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| 93-hr-17675 | 93 | hr | 17675 | A bill to amend title 37 of the United States Code in order to prohibit findings of death with respect to certain servicemen in missing status unless hearings thereon are afforded to the next-of-kin and the next-of-kin consents to such finding. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-19 | 1974-12-19 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Roncallo, Angelo D. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | R000422 | 0 | Prohibits findings of death with respect to specified Vietnamese War servicemen in missing status unless hearings thereon are afforded to the next-of-kin and the next-of-kin consents to such finding. Defines the term "next of kin" for the purposes of this Act. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-sres-463 | 93 | sres | 463 | Resolved, that the United States reaffirm its determination to continue the quest for an accounting of every American missing in Southeast Asia. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-17 | 1974-12-17 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 0 | Reaffirms the determination of the United States to continue the quest for an accounting of every American missing in Southeast Asia. | 2024-08-01T18:39:53Z | |
| 93-hr-17642 | 93 | hr | 17642 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend the entitlement of veterans to educational assistance from 36 to 45 months. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-16 | 1974-12-16 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Scherle, William J. [R-IA-5] | IA | R | S000121 | 17 | Extends to forty-five months (presently thirty-six months) the maximum number of school months covered by veterans' educational benefits for eligible veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661) | 2024-08-01T18:39:29Z | |
| 93-hr-17629 | 93 | hr | 17629 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to entitle veterans with service-connected disabilities rates as total to domestic and overseas travel on military aircraft on a space-available basis. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-13 | 1974-12-13 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Burke, James A. [D-MA-11] | MA | D | B001092 | 0 | Entitles veterans with service-connected disabilities rated as total to domestic and overseas travel on military aircraft on a space-available basis. | 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z | |
| 93-hr-17604 | 93 | hr | 17604 | A bill to provide for an additional national cemetery at Woodbridge, Va. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-10 | 1974-12-10 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8] | VA | R | P000080 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to ascertain the availability of the former United States Army radio transmitter site at Woodbridge, Virginia, for the establishment of an additional national cemetery, to prepare preliminary plans and cost estimates for such an acquisition, and to report the results to Congress not later than September 1, 1975. | 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z | |
| 93-hr-17583 | 93 | hr | 17583 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to entitle veterans to 45 months of educational assistance for all educational programs under chapter 34 of this title. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-09 | 1974-12-09 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Dorn, William Jennings Bryan [D-SC-3] | SC | D | D000434 | 1 | Entitles veterans to a maximum of forty-five months of educational assistance for all veterans educational assistance programs if such veterans have served eighteen months of active duty and have satisfied their active duty obligations. | 2024-08-01T18:39:25Z | |
| 93-hr-17585 | 93 | hr | 17585 | A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to provide that persons may qualify for nonregular retirement pay before age 60 if totally and permanently disabled. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-09 | 1974-12-09 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Gude, Gilbert [R-MD-8] | MD | R | G000513 | 0 | Provides that military personnel and veterans may qualify for nonregular retirement pay before age 60 if totally and permanently disabled. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-17586 | 93 | hr | 17586 | A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-09 | 1974-12-09 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Guyer, Tennyson [R-OH-4] | OH | R | G000537 | 0 | Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-17588 | 93 | hr | 17588 | A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-09 | 1974-12-09 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Heinz, John [R-PA-18] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-17591 | 93 | hr | 17591 | A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code in order to permit the enlistment in the Armed Forces of individuals over 35 years of age. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-09 | 1974-12-09 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Leggett, Robert L. [D-CA-4] | CA | D | L000221 | 0 | Permits the enlistment in the armed forces of individuals over thirty-five years of age. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 505(a)) | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-17547 | 93 | hr | 17547 | A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-12-03 | 1974-12-03 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Devine, Samuel L. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | D000279 | 0 | Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-s-4190 | 93 | s | 4190 | A bill to amend chapter 41 of title 10, United States Code, to require that retired members of the armed forces recalled to active duty and appointed to positions of importance and responsibility be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-11-26 | 1974-11-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Hughes, Harold E. [D-IA] | IA | D | H000922 | 0 | Requires that retired officers of the Armed Forces who are recalled to active duty and appointed to positions of importance and responsibility by the President shall be appointed only by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 93-hr-17468 | 93 | hr | 17468 | Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1975 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-11-19 | 1975-01-03 | Public law 93-636. | House | Rep. Sikes, Robert L. F. [D-FL-1] | FL | D | S000406 | 0 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Military Construction Appropriation Act - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1975, for the construction of military works and installations by the following: (1) the Navy; (2) the Army; (3) the Air Force; (4) specified defense agencies; (5) the Army National Guard; (6) the Air National Guard; (7) the Army Reserve; (8) the Naval Reserve; and (9) the Air Force Reserve. Appropriates funds for family housing for the military departments and agencies. Sets limitations on the use of funds appropriated under this Act. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 93-hr-17389 | 93 | hr | 17389 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the maximum entitlement to educational assistance for eligible veterans and eligible dependents from 36 to 45 months. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-16 | 1974-10-16 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Adams, Brock [D-WA-7] | WA | D | A000031 | 0 | Extends to forty-five months (presently thirty-six months) the maximum number of school months covered by veterans' educational benefits for eligible veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661) | 2024-08-01T18:39:18Z | |
| 93-hr-17399 | 93 | hr | 17399 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to increase the maximum income level at which certain veterans remain eligible for pensions. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-16 | 1974-10-16 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | Increases, for veterans of the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era: (1) from $2,600 to $5,000, the maximum income level at which unmarried and childless veterans and childless veterans' widows remain eligible for pensions; and (2) from $3,800 to $7,500 the maximum income level at which veterans with spouses or children and vetarans' widows with only one child remain eligible for pensions. Increases the maximum income levels for pensions payable under specified provisions of the Veterans' Pension Act of 1959 to $4,600 and $7,200 (previously $2,200 and $3,500). Provides that the amendments made by this Act shall apply during calendar years beginning after December 31, 1974. | 2024-08-01T18:39:18Z | |
| 93-s-4146 | 93 | s | 4146 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to make available to the State of Hawaii physical facilities not needed by the Army at Fort De Russy, Hawaii, for the purpose of establishing a mental health clinic in such facilities. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-16 | 1974-10-16 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make available to the State of Hawaii physical facilities not needed by the Army at Fort De Russy, Hawaii, for the purpose of establishing a mental health clinic in such facilities. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 93-hr-17379 | 93 | hr | 17379 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that World War II and Korean conflict veterans entitled to educational benefits under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration who did not utilize their entitlement may transfer their entitlement to their children. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-15 | 1974-10-15 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 0 | Provides that World War II and Korean conflict veterans entitled to educational benefits under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration who did not utilize their entitlement may transfer their entitlement to their children. | 2024-08-01T18:39:18Z | |
| 93-hr-17312 | 93 | hr | 17312 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to establish a Court of Veterans' Appeals and to prescribe its jurisdiction and function. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Brotzman, Donald G. [R-CO-2] | CO | R | B000893 | 0 | Establishes a Court of Veterans' Appeals. Prescribes the jurisdiction and function of such Court. Grants such Court the exclusive jurisdiction to review by appeal all decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals. Provides that all decisions of such Court shall be final. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide to any claimant for any benefit under his administration a list of such documentary information and other evidence which the claimant will likely need to support his claim. | 2024-08-01T18:39:10Z | |
| 93-hr-17340 | 93 | hr | 17340 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels no longer needed by the Navy to the city of New York, N. Y. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Roncallo, Angelo D. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | R000422 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels no longer needed by the Navy to the city of New York, New York. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-s-4139 | 93 | s | 4139 | A bill to amend chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, to extend the basic educational assistance eligibility for veterans under chapter 34 and for certain dependents under chapter 35 from 36 to 45 months. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-11 | 1974-10-11 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 13 | Extends to forty-five months (presently thirty-six) the maximum number of school months covered by veterans' educational benefits for eligible veterans and for specified dependents. ( Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661 ) | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 93-hr-17229 | 93 | hr | 17229 | Control Intelligence Agency Control Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-7] | CA | D | D000222 | 0 | Central Intelligence Agency Control Act - Provides, under the National Security Act of 1947, that at no time shall the two positions of Director and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency be occupied simultaneously by: (1) commissioned officers of the armed services, whether in an active or retired status; or (2) individuals who were in the employ of the Agency for any period of time during the five-year period immediately preceding the date on which they are nominated by the President for such positions. Imposes the limitation that no individual may serve as the Director for more than a total of eight years. (Amends 50 U.S.C. 403(a)) Limits the powers and duties of the Agency to specified matters relating to foreign intelligence activities (previously matters relating to intelligence activities generally). (Amends 50 U.S.C. 403(d) Provides that nothing in the National Security Act or any other provision of law may be construed as authorizing the Agency to plan or to implement directly or indirectly any covert operation. Defines the term "covert operation" to mean any military or paramilitary operation, any effort of any kind to achieve the overthrow of any foreign government, and any assassination or attempt to assassinate. (Adds 50 U.S.C. 403(d)(2)) Provides, under the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403 (a) et seq.), that it shall be the duty of the Agency to inform, in response to request, within 60 days, the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs of the House and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate regarding intelligence information collected by the Agency concerning the relations of the United States to foreign countries and matters of national security. States that the Agency may not: (1) carry out within the United States any police-type operation or activity, any law enforcement operation or activity, or any internal security operation or activity; (2) provide assistance to any other department or agency of the Federal Governm… | 2025-09-03T12:50:18Z | |
| 93-hr-17243 | 93 | hr | 17243 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend the entitlement of veterans to educational assistance from 36 to 45 months. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Scherle, William J. [R-IA-5] | IA | R | S000121 | 0 | Extends to forty-five months (presently thrity-six) the maximum number of school months covered by veterans' educational benefits for eligible veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661) | 2024-08-01T18:39:10Z | |
| 93-hr-17255 | 93 | hr | 17255 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code to extend the maximum entitlement to educational assistance for eligible veterans and eligible dependents from 36 to 45 months. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] | NY | D | W000680 | 2 | Extends to forty-five months (presently thirty-six months) the maximum number of school months covered by veterans' educational benefits for eligible veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1661) | 2024-08-01T18:39:10Z | |
| 93-hr-17267 | 93 | hr | 17267 | A bill to amend chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize additional payments to eligible veterans to partially defray the cost of tuition. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | F000141 | 0 | Authorizes additional educational assistance allowance payments to eligible veterans to partially defray the cost of tuition in an amount representing such cost which exceeds $419 for an ordinary school year, but not exceeding $600. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682) | 2024-08-01T18:39:10Z | |
| 93-hr-17291 | 93 | hr | 17291 | Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-10 | 1974-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Anderson, John B. [R-IL-16] | IL | R | A000195 | 0 | Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act - Increases disability and death pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation for veterans and their survivors. Increases income limitations for such pension payments. | 2025-09-03T12:50:18Z | |
| 93-hjres-1161 | 93 | hjres | 1161 | Joint resolution assuring compensation for damages caused by nuclear incidents involving the nuclear reactor of a U.S. warship. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-09 | 1974-11-25 | Measure laid on table in House, S. J. Res. 248 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Hosmer, Craig [R-CA-32] | CA | R | H000802 | 1 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating January of each year as "March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month". | 2024-08-01T18:27:51Z | |
| 93-s-4110 | 93 | s | 4110 | All Volunteer Armed Forces Quality and Incentive Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-09 | 1974-10-09 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Brock, Bill [R-TN] | TN | R | B000851 | 0 | All Volunteer Armed Forces Quality and Incentive Act - Title I: Armed Forces Engineering and Technology Academics - Directs the Secretary of each military department to establish an engineering and technology academy at which persons shall receive highly skilled training in the technical fields necessary to the military department concerned, including the fields of electronics, aviation mechanics, nuclear energy, space sciences, and marine engineering. Provides for the appointment of students, their terms of service, pay, and enlisted grade upon graduation. Title II: Reserve Enlisted Training Corps - Provides that for the purpose of preparing selected students for enlisted service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the Secretary of each military department may establish a Reserve Enlisted Training Corps program at any junior college which offers technical training of the kind and quality needed by specialized members of the armed forces. Requires that no unit may be established or maintained at an institution unless specified criteria are met, including that: (1) the senior commissioned officer of the armed force concerned who is assigned to the program at that institution is given the academic rank of professor; and (2) the institution fulfills the terms of its agreement with the Secretary of the military department concerned. Provides that a member of the program who does not complete the course of instruction may be ordered to active duty to serve in his enlisted grade or rating for such period of time as the Secretary prescribes but not for more than two years. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to appoint any person as a military trainee in the reserve of an armed force under his jurisdiction. Provides that to be eligible for appointment as a military trainee under this Act a person must meet enumerated criteria, including: (1) be specially selected for the financial assistance program under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned;… | 2025-09-03T12:53:25Z | |
| 93-sjres-248 | 93 | sjres | 248 | A joint resolution assuring compensation for damages caused by nuclear incidents involving the nuclear reactor of a U.S. warship. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-09 | 1974-12-06 | Public law 93-513. | Senate | Sen. Pastore, John O. [D-RI] | RI | D | P000100 | 0 | Stipulates that it is the policy of the United States that it will pay claims or judgments for bodily injury, death, or damage or loss of real or personal property resulting from a nuclear incident involving a utilization facility in a United States nuclear powered warship; provided that the injury, death, or damage was not caused by the act of an armed force engaged in combat or as a result of civil insurrection. States that the President may authorize, under such terms and conditions as he may direct, the payment of such claims or judgments from any contingency funds available to the Government or may certify such claims or judgments to the Congress for appropriation of the necessary funds. | 2024-08-01T18:40:08Z | |
| 93-hr-17160 | 93 | hr | 17160 | National Emergencies Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-08 | 1974-10-08 | Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Randall, William J. [D-MO-4] | MO | D | R000041 | 0 | National Emergencies Act - Title I: Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies - States that all powers and authorities conferred by law upon the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or any department, agency, independent establishment, or any other body of the Federal Government, and all powers and authorities conferred by any Executive Order pursuant to law as a result of the existence of any national emergency in effect immediately prior to the two hundred and seventy-first day after the date of enactment of this Act, are terminated on such two hundred and seventy-first day. Title II: Future National Emergencies - Provides that in the event the President finds that the proclamation of a national emergency is essential to the preservation, protection, and defense of the Constitution, and is essential to the common defense, safety, or well-being of the territory and people of the United States, the President is authorized to proclaim the existence of a national emergency. Title III: Declarations of War by Congress - Stipulates that whenever Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during time of war or a national emergency shall be effective from the date of such declaration and remain in effect only in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Title IV: Future National Emergencies - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during such a national emergency or during a war declared by the Congress shall be effective and remain in effect with respect to such emergency or war only in accordance with this Act. States that when the President declares a national emergency, no powers made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall become operative unless and until the President specifies by Executive Order the specific provisions of law under which he proposed that he, or other officers of … | 2025-09-03T12:50:06Z | |
| 93-hr-17018 | 93 | hr | 17018 | A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-02 | 1974-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Wilson, Robert C. [R-CA-40] | CA | R | W000610 | 3 | Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-17019 | 93 | hr | 17019 | A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-02 | 1974-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Wilson, Robert C. [R-CA-40] | CA | R | W000610 | 2 | Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-17028 | 93 | hr | 17028 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to increase the subsistence allowances payable to veterans pursuing vocational rehabilitation training. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-02 | 1974-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Increases the subsistence allowances and training assistance allowances payable to veterans pursuing vocational rehabilitation training. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1504(b), 1787(b).) | 2024-08-01T18:39:01Z | |
| 93-hr-17039 | 93 | hr | 17039 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide service pension to certain veterans of World War I and pension to the widows of such veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-02 | 1974-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Wyman, Louis C. [R-NH-1] | NH | R | W000782 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits at a schedule provided in this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:39:01Z | |
| 93-hr-16967 | 93 | hr | 16967 | A bill to amend section 111 (a) of title 38, United States Code, relating to the payment of travel expenses for persons traveling to and from Veterans' Administration facilities. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-10-01 | 1974-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Chappell, Bill, Jr. [D-FL-4] | FL | D | C000321 | 0 | Sets minimum levels for the payment of travel expenses for persons traveling to and from Veterans' Administration facilities at $20 for meals or lodging. Provides that the mileage rate shall not be less than the current Department of Transportation estimate of the average, variable costs per mile of operating an automobile. | 2024-08-01T18:38:54Z | |
| 93-hr-16935 | 93 | hr | 16935 | A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-30 | 1974-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. King, Carleton J. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | K000195 | 0 | Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16941 | 93 | hr | 16941 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code so as to entitle veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to pension on the same basis as veterans of the Spanish-American War and their widows and children, respectively, and to increase pension rates. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-30 | 1974-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 1 | 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. Provides for an increase in pension rates applicable to such classes of veterans. | 2024-08-01T18:38:54Z | |
| 93-s-4062 | 93 | s | 4062 | Freedom from Surveillance Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-30 | 1974-09-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 4 | Freedom From Surveillance Act - States that the President may, in writing, authorize an application to a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia designated pursuant to specified procedures under this Act, and such judge may grant an order authorizing or approving the interception of wire or oral communications of a foreign power or a foreign agent by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, when such interception will not be inconsistent with the international obligations of the United States and when there is probable cause to believe that such interception is necessary to obtain information which is: (1) necessary to protect the Nation against actual or potential attack or other hostile acts of a foreign power; (2) foreign intelligence information that is essential to the military security or national defense of the United States; or (3) necessary to protect military security or national defense information against foreign intelligence activities. Provides that such authorization of an application to a judge provided for under this Act shall be made by the President personally and shall not be delegated. Specifies the procedures in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the designation of judges to hear applications for interception of communications relating to military security or national defense, the form of such applications, the reasons and supporting evidence required for approval of the application, and the form of each court order approving interception of communications. States that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the President determines that: (1) an emergency situation exists with respect to activities of a foreign power or a foreign agent which poses a substantial threat to the military security or national defense of the United States and that requires a wire or oral communication to be intercepted before an order authorizing such interception can with due diligence be obtained, and (2) there are grounds upon which an orde… | 2025-09-03T12:53:23Z | |
| 93-hr-16904 | 93 | hr | 16904 | A bill to prohibit changes in the missing status classification of members of the uniformed services unless certain requirements are complied with. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-26 | 1974-09-26 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 0 | Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16907 | 93 | hr | 16907 | A bill to amend title 10 of the US Code in order to eliminate or reduce certain deductible payments by patients for treatment under the uniformed services health benefits program. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-26 | 1974-09-26 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 0 | Reduces specified deductible payments by patients for treatment under the uniformed services health benefits program. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1079 (b)) | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16811 | 93 | hr | 16811 | A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code in order to eliminate or reduce certain deductible payments by patients for treatment under the uniformed services health benefits program, and to repeal the provision of law prohibiting CHAMPUS benefits to persons entitled to medicare benefits. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] | FL | D | B000371 | 0 | Reduces specified deductible payments by patients for treatment under the uniformed services health benefits program. Repeals the provision of law prohibiting such benefits to persons entitled to medicare benefits. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1079(b),(c), 1086(b),(c)) | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16825 | 93 | hr | 16825 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code so as to entitle veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to pension on the same basis as veterans of the Spanish-American War and their widows and children, respectively, and to increase pension rates. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-24 | 1974-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Green, William J. [D-PA-3] | PA | D | G000420 | 0 | 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. Provides for an increase in pension rates applicable to such classes of veterans. | 2024-08-01T18:38:54Z | |
| 93-s-4040 | 93 | s | 4040 | Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act of 1974 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-24 | 1974-12-21 | Public law 93-527. | Senate | Sen. Hartke, Vance [D-IN] | IN | D | H000297 | 16 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act - Increases disability and death pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation for veterans and their survivors. Increases the income limitations for such pension payments. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out a thorough study and investigation of the economic needs and problems of veterans and their widows seventy-two years of age or older. Provides that the marriage of a child of a veteran shall not bar the recognition of such child as the child of the veteran for benefit purposes if the marriage has been terminated by death or has been dissolved by a court with basic authority to render divorce decrees. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 93-hr-16783 | 93 | hr | 16783 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to regulate the issuance of discharge certificates to members of the Armed Forces and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-23 | 1974-09-23 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] | FL | D | B000371 | 3 | Provides that the certificate of discharge issued to members of the armed forces may be characterized only as: (1) an Honorable Discharge, when separated from service, except where a lesser form of discharge certificate is expressly authorized under this Act; (2) a Discharge from Service; or (3) a Bad-Conduct Discharge or a Dishonorable Discharge, when issued according to an approved finding of a court-martial pursuant to this Act. Provides that a member of an armed force may be separated with a Discharge from Service as a result of: (1) an approved recommendation of a board of officers upon a finding based on preponderance of the evidence of record of misconduct, that the member's retention would not be clearly consistent with the interests of national security, or that the member's retention is not warranted for specified reasons; (2) resignation or request for discharge in lieu of board action or trial by court-martial, submitted after opportunity to consult counsel having the professional qualifications; and (3) absence without authority for one year. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to at any time convene a board of officers to review the record of any commissioned or warrant officer of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps, as the case may be, to determine whether he shall be required, because his performance of duty has fallen below standards prescribed by the Secretary, to show cause for his retention on active duty or whether action should be taken to remove him from active duty because of misconduct, moral or professional dereliction, or because his retention is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security. Provides that Boards of Inquiry, each composed of three or more officers, shall be convened, at such places as the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe, to receive evidence and make findings and recommendations whether an officer who is required to show cause for retention under this Act shou… | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16743 | 93 | hr | 16743 | National Emergencies Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-19 | 1974-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hudnut, William H., III [R-IN-11] | IN | R | H000906 | 0 | National Emergencies Act - Title I: Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies - States that all powers and authorities conferred by law upon the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or any department, agency, independent establishment, or any other body of the Federal Government, and all powers and authorities conferred by any Executive Order pursuant to law as a result of the existence of any national emergency in effect immediately prior to the two hundred and seventy-first day after the date of enactment of this Act, are terminated on such two hundred and seventy-first day. Title II: Future National Emergencies - Provides that in the event the President finds that the proclamation of a national emergency is essential to the preservation, protection, and defense of the Constitution, and is essential to the common defense, safety, or well-being of the territory and people of the United States, the President is authorized to proclaim the existence of a national emergency. Title III: Declarations of War by Congress - Stipulates that whenever Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during time of war or a national emergency shall be effective from the date of such declaration and remain in effect only in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Title IV: Future National Emergencies - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during such a national emergency or during a war declared by the Congress shall be effective and remain in effect with respect to such emergency or war only in accordance with this Act. States that when the President declares a national emergency, no powers made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall become operative unless and until the President specifies by Executive Order the specific provisions of law under which he proposed that he, or other officers of … | 2025-09-03T12:49:52Z | |
| 93-hr-16744 | 93 | hr | 16744 | A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to provide reimbursement of certain moving expenses of members of the uniformed services. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-19 | 1974-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Hunt, John E. [R-NJ-1] | NJ | R | H000972 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of the Armed Forces concerned to grant reimbursement for specified moving expenses of members of the uniformed services for the transportation and travel incident to seeking new quarters, for temporary lodging, and for the expenses of selling an old residence and purchasing a new residence. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16764 | 93 | hr | 16764 | A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United Stated Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-19 | 1974-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Shriver, Garner E. [R-KS-4] | KS | R | S000388 | 0 | Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16668 | 93 | hr | 16668 | National Emergencies Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-16 | 1974-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 0 | National Emergencies Act - States that no authority conferred under any law of the United States upon the President or upon any other officer, employee, agency, or other entity of the Government of the United States, as the result of any national emergency, shall be exercised except as provided under this Act and that any national emergency declared or otherwise designated as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act is terminated on the two hundred and seventieth day after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless otherwise previously terminated. States that, in the event the President finds that the proclamation of a national emergency is essential to the preservation, protection, and defense of the Constitution, and is essential to the common defense, safety, or well-being of the territory and people of the United States, the President is authorized to publicly declare the existence of a national emergency. Provides that any authority conferred under any law to be exercised with respect to a war or a national emergency shall not be exercised until the President states in an Executive Order issued with respect to that war or emergency, the specific provisions of law under which such authority is to be exercised. States that any national emergency declared or otherwise designated in effect shall terminate on the one hundred and eightieth day after the date of its declaration or designation. Authorizes the Congress, by concurrent resolution, to determine that the national emergency is terminated or extended on a date prior to the date of its termination. Authorizes the President to declare by Executive Order that a national emergency is terminated prior to the date of its termination under this Act. Repeals specified national emergency provisions of law. | 2025-09-03T12:49:51Z | |
| 93-hr-16670 | 93 | hr | 16670 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to authorize the burial in national cemeteries of the surviving parents of deceased servicemen who were unmarried at the time of death. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-16 | 1974-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Roncallo, Angelo D. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | R000422 | 0 | Authorizes the burial in national cemeteries of the unmarried surviving parents of deceased servicemen. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1002(5)) | 2024-08-01T18:38:45Z | |
| 93-hr-16593 | 93 | hr | 16593 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, so as to treat Nicaraguan campaign as a period of war for the purpose of such title. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-11 | 1974-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Clark, Frank M. [D-PA-25] | PA | D | C000431 | 0 | Directs the Veterans Administration to treat the Nicaraguan campaign (August 27, 1926 to January 2, 1933) as a period of war for the purposes of providing benefits and pensions to veterans of such campaign and to their wives and children. | 2024-08-01T18:38:45Z | |
| 93-hr-16612 | 93 | hr | 16612 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide hospital and medical care to persons who served in the Local Security Patrol Force of Guam during World War II. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-11 | 1974-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | W000686 | 0 | Authorizes hospital and medical care to those persons who served in the Local Security Patrol Force of Guam during World War II. | 2024-08-01T18:38:45Z | |
| 93-s-3971 | 93 | s | 3971 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates and income limitations for payments of pensions to veterans and their widows. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-09-06 | 1974-09-06 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Increases the rates and income limitations for the payment of pensions to veterans and their widows. Allows a cost-of-living increase in such rates, based on such increase for social security recipients. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 93-hconres-622 | 93 | hconres | 622 | Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the activities of Veterans Employment Service. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Burke, James A. [D-MA-11] | MA | D | B001092 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) State and local government, private industry, and the Federal Government should work together with the Veterans Employment Service of the United States Department of Labor to better coordinate their efforts in providing employment opportunities for all American veterans; (2) the Veterans Employment Service of the United States Department of Labor should make an affirmative effort to end any type of age discrimination in employment opportunities facing older American veterans which is prohibited by law; and (3) the extra efforts of the Veterans Employment Service of the United States Department of Labor to provide effective employment counseling, job training, and placement service for Vietnam veterans should be continued. | 2024-08-01T18:26:27Z | |
| 93-hr-16534 | 93 | hr | 16534 | A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide for deceased peacetime veterans funeral expenses and burial plot allowances not exceeding 80 percent of the amount of such expenses and allowances payable for deceased wartime veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Burke, James A. [D-MA-11] | MA | D | B001092 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, when a veteran who is not eligible for burial and funeral expenses dies, in his discretion, having due regard for the circumstances in each case, to pay a sum not to exceed $200 to such persons as he prescribes to cover the burial and funeral expenses of the deceased veteran and the expense of preparing the body and transporting it to the place of burial. Provides that, upon the death of any veteran who is not eligible for plot or interment allowance and is not buried in a national cemetery or other cemetery under the jurisdiction of the United States, the Administrator, in his discretion, having due regard for the circumstances of each case, may pay a sum not to exceed $200 to such person as he prescribes. | 2024-08-01T18:38:37Z | |
| 93-hr-16540 | 93 | hr | 16540 | A bill to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery in the State of South Carolina for the Southeast region of the United States. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Dorn, William Jennings Bryan [D-SC-3] | SC | D | D000434 | 0 | Provides for the establishment of a national cemetery in the State of South Carolina for the southeast region of the United States. Provides for the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:37Z | |
| 93-hr-16572 | 93 | hr | 16572 | A bill to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery in the State of South Carolina. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-22 | 1974-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2] | SC | R | S000718 | 0 | Provides for the establishment of a national cemetery at or near the city of Columbia, South Carolina, to be under the care of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. | 2024-08-01T18:38:37Z | |
| 93-s-3957 | 93 | s | 3957 | National Emergencies Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-22 | 1974-10-08 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID] | ID | D | C000388 | 14 | (LATEST SUMMARY) National Emergencies Act - =Title I: Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies= - States that all powers and authorities possessed by the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or upon any department, or agency as a result of the existence of any national emergency in effect immediately prior to one year after the date of enactment of this Act, are terminated one year from the date of such enactment. =Title II: Declaration of Future National Emergencies= - Provides that in the event the President finds that the proclamation of a national emergency is essential to the preservation, protection, and defense of the Constitution, and is essential to the common defense, safety, or well-being of the territory and people of the United States, the President is authorized to proclaim the existence of a national emergency. Provides that not later than six months after a national emergency is declared, and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a concurrent resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated. =Title III: Declarations of War by Congress= - Stipulates that whenever Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during time of war shall be effective from the date of such declaration. =Title IV: Exercise of Emergency Powers and Authorities= - Requires that when the President declares a national emergency no powers or authorities made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall be exercised unless and until the President specifies the provisions of law under which he proposes that he, or other officers will act. =Title V: Accountability and Reporting Requirements of the President= - States that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file and index of all signi… | 2025-09-03T12:53:20Z | |
| 93-hr-16519 | 93 | hr | 16519 | A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-21 | 1974-08-21 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Wilson, Robert C. [R-CA-40] | CA | R | W000610 | 3 | Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16520 | 93 | hr | 16520 | A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-21 | 1974-08-21 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Wilson, Robert C. [R-CA-40] | CA | R | W000610 | 1 | Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16521 | 93 | hr | 16521 | A bill to insure that each admission to the service academies shall be made without regard to a candidate's sex, race, color, or religious beliefs. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-21 | 1974-08-21 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. du Pont, Pierre S., IV [R-DE-At Large] | DE | R | D000558 | 1 | Requires that each admission to the military service academies shall be made without regard to a candidate's sex, race, color, or religious beliefs. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-s-3939 | 93 | s | 3939 | A bill to amend section 1401(e) of title 10, United States Code, to preclude a military member from receiving less retired pay by continued active service. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-21 | 1974-08-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ] | AZ | R | G000267 | 1 | Precludes a military member from receiving less retired pay by his continued active service. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1401(a)) | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 93-hr-16489 | 93 | hr | 16489 | A bill to amend the Funeral Transportation and Living Expense Benefits Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 53) to also provide memorial transportation and living expense benefits to the families of deceased servicemen classified as prisoners of war or as missing in action. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-20 | 1974-08-20 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1] | ID | R | S001138 | 0 | Provides, under the Funeral Transportation and Living Expense Benefits Act of 1974, for memorial transportation and living expense benefits payable to the families of deceased servicemen classified as prisoners of war or as missing in action. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16490 | 93 | hr | 16490 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide financial assistance for the establishment and maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-20 | 1974-08-20 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Tiernan, Robert O. [D-RI-2] | RI | D | T000265 | 20 | Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to the States for the establishment and maintenance of State veterans cemeteries. Defines the terms used in this Act. Sets forth procedures for the application requirements to be met by the States under this Act. Limits grants under this Act to 75 percent of the cost of the cemetery for which the grant is made. Authorizes the apporpriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:37Z | |
| 93-hr-16495 | 93 | hr | 16495 | A bill to permit the use of the golf course facilities at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory by individuals not in the employ of the laboratory. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-20 | 1974-08-20 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Gude, Gilbert [R-MD-8] | MD | R | G000513 | 0 | Authorizes the use of the golf course facilities at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in White Oak, Maryland, by individuals not in the employ of the Laboratory, upon the payment of a reasonable fee by such individuals. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-s-3930 | 93 | s | 3930 | A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-20 | 1974-08-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 3 | Provides, under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, for the economic development of abandoned defense facilities, by allowing the Secretary of Defense or the Administrator of General Services, as appropriate, to sell or lease (for a term of not less than fifteen years) unused employment related real property to qualified State and local agencies. States that the sale or lease value of property to be sold or leased under this Act shall be determined by the Secretary or the Administrator, as the case may be, as the fair market value of such property reduced by all investments and contributions made by any State or political subdivision thereof or qualified State or local agency in preparation of such property for redevelopment. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 93-s-3925 | 93 | s | 3925 | A bill to amend section 5532 of title 5, United States Code, relating to reduction of retired or retirement pay of retired officers of the uniformed services who are employed by the Federal Government. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-19 | 1974-08-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | Senate | Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] | SD | D | A000017 | 0 | Provides that in the case of a retired officer of a regular or reserve component of a uniformed service who holds a position in the civil service with a salary of at least $36,000 annually, an amount equal to his retired or retirement pay allocable to the period for which he receives pay shall be deducted from his pay, except for lump-sum leave payment purposes. | 2024-08-01T18:43:02Z | |
| 93-s-3906 | 93 | s | 3906 | An original bill to amend title 10, United States Code, by repealing the requirement that only certain officers with aeronautical ratings may command flying units of the Air Force. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-15 | 1974-12-18 | Public law 93-525. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Removes the requirement that only qualified officers with aeronautical ratings may command flying units of the Air Force. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-s-3907 | 93 | s | 3907 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that veterans' pension and compensation will not be reduced as a result of cost of living increases in social security benefits. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-15 | 1974-08-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 0 | Provides that veterans' pension and compensation will not be reduced as a result of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66 or any subsequent cost-of-living adjustment under title II of the Social Security Act. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 93-hres-1314 | 93 | hres | 1314 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding the reclassification of servicemen listed as missing in action in Southeast Asia to presumptive finding of death status. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-13 | 1974-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Ketchum, William M. [R-CA-36] | CA | R | K000153 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives of the United States that the Secretary of Defense shall issue no further reclassifications from missing in action to presumptive finding of death status until such time as the Government of North Vietnam complies with the Paris Peace Agreement, and until a determination is made that all possible means of ascertaining the fates of those listed as missing in action has been made. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16368 | 93 | hr | 16368 | A bill to authorize the recomputation of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services who entered service before July 1, 1958, and whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect before the date of the enactment of this act. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Broyhill, Joel T. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | B000967 | 0 | Authorizes the recomputation of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services who entered service before July 1, 1958, and whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16377 | 93 | hr | 16377 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels no longer needed by the Navy to the City of New York, N.Y. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Roncallo, Angelo D. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | R000422 | 2 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels no longer needed by the Navy to the city of New York, New York. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16388 | 93 | hr | 16388 | Central Intelligence Agency Disclosure Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Central Intelligence Agency Disclosure Act - Requires the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to submit to the chairman of a congressional committee or subcommittee, upon request, any information omitted from a report for national security reasons, when such information relates to any matter within the jurisdiction of such committee or subcommittee. States that such information shall not be published. | 2025-09-03T12:49:45Z | |
| 93-hr-16394 | 93 | hr | 16394 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of the grant payable for specially adapted housing for disabled veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-12 | 1974-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Increases from $17,500 to $20,000, the maximum amount of the grant payable for specially adapted housing for disabled veterans. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 802). | 2024-08-01T18:38:37Z | |
| 93-hconres-588 | 93 | hconres | 588 | Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning unclaimed bonds that are being kept by the Department of the Treasury for veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-08 | 1974-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 1 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury direct the Commissioner of the Public Debt to make available to national veterans' organizations, for publication in their periodicals, a list of names and serial numbers of veterans who own unclaimed savings bonds that are being kept by the Department of the Treasury. | 2024-08-01T18:26:27Z | |
| 93-hr-16328 | 93 | hr | 16328 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to increase the income limitations relating to the payment of pension and dependency and indemnity compensation and to provide supplemental pension payments to certain veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-08 | 1974-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000966 | 0 | Increases the income limitations relating to the payment of veterans' pension and dependency and indemnity compensation. Provides for supplemental pension payments to specified veterans. | 2024-08-01T18:38:29Z | |
| 93-hr-16344 | 93 | hr | 16344 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to increase the income limitations relating to the payment of pension and dependency and indemnity compensation and to provide supplemental pension payments to certain veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-08 | 1974-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Clausen, Don H. [R-CA-1] | CA | R | C000475 | 0 | Increases the income limitations relating to the payment of veterans' pension and dependency and indemnity compensation. Provides for supplemental pension payments to specified veterans. | 2024-08-01T18:38:29Z | |
| 93-hr-16310 | 93 | hr | 16310 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide service pension to certain veterans of World War I and pension to the widows of such veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Sebelius, Keith G. [R-KS-1] | KS | R | S000217 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits at a schedule provided in this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:29Z | |
| 93-hr-16311 | 93 | hr | 16311 | A bill for the relief of the officers and crew of the U.S. ship Squalus. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] | KS | R | S000472 | 0 | Authorizes the secretary of the Navy to make payments to United States ship Squalus, who were assigned to such vessel at the time of its sinking on May 23, 1939. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-s-3885 | 93 | s | 3885 | A bill to amend subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United Stated Code, to redefine the terms "widow" and "widower". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT] | CT | D | R000191 | 0 | Redefines the terms "widow" and "widower" for purposes of retirement and retainer pay paid to members of the Armed Forces to include a man or woman divorced from the annuitant before or after eligibility to retainer or retired pay but who had been married for 20 years or longer at the time of the finalized divorce and has not remarried. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 93-s-3890 | 93 | s | 3890 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide hospital and medical care to certain members of the armed forces of nations allied or associated with the United States in World War I or World War II. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-07 | 1974-08-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT] | CT | D | R000191 | 3 | Provides hospital and medical care to members of the armed forces of Poland or Czechoslovakia who participated in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States during World War I or World War II, and who has been a citizen of the United States for not less than 10 years. Provides that such hospital and medical care shall be available to the same extent as if such service had been performed in the Armed Forces of the United States. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 93-hr-16287 | 93 | hr | 16287 | 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, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of certain increases in monthly benefits under the Social Security Act and other Federal retirement programs. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-06 | 1974-08-06 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | Provides that recipients of veterans pensions and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of specified increases in monthly benefits under the Social Security Act and other Federal retirement programs. | 2024-08-01T18:38:22Z | |
| 93-hr-16288 | 93 | hr | 16288 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to increase the rates of educational assistance allowances; to provide for the payment of tuition, the extension of educational assistance entitlement, acceleration of payment of educational assistance allowances, and expansion of the work-study program; to establish a Vietnam-Era Veterans Communication Center and a Vietnam-Era Advisory Committee; and to otherwise improve the educational and training assistance program for veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-06 | 1974-08-06 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | Increases the rates of veterans educational assistance allowances. States that in the event that the period of entitlement under this Act of an eligible veteran who is enrolled in a program of education ends prior to such veteran's attainment or a predetermined and identified educational, professional, or vocational objective, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may extend such veteran's period of eligibility to the completion of such program of education or for nine months, whichever is the lesser period. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reimburse any eligible veteran enrolled in a fulltime or part-time program of education for costs above $400 incurred by such veteran for tuition, exclusive expenses incurred for fees, books, supplies, or other expenses. Limits such payments to $600 for an ordinary school year. Establishes a Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center. States that it shall be the duty of the Communications Center to make an initial and periodic evaluation of the effectiveness of the veterans outreach services program. Requires the results of such evaluations to be reported to the President and to the Congress. Directs the Communications Center to advise and assist in connection with all Federal programs pertaining to veterans of the Vietnam era. Establishes the Vietnam Era Veterans Advisory Committee to advise and consult with the Communication Center regarding any and all matters pertaining to the duties and responsibilities of the Communications Center under this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:29Z | |
| 93-hr-16289 | 93 | hr | 16289 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to improve the business loan program for veterans and to make veterans who served after January 31, 1955, eligible for such program. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-06 | 1974-08-06 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | Increases from 50 to 75 percent that portion of business loans which may be guaranteed by the Federal Government through the Veterans Administration and which may be used by veterans for the acquisition, construction, or repair of business property. Establishes $30,000 as the maximum amount of guaranty available to a veteran under this program. | 2024-08-01T18:38:29Z | |
| 93-hr-16297 | 93 | hr | 16297 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide financial assistance for the establishment and maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-06 | 1974-08-06 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Tiernan, Robert O. [D-RI-2] | RI | D | T000265 | 17 | Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to the States for the establishment and maintenance of State veterans cemeteries. Defines the terms used in this Act. Sets forth procedures for the application requirements to be met by the States under this Act. Limits grants under this Act to 75 percent of the cost of the cemetery for which the grant is made. Authorizes the apporpriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:29Z | |
| 93-s-3883 | 93 | s | 3883 | Veterans Housing Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-06 | 1974-12-13 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (provisions inserted in H.R. 15912 as passed 12/13/74). | Senate | Sen. Hartke, Vance [D-IN] | IN | D | H000297 | 9 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Veterans Housing Act - Entitles veterans to a guaranteed, insured, or a direct loan, provided any prior GI loan has been paid in full, and the property has been disposed of by the veteran or any immediate veteran-transferee has agreed to the use of his veteran's entitlement. Permits the guarantee of loans by the Veterans' Administration on an automatic basis in the case of unsupervised lenders such as consumer credit institutions, finance companies and mortgage companies who meet Veterans' Administration regulatory standards. Increases the maximum home loan guarantee from $12,500 to $17,500. Authorizes the guarantee of loans to veterans for individual condominium units without the present prerequisite that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued insurance on at least one loan in the project. Increases the maximum loan guarantee to veterans for single-wide mobile home loans from $10,000 to $12,500; and for double-wide mobile home units from $15,000 to $20,000, with a maximum guarantee of $27,500 for a double-wide mobile home and an undeveloped lot. Authorizes the guarantee of used mobile home units which meet Veterans' Administration minimum requirements for construction, design, and general acceptability. Increases the maximum maturity of loans made by Federal credit unions from 10 years to the maximum maturities specified by Federal law. Provides the authority for the guarantee of a loan for the acquisition of a lot in making necessary site preparations for the placement of a mobile home unit which the veteran already owns. Removes the delimiting date presently in the law which prohibits guarantee of mobile home loans after July 1, 1975. Increases the maximum grant payable for specially adapted housing for qualified seriously service-connected disable veterans from $17,500 to $25,000. | 2025-09-03T12:53:08Z | |
| 93-hr-16256 | 93 | hr | 16256 | A bill to insure that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-05 | 1974-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | H000230 | 0 | Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. | 2024-08-01T18:38:22Z | |
| 93-hr-16269 | 93 | hr | 16269 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a 10-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans, wives, and widows. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-05 | 1974-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Vander Veen, Richard F. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | V000029 | 0 | Provides a 10-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans and their wives and widows. | 2024-08-01T18:38:28Z | |
| 93-hr-16212 | 93 | hr | 16212 | A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-01 | 1974-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Byron, Goodloe E. [D-MD-6] | MD | D | B001221 | 0 | Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16221 | 93 | hr | 16221 | A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-01 | 1974-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Wilson, Robert C. [R-CA-40] | CA | R | W000610 | 4 | Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16227 | 93 | hr | 16227 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to liberalize the provisions relating to the payment of pension. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-01 | 1974-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Authorizes the continued payment of the amount payable under veterans' disability pensions for purposes of aid and attendance, which payment is based upon the number of dependents of the veterans, following the death of a dependent, in specified cases where the veteran's annual income does not exceed maximum income limits set forth in this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:22Z | |
| 93-hr-16236 | 93 | hr | 16236 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels no longer needed by the Navy to the city of New York, N.Y. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-08-01 | 1974-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Roncallo, Angelo D. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | R000422 | 2 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels no longer needed by the Navy to the city of New York, New York. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-hr-16180 | 93 | hr | 16180 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to increase the income limitations relating to the payment of pension and dependency and indemnity compensation and to provide supplemental pension payments to certain veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-31 | 1974-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Increases the income limitations relating to the payment of veterans' pension and dependency and indemnity compensation. Provides for supplemental pension payments to specified veterans. | 2024-08-01T18:38:22Z | |
| 93-hr-16206 | 93 | hr | 16206 | A bill to require that discharge certificates issued to members of the armed forces not indicate the conditions 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. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-31 | 1974-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] | OH | D | S000948 | 7 | 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 di… | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-s-3841 | 93 | s | 3841 | A bill to amend sections 555 and 556 of title 37, United States Code, relating to members of the uniformed services who are in a missing status. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-31 | 1974-07-31 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 1 | Provides that before the status of any member of a uniformed service who is in a missing status may be changed, the Secretary concerned must afford the next of kin a reasonable opportunity to: (1) attend the hearing for such status change; (2) be represented at such hearing by private counsel; (3) examine all information upon which the proposed change of status is to be based; and (4) present any evidence or information relevant to the hearing. States that no change in the missing status of a member may be made solely on the basis of the passage of time or the absence of any additional information pertaining to the member if the next of kin of such member objects to such change. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 93-s-3862 | 93 | s | 3862 | A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-31 | 1974-07-31 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 14 | Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 93-hr-16164 | 93 | hr | 16164 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the time period in which a veteran has to use his educational benefits and to extend the months of eligibility from 36 to 45 months. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-30 | 1974-07-30 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 0 | Eliminates the time period in which a veteran has to use his educational benefits and extends the months of eligibility from 36 to 45 months. | 2024-08-01T18:38:22Z | |
| 93-hr-16166 | 93 | hr | 16166 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide service pension to certain veterans of World War I and pension to the widows of such veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-30 | 1974-07-30 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Frey, Lou, Jr. [R-FL-9] | FL | R | F000381 | 1 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for other pension benefits. Defines World War I as meaning the period beginning on April 5, 1917, and ending on July 2, 1921. Provides for a schedule of pension payments under this Act. Provides that if the veteran is married and living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse, or has a child or children, the monthly rate of pension under this Act shall be $150. Provides that if the veteran is unmarried (or married but not living with or reasonably contributing to the support of his spouse) and has no child, the monthly rate of pension shall be $135. Provides that if the veteran has a disability by reason of which he is permanently housebound, the monthly rate hereunder shall be increased by $50. Provides that veterans in need of regular aid and attendance shall have their monthly rates increased by $125. Directs the Administrator to pay to widows of veterans, receiving benefits under this Act at time of death, pension benefits at a schedule provided in this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:38:22Z | |
| 93-hr-16173 | 93 | hr | 16173 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels no longer needed by the Navy to the city of New York, N.Y. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-30 | 1974-07-30 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Roncallo, Angelo D. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | R000422 | 3 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels no longer needed by the Navy to the city of New York, New York. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 93-s-3829 | 93 | s | 3829 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels no longer needed by the Navy to the city of New York, NY. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-30 | 1974-07-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY] | NY | R | B001026 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels, the U.S.S. Essex and the U.S.S. Randolph, no longer needed by the Navy, to the city of New York, New York. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 93-s-3836 | 93 | s | 3836 | A bill to authorize all American citizens and American nationals to use the recreational facilities of military installations. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-30 | 1974-07-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK] | AK | D | G000388 | 0 | Permits all American citizens and American nationals to use the recreational facilities of military installations. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 93-sjres-228 | 93 | sjres | 228 | Joint resolution to extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1974-07-30 | 1974-08-07 | Public law 93-367. | Senate | Sen. Sparkman, John J. [D-AL] | AL | D | S000701 | 0 | Extends the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950 from July 30 to September 30, 1974. | 2024-08-01T18:40:08Z |
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