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Signing of H.R. 14503, H.R. 11809, H.R. 14773, S. 3441, H.J. Res. 967, and H.J. Res. 1119 [Bill]
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Signing of H.R. 14503, H.R. 11809, H.R. 14773, S. 3441, H.J. Res. 967, and H.J. Res. 1119 [Bill]
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Digitized from Box 32 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
OCTOBE
15, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President has signed H.R. 14503 -- Michael J. Kirwan Post Office and
H.R. 15546 -- Ray J. Madden Post Office Building which provides for naming
post offices after former or retiring Congressmen.
The President has signed H.R. 11809 -- Relief of Ljudevit Previc, to grant
citizenship to an elderly permanent resident alien of the United States who is
unable to pass the English proficiency requirement for naturalization.
The President has signed H.R. 14773 -- To amend the military Survivor Benefit
Plan.
The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) became effective on September 21, 1972. The
SBP defines the terms and conditions under which annuities may be provided to
survivors of members of the uniformed services who are retired or receiving
retainer pay and who have elected to participate in SBP. Deductions are made
from retired or retainer pay in order to provide future annuities for survivors.
H.R. 14473 would make the following changes in the terms and conditions of the
SBP:
Reduce from two years to one year the duration of marriage requirement
for a new spouse of a military retiree to be eligible for SBP benefits;
Clarify that a retiree may designate a dependent child or children as
beneficiaries instead of a spouse, if the retiree so desires;
Eliminate the irrevocable election provisions of SBP which require con-
tinuous deductions from the retired pay of a participating member on
behalf of an intended beneficiary, even if that intended beneficiary pre-
deceases the member; and ,
Increase the annuity to "minimum income widows" of uniformed service
personnel who reitred before SBP went into effect so that the widow's
annual income, exclusive of their VA widow's pension, is increased from
$1,400 per year to $2,100 per year.
The President has signed S. 3441 -- Preservation of Congressional Cemetery which
authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to restore and maintain Congressional
Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
The President has signed H.J. Res. 967 -- Murals in the House of Representatives
which authorizes the acceptance by the Congress of preliminary design sketches
and funds for the painting of murals in the House wing of the Capitol.
The President has signed H.J. Res. 1119 -- Convening of the first session of the
Ninety-fifth Congress which provides that the first regular session of the Ninety-
fifth Congress will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 1977.
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