Defence

Veterans Business Loan Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Veterans' Business Loan Act of 1981 - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide financial assistance to a small business concern which is at least 51 percent owned by veterans of the Vietnam era or disabled veterans. Authorizes such assistance, in the form of loan guaranties, or participation or direct loans, for financing plant construction or expansion, the acquisition of equipment or supplies, or supplying the concern with working capital. Sets forth restrictions and the liability of the Administrator in the provision of such assistance. Requires each applicant veteran to execute a document evidencing the loan and makes such veteran jointly and severally liable to the Administrator for any amount paid by the Administrator on such loan. Limits each veteran to a loan for one small business concern at a time. Requires the approval of the Administrator before the closing of the loan. Limits the terms of such loans to ten years, except for construction loans. Grants special consideration to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Prohibits the commitment of assistance after September 30, 1991. Establishes in the Treasury the Veterans' Administration Business Loan Revolving Fund. Directs the Administrator to transfer any surplus funds into the general fund. Sets forth the powers of the Administrator for the administration of this program. Makes technical amendments. Amends the Small Business Act to include veteran and small business within the government procurement small business subcontracting program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to advise the Administrator on the establishment of the business loan program.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend for two years the period of eligibility for veterans readjustment appointments in the civil service for veterans of the Vietnam era.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Extends for two years the period of eligibility for veterans readjustment appointments in the civil service for Vietnam-era veterans.

Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Armed Forces Education Assistance Act of 1981 - Establishes an Armed Forces Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1981, and serve on active duty for three years or more. Sets forth a schedule of educational assistance entitlement for such veterans as follows: (1) for service of 36 consecutive months but less than 48 consecutive months and an agreement to serve three years in the Ready Reserve, 18 months of assistance; (2) for service of 48 consecutive months but less than 72 consecutive months and an agreement to serve four years in the Ready Reserve, 36 months of assistance; and (3) for service of 72 consecutive months, 36 months of assistance. Allows an eligible veteran who has served on active duty for 16 years by September 30, 1987, to transfer his or her educational entitlement to spouse or children in such manner as prescribed by the Administrator concerned and under limitations set forth in this Act. Makes such veterans eligible for educational assistance for the six-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1983. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit a joint report to the Congress, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on plans for implementing the educational assistance provided in such Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress semiannually on the effect of such program on the number and quality of individuals entering the Armed Forces.

A bill to amend the civil service retirement provisions of title 5, United States Code, to provide individuals double credit for periods of military service during which such individuals were held as prisoners of war.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Provides two days of civil service retirement credit for each day of military service during which an individual was a prisoner of war during World War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam era.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that members of the uniformed services on active duty and their dependents are entitled to free preventive dental care.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Authorizes preventive dental care for active-duty members of the uniformed services and their dependents.

A bill to amend chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, to modify the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance provided under such chapter.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Modifies the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance to December 31, 1989, or five years after discharge or release from active duty, whichever is later.

A bill to protect the confidentiality of the identities of certain employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Establishes criminal penalties for anyone in authorized possession of classified information identifying any individual or entity as being or having been employed or associated with the Central Intelligence Agency who willfully discloses such information to anyone not authorized to receive it. Bars prosecution if such information is released to congressional committees, U.S. district judges, and Federal law enforcement officers upon application to the Attorney General.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the ten-year citizenship requirement for eligibility for veterans' health care benefits for lawful permanent residents of the United States who were members of the Armed Forces of Czechoslovakia or Poland during World War I or World War II and to extend such benefits to lawful permanent residents of the United States who were members of the Armed Forces of Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania during either such war.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Expands the eligibility for hospital and medical services for discharged members of the allied forces who served during World War I or World War II to include members of the armed forces of the Government of Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania who are permanent residents of the United States. Repeals the ten year residency requirement for all lawful permanent residents of the United States.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a Court of Veterans' Appeals and to prescribe its jurisdiction and functions.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Establishes a Court of Veterans' Appeals, appointed by the President, with exclusive jurisdiction to review by appeal all questions involved in decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals. Provides for the payment of attorneys' and legal fees.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to transfer the functions of the Secretary of Labor under chapters 41, 42, and 43 of such title (relating to job counseling, training, placement and reemployment of veterans) to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Transfers the functions of the Assistant Secretary of Labor relating to job counseling, training, placement, and reemployment of veterans to an Associate Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that payment made to a hospitalized incompetent veteran will not be terminated unless such veteran's estate exceeds $3,000, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Increases from $1,500 to $3,000 the ceiling an institutionalized incompetent veteran's estate must reach before payments of pension and compensation are terminated. Increases from $500 to $1,000 the floor such estate must reach before payments are resumed.

A bill to amend Chapter 23, title 38, United States Code, so as to provide that where death occurs in a State home, the Administrator shall pay the actual cost (not to exceed $300) of the burial and funeral, and transport the body to the place of burial in the same or any other State.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the actual cost (not to exceed $300) of the burial and funeral expenses of a veteran whose death occurs in a State home.

A bill to amend sections 902 and 903 of title 38, United States Code, to increase the burial allowance for veterans to $400.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Increases the burial allowance for veterans from $300 to $400.

A bill to amend section 307 of Public Law 96-151, by assigning the responsibility of designing a protocol for, and conducting an epidemiological study of, veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, to an independent scientific agency.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Amends the Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assign to an independent scientific agency the responsibility of designing a protocol for and conducting an epidemiological study of veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend community nursing home care at Veterans Administration expense to nine (9) months.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Extends the amount of time non-Veterans' Administration nursing home care may be provided at Veterans' Administration expense from six to nine months.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend from one year to two years the period during which veterans with service-connected disabilities may apply for National Service Life Insurance.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Extends from one year to two years the period during which eligible service-disabled veterans may apply for National Service Life Insurance.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to liberalize the eligibility for benefits under chapter 42 of such title (relating to employment and training of disabled and Vietnam-era veterans).

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Makes a veteran entitled to disability compensation with any rating of disability (currently a rating of 30 percent or more) eligible for employment and training benefits. Eliminates the requirement that veterans of the Vietnam era apply for such benefits within 48 months of discharge or release to remain eligible.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for medical care benefits for survivors and dependents of veterans under the Veterans' Administration CHAMPVA program to survivors and dependents who are eligible for hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Entitles survivors and dependents of veterans with a total disability permanent in nature to medical care under the Veterans' Administration program equivalent to CHAMPUS, despite such survivors' and dependents' eligibility for Medicare.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the determination of certain unemployable veterans with service-connected disabilities as being totally disabled and to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to consider age in rating the degree of disability of veterans with service connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Requires a veteran who is unemployable with one service-connected disability rated at not less than 50 percent or two service-connected disabilities where one is rated at not less than 40 percent and the combined total is at least 60 percent to be rated as totally disabled. Directs the Administrator to consider the age of a veteran when rating disabilities.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for the Veterans' Administration clothing allowance to certain veterans with skin disorders resulting from service-connected diseases or injuries.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Extends eligibility for the Veterans' Administration clothing allowance to certain veterans with skin disorders which tend to soil or stain the clothing and which are the result of service-connected diseases or injuries.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that any person who marries a veteran who has a permanent and total service-connected disability, and who has not been married previously, after such disability is determined to exist shall be afforded educational assistance comparable to that which would have been afforded had the marriage preceded the determination of such disability.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Extends eligibility for educational assistance to the spouse of a veteran with a permanent and total service-connected disability even when such marriage takes place after a determination of such disability if such marriage is the veteran's first.

A bill to amend section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, to permit certain service-connected disabled veterans who are retired members of the Armed Forces to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to acquire commercial life insurance because of service-connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to obtain commercial life insurance at a standard rate because of service-connected disabilities. Establishes guidelines for such insurance regarding: (1) amount of insurance; (2) premium rates; (3) payment of insurance; and (4) policy provisions.

A bill to amend section 110 of title 38, United States Code, to liberalize the standard for preservation of disability evaluations for compensation purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Reduces from 20 to 10 years the period during which a total or permanent disability rating must be continuously in force to become irreducible for pension and insurance purposes.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the travel allowance paid by the Veterans' Administration for travel by a veteran in connection with a service-connected disability.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Entitles a veteran traveling in connection with a service-connected disability to be paid specified travel rates.

A bill to amend 38 USC 641 so as to promote the care and treatment of veterans in State Veterans' Homes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Sets forth the amount of reimbursement which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall pay to the States for furnishing domiciliary, hospital, or nursing home care to eligible veterans who receive such care in State facilities.

A bill to amend 38 U.S.C. 312(a) so as to provide a seven-year presumptive period for syringomyelia.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Requires a presumption of service connection for syringomyelia developing a ten percent or more degree of disability within seven years after separation from active wartime service for purposes of veterans' disability compensation.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, Chapters 15 and 51, to improve the death and disability pension program for veterans and their dependents.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Increases the annual rate of pension payable to the surviving spouse and children of a veteran of a period of war. Excludes the income of the person legally responsible for such child from any adjustments in pension rates. Grants each of two eligible veterans married to each other an individual rather than a combined pension. Excludes proceeds from specified government life insurance policies from determinations of annual income for pension purposes. Provides for annual rather than monthly reductions or discontinuances of pensions when a change of income occurs.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for additional compensation for any veteran who has suffered loss or loss of use of one lung or one kidney.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Includes the service-connected loss or loss of use of a kidney or lung among the conditions for which war veterans may receive additional monthly disability compensation.

A bill to amend 38 U.S.C. 301(3) so as to include lupus erythematosis among the chronic diseases.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Includes lupus erythematosus within the definition of "chronic disease" for purposes of veterans' disability compensation.

A bill to amend section 312 of title 38, United States Code, by providing a two-year presumptive period of service connection for the psychoses which develop within two years from the date of separation from active service.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Requires a presumption of service connection for psychoses developing a ten percent or more degree of disability within two years after separation from active wartime service for purposes of veterans' disability compensation.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide hospital and medical care to certain members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Authorizes veterans' hospital and medical care for World War I or II members of the Canadian Armed Forces who: (1) have resided in the United States ten years or longer; and (2) are not receiving or are not eligible for equivalent Canadian veterans' benefits.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to waive payment of premiums on term life insurance during the continuance of certain disabilities beginning after the insured's sixty-fifth birthday.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, for five-year level premium term insurance, to waive the payment of premiums on National Service Life Insurance during a continuous disability beginning after the insured's 65th birthday.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to waive the payment of premiums for National Service Life Insurance by certain persons who have attained age 70.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Requires, upon application by the insured, waiver of the payment of premiums for National Service Life Insurance during any time after which the insured has attained the age of 70 and has paid premiums on the insurance for not less than 25 years.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from 60 per centum to 90 per centum the percentage of the tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veterans' Administration under the GI bill educational assistance program.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Amends the Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 to increase from 60 to 90 percent the percentage of tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veterans' Administration under the GI bill education assistance program.

A bill for the relief of certain natives of the Philippines who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Provides for the issuance of immigrant visas to aliens who are natives of the Philippines (and their families) who served with and were honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces in World War II, whenever such visas are not immediately available under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Exempts such aliens from certain visa fees. Provides that such aliens in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa, after enactment of this Act, may have their status adjusted to that of an immigrant, and that such status adjustment shall be made without regard to certain foreign residency requirements under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of Congress specially struck gold medals to the 53 Americans held captive in Iran.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Authorizes the President to present on behalf of the Congress specially struck gold medals to fifty-three individuals held hostage in the United States Embassy in Iran. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) strike fifty-three gold medals with suitable emblems, devices and inscriptions; and (2) coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medals. Authorizes appropriations.

A joint resolution designating August 13, 1981, as "National Blinded Veterans Recognition Day".

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981

Requests the President to designate August 13, 1981, as "National Blinded Veterans Recognition Day."

Caspar Willard Weinberger, of California, to be Secretary of Defense.

United States · United States Senate · 20 January 1981

A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos who assert that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1981

Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue a certificate of service to any person whom the Secretary determines to have served with or for the United States Army in the Philippine Islands during World War II. Entitles such person to the same rights and benefits as other persons performing the same type of service in the Islands during such war.

A bill to limit eligibility for appointment and admission to any United States service academy to male individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1981

Limits eligibility for appointment and admission to any United States service academy to men.

A bill to reduce expenditures by the Federal Government, except expenditures for national defense and national security, for the fiscal year 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1981

Limits expenditures of the Government, other than those for national defense and security for fiscal year 1981, to an amount which is five percent less than the total of such expenditures for fiscal year 1980. Limits Government expenditures for fiscal year 1981, for compensation of officers and employees of the United States, other than those whose employment is directly related to national defense and security, to an amount which is ten percent less than such expenditures for fiscal year 1980.

A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize special pay to a member of a uniformed service who performs duties that are unusually hazardous or performed under unusually severe working conditions.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981

Authorizes special pay to a member of a uniformed service who performs duties that are determined by the appropriate Secretary to be unusually hazardous or performed under unusually severe working conditions.

Defense Economic Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981

Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council. Establishes an Office of Economic Adjustment to provide necessary staff support for the Council. Sets forth the duties of the Council which include: (1) disseminating information to Federal, State, and local agencies and authorities concerning changes in defense spending affecting employment in defense industries; (2) oversight of programs providing assistance to areas adversely affected by such changes; (3) reviewing local alternative use plans; and (4) preparing and distributing a Conversion Guidelines Handbook. Title II: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment, at every defense facility employing at least 100 persons, of Alternative Use Committees representing management and labor to undertake economic conversion planning and preparation for the employment of the personnel and utilization of the facilities in the event of a reduction or elimination of any defense facility or the curtailment, conclusion, or disapproval of any defense contract. Provides that defense contractors that fail to submit an alternative use plan to the Council or refuse or fail to carry out the provisions of a plan approved by the Council shall lose eligibility for future contracts for a period of three years as well as losing contract termination payments and eligibility for tax credits. Requires Alternative Use Committees to periodically review plans for the conversion of the facility to civilian-oriented production and to send periodic reports to the Council regarding the progress of such plans. Directs the committees to provide occupational retraining and reemployment counseling services for employees who are displaced by the implementation of a conversion plan or the closing of a defense facility. Specifies provisions which are to be included in each alternative use plan. Title III: Economic Adjustment Fund - Establishes within the Treasury a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contracts to contain a provision under which the defense contractor is to pay into such Fund an amount equal to one and one quarter percent per year of the value of the contractor's gross revenues on sales under such contract. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit ten percent of the projected savings from defense cutbacks into the Fund. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to such Fund to enable the Secretary to make payments and disbursements authorized by this Act. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Entitles certified workers who are displaced because of defense cutbacks to specified benefits for a two-year period, including: (1) compensation sufficient to maintain the employee's income at a level equal to 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000 of that worker's regular annual wage; (2) vested pension credit under any applicable pension plan; (3) maintenance of any medical, disability, or life insurance coverage which such an individual had by reason of employment by the defense contractor; and (4) retraining, job search, and relocation expenses. Provides for agreements with States to make the payments and provide the benefits authorized by this title. Requires that in order to be eligible for benefits under this Act a displaced worker must agree to maintain an active registration with the Secretary of Labor or an appropriate State employment agency and to accept any employment determined by the Secretary or the agency to be of the same skill or work of a similar nature at the same pay as such worker was receiving before being displaced. Provides that adjustment benefits under this Act shall not be taken into account in determining an individual's eligibility for unemployment compensation. Provides that adjustment benefits shall terminate when a displaced worker obtains employment providing 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000 of the worker's previous wage or two years after displacement, whichever occurs sooner. Title V: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Entitles communities which are substantially and seriously affected by the reduction or elimination of military facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts to Federal assistance for economic adjustment to avoid substantial dislocations and for economic adjustment assistance should such dislocation occur. Directs the Council to develop guidelines by which the criteria for eligibility for planning assistance are to be applied. Authorizes the sale of excess defense capital property or facilities where such a facility is reduced or closed to the affected community at a public benefit discount. Title VI: Industrial Economic Adjustment - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make or guarantee low-interest, long-term loans to assist contractors in carrying out an approved alternative use plan to convert a plant or facility to civilian purposes. Prohibits making any such loan or loan guarantee if financing for such plan is available from any other source. Title VII: Use of Certain Research Fund - Authorizes the use of Department of Defense research and development funds for work which has a potential relationship to an urgent national requirement in a designated non-defense sector of the economy. Directs the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to define urgent national requirements for non-defense sectors of the economy. Title VIII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

A bill for the relief of certain natives of the Philippines who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981

Provides for the issuance of immigrant visas to aliens who are natives of the Philippines (and their families) who served with and were honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces in World War II, whenever such visas are not immediately available under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Exempts such aliens from certain visa fees. Provides that such aliens in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa, after enactment of this Act, may have their status adjusted to that of an immigrant, and that such status adjustment shall be made without regard to certain foreign residency requirements under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

A bill to increase the monthly basic pay of a certain officer of the Armed Forces and to make subsequent increases in pay and allowances for such officer reflective of changes in the Consumer Price Index.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981

Increases the monthly basic pay of a certain officer of the Armed Forces and makes subsequent increases in pay and allowances for such officer reflective of changes in the Consumer Price Index.

A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize special pay to a member of a uniformed service who performs duties that are unusually hazardous or performed under unusually severe working conditions.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981

Authorizes special pay to a member of a uniformed service who performs duties that are determined by the appropriate Secretary to be unusually hazardous or performed under unusually severe working conditions.

A concurrent resolution establishing a Joint Select Committee on Defense Readiness and Mobilization Capability.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981

Establishes a Joint Select Committee on Defense Readiness and Mobilization Capability to investigate and report on defense readiness and mobilization capability, including an analysis of: (1) the kind and extent of threats to the national defense; and (2) the quality and quantity of manpower, material, transportation, budgetary, and programmatic resources needed at present and able to be mobilized in the future. Sets forth the requirements for appointment to the joint select committee.

A bill for the relief of certain natives of the Philippines who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1981

Provides for the issuance of immigrant visas to aliens who are natives of the Philippines (and their families) who served with and were honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces in World War II when such visas are not immediately available under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Exempts such aliens from certain visa fees. Provides that such aliens in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa after enactment of this Act may have their status adjusted to that of an immigrant, and that such status adjustment shall be made without regard to certain foreign residency requirements under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Veterans Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1981

Veterans Radiation Exposure Compensation Act - Grants a presumption of service-connected disability to any veteran who, while serving in the armed forces during a period of war, was exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of nuclear testing by the United States, and who has had leukemia, thyroid or bone cancer, or any other disease listed by the advisory panel established by this Act. Entitles any such veteran who died prior to January 1, 1957, to wartime disability and death compensation. Entitles such veterans to hospital care for psychosis and to burial benefits. Establishes within the National Cancer Institute an Advisory Panel on the Health Effects of Exposure to Radiation to conduct a study to identify diseases likely to develop in human beings after exposure to low-level radiation. Directs the panel to report to Congress within nine months on the results of such study. Terminates such panel three months after such report. Exempts such panel from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.