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Bill· SS. 1820 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Department of Defense Supplemental Authorization Act, 1982 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes additional appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the armed forces for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and tracked combat vehicles. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes additional appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the armed forces for operation and maintenance. Title III: Active Forces - Increases the active duty end strength for the Army in fiscal year 1982.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 241 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Disapproves the President's decision announced on October 2, 1981, regarding the basing mode for the MX missile.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 240 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Disapproves the President's decision announced on October 2, 1981, regarding the development of long-range combat aircraft.
Bill· SS. 1814 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1981
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay from the military pension of a member or former member of a uniformed service to a spouse or former spouse the amount specified in a court's final decree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal separation. Limits the total amount of pension subject to court order to 50 percent. States that orders for payments to more than one spouse shall be satisfied on a first-come-first-served basis. Empowers the Secretary to determine which court order shall be honored in the event of conflicting orders regarding one spouse. Entitles specified former spouses to coverage under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) for 90 days after the decree or longer if such spouse is being treated for a pre-existing medical condition. Entitles members or former members with a former spouse to participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan. Amends the Social Security Act to exclude payments from a military pension made to a former spouse from specified child support and alimony enforcement proceedings.
Bill· HRH.R. 4897 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1981
World Peace Tax Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit conscientious objectors to designate their income, estate, or gift tax payments for nonmilitary purposes. Establishes within the Treasury of the United States a World Peace Tax Fund to receive such tax payments. Defines a conscientious objector as an individual who is opposed to war in any form and who has been exempted from combat training in the Armed Forces under the Military Selective Service Act, or who satisfactorily demonstrates that he is conscientiously opposed to war in any form. Requires tax forms to contain a checkoff for taxpayers who wish to claim conscientious objector status and designate their tax payments for the World Peace Tax Fund. Permits the setting aside of criminal or civil penalties imposed upon a taxpayer for nonpayment of tax prior to 1979 if the taxpayer pays the tax and satisfactorily establishes that the nonpayment was due to his religious beliefs. Directs the Comptroller General to determine the percentage of actual appropriations made by the United States from the Federal budget during the preceding fiscal year for military purposes. Requires the publication of such information in the Congressional Record. Establishes a World Peace Tax Fund Board of Trustees. Sets forth the membership structure and duties of the Board. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4902 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1981
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay from the military pension of a member or former member of a uniformed service to a spouse or former spouse the amount specified in a court's final decree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal separation. Limits the total amount of pension subject to court order to 50 percent. States that court orders for payments to more than one spouse shall be satisfied on a first-come-first-served basis. Empowers the Secretary to determine which court order shall be honored in the event of conflicting orders regarding one spouse. Entitles specified former spouses to coverage under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) for 90 days after the decree or longer if such spouse is being treated for a pre-existing medical condition. Entitles members or former members with a former spouse to participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan. Amends the Social Security Act to exclude payments from a military pension made to a former spouse from specified child support and alimony enforcement proceedings.
Bill· HRH.R. 4862 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1981
National Defense Port System Act of 1981 - Title I: Establishment of National System of User Fees for Deep-Draft Channels and Harbors - Directs the President to appoint a task force which shall make specific recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the imposition of user fees on ports having deep-draft channels or harbors. Sets forth factors to be considered by the task force. Directs the Secretary to establish a nationally uniform system of user fees. Allows the Secretary to increase or decrease such user fees under certain circumstances. Requires such fees to be collected by the Customs Service. Establishes the Port System Trust Fund within the Treasury. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on Trust Fund operations. Makes amounts in the Trust Fund available for: (1) navigation improvement projects; and (2) operation and maintenance of specified channels and harbors, including those in the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes, or their connecting waters. Revises financing procedures of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Terminates Corporation obligations outstanding on the effective date of this Act. Title II: Construction and Financing of Navigation Improvement Projects to Increase the Depth of Deep-Draft Channels and Harbors to More Than Forty-Five Feet - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to expedite construction of approved navigation improvement projects if the appropriate State port authority enters into a specified agreement with the Secretary. Requires such port authority to reimburse the United States for 100 percent of construction, operation, and maintenance costs. Allows State port authorities to construct approved navigation improvement projects at their own expense and to finance such construction through the adoption of duties of tonnage. Grants the consent of Congress, subject to certain conditions, to the levying by the States of such duties of tonnage. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the operations of such State port authorities and to report to Congress thereon. Sets forth enforcement procedures concerning such duties of tonnage. Title III: Expedited Procedure for Approval of Navigation Improvement Projects and Related Landside Facilities Projects - Directs the Secretary to establish a project schedule for all agency decisions relating to navigation improvements and landside facilities projects. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the project schedule at any time. Describes procedures concerning judicial review of final agency decisions covered by a project schedule.
Bill· HRH.R. 4851 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1981
Excludes the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans' Administration from any requirements for contracting out commercial and industrial functions.
Bill· SS. 1772 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1981
Provides that State law concerning the division of a military pension of a member or former member of the armed forces upon divorce or legal separation shall not be preempted. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay from the military pension of a member or former member of the armed forces to a spouse or former spouse the amount specified in a State court's decree of dissolution of marriage or of legal separation. Prohibits such payment whenever the Secretary receives certified, conflicting decrees. Requires the Secretary to notify the affected member or former member whenever a portion of a military pension has been so awarded.
Bill· HRH.R. 4837 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1981
Eliminates the requirement that the superintendent of a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Army be a disabled veteran.
Bill· HRH.R. 4831 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1981
Amends the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of Defense designate, and that such designation be posted at, specified defense facilities where it is unlawful to be employed if a member of a Communist-action organization.
Bill· HRH.R. 4818 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1981
Requires that certain mail meeting specified conditions sent from or addressed to an armed forces post office outside the contiguous 48 States be transported between such post offices and certain points in the United States by a scheduled U.S. air carrier.
Bill· SS. 1750 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Authorizes the retention in the Air Force Reserve of certain retired regular enlisted members until total service equals 40, rather than 30, years or such members reach the age of 60.
Law· HRH.R. 4792 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Military Justice Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to state that a member of an armed force receiving a sentence from a court-martial which includes an unsuspended dismissal or bad-conduct discharge may be required to take leave pending completion of the action. Makes such leave chargeable against accrued or excess leave. Precludes the accrual or reception of pay or allowances during involuntary leave. Excludes such persons from the right to reemployment of inducted persons. Exempts such persons from the restriction on off-post civilian employment. Requires payment for leave charged as excess leave, minus earnings received during such leave, whenever such a sentence is set aside or disapproved by a Court of Military Review or the United States Court of Military Appeals. Prohibits punishment before trial without regard to the effective date of sentences. Permits the accused to be represented by more than one military counsel only as specified. Extends from 30 to 60 days the period during which an accused may petition the Court of Military Appeals for review of a decision of a Court of Military Review. Requires an application for modification or vacation of a sentence or findings in a court-martial case which has been finally reviewed, but not reviewed by a Court of Military Review, to be made within two years of sentencing.
Bill· HRH.R. 4788 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Permits the next of kin of a deceased veteran to designate the style of flag, draped or mounted, to be furnished at the burial of such veteran.
Bill· HRH.R. 4790 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide special impact assistance to States and local governments to avoid an unfair financial burden attributable to the major construction or expansion of military facilities. Requires that multiyear plans to administer such assistance be prepared by an Intergovernmental Defense Impact Planning and Mitigation Board comprising appropriate State, local and Federal representatives. Directs such Board to submit an annual community impact facilities and services program to the Secretary for approval. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations governing the administration of this assistance and to keep the appropriate committees of Congress informed of major changes in the program. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress annually on the amounts expended by each recipient. Makes grant assistance available through designated fiscal agents upon certification that the funds will be used within 12 months in accordance with the approved program. Directs the Secretary to determine when the major construction or expansion has been completed. Prohibits new assistance under such circumstances unless the Secretary determines on a biennial basis that an unfair burden still exists.
Bill· HRH.R. 4757 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1981
Requires all security and protective functions at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine, to be performed by United States Government personnel and not by contract employees.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 230 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that no fiscal year 1982 budget cuts should be made in activities affecting the combat readiness of the armed forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 4719 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Renegotiation Act Amendments of 1981 - Reinstates until September 30, 1986, the Renegotiation Act of 1951 (providing for review of defense contractors' profits). Makes the Act inapplicable to amounts received by contractors from October 1, 1976, through the date of enactment. Requires renegotiation to be conducted by division and major product line, rather than by total aggregate sales. Increases from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 the aggregate fiscal year renegotiable sales amount which makes contractors and subcontractors covered by the Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4715 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Amends the Uniformed Survivors Benefits Amendments of 1980 to entitle certain individuals who were widowed on or before September 21, 1972, and who are not covered by the Survivor Benefit Plan, to an annuity.
Bill· HRH.R. 4714 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Permits the Secretary of the military department concerned to accept voluntary services for museums operated by such department.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 221 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that, 60 days before delivery of the airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft or any other defense article proposed for sale to Saudi Arabia, the President should report to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on whether Saudi Arabia is continuing constructive and peaceful policies in the Middle East. States that the Senate intends to prohibit the delivery of such defense articles if Saudi Arabia is no longer continuing such policies.
Bill· HRH.R. 4689 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1981
Military Justice Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to state that a member of an armed force receiving a sentence from a court- martial which includes an unsuspended dismissal or bad-conduct discharge may be required to take leave pending completion of the action. Makes such leave chargeable against accrued or excess leave. Precludes the accrual or reception of pay or allowances during involuntary leave. Excludes such persons from the right to reemployment of inducted persons. Exempts such persons from the restriction on off-post civilian employment. Requires payment for leave charged as excess leave, minus earnings received during such leave, whenever such a sentence is set aside or disapproved by a Court of Military Review or the United States Court of Military Appeals. Prohibits punishment before trial without regard to the effective date of sentences. Permits the accused to be represented by more than one military counsel as specified. Extends from 30 to 60 days the period during which an accused may petition the Court of Military Appeals for review of a decision of a Court of Military Review. Requires an application for modification or vacation of a sentence or findings in a court-martial case which has been finally reviewed, but not reviewed by a Court of Military Review, to be made within two years of sentencing.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 334 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1981
Requests the president to designate December 24, 1981, as "National Military Families Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 4669 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1981
Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from purchasing foreign-made administrative motor vehicles except as specified.
Bill· SS. 1694 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981
Requires that selection boards considering Reserves for appointment, promotion, and other purposes in the armed forces shall include at least one reserve officer of that armed force.
Bill· HRH.R. 4658 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the suspension of the 18-month period in which an individual must purchase a new residence for nonrecognition of gain on the sale of an old residence which is granted to members of the armed forces who are stationed overseas or who are required to reside in Government-owned quarters shall be extended to the later of four years after the date of the sale of the old residence (as currently provided) or one year after the date on which the taxpayer is no longer stationed overseas or required to reside in Government-owned quarters.
Bill· SS. 1677 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1981
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the Office of Management and Budget to exempt from cost accounting standards such classes or categories of defense contractors or subcontractors under contracts negotiated in connection with national defense procurements as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines, on the basis of the size of contracts involved or otherwise, are appropriate.
Law· HRH.R. 4623 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1981
Codifies without substantive changes recent laws concerning: (1) the Secretary of Defense's report on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) readiness; (2) military facilities for obstetrical care; (3) the Defense Department's program for identifying and treating drug and alcohol dependence; (4) the disclosure of the identity of a defense contractor; (5) Defense Department procurement of gasohol as motor vehicle fuel; (6) the standardization of military and other equipment used by the armed forces stationed in Europe under NATO; (7) the recomputation of retired pay of specified members of the Army to reflect advancement on the retired list; (8) the construction of warship and escort vessels and the assignment of vessel projects; (9) shipbuilding policy; (10) the establishment and duties of the Defense Mapping Agency; (11) the recomputation of retired pay of specified members of the Air Force to reflect advancement on the retired list; (12) authorization of appropriations for personnel for the Coast Guard; (13) Coast Guard assistance to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide emergency helicopter transportation services to civilians; (14) end strength levels for active duty personnel of the Coast Guard; (15) the authorization of appropriations for the Coast Guard; (16) the submissions to Congress of the Coast Guard's Capital Investment Plan, Cutter Plan, Aviation Plan, and Share Facilities Plan; and (17) the civilian employment by a foreign government of retired or reserve members of the armed forces or uniformed services.
Bill· HRH.R. 4624 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1981
Prohibits a civilian employee or member of the armed forces from taking a personnel action against a nonappropriated fund instrumentality employee (post exchange employee) as a reprisal for disclosing violations of the law or mismanagement and abuse of authority. Exempts disclosures prohibited by law or by an Executive order for national security reasons. Requires the Secretary of Defense to remain directly responsible for the prevention and correction of reprisals.
Bill· HRH.R. 4616 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1981
Amends current law creating a Federal cause of action for the violation of a person's civil rights under color of State law to exempt from liability a local government which acted in good faith with a reasonable belief that its actions were not in violation of constitutional rights or laws providing for equal rights of citizens or persons.
Bill· SS. 1665 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1981
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to provide payments for the differences between expenses incurred for health services and the amount paid for such services under another plan.
Bill· SS. 1664 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1981
Directs any organization or agency within the Department of Defense to make any excess property available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before making such property available to any other organization outside the Department. States that any transfer of such property to the FEMA requires no reimbursement. Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Administrator of the FEMA to loan any property obtained from any Federal agency to State and local governments for civil defense purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 4600 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1981
Eliminates the restrictions prohibiting members of the armed forces and the military bands from taking off-post employment that interferes with local civilians.
Bill· HRH.R. 4598 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1981
Amends the Military Survivor Benefit Plan to create more options for providing an annuity and designating beneficiaries. Permits a remarried participant to irrevocably elect within a year whether or not to provide an annuity for the new spouse. Permits a participant to again designate as beneficiary a natural person with an insurable interest in the participant if an initial beneficiary of the same type predeceases the participant. Reduces the amount of an annuity when the widow or widower receives social security benefits based solely on the service of the participant unless such annuity is already being reduced based on the widow's or widower's government service. Permits a participant with a dependent child but no current spouse to discontinue participation in the Plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 4594 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1981
Authorizes the congressional delegate from American Samoa to nominate persons for appointment to the U.S. service academies on the same basis as the congressional delegates from Guam and the Virgin Islands.
Bill· HRH.R. 4542 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1981
National Guard Technicians Disability Reform Act of 1981 - Declares that National Guard technicians who are found to be physically disabled under the provisions of the National Guard Technicians Act shall be considered to be disabled for purposes of provisions governing disability retirement from the civil service.
Bill· SS. 1648 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1981
Entitles a former spouse of a member or former member of the uniformed services to an annuity based upon the number of years they were married during the creditable service of the member. Terminates the right to the annuity if the spouse remarries before reaching 60, when the member or former member dies, or if the spouse elects to receive a Government annuity based upon a marriage to someone else. Reduces the retired or retainer pay of the member or former member by the amount of the former spouse's annuity. Grants precedence to a court order, spousal agreement, or State law covering the disposition of such rights. Amends the Survivor Benefit Plan to set forth the options and documentation required to participate in the Plan, consistent with the intent of this Act. Limits the total amount of annuities for a surviving or former spouse to 55 percent of the member or former member's retired or retainer pay. Recomputes a member's or former member's retired or retainer pay if the former spouse remarries before reaching 60 or predeceases the member. Sets forth the monthly annuities for a widow or widower, a widow or widower if there is also a surviving former spouse, a surviving former spouse if there is also a widow or widower, and a dependent child.
Bill· HRH.R. 4529 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1981
Authorizes the transfer of fifteen excess naval vessels to the Governments of Ecuador, Italy, Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Pakistan and to the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (a Taiwan instrumentality). Terminates the authority to sell these vessels after two years.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 185 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1981
Requests the President to designate October 7, 1981, as "National Guard Day."
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 35 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1981
Expresses the objection of Congress to the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, conformal fuel tanks, Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, and aerial refueling aircraft.
Bill· SS. 1624 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Designates the Veterans' Administration medical center in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans' Medical Center.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 33 (97th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the Federal Trade Commission's final rule relating to used motor vehicles submitted to Congress on September 10, 1981.
Bill· HRH.R. 4484 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Directs the President to award the Purple Heart to any individual wounded or killed while held as a prisoner of war during World War I, World War II, or the Korean conflict.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 215 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4241 (Military construction).
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 179 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1981
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion the sums authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1983 for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 326 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1981
Requests the President to designate October 7, 1981, as "National Guard Day."
Bill· SS. 1608 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1981
Amends the CHAMPUS program to authorize contracts for custodial care for mentally retarded or physically handicapped spouses and children of members of the uniformed services.
Bill· HRH.R. 4455 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1981
Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide for an independent analysis by a private contractor of any major new defense system before a final decision is made to procure such system. Requires that the analysis contain conclusions regarding the impact of the proposed defense system on the public sector and other defense programs. Directs the Secretary to give preference to private contractors whose personnel are not largely composed of retired military or retired civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Provides for a seven-member panel to review each proposed contract and determine the suitability of the proposed contractor. Prohibits the Secretary from awarding a contract to other than a contractor approved by the panel.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 107 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1981
Requests the President to designate October 7 of each year as "National Guard Day."