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Law· SS. 1918 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1979
Defense Officer Personnel Management Act - Title I: Amendments to Subtitle A of Title 10, United States Code - General Military Law - Eliminates the provisions defining "dependent" with respect to female members of the armed services. Defines: (1) "active-duty list" as a single list for each of the military services containing the names of all active-duty officers of that service (other than those excluded by this Act); (2) "competitive category" as a group of officers designated to compete among themselves for promotion; (3) "due-course officer" as an active-duty officer who has neither failed to be promoted when considered for promotion, nor been promoted from below the promotion zone; has served on active duty continuously; has not received constructive credit service; and in the case of a Navy or a Marine officer, has not lost numbers or precedence; (4) "promotion zone" as an eligibility category consisting of all the most senior officers on an active-duty list in the same grade and competitive category who are eligible for promotion to the next higher grade, and who have neither failed to be selected, nor removed from a promotion list, for such grade; and (5) "officers above and below the promotion zone." Requires Congress to authorize annually the end strength of active-duty officers for each of the military services. Prohibits the appropriation of any related funds without such authorization. Excludes specified members of the reserve and National Guard from such authorized strengths. Revises information to be included in the annual report of the Secretary of Defense to Congress recommending active-duty end strengths. Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe, subject to congressional authorization, the fiscal year end strengths in active-duty officers (excluding warrant officers) for each military service. Provides that the officer strength of the Navy is increased by the authorized officer strength of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating as part of the Navy. Authorizes ceilings for the number of regular officers in each service. Limits the number of active-duty officers in grades above colonel or captain (Navy), and below brigadier general or commodore admiral. Authorizes the President to suspend temporarily any of such provisions in time of war or national emergency. Provides for the original appointment by the President of officers in grades 0-1 through 0-6 in the regular Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Sets forth: (1) required qualifications for such appointments; and (2) actual and constructive service credit provisions. Revises appointment of reserve warrant officer provisions to make all such appointments by warrant of the Secretary of each service. Establishes provisions concerning temporary officer appointments in time of war or national emergency, including: (1) Presidential authority to make such appointments in grades below lieutenant general or vice admiral; (2) service credit entitlement of such appointments; (3) sole Presidential authority to make, and to vacate, such appointments; (4) maintenance of a pay and allowance, and permanent status, of military personnel in such appointments; and (5) termination of such appointment. Authorizes the President to designate temporary positions of importance to carry the grade of general, lieutenant general, admiral, or vice admiral. Authorizes the Secretary of each service to promote temporarily a warrant officer on active duty. Requires the Secretary of Defense to promulgate regulations for the convening of officer promotion boards for grades 0-2 through 0-8, and for selection boards to recommend continuation of active service or selective early retirement. Sets forth the composition of such boards. Requires at least 30 days notice to be given to an affected officer. Authorizes such an officer to submit written material to be considered by such boards. Sets forth provisions concerning promotion, separation, and retirement of officers which include, among other things: (1) selection board members' oaths; (2) information to be furnished to such boards; (3) recommendations and eligibility for promotion by such boards; (4) selection board reports; (5) active-duty lists; (6) competitive promotion categories; (7) promotion zones; (8) promotion procedures; (9) special selection boards; (10) removal from promotion lists; (11) discharge of regular officers with less than five years of service; (12) retirement; (13) continuation on active duty; (14) selective early retirement; (15) creditable service for involuntary retirement; (16) deferment of retirement or separation; (17) Presidential authority to suspend temporarily laws relating to officer promotion, separation, or involuntary retirement; and (18) separation or retired pay entitlement. Requires the Secretary of each military department (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense) to report annually to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees concerning: (1) current active-duty officer positions and estimates of such future positions; (2) the numbers of officers actually serving in such positions; and (3) the distribution by grade and year of commissioned service of active-duty reserve and regular officers. Provides that: (1) retired members who serve as higher active-duty grades shall maintain such grade when returned to the retired list; and (2) except in time of war or national emergency, not more than 15 retired officers above colonel or captain (Navy) may be on active duty at any one time. Provides that a reserve officer ordered to active duty shall be ordered to active duty in his reserve grade. Sets forth the relative rank of various commissioned officers and other related provisions, including the command authority of retired officers. Establishes the Naval grade of Commodore Admiral in place of Rear Admiral (lower-half). Provides for the appointment by the President of a Judge Advocate General and a Deputy Judge Advocate General in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Extends the restriction on outside employment to all active-duty officers (currently affects regular officers only). Provides medical and dental benefits to spouses of servicewomen. Removes provisions requiring an unremarried widower or husband of a servicewoman to be dependent upon her for over half his support to qualify for such benefits. Entitles warrant officers to separation pay. Provides uniform separation payments to officers and reserve and temporary enlisted members in an amount equal to ten percent of annual basic pay for each year of service up to a maximum of $30,000. (Sets forth an alternate payment formula with a maximum of $15,000 to be used at the discretion of the Secretary of each military department). Provides for the deduction of retired and disability payments from such benefits. Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to convene boards to determine whether certain regular officers should be retained on active duty because of failure to perform up to standards, or for misconduct, moral or professional dereliction, or for reasons of national security. Sets forth the composition of such boards, their duties, and other related provisions. Provides for appellate boards of review to review the records of such inquiry boards. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to remove an officer from duty upon the recommendation of an inquiry board. Sets forth the various types of discharges and retirement that may be granted for such separations. Requires officers (other than those above general or admiral, warrant officers, and service academy professors, admissions directors, or registrars) to retire at age 62. Authorizes the President to defer the retirement of specified higher officers until age 64. Limits the number of such deferments in effect at any one time to ten. Provides that: (1) a regular, reserve, or temporary officer (excluding warrant officers) may retire in the highest grade served on active duty for at least six months; and (2) an officer in grades 0-5, 0-6, 0-7, or 0-8 must serve at least three years in such grade to be granted voluntary retirement in that grade. Revises computation of retired pay for specified officers retired under provisions of this Act. Title II: Amendments to Subtitles B and D of Title 10, United States Code - The Army and the Air Force - Repeals provisions: (1) prohibiting the inclusion of personnel detailed outside the Department of Defense in computing military strengths; (2) prohibiting the enlistment of women as aviation cadets; (3) authorizing an Army colonel serving as special assistant to the Comptroller of the Department of Defense to have the grade of brigadier general; (9) authorizing an Army officer serving as Assistant to the Chief of Engineers to have the rank and pay of brigadier general; and (5) setting forth termination of appointment or enlistment of women. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) service credit upon original appointment of reserve officers; (2) exclusion of active-duty list reserve officers from certain reserve officer appointment requirements; (3) temporary appointment and promotion of warrant officers; (4) appointment of reserve officers to active-duty status in their reserve grade; (5) inclusion of Chief of Staff to the President in determination of authorized strengths; (6) command authority of nurse and medical specialist officers; (7) retention in active status until age 50 of reserve officer veterinarians, podiatrists, and optometrists; (8) computation of retired pay; and (9) inclusion of the Deans of the United States Military and Air Force Military Academies in determining grade strengths. Title III: Amendments to Subtitle C of Title 10, United States Code - The Navy and Marine Corps - Amends the definition of "commissioned officer" to mean a member of the naval service whose appointment has been commissioned by the President. Eliminates the provision entitling the Director of Budget and Reports to the same rank and retirement as provided for chiefs of bureaus. States that the Chief of the Dental Division in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery shall hold the grade of commodore admiral (rather than rear admiral) or above. Authorizes the Chief of Medical Service Corps to have a grade higher than captain. Abolishes the positions of Assistant Chief of Women, Bureau of Naval Personnel; and Director of Women Marines. Repeals provisions limiting the number of active-duty women officers. Provides that not more than 50 percent of certain Navy Reserve officers on active status may serve in the grade of rear admiral. Repeals certain provisions regarding original appointments of officers, including: (1) appointment of Naval Academy graduates as regular officers; (2) appointment of women in the Naval Reserve as staff corps officers; (3) priority categories for officer appointments; (4) appointment of ensigns; and (5) prohibition of appointment of a former midshipman or cadet as a Marine officer until after graduation of his academy class. Makes provisions regarding the transfer of staff and line officers applicable to all officers (presently only applies to males). Includes geophysics, and cryptography within the special duty categories for Navy officer appointments. Authorizes limited duty appointments of Navy officers as lieutenants or Marine officers as captains. Revises provisions regarding the crediting of constructive service for reserve appointments. Delegates the assignment of reserve officer running mates to the Secretary of the Navy. Repeals provisions regarding: (1) officer examinations; (2) retired Navy officers; (3) officers' shore duty assignments; (4) discharge of women enlisted personnel and officers; and (5) recall and retired officers' pay. Provides that officers in the Nurse Corps of the Naval Reserve shall be eliminated from active status under the same conditions as regular officers in the same grade. Title IV: Amendments to Title 37, United States Code, Relating to Pay and Allowances - Repeals pay provisions regarding: (1) rear admirals; (2) certain retired Navy and Coast Guard officers recalled to active duty; and (3) Marine officers serving as Judge Advocate General or Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Eliminates creditable service for basic pay computation of medical or dental officers. Provides that promoted officers shall be entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade to which they are promoted on the effective date of promotion (presently as of the vacancy date). Title V: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Sets forth technical and conforming amendments to this Act. Title VI: Transition and Effective Date Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) officer grade and promotion status; (2) officer retirement, discharge, and release from active duty; (3) placement on the active-duty list; (4) uniform, pay grade, rank, and title of rear admirals affected by the creation of the new grade of commodore admiral; (5) reappointment and promotion of regular Navy women officers; (6) creditable service; and (7) grade strengths.
Bill· HRH.R. 5653 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1979
Waives certain time limitations and authorizes the President to award a Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Hyman Epstein for service during World War II.
Bill· SS. 1907 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1979
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. 5629 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1979
Reduces from 30 to ten percent the disability rating required for a veteran to be eligible for employment and training benefits. Removes the requirement that a Vietnam era veteran must apply within 48 months from being discharged or released to be eligible for such benefits.
Bill· SS. 1902 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1979
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish within the National Cemetery System a national cemetery in Russell County, Alabama, to be known as the Fort Mitchell Regional Veterans' Cemetery. Stipulates that such proposed cemetery is to be established on a site donated to the United States by the Russell County Commission, Russell County, Alabama, and that such cemetery may not be established unless such Commission conveys to the United States, without consideration, all right and title to real property consisting of approximately 450 acres in the area of Fort Mitchell in Russell County, Alabama. Authorizes appropriations of $3,385,000 for fiscal year 1980 for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5615 (96th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1979
Intelligence Identities Protection Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 by adding a new title V: Protection of Certain National Security Information. Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of ten years' imprisonment and/or a $50,000 fine for anyone who, having had authorized access to classified information, intentionally discloses to any individual not authorized to receive classified information any information that identifies an individual as an employee of an intelligence agency or as an agent, informant, or source of assistance to an intelligence agency, where the actor knows or has reason to know that the information so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual's intelligence relationship to the United States. Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of one year imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine for anyone who with intent to impair the foreign intelligence activities of the U.S. discloses such information with such knowledge. Makes it a defense to such crimes that before the commission of the offense the United States had publicly acknowledged or revealed the intelligence relationship of the individual to the United States. Stipulates that it shall not be an offense to transmit such information directly to the congressional intelligence committees.
Law· HRH.R. 5580 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1979
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mutual Support Act of 1979 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire logistic support, supplies, and services for U.S. Armed Forces deployed in Europe from the other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries pursuant to the procurement provisions applicable to the U.S. Armed Forces. Exempts such acquisitions from other specified statutory provisions. Permits the Secretary to enter into cross-servicing agreements with any NATO country under which the United States will provide support, supplies, and services to military forces of such country and in return such country will provide the same to U.S. Armed Forces. Directs that the acquisition or transfer of such support, supplies, and services be paid for in U.S. dollars or by replacement-in-kind (including exchanges). Requires direct payments to the supplier every three months by the recipient of such support, supplies, and services in order to liquidate any credits and liabilities accrued by the United States. Credits any receipts of the United States to the applicable appropriations, accounts, and funds of the Department of Defense. Sets ceilings on the total amount of liabilities and credits that may be accrued by the United States. Prohibits increasing the inventories of supplies for the U.S. Armed Forces for the purpose of transferring supplies. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress concerning: (1) contracts and agreements entered into pursuant to this Act and (2) the value of acquisitions and transfers of services and supplies.
Bill· HRH.R. 5581 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1979
GI Bill of Employment Rights - Provides for a program of career development, training, and related services for Vietnam-era veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 5573 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1979
Provides an alternative eight-year (unless otherwise extended) term of service in the Reserve as one of the requirements for a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) scholarship. Stipulates that such service may include periods of active duty, active duty for training, and other active or inactive service. Increases the maximum number of such scholarship recipients in the Army program from 6,500 to 12,000. Authorizes additional scholarships to be awarded to eligible students at a military junior college. Defines "military junior college" as a civilian postsecondary educational institution essentially military in nature that does not confer baccalaureate degrees and that meets other requirements as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. Establishes eligibility criteria for such scholarship recipients, including: (1) United States citizenship; (2) enlistment in an Army Reserve unit; and (3) service as a commissioned officer in the Army Reserve or the National Guard for at least six years. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to order a scholarship recipient who does not complete the course of instruction, or who refused to accept a commission upon completion of instruction, to serve on active duty for up to four years. Authorizes the Secretary to delay the commencement of such Reserve service until completion of a graduate or undergraduate degree.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 420 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1979
Designates March 29 of each year as "Vietnam Era Veterans Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 5533 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
Excludes armed forces personnel released from duty for the good of the service from the definition of "Federal service." Stipulates that such persons shall not be eligible for unemployment benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 5542 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to implement a new civil defense program for the 1980's designed to: (1) enhance the survivability of the American people and their leaders; (2) enhance strategic nuclear deterrence and stability; (3) continue and strengthen the Nation's policy of relying on superior nuclear forces and conventional tactical forces; (4) include planning and population relocation during times of international and domestic crisis; and (5) utilize the structure and capabilities of the National Guard to the maximum extent practicable. Directs the President to carry out such program and specifies elements to be included in such program. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for each of the fiscal years 1980 through 1986. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to study the feasibility of using the National Guard as the principal organizing and training unit for local civil defense activities and to study the feasibility of using organizations composed of veterans, and other appropriate groups and individuals, to help in developing, staffing, and carrying out civil defense plans during periods of emergency. Requires the Director to submit the results of such studies to Congress within one year.
Bill· HRH.R. 5535 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
Provides that the Department of Defense shall pay funeral and transportation costs, and may pay specified additional funeral expenses at non-national cemeteries, incident to the death of certain retired military members who die in a United States hospital.
Bill· SS. 1872 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1979
Vietnam Veterans Act - Title I: Employment - Provides for a program of career development, training, and related services for Vietnam-era veterans. Establishes the Office of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment in place of the existing office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment. Title II: Health and Psychological Care - Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for certain diseases arising in Vietnam-era veterans (and for birth defects in their children) exposed to agent orange. Authorizes specified mental health care for eligible Vietnam-era veterans at community mental health centers. Title III: GI Bill Assistance - Extends the educational assistance delimiting period for certain Vietnam-era veterans. Eliminates the requirement of matching State funds for accelerated educational loan payments. Increases such maximum payment amounts. Title IV: Administrative Costs for State Home Loan Programs - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the initial administrative expenses for a qualifying State or local veterans' home loan program. Title V: Commission to Study Veterans' Benefits - Establishes the Commission on Veterans' Benefits to perform a comprehensive study of the structure and administration of the laws relating to veterans' benefits. States that such Commission shall report its findings within 18 months to the President and Congress, and cease to exist 30 days after such submission.
Bill· SS. 1858 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1979
Makes the Federal tort claims procedure the exclusive remedy in medical malpractice actions resulting from federally authorized National Guard training activities (repeals the current provision covering such liability).
Bill· HRH.R. 5499 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians to: (1) determine whether a wrong was committed against American citizens and permanent resident aliens who were subjected to relocation or internment as a result of Executive Order Numbered 9066 and other associated Government acts; and (2) recommend appropriate remedies. Directs the Commission: (1) to hold public hearings in specified cities; and (2) within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to Congress and the President. Terminates the Commission six months after such report is submitted.
Bill· HRH.R. 5469 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Provides for Federal guarantees of loans made to veterans for the installation of residential solar electrical energy producing systems.
Bill· HRH.R. 5491 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Provides that transverse myelitis causing in a veteran a ten percent or more degree of disability within seven years after separation from active wartime service shall be presumed to be service connected for purposes of veterans' disability compensation.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 41 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President: (1) insist that the Soviet Union remove its troops expeditiously from Cuba; and (2) not agree to any concessions in exchange for such removal.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 40 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President insist that the Soviet Union remove its troops expeditiously from Cuba.
Bill· HRH.R. 5433 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1979
Vinson-Trammell Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Vinson-Trammell Act to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from making a noncompetitive national defense contract unless the contractor agrees to: (1) pay any excess profit to the United States; (2) make no subcontract in order to evade any provisions of this Act; and (3) make no first tier subcontract unless the subcontractor also agrees to such provisions (present section sets forth aircraft contract requirements). Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) collect any profits owed by a contractor by setoff against any amounts due such contractor; or (2) waive the requirements of this Act with regard to any contract or subcontract. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress concerning actions taken under this Act. Repeals provisions setting forth naval vessel contract requirements.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 432 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1979
Expresses the sense of the House that the Secretary of Defense shall inter an Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam era in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater.
Bill· SS. 1809 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979
Stipulates that certain full-time training or duty performed by a member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard shall be creditable as active duty for training in Federal service as a Reserve of the Army or Air Force for benefit purposes.
Bill· SS. 1810 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979
Includes required drills and field exercises within the category of National Guard activities which are considered active duty for training for purposes of veterans' reemployment rights.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 426 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979
Waives certain points of order in the consideration of H.R. 5359 (Department of Defense appropriations).
Bill· HRH.R. 5373 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1979
Authorizes chiropractic care in medical facilities of the uniformed services and under the CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services) program.
Bill· HRH.R. 5374 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1979
Provides chiropractic treatment for eligible veterans.
Bill· SS. 1793 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish an Army Reserve career interest program for persons between the ages of 14 and 18.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 406 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1979
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend the termination date of provisions of such Act relating to contract priorities and allocations for strategic materials and expansion of the national productive capacity and supply regarding such materials until January 28, 1980.
Law· HRH.R. 5359 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1979
Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1980 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1980 to each of the armed forces for pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel, and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations for military personnel on active duty. Appropriates specified amounts to each Reserve and National Guard component of the armed forces for personnel costs. Title II: Retired Military Personnel - Appropriates specified sums for retired and retainer pay for retired military personnel. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates specified sums for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses for each of the armed forces and their reserve components and for the defense agencies; (2) expenses of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practices; (3) the payment of claims against the Department of Defense; (4) salaries and expenses of the Court of Military Appeals; (5) maintenance of budgeted levels of military personnel, operation or maintenance expenses disrupted by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and (6) logistical support and personnel services to the XIII Olympic Winter Games. Title IV: Procurement - Appropriates specified sums to the various military departments and the defense agencies for the procurement of weapons and defense articles. Title V: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates specified sums to each of the armed forces and to the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation purposes. Title VI: Special Foreign Currency Program - Appropriates a specified sum for payment in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States for expenses in carrying out programs of the Department of Defense. Title VII: General Provisions - Sets forth the activities for which funds may not be used under this Act, including: (1) the consolidation or realignment of advanced or undergraduate pilot training squadrons of the Navy as proposed by the DOD; and (2) the performance of abortions except where the mother's life would be endangered. Sets forth limitations on the use of appropriations under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assist small and minority-owned businesses to participate equitably in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this Act. Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act for the purchase of specified goods in amounts over $10,000 unless such goods are produced in the United States. Title VIII: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for expenses of the Intelligence Community Staff, and for payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund in order to maintain a proper funding level for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
Bill· SS. 1777 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1979
Allows reserve enlisted members of the Army and the Air Force to retire with 20 years of service.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 235 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1979
Declares that it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider the SALT II Treaty until a Select Committee on Foreign and Defense Policy is appointed and reports to the Senate concerning the level of military capability required to guard U.S. security interests.
Bill· HRH.R. 5306 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1979
Eliminates the requirement that an individual be a member of the National Rifle Association to be eligible to purchase arms, ammunition, targets, and other supplies and appliances necessary for target practice which are sold by the Department of the Army.
Law· HRH.R. 5288 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1979
Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1979 - Title I: Revision of Vocational Rehabilitation Program - Revises veterans' vocational rehabilitation provisions to declare the purpose of this Act to be to provide all services necessary to enable veterans with service- connected disabilities to attain maximum independence, to become employable, and to obtain and maintain suitable employment. Redefines "vocational rehabilitation" to include the provision of all services required to achieve the purpose of this Act, including discharge, medical, social, psychological, economic, and vocational services (presently defined in terms of educational and vocational training to restore employability). Defines "employment handicap" as a disability impairing a veteran's ability to prepare for, obtain, or retain employment consistent with his or her abilities, aptitudes, and interests. Revises entitlement provisions to: (1) make eligibility run as of September 16, 1940, (rather than World II as at present); (2) require a handicap to be an employment handicap as defined by this Act; and (3) provide for follow up vocational services to a rehabilitated veteran in order for such veteran to enter new employment more suitable to his or her current capacity or condition. Eliminates the language extending eligibility for specified veterans to October 15, 1971. Sets forth the scope of services, including: (1) evaluation of rehabilitation potential; (2) educational, vocational, and personal counseling; (3) a vocational rehabilitation plan; (4) vocational and related services including tutorial services, tuition, books, and other training materials; (5) treatment for mental and emotional disorders; (6) medical care; (7) prosthetic and other corrective devices; (8) placement and postplacement services; (9) services to a veteran's family; (10) special rehabilitation services, including services for the blind and the deaf; (11) subsistence allowances; (12) essential employment equipment and supplies for severely disabled veterans requiring homebound training and or self-employment; (13) transportation costs, including pre- and post-training services; and (14) work study allowance, loans, and other incidental goods and services. Revises duration of services provisions to: (1) provide basic vocational rehabilitation services for 48 months; (2) remove the nine year (from discharge) eligibility limitation; and (3) provide a 12 month rehabilitation evaluation period. Revises subsistence allowances provisions to: (1) provide for payments during the evaluation of vocational rehabilitation period; (2) provide payments for unpaid on-job training or work experience in a Federal agency or during such evaluation period; (3) pay room and board expenses for individuals pursuing a program on a residential basis in a specialized rehabilitation facility; (4) provide that vocational payments be paid on a full-time basis for two months following a determination of employability; (5) set forth the rate of payment for individuals in unpaid Federal training or work experience; (6) prohibit payments to incarcerated individuals; and (7) provide for advance payment of subsistence allowances. Authorizes personal adjustment counseling and counseling during the evaluation of rehabilitation feasibility period. Sets forth basic requirements of a vocational rehabilitation program, which shall include: (1) participation by the veteran in formulation of a written plan; and (2) a statement of objectives and goals, services and a time schedule for providing such services, and a projected completion date. Revises leave of absence provisions to remove the 30 day per year limitation on such leave. Revises the regulation of conduct provisions to remove the three-month forfeiture of subsistence allowance penalty for unsatisfactory conduct and to replace the permanent disqualification for further vocational rehabilitation penalty with a provision allowing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reinstate such benefits upon satisfactory conduct. Increases the maximum amount of loans available to a veteran from $200 to $400. Authorizes vocational rehabilitation to veterans hospitalized (not pending final discharge) in VA or non-VA medical facilities. Authorizes vocational training outside the United States (presently prohibited for post-World War II veterans who were not citizens at the time of their United States military service). Provides that any Federal agency's facilities may be used to provide unpaid training or work experience as part of a veteran's vocational rehabilitation program. States that such a veteran shall be deemed a Federal employee for workmens' compensation purposes but not for the purposes of laws administered by the Office of Personnel Management. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use the facilities, staff, and other resources of any Federal agency to provide services under this Act. Directs the Administrator to assist in the development of employment and on-job training opportunities, including payments to employers for providing on-job training to certain veterans. Directs the Veterans Administration (VA) to: (1) provide employment assistance, including direct employment placement, utilization of Federal, State, and nonprofit private employment services and securing loans and paying business license fees; (2) provide vocational rehabilitation staff training and development; and (3) carry out an ongoing program of rehabilitation research and special projects, including grants and contracts with public and nonprofit agencies. Directs the Administrator to appoint a Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation. Revises provisions concerning the limitation on periods of assistance under two or more veterans' educational assistance programs to include post-Vietnam era benefits within such limitation, and to provide a 48 month aggregate eligibility period for vocational rehabilitation and other educational assistance. Title II: GI Bill Educational Assistance Program Amendments: Part A - Educational Assistance for Veterans - Authorizes the Administrator to disapprove a veteran's or serviceperson's application for educational assistance if enrollment would be prohibited by any of the appropriate administrative provisions. Eliminates the 50 percent employment reporting requirement for courses if: (1) veteran and eligible dependent or survivor enrollment does not exceed 35 percent of total enrollment (for the two-year reporting period); and (2) the course had met the employment requirements for two consecutive reporting periods. Eliminates the requirement that a major portion of an open circuit television course must require conventional classroom or laboratory attendance in order to be approved by the Administrator for assistance. Eliminates computing persons receiving Federal educational assistance from the "85-15" enrollment eligibility requirement. Eliminates the course completion time provision as a requirement for satisfactory educational progress with regard to discontinuance of educational assistance. Revises foreign study provisions to authorize such study if: (1) the course is part of a standard college degree program (or its equivalent) at an institution of higher learning so recognized by the foreign country; and (2) the Administrator approves. Provides that an incarcerated veteran pursuing a program of education shall be paid at the same rate as half-time and active duty recipients. Authorizes assistance for continuing education or training required by Federal, State, or local law for professional or vocational relicensure or continued employment. Provides that such continuing education shall be paid at the same rate as refresher training. Stipulates that educational assistance for a veteran pursuing an eligible (as revised by this Act) open circuit television course shall be paid in the same manner as an independent study program. Part B - Educational Assistance for Dependents and Survivors of Veterans - Authorizes the Administrator to disapprove an eligible survivor's or dependent's application for educational assistance if enrollment would be prohibited by any of the appropriate administrative provisions. Prohibits such individuals from enrolling in an educational institution not located in a State or in the Republic of the Philippines unless: (1) the course is part of a standard college degree (or its equivalent) at an institution of higher learning so recognized by the foreign country; and (2) the Administrator approves. Revises provisions concerning advance educational assistance payments to such individuals to: (1) authorize direct payments to an eligible individual (presently payments must be made to a parent or guardian); (2) eliminate certain certification requirements; (3) provide that payments for an eligible (as revised by this Act) open circuit television course shall be paid in the same manner as an independent study program; and (4) provide that an incarcerated individual pursuing a program of education shall be paid at the same rate as half-time and active duty recipients. Part C - Amendments Relating to Administration of Educational Benefits - Revises provisions concerning the period for which educational or subsistence allowances will be paid for eligible veterans or persons to provide that: (1) the individual must be pursuing a course of study (presently required to be enrolled); (2) the Administrator shall determine regulations regarding eligibility; and (3) payment shall be for the stated period of enrollment, or the actual period of enrollment, whichever is shorter. Requires veterans and other individuals to report any changes in their educational status to the Administrator. Requires educational institutions to report any facts that they know or should have known concerning their compliance with, or eligibility for, such educational assistance. Revises overpayment provisions to: (1) make individual recipients liable (presently only the educational institution is liable); and (2) provide that a waiver of individual liability shall not release such institution from liability. Includes "residence" in the definition of a full-time undergraduate course. Defines "in residence on a standard quarter- or semester-hour basis" to require pursuit of regularly scheduled weekly class instruction on campus at the rate of one standard class session per week throughout the semester for one semester hour of credit. Provides for payments to veterans and eligible persons attending non-degree courses during periods between terms which do not exceed 15 calendar days and periods when the school is not in session because of teacher conferences or teacher training sessions (not to exceed five days in any 12-month period). Terminates the (veterans') education advisory committee as of December 31, 1989. Includes post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance, and deletes vocational rehabilitation, within such committee's responsibility. Title III: Repeal of Authority to Pursue Predischarge Education Training (PREP) Under Chapter 32 - Repeals specified provisions authorizing servicepersons to participate in the predischarge education training program (PREP). Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Administrator to release information to a consumer credit agency concerning veterans' benefits debts to: (1) obtain current addresses of debtors; (2) obtain credit reports in order to assess a debtor's ability to repay; and (3) give notice of the outstanding obligation. Prohibits the VA from making such disclosure until 30 days have elapsed after reasonable efforts have been made to notify the individual of the VA's intention to disclose debt information. Prohibits disclosure of such information by the VA in a case of a disputed claim until the accuracy of the information is determined or until the Administrator reviews such claim. Provides that records disclosed to a consumer reporting agency may be used only for the purpose provided for by this Act, and that the Privacy Act does not apply to such disclosure. Authorizes the disclosure by the Administrator of names and addresses from use in a collection proceeding for debts owed for any Veterans' Administration benefits program. Includes required drills and field exercises within the category of National Guard activities which are considered active duty for training for purposes of veterans' reemployment rights. Defines "person" for purposes of veterans' survivors and dependents special restorative training to mean children of veterans. Title V: Effective Date - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the second month after the date of enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5268 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1979
Authorizes the Veterans' Administration to use its own legal counsel to pursue civil remedies for the collection of overpayments of educational assistance made to eligible veterans and dependents and for the collection of defaulted educational loans.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 185 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the SALT II Treaty not be considered until Soviet troops are withdrawn from Cuba.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 406 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1979
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Soviet Union should remove its troops from Cuba as expeditiously as possible.
Bill· HRH.R. 5235 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1979
Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1979 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that: (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12-month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training. Requires such a physician to agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year in order to receive such $10,000 additional payment. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified (under regulations prescribed by this Act). Sets forth a special pay schedule for dentists in the Armed Forces or in the Public Health Service who are on active duty for not less than one year providing that: (1) dentists below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $9,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) dentists above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a dentist eligible for special pay to an additional annual payment ($6,000 to $10,000 depending on years of creditable service) for any 12-month period during which he or she is not undergoing dental internship or residency training. Requires such a dentist to agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year in order to receive such payment. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $4,000 based on years of creditable service) for those dentists eligible for special pay who are board certified. Sets forth a special pay schedule for optometrists in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for not less than one year providing for: (1) payments of $1,000 to $3,000 per year depending on years of creditable service; and (2) additional annual payments of $1,000 for optometrists with at least three years of creditable service. Requires a written agreement for such additional payments. Defines "creditable service" for purposes of this Act to include all time spent in internship or residency while not on active duty, and all time spent on active duty (as a physician, dentist, optometrist or podiatrist). Authorizes special pay of $100 per month to podiatrists in the Armed Forces or in the Public Health Service who are on active duty for not less than one year and who have three or more years of creditable service. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish standards for determining whether an officer is: (1) undergoing medical, dental, or optometry internship or residency training; and (2) board certified for a medical or dental specialty. Stipulates that any special pay received under this Act may not be included in computing the amount of any increase in pay authorized by any other uniformed services pay provisions, or in computing retired, severance, or readjustment pay. Provides for the refund of a specified percentage of the amount received by an officer who voluntarily terminates active service before the expiration of the one-year written agreement. Directs the Secretary to conduct a review every two years of such special pay authorizations. Requires the first such review to be submitted to the Congress no later than September 30, 1982. Repeals existing provisions of Federal law: (1) prohibiting special pay for veterinarians after September 1980; (2) setting forth guidelines for physicians' and dentists' continuation pay; and (3) regarding special pay for specified physicians below pay grade 0-7 who execute active duty agreements. Directs the Secretary to conduct an evaluation of alternatives for addressing the existing maldistribution of medical and dental specialties within the Armed Forces. Requires a final report to be submitted to the Congress no later than two years after enactment of this Act. Stipulates that health professionals eligible for basic and special pay under existing provisions shall not be paid less than such amounts as a result of amendments made by this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1981. Provides that special pay provisions under this Act shall take effect for periods beginning after September 30, 1979, or after date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
Bill· HRH.R. 5246 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1979
World War II Veterans' Bonus Act - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide a lump-sum bonus to qualified World War II veterans or, if deceased, to their survivors. Defines "qualified World War II veteran" for purposes of this Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 183 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should communicate U.S. insistence that the Soviet Union should remove its combat troops from Cuba.
Bill· HRH.R. 5195 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1979
Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1979 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that: (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12 month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training. Requires such a physician to agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year in order to receive such $10,000 additional payment. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified (under regulations prescribed by this Act). Sets forth a special pay schedule for dentists in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for not less than one year providing that: (1) dentists below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $7,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) dentists above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a dentist eligible for special pay to an additional annual payment ($6,000 to $8,000 depending on years of creditable service) for any 12 month period during which he or she is not undergoing dental internship or residency training. Requires such a dentist to agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year in order to receive such payment. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those dentists eligible for special pay who are board certified. Sets forth a special pay schedule for optometrists in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for not less than one year providing for: (1) payments of $1,000 to $3,000 per year depending on years of creditable service; and (2) additional annual payments of $1,000 for optometrists with at least three years of creditable service. Requires a written agreement for such additional payments. Defines "creditable service" for purposes of this Act to include all time spent in internship or residency while not on active duty, and all time spent on active duty (as a physician, dentist, or optometrist). Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish standards for determining whether an officer is: (1) undergoing medical, dental, or optometry internship or residency training; and (2) board certified for a medical or dental specialty. Stipulates that any special pay received under this Act may not be included in computing the amount of any increase in pay authorized by any other uniformed services pay provisions, or in computing retired, severance, or readjustment pay. Provides for the refund of a specified percentage of the amount received by an officer who voluntarily terminates active service before the expiration of the one-year written agreement. Directs the Secretary to conduct a review every two years of such special pay authorizations. Requires the first such review to be submitted to the Congress no later than September 30, 1982. Repeals existing provisions of Federal law: (1) prohibiting special pay for veterinarians after September 1980; (2) setting forth guidelines for physicians' and dentists' continuation pay; and (3) regarding special pay for specified physicians below pay grade 0-7 who execute active duty agreements. Directs the Secretary to conduct an evaluation of alternatives for addressing the existing maldistribution of medical and dental specialties within the Armed Forces. Requires a final report to be submitted to the Congress no later than two years after enactment of this Act. Stipulates that health professionals eligible for basic and special pay under existing provisions shall not be paid less than such amounts as a result of amendments made by this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1981. Provides that special pay provisions under this Act shall take effect for periods beginning after September 30, 1979, or after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 182 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1979
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 1981 and 1982 for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways according to specified apportionment factors.
Law· HRH.R. 5168 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1979
Extends, through fiscal year 1980, an increase in the authorization for the number of colonels and lieutenant colonels serving on active duty in the Air Force. Extends through such fiscal year the authority of the President to suspend application of provisions which: (1) restrict the number of Navy and Marine officers who may be promoted from below the appropriate promotion zone; (2) require Marine brigadier generals to have completed three years' service in grade to be eligible for promotion to major general; (3) require certain officers to have completed specific years in grade in order to be eligible for promotion; (4) prohibit officers designated for limited duty below the appropriate promotion zone from being considered for promotion; and (5) require male Navy line officers to have at least two years' sea or foreign service in grade for promotion. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned for such fiscal year to retire and/or separate and grant retired pay (and/or severance pay) to disabled members of the armed forces whose disability was incurred in the line of duty from September 15, 1978, through September 30, 1980, if the President issues an Executive Order to such effect. Extends through such fiscal year the authority of temporary major generals in the Marine Corps to sit on selection boards convened to promote brigadier generals to major generals. Extends through such fiscal year the authority to temporarily promote Navy and Marine officers designated for limited duty, and to temporarily promote certain unrestricted Navy lieutenants to lieutenant commander.
Bill· SS. 1687 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1979
Repeals specified defense contract requirements regarding the purchase of aircraft or naval vessels including: (1) auditing requirements; (2) return of excess profits; and (3) subcontracting prohibitions. Repeals the requirement that at least ten percent of naval aircraft and aircraft engines be manufactured in plants owned and operated by the United States. Removes the President's power to manufacture naval aircraft or aircraft parts in United States owned plants.
Bill· SS. 1629 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to budget funds for certain specified purposes to assist the Civil Air Patrol. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to give, sell, or lend to the Civil Air Patrol excess property acquired by the Air Force under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.
Bill· SS. 1660 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to implement a new civil defense program for the 1980's designed to: (1) enhance the survivability of the American people and its leadership; (2) enhance strategic nuclear deterrence and stability; (3) continue and strengthen the Nation's policy of relying on superior nuclear forces and conventional tactical forces; (4) include planning and population relocation during times of international and domestic crisis; and (5) utilize the structure and capabilities of the National Guard to the maximum extent practicable. Directs the President to carry out such program and specifies elements to be included in such program. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for each of the fiscal years 1980 through 1986. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to study the feasibility of using the National Guard as the principal organizing and training unit for local civil defense activities and to study the feasibility of using organizations composed of veterans, and other appropriate groups and individuals, to help in developing, staffing, and carrying out civil defense plans during periods of emergency. Requires the Director to submit the results of such studies to Congress within one year.
Bill· HRH.R. 5136 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Repeals the provision requiring the preservation of total disability ratings for compensation purposes. Reduces from 20 to five years the period after which a rating cannot be reduced for pension and insurance purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 5134 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Repeals the Military Selective Service Act of 1967.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 398 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Directs the Secretary of State to provide the House of Representatives with information concerning: (1) Israeli use of military aircraft of U.S. origin outside Israeli borders; and (2) Israeli compliance with the Arms Export Control Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 177 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Objects to the proposed sale of tanks to Israel.