SRES 66 · 93th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
A resolution requesting information relative to rehabilitation of returning prisoners of war.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1973-02-15)
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Requires the President immediately upon passage of this resolution of the Senate to request the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration to submit to the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee within sixty days complete and detailed information on plans which have been completed for medical, psychological, family counseling, career counseling, and other needs of returning prisioners of war, with special emphasis on plans which have been developed to meet the long-term needs in each of these areas. Provides that, upon receipt of and based upon information contained in the report requested from the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration, and utilizing whatever other information deemed necessary, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee shall report out recommended legislation, as deemed advisable, in the following areas: (1) medical and psychological needs of prisoners of war, both near-term and long-term; (2) career counseling and placement, and the need, if any, for a special employment preference; (3) family counseling; (4) the special needs of prisoners of war electing to leave the armed services; and (5) other needs of Vietnam war prisoners of war, in par…
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