The world's political record
Records whose title is actually about this topic. Use a country filter if the list is still too broad.
1,101 records in 1973
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish a national cemetery adjacent to the Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1973
Uniformed Services Special Pay Act - Provides that an officer of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corp, an officer of the Air Force who is designated as a medical or dental officer, or a medical or dental officer of the Public Health Service, who is on active duty for a period of more than thrity days is entitled, in addition to any other pay or allowances, 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 active duty in a category named above; or (2) $350 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed two years of active duty. Authorizes special sea duty pay at rates specified in this Act. Provides that a member of a uniformed service who: (1) has completed at least twenty-one months of active duty (other than for training); (2) is designated as having a critical military skill; and (3) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a regular component of the service concerned for a period of at least three years; may be paid a sum of money, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years or the montly fractions thereof, of additional obligated service, not to exceed six years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. States that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least three years or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to a total of at least three years. may under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, be paid an amount prescribed by the Secretary concerned but not more than $3,000. Provides for special pay for officers of the armed forces in health professions who execute active duty agreements. States that upon acceptance of such agreement by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of HEW with respect to the Public Health Service, such officer is entitled to an amount not to exceed $15,000 for each year of the active duty agreements. Provides that such officer must be qualified in a critical health profession and qualified, as determined by a board composed of officers in his profession, to enter into such an agreement. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of HEW to submit a written report each year to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the operation of this program. Provides that an officer of an armed force who is designated by the Secretary as an officer possessing skills in a critical shortage specialty and whose retention on, or voluntary recall to, active duty would be of benefit to the United States; and who executes an agreement to serve on continuous active duty in that specialty for a period of not less than one year, but not more than six years, in addition to any other period of active duty for which he is obligated, may be paid, in addition to all other compensation, a sum of money not to exceed $4,000 for each year of such agreement. Provides for special pay for judge advocates and law specialists at rates specified in this Act. Provides special pay for participation in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. States that the amount of special pay for those persons possessing critical military skills as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard shall be: (1) up to $2,200 for a six year enlistment, reenlistment or extension of the enlistment period; or (2) for a lesser period 10 percent of the total for one year, 22 percent of the total for two years, 37 percent of the total for four years, 75 percent of the total for five years. States that amount of such pay for persons not possessing such critical skills shall be: (1) up to $1,100 for a six year enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period; or (2) an amount as determined by the above formula for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that any serviceman who died during the period from January 1, 1963, through September 28, 1965, shall be deemed to have been insured against death in the amount of $10,000. States that from the money paid to any individual, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall deduct a sum equal to the cost of having insured such member from his first day of active duty (being not earlier than January 1, 1963) through the date of death of the serviceman. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 777)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that no educational assistance shall be afforded to an eligible veteran beyond the date 20 years after his last discharge or release from active duty if occurring after October 1, 1965. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 1662(a))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that the retired pay of a member of the Armed Services, who was on active duty on or before May 31, 1958, shall be computed at current active duty pay rates and will be recomputed to reflect later changes. Provides that a Member receiving an increase under this provision shall not be entitled to an adjustment of retirement pay based on the Consumer Price Index. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1401(a))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that law schools approved by the State bar of any State be considered institutions of higher education for purposes of the programs and student loans available under the National Defense Education Act of 1958. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 403(b))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that the retired pay of any member or former member of the Armed Forces who was on active duty or in an active status on or before May 31, 1958, shall be computed at current active duty pay rates and increased to reflect later changes in applicable pay rates.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that officers appointed in the Medical Service Corps of the Navy from other commissioned status shall not suffer any reduction in rank or pay or allowances to which he was entitled at the time of his appointment. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 5579(d))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Prohibits funds appropriated for personnel, supplies, equipment, and facilities for a reserve component of the Armed Forces from being transferred or expended for any other purpose. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 264 (b))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides special pay for participation in the Ready Reserve by enlisted members of a reserve component of an armed forces who: (1) have completed at least two years of active duty or have completed, as determined by the Secretary concerned, the required period of service in the Ready Reserve; and (2) have enlisted, reenlisted extended their enlistments or executed an incentive pay agreement. Entitles such individuals to special pay at the rate of (1) $100 for enlistment, reenlistment, extention of enlistment or execution of an incentive pay agreement and (2) $100 per year under such above conditions. Provides that the total amount paid to a member may not exceed $2,000. (Adds 37 U.S.C. 312)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides for the rank of major general for the Chief of the Dental Service of the Air Force, who is to be appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 8037)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Requires the Judge Advocate General of each armed forces to establish a Military Trial Command divided into judicial circuits, including the following division: (1) military judge division; (2) defense counsel division; (3) court reporter and administrative division. Specifies that these divisions shall conduct military judicial proceedings. Provides that the military trial command shall select: (1) the members of the jury at random; (2) the trial counsel; (3) the mulitary judge; and (4) all administrative personnel. States that unless the court-martial was convened by the President or the Secretary of the armed force concerned neither the convening authority nor any member of his staff shall prepare or review any report concerning the effectiveness of the military judge so selected.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Permits service-connected disabled veterans, whose disability is rated thirty percent or more in degree disabling, and who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive disability compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3104(a))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides for the establishment of Veterans assistance centers to offer a veterans outreach services program in the Veterans' Administration to assist eligible veterans, especially those recently separated. From the Armed Forces. Directs that functions of centers will include assisting veterans in obtaining benefits and services to which they are entitled by law and in obtaining education, training, and employment. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to report semiannually on the activities carried out under this Act. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 240-243)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that, in the case of any former member of the Armed Forces whose remains have not been recovered and have been determined to be nonrecoverable, the Secretary of the Army shall: (1) set aside a suitable plot in a national cemetery to honor the memory of such member, (2) permit the erection of an appropriate marker thereon in honor of such member, and (3) permit the remains of the surviving spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, unmarried adult child of such member to be buried in such plot or an adjoining gravesite. (Amends 24 U.S.C. 281)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows, for the purposes of determining grade and position, up to three years credit to be given an Armed Forces officer if he is appointed in a specialty requiring training beyond the college level as a precondition to appointment, one year for each academic year so required.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide for cost-of-living adjustments to disability compensation rates payable to veterans residing outside the contiguous United States. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 362)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Authorizes payment of Armed Forces retirement pay for nonregular service at reduced percentages to persons, otherwise eligible, at age 50. Lowers the age for transfer to the inactive status list to 50 (now 60). (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1331a, 1335a)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Includes conscientious opposition to military service in a particular war within the definition of conscientious objectors, for purposes of the Military Selective Service Act. (Presently only objection to "war in any form.") Provides that any person who received a notice to report for induction prior to the date of enactment of this Act or who left a jurisdiction with intent to avoid prosecution for refusing or evading service in the Armed Forces and who returns to such jurisdiction, shall be entitled to offer information to his local draft board in substantiation of his claim to exemption: (1) from combatant training and service in the Armed Forces provided he was conscientiously opposed to participation in a particular war at the time he received his notice, or left the jurisdiction; or (2) from both combatant and noncombatant training and service in the Armed Forces provided he was conscientiously opposed to participating in any form in a particular war at the time he received his notice or left the jurisdiction. States that any prosecution for refusing or evading service in the Armed Forces of a person who has offered information substantiating his claim to exemption under this Act shall be suspended until his claim to exemption has been granted or denied, including final appeals. Allows the grant or improper denial of his claim for exemption as a defense to such prosecution. Provides for motions for temporary and permanent release for an individual convicted for refusing or evading service in the Armed Forces prior to the enactment of this Act if he offers information substantiating his claim to exemption under this Act. (Adds 50 App. U.S.C. 462(a)(2))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Permits any owner or operator of a domestic gold mine, or a gold ore reserve to apply to the Secretary of the Interior for a certificate or elgibility to negotiate and contract with the Administrator of General Services for the sale of gold. Sets forth the criteria which must be met to obtain such a certificate of eligibility. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into contracts to purchase newly mined gold produced in the United States from any domestic producer who has received a certificate of elgibility. Directs the Administrator to purchase a sufficient quantity of gold for the establishment of a strategic stockpile which in the aggregate is deemed adequate by the Administrator for industrial, space, and defense requirements and other essential national security needs. Stipulates that the price paid for such gold shall not be less than $45, nor more than $75 per ounce. Includes in each contract the specification that the principal production from any mineral property used by the contractor for gold production shall be gold. Limits contract terms to 1 year, except in certain circumstances. Permits termination of the contracts whenever the official price of gold used in the settlement of inter-national balances exceeds $35 per ounce. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Removes the present reduction in the retired or retirement pay of retired officers of regular components of the uniformed services who are employed in civilian offices or positions in the Government of the United States. (Repeals 5 U.S.C. 5532)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to utilize Department of Defense resources for the purpose of providing medical emergency transportation services to civilians.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Revises the definition of conscientious objector under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 so as to include conscientious opposition to military service in a particular war. (Amends 50 App. U.S.C. 456(j))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
States that the purpose of this Act is to aid and stabilize the gold mining industry of the United States by increasing the rate of gold production from currently operating mines, stimulating gold production through the reopening of mines, and encouraging exploration for new gold ore reserves in the United States, with the objective of establishing a strategic stockpile of gold to meet space and defense requirements. Authorizes the Office of Emergency Preparedness for a period of two years to acquire, set aside, and establish in specified quantities a strategic stockpile of newly mined domestic gold produced within the United States to provide for space and defense needs of the Nation and in the interest of national security.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Provides that each member of the Armed Forces shall, not less than 7 days before he is transferred to a permanent duty station, or is discharged or otherwise released from active duty, be provided with an up-to-date list: (1) of all medical facilities at which such member was provided treatment and care while on active duty; (2) of any medical treatment or care rendered to him during his active duty by an armed forces physician, nurse, or medical corpsman outside of a medical facility; and (3) the dates on which any treatment or care of the kind specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) was rendered. Provides that the records of each member of the armed forces be certified by the member. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1088)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 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 · 15 January 1973
Permits members of the Military Reserves and the National Guard to receive retired pay at age 55 for nonregular military service. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1331(a)(i))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 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 · 12 January 1973
Revises the definition of "dependent" with respect to a number or former member of a uniformed service by removing the present requirement that the husband or unremarried widower be dependent on the member or former member for over one-half of his support. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1072(2)(c,d)) (Repeals 10 U.S.C. 101(36)) (Amends 37 U.S.C. 401) Provides that a member of a uniformed service may not be paid an increased allowance on account of a dependent, for any period (1) during which that dependent is entitled to basic pay or (2) the spouse of such member is being paid an increased allowance on account of that dependent. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 420)
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1973
Provides for the establishment of a national cemetery in the State of Nevada by the Secretary of the Army. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Authorizes the payment of military retired pay for non-regular service to persons, otherwise eligible, at age 50. Sets forth an actuarial table for the purpose of computing the rate of pay for eligible persons under this Act. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1331(a), 1335(a))
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Provides that veterans who have attained the age of 50, who are unemployed or are not employed at their usual vocation or profession, and who need courses to retrain them for different vocations or professions shall be eligible for up to nine months of educational assistance for the purpose of pursuing retraining or refresher courses. Authorizes reduced assistance for eligible veterans pursuing such courses on less than a half-time basis. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1683a)
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 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 · 11 January 1973
Armed Forces Drug Dependency Treatment and Rehabilitation Act - Provides that the Secretary of Defense: (1) may prescribe regulations requiring each member of the armed forces on active duty to be examined for drug dependency; and (2) shall prescribe policies encouraging members who are drug dependent to identify themselves and to seek treatment and rehabilitation services voluntarily. Provides that treatment and rehabilitation services may include hospital treatment, inpatient and outpatient services, educational, social, psychological, and vocational services, corrective and preventive guidance and treatment, and other rehabilitative services. Provides that the Secretary may prescribe regulations authorizing treatment and rehabilitative services to a drug dependent member without his consent and that the Secretary may retain a drug dependent member on active duty without his consent, for a period of not more than thirty days beyond the end of this term of service or date of separation, for the purpose of such treatment and rehabilitation. Provides that a member found to be drug dependent shall not be subject to disciplinary proceedings or other legal consequences solely because of his drug dependency. Provides that whether time spent undergoing treatment and rehabilitative services shall be counted as lost time and subject to forfeiture of pay shall be determined by uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Provides that a member undergoing treatment and rehabilitative services for drug dependency shall be excluded in computing the authorized strength of the armed forces. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1061-1064).
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Establishes a Court of Veterans' Appeals with exclusive jurisdiction to review decisions of the Board or Veterans' Appeals pertaining to service-connected disability or death; or whether a widow, child, or parent is entitled to benefits. Provides that, except in the case of the discovery of new and material evidence, all decisions of the Court are final. Gives the Court subpena power, authority to appoint commissioners and clerical employees, and the right to allow attorney fees and charge court fees. Sets the membership of the Court at five judges through 1970 and three judges thereafter. Provides for the President to appoint the judges with the advice and consent of the Senate for 10-year terms on a staggered basis.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Provides that no citizen shall be extra-judicially penalized except pursuant to an Act of Congress. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 4001(9)) Repeals title I of the Internal Security Act of 1950, known as the Subversive Activities Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Transfers the Coast Guard to the Department of Defense, and vests in the Secretary of Defense all functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of Transportation and of other officers and offices of the Department of Transportation relating to the Coast Guard. Provides that the Coast Guard shall operate as a part of the Navy in time of war or when the President shall so direct. States that a member of the Coast Guard on active duty may be assigned to any position in the Department of Defense for which members of the Armed Forces are otherwise eligible. Provides that so much of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended appropriations available in connection with the functions transferred by this Act shall be transferred to the Department of Defense.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Provides that payments to an individual under a public or private retirement, annuity, endowment, or similar plans or programs shall not be counted as income for the purpose of determining the amount of a Veterans' pension until the amount of payments received equals the contributions thereto.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Authorizes additional training or education for veterans who are no longer eligible for training, in order to restore employability lost due to technological changes. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1503(c))
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs from paying to the joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals any fee or other charge for any inspection by the joint commission of any Veterans' Administration hospital or domiciliary until after the Administrator receives from the joint commission a copy of the surveyor's report and such other information regarding the inspection as the Administrator may require. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001)
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Veterans Medical Care Act - Title I: Amendments to Chapter 17 of Title 38, United States Code - Hospital, Domiciliary, and Medical Care - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish hospital care to the wife or child of a person who has a total disability, permanent in nature, resulting from a service connected disability or to the widow or child of a person who has died as the result of a service-connected disability to the extent that such care does not interfere with furnishing hospital and domiciliary care to veterans themselves. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish medical services on an outpatient or ambulatory basis where such services are in preparation for or obviate the need of hospital admission, are necessary to complete treatment incident to hospital care, or when a veteran has a total and permanent service-connected disability. Allows the Administrator to transfer to public or private institutions any person who upon discharge from any Armed Forces hospital will become a veteran (as well as any veteran who has been furnished care in a hopital under the direct and exclusive jurisdicton of the Administrator). Authorizes the Administrator to reimburse veterans for loss of personal effects substained by natural disaster, as well as by fire, while such effects were stored in an Administration hospital. Authorizes the Administrator to reimburse beneficiaries entitled to hospital care or medical services for the reasonable value of such care or services provided by sources other than the Administrator, where such aid was rendered in an emergency, Veterans Administration facilities were not available, or where such treatment was in connection with any course of training or rehabilitation which would have been interrupted by a transfer to Administration facilities. Title II: Improvements in the Operation and Personnel Practices of the Department of Medicine and Surgery - Authorizes the Administrator, to the extent feasible without interfering with the treatment of veterans, to carry out a training and education program for personnel in the Department of Medicine and Surgery. Authorizes two additional Assistant Chief Medical Directors and requires that two of the Assistant Chief Medical Directors shall be qualified in the administration of health services and not doctors of medicine or dentistry. Authorizes the Administrator to appoint a Director of Pharmacy Service, and a Chief Optemotrist. Revises the pay schedule for medical personnel and makes provisions for additional compensation to nursing personnel. Forbids medical personnel to engage in outside practice except under designated conditions. Authorizes the Administrator to make temporary appointments not to exceed one year (rather than 90 days). Authorizes the Administrator to hold harmless or provide liability insurance for any person assigned to a foreign country or acting under any other circumstances which would preclude the remedies of an injured third person against the United States. Allows the Administrator to enter into contracts to provide medical specialist services at Administration facilities. Title III: Amendments to Chapter 81 of Title 38, United States Code - Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply - Authorizes leases to any public or non-profit organization without regard to the usual advertising requirement. Allows the maintenance, protection, and restoration by the lessee of the property leased to be part of all of the consideration for the lease. Authorizes the Administrator to cooperate and coordinate with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in heart disease and cancer programs. Title IV: Amendment to Chapter 3 of Title 38, United States Code - Veterans Administration; Offices and Employees - Authorizes the Administrator to pay for official telephone service for nonmedical directors of centers, hospitals, independent clinics, and domiciliaries. Title V: Applicability of Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 - Makes the Act subject to the Economic Stabilization Act to the degree deemed applicable by the President or his designee.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Provides that there shall not be counted, in determining the annual income of a parent entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation upon the death of a veteran, one-half of any increase in monthly insurance benefits payable to him under title II (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, the Railroad Retirement Act of 1935 or the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 which resulted solely from the enactment of Public Law 92-336 or Public Law 92-460. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 415) Provides that there shall not be counted, in determining the annual income of an individual entitled to a veteran's pension for non-service connected disability or death, one-half of any increase in monthly insurance benefits payable to him under title II (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act which resulted solely from the enactment of Public Law 92-336. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 503)
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Declares that the prupose of the Act is to preserve, stabilize, and reactivate the domestic gold mining industry within the United States by increasing the domestic production of gold and stimulating the search for new gold ore reserves. Authorizes United States citizens to produce, sell, hold and buy gold commemorative Medallions without restriction as to quantity so long as the gold used in fabricating the Medallions is newly mined gold produced by United States operators. Specifies that the first commemorative medallion authorized under this Act will be to meorialize Gifford Pinchot, the Pennsylvania conservationist.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Veterans' Employment and Readjustment Act - Provides additional readjustment assistance to all veterans by providing improved job counseling, training, and placement services. Provides that any contract entered into by any department or agency for the purchase of goods or services for the Federal Government shall contain a provision requiring that in employing persons to carry out such contract the party contracting with the United States shall give a preference to disabled veterans and to veterans of the Vietnam era. Provides that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall furnish readjustment medical counseling and appropriate followup care and treatment to any person who served in the active military, naval or air service during the Vietnam era and was discharged or released therefrom with other than a dishonorable discharge and who requests such counseling in order to assist such veteran in readjusting to civilian life following his discharge or release from the Armed Forces. Provides that the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Civil Service Commission, shall establish an affirmative action plan providing for the preferential employment of disabled veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam era by every department and agency. Provides that if after December 31 of any fiscal year the Secretary of Labor determins that insufficient funds have been appropriated for the payment of unemployment compensation to ex-servicemen, he is authorized to draw against the funds appropriated for such purpose for the succeeding fiscal year to the extent necessary to make timely payments of unemployment compensation to ex-servicemen, required by this Act. Provides that any amounts received as pay or allowances, while serving on active duty in the armed forces, and any amounts received by a veteran of any war who served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days or was discharged or released from active duty for a service connected disability, shall be disregarded in determining the need or qualifications of participants in any public service employment program. Reserves out of the funds appropriated to the Veterans' Administration for general operating expenses the additional sum of $12,539,000 for carrying out the Veterans Outreach Services Program during fiscal year 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Authorizes the apportionment of funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways for fiscal years 1974 and 1975, based on the factors contained in table 5, House Committee Print numbered 92-29.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Makes the children of veterans having a service-connected disability rated at not less than 50 percent eligible for benefits under the war orphans' educational assistance program. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1701(a)(1),1742; Add 380 U.S.C. 1732(d))
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Provides that no appropriation shall be made to construct any veterans' hospital or domiciliary facility or to acquire any such facility involving an expenditure in excess of $100,000, and no appropriation shall be made to alter any such facility involving an expenditure in excess of $500,000, if such construction, alteration, or acquisition has not been approved by a resolution adopted by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives. Requires the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to submit to the Congress a prospectus of each proposed project to alter any hospital or domiciliary facility involving an expenditure in excess of $100,000 but equal to or less than $500,000. States that no hospital or domiciliary facility over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction and which is in operation on the date of enactment of this Act shall be closed unless such closing is approved by a resolution adopted by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
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 for such recomputation.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the General Services Administration to insure the procurement and use by the Federal Government of products manufactrued from recycled materials. Requires the Secretary and Administrator to make an annual report to the Congress with regard to Federal departments and agencies progress in carrying out the objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 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.