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101 records in 1973
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Extends to August 31, 1980, the delimiting period for veterans pursuing a course of farm cooperative training. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662(c))
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Requires the cooperative conservation plan for military reservations involving the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Interior, and the appropriate State agency to provide for: (1) fish and wildlife habitat improvements; (2) range rehabilitation where necessary for support of wildlife; and (3) control of off-road vehicle traffic. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Defense of $1,500,000 annually for fiscal years 1973-1977 for conservation programs on military reservations. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior of $2,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-1978 to enable him to carry out his responsibilities under this section's cooperative plans. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Agriculture, in cooperation with the State agencies, to develop, maintain, and coordinate programs on public lands under their jurisdiction for the conservation and rehabilitation of wildlife, fish, and game. Sets forth requirements for comprehensive plans and cooperative agreements under this section. Provides that no individual will be permitted to hunt, trap, or fish on any public land within the State which is subject to a conservation and rehabilitation program under this section unless he has a valid public land management stamp. Makes provisions for the issuance and sale of such stamps. Prescribes a $1,000 fine or imprisonmnet for not more than six months, or both, for any person who hunts, traps, or fishes on any public land which is subject to a conservation and rehabilitation program without a valid public land management area stamp, if the possession of such a stamp is required. Provides for the forfeiture to the United States of all guns, traps, nets, and other equipment, vessels, vehicles, and other means of transportation used by any person when engaged in committing an offense under this subsection. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 annually to both the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal years 1974-1978 for public land conservation programs under this Act. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 670)
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Authorizes additional educational payments to eligible veterans in an amount representing the cost of tuition which exceeds $419 for an ordinary school year. States that in no case shall such payment exceed $600.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 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 · 15 November 1973
Provides for the establishment of a national cemetery at or near Fort Hood, Texas.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that the requirement for including reimbursement of moving expenses in gross income shall apply to members of the Armed Forces only if such reimbursement is made directly in cash. Establishes certain special rules relating to the definition of the term moving expenses for members of the Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Expresses the support of Congress for the President in his efforts to secure the cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government in accounting for the thirteen hundred men listed as missing in action in Southeast Asis and the exhumation and repatriation of our dead.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Provides pension benefits for widows and children of veterans who have completed at least 2 years of honorable service and whose in-service death does not occur in the line of duty. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 541 (f))
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Requires that no test ranges or facilities which are required for defense programs of the military services of the United States may be released by the Department of Defense for purposes of oil drilling or exploration until: (1) a determination has been made by the Secretary of Defense that there is not a military requirement for the test range or facility involved; and (2) until full and complete environmental studies have been made, by the Environmental Protection Agency, and approved by the Appropriations and Armed Services Committees of the Congress; or (3) unless such leasing is directed by the President as essential to national defense interests.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Provides veterans with a 10-year delimiting period (presently 8-year period) for completing education programs under title 38 (Veterans' Benefits) of the United States Code. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1973
Provides for the recognition by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs of representatives of the Italian American War Veterans of the United States in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under laws administered by the VA. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3402(a)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1973
Military Administrative Discharge Procedure Act - Proposes a code of procedure for the consideration and issuance of administrative discharges based upon fault or culpable misconduct for all members of the Armed Forces. Provides that no member of the Armed Forces may be discharged under other than honorable conditions except for misconduct, unfitness, or security reasons as determined under this Act. Requires that Administrative Discharge Boards: (1) conduct fair and impartial hearings of the alleged grounds for the proposed administrative discharge; (2) receive and consider evidence on the question of whether a respondent should be administratively discharged; (3) make findings on the basis of the evidence presented to it; (4) determine on the basis of the evidence, whether the respondent should be retained in the Armed Forces or administratively discharged therefrom; (5) recommend to the discharge authority that the respondent be retained in the Armed Forces or administratively discharged therefrom; (6) recommend the type of discharge to be issued; and (7) specify the reasons for its recommendations. Provides for the appointment of Administrative Discharge Boards by either the President of the United States, the Secretary of any Armed Force, or by any commanding officer designated as an appointing authority by the Secretary concerned. Requires, except where military exigencies do not permit, the appointing authority to detail a legal adviser to any Administrative Discharge Board appointed by him, and requires the appointing authority to detail counsel to represent the respondent. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe the rules of procedures to be followed in cases before the Boards, setting forth specified requirements regarding evidence. Prohibits unauthorized attempts to influence Board action. Requires notice to the respondent, and/or to the respondent's parents, and to the respondent's counsel prior to consideration of any case. Permits a respondent to waive his rights and receive a discharge for the good of the service. Grants both parties the opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence; the right to present and examine evidence; and the right to take depositions. Bars a discharge where the Board recommends retention of respondent and provides for the appointment of a new Board where a Board recommendation is based in whole or in part on fraudulent information submitted by respondent. Provides that the type and character of administrative discharges shall be based solely on a member's military record during the current enlistment of term of service plus extensions and shall be determined according to the following standards: (1) the issuance of an honorable discharge will be conditioned upon proper military behavior and proficient performance of duty with due consideration for the member's age, length of service, grade, and general aptitude; (2) the issuance of a general discharge is appropriate when a member's military record is not sufficiently meritorious to warrant an honorable discharge as prescribed by the regulations of the military department concerned; and (3) an undesirable discharge may be issued for misconduct, unfitness, or security reasons based on the approval of a Discharge Board recommendation, waiver of the right to Board action or a request for discharge for the good of the service. Permits the discharge of a member for the Governments' convenience with honorable or general discharge for reasons other than those provided in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide for the review of the Administrative Discharge Board proceedings. Bars all but an honorable discharge unless the discharge has been affirmed upon review. Prescribes limitations on the dismissal or discharge of commissioned officers. Establishes boards of inquiry and boards of review for the Coast Guard and adds to those two boards a board of selection for the Army and the Air Force. Provides that these boards shall: (1) review the records of officers on active duty to determine whether they should be removed from the active list; (2) receive evidence and make findings and recommendations with respect to whether an officer shall be removed from active duty; and (3) review the records of cases of officers recommended by boards of inquiry for removal from active duty.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Requires that no test ranges or facilities which are required for defense programs of the military services of the United States may be released by the Department of Defense for purposes of oil drilling or exploration until: (1) a determination has been made by the Secretary of Defense that there is not a military requirement for the test range or facility involved; and (2) until full and complete environmental studies have been made, by the Environmental Protection Agency, and approved by the Appropriations and Armed Services Committees of the Congress; or (3) unless such leasing is directed by the President as essential to national defense interests.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that the executive branch of the American government continue its efforts to insure that the International Red Cross be allowed to visit Israeli prisoners of war in Egypt and Syria as required by the Geneva Convention of August 12, 1949; and that the Governments of Egypt and Syria immediately release all seriously sick prisoners of war and an immediate exchange of prisoners between Israel, Egypt and Syria be negotiated.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Provides that educational institutions shall recieve a reimbursement of $500 for each student commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the institutions. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 2112)
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Provides that officers of the uniformed services who retired prior to October 1, 1949, shall be entitled to the same retired pay as those retired after September 30, 1949, but prior to June 1, 1958.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Requires that each admission to the military service academies shall be made without regard to a candidate's sex, race, color, or religious belief.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Requires that each admission to the military service academies shall be made without regard to a candidate's sex, race, color, or religious belief.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the United States Navy.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Authorizes additional educational payments to eligible veterans in an amount representing the cost of tuition which exceeds $419 for an ordinary school year. States that in no case shall such payment exceed $600.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Provides that each regular officer on the active list of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force serving under either a temporary or permanent appointment in the grade of: (1) lieutenant colonel or commander (Navy) who has failed of selection for temporary or permanent promotion to the grade of colonel or captain (Navy) two or more times and whose name is not on a promotion list; or (2) colonel or captain (Navy) who has served at least four years in grade and whose name is not on a promotion list; may be considered for continuation on the active list by selection boards. Directs the Secretary of the Military department concerned to: (1) whenever the needs of the service require, convene selection boards to recommend certain officers for continuation on the active list in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and (2) prescribe regulations for the administration of this chapter.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Requests the President of the United States to declare Sunday, November 25, 1973, as "MIA Awareness Day" to pay tribute to members of the Armed Forces who are missing in action in Indochina.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that discharge certificates issued to members of the Armed Forces shall not bear any letter or number or other indicator of any kind whatsoever which discloses any reason why such member was discharged or separated from service; and no information indicating or relating to any reason why any former member of the Armed Forces was discharged or separated from service may be made available to any private person or entity by any officer or employee of any military department or agency. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Provides, under the National Security Act, that the powers and duties of the Central Intelligence Agency shall be for the purpose of coordinating the foreign intelligence activities of government departments and agencies in the interest of national security (formerly not directed exclusively at foreign intelligence). States that nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to engage, within the United States, in any police or police-type activity or any internal security operation. (Amends 50 U.S.C. 403) Provides that any unit of local government which received payments under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 for the first three entitlement periods which were, in the aggregate, in excess of 500 per cent of the total amount of such payments, is relieved from liability for repayment to the United States of the amount which exceeds the amount of entitlement. Authorizes funds to be appropriated to the State and Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund, out of amounts in the general fund of the Treasury attributable to the collections of the Federal individual income taxes not otherwise appropriated. Specifies the amounts of such sums for fiscal years 1974 through 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Provides that the Veterans' Administrator shall reimburse any eligible veteran enrolled in a full-time or part-time course of education or training under this Act for costs incurred by such veteran for tuition, for laboratory, library, health, infirmary and other similar fees and for expenses incurred for books, supplies, equipment, and other necessary expenses, exclusive of board, lodging, other living expenses and travel, as are generally required for the successful pursuit and completion of the course of education or training in which such veteran is enrolled. Limits such payments to $1,000 for an ordinary school year. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682A)
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Increases the rates of educational assistance payable to veterans. Authorizes an eligible veteran to receive increased monthly educational payments and have his periods of entitlement reduced proportionately. Limits the increase payment to twice the amount the veteran is otherwise entitled to receive.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Provides that compensation received by a veteran for a service-connected wartime disability shall not be taken into account in determining his eligibility for Federal housing assistance or the amount or extent of such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist veterans with a permanent and total service-connected diability due to the loss or loss of use of two or more extremities to acquire specially adapted housing. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 801(1)
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Provides under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that it shall be unlawful: (1) for an employer, employment agency, or labor organization; (2) for a training, retraining, or apprenticeship program; or (3) for a job notice or advertisement; to discriminate on the basis of a person's military discharge status. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2, 2000e-3)
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Provides that members of the Armed Forces shall not be transported on vessels or aircraft operated by the Defense Department unless they are on official business or pay for such transportation on a scale from 100 percent for officers 0-4 and above to 50 percent for warrant officers and enlisted personnel. Provides that such transportation shall not be provided on a space-available basis and offer advanced reservation, or provided with waiting space or lounges other than those used by all Armed Forces members. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 4744)
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Provides that educational institutions shall recieve a reimbursement of $500 for each student commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the institutions. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 2112)
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that discharge certificates issued to members of the Armed Forces shall not bear any letter or number or other indicator of any kind whatsoever which discloses any reason why such member was discharged or separated from service; and no information indicating or relating to any reason why any former member of the Armed Forces was discharged or separated from service may be made available to any private person or entity by any officer or employee of any military department or agency. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider the conference report on the bill (H.R. 9286) to authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1974 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons, and research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and to prescribe the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component and of the Selected Reserve of each reserve component of the Armed Forces, and the military training student loads, and all points of order against the said conference report are hereby waived.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
Vietnam Era Veterans and Dependents Psychological Readjustment Assistance Act - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to initiate and carry out a special psychiatric, psychological, and counseling program for veterans of the Vietnam era, especially former prisoners of war and their dependents who are experiencing psychological problems as the result of the military service performed by such veterans. Provides that the participation of any veteran or dependent in such program shall be wholly voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for any other service or assistance. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 620A).
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that discharge certificates issued to members of the Armed Forces shall not bear any letter or number or other indicator of any kind whatsoever which discloses any reason why such member was discharged or separated from service; and no information indicating or relating to any reason why any former member of the Armed Forces was discharged or separated from service may be made available to any private person or entity by any officer or employee of any military department or agency. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Specifies the circumstances under which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may pay for care and treatment rendered to veterans by private hospitals in emergencies. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 625(a))
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Provides that educational assistance afforded to eligible veterans under the Veterans' Educational Assistance Chapter shall remain available until used (presently available until 8 years after discharge). (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Requires that impact-resistant eyeglasses be issued under the medical program for members of the uniformed services on active duty.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Provides that any person who served in the active service in the armed forces of any ally of the United States during World War I and II and who has been a resident of the United States for at least 10 years and who during such period served in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States shall be entitled to hospital and domicilary care, medical services, vocation,al rehabilitation and home, farm, and business loans to the same extent as if he had served in the armed forces of the United States. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 109(c))
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 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 · 9 October 1973
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reimburse specified veterans for costs incurred by such veterans for tuition, for laboratory, library, health, infirmary, and other similar fees, and for expenses incurred for books, supplies, equipment, and other necessary expenses, exclusive of board, lodging, other living expenses, and travel as are generally required for the successful pursuit and completion of the course of education or training in which such veterans are enrolled. Provides that in no event shall payment made to an eligible veteran under this Act for any expense incurred by such veterans exceed the customary amount paid by other students in the same institution for the same service, privilege, material, or equipment; and in no event shall the total payments made to or on behalf of any veteran under this Act exceed $650 for an ordinary school year, unless the veteran elects to have such customary charges paid in excess of such limitation, in which event there shall be charged against his period of eligibility the proportion of an ordinary school year which such excess bears to $650. Provides that no payments for tuition or enrollment shall be paid to any veteran for apprentice training on the job. Provides that payments for tuition and other expenses incurred by any eligible veteran may be made by the Administrator to such veteran under this subsection on the basis of such reasonable evidence as the Administrator may require.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Increases the rates of educational assistance payable to veterans. Establishes Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center within the Veterans' Administration for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of Veterans' Administration programs for making veterans aware of benefits and services available to them under the veterans laws.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Authorizes special educational services to be included under medical and health care plans for dependents of active duty members of the uniformed services. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1079 (a))
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
States that the Chief of the Dental Corps of the Army is responsible with the Surgeon General for making and implementing recommendations to the Secretary of the Army on all matters concerning the dental health of the Army. Requires the Chief of the Dental Corps: (1) to provide the Secretary of the Army with recommendations and advice concerning the professional standards and policies for dental practice in the Army; (2) to initiate and recommend action pertaining to Dental Corps and auxiliary strength; and (3) to serve as chief administrator within the Army Medical Department on all matters relating directly to dentistry. Directs the Secretary of the Army to provide, by regulation, for the organization of the Dental Service throughout the Army. Establishes a Dental Service in the Air Force. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Chief of Dental Service of the Air Force. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force by regulation, to provide for the organization of the Dental Service throughout the Air Force.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 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 · 4 October 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 · 4 October 1973
Excludes certain social security payments in determining annual income for purposes of paying non-service-connected disability pensions to veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(f))
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 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 · 4 October 1973
Requires the Veterans' Administration to provide hospital and medical care to any veteran, and under certain circumstances to the spouse or child of any veteran, for drug dependency.