000, $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000 only. States that no person may carry a combined amount of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance in excess of $20,000 at any one time. Sets forth the risks and conditions of the Veterans' Group Life Insurance plan. Sets forth the procedure for the computation and collection of premiums for such plan.