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Bill· HRH.R. 3790 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.
Bill· HRH.R. 3770 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Designates the Veterans' Administration hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, as the "William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans' Hospital."
Bill· HRH.R. 3791 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Uniformed Services Retired and Retainer Pay Equalization Act - Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member or former member of the uniformed service who is entitled to retired or retainer pay in effect after September 30, 1949, and before January 1, 1971, is entitled to have that pay recomputed under the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1971. Lists provisions of such recomputation.
Bill· HRH.R. 3759 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Requires that each admission to the military service academies shall be made without regard to a candidate's sex, race, color, or religious beliefs.
Bill· HRH.R. 3616 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
World War I Pension Act - Directs the Administrator of the Veterans Administration to pay to each veteran of World War I, who meets the service requirements of this Act, or his widow, a pension at the monthly rate of $150. Defines the terms "veteran" and "World War I". States that the pension under this Act shall be paid to a veteran or his widow without regard to his or her annual income, if solely derived from the payments of social security benefits, railroad retirement benefits, or pensions. Sets forth specified minimum service requirements for a veteran to be eligible for a pension under this Act. Stipulates that a widow must have been married to the veteran for not less than ten years at the time of his death.
Bill· SS. 836 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Authorizes the payment of educational assistance benefits to disabled veterans who served for a period of less than 18 months of active duty, and who received a medical discharge because of service-connected disabilities. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661(a))
Bill· HRH.R. 3738 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 3724 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to submit any changes in the ratings of reductions in earning capacity due to service-connected disabilities to the Congress which shall have ninety days to disaprove the change or readjustment.
Bill· HRH.R. 3720 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.
Bill· HRH.R. 3722 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. Restores on behalf of qualified veterans those educational assistance benefits which had previously terminated.
Bill· HRH.R. 3702 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Provides for an eight-year (presently 10-year) delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans and their wives and widows. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 3705 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Provides that the retired pay of any member or former member who was on active duty or in an active status on or before May 31, 1958, and who became or will become entitled to receive retired pay based upon age, length of service or physical disability shall be computed at current active duty rates and increased to reflect later changes in applicable pay rates. Provides that the enactment of this Act shall not reduce the retired pay to which a member or former member was entitled on the day before the effective date of this Act, nor create any retroactive entitlement to additional retired pay.
Bill· HRH.R. 3701 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Creates, within the Department of Labor, the Veterans' Employment Service, to be headed by the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to assign to each State a Federal veterans' employment representative to assist in job counseling for veterans, to provide employment services, and to help improve working conditions, particularly in regard to disabled veterans. Transfers the duties and responsibilities of the Secretary of Labor in the areas of veterans' job counseling and placement to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 2002-05)
Bill· HRH.R. 3689 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes the appropriation of funds in specified amounts for the fiscal years 1976 and 1977 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked vehicles and other weapons. Title II: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Authorizes the appropriation of funds in specified amounts for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for research, development, test and evaluation for the fiscal years 1976 and 1977. Title III: Active Forces - Authorizes an end strength for active duty personnel of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Air Force for specified fiscal years. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Directs the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the Armed Forces to be programmed to attain specified average strengths. Provides for reductions in such strengths. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes an end strength for civilian personnel in the Department of Defense for specified fiscal years. Title VI: Military Training Student Loans - Sets an average military training student load for each component of the Armed Forces for specified fiscal years. Title VII: General Provisions - Provides that within the limitation of appropriations made for the purpose, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of a military department within his department, may provide for any emergency or extradorinary expense which cannot be aniticpated or classified. Provides that when it is so provided in such appropriation, the funds may be spent on approval on authority of the Secretary concerned for any purpose he determines to be proper, and such a determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting offices of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to certify the amount of any such expenditure authorized by him that he considers advisable not to specify, and his certificate is sufficient voucher for the expenditure of that amount.
Bill· HRH.R. 3707 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Removes the present limitation upon the granting of compensation for irregular or overtime work to specified technicians in the National Guard (presently granted compensatory time off for such work). Provides that such technicians in the National Guard shall be compensated for overtime in the same manner as other employees of the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974. (Amends 32 U.S.C. 709(g)(2)).
Bill· HRH.R. 3642 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 3641 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits as prescribed in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3615 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
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.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 254 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 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.
Bill· SS. 817 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
Provides for an eight-year (presently 10 years) delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans, and their wives and widows.
Bill· SS. 816 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
Requires that veterans receiving hospital care from the Veterans' Administration for non-service-connected disabilities be charged for such care to the extent that they have health insurance or similar contracts with respect to such care. Prohibits the future exclusion of such coverage from such insurance policies or contracts. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 610 (d)).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 241 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
Expresses the disapproval of the House of Representatives to the deferral of budget authority (D75-81) relating to the Department of Defense-Civil, Department of the Army Corps of Engineers-Civil proposed by the president in his message of October 31, 1974, transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.)
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 242 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
Expresses the disapproval of the House of Representatives to the deferral of budget authority (D75-82) relating to the Corps of Engineers Mississippi River Flood Control Project of the Department of Defense-Civil, Department of the Army-Corps of Engineers-Civil proposed by (the President in his message of October 31, 1974, transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act.)
Bill· SS. 795 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1975
Supends for six months all sales of defense articles and services and all licenses with respect to the transportation of arms, ammunitions, and implements of war to Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and the Sultanate of Oman.
Bill· HRH.R. 3561 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Restores, without remuneration, the wartime recognition of Filipino veterans of World War II who fought as members of the Commonwealth Army but whose names were stricken from official United States Army records.
Bill· HRH.R. 3560 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Provides that for the purpose of the provisions for special emphasis in the employment of disabled veterans, the term "disabled veteran" shall mean one with a disability rated at 10 percent or more (presently 30 percent or more). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 2011(1)).
Bill· HRH.R. 3556 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Mustering-Out Payment Act - Authorizes mustering-out payments for specified members discharged from the Armed Forces after August 4, 1964. Provides for such payments in the amount of $400 for such members who performed active duty for ninety days or more and who served outside the continental limits of the United States. Provides for such payments in the amount of $250 for those whose duty was served within the continental United States. Specifies members of the Armed Forces ineligible for such payments because of voluntary discharge to accept employment, inactive status, a period of duty solely as a student, service performed for the purpose of entry to a service academy, or service solely as a cadet at a service academy. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 2101-2105) Excludes from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code the mustering-out payments made under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3554 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Veterans' Administration Accountability Act - Limits the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to: (1) readjust the schedule of ratings for the disabilities of veterans; (2) provide for the contruction, alteration, and acquisition of hospitals and domiciliary facilities; (3) close hospital and domiciliary facilities and regional offices without, Congressional approval; and (4) transfer real property under the jurisdiction or control of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs without Congressional approval.
Bill· HRH.R. 3537 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Sets conditions for the awarding of the gold star lapel button under the approval of the Secretary of Defense in instances of members of the Armed Forces who fall in armed conflict while serving with friendly foreign forces. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1126)
Bill· HRH.R. 3563 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Establishes a forty-five month period manimum for educational assistance in programs administered by the Veterans' Administration for veterans who have served on active duty for 18 months or more since January 31, 1955.
Bill· HRH.R. 3559 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Extends the maximum educational benefits for qualified veterans to 48 months (presently limited to 36 months). Permits additional educational benefits for wives and widows of such veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 3555 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975
Mustering - Out Payment Act - Provides that each member of the Armed Forces who served on active duty for 90 days or more and who was discharged or released from active duty on or after August 5, 1964, and before such date as shall thereafter be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress, under honorable conditions, shall be eligible for mustering out payments of $350, $250, or $100, depending on the place and length of service. Specifies members of the Armed Forces ineligible for such payment because of severance or retired pay, type of service, or pay grade. Requires applications for mustering - out payments to be made within two years of the enactment of this Act. Authorizes payments to surviving spouses, children, or parents of deceased members of the Armed Forces. Excludes from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code the mustering-out payments made under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3535 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 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· SS. 770 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Increases the rate of award paid to veterans who have suffered anatomical loss or loss of use of one foot, one hand, or one eye from $52 to $80 per month.
Bill· HRH.R. 3520 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Entitles the Delegates in Congress from Guam and the Virgin Islands, under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to make 2 nominations each for appointments to the Merchant Marine Academy.
Bill· HRH.R. 3518 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.
Bill· HRH.R. 3517 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.
Bill· HRH.R. 3484 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Extends the number of months of educational benefits for veterans and other eligible persons for whom educational benefits are provided by the Veterans' Administration from 36 months to 48 months. Provides for additional coverage for purposes of graduate study. Limits the application of the provisions of this Act to those eligible persons enrolled in educational programs on or after the enactment of this Act. (Amends 38. U.S.C. 1661, 1711).
Bill· HRH.R. 3460 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Excludes specified social security payments in determining annual income for purposes of paying non-service-connected death pension to widows of World War I veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 503)
Bill· HRH.R. 3456 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Permits service-connected disabled veterans, 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. 3452 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Provides that if a veteran has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or foot in combination with total blindness with 5/200 visual acuity or less, the monthly compensation for such veteran shall be $784. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314(k))
Bill· HRH.R. 3458 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Entitles to additional service-connected disability compensation any veteran who has suffered loss or loss of use of one lung or one kidney. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314(k)).
Bill· HRH.R. 3461 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Provides that veterans of World War I shall be entitled to the same automobile assistance allowance as is now provided for disabled veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict in the form of an automobile or other conveyance, or $2,800, plus adaptive equipment necessary to enable the veteran to operate the automobile in a safe manner. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1901(1)A).
Bill· HRH.R. 3454 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Provides that payments made to a hospitalized incompetent veteran will not be terminated unless his estate exceeds $2,000. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3203).
Bill· HRH.R. 3457 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Provides that progressive muscular atrophy developing a 10 percent or more degree of disability within seven years after separation from active service during a period of war shall be presumed to be service connected. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 312 (4)).
Bill· HRH.R. 3450 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Provides for a statutory presumption of service-connected death if any veteran who has been rated totally disabled by reason of service-connected disability for ten or more years. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 410).
Bill· HRH.R. 3453 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Provides for the monthly payment of $727 for aid and attendance benefits to specified totally disabled veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314(1)).
Bill· HRH.R. 3475 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Entitles veterans to 45 months (now 36 months) of educational assistance for undergraduate or any other authorized programs of education. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661).
Bill· HRH.R. 3459 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to submit any changes in the ratings of reductions in earning capacity due to service-connected disabilities to the Congress which shall have ninety dyas to disaprove the change or readjustment.
Bill· HRH.R. 3455 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Authorizes the payment of non-service-connected pensions to veterans of specified peacetime service and their widows and children. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 501, 521, 541, 542).
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