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Bill· HRH.R. 6754 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 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))

Bill· HRH.R. 6750 (93rd)referred

A bill authorizing the Secretary of Defense to utilize the Department of Defense resources for the purpose of providing helicopter medical emergency transportation services to civilians.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to utilize the Department of Defense resources for the purpose of providing helicopter medical emergency transportation services to civilians.

Bill· HRH.R. 6725 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide a procedure for the exercise of congressional and executive powers over the use of any Armed Forces of the United States in military hostilities and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973

Provides that, in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress, the President of the United States is authorized to commit Armed Forces of the United States to military hostilities only: (1) to repel any attack against the United States, its territories, or possessions; (2) to repel any attack against the Armed Forces of the United States on the high seas, in the air, or lawfully stationed on foreign territory; (3) to protect the lives of United States nationals abroad; and (4) to comply with a national commitment resulting from treaty, convention, or legislative enactment specifically intended to give effect to such commitment. Establishes a Joint Committee on National Security which shall meet within twenty-four hours after the initiation of such hostilities. Directs the President to report the initiation of such hostilities to the joint committee, together with a full account of the circumstances bearing on the necessity for the initiation of such hostilities. Provides that the joint committee shall not have authority to report legislation to the floor of either House, but it shall transmit information under this Act together with its recommendation for legislation to be considered or adopted. States that military hostilities by the Armed Forces of the United States shall not be continued for more than thirty days from the date such hostilities are initiated unless the authority to continue such hostilities for more than thirty days is contained in enabling legislation enacted by the Congress, including a declaration of war.

Bill· HRH.R. 6722 (93rd)referred

Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973

Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations during the fiscal year 1974 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes and other weapons, prescribes the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component and of the selected reserve of each reserve component of the Armed Forces. Authorizes average military training student loads for each component of the Armed Forces.

Bill· HRH.R. 6723 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code in order to make more equitable the manner in which deductions for readjustment pay are made from retired pay.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973

Provides that if a member of the Armed Forces who receives a readjustment payment after June 28, 1962, qualifies for retired pay under provisions of title 10 or title 14 that authorizes his retirement upon completion of twenty years of active service, an amount equal to 75 percent of that payment, without interest, shall be deducted from his retired pay; but any such deduction from his retired pay for any month may not exceed an amount equal to 75 percent of such pay for that month less the amount of any reduction from such pay for that month which is required under present law.

Bill· HRH.R. 6724 (93rd)referred

A bill to establish a Joint Committee on National Security.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973

Establishes the Joint Committee on National Security: (1) to enable Congress to more effectively carry out its constitutional responsibility in the formulation of foreign, domestic and military policies; (2) to provide an improved means for formulating legislation and providing for integration of cooperation with the executive branch to further promote the security of the United States; and (3) to improve the means of rapidly responding to and participating in decisions to commit the Nation to war and the use of United States Armed Forces abroad. Specifies that the committee shall be convened within 24 hours in any case where the President, without prior authorization of Congress and in the absence of a declaration of war by Congress, commits: (1) United States military forces to armed conflict; (2) commits military forces to the territory of a foreign nation except for those instances in which such commitment is for humanitarian or training purposes, or (3) substantially enlarges military forces already located in a foreign nation. Directs the committee to consult with the President on issues and reasons surrounding any of the above decisions. Forbids the committee from reporting legislation to the floor of either House, but authorizes the transmittal of proposed legislation to the appropriate committees of the Congress, together with recommendations it deems to be necessary. Authorizes the joint committee to make expenditures, employ personnel, adopt rules and procedures, hold hearings, sit and act at anytime or place, subpena witnesses, procure printing and binding, procure the services of consultants and to provide assistance for training a professional staff, to use facilities of other agencies and to take depositions and other testimony. Requires a vote of a majority of the committee before policies may be undertaken. Provides that a subpena may be issued upon the signature of the chairman of the committee and that any member may administer oaths to witnesses. Provides that with the consent of any standing select or special committee of the Congress the joint committee may utilize the service of any staff member of such committee whenever the chairman of the joint committee determines that such services are necessary and appropriate. Provides that members of the committee shall receive a per diem allowance for expenses to be paid from the contingent fund of the House.

Bill· SS. 1482 (93rd)referred

A bill to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for the procurement of vessels and construction of shore and offshore establishments, to authorize appropriations for bridge alterations, to authorize for the Coast Guard a end year strength for active duty personnel, and to authorize for the Coast Guard average military student loads.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973

Authorizes fiscal year 1974 appropriations for the Coast Guard for the procurement of vessels, the construction of shore and offshore establishments, and for bridge alterations. Prescribes the Coast Guard a end-year strength for active duty personnel. Sets forth the Coast Guard military student loads.

Law· SS. 1479 (93rd)open

A bill to amend subsection (b) of section 214 and subsection (c)(1) of section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, in order to designate the Secretary of Defense (rather than the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy) as the person entitled to receive official notice of the filing of certain applications in the common carrier service and to provide notice to the Secretary of State where under section 214 applications involve service to foreign points.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973

Designates the Secretary of Defense, rather than the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy, as the person entitled under the Communications Act of 1934 to receive official notice of the filing of applications in the common carrier service and to provide notice to the Secretary of State where under such applications involve service to foreign points.

Law· SS. 1493 (93rd)open

A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, relating to promotion of members of the uniformed services who are in a missing status.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973

States that the promotion of a member of an Armed Force, while he is in a missing status, is fully effective for all purposes even though it is later determined that the member died before the promotion was made. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 552(a))

Law· HRH.R. 6574 (93rd)open

Veterans' Insurance Act of 1974

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973

Extends eligibility for coverage under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance to: (1) a person who volunteers for assignment to the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service and is assigned to a unit or position in which he may be required to perform active duty; (2) a person assigned to the Retired Reserve of a uniformed service who has not received the first increment of retirement annuities or has not yet reached 61 years of age and has completed at least 20 years of satisfactory service creditable for retirement purposes; and (3) a member, cadet, or midshipman of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending field training or practice cruises. Provides that an insurance policy for a member of the Ready Reserve shall cease 120 days after separation or release from such assignment unless on the date of separation the member is totally disabled, or has completed 20 years of service creditable for retirement purposes. Continues the insurance policy of a member of the Retired Reserve until such time as the member receives the first increment of retirement annuity, or the member's sixty-first birthday, whichever occurs earlier. Makes provisions for the conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance following termination to a policy with a participating life insurance company. Provides for the payment of premiums by a deduction from the pay of a member of the Reserve or Ready Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, to allow a member of the National Guard who is not on active duty to make allotments from his pay for the payment of premiums under a group life insurance program sponsored by the military department of the State in which such member holds his National Guard membership or by the National Guard Association of such State. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 765-771; Adds 37 U.S.C. 707)

Bill· HRH.R. 6562 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend sections 112, 692, 6013, and 7508 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for the relief of certain members of the Armed Forces of the United States returning from the Vietnam conflict combat zone, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 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)

Bill· HRH.R. 6550 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the student loan provision of the Nation Defense Education Act of 1968 to provide for cancellation of student loans for service in medical hospitals and schools for the handicapped.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973

Provides for the cancellation of student loans under the student loan provisions of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 for service in mental hospitals and schools for the handicapped. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 425(b)(3)(B))

Bill· HRH.R. 6555 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income interest on certain special deposits of prisoners of war and other members of the Armed Forces in a missing status during the Vietnam conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973

Excludes from gross income for income tax purposes interest on certain special deposits of prisoners of war and other members of the Armed Forces in a missing status during the Vietnam conflict. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 124)

Bill· SS. 1452 (93rd)referred

A bill to prohibit Department of Defense funds from being used for the purpose of providing assistance to or on behalf of North Vietnam.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973

Prohibits Department of Defense funds from being used for the purpose of providing assistance to or on behalf of North Vietnam.

Bill· HRH.R. 6539 (93rd)referred

A bill to promote the employment of unemployed Vietnam veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973

Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to an employer of an unemployed Vietnam-era veteran, for his qualified employment expenses as defined under this Act. Provides that the unemployed Vietnam-era veteran must be employed for a period of at least six months for the purposes of the credit under this Act. Prohibits employers from dismissing and rehiring employed Vietnam veterans. Sets maximum numbers of unemployed Vietnam veterans taken into account for purposes of such credit. Defines the terms used in this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 6497 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code in order to authorize assistance in providing facilities and services abroad for the American Legion when the President finds such assistance to be necessary in the national interest.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973

Provides that, whenever the President finds it necessary in the interest of the United States commitments abroad to provide facilities and services for the American Legion in foreign areas, he may authorize the Secretary of Defense, under such regulation as the Secretary may prescribe, to cooperate with and assist the American Legion in establishing and providing those facilities and services. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 2605)

Bill· HRH.R. 6514 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, to permit certain service-connected disabled veterans who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973

Permits service-connected disabled veterans, whose disability is rated thirty percent or more in degree disabling, and who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive disability compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3104(a))

Bill· HRH.R. 6488 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to remove the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed, and restore on behalf of certain veterans educational assistance benefits which had previously terminated.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973

Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. Restores on behalf of World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War educational assistance benefits which had previously terminated. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662(a))

Bill· HRH.R. 6473 (93rd)referred