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Bill· HRH.R. 387 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Establishes criminal penalties for any person who, having been in authorized possession of information which: (1) identifies a Central Intelligence Agency employee or agent; and (2) has been designated by the President as requiring a specific degree of protection, willfully discloses such information to a person not authorized to receive it.
Bill· HRH.R. 384 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
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. 344 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Act to Establish a Special Pension Program for World War I Veterans - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $150 to eligible World War I veterans. Establishes maximum eligibility income ceilings for purposes of such pension.
Bill· HRH.R. 303 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Denies veterans' benefits to certain individuals whose discharges from active military service under less than honorable conditions were administratively upgraded under the revised standards for review as implemented April 5, 1977, by the Department of Defense's Special Discharge Review Program.
Bill· HRH.R. 135 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for a period of two years or more, or are discharged or released from such duty for a service-connected disability. Entitles eligible veterans to 36 months of educational assistance under such program. Makes such veterans eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the ten-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. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans' educational assistance. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982.
Bill· HRH.R. 129 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit any Government acquisitions officer who is authorized to administer procurement contracts for an executive agency from accepting compensation from any contractor who received funds under contracts administered by such officer for two years following such officer's last day of Federal employment. Makes it a felony for a contractor to offer such compensation. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to issue regulations as necessary to implement this Act. Permits an officer who is offered compensation and the contractor offering such compensation to apply to the OPM for an advisory opinion concerning the legality of such compensation under this Act. Directs the OPM to: (1) publish notice of such application; (2) issue an interim opinion within ten days and a final opinion within 30 days; (3) provide an opportunity for interested parties to present information or comments concerning issuance of such opinion; and (4) publish and give Congress specified information justifying the Office's opinion. Specifies conditions under which the OPM may determine that such compensation does not violate the intent of this Act. States that reliance on such advisory opinion shall be a defense to a civil or criminal case brought under this Act. Requires all meetings of the OPM to consider applications for an advisory opinion to be open to the public. Requires the Office to report annually to Congress concerning its activities and its recommendations for promoting high ethical standards for government employees. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 225 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Terminates the authority of Members of Congress and Delegates to Congress from the various territories to make appointments to the various service academies. Stipulates 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. 61 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Security Act of 1950 to authorize the President to restrict travel by citizens and nationals of the United States to, in, or through any country or area whose military forces are engaged in armed conflict with the military forces of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 133 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Intelligence Officer Identity Protection Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for: (1) past or present employees of the United States or members of the uniformed services; and (2) anyone having lawful access to information identifying individuals as associated with a United States agency engaged in foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities, who discloses classified information concerning any such association to anyone not authorized to receive it. Establishes additional penalties for any disclosure or false assertion which prejudices the safety of the individual identified or damages the foreign affairs functions of the United States. Authorizes the head of any such agency to apply to an appropriate United States district court for injunctive relief to prevent an anticipated violation of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 128 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
States that beginning with fiscal year 1983, military retired pay shall be paid by the Civil Service Commission and that appropriations for such payments shall be made to the Commission. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission to issue jointly such regulations as may be required to effectuate the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 127 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Increases the stipend for individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Amends the Public Health Service Act to make former members of such program who have completed all obligated service in one of the military departments eligible for special grants under such Act to engage in private practice in a health manpower shortage area.
Bill· HRH.R. 227 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Establishes an Optometry Corps within the Army. Stipulates 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. Stipulates 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. Stipulates that qualified optometrists may be appointed in the grades of captain through colonel.
Bill· HRH.R. 228 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Authorizes the recomputation at age 60 of the disability, 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 prior to 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. 131 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the National Security Act of 1947 by adding: Title V: Classification and Safeguarding of National Security Information. States that national security information may be designated and protected only in accordance with this title. Sets forth three classifications ("Top Secret," "Secret," and "Confidential") by which national security information may be designated. Promulgates standards defining each classification. Grants authority to originate the classification of material only to such officials as the President may designate, or any subordinate of such official who is designated as having frequent need of such authority. States that Congress shall periodically review the designations of such subordinates. Requires the President to prescribe regulations for the classification of material by agencies having no designated official. Identifies information which may be classified, including any information which if disclosed could cause identifiable damage to the national security. Prohibits the classification of information in order to conceal incompetence, inefficiency, wrongdoing, or administrative error, to avoid embarrassment to any individual or agency, to restrain competition or independent initiative, or to prevent for any reason the release of information the dissemination of which will not damage the national security. Sets forth regulations governing the identification of an item of classified material. Sets forth procedures to be followed by a holder of classified material who does not believe that such material has been properly classified. Requires the declassification of classified information as early as national security considerations allow. Directs the President to prescribe regulations to: (1) establish procedures for the periodic review of classified information to downgrade, declassify, or destroy such information; and (2) carry out this Act, including provisions assuring the security and accountability of such information. Declares that nothing in this Act shall affect any requirement made under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Sets forth: (1) criminal penalties for the knowing disclosure of classified information or material to any officer or agent of a foreign government or organization who is not authorized to receive such information or material; and (2) procedures for determining whether such material is lawfully classified. Establishes a penalty consisting of a fine of up to $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both, for the classification of material to conceal incompetence, inefficiency, wrongdoing, or administrative error, to avoid embarrassment, to restrain competition or independent initiative, or to prevent or delay the release of information which should not have been classified.
Bill· HRH.R. 99 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
States that a member of the armed forces may be given only one of the following discharges: (1) an Honorable Discharge; (2) a Discharge from Service as regulated under this Act; (3) a Bad Conduct Discharge issued in accordance with the sentence of a general court-martial; or (4) a Dishonorable Discharge issued in accordance with the sentence of a general courts-martial. Requires that a narrative statement describing the service of a former member be issued to such member upon request at any time following separation from service. Limits the information which may be included in such a statement. Sets forth the composition of administrative discharge boards which shall consider whether a member should be separated with a Discharge from Service only upon a finding, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that: (1) the member has engaged in misconduct; (2) in the case of an officer, cadet, or midshipman, that such member has engaged in moral or professional dereliction; (3) the retention of such member would be contrary to the interests of national security; or (4) such member has been convicted previously in a civilian court or previous courts-martial under specified circumstances and the retention of such member is not warranted. Authorizes the use of such discharge by the President in time of war, when the individual has been absent without authority for one year, or where the member has requested such discharge, after consultation with counsel, in lieu of board action under this Act or a courts-martial. Sets forth the rights of the member concerned before the board and procedures regarding the board's actions. Directs such Judge Advocate General to establish a Court of Administrative Review to review recommendations for separation with a Discharge from Service. Requires the Court of Military Appeals to review the record upon which such a discharge was issued after final action by the Court of Administrative Review if the Judge Advocate General orders such review. Authorizes the Court to review the case upon petition by the member affected. Sets forth the conditions under which an administrative discharge board shall be precluded from determining whether a member should be issued a Discharge from Service.
Bill· HRH.R. 98 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Makes individuals who became widowed during the 18-month period after the enactment of the Armed Forces Survivor Benefit Plan eligible for annuities under such plan (previously only those widowed within 12 months of the enactment of such plan were eligible for annuities).
Bill· HRH.R. 238 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Provides that recipients of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation to parents and non-service connected death, disability, or certain other service pensions will not have the amount of such pensions reduced or discontinued because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 137 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Veterans Judicial Review Act - Provides for judicial review of decisions of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs concerning a claim for benefits or payments under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration. Repeals the law requiring the Administrator to determine any pay fees to agents or attorneys in allowed claims for monetary benefits under such law.
Bill· HRH.R. 121 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to acquire the necessary land and establish a national cemetery in Duval County, Florida.
Bill· HRH.R. 122 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Authorizes and directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to construct a general medical and surgical Veterans' Administration hospital at Jacksonville, Florida, and to secure the cooperation of the University of Florida College of Medicine in training medical students at Jacksonville.
Bill· HRH.R. 79 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Denies veterans' benefits to certain individuals whose discharges from service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions were administratively upgraded under the revised standards for review as announced March 28, 1977, by the Department of Defense's Special Discharge Review Program.
Law· HRH.R. 4 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Intelligence Identities Protection Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish criminal penalties for any person who knowingly discloses information which identifies a U.S. covert intelligence agent. Establishes a maximum penalty of ten years' imprisonment and/or a $50,000 fine for any person who, having had authorized access to classified information which identifies a covert agent, intentionally discloses such information. Establishes a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment and/or a $25,000 fine for any person who, having had authorized access to classified information, learns the identity of a covert agent and intentionally discloses such information. Establishes a maximum penalty of three years' imprisonment and/or a $15,000 fine for any person who, in the course of an effort to identify covert agents "with intent to impair" U.S. foreign intelligence activities, discloses information identifying an agent. Directs the President to establish procedures requiring Federal agencies to provide assistance in concealing the identity of U.S. intelligence agents.
Bill· HRH.R. 17 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Military Justice Act of 1979 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to establish within the Office of the Judge Advocate General of each armed force an independent command known as the Courts-Martial Command. Provides that each such command shall be divided into four separate divisions as follows: (1) the judicial division which shall be responsible for the detailing of military judges; (2) the prosecution division which shall be responsible for detailing trial counsel and assistant counsel to courts-martial trials; (3) the defense division which shall be responsible for detailing defense counsel and assistant counsel to courts-martial trials; and (4) the administrative division which shall be responsible for convening courts- martial and detailing court reporters to courts-martial trials. Provides that each Courts-Martial Command shall be subdivided into one or more Regional Commands which shall have responsibility for the administration of military justice within its geographic area. Revises the classification of courts-martial to establish only two types of courts- martial, upper courts-martial consisting of a military judge and seven members, and lower courts-martial consisting of a military judge and three members, or in both cases only a military judge if requested by the accused and approved by the military judge. Sets forth the jurisdiction of upper and lower courts- martial. Stipulates that lower courts-martial may not prescribe punishments of death, dishonorable discharge, dismissal, confinement for more than six months, hard labor without confinement for more than three months, or forfeiture of pay for more than six months. Grants the district courts of the United States jurisdiction over enumerated offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Stipulates that courts-martial may be convened only by the Chief of the Administrative Division of the Regional Command or the Chief's designee within that division. Stipulates that members of upper and lower courts-martial are to be selected on a random basis among those eligible persons permanently stationed within the geographical limits of the Regional Command convening the court-martial unless the Secretary concerned prescribes by regulation that the selection be made from a smaller geographical area. Requires that, within 24 hours after charges are preferred against an individual or 24 hours after an individual is arrested, whichever is first, such person be brought before a military judge at which time the judge shall inform the accused of the charges against the accused as well as the rights of the accused including the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney and the accused's right to a preliminary examination. Stipulates that the judge shall admit the accused to bail in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned or may impose such restrictions in lieu of bail to insure the presence of the accused at trial. Allows interlocutory appeals for denial of bail. Allows trial counsel and defense counsel three preemptory challenges at any lower courts- martial if a bad conduct discharge may be adjudged, six preemptory challenges at any upper courts-martial and ten challenges if the death penalty may be adjudged by the court. Prohibits the courts-martialing of any individual who has been tried for substantially the same offense in any State or Federal court or the trial of any individual in State or Federal courts if such individual has been tried by a courts-martial for substantially the same offense. Requires that all subpoenas be signed by a military judge. Stipulates that only military judges in accordance with regulations promulgated by the President shall have the authority to issue orders to conduct searches and seizures in connection with offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and requires that such orders be in writing and based upon probable cause. Sets forth the powers of military judges with respect to contempt proceedings. Authorizes military judges to enter judgments of acquittal after the evidence on either side is closed if the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction. Requires concurrence of two-thirds of the members of a courts-martial who are present at the time the vote is taken in order to convict an individual. Stipulates that where the sentence is death the vote must be unanimous and that such vote is not binding on the military judge. Increases the number of judges on the United States Court of Military Appeals from three to nine. Authorizes the court, whenever it determines it is necessary to expedite business of the court to divide itself into three separate panels each consisting of three judges. Provides that cases in the United States Court of Military Appeals may be reviewed by the Supreme Court by writ of certiorari. Establishes a committee to conduct a study of specified aspects of the military justice system and to report the results of such study to the President within one year after the date of enactment of this Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 7 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should propose: (1) that the United States and the Soviet Union immediately reduce their nuclear arsenals by a specified percentage; and (2) a conference of all nations having nuclear arms, calling for an annual reduction in nuclear weapons until all nuclear weapons are eliminated from every country.