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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 421 (94th)referred

Resolution establishing a select committee to study the problem of U.S. servicemen missing in action in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1975

Creates a select committee in the House of Representatives with authority to conduct a full and complete investigation of the problem of United States servicemen missing in action or known to be dead whose bodies have not been recovered, as a result of military operations in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Provides that such investigation shall include an examination of the need for additional international inspection teams to determine whether there are servicemen still held as prisoner of war. Authorizes the Committee to hold hearings, issue subpenas, and maintain a staff as necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this resolution. Directs the committee to report to the House the results of its investigation no later than one year after adoption of this resolution. Provides that the committee's authority shall expire 30 days after the filing of such report. Directs that the expenses of the select committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 420 (94th)referred

Resolution establishing a select committee to study the problem of U.S. servicemen missing in action in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1975

Creates a select committee in the House of Representatives with authority to conduct a full and complete investigation of the problem of United States servicemen missing in action or known to be dead whose bodies have not been recovered, as a result of military operations in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Provides that such investigation shall include an examination of the need for additional international inspection teams to determine whether there are servicemen still held as prisoner of war. Authorizes the Committee to hold hearings, issue subpenas, and maintain a staff as necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this resolution. Directs the committee to report to the House the results of its investigation no later than one year after adoption of this resolution. Provides that the committee's authority shall expire 30 days after the filing of such report. Directs that the expenses of the select committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.

Bill· HRH.R. 6261 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize a program of assistance to States for the establishment, expansion, improvement, and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries, and to provide for transportation of bodies to a national cemetery.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975

Authorizes the appropriation of $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $6,000,000 for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for grants to the States for the establishment and expansion of veterans cemeteries owned by the States. Sets forth the conditions under which grants may be made to the States under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make payments, for the calendar year 1976 and each calendar year thereafter, to the States for the interment of veterans and for the maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries. Requires the Administrator to conduct a survey to determine the reasonable cost of interment and prepetual care maintenance for the purposes of payment under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to pay transportation costs of the bodies of eligible veterans to national cemeteries.

Bill· HRH.R. 6239 (94th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise the special pay structure relating to health professionals of the uniformed services.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975

States that an officer of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corps or in the Medical Service Corps (if he is designated as an optometry or podiatry officer), an officer of the Army or Navy in the Veterinary Corps, an officer of the Air Force who is designated as a medical, dental, veterinary, optometry or podiatry officer, or a medical, dental, veterinary, optometry, or podiatry officer of the Public Health Service, who is on active duty for a period of at least one year is entitled, in addition to any other pay or allowances to which he is entitled, 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 duty in a category named in this section; or (2) $350 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed at least two years of active duty in a category named in this section. States that such amounts may not be included in computing the amount of an increase in pay authorized or in computing retired pay or severance pay. Provides for special pay to medical, dental, veterinary, optometry or podiatry officers who execute active duty agreements. States that under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense or by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, as appropriate, the Secretary concerned, or his designee, may terminate, at any time, an officer's entitlement to such special pay. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit a yearly report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding the operation of the special pay program.

Bill· HRH.R. 6220 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow certain increases in the per annum full-pay scale for certain personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration; to make a career in the Department of Medicine and Surgery more attractive.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975

Authorizes the Administrator of the Veterans Administration to pay to any physician, dentist, or nurse employed full time by the Department of Medicine and Surgery an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the annual salary of such individual. Permits such physicians, dentists, and nurses who have been employed full-time by the Department for at least seven years to take six months with pay for study in such individuals specialty.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 249 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the opposition of the Congress to any change in the present method of providing financial support for military commissaries through appropriations to meet their payroll costs.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975

Expresses the disapproval of the Congress to the President's recent proposal to eliminate the use of appropriated funds to meet the payroll costs of Department of Defense agency's commissary employees.

Bill· HRH.R. 6199 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to correct certain inequities in the crediting of National Guard technician service in connection with civil service retirement.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975

Removes the requirement of service on or after the effective date of the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 as a prerequisite for creditable service for civil service retirement purposes for National Guard technicians. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8332(b))

Bill· HRH.R. 6190 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 1661 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to entitle veterans to 2 1/2 months of educational assistance for each month of service on active duty and to extend the maximum entitlement to such assistance to 45 months.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975

Entitles veterans to 2 1/2 months of educational benefits for each month of service on active duty. Extends the maximum period of eligibility for veterans' educational benefits from 36 to 45 months. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661 (a) and (c))

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 409 (94th)passed

Resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 6096. A bill to authorize funds for humanitarian assistance and evacuation programs in Vietnam and to clarify restrictions on the availability of funds for the use of U.S. Armed Forces in Indochina.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975

States that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 6096) to authorize funds for humanitarian assistance and evacuation programs in Vietnam and to clarify restrictions on the availability of funds for the use of United States Armed Forces in Indochina, and for other purposes, and all points of order against sections 3 and 6 of said bill for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 5, rule XXI are hereby waived. Provides that after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed three hours to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the International Relations Affairs, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Declares that it shall be in order to consider the amendment recommended by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs now printed on page 3, lines 11 and 12 of the bill notwithstanding the provisions of clauses 53, rule XXI. Stipulates that, at the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

Bill· SS. 1464 (94th)referred

A bill to prohibit, except under certain circumstances, any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975

Prohibits changes in the status of members of the uniformed services who are missing in action unless specified conditions are met, including: (1) the Secretary concerned has received significant new information regarding the status of such individual, or he has notified the primary next of kin of such person of a proposed hearing and review of the status of such member, and the primary next of kin of such member fails to file with the Secretary concerned an objection to such proposed hearing and review; or (2) the President of the United States has determined that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members, and determined that all reasonable actions have been taken to enforce the provisions of specified articles of the Paris Peace Accord; and (3) the Congress has determined that the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revoluntionary Government of South Vietnam have fully complied with specified provisions of the Paris Peace Accord and has agreed to a concurrent resolution expressing such determination. Directs the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives to each conduct a study of sections 555 and 556 of title 37, United States Code (relating to pay of missing persons), with a view to determining whether such sections should be amended or repealed.

Bill· HRH.R. 6129 (94th)referred

A bill to provide for a separate agency within the Department of Labor to be known as the Veterans' Employment Service, to authorize the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975

Provides for a separate agency within the Department of Labor to be known as the Veterans' Employment Service. Sets for the duties of such Service. Authorizes the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment.

Bill· HRH.R. 6148 (94th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise the special pay structure relating to medical officers of the uniformed services.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975

Requires that in computing the incentive pay to which a medical officer in the uniformed services is to be entitled to receive, the Secretary of Defense shall by regulation prescribe a system through which variable incentive pay may be reduced or adjusted to reflect amounts that the Federal Government has paid to or benefits received by medical officers prior to the commencement of their active duty.

Bill· HRH.R. 6105 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to acquire commercial life insurance because of service-connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to purchase from one or more life insurance companies a policy or policies of mortgage protection life insurance on a group basis for veterans unable to obtain commercial life insurance because of a service- connected disablility. Sets forth the maximum amount of insurance under a policy provided under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to deduct insurance premiums from any compensation or other cash benefits payable to veteran by the Veterans' Administration, and to pay such premiums to the insurers. States that any amount of insurance in force under this Act on the date of death of an insured veteran shall be paid only to the holder of the mortgage loan on the veteran's home as a credit toward loan indebtedness. Requires each policy purchased under this Act to provide for the following: (1) reinsurance with other insurers which meet the Administrator's criteria; (2) that the Administrator may discontinue a whole policy, or exclude from coverage loans made after a date fixed by him; (3) issuance to each insured veteran of a certificate setting forth the benefits to which he is entitled; (4) any other provisions necessary to carry out this Act; and (5) an annual accounting to the Administrator of the amount of premiums paid, the total of all mortality and other claim charges incurred, and the amount of the insurer's expenses and risk charges. States that insurance under this Act shall terminate upon whichover of the following events first occurs: (1) satisfaction of the veteran's indebtedness under the loan upon which the insurance is based; (2) the veteran's 70th birthday; (3) termination of the veteran's ownership of the property securing the loan; (4) discontinuance of payment of premiums by the veteran; or (5) discontinuance of the entire contract or agreement. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 791-95)

Bill· HRH.R. 6114 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 1124(c) of title 10, United States Code, to remove the restriction that a member of the armed forces must be on active duty to be eligible for the payment of a cash award for a suggestion, invention, or scientific achievement.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975

Removes the restriction that a member of the armed forces must be on active duty to be eligible for the payment of a cash award for suggestion, invention, or scientific achievement. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1124(c)).

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 406 (94th)referred

Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the missing in action in Southeast Asia and the Paris Agreement.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of the State should take the necessary steps, including the renewal of negotiations between the parties, signatory to the Paris agreement and the agreement with the Lao Patriotic Front, to finally determine the fate of all United States servicemen and civilians missing in Southeast Asia. Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of this resolution to the President who is requested to report to the House in 90 days on steps taken to implement this Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 234 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution directing the President to establish a task force on the missing in action in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President establish a Presidential task force on the missing in action and their families, to propose courses of action to achieve a full accounting, and to make recommendations concerning Federal policies relating to the missing in action.

Bill· HRH.R. 6088 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the per annum full-pay scale for certain personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration; to make a career in the Department of Medicine and Surgery more attractive.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975

Increases the annual salaries of specified medical personnel employed by the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4107) Permits physicians and dentists in such Department to take leave with pay for pursuit of studies in their areas of specialty after seven years of full time service. Authorizes physicians and dentists who have served with such Department for not less than ten years to be credited for civil service retirement purposes with the time spent studying for their medical or dental degrees, not to exceed nine years. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 4118)

Bill· HRH.R. 6058 (94th)referred

A bill to equalize the retired pay of members of the uniformed services retired prior to June 1, 1958, whose retired pay is computed on laws enacted on or after October 1, 1949.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975

Provides for the recomputation of the retired pay of members of the uniformed services retired prior to June 1, 1958, whose retired pay is computed on laws enacted on or after October 1, 1949. States that nothing in this Act shall operate to reduce the retired pay of former members of the uniformed services.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 401 (94th)referred

Resolution establishing a select committee to study the problem of U.S. servicemen missing in action in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975

Creates a select committee in the House of Representatives with authority to conduct a full and complete investigation of the problem of United States servicemen missing in action or known to be dead whose bodies have not been recovered, as a result of military operations in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Provides that such investigation shall include an examination of the need for additional international inspection teams to determine whether there are servicemen still held as prisoner of war. Authorizes the Committee to hold hearings, issue subpenas, and maintain a staff as necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this resolution. Directs the committee to report to the House the results of its investigation no later than one year after adoption of this resolution. Provides that the committee's authority shall expire 30 days after the filing of such report. Directs that the expenses of the select committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.

Bill· SS. 1432 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that certain veterans who were prisoners of war shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability of 50 per centum; to deem certain prisoners of war to be permanently and totally disabled for the purposes of receiving wartime disability compensation; to provide hospital care and medical treatment for certain non-service-connected disabilities of former prisoners of war; to provide a 10-year presumptive period of service connection for chronic diseases of certain prisoners of war, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Provides that any veteran who, while on active duty, was held as a prisoner of war for not less than six months shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability of 50 percent rated as permanent for purposes of entitlement to wartime disability compensation and other veterans benefits. Provides for a ten year presumptive period of service connection for chronic diseases of such veterans.

Bill· HRH.R. 6003 (94th)referred

A bill to insure that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66, Public Law 93-233, and subsequent cost-of-living increases under title II of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.

Bill· HRH.R. 6004 (94th)referred

A bill to insure that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66, Public Law 93-233, and subsequent cost-of-living increases under title II of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.

Bill· HRH.R. 6000 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to afford the Secretary of the appropriate military department greater flexibility in programming space for inpatient and outpatient care in facilities of the uniformed services for areas having a large concentration of retired members of the uniformed services and their dependents.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Removes restrictions on the Secretary of the appropriate military department in programming space for inpatient and outpatient care facilities of the uniformed services for areas having a large concentration of retired members. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1087)

Bill· HRH.R. 6002 (94th)referred

A bill to insure that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66, Public Law 93-233, and subsequent cost-of-living increases under title II of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.

Bill· HRH.R. 5979 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the per annum full pay scale for certain personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration; to make a career in the Department of Medicine and Surgery more attractive and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Authorizes pay increases and bonuses to specified medical personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4107) Permits each physician, dentist, or nurse in the Department of Medicine and Surgery who has completed seven years of full-time service in such Department to be granted leave with pay, under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, for not more than six months for study in his or her specialty and to be granted leave with pay for a three-month period for such purpose upon the completion of each additional five years of such service. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 4118)

Bill· HRH.R. 5976 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that increases in monthly insurance benefits thereunder (whether occurring by reason of increases in the cost of living or enacted by law) shall not be considered as annual income for purposes of certain other benefit programs.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), that increases in monthly insurance benefits thereunder (whether occurring by reason of increases in the cost of living or enactment by law) shall not be considered as annual income for purposes of determining Veterans' benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 5963 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize a program of assistance to States for the establishment, expansion, improvement, and maintenance of veterans cemeteries, and to provide for transportation of bodies to a national cemetery.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Authorizes the appropriation of $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $6,000,000 for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for grants to the States for the establishment and expansion of veterans cemeteries owned by the States. Sets forth the conditions under which grants may be made to the States under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make payments, for the calendar year 1976 and each calendar year thereafter, to the States for the interment of veterans and for the maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries. Requires the Administrator to conduct a survey to determine the reasonable cost of interment and prepetual care maintenance for the purposes of payment under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to pay transportation costs of the bodies of eligible veterans to national cemeteries.

Bill· HRH.R. 5955 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend beyond age 22 the period during which an individual may be entitled to child's insurance benefits on the basis of full-time student status where such individual was prevented by reason of health, religious service, or service in the Armed Forces (after attaining age 18) from attending school during 1 or more months prior to attaining age 22.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Extends beyond age 22 the period during which an individual may be entitled to child's insurance benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act on the basis of fulltime student status where such individual was prevented by reason of health, religious service, or service in the Armed Forces (after attaining age 18) from attending school during one or more months prior to attaining age 22.

Bill· HRH.R. 5943 (94th)referred

Uniformed Services Retirement Pay Equalization Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975

Uniformed Services Retirement Pay Equalization Act - Provides that the retired pay of each retired officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps shall be computed on the basis of rates of pay provided by law at the time of his retirement or subsequently for officers on the active list. Permits retired members of the uniformed service, who were retired by reason of physical disability and who are entitled to retired or Compensation Act of 1949, to elect within the one-year period following the effective date of this Act, to receive disability retirement pay under this Act in lieu of that retired or retainer pay to which they are otherwise entitled. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 6149)

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 72 (94th)referred

A joint resolution to authorize the President to use the Armed Forces of the United States to protect citizens of the United States being evacuated from South Vietnam and to require that a report thereon be submitted in accordance with the provisions of the War Powers Resolution.

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975

Authorizes the President to use the Armed Forces of the United States to protect citizens of the United States being evacuated from South Vietnam and to require that a report thereon be submitted in accordance with the provisions of the war powers resolution. Directs that such forces shall be removed by the President if Congress so directs by joint resolution.

Bill· HRH.R. 5919 (94th)reported

A bill to fully explore, fully develop, and produce the naval petroleum reserves with the revenue derived therefrom to be placed in a special fund for such exploration, development, and production, for production to be applied to the petroleum needs of the Department of Defense and for the establishment of a study group to investigate the feasibility of creating a National Strategic Petroleum Reserve (military) and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to explore, develop, operate, and produce petroleum from Naval Petroleum Reserves numbered 1, 2, and 3, up to a specified amount. Establishes a naval petroleum and oil shale reserves special fund. Provides that amounts from the fund shall be available for the exploration, development, operation and production of naval petroleum and oil shale reserves. Directs the Secretary to establish a study group to investigate the feasibility of creating a national strategic petroleum reserve for military purposes. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 7420)

Bill· HRH.R. 5924 (94th)referred

A bill to provide that time spent by American civilians in enemy prisoner-of-war camps and similar places shall be creditable (as though it were military service) toward pensions, annuities, or similar benefits under various Federal retirement programs.

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975

Provides that time spent by American civilians in enemy prisoner-of-war camps and similar places on or after December 7, 1941, shall be creditable (as though it were military service) toward pensions, annuities, or similar benefits under the Social Security Act, the Railroad Act and other specified Federal retirement programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 5926 (94th)referred

Veterans Pension Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975

Veterans Pension Act - Removes the stated inclusion of salary retirement or annuity payments, or similar income, which has been waived, irrespective of whether the waiver was made pursuant to statute, contract or otherwise, by the veteran, from the present classification of payments which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall include in determining annual income for purposes of the payment of pension for non-service-connected disability or death of eligible veterans. Authorizes the payment of pension to unmarried veterans of the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era for non-service-connected disability or for service at an annual rate of $3,300 to be paid monthly, such rate to be reduced by the amount of the veterans' annual income. Provides for a similar pension at an annual rate of $5,400 for eligible veterans who are married and living with a spouse, or have a child. Provides for annual payments of $2,400 to each child of a veteran upon whose death the pension payment is based whenever there is no widow to receive the pension. States that this Act shall take effect on January 1, 1976.

Bill· SS. 1406 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that veterans' pension and compensation will not be reduced as a result of certain increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975

Provides that veterans' pension and compensation will not be reduced as a result of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66 or any subsequent cost-of-living adjustment 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 1973.

Bill· HRH.R. 5896 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 1661 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to entitle veterans to 2 1/2 months of educational assistance for each month of service on active duty and to extend the maximum entitlement to such assistance to 45 months.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975

Entitles veterans to 2 1/2 months of educational benefits for each month of service on active duty. Extends the maximum period of eligibility for veterans' educational benefits from 36 to 45 months. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661 (a) and (c))

Bill· HRH.R. 5895 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 1661 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to entitle veterans to 2 1/2 months of educational assistance for each month of service on active duty and to extend the maximum entitlement to such assistance to 45 months.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975

Entitles veterans to 2 1/2 months of educational benefits for each month of service on active duty. Extends the maximum period of eligibility for veterans' educational benefits from 36 to 45 months. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661 (a) and (c))

Bill· HRH.R. 5886 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to correct certain inequities in the crediting of National Guard technician service in connection with civil service retirement.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975

Removes the requirement of service on or after the effective date of the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 as a prerequisite for creditable service for civil service retirement purposes for National Guard technicians. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8332(b))

Bill· HRH.R. 5852 (94th)referred

A bill to enact the Uniform Reciprocal Peace Act.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975

Prohibits the Government or any military officer, enlisted man or conscript, or civilian employee of this nation or any of its components from ordering the use of force or to use force to the intentional bodily harm of any person or persons or to the intentional destruction of property located within the boundaries of any other nation which shall have adopted as part of its law the Uniform Reciprocal Peace Act. States that this act shall not apply to the use of such force by anyone acting under a reasonable belief that such use is necessary: (1) in a bona fide defense of the people of this nation against the use or imminent use of such force by another nation against them or their property; or (2) in bona fide defense of the people of another nation upon, the public request of its head of government for armed intervention by this nation and pursuant to the requirements of the United Nations Charter; or (3) in response to a request by the Secretary General of the United Nations acting pursuant to a resolution of the General Assembly or the Security Council. Provides that persons convicted of violating this Act shall forfeit their office and be ineligible for military or governmental office for the rest of their life, and may be imprisoned for any term of years or life. Provides that any military or civilian personnel of this nation who is instructed to violate this Act may secure a judgment in the national courts of this nation that such instruction is unlawful, and that such courts may stay execution of such instruction.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 69 (94th)referred

A joint resolution relating to obtaining a full and accurate accounting for members of the U.S. Armed Forces missing in action in Southeast Asia and U.S. contribution to the U.N.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975

Calls upon the President to direct the United States ambassador to the United Nations to insist that the United Nations take all necessary actions to obtain a full and accurate accounting for members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action in Southeast Asia. Directs that if such action is not taken the United States contribution to the United Nations shall be cut from 25 to 10 percent.

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