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Reported by the joint conference committee on June 2, 1948; agreed to by the Senate on June 2, 1948 ( 63–13) and by the House on June 18, 1948 ( 133–266) Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on June 25, 1948. The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 ( 80th Cong., 2d Sess. Ch 647, PL 774) authorized, for a limited period of time, the ...
Recipients will have distinguished themselves by exhibiting great courage or sacrifice involving heroism or bravery. The performance of the act must be a voluntary action above and beyond the call of duty. The act may be recognized if it is connected with an Army employee or Army activity, or if the Army in some way benefits from the act.
The National Defense Act of 1920 (or Kahn Act) was sponsored by United States Representative Julius Kahn, Republican of California. This legislation updated the National Defense Act of 1916 to reorganize the United States Army and decentralize the procurement and acquisitions process for equipment, weapons, supplies and vehicles.
The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, known as the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022, is an Act of Congress that spends $797 billion to significantly improve healthcare access and funding for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during military service. The act was first ...
The Army Appropriations Act of 1901 (31 Stat. 895, enacted 2 March 1901 by Pres. William McKinley ), enacted in the years following the Spanish–American War and the resulting 1898 Treaty of Paris, is primarily known for: the Platt Amendment (31 Stat. 897), defining the terms of Cuban independence. the Spooner Amendment (31 Stat. 910 ...
The Mutual Defense Assistance Act was a United States Act of Congress signed by President Harry S. Truman on 6 October 1949. [1] [2] For U.S. foreign policy, it was the first U.S. military foreign aid legislation of the Cold War era, and initially to Europe. [3] The Act followed Truman's signing of the Economic Cooperation Act (the Marshall ...
Army Knowledge Online ( AKO) was a web application that provided enterprise information services to the United States Army, joint, and Department of Defense customers. AKO was sunset in 2021. [1] The remaining following information is historical in nature. Enterprise services were provided to those customers on both classified and unclassified ...
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: List: 80+ bands pull out of SXSW in protest of US Army sponsorship. Subsonic Eye, Birthday Girl, Groa, Winona Forever, Little Marzan ...