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United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1976
Removes the time limitations within which educational assistance furnished by the Veterans' Administration must be used. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1976
Removes the time limitations within which educational assistance furnished by the Veterans' Administration must be used. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1976
Removes the time limitations within which educational assistance furnished by the Veterans' Administration must be used. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1976
Imposes a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or imprisonment of not more than ten years for disclosure of (1) the association of any individual or entity with the foreign intelligence operation of the United States, or (2) the identity of such individual where such disclosure may prejudice the safety of such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1976
Permits veterans receiving veterans' educational assistance benefits while pursuing a program of education recognized by the Veterans' Administration to continue to receive such assistance at the close of the present ten-year delimiting period until whichever of the following first occur: (1) the veteran fails to progress in the program; (2) the veteran fails to pursue the program on the same basis that he was pursuing the program at the close of the ten-year period, for any reason other than a reason beyond his control; (3) the veteran completes the program; or (4) the veteran exhausts the educational assistance to which he is entitled. Makes the provisions of this Act effective on May 31, 1976. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Stipulates that when providing health benefits for members, former members, and dependents of the Armed Services, and when providing medical care for spouses and children of such members, the Secretary of Defense, upon consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, may contract with health maintenance organizations for such benefits and care. Defines the term health maintenance organizations for purposes of this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1089)
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Removes the time limitations within which educational assistance furnished by the Veterans' Administration must be used. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Removes the time limitations within which educational assistance furnished by the Veterans' Administration must be used. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1976
Prohibits the disclosure of information pertaining to the identities of persons or entities associated with the Central Intelligence Agency. Subjects anyone who willfully discloses such information to a fine of not more than $10,000, imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both. Bars prosecution under this Act if the information was communicated to: (1) a regularly constituted committee or subcommittee of the Senate or the House of Representatives, or any joint committee of the Congress, which has oversight of intelligence activities of the United States; or (2) a judge of any United States district court pursuant to an order of such court issued upon a showing that production of such information is reasonably needed for any judicial proceeding or investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1976
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to construct a replacement hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1976
Extends from ten to 15 years the period in which eligible veterans may receive veterans' educational assistance. Makes such extension effective on the date of the enactment of this Act. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1976
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits which result from the enactment of Public Law 92-336 or any subsequent cost-of-living increase under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1976
Increases from ten to 15 years the period during which veterans and wives and widows of veterans are eligible for educational assistance. Extends from eight to 15 years the eligibility period for wives and widows to pursue a program of education by correspondence. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662, 1712)
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1976
Veterans Omnibus Health Care Act - Title I: General Veterans Health Care and Department of Medicine and Surgery Amendments - Requires cost studies to determine the actual cost of travel to or from Veterans' Administration health facilities incurred by veterans. Provides for the inclusion of transportation and incidental expenses within the term "domiciliary care" for purposes of such care reimbursed by the Veterans' Administration for veterans unable to defray the expense of transportation. Sets presumptions related to disability for veterans interred as prisoners of war. Specifies that the disability of a veteran interred for more than six months as a prisoner of war shall be deemed to have been incurred in active service under specified conditions. Sets eligibility standards for veterans under which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to furnish readjustment professional counseling and to make psychological assessments. Authorizes the Administrator to contract for rehabilitative services through private industry or other sources outside the Veterans' Administration in providing for therapeutic work for remuneration for patients and members of the Armed Services in Veterans' Administration health care facilities. Establishes as a revolving fund in the Treasury the Veterans' Administration Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Activities Fund to maintain operating accounts to serve rehabilitative activities under this title. Provides for preventive health care services for veterans with service- connected disabilities. Institutes procedures for the protection of patient rights of veterans. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations establishing procedures to ensure that all medical and prosthetic research carried out shall be carried out only with the full and informed consent of the patient or his representative. Provides for the confidentiality of medical records pertaining to veterans covered by this Act. Prohibits Veterans' Administration health care facilities from discriminating against alcohol and drug abusers suffering from medical disabilities in admission or treatment. Title II: Veterans Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendments - Veterans Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitation Act - Finds alcoholism and alcohol abuse to be among the most pervasive untreated diseases and disabilities afflicting the United States. Declares that the onset of such conditions often occur during military service. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out specialized medical programs providing inpatient treatment and rehabilitative services on a nationwide basis to eligible veterans suffering from alcoholic disability. Provides for special medical treatment and rehabilitative services for drug dependence or drug abuse disabilities. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish special medical treatment and rehabilitative services and domiciliary care to any veteran with a drug abuse disability. Directs the Administrator to give priority to community-based, multiple-modality treatment programs in furnishing treatment under this title. Title III: Medical Technical and Conforming Amendments - Veterans Medical Technical and Conforming Amendments - Authorizes the Administrator to furnish hospital care which he determines is needed to a veteran of any war or of service after January 31, 1955, for non-service-connected disability if he is unable to defray the expenses of necessary nursing home care. Makes various technical and conforming amendments relating to medical care for veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1976
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to presume a service-connected cause of death for purposes of the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation when a veteran had a service-connected disability rated permanent and total for at least one year immediately preceding death, where such death was due to natural causes not the result of misconduct on the veteran's part.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1976
Imposes a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or imprisonment of not more than ten years for disclosure of (1) the association of any individual or entity with the foreign intelligence operation of the United States, or (2) the identity of such individual where such disclosure may prejudice the safety of such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1976
Declares that whoever, without stipulated official approval, knowingly and willfully causes or conspires to cause the public identification of a United States undercover agent as such shall be fined not more than $10,000 and/or imprisoned for not less than ten nor more than twenty years. Defines "United States undercover agent" as a person engaged by the Central Intelligence Agency for the conduct of undercover intelligence gathering operations outside the United States. Declares it the sense of the Congress that the Department of State should take appropriate action to conceal the identities of Central Intelligence Agency agents who are assigned to the embassies of the United States to foreign nations. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 2392)
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1976
Provides that, with the exception of section 3, the Defense Production Act Amendments of 1975 shall take effect upon the date of enactment of this resolution. States that section 3, concerning immunity from civil or criminal liability, and creation of defenses to actions under the antitrust laws, shall become effective 120 days after enactment of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1976
Exempts tax-supported public educational institutions which offer vocational courses from the requirement that placement records be submitted as a prerequisite to approval by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs for educational benefits payments for veterans, war orphans, or widows. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1673(a)(2), 1723 (a)(2))
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1976
Authorizes the continuation of Junior Reserve Training Corps units, in instances where the unit student enrollment has fallen below 100 in an academic year, for the next succeeding academic year. Requires disbanding of such a unit after the second year but not before the close of the academic year in which students first enrolling in the unit during such second year would ordinarily complete the course of military instruction provided under the program. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2031 (b) (1))
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1976
Imposes a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or imprisonment of not more than ten years for disclosure of (1) the association of any individual or entity with the foreign intelligence operation of the United States, or (2) the identity of such individual where such disclosure may prejudice the safety of such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1976
Makes retroactive to November 1, 1953, the service time period requirement for eligibility to survivors' annuities paid to family members of armed forces personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1976
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to annually increase or decrease rates of specified veterans' benefits in an amount equal to the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States city average) increased or decreased since the last change in such rates. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 3111)
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1976
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President to make commitments to purchase or otherwise encourage the use or development of synthetic fuels which are produced by the conversion of renewable and nonrenewable resources into fuel. Authorizes the President to make subsidy payments for domestically-produced raw materials necessary for national defense where the market price of such materials is inadequate so as to assure maximum production. Authorizes the President to install additional equipment, facilities, and processes in industrial facilities when the President deems such action necessary for the national defense. Authorizes the President to transfer excess products obtained under this Act to the national stockpile. Establishes a ceiling of $2,000,000,000 on all obligations incurred under this Act, which may not be exceeded without the approval of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1976
Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts for fiscal year 1977 for aircraft, missile, naval vessel, and other weapon procurement. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts for use by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Agencies for research and development. Title III: Active Forces - Authorizes end strength limits for active duty personnel for the military departments for the period of October 1, 1976, through September 30, 1977. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Sets active strength levels for Reserve units of the military departments. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes end strength for civilian personnel in the Department of Defense of 1,035,800 for the period of October 1, 1976, through September 30, 1977. Title VI: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes average military training student loads for the military departments for the period beginning October 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1976
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide chiropractic care to any eligible veteran for outpatient medical treatment upon the request of the veteran. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 629)
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1976
Imposes a fine of no more than $50,000 or imprisonment of not more than 50 years for disclosure of (1) the association of any individual or entity with the foreign intelligence operation of the United States, or (2) the identity of such individual where such disclosure may prejudice the safety of such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1976
Imposes a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or imprisonment of not more than ten years for disclosure of (1) the association of any individual or entity with the foreign intelligence operation of the United States, or (2) the identity of such individual where such disclosure may prejudice the safety of such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1976
Foreign Paramilitary Intervention Act - Declares any person employed by, under contract to, or under the direction of, any United States department or agency who is (1) engaged in hostilities abroad, or (2) advising military forces engaged in hostilities abroad, to be a member of the Armed Forces for purposes of the War Powers Resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1976
Imposes a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or imprisonment of not more than ten years for disclosure of (1) the association of any individual or entity with the foreign intelligence operation of the United States, or (2) the identity of such individual where such disclosure may prejudice the safety of such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1976
Stipulates that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may release the names and addresses of present or former members of the armed services to an agency or an instrumentality of any governmental jurisdiction within or under the control of the United States for a criminal or civil law enforcement activity where the activity is authorized by law and where a qualified representative of the agency or instrumentality has requested such information. Sets forth a penalty of a fine of $15,000 in cases of a first offense and $20,000 for any subsequent offense for the willful misuse of the information covered under this Act. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3301)
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1976
Authorizes increases in the annuities paid under the retired servicemen's family protection plan whenever there is an increase in retired or retainter pay of members of the Armed Forces. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1434(e))
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1976
Provides for additional slots for the admission of foreign nationals to the United States Coast Guard Academy. (Amends 14 U.S.C. 195)
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1976
Requires appropriate local employment service offices to post lists of openings at least five days before they are filled under contracts entered into by Federal departments or agencies for the procurement of personal property and non-personal services in order to notify veterans of such openings for which the contractors have provided special emphasis for the employment of qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era. Removes the authority of the Secretary of Labor to approve the diversion of funds specified for veterans' employment counseling and placement. (Amends 38 U.S. 2006, 2012)
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1976
Strikes the present restriction upon the authority for the leasing for military purposes of structures and their associated real property in foreign locations which limits such authority to the Secretaries of the military departments. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2675)
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1976
Declares it to be the sense of Congress that all portions of the officially designated National System of Interstate and Defense Highways be free from tolls. Provides that each State having any portion of a free or toll highway, bridge or tunnel which is part of the Interstate System shall be entitled to receive additional funds from the Highway Trust Fund for the removal of such toll facilities and the completion of the Interstate System within such State . Directs the Secretary of Transportation to deliver to Congress an estimate of the September 30, 1977, depreciated value of toll and free facilities incorporated into the Interstate System. Specifies criteria for determining such depreciation value. Allows a reimbursement of 90 percent of such depreciated value for States which remove tolls or presently operate free highway facilities. Decreases Federal-aid highway apportionments for States not electing to eliminate tolls from facilities within the Interstate System. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 156)
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Stipulates that no veteran may be denied care or treatment 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 38 U.S.C. 1086(f))
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Imposes a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or imprisonment of not more than ten years for disclosure of (1) the association of any individual or entity with the foreign intelligence operation of the United States, or (2) the identity of such individual where such disclosure may prejudice the safety of such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Special Prosecutor Act - Directs the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a Special Prosecutor to head an Office of Special Prosecution. Grants the Special Prosecutor exclusive jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute in the name of the United States all offenses against the United States committed by any Federal officer, employee, and agent in connection with or arising out of intelligence or counter-intelligence activities or operations. Authorizes the Special Prosecutor to take any action necessary and proper to perform the purposes of this Act. Permits the Special Prosecutor to institute, in the name of the United States, any civil action for any claim arising out of or in connection with an offense or course of conduct which such individual is authorized to investigate or prosecute. Authorizes compensation and staffing for the Office of Special Prosecution. Authorizes the Special Prosecutor to delegate any authorized functions to personnel of the Office. Transfers all files, records, documents, and other materials in the possession or control of the Department of Justice, any previous special prosecutor, or any other Federal department or agency, which relate to matters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Special Prosecutor, to such Prosecutor. Requires each Federal department or agency to expeditiously furnish any materials requested by the Special Prosecutor unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders otherwise. Instructs the Special Prosecutor to keep inviolate and safeguard from unwarranted disclosure all materials obtained or prepared by the Office of Special Prosecution. Terminates such Office three years after the date the President first appoints a Special Prosecutor. Directs the Special Prosecutor to make a report of his activities to the President and to Congress on the first and second anniversaries of taking office and not later than 30 days after termination of the Office. Requires the Special Prosecutor to make immediate and full report to the Congress at any time a Federal agency, officer, employee, or agent fails or refuses to comply with a request or demand for information, if such failure or refusal jeopardizes an investigation or prosecution conducted under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Authorizes the substitution of flight school certification by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration for that presently required of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in the approval of flight training courses for purposes of veterans' educational benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Veterans and Survivors Pension Reform Act - Title I: Reform of the Non-Service-Connected Pension Program for Veterans and their Survivors - Creates a pension system within the Veterans' Administration applicable to all veterans, widows of veterans, and dependent parents who, subsequent to October 1, 1976, are or become eligible for a Veterans' Administration non-service- connected pension. Provides for a restructuring of the need-based pension program of the Veterans' Administration. Provides for a level of income for veterans and their survivors which is above the minimum subsistence level. Establishes a basic minimum level of income for all eligible veterans and dependents at $2,700 for single pensioners and $3,900 for pensioners with dependents. Provides for a method of computing a pension for those veterans with little or no income. Title II: Adjustments in Current Statutory Pension Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act. Revises the categories of spouse, widow, and surviving spouse for purposes of the changes in rates in this Act. Presents a schedule for such rates by month. Title III: Reform of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Revises the schedule for determining dependency and indemnity compensation rates under programs of the Veterans' Administration. Title IV: Adjustments in Current Statutory Provisions Relating to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Sets forth schedules for the payment of monthly dependency and indemnity compensation to the parents of veterans. Title V: Miscellaneous and Effective Dates - Makes the effective date of this Act October 1, 1976, unless otherwise specified in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Removes the time limitations within which educational assistance furnished by the Veterans' Administration must be used. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)