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Bill· HRH.R. 613 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Veterans' Education Assistance Act of 1983 - Establishes a new educational assistance program for the all-volunteer force. Excludes graduates of service academies from eligibility for such assistance. Entitles veterans who are graduates of a secondary school and who have served in the armed forces on continuous active duty for at least three years to basic educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve who are graduates of secondary school and who have served at least two years of continuous active duty in the armed forces and at least four years of continuous duty in the Selected Reserve to basic educational assistance. Sets forth the formula for determining the length of such assistance based on the length of time served. Entitles such veterans to a monthly assistance allowance of $200 for a full-time approved program of education. Permits the Secretary concerned to establish a higher rate of assistance, but not more than $400 a month, for individuals possessing a skill or specialty designated as being in critical shortage. Permits enrollment, if eligible, in a program of education while an individual continues to perform his duties. Entitles veterans who have served five or more consecutive years of active duty in addition to those required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve who have served two or more consecutive years of active duty and four or more consecutive years of duty in the reserves in addition to that required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles such veterans to a monthly supplemental assistance allowance of $100 a month. Permits the provision of assistance at a higher rate, but not more than $300 monthly, to any individual entitled to basic educational assistance who has a skill or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of personnel. Permits the Secretary of Defense to authorize specified individuals to transfer to a dependent part or all of such individuals' entitlement to educational assistance. Sets forth the conditions under which transferred benefits may be provided. Establishes a ten year delimiting period for educational assistance. Excludes time spent as a prisoner of war subsequent to discharges and time spent physically or mentally disabled. Limits educational assistance to individuals being furnished subsistence to the amount an institution would charge similarly circumstanced nonveterans. Prohibits participation in more than one program of educational assistance. Allocates the administration and costs of such programs to the Veterans Administration, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator to submit to Congress a biennial report on the operations of such programs. Amends the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 to terminate the right to enroll in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program after December 31, 1981. Directs (rather than permits) the Secretary of each military department to establish a program to provide educational assistance to members of the Selected Reserve who agree to remain in such Reserve for at least six years. Sets forth the amount of such assistance. Requires that such assistance be given for pre-degree work at an institution of higher learning. Sets forth further eligibility requirements for such assistance. Establishes a delimiting period of ten years from the date of entitlement or from the date of separation from service, whichever comes first. Prohibits the provision of assistance to any member already receiving assistance as a member of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program or a member who fails to perform satisfactorily in training. Expands the penalties for failure to participate satisfactorily in such program to include orders to active duty. Designates the Veterans Administration to administer such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress annually rather than quarterly on its operation. Establishes in the Treasury a Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury for the accumulation of funds to finance Department education liabilities on an actuarially sound basis. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer amounts from the Fund to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs and to the Secretary of Defense as necessary to make required payments. Establishes in the Department of Defense a Department of Defense Education Benefits Board of Actuaries to: (1) report annually to the Secretary on the actuarial status of the Fund; (2) report not less than every four years to Congress and the President on the valuations and status of the fund; and (3) determine the present value of future benefits payable from the Fund. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make periodic actuarial valuations of the educational programs; (2) determine an amortization methodology and schedule for the liquidation of gains or losses to the Fund; and (3) determine the amount necessary to be appropriated for the Fund for each fiscal year. Sets forth other terms and conditions for administering such Fund. Permits the Secretary concerned to grant an eligible member a leave of absence of not more than two years for such member to pursue a program of education. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such leave. Requires the Secretary concerned to provide individual predischarge counseling which includes a discussion of educational benefit entitlements.
Bill· HRH.R. 648 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Establishes the Veterans Administration as an executive department redesignated as the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Makes technical and conforming changes, including the redesignation of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs as the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs.
Bill· HRH.R. 679 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Permits a reserve commissioned officer on active duty who is promoted to a higher reserve grade to continue to serve on active duty in such higher grade.
Bill· HRH.R. 585 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Authorizes the President to present a medal of honor posthumously to the family of Armando G. Leal, Jr., in recognition of his acts of valor as a Navy hospital corpsman on September 4, 1967, in Vietnam.
Bill· HRH.R. 649 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 654 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Defines those members who served in the armed forces between November 12, 1918, and July 2, 1921, as World War I veterans and reinstates their veteran status.
Bill· HRH.R. 650 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish a program of direct loans to veterans for residential solar energy systems and other energy conservation improvements. Sets forth guidelines for such program. Directs the Administrator to prescribe standards for such solar energy and energy conservation systems. Establishes the Veterans' Administration Solar Energy Revolving Fund in the U.S. Treasury. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 634 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Extends from 10 to 20 years the delimiting period within which a Vietnam-era veteran may use educational assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 609 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Establishes a presumption of service-connection for the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to at least a ten percent degree within seven years of separation from service during a period of war.
Bill· HRH.R. 606 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Revises the procedures of the Veterans Administration for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of land for cemeteries. Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs from appropriating funds for any such project costing more than $500,000, without submitting the project proposal to the veterans committees of Congress. Deems such a proposal approved if neither committee vetoes it by adopting a resolution of disapproval within 90 days after submission.
Bill· HRH.R. 607 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
States that an employer of a member of a Reserve or National Guard component is not required to grant a leave of absence to such employee to perform active duty for training or inactive duty training in the armed forces for a total of more than 365 days within any 36 month period.
Bill· HRH.R. 486 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Establishes a new position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Changes the existing position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower.
Bill· HRH.R. 483 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Strategic Trade Act of 1983 - Declares the policy of the United States with respect to export controls on strategic goods and technology. Establishes a National Security Control Agency within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to assist in carrying out the national security export control policy responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense. Requires the Secretary to appoint the Director of the Agency who shall act as the Defense Department representative to the Interagency Advisory Committee for Export Policy. Sets forth as the principal divisions of the Agency the: (1) Operations Division; (2) Compliance Division; (3) COCOM Division, which shall carry out functions relating to the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM); (4) Licensing Division; and (5) Legal Affairs and Congressional Relations Division. Authorizes the President to delegate the authority conferred on the President by this Act. Authorizes the President, in order to carry out the national security export control policy, to impose export controls on any goods or technology subject to U.S. jurisdiction or exported by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Grants the Director the right to review any export application for national security reasons. Requires the Director to notify the licensing authority whenever the Director requires any revision with respect to any goods or technology, or with respect to the countries or destinations affected by national security export controls. Requires the Director to notify the licensing authority whenever the Directory denies an export license for national security reasons. Requires the Director, in requesting regulations to carry out national security controls, to emphasize: (1) safeguards to prevent a country that poses a threat to U.S. security from diverting covered goods and technologies to military use; and (2) the need to prevent the reexport of such goods and technologies to countries that pose a threat to U.S. security. Declares that U.S. policy toward individual countries shall not be determined solely on the basis of a country's communist or noncommunist status. Sets forth other factors to be considered. Directs the President to review controls maintained cooperatively with other nations, at least once every three years. Directs the President to review other controls annually. Requires the Director to establish and maintain a national security control list as a part of the commodity control list. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, to review and revise the national security control list to insure that export controls cover and control such goods and technologies and the mechanisms through which they may be effectively transferred. Makes the Secretary primarily responsible for including in the national security control list certain militarily critical technologies. Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress on actions taken with respect to such list. Declares that a qualified general license may be required instead of a validated license for the export of goods or technology subject to national security controls except where: (1) the export of such goods or technology is restricted pursuant to a multilateral agreement which requires the approval of the parties to the agreement; or (2) the United States is seeking the agreement of other suppliers to apply comparable controls and a validated license is necessary in the Director's judgement until such agreement is reached. Requires the Director to review the foreign availability of any goods or technology the export of which requires a validated license. Requires a finding of foreign availability to be based on reliable evidence (uncorroborated representations by license applicants are not sufficient). Declares that a technology or goods subject to national security export controls which is not possessed by a nation or combination of nations threatening to national security may not be deemed to be available from foreign sources until the Secretary of State verifies that negotiations with the foreign sources have been undertaken and have failed. Directs the President to negotiate with governments of countries possessing such technologies or goods to prevent them from becoming available to hostile countries. Requires the Director to establish within the Agency a capability to monitor the foreign availability of goods or technology subject to export controls under this Act. Requires other Federal agencies responsible for export controls and the National Security Control Agency to furnish information concerning foreign availability of such goods and technology to each other, if specified conditions are met. Authorizes the Director to appoint technical advisory committees to advise and assist the Director in carrying out the national security export control policy. Directs the President to enter into negotiations with the government participating in the group known as the Coordinating Committee to reach agreements: (1) to publish a list of items controlled for export by agreement of the Committee; (2) to hold periodic meetings to discuss export control policy issues; and (3) on more effective enforcement procedures. Requires U.S. nongovernmental entities which enter into a commercial agreement with the government of a foreign country to which exports are restricted for national security purposes to report the agreement to the Director. Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate with other countries regarding their cooperation in restricting the export of goods and technology. Requires the Director to work with enforcement agencies to ensure: (1) the denial of all further exports to any party or parties responsible for the diversion of U.S. exports to unauthorized uses, regardless of whether such goods or technology are available from sources outside the United States; and (2) that other appropriate steps are taken to deter further use of the previously exported goods or technology. Requires the Director to take such action when there is reliable evidence that goods or technology which were exported subject to national security controls have been diverted to an unauthorized use and/or consignee in violation of an export license. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to refer export applications to the Director when the Director finds that it is necessary to review an application. Requires the Secretary to review only those applications where the Director has recommended that the request for export be denied or approved subject to specified conditions. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes the head of any department or agency exercising any function under this Act to suspend the authority of any person to export or import any or all goods or technology and to order the seizure of any goods or technology intended for export in violation of the suspension if, during an enforcement investigation, the agency finds that there is reason to believe there is a violation of this Act. Requires that the Secretary of the Treasury be notified of such suspension. Requires property which is the subject of a violation of this Act to be subject to forfeiture to the U.S. Government whether or not it is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States. Sets forth the powers of agencies to investigate possible violations of this Act. Sets forth the jurisdiction of the courts, the duties of the U.S. Attorneys, and other judicial procedures. Provides for protecting the confidentiality of information submitted in compliance with this Act. Requires the Director to try to simplify regulations issued under this Act and the commodity control list. Exempts the functions exercised under this Act from certain provisions relating to administrative procedure and judicial review. Expresses the intent of the Congress that there be public participation in the formation of regulations issued under this Act. Requires the President to coordinate the authority granted to the President under this Act with the authority provided for the control of arms exports under the Arms Export Control Act. Makes certain civil aircraft equipment which is to be exported to a country other than a controlled country subject to export controls exclusively under this Act and the Export Administration Act of 1979. Requires authorizing legislation before any appropriation can be made to the Commerce Department for expenses to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Defense Department to carry out this Act for each of FY 1984 and 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 580 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Terminates the authority of Members of Congress and Delegates to Congress from the various territories to make appointments to the various service academies. States that admission to the academies shall be on a merit basis as established by competitive examinations. Terminates the authority of the Secretaries of the military departments to appoint members of the reserve components of the armed forces to the academies except under certain circumstances. Directs the Board of Visitors of the Military, Naval, and Air Force academies to inquire into the admissions policies and procedures of these academies on their annual visit and to send their annual report to the Congress as well as the President. Directs the Board of Visitors of the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine academies to inquire into specified subject areas including admissions policies and procedures on their annual visit and to report to the Congress as well as the President regarding their findings. Amends the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 to accomplish the purposes of this Act with respect to the Merchant Marine Academy.
Bill· HRH.R. 584 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Renegotiation Act Amendments of 1983 - Reinstates until the end of FY 1986 the Renegotiation Act of 1951 (providing for review of defense contractors' profits). Makes the Act inapplicable to amounts received by contractors from October 1, 1976, through the date of enactment. Requires renegotiation to be conducted by division and major product line, rather than by total aggregate sales. Increases from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 the aggregate fiscal year renegotiable sales amount which makes contractors and subcontractors covered by the Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 608 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Provides that certain veterans receiving pharmaceutical supplies from the Veterans Administration (VA) shall have the choice in determining whether: (1) such pharmaceuticals will be supplied directly by the VA; (2) such veteran will be reimbursed by the VA; or (3) the VA-approved source will be directly reimbursed.
Bill· HRH.R. 469 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
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 hit before payments are resumed.
Bill· HRH.R. 465 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 461 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 466 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Extends from one year to two years the period during which eligible service-disabled veterans may apply for National Service Life Insurance.
Bill· HRH.R. 462 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability caused by exposure to a phenoxy herbicide (Agent Orange) for veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. Waives the one-year limitation on claims for compensation for such disabilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 467 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Increases the adapted housing benefit ceiling for veterans with specified permanent and total service-connected disabilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 463 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Reduces from 20 to ten years the period during which a total or permanent disability rating must be continuously in force to become irreducible for pension and insurance purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 468 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 464 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Creates a presumption of service-connection for disability compensation purposes for a veteran developing a psychosis to at least a ten percent degree of disability within two years of separation from service during a period of war.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 63 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Authorizes the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of members of the armed forces who served in the Korean war. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commisson of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 34 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Presidential Proclamation 4771, dated July 2, 1980, is valid, remains in effect, and that therefore it remains the duty of young men to register with the Selective Service System in accordance with the Military Selective Service Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 20 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Encourages the President's efforts to achieve deep cuts in the amounts of nuclear weapons held by each nation and to establish an enduring peace. Endorses a complete halt to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, including a mutual verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons. Declares that Congress would welcome an international agreement based on specified principles providing for: (1) the staged disarmament of all nations until nonthreatening force levels are reached under effective international inspection and control; and (2) concurrent agreements providing methods for the peaceful settlement of international disputes and the creation of a United Nations police force. Requests the President to: (1) transmit copies of this resolution to the heads of government of all nations and to invite them to participate in negotiations on such an international agreement; and (2) report to Congress on the steps taken respecting this resolution and the responses received.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 26 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Condemns all acts of violence in Northern Ireland. Calls upon the United Kingdom to outlaw the Ulster Defense Association and any like terrorist organization.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 27 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should deny Federal employment and benefits, including employment with Federal grantees and borrowers, to persons who are required to but do not register under the Military Selective Service Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 425 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to be cochaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor. Establishes in the Executive Office an Office of Economic Adjustment, headed by a Director, to provide staff support to the Council. Directs the Council to disseminate information from the Secretary of Defense to Federal, State, and local agencies concerning proposed or pending changes in defense spending which would effect employment in the defense industry. Requires the Council to perform other duties, including: (1) encouraging the preparation of plans for non-defense-related public projects; (2) coordinating and developing information on priority, federally funded projects and programs pertaining to defense economic adjustment; (3) monitoring job services information banks; and (4) determining criteria for eligibility for assistance under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the pertinent information to the Council a year in advance of any change and to furnish the Council with projected future defense spending levels. Directs the Council to prepare and distribute a Conversion Guidelines Handbook to outline requirements of programs for professional retraining of personnel. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Makes eligible for Federal assistance for economic adjustment planning any community which is substantially affected by reduction or elimination of Government defense facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts. Directs the Council to make available to alternative use committees information on economic development programs of any Federal instrumentality which provides funds which may be used for planning. Requires the Council to report to Congress at least annually on any such economic development program. Directs the Council to use data from other departments to develop criteria which insure that assistance is directed to those communities which are most vulnerable economically to reductions in defense expenditures. Requires the Council to publish a semiannual list of eligible communities. Requires excess property resulting from a closing or reduction in a Government-owned facility to be appraised for purposes of resale to the community. Title III: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment of alternative use committees at defense facilities to plan for economic conversion in the event of closure or reduction. Directs such committees to: (1) evaluate the assets of the facilities and the resources and requirements of the local community; (2) develop at least biennially a detailed plan for conversion of the facility to non-defense-related productive activity; and (3) provide retraining and reemployment counseling services. Requires conversion plans to maximize the pool of skills of available personnel and specify in detail the composition of the work force and plant, material, and financing requirements. Penalizes any contractor who fails to submit an alternative use plan or carry out one approved by the Council by making such contractor ineligible for future defense contracts for three years. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Makes displaced workers certified by the local alternative use committees to the Council eligible for benefits for two years under this Act. Includes among such benefits weekly compensation, vested pension credit, maintenance of health insurance, retraining for civilian work, job search allowance, and reimbursement for relocation expenses. Requires completion of a program of professional retraining before certain employees are eligible for assistance. Directs the Council to enter into agreements with a State or agency in the State administering the unemployment compensation law to disburse benefits under this Act. Requires displaced workers to accept any employment determined by the State agency or Secretary of Labor to be comparable to the former job, or benefits will terminate. Excludes these benefits from other determinations of eligibility for unemployment compensation under any Federal or State law. Title V: Economic Adjustment Fund - Establishes in the Treasury a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contractors to pay a specified percentage into the Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit a percentage of the projected savings resulting from a cancellation or cutback in defense spending. Title VI: Use of Research Funds - Requires the Council to define urgent national requirements for nondefense sectors of the economy in any determination of the Secretary of Defense as to how certain research and development funds are to be spent. Title VII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 433 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Provides that remarriage of a veteran's surviving spouse after age 60 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 329 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
World War I Veterans Pension Act of 1983 - Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150: (1) to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements; (2) to the surviving spouse of each such veteran; or (3) when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.
Bill· HRH.R. 325 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 334 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Provides that remarriage of a veteran's surviving spouse after age 60 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 247 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Permits Senior Reserve Officers' Training programs (ROTC) to be established at public community colleges.
Bill· HRH.R. 109 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Establishes an Optometry Corps within the Army. Requires that original appointments in the Regular Army may be made at the grades of captain through colonel in such corps. Establishes an Optometry Corps within the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy. Requires that appointments to such corps shall be made at the grades of lieutenant through captain. States that optometric functions in the Air Force shall be performed by commissioned officers who are qualified under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. Requires that qualified optometrists may be appointed in the grades of captain through colonel.
Bill· HRH.R. 289 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Authorizes the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to the eight men who died in the attempt to rescue the Americans held hostage in Iran.
Bill· HRH.R. 290 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Provides that the maximum age for original appointment as a regular commissioned officer in the armed forces shall be 45 years old.
Bill· HRH.R. 258 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to prescribe the necessary regulations to insure that burials in national cemeteries be permitted on weekends and holidays.
Bill· HRH.R. 103 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Increases 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. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees every two years on the appropriate rates for payments.
Bill· HRH.R. 184 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Changes the classification of the position of Special Representative for Arms Control and Disarmament Negotiations of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from level IV to level III of the Executive Schedule.
Bill· HRH.R. 90 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay an employee training to be an air traffic controller at the employee's basic pay rate for training hours exceeding 40 hours a week. Prohibits the reduction or termination of the annuity or retired or retainer pay of a civil service annuitant or a former member of the uniformed service who is temporarily reemployed by the Department of Defense to serve as an air traffic controller or to train others to be controllers during a period when there is an unusual shortage of controllers. Permits the Secretary to pay premium pay to: (1) certain employees directly involved in the operation and maintenance of the air traffic control system; (2) specified flight test pilots; (3) certain controllers who are not required to be certified to perform duties, including the control of air traffic, but who are so certified; (4) controllers assigned to provide on-the-job training in the control of live air traffic; and (5) any controller or flight service training specialist required to work the fourth through sixth hours of an eight-hour day without a meal break. Exempts such employees from provisions limiting premium pay for Federal employees.
Bill· HRH.R. 177 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Reduces the cost-sharing required for emergency inpatient medical and dental care for members, certain former members, and dependents under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS).
Bill· HRH.R. 176 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Authorizes the recomputation at age 60 of the retired or retainer pay for members or former members of the uniformed services whose retired or retainer pay was computed on the basis of pay scales in effect before January 1, 1972, in order to reflect any retired or retainer pay increases for other members which were based on changes in the Consumer Price Index since that date.
Bill· HRH.R. 110 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Authorizes the recomputation at age 60 of the retired or retainer pay for members or former members of the uniformed services whose retired or retainer pay was computed on the basis of pay scales in effect before January 1, 1972, in order to reflect any retired or retainer pay increases for other members which were based on changes in the Consumer Price Index since that date.
Bill· HRH.R. 65 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to abolish the National Security Council.
Bill· HRH.R. 330 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide scholarships of up to $6,000 per school year to medical students who agree to practice for a specified length of time at a Veterans Administration (VA) facility upon completion of their professional training. Provides the United States with a right to recover expenses against an individual who fails to meet such VA service condition. Provides that certain qualified veterans and dependents of veterans shall have priority with regard to such scholarships. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 326 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 331 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability caused by exposure to a phenoxy herbicide (Agent Orange) for veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. Waives the one-year limitation on claims for compensation for such disabilities.
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