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Bill· HRH.R. 9832 (93rd)referred

A bill to eliminate discrimination based on sex with respect to the appointment and admission of persons to the service of academics.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973

Provides that in the administration of the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that female individuals shall be eligible for appointment and admission to the service academy concerned and that the academic and other relevant standards required for the appointment and admission of female individuals shall be the same as those required for the appointment and admission of male individuals.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 286 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the missing in action in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973

Expresses the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States that the Government of the United States shall cease forthwith all consideration of aid, trade, diplomatic recognition, or any other form of communication, travel, or accomodation with the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam or the Viet Cong until such time as agreements relating to facilitating the location and care of graves of the dead, exhumation, and repatriation of the remains have been complied with to the fullest extent.

Bill· HRH.R. 9759 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 10 of the United States code to establish independent boards to review the discharges and dismissals of servicemen who served during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973

Establishes a number of discharge review boards to be known as Vietnam Era Discharge Review Boards which shall review the discharges and dismissals of Vietnam Era servicemen. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the number of such boards, and to determine their location and when they shall convene. Outlines the membership and responsibilities of such boards in regard to less than honorable discharges of servicemen.

Bill· HRH.R. 9706 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code in order to provide former members and their dependents medical and dental care in uniformed services facilities during the 60-day period after discharge or separation, and to make such persons eligible for post exchange and commissary privileges during such 60-day period.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973

Provides former members of the Armed Services and their dependents medical and dental care in uniformed services facilities during the sixty-day period after discharge or separation. Makes such persons eligible for post exchange and commissary privileges during such sixty-day period.

Bill· HRH.R. 9688 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit certain activities by the Central Intelligence Agency and to limit certain other activities by such Agency.

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973

Provides that nothing in the National Security Act or any other Act shall be construed as authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to: (1) carry out, directly or indirectly, within the United States, either on its own or in cooperation or conjunction with any other department, agency, organization, or individual, any police or police-type operation or activity, any law enforcement operation or activity, or any internal security operation or activity; (2) provide assistance of any kind, directly or indirectly, to any other department or agency of the Federal Government, to any department or agency of any State or local government, or to any officer or employee of any such department or agency engaged in police or police-type operations or activities, law enforcement operations or activities, or internal security operations or activities within the United States unless such assistance is provided with the prior, specific written approval of the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives; (3) participate, directly or indirectly, in any illegal activity within the United States; or (4) engage in any covert action in any foreign country unless such action has been specifically approved in writing by the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. (Amends 50 U.S.C. 403)

Bill· HRH.R. 9646 (93rd)referred

A bill to require that discharge certificates issued to members of the Armed Forces not indicate the condition or reasons for discharge, to limit the separation of enlisted members under conditions other than honorable, and to improve the procedures for the review of discharges and dismissals.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973

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 such 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 reveiw 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 subsection 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 section may be filed and such review shall be acted upon without prejudice, if such request for reveiw is filed with the appropriate regional board of review within the one-year period immediately following such effective date.

Bill· HRH.R. 9647 (93rd)referred

Vietnam Prisoners Supplemental Benefits Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973

Vietnam Prisoners Supplemental Benefits Act - States that in determining eligibility for retirement from the Armed Forces and in computing the amount of retired pay, a member or former member of the Armed Forces shall be credited with a period of service equal to any period of time during the Vietnam conflict he was in a missing status, and any such period of time credited under this Act shall be in addition to credit for such period of time allowed for such purposes under any other provision of law. Provides that, in addition to the health benefits otherwise contracted for, the Secretary of Defense shall include within such contracts such insurance, medical services, and health plans, including appropriate psychological and counseling services, as he deems necessary to meet the special needs of former members of the Armed Forces who were in missing status during the Vietnam conflict.

Bill· HRH.R. 9602 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to increase the monthly rates of disability and death pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 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. Increases dependency and indemnity compensation to parents of deceased veterans.

Bill· HRH.R. 9594 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide for the equalization of the retired pay of members of the uniformed services of equal grade and years of service.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973

Provides that the retired or retainer pay of any member or former member of a uniformed service entitled to such pay before, on, or after the effective date of this Act shall be computed on the basis of the rate of basic pay provided by law to which such member or former member would be entitled if he were serving on active duty in his retired grade. Provides that if at any time after the effective date of this Act the rates of basic pay for members of the uniformed service shall be computed or recomputed on the basis of the changed rate applicable in his case. Prohibits the reduction in the retired or retainer pay of any member or former member of a uniformed service entitled to such pay on the effective date of this Act to an amount which is less than the amount of such pay to which he was entitled immediately before such date.

Bill· HRH.R. 9603 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code so as to make presumptions relating to certain diseases applicable to veterans who served during the period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Korean conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973

Authorizes the Veterans' Administration to make presumptions relating to the date of origin of specific diseases applicable to veterans who served during the period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Korean conflict. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 337)

Bill· HRH.R. 9616 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973

Provides that, in determining the annual income of any individual for veterans' pension and compensation purposes, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall disregard any increase in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) brought about by Public Law 92-336 to which a veteran might be entitled, or any subsequent cost-of-living increase in such benefits occurring pursuant to the Social Security Act. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 415(g)(4), 503(d))

Bill· HRH.R. 9592 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide for computation of disability retirement pay for members of the uniformed services.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973

States that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the pay of any member or former member of the uniformed services heretofore or hereafter retired or granted retirement pay by reason of physical disability shall be 75 percent of the basic pay he would receive were he serving on active duty. Provides that nothing in this Act shall operate to reduce the pay of any member of the uniformed services now on the retired list.

Bill· SS. 2242 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the establishment in each military department of an engineering and technology academy to train persons in certain highly technical skills needed by the armed forces of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973

Directs the Secretary of each military department to establish an engineering and technology academy to train persons in the technical fields necessary to the military department concerned. Provides that persons appointed to such academies shall be graduated at the end of two years. States that there shall be a Superintendent and a Commandant of Students at each academy detailed to those positions by the President. Provides that the immediate government of an engineer and technology academy is under the Superintendent, who is also the commanding officer of such academy and of the military post on which such academy is situated. Provides that nominations and appointments to each academy shall be made in the same manner as appointments are made to the military academies. Enumerates the eligibility criteria for admission. Requires that each person who is a citizen or national of the United States shall sign an agreement that he will: (1) complete the course of training at the academy to which he is appointed; and (2) enlist in the Army, Navy, or Air Force, for at least four years immediately after graduation. Prescribes procedures for crediting students with clothing and equipment and for deficiencies by students in conduct or studies. Specifies the rates of pay entitled to students during their training. States that after graduation and enlistment in the armed forces a person shall be entitled to the grade of E-4. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 9573 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the system of recomputation of retired pay for certain members and former members of the armed forces.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 9578 (93rd)referred

Veterans Housing Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973

Veterans Housing Act - Authorizes increases in the amount limitations of veterans home loan programs. Eliminates specific provisions pertaining to dormant farm and business loans.

Bill· HRH.R. 9547 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to require filing of surety bonds by plaintiffs in civil actions against law enforcement officers to defray reasonable costs of successful defense in such actions.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973

Requires the party bringing an action against any law enforcement officer in any court of the United States to file with the court a surety bond conditioned on the payment to defendants of reasonable costs of investigation and legal fees for defending such action should the defendants prevail in the action. Includes within the meaning of law enforcement officers, for purposes of this Act, attorneys general, prosecuting attorneys, chiefs of police, sheriffs, constables, and their subordinates.

Bill· HRH.R. 9527 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 in order to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges and Reserve midshipment in the U.S. Navy, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the United States Navy upon graduation from such academies or colleges. (Adds 46 U.S.C. 1389)

Bill· HRH.R. 9523 (93rd)referred

Uniformed Services Retired and Retainer Pay Equalization Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 9511 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit certain activities by the Central Intelligence Agency and to limit certain other activities by such Agency.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973

Provides that nothing in the National Security Act or any other Act shall be construed as authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to: (1) carry out, directly or indirectly, within the United States, either on its own or in cooperation or conjunction with any other department, agency, organization, or individual, any police or police-type operation or activity, any law enforcement operation or activity, or any internal security operation or activity; (2) provide assistance of any kind, directly or indirectly, to any other department or agency of the Federal Government, to any department or agency of any State or local government, or to any officer or employee of any such department or agency engaged in police or police-type operations or activities, law enforcement operations or activities, or internal security operations or activities within the United States unless such assistance is provided with the prior, specific written approval of the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives; (3) participate, directly or indirectly, in any illegal activity within the United States; or (4) engage in any covert action in any foreign country unless such action has been specifically approved in writing by the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. (Amends 50 U.S.C. 403)

Bill· HRH.R. 9528 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 in order to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the U.S. Navy, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the United States Navy upon graduation from such academies or colleges. (Adds 46 U.S.C. 1389)

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 505 (93rd)passed

Resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 9286. A bill 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.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973

States that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of 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 for other purposes. Provides that after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed three hours, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule by titles instead of by sections. Requires that, at the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

Bill· HRH.R. 9490 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of certain preservice educational loans made by veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973

Provides that each eligible person, if he has a preservice educational loan, shall be credited by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in the amount of $330 for each month of active duty served by him; but no eligible person may be credited for more than 24 months of active duty. Allows any eligible person to apply to the Administrator for payment by the Administrator of the eligible person's preservice educational loan with funds credited to him under this title.

Bill· HRH.R. 9453 (93rd)referred

Uniformed Services Retirement Pay Equalization Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1973

Uniformed Services Retirement Pay Equalization Act - Provides that the retired pay of each retired officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps shall be computed on the basis of rates of pay provided by law at the time of his retirement or subsequently for officers on the active list. Permits retired members of the uniformed service, who were retired by reason of physical disability and who are entitled to retired or retainer pay computed under the Career Compensation Act of 1949, to elect within the one-year period following the effective date of this Act, to receive disability retirement pay under this Act in lieu of that retired or retainer pay to which they are otherwise entitled. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 6149)

Bill· SS. 2214 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, to require that all requests to compel witnesses to appear and testify and to compel the production of other evidence before courts-martial trials be submitted to a military judge for approval, and to provide for the inadmissibility of certain evidence at courts-martial trials.

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973

Provides that in criminal cases of the Armed Forces that all requests to compel witnesses to appear and testify and to compel the production of other evidence shall be submitted to the military judge if one has been detailed to the court-martial case or to a military judge designated for such purpose by the appropriate Judge Advocate General if a military judge has not been detailed to the case; and the military judge shall approve or disapprove such requests in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the President. Provides that any report or other material which cannot be made available for examination by the accused and his defense counsel shall be inadmissible as evidence in a court-martial.

Bill· SS. 2210 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, so as to prescribe certain requirements with respect to the physical arrangements of furniture and other facilities of rooms for which courts-martial trials are conducted.

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973

Provides that the physical arrangement of the furniture and other facilities of any room in which any court-martial trial is conducted shall be as nearly identical to the arrangement of such furniture and facilities in a Federal district court room as practicable. Provides that there shall be no requirement, formal or informal, for the seating arrangement of persons serving as members of a court-martial to be seated according to rank or grade, except that the president of a general or special court-martial may be required to be seated in the center of the seating arrangement for members of the court or at the end of such seating arrangement which is nearest the military judge, if one has been detailed. Requires Military judges to wear judicial robes while presiding at any general or special court-martial trial.

Bill· SS. 2206 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that judges of the Courts of Military Review shall be appointed by the President, to confer authority on the court of Military Appeals to issue orders and writs necessary to protect the rights of military personnel.

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973

Provides that the President shall establish within each of the Armed Forces a Court of Military Review which shall be composed of one or more panels, and each such panel shall be composed of not less than three appellate military judges to be appointed by the President for terms of three years. Provides that the Court of Military Review established for each armed force shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the office of the Judge Advocate General of that armed force. Provides that no member of the Armed Forces below the grade of Lieutenant Colonel or Commander shall be eligible for appointment to the Court of Military Review. Directs the President to prescribe rules of procedure for Courts of Military Review established under this section. Provides that a member of the Armed Forces serving as a member of the Court of Military Review, other than a chief judge, shall during his term on such court be rated on his performance of duty by the chief judge of such court and that whenever the chief judge of a Court of Military Review is a member of the Armed Forces, he shall be rated on his performance of duty by the Judge Advocate General of the armed force of which such Advocate General of the armed force of which such chief judge is a member. Permits appellate military judges of the Military Courts of Review to be removed by the President, upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, for mental or physical disability, or for extreme military exigency, but for no other cause. Directs the Judge Advocate General of such Armed Force to appoint from the ranks of junior ranking judge advocates such number of officers to serve as law clerks to the Court of Military Review of that armed force as he deems appropriate. Provides that the Court of Military Appeals shall have authority to issue any order or writ necessary to protect any right under the Constitution, any law of the United States, or any military regulation or any person subject to the provisions of this Act. Directs the Judge Advocate General of each armed force to make available to the Court of Military Appeals from the ranks of junior ranking judge advocates such number of officers as the Chief Judge of that court may request to serve as law clerks to the Court of Military Appeals.

Bill· SS. 2213 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, to limit the jurisdiction of courts-martial, to eliminate the death penalty, to define certain additional offenses under such chapter.

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973

Limits the jurisdiction of courts-martial over the following crimes: (1) fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation; (2) unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation; (3) desertion; (4) absent without leave; (5) missing movement; (6) assaulting or willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer; (7) insubordinate conduct toward a warrant officer, noncommissioned offficer, or petty officer; (8) failure to obey orders or regulations; (9) cruelty and maltreatment; (10) resistence, breach of arrest, and escapes; (11) releasing prisoner without proper authority; (12) unlawful detention; (13) noncompliance with procedural rules; (14) false official statements; (15) military property of United States--loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition; (16) property other than military property of the United States--waste, spoilage, or destruction; (17) drunk on duty; (18) misbehavior of sentinel; (19) malingering; and (20) riot or breach of peace. Permits a court martial for the manufacture or possession of a narcotic drug; the carrying of a concealed weapon; and obstructing justice, adultery, and lewd, indecent, or obscene acts. Eliminates the death penalty for Federal offenses.

Bill· SS. 2209 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend section 803 of title 10, United States Code, relating to jurisdiction for the trial of military personnel.

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973

States that where there is a disagreement between civil authorities and the military authorities with respect to which has jurisdiction to try an accused person for any offense, the accused person shall have the right to elect to be tried in a civil court or military court. Provides that the foregoing shall not prevent a subsequent trial of the accused (1) by a court-martial if it is judicially determined that the civil authorities did not have proper jurisdiction to try the accused for the offense, or (2) by a civil court if it is judicially determined that the accused was not subject to trial by court-martial for the offense.

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