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Bill· HRH.R. 7933 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1980
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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 396 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1980
Objects to the proposed sale to Jordan of 100 M60A3 tanks and related defense articles and services.
Bill· HRH.R. 7843 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Exempts members of the uniformed services and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and officers of the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service from the 60-day limitation on payments for unused accrued leave if such personnel die after September 1, 1979.
Bill· SS. 2977 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Veterans' and service members Education Benefits Act of 1980 - Establishes a Veterans' and service members Education Benefits Program for veterans who have served on active duty for a period of two years or more after December 31,1980. Entitles eligible veterans to one and one-half months of educational assistance for each month of such veteran's service and makes such veterans 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 an educational assistance allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes any person who, after December 31, 1980, performs four years of service as a member of the Selected Reserve eligible for educational assistance limited to a maximum of 36 months, and an educational assistance allowance equal to one-half that of an eligible veteran. Grants to eligible veterans, who have served on active duty for eight years or more, the right to transfer educational assistance entitlements to such veterans' spouses or children in such manner as prescribed by the Administrator and under limitations set forth in this Act. Increases the range of amounts of monthly deductions eligible veterans shall be allowed to contribute to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account and the limitation on the maximum amount of such contributions. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to such fund on behalf of any participant, thereby reducing such participant's deductions, when deemed necessary to encourage such persons to enter or remain in the Armed Forces. Terminates the Veterans' Educational Assistance program after December 31, 1989, or four years after any eligible veteran's discharge or release date, whichever is later.
Bill· HRH.R. 7839 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Revises the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance so that such assistance shall terminate on December 31, 1989, or the date five years after the veterans' last discharge or release from active duty, whichever is later.
Bill· HRH.R. 7840 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay compensation for damages caused by the United States Armed Forces during World War II to individuals of Japanese descent who were residing on Guam and who have not received such compensation previously. Declares that such compensation shall satisfy any claim by such an individual for such damage. Prohibits the payment of more than ten percent of the amount received for any one claim to an agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with such claim.
Bill· SS. 2960 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1980
Allows Veterans' Administration revolving supply fund reimbursements to be based on the cost of recent significant purchases of the items involved. Directs the Administrator to return to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts such amounts determined to be in excess of the requirements necessary for the effective financial management of such fund.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 588 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1980
Directs the President to utilize the resources of the armed forces to halt the illegal importation of drugs into the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 7795 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1980
Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes an Armed Forces Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for three years or more. Sets forth a schedule of educational assistance entitlement for such veterans as follows: (1) for service of 36 consecutive months but less than 48 consecutive months and an agreement to serve three years in the Ready Reserve, 18 months of assistance; (2) for service of 48 consecutive months but less than 72 consecutive months and an agreement to serve four years in the Ready Reserve, 36 months of assistance; and (3) for service of 72 consecutive months, 36 months of assistance. Allows eligible veterans who have served on active duty for 16 years by September 30, 1986, to transfer their educational entitlement to their spouse or children. Makes any veteran entitled to assistance under this Act eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program (PREP) and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the six-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a substantial allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans educational assistance. Grants to eligible veterans, who have served on active duty from three to six years, the right to transfer educational assistance entitlements to such veteran's spouse or children in such manner as prescribed by the Administrator concerned and under limitations set forth in this Act. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit a joint report to the Congress, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on plans for implementing the educational assistance provided in such Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report semiannually to Congress on the effect of such program on the number and quality of individuals entering the Armed Forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 7790 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1980
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make contributions to local authorities for the construction of traffic controls, road improvements, or other devices adjacent to national cemeteries in order to facilitate safe entry or exit.
Bill· SS. 2944 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1980
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to require that all ships built with construction- differential subsidy funds appropriated after June 25, 1978, be offered to the Secretary of Defense for enrollment in the Sealift Readiness Program. Makes the owner of such a vessel liable to refund a specified portion of the construction-differential subsidy to the Secretary of Commerce for failure to offer such vessel for such enrollment. Prohibits a contract for the payment of such subsidy to be made or extended after the date of this Act unless the owner has already offered the vessel for enrollment. Directs such owners to offer such vessels for enrollment within 30 days of the date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7780 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1980
Declares Federal personal property which was loaned to a State or local government by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA) and transferred with the other property of DCPA to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to be surplus property. Directs the Administrator of General Services to donate such property to such government if the Director of FEMA certifies that the government is using the property for civil defense purposes. Requires the Director to survey such property and to notify the Administrator of the property which is being used for civil defense purposes within 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7767 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1980
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· SS. 2941 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes an Armed Forces Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for three years or more. Sets forth a schedule of educational assistance entitlement for such veterans as follows: (1) for service of 36 consecutive months but less than 48 consecutive months and an agreement to serve three years in the Ready Reserve, 18 months of assistance; (2) for service of 48 consecutive months but less than 72 consecutive months and an agreement to serve four years in the Ready Reserve, 36 months of assistance; and (3) for service of 72 consecutive months, 36 months of assistance. Allows eligible veterans who have served on active duty for 16 years by September 30, 1986, to transfer their educational entitlement to their spouse or children in such manner as prescribed by the Administrator concerned and under limitations set forth in this Act. Makes any veteran entitled to assistance under this Act eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program (PREP) and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the six-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. 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. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit a joint report to the Congress, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on plans for implementing the educational assistance provided in such Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress semiannually on the effect of such program on the number and quality of individuals entering the Armed Forces.
Bill· SS. 2929 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Title I: The Intelligence Community - Authorizes the "intelligence community" of the United States to conduct intelligence activities in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Includes the following entities in the intelligence community: (1) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) Central Intelligence Analysis Agency; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) Foreign Intelligence Agency; (5) National Security Agency; (6) National Counterintelligence Office; and (7) intelligence components of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency, military services, Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, Energy, and others as determined by the President. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of the Director of National Intelligence, headed by a Director of National Intelligence appointed by the President. Includes in such Office: (1) a United States Intelligence Board (USIB), consisting of the heads of the entities in the intelligence community, to coordinate U.S. intelligence activities; and (2) a Board of Presidential Estimates, appointed by the Director, to prepare briefings on intelligence for the President and the National Security Council. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including to: (1) inform the President of views and developments within the community; (2) make budgetary recommendations for the community; (3) provide the President and Congress with an annual assessment of the community's effectiveness; (4) promulgate regulations governing the classification of sensitive information; (5) coordinate technical services needed by the community; and (6) perform other duties as the President may prescribe. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence, at the request of the National Security Council, to produce Presidential intelligence estimates. Requires the Director to ensure that diverse points of view within the community are presented. Establishes a nine-member National Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, appointed by the President, to evaluate continually the effectiveness of the intelligence community. Directs the Board to report its findings from time to time to the President and the congressional intelligence committees. Establishes a five-member Intelligence Oversight Board, appointed by the President, to investigate allegations of illegal, unethical, or improper activities of any entity in the intelligence community. Directs the head of each entity of the community to establish, subject to the approval of the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, guidelines with respect to the following collection methods that may be used against a "U.S. person": (1) intrusive and other covert or clandestine techniques; (2) informants and undercover agents; (3) examination of third-party records, including telephone bills, medical records, and hotel registrations; and (4) public information sources. Prohibits the nonconsensual use of such methods except in accordance with the guidelines. Requires the guidelines to: (1) take into account such person's constitutional rights; (2) specify the official who must authorize the collection activity; and (3) be reasonably designed to match the acquisition of information with U.S. security needs. Prohibits the use of intrusive techniques against any U.S. person to obtain foreign intelligence while such person is in the United States unless the President determines that it is necessary to obtain intelligence essential to the national security and which cannot be obtained by less intrusive methods. Restricts the dissemination of intelligence information with respect to a U.S. person by the United States Counterintelligence Office. Authorizes the head of each entity of the intelligence community to classify information in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Director of National Intelligence. Subjects any person, who discloses classified information to a person unauthorized to receive it, to the current penalties for the offense of delivering defense information to aid a foreign government. Exempts the intelligence community from any laws requiring disclosure of information with respect to information in files specifically designated by the Director of National Intelligence to be concerned with: (1) technical systems for the collection of intelligence information; (2) special and foreign intelligence activities; (3) investigations for determining the suitability of intelligence sources; and (4) liaison or information arrangements with foreign governments. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to repeal the Hughes-Ryan amendment of 1974 (conditioning the funding of covert CIA operations on reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees). Repeals the provision of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 limiting assistance for military activities in Angola. Title II: Central Intelligence Analysis Agency - Establishes a Central Intelligence Analysis Agency headed by a Director appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Charges the Agency with collecting and publishing intelligence information to warn the President and congressional intelligence committees of impending warlike acts anywhere in the world and to assess the disposition and activities of foreign governments. Title III: Defense Intelligence Agency - Establishes within the Department of Defense a Defense Intelligence Agency to: (1) advise the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff; (2) coordinate the intelligence elements of the Armed Forces; and (3) fulfill the same mission as the Central Intelligence Analysis Agency. Provides for a Director of the Agency, appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Title IV: The United States Foreign Intelligence Agency - Establishes in the executive branch the United States Foreign Intelligence Agency, headed by a Director appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Charges the Agency with collecting throughout the world information not available to the public to keep the President and Congress informed of the resources and activities of foreign governments and entities that might affect the foreign relations or safety and welfare of the United States. Directs the Agency to: (1) develop the capabilities to influence events outside the United States so that the role of the Government is not revealed or acknowledged and to undertake special activities as the President may order; and (2) conduct intelligence activities in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties. Requires the Director to report its activities at least annually to the congressional intelligence committees. Authorizes the Agency to: (1) permit its employees to use covert techniques anywhere in the world which the Director determines are necessary to accomplish the Agency's mission; and (2) engage in intelligence activity outside the United States, other than intelligence gathering, which is approved by the President and with respect to which the intelligence committees are notified as soon as practicable. Establishes within the Agency the Contingency Reserve Fund for activities to accomplish the Agency's mission. Permits particular aliens and their families to be given entry into the United States for permanent residence without regard to their inadmissibility under the immigration laws, upon the determination by the Director, with the approval of the Attorney General, that their admission is in the interest of national security or essential to intelligence activities. Title V: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Directs the FBI to: (1) perform intelligence and counterintelligence activities to safeguard the United States from foreign agents working in the United States against its interests and from terrorists; and (2) collect and disseminate intelligence to counter terrorism and conduct other activities to achieve the purposes of this Act. Requires that all FBI counterintelligence and counterterrorist activities outside the United States be conducted in coordination with the Foreign Intelligence Agency. Requires such operations within the United States by other Federal agencies be coordinated with the FBI. Sets forth the duties of the Director of the FBI, including reporting annually to the congressional intelligence committees on foreign intelligence services and terrorist groups operating in the United States. Authorizes the FBI to take all lawful measures to protect the United States from hostile intelligence services and terrorists. Title VI: National Security Agency - Establishes in the Department of Defense the National Security Agency to conduct signals intelligence, cryptology, and communications security for the United States, and to serve as the principal agency of the United States' Signals Intelligence System. Provides for a director of the Agency appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including reporting annually to the congressional intelligence committees on the state of U.S. signals intelligence and communications security. Title VII: United States Counterintelligence Office - Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Counterintelligence Office to coordinate the counterintelligence activities of the intelligence community. Provides for a Deputy Attorney General of the Office appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Charges the Office with retaining the central counterintelligence files of the Government. Authorizes the Office to request any entity of the community to initiate an investigation of any U.S. person on the basis of facts and circumstances which reasonably indicate that such person is engaged in: (1) clandestine intelligence activity on behalf of a foreign power; (2) international terrorist activity; (3) international trafficking in drugs or other contraband; and (4) international organized crime activities. Directs the Attorney General, subject to approval of the Director of National Intelligence, to establish guidelines for the dissemination of information to other law enforcement agencies of the Federal, State, local, or foreign governments. Specifies standards for such guidelines. Title VIII: Congressional Oversight - Directs the head of each entity of the intelligence community to: (1) keep the congressional intelligence committees fully and currently informed of all intelligence activities; (2) furnish information to such committees upon request; and (3) report to such committees any illegal and corrective intelligence activities that are taken or planned. Authorizes the President to establish procedures for informing such committees of any special activity not subject to prior notification, together with a statement of reasons for not giving such notice. Directs the House of Representatives and the Senate, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, to establish procedures to protect intelligence information from unauthorized disclosure.
Bill· HRH.R. 7733 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a study of the possible relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and any health problems they may presently have. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and the Veterans Administration regarding such study.
Bill· HRH.R. 7728 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer a refundable income tax credit for payment of compensation to an employee for periods during which such employee participates in armed forces summer camp training. Limits the amount of such credit to the amount which such employee would normally be paid for employment during such period, reduced by the amount of military pay which the employee receives at summer camp. Denies any tax credit for amounts which an employer pays as vacation or holiday pay.
Bill· HRH.R. 7726 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Reduces the age at which a member of the Armed Forces may retire from nonregular service from 60 to 55. Requires the Secretary of Defense to reduce by regulation the retired pay of such persons solely to ensure that there is no actuarial cost to the Government because of such retirement.
Bill· HRH.R. 7700 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1980
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. 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. 7696 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1980
Increases the range of amounts of monthly deductions which persons in military service shall be allowed to contribute to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account.
Bill· SS. 2898 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Increases the range of amounts of monthly deductions which persons in military service shall be allowed to contribute to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account.
Law· HRH.R. 7694 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Makes civilian employees of the Department of Defense, who are residents of Guam, the Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico at the time of their employment, eligible for assignment rotation to duty outside such territories and the United States. Authorizes the delegates to Congress from the Virgin Islands and Guam to have two appointments each (presently one appointment) for attendance at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy. Makes such nominations effective for academic years beginning more than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the establishment of an Army National Guard and Air National Guard in Guam.
Law· HRH.R. 7682 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Eliminates the requirement that before a member of the Standby Reserve may be involuntary ordered to active duty in time of war or national emergency, the Director of the Selective Service must determine that the member is available for active duty. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to determine the period of time to be allowed, based upon military requirements, between the time a reservist is ordered to active duty and the time such reservist must enter that duty. Increases from 50,000 to 100,000 the number of members of the Selected Reserve who may be ordered to active duty other than during a war or national emergency. Amends the Selective Service Act to remove the requirement that armed forces Reserve officers ordered to active duty for training be so ordered for not less than three months.
Bill· HRH.R. 7668 (96th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to define "special activity" to mean activity conducted abroad to further official United States programs and policies, which is planned and executed so that the role of the Government is not apparent or acknowledged publicly, but excluding diplomatic activity and the collection of intelligence or related support functions. Prohibits the expenditure of funds by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or any other Federal agency for a special activity unless the President: (1) finds that the activity is important to the national security; and (2) reports such activity, before its initiation, to the congressional intelligence committees. (Current law as provided by the Hughes-Ryan Amendment of 1974 requires such reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees). Permits such reporting to be limited to the chairmen and ranking minority members of the intelligence committees for the shortest practical period upon a determination by the President that extraordinary circumstances affecting vital national interests so require. Requires the President to report to the full committees as soon as practicable and provide a statement of reasons for not giving prior notice to the full committees. Stipulates that this notice does not mean prior approval of the committees is required for initiation of intelligence activity. Requires the heads of Federal entities to: (1) keep the intelligence committees fully and currently informed of all intelligence activities carried out by such entities; (2) furnish information requested by the committees; and (3) report in a timely fashion to such committees any illegal intelligence activity. Requires the President and the intelligence committees to establish procedures to carry out these requirements. Directs the House of Representatives and the Senate, in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence, to establish procedures to protect intelligence information from unauthorized disclosure.
Bill· HRH.R. 7663 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Prisoner of War Benefits Amendments Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish an advisory committee to assess new medical and other information on former prisoners of war (_POW's). Provides that the membership of such committee shall include former POW's of World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era and individuals who are recognized authorities in certain fields of medicine. Allows officials of other executive agencies to be included on such committee. Directs the committee to submit a report, biennially, to the Administrator on its activities. Makes POW's with the disease of psychosis manifest to a degree of ten percent presumably eligible for wartime disability benefits (presently such psychosis must have occurred within two years of separation from service). Entitles POW's of World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam era eligible for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care benefits. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations and furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis to such POW's. Requires the President to designate an appropriate date for the annual observance of "National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 7654 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Directs the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to establish a program of training in military medicine for reserve commissioned officers enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to relieve participants who complete such training program from the 45-day active duty service requirement during one year of the scholarship program.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 728 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1980
Provides additional debate time and waives certain points of order against the conference report on S. 932 (Defense Production Act of 1950).
Bill· SS. 2856 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1980
Revises the terms of office of members of Boards of Visitors to United States service academies to provide that such members serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Law· HRH.R. 7626 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1980
Military Pay and Allowances Benefits Act of 1980 - Grants an increase for enlistment and reenlistment bonuses to members of the uniformed services who qualify in a critical military skill. Extends to not more than 14 years the maximum period a member may serve and still remain eligible for the reenlistment or extension of an enlistment bonus. Extends the period of obligated service which will not be computed in determining such bonus to 16 years. Repeals the requirement that a person must enlist for four years to be eligible for the enlistment bonus. Provides a special pay bonus for certain aviation career officers who enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation (when applicable), to remain on active duty in aviation service for at least one year. Prohibits such agreement to extend beyond the date on when the officer would complete 19 years of such service. Defines "aviation service" to mean the service performed by an officer holding an aeronautical rating or designation under regulations prescribed by the applicable Secretary. Sets forth terms and conditions for such officer to refund to the United States the appropriate amount of the bonus if the officer fails to complete the extension of service agreed upon. Increases special pay to naval officers for nuclear duty who extend their period of active service for four years, and for such officers who successfully complete nuclear training. Extends the authority for such pay until September 30, 1983. Increases the annual incentive bonus for certain naval officers who have successfully completed or received training for nuclear duty. Extends the authority for such bonuses until October 1, 1983. Eliminates requirements for such service to have begun after September 30, 1975. Amends the definition of "nuclear service year" to mean any fiscal year beginning before October 1, 1983. Increases the monthly incentive pay for enlisted members for hazardous duty on submarines. Entitles qualified enlisted members who enter into an agreement with the Secretary concerned to extend their duty at designated locations overseas to special pay not in excess of $50 per month. Allows such members to elect a period of rest and recuperative absence at Government expense in lieu of such special pay. Revises entitlement provisions for basic allowance for quarters to allow members above the pay grade of E-6 (presently commissioned officers above the pay grade 0-3) to elect not to occupy quarters and instead to receive such allowance according to the applicable pay grade. Provides that a member below the pay grade of E-7 is not entitled to such allowance while on sea duty, and a member below the pay grade of E-6 is not entitled to such allowance while on sea duty for a period in excess of 90 days. Increases the per diem allowance for members traveling on official business. Limits the allowance for the transport of a house trailer or mobile home dwelling to not more than the total cost of packing, pick-up, linehaul or drayage, delivery, and unpacking baggage and household effects of members or dependents as authorized by the Secretary concerned. Permits the storage of such homes up to 180 days while in transit. Allows payments for such transportation to be made in advance. Eliminates provisions of existing law which direct the means of transporting such homes and references to the cost per mile of such transportation. States that parking facilities provided for such homes not owned by the Government shall not be considered quarters for purposes of the basic allowance for quarters. Allows the Government to establish a fee for the use of any such facility and to amortize the cost of construction for such facility 15 years after the completion of construction. Makes members under the pay grade of E-4 eligible for a family separation allowance. Permits the reimbursement of any member of the Navy on sea duty (presently only naval officers) for expenses incurred in obtaining quarters, when such quarters are not available onboard ship. Stipulates that such members who are stationed near their dependents shall not be entitled to such reimbursement. Provides permanent authority for subsistence allowances for members of the Marine Corps officer candidate program and repeals an Act which provided authority to that effect until September 30, 1982. Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 720 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1980
Waives certain points of order against the bill H.R. 7592 (Department of Defense military construction funding).
Bill· SS. 2846 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1980
Revises the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance to provide that such assistance shall terminate on December 31, 1989, or the date five years after a veteran's last discharge or release from active duty, whichever is later.
Bill· SS. 2836 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to repay and cancel an amount equal to the lesser of the unpaid balance of a guaranteed or insured student loan or $2,000, for each year, up to four years, of satisfactory service a student borrower performs after December 31, 1981, as a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force of the United States. Specifies that this does not authorize refunding any repayment of a loan. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such purpose. Requires that eligible lenders give priority to Selected Reserve members in making federally insured guaranteed student loans. Requires that institutions of higher education give first priority to Selected Reserve members in making direct student loans. Includes among those who are "preference eligible" as veterans, for purposes of Federal employment, individuals who: (1) become Selected Reserve members on or before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) satisfactorily complete at least two years of such service.
Law· HRH.R. 7592 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1981 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Defense for military construction for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense agencies, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, and Air Force Reserve. Makes appropriations for the United States' share of costs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and for expenses of family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense agencies. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds appropriated by this Act, including limitations on funds for the installation of solar energy systems, space transportation system facilities, and the MX missile system.
Bill· HRH.R. 7597 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Allows disabled individuals eligible for custodial care under the CHAMPUS program on October 18, 1978, to continue to receive such care concurrently with hospital insurance benefits provided by Medicare.
Bill· HRH.R. 7607 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Makes civilian employees of the Defense Establishment in Guam, the Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico eligible for assignment or rotation to duty outside such territories and the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 7585 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1980
Authorizes the Veterans' Administration to furnish outpatient medical services to any veteran exposed while on active duty to ionizing radiation as a result of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. Deems such veteran to have a service-connected disability rating of at least 50 percent. Makes provisions of this Act applicable after September 30, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 7552 (96th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1980
Authorizes the Secretary concerned of the Armed Forces to conduct a safety investigation of any aircraft accident under his or her jurisdiction to determine its cause and obtain information for the prevention of similar accidents. Prohibits the public release, or use in discovery or as evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding, of deliberative portions, confidential information, or life science reports of such investigation. Declares that this Act does not limit or alter the authority of the National Transportation Safety Board under other specified Acts. Directs the Secretary concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 2806 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make contributions to local authorities for the construction of traffic controls, road improvements, or other devices adjacent to national cemeteries in order to facilitate safe entry or exit.
Bill· HRH.R. 7536 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to change the cost-sharing formula for emergency inpatient medical and dental care for members, certain former members, and dependents.
Bill· HRH.R. 7535 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Amends the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act to eliminate the limitation on the amount of leave that may accumulate to the credit of a teacher employed by the Department of Defense (DOD) in a school located overseas. Requires that any person appointed to such a teaching position receive credit for any sick leave accumulated at a prior job with the Federal Government or the District of Columbia government, or at a job which is determined to have been a teaching position, provided the break in service does not exceed three years. Declares that any DOD teacher who is reappointed to another agency without a break in service exceeding three years shall receive credit for any sick leave or teacher's leave earned while the teacher worked for DOD.
Law· HRH.R. 7301 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1980
(Reported to House from the Committee on Armed Services with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1009) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake emergency construction upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense that deferral of such construction until the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, to increase the authorization of appropriations for Army acquisition and construction projects. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake emergency construction to meet national security needs as provided under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for the construction of the Air Passenger Terminal Keflavik, Iceland, in accordance with this title and any agreement made with the Government of Iceland. Sets forth prerequisites for such agreement before such contract may be commenced. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake emergency construction to meet national security needs as provided under title I of this Act. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, to increase the authorization of appropriations for Air Force acquisition and construction projects. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes appropriations for the United States' share of NATO programs for the acquisition or construction of military facilities. Title V: Military Family Housing - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire or construct military housing units at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to make renovations at existing public quarters of the military departments and defense agencies at costs not to exceed specified amounts. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1968, to provide that the cost limitation for the improvement of single family housing units be adjusted by the area construction cost index developed by the Department of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish repairs and improvements to existing family housing units at various locations for specified amounts. Grants the Secretary the authority to carry out advance planning and construction design and to obtain architectural and engineering services for family housing construction at costs not to exceed specified amounts. Increases the maximum average rental expenditure for military housing within the United States or abroad. Makes occupants of military housing units liable for damages they may cause to such units and directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to such effect. Exempts the housing for personnel of the Department of Defense from space limitations authorized by existing law for family quarters obtained by the Department of State. Authorizes the Secretary to complete construction of 2,600 family housing units in Oahu, Hawaii, at costs not to exceed a specified amount. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, to increase authorizations for acquisition and construction of certain military family housing projects. Authorizes specified appropriations for support of military housing as authorized by law including operating expenses, leasing, maintenance, and credit expenses. Revises the family housing management account to include the proceeds from the rental of family housing, payments made for damages to such housing, and reimbursements from other agencies for expenditures from such account. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the various military departments to develop installations under this Act without regard to provisions of law which prohibit the advancement of public moneys and which require the submission of detailed cost estimates to Congress. Establishes expenditure ceilings for each title of this Act. Authorizes limited increases in the amounts authorized pursuant to this Act if the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual and unanticipated variations in cost. Directs the Secretary of Defense to encourage the use of solar energy for projects authorized by this Act and authorizes the Secretary to increase the cost limitations or floor area limitations for a project in order to equip it with solar energy heating or cooling equipment. Establishes measures and responsibility for supervising the construction work authorized under this Act. Repeals prior Military Construction Authorization Acts. Specifies exceptions to such repealer. Sets forth unit cost limitations based on square footage for projects authorized pursuant to this Act. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces of various military departments. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such entity. Title VIII: General Provisions - Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1975, to authorize the Secretary to provide assistance to the communities located near the East Coast TRIDENT Base or the MX Weapon System for increased costs of municipal services and facilities of such communities, to the extent such funds are specifically appropriated to the Department of Defense in Military Construction Authorization Acts. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to provide transportation for military personnel assigned to the Naval Submarine Support Base, Kings Bay, Georgia, until adequate onbase family housing is completed or until January 1, 1982. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1977, to modify the prior authority for land conveyance in South Charleston, West Virginia, by increasing the amount of acreage conveyed. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to modify a prior land acquisition in San Diego, California, to provide a possibility of reverter of such land to the City of San Diego if the United States ceases to use the land for hospital or medical purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the city in exchange for such land all or part of the Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire all interest of the San Diego Unified School District in and to certain other parcels of land in the County of San Diego in exchange for lands of equivalent value. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire all interest in certain lands contiguous to McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento County, California, in exchange for lands of equivalent value. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the City of Wabasha, Minnesota, certain lands comprising the United States Army Reserve Center in exchange for certain lands of equivalent value. Provides that such conveyance shall not be made until the existing Center is vacated and a new Center is constructed. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey, without monetary consideration, to the Government of Guam all interest in certain lands within the Apra Harbor Naval Complex, Guam, Marianas Islands. Subjects such conveyance to such times, terms, and conditions as the Secretary considers to be in the interest of national defense.
Law· HRH.R. 7511 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1980
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends the authority for the Veterans' Administration regional office in the Republic of the Philippines until September 30, 1985. Sets forth procedures for: (1) retroactive payments for additional children entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation; and (2) reducing payments to a dependent child who has attained the age of 18 and is attending an educational institution, and whose parent is receiving compensation payments as a surviving spouse. Prohibits the payment of burial allowances for any veteran who dies during fiscal year 1981 whose income exceeded $20,000, and includes the income of such veterans' spouse in determining the income of such veteran. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish headstones and markers, upon request, for specified relatives of veterans who are buried in a State veterans' cemetery. Provides for the reduction of pension payments made to veterans of a period of war, and surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war when such pension payments are made concurrently with such individuals' retirement payments. Provides for pension payments to a hospitalized veteran having neither spouse nor child if such veteran is readmitted within six months of a period of care. Limits the amount of compensation for a service-connected disability and dependency and indemnity compensation for any veteran imprisoned in a Federal, State, or local penal institution as a result of conviction of a felony or misdemeanor. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to apportion and pay to such veteran's spouse, children, or dependent parents the compensation such veteran would have received but for such veteran's incarceration. Sets forth the minimum number of personnel to be employed by the American Battle Monument Commission for the care and maintenance of the cemeteries, monuments, and memorials under the jurisdiction of such Commission. Title IV: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates of specified sections of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7475 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1980
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. 7458 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1980
Permits veterans to refinance previously guaranteed mortgage loans which are secured by homes they still own and occupy. Sets forth conditions and requirements pursuant to such loans.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 178 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1980
Requests the President to designate the week of November 9 through November 15, 1980, as "World War I Overseas Flyers' Week."
Bill· SS. 2755 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, when requested, to provide a memorial plaque or marker for any veteran, whose remains are undetermined or buried at sea, for placement in an appropriate location designated by the next of kin.
Bill· SS. 2758 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist in acquiring specially equipped housing for certain veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities due to the loss or loss of use of both upper extremities.
Bill· HRH.R. 7441 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
National Defense Compensation Act of 1980 - Increases the pay and allowances, and certain special and incentive pays, of members of the uniformed services for pay periods beginning after December 31, 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the President, in any year in which an alternative pay plan is transmitted to the Congress, to include in such plan a statement specifying the adjustments which would have been made but for such alternative plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 7435 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
Excludes the requirement that an individual have two academic years remaining at an educational institution to be eligible for advanced training in a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at such institution.
Bill· HRH.R. 7416 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of the Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel near Eagles Nest, New Mexico. Limits such funds to the difference between operational costs and contributions provided by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Incorporated.