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Bill· HRH.R. 11310 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Provides that any person who is released from active military, naval, or air service, under other than dishonorable conditions on or after April 25, 1951 and is found to be disabled shall be granted insurance by the United States against the death of such person. States that if such a person shall suffer an increase in his service-connected disability to 30 percent or more, his application for such insurance must be received within two years from the date the increased service connection is determined by the Veterans' Administration. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 722)
Bill· HRH.R. 11311 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Provides that any veteran entitled to additonal compensation for dependents as the result of a 50 percent disability shall be entitled to an additonal monthly allowance of $72 for each spouse or child who is: (1) a patient in a nursing home; or (2) helpless or blind; or (3) so nearly helpless or blind as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of another person.
Bill· HRH.R. 11312 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors Benefits Act - Title I: Veterans Disability Compensation - Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' affairs to adjust administratively, consistent with the increases authorized by this Act, the rates of indemnity and dependency compensation payble to specified persons receiving veterans benefits. Title II: Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to widows. Title III: Effective Date: - Provides that this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1976. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314,315,411,413)
Bill· HRH.R. 11295 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Extends Federal employment preference eligibility to the mother, father, and wife or husband of any individual who is a prisoner of war or missing in action. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 2108)
Bill· HRH.R. 11235 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Directs the Secretary of each military department to take such action as may be necessary to extend commissary, post exchange, and medical care privileges to veterans receiving compensation for service-connected disabilities rated at 30 percent or more. States that such privileges shall include those extended to former members of uniformed services who served in the Vietnam conflict and who were retired for disabilities rated at 30 percent or more.
Bill· HRH.R. 11238 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Eliminates the time limitation on the provision of educational assistance to veterans who served on active duty at any time during the Vietnam era or thereafter.
Bill· HRH.R. 11222 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· SS. 2789 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1975
Provides that counseling offered by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to veterans eligible for educational assistance may include assisting any veteran: (1) to select the occupation or training objective suitable to him in terms of his personal circumstances, characteristics, financial resources, dependent responsibilities and other relevant factors; (2) to select the occupation or training objective which will provide him, after he has developed the required job skills, with reasonable opportunities for employment and with job satisfaction; (3) to select the educational institution that will effectively assist him in attaining his educational or vocational objective; and (4) to develop a program of education that will lead to a recognized and predetermined educational, vocational, technical or professional objective within the veteran's period of entitlement. Authorizes specified veterans pursuing full-time programs of institutional training to apply to have their monthly educational assistance allowance accelerated.
Bill· HRH.R. 11135 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1975
Sets forth a payment schedule for the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes with funds of the Veterans' Administration, in those cases where the veteran would be eligible for the type of care in a Veterans' Administration facility. Limits such payment in all cases to one-half of the cost of the State home care. (Amend 38 U.S.C. 641)
Bill· SS. 2774 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1975
Authorizes the extension of the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act to members of the National Guard when such members are engaged in training duty under specified Federal law.
Bill· SS. 2776 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to guarantee loans for the acquisition or construction of homes at current market rates of interest.
Bill· HRH.R. 11123 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1975
Excludes industrially funded personnel in computing the total number of civilian personnel authorized by law for the Department of Defense in any fiscal year.
Bill· SS. 2771 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1975
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to develop and carry out a special psychological and counseling program for veterans of the Vietnam era and their dependents who are experiencing psychological problems as the result of the military service performed by such veterans. Directs the Administrator to carry out a program to inform such veterans of the assistance available. States that the Administrator shall conduct a comprehensive study of the psychological and sociological effects of such military service and the readjustment and rehabilitation problems related thereto for the purpose of making recommendations for more effective psychological readjustment services. Provides that the participation of any veteran or dependent shall be wholly voluntary. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 620 A)
Bill· HRH.R. 11097 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1975
Revises the procedure for review of discharge or dismissal from the Armed Services. Directs the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretaries of the various services concerned, to establish a number of boards of review. Grants the Secretary of Defense, in cooperation with Secretaries of the services concerned, the authority to: (1) determine the number of review boards in session at any time; (2) determine the locations of the boards, which are to be geographically disbursed on the basis of population concnetrations of discharge applicants; (3) convene and dissolve review boards in accordance with the number of discharge applications pending; and (4) appoint the five members of each board. Provides for the staffing and compensation of such boards. Declares that the review boards shall, upon application filed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, review any discharge or dismissal from the armed forces granted under other than fully honorable conditions (other than a discharge or dismissal by sentence of a general courtmartial) of any former member of an armed force, with specified restrictions. Directs the review boards to determine whether such discharge was fair and equitable, or in the interest of justice, by standards current at the time of review, taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case. Provides that the presence of mitigating factors shall warrant the upgrading of an other than fully honorable discharge to an honorable discharge, unless offset by serious aggravating factors which have a direct relationship to the initial issuance of the other than fully honorable discharge. Describes the criteria for "mitigating circumstances". Provides that extenuating factors, as outlined, while not having the force of mitigating circumstances, shall be considered favorably by the review boards in making their determination. Prohibits the adverse consideration of an applicant's participation in the Presidential clemency program. States that if the board's determination is favorable, it shall, with the approval of the appropriate Secretary, issue to the applicant an honorable discharge (limited). Provides that such determination must be in accordance with the cited criteria, the applicant's case for adjustment of status to be established to the satisfaction of the board by oral or written evidence. Declares that the board must also be satisfied that such individual has rehabilitated himself, that his character is good, and that his conduct, activities, and habits since he was granted his original discharge have been exemplary for a reasonable period of time. Disallows the filing of applications and reapplications within 18 months of the original discharge. Stipulates that an honorable discharge (limited) shall be the same as a fully honorable discharge certificate and all records and information pertaining to the individual's original conduct and characterization of service shall be considered confidential. Sets forth procedures and modes of conduct of hearings for purposes of this Act. Grants the review boards power to: (1) administer oaths; (2) issue subpenas; (3) invoke district court aid to insure compliance with subpenas; (4) order the taking off testimony by deposition; (5) require directly from the head of any executive department or Federal agency available information which the boards feels would be useful; and (6) prescribe the necessary regulations and procedures. Directs the Secretary of Defense to formulate and carry out a public information program designed to inform former members of the armed forces of the new discharge review program provided by this Act. Requires the Secretary to prepare a biannual report on the functions, problems, and accomplishment of the review boards established by these provisions. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1553)
Bill· HRH.R. 11084 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1975
Provides that members of reserve components of the armed forces who are not serving on active duty may establish individual retirement accounts under the Internal Revenue Code.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 507 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1975
Declares that the Congress objects to the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of maintenance and logistics support as described in the statement submitted by the President to Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on December 9, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 11053 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Sets forth a payment schedule for the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes with funds of the Veterans' Administration, in those cases where the veteran would be eligible for the type of care in a Veterans' Administration facility. Limits such payment in all cases to one-half of the cost of the State home care. (Amend 38 U.S.C. 641)
Bill· HRH.R. 11062 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Provides educational benefits, on a prorated basis, to children of veterans having permanent service-connected disabilities rated at not less than 50 percent but less than total. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1701, 1732,1742)
Bill· HRH.R. 11056 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Exempts specified State-approved and tax-supported vocational courses from placement record requirements as a prerequisite to approval by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 673(a)(2), 1723(a)(2))
Law· HRH.R. 11027 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1975
Changes the effective date of the Defense Production Act Amendments of 1975 to November 30, 1975.
Bill· SS. 2753 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1975
Authorizes a reduction in the retired or retirement pay of retired officers of the uniformed services who are employed by the Federal Government at a salary of at least $36,000 annually. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5532)
Bill· HRH.R. 11015 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Directs and authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide for a Veterans' Administration out-patient clinic in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 10991 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Extends to three years (presently one year) the period that a member of the uniformed services has following retirement to select a home for purposes of travel and transportation allowances under such title. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 404, 406).
Bill· HRH.R. 10933 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1975
Exempts specified State-approved and tax-supported vocational courses from placement record requirements as a prerequisite to approval by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 673(a)(2), 1723(a)(2))
Bill· HRH.R. 10955 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1975
Provides for the allocation of a minimum of two hundred appointments to Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships to students enrolled in each of the following institutions: the Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, and North Georgia College, Dahlonega, Georgia. Provides for such an allocation to any other accredited educational institution meeting requirements specified in this Act. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2107)
Bill· HRH.R. 10944 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1975
Authorizes the continuation by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs of the direct loan revolving fund for Veterans' housing. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1823)
Bill· HRH.R. 10891 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1975
Provides that members of the uniformed service who were captured and held as prisoners of war during the period of combatant activities in Vietnam shall be exempt from restrictions limiting per diem allowances to no more than 90 days in the case of members of the uniform services in missing status. Sets forth guidelines for the payment of allowances to such individuals.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 735 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1975
Authorizes the erection of a memorial in honor of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. Directs the Secretary of Interior to select a suitable site on public grounds in the District of Columbia. Provides that no money belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of the memorial. Gives the Secretary responsibility for maintenance of the memorial.
Bill· HRH.R. 10853 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Requires that appointments to the service academies be based upon competitive examinations presently appointments are by nominations by members of Congress). Requires the Boards of Visitors of the academies to examine the admission policies and procedures of the respective academies. Restricts the appointment of members of the Navy and Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force reserves by the respective secretaries of those Services to such appointments as are necessary to fill vacancies in the newly formed classes at the academies.
Bill· HRH.R. 10875 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Excludes industrially funded personnel in computing the total number of civilian personnel authorized by law for the Department of Defense in any fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 10860 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Provides for the recognition of representatives of the Polish Legion of American Veterans as claims agents for claims arising under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3402(a)(1))
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 880 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should, upon visiting the People's Republic of China, request that the Chinese officials use their good offices to obtain an accounting of members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action and confined as prisoners of war in Southeast Asia and of all American civilian personnel who are listed as missing in Southeast Asia. Requests that upon his return to the United States, the President should report back to the Congress on the results of his request.
Bill· HRH.R. 10839 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 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. 10832 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to implement a pilot program to make scholarship grants to individuals attending medical schools on the condition that such individuals will serve in Veterans' Administration facilities a for a period of time upon completion of professional training. Limits the amount of any scholarship grant to an individual for an academic year to $5,000. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program of $2,500,000; $3,000,000; and $3,500,000 in fiscal years 1976-1978 respectively. Authorizes necessary appropriations for fiscal year 1979 and succeeding fiscal years.
Bill· HRH.R. 10828 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1975
Entitles specified veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to a veterans' pension benefit on the same basis as that accorded to veterans of the Spanish American War and their widows and children, respectively.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 874 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should, upon visiting the People's Republic of China, request that the Chinese officials use their good offices to obtain an accounting of members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action and confined as prisoners of war in Southeast Asia and of all American civilian personnel who are listed as missing in Southeast Asia. Requests that upon his return to the United States, the President should report back to the Congress on the results of his request.
Bill· SS. 2691 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
Provides that service as a member of the women's Air Forces Service Pilots shall be considered active duty for the purpose of all laws administered by the Veteran's Administration. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 106)
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 303 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
States that the Senate commends Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger for his excellence in office, his intellectual honesty, personal integrity, courage and independence. Expresses a debt of gratitude to Secretary Schlesinger for his services and particularly for his determination to convey the truth to the American people.
Bill· HRH.R. 10797 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
Veterans Cost-of-Instruction Extension Act - Extends for thirty-nine months (until September 30, 1978) the veterans cost-of-instruction program under the Higher Education Act. Requires a report for each fiscal year by institutions assisted under such Act to the Commissioner of Education on such programs. Requires the Commission to appoint a head of an identifiable administrative unit, directly responsible to the Commission, to carry out functions related to such programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 10800 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
Official Accountability Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to assure that persons charged with making or implementing American foreign, military, and national security policy will do so according to law. Title I: National Security Crimes - Stipulates that no officer or employee of the United States, nor any other person who receives any compensation or remuneration from the United States for the commission of any act covered by this Act, shall order or engage in the planning of, preparation for, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of any international treaty or agreement to which the United States is a party. Prohibits such persons from participating in acts of murder, torture, use of hostages, use of slave labor, and the wanton destruction of cities or towns. Sets forth specified acts which shall be deemed to be in violation of the laws and customs of war for purposes of this Act. Includes in such listing the overthrow by force, violence, or bribery of the leadership of a nation with which the United States is not at war. Provides sanctions for violations of this Act. Places the prosecution of such violations under the exclusive authority of the National Security Solicitor. Title II: Administration and Enforcement - Establishes an independent office of the Legal Office of National Security Affairs. Places such Office under the direction of a National Security Solicitor. Sets forth the powers and duties of such official. Stipulates that such official shall have access to any book, document, paper, record, or other material of any United States agency, including the White House staff and Executive Office of the President.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 867 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should, upon visiting the People's Republic of China, request that the Chinese officials use their good offices to obtain an accounting of members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action and confined as prisoners of war in Southeast Asia and of all American civilian personnel who are listed as missing in Southeast Asia. Requests that upon his return to the United States, the President should report back to the Congress on the results of his request.
Bill· HRH.R. 10734 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1975
Requires that appointments to the service academies be based upon competitive examinations presently appointments are by nominations by members of Congress). Requires the Boards of Visitors of the academies to examine the admission policies and procedures of the respective academies. Restricts the appointment of members of the Navy and Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force reserves by the respective secretaries of those Services to such appointments as are necessary to fill vacancies in the newly formed classes at the academies.
Bill· SS. 2659 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1975
Establishes priorities for labor surplus area and small business set-aside programs in public procurement contracts.
Bill· HRH.R. 10713 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1975
Authorizes the provision of increased awards of service-connected disability compensation by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to veterans who have suffered the loss or loss of use of paired extremities. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 360)
Bill· HRH.R. 10711 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide veterans' benefits to those veterans conditionally discharged or released from active military, naval, or air service, where the veterans reenting immediately such service and are thereafter discharged or released in a manner which would, but for the provisions of this Act, disqualify the veterans from such benefits. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 101 (18))
Bill· HRH.R. 10712 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1975
Increases the amount payable to veterans of the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict and the Vietnam era in receipt of aid and attendance by $30. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(d))
Bill· SS. 2651 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Veterans Cost-of-Instruction Extension Act - Extends for thirty-nine months (until September 30, 1978) the veterans cost-of- instruction program under the Higher Education Act. Requires a report for each fiscal year by institutions assisted under such Act to the Commissioner of Education on such programs. Requires the Commissioner to appoint a head of an identifiable administrative unit, directly responsible to the Commissioner, to carry out functions related to such programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 10693 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Requires that the Secretaries of the military departments in the Department of Defense be kept fully and currently informed regarding all matters considered and acted upon by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 141)
Bill· HRH.R. 10679 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Directs that in computing the total number of civilian personnel authorized in any fiscal year for the Department of Defense or any military department thereof, there shall be excluded from such computation civilian personnel engaged in industrially funded activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 10688 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Requires the Secretary of Defense to take such action as is necessary to insure that any member of the Armed Forces who is discharged shall receive a discharge certificate which shall indicate that such member was so discharged and which shall not bear any indication of the conditions under which such separation occured. States that the reason why such member was so separated (other than by reason of discharged dismissal pursuant to a sentence of a general or special court-martial) and all other records or documents pertaining to such reason or reasons shall be treated as confidential and shall not be made known to or otherwise released to any private person or any public agency (whether Federal, State, or local) without the prior written consent of the member concerned. Sets forth the conditions under which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces may be discharged under other than honorable conditions. Establishes procedures for military review panels in considering the dishonorable discharge of enlisted personnel. Requires military review panels to conduct hearings which afford the enlisted member concerned an opportunity to: (1) appear before the panel and present evidence in his own behalf; (2) be represented by counsel; (3) confront the witnesses against him; and (4) examine documentary and real evidence against him. States that the recommendation of a review panel appointed under the provisions of this Act for separation under other than honorable conditions may be appealed to an appeal board established by the Judge Advocate General concerned, or the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate. Authorizes the Secretaries concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretaries concerned, after consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to establish a number (but not less than ten) of regional boards of review throughout the United States. States that the function of the regional boards shall be to review the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by a general or special court-martial) of any former member of an Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the military department concerned. Provides that if a request for the review of a discharge or dismissal of any person who was discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces within the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this Act was filed before such effective date and such review resulted in no change to the discharge or dismissal, or no new discharge was issued, another request for review of that discharge or dismissal pursuant to this Act may be filed and such review shall be acted upon without prejudice, if such request for review is filed with the appropriate regional board of review within the one-year period immediately following such effective date.