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  2. Veterans' Preference Act - Wikipedia

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    This act remained the basic Federal law for appointment preference until June 27, 1944, when the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944 was enacted. Two significant modifications were made to the 1919 Act. In 1923, an Executive Order was created which added 10 points to the score of disabled veterans and added 5 points to the scores of non-disabled ...

  3. G.I. Bill - Wikipedia

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    The G.I. Bill, formally the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). The original G.I. Bill expired in 1956, but the term "G.I. Bill" is still used to refer to programs created to assist American military veterans.

  4. Timeline of animal welfare and rights in the United States

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    The Animal Enterprise Protection Act (AEPA) is passed. This law creates the crime of "animal enterprise terrorism" for those who damage or cause the loss of property of an animal enterprise. [36] 2002: The AWA is amended to redefine the term "animal" in the law to match the USDA regulations, i.e. to exclude birds, mice, and rats. [11] 2002

  5. World War Adjusted Compensation Act - Wikipedia

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    The act awarded veterans additional pay in various forms, with only limited payments available in the short term. The value of each veteran's "credit" was based on each recipient's service in the United States Armed Forces between April 5, 1917, and July 1, 1919, with $1.00 awarded for each day served in the United States and $1.25 for each day served abroad.

  6. List of United States federal legislation - Wikipedia

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    The National Banking Act of February 25, 1863, Sess. 3, ch. 58, was the 58th Act of the third session of the 37th Congress. The Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 of October 16, 2004, Pub. L. 108–332 (text), 118 Stat. 1282, was the 332nd Act of Congress (statute) passed in the 108th Congress. It can be found in volume 118 of the U.S ...

  7. Legislation introduced to support veterans, increase ... - AOL

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    The Veterans Collaboration Act would establish a VA two-year pilot program “to foster collaboration between qualified” non-profit veteran service organizations and educational institutions ...

  8. AMVETS - Wikipedia

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    In December 1944 twelve small groups of World War II veterans met in Kansas City and formed AMVETS. A year later there were 20,000 memberships and 200 Amvets posts. [1] Originally only World War II veterans were eligible to join, and the organization's stated goals were: 1. Full employment for veterans; 2. Working for veterans' rights; 3.

  9. Gregory Peck's 5 Children: All About His Sons and Daughter ...

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    Gregory and his then-wife Greta Kukkonen welcomed their first son, Jonathan, in 1944. The couple split when he was around 8 years old. According to the Detroit Free Press , Gregory's oldest son ...