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801 records in 1973
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Establishes new formulae for computing the payment of veterans' disability and death pensions.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Increases payments in specified amounts to veterans under non-service-connected disability pension plans. Increases pension payments to widows of veterans who at the time of death were receiving compensation or retirement pay for a service-connected disability. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(b),(c); 541(b),(c))
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Provides a special pay incentive plan to individuals who participate in the Ready Reserves. (Adds 37 U.S.C. 313)
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Increases to $40 per month the amount of benefits payable to hospitalized beterans by the Veterans' Administration. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3203)
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
To amend title 38, United States Code, to stabilize and "freeze" as of January 1, 1973, the Veterans' Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities, 1945 edition, and the extension thereto.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Increases payments in specified amounts to veterans under non-service-connected disability pension plans. Increases pension payments to widows of veterans who at the time of death were receiving compensation or retirement pay for a service-connected disability. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(b),(c); 541(b),(c))
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Provides that travel allowances paid to veterans traveling to and from Veterans' Administration facilities shall in no event be less than those paid to employees of the Federal Government traveling on official business. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 111(a))
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Provides for the establishment of a national cemetery in the area of Broward County or Dade County, Florida. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Permits the release of veterans from liability to the United States arising out of loans on residential property made, guaranteed, or insured by the Veterans Administration if the veteran conveys the property to a transferee who assumes full liability but defaults on such loan. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1817(b))
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
To amend title 38, United States Code, to stabilize and "freeze" as of January 1, 1973, the Veterans' Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities, 1945 edition, and the extension thereto.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Provides for the granting of assistance to Vietnam era disabled veterans requiring specially equipped automobiles, as presently granted to veterans of World War II or the Korean conflict. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1901)
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Provides for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of the first enlisted women in the United States Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish a national cemetery in Florida at a location deemed appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1973
Entitles retired members of the uniformed services to have their retired pay recomputed on the basis of rates of basic pay that are now or may hereafter be authorized for uniformed services personnel in an active duty status. Requires that such members have retired prior to June 1, 1958, and have had their retired pay computed on laws enacted on or after October 1, 1949.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Permits eligible veterans to pursue vocational or technical educational courses in a foreign country if such course or courses are not offered in the United States or not immediately available to a prospective student, and such course or courses meet the standards set by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1723(a))
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Confers pensionable status on veterans involved in the Brownsville, Texas, incident of August 13, 1906. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make specified compensatory payments to such veterans and their heirs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Provides that time spent by American civilians in enemy prisoner-of-war camps and similar places shall be creditable, as military service toward pensions, annuities, or similar benefits under various Federal retirement programs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Permits duty performed for training to be counted as active duty for purposes of entitlement to veterans' educational benefits if at any time subsequent to such training such eligible veteran has served on active duty for a consecutive period of one year or more. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661)
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Authorizes the President to enter into an agreement with the Republic of the Philippines providing for hospital care and medical services to be furnished Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts for service-connected disabilities. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for any one year ending before fiscal year 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Increases from fifty to sixty-five the percentage of the total cost which may be granted to a State for assistance in remodeling, modifying, or alterating existing hospital or domiciliary facilities in State homes providing care and treatment for veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Deems service as a member of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots during World War II to be active service for purposes of computing retirement and longevity benefits. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 101 (22))
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Increases payments in specified amounts to veterans under non-service-connected disability pension plans. Increases pension payments to widows of veterans who at the time of death were receiving compensation or retirement pay for a service-connected disability. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(b),(c); 541(b),(c))
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Provides that in the determination of the annual income of recipients of vetetans' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall not reduce the amount of such pension or compensation because of increases in monthly social security benefits under Public law 92-336. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 415(g)(4) 503(d))
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 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 · 20 February 1973
Provides that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs 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.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Authorizes the removal of debris and obsolete buildings in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska by the Secretary of the Army. Authorizes appropriations of $900,000 for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Extends the authorization for appropriations to carry out conservation and rehabilitation programs on military reservations. Authorizes an appropriation of $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1973-1977. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 670f (b))
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Provides that no changes or readjustments in the schedule for rating disabilities for veterans made by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall be effective unless: (1) such proposed change or readjustment is first submitted to Congress; and (2) neither House of Congress, prior to the expiration of ninety calendar days of continuous session of Congress following the date of submission of the proposed change or readjustment, has adopted a resolution stating in substance that that House does not favor the proposed change or readjustment. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 355)
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish a national cemetery in the State of Vermont. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as are necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Provides that no enlisted member of the Armed Forces detailed to perform duties as an enlisted aide to any officer shall be ordered, requested, or detailed to perform any service not directly related to the accomplishment of a military objective, or to perform any service essentially domestic or personal in nature for or on behalf of such officer or any member of the family or household of such officer. States that no funds may be expended for the purpose of establishing, operating, maintaining, or conducting any school or training program the primary or incidental purpose of which is to instruct or train enlisted personnel as personal aides. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 975, 3639, 6117, 8639)
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1973
Requires the President immediately upon passage of this resolution of the Senate to request the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration to submit to the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee within sixty days complete and detailed information on plans which have been completed for medical, psychological, family counseling, career counseling, and other needs of returning prisioners of war, with special emphasis on plans which have been developed to meet the long-term needs in each of these areas. Provides that, upon receipt of and based upon information contained in the report requested from the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration, and utilizing whatever other information deemed necessary, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee shall report out recommended legislation, as deemed advisable, in the following areas: (1) medical and psychological needs of prisoners of war, both near-term and long-term; (2) career counseling and placement, and the need, if any, for a special employment preference; (3) family counseling; (4) the special needs of prisoners of war electing to leave the armed services; and (5) other needs of Vietnam war prisoners of war, in particular with respect to long-term needs. Requires such legislation to be reported to the full Senate so as to enable completion of passage of such legislation by the end of the first session of the 93d Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Permits the recomputation of retired pay for any member or former member of the Armed Services who was on active duty or in an active status before April 1, 1958, for a period of not less than 10 years, and who became or will become entitled to retired pay based upon age, length of service, or physical disability under the provisions of the Career Compensation Act of 1949. Provides that the Act shall not retroactively entitle any member or former member to additional retired or retainer pay. Provides that the Act shall not reduce the retired or retainer pay to which a member or former member was entitled before this enactment. States that eligibility for recomputation under this Act begins on the first day of the first month after the member or former member reaches 60 years of age.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Incorporates in the Distriuct of Columbia the American Ex-Prisoners of War. Specifies the purposes, powers, and organization of such Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides that recipients of aid or assistance under the various Federal-State public assistance and medicaid programs under the Social Security Act, recipients of assistance under the veterans' pension and compensation programs, recipients of assistance under the Federal Food Stamp Program, or any other Federal or federally assisted program will not have the amount of such aid or assistance reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides, for a member or former member of the uniformed services, that gross income shall not include the amount of any reduction in retired or retainer pay. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 122)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
War Prisoners Retirement Benefits Act - Allows United States military and civilian government employees, who have been held prisoner or who have been missing in action in Southeast Asia, to elect to receive double credit for retirement purposes for the period of confinement or missing status. Requires such individual to claim such credit, if he so desires, within two years after his return to the jurisdiction of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 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 · 8 February 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an employer who hires a physically handicapped Vietnam veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an employer with respect to a Vietnam veteran employed by a taxpayer for not less than 6 months during the 2-year period beginning on the date 1 year before the first day of the taxpayer's taxable year, if, as certified by the Secretary of Labor, the position which the individual is hired either (1) reflects the individual's prior civilian experience, his applicable military experience, or his educational level, or (2) provides training which leads to self improvement or job advancement.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Allows as a credit against the tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code a percentage of a taxpayer's employment expenses in employing a Vietnam veteran. Gives preference in percentages allowed as a credit to the hiring of a person who is physically handicapped, or who was a prisoner of war or missing in action. Specifies qualifying expenses and the percentages allowed depending on the length of a veteran's employment. Requires the payment of the higher of either the minimum wage or the prevailing wage. Defines terms and sets forth regulations for purposes of this Act. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to employers who hire prisoners of war or missing in action Vietnam veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an employer with respect to a Vietnam veteran employed by a taxpayer for not less than 6 months during the 2-year period beginning on the date 1 year before the first day of the taxpayer's taxable year, if, as certified by the Secretary of Labor, the position which the individual is hired either (1) reflects the individual's prior civilian experience, his applicable military experience, or his educational level, or (2) provides training which leads to self improvement or job advancement.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides for the burial in the Memorial Amphitheater of the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, of the remains of an unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Vietnam conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to employers who hire prisoners of war or missing in action Vietnam veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides for the burial in the Memorial Amphitheater of the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, of the remains of an unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Vietnam conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Allows as a credit against the tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code a percentage of a taxpayer's employment expenses in employing a Vietnam veteran. Gives preference in percentages allowed as a credit to the hiring of a person who is physically handicapped, or who was a prisoner of war or missing in action. Specifies qualifying expenses and the percentages allowed depending on the length of a veteran's employment. Requires the payment of the higher of either the minimum wage or the prevailing wage. Defines terms and sets forth regulations for purposes of this Act. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract with private facilities near the homes of veterans for the medical care and treatment of veterans, if such care would result in a cost to the Government equal to or less than the cost of providing for such care in a facility over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an employer who hires a physically handicapped Vietnam veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides adjustment assistance to prosoners of war of the Vietnam era according to the percentage scale of the service connected disability benefits for veterans. Specifies that the rate of compensation for such persons shall be $30 per month for the period of time as a prisoner of war up to a maximum of $150 per month. (Adds 38 U.S.C.314(t))
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Stipulates that benefit increases, under Title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance), provided for by Public Law 92-326 be disregarded for the purposes of determining eligibility for veterans' pension or compensation. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 415 (g) (4); 503 (d))