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Bill· SS. 2900 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1982
Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide that all countries whose students receive U.S. military training under the foreign military sales program shall reimburse the U.S. Government for such training based on the additional costs which the United States incurs rather than on the full cost of the training.
Bill· SS. 2897 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1982
Unemployed Veterans' Job Search Training Experimental Program Act of 1982 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to establish an experimental program of job search training to improve the job search abilities of unemployed veterans. States that such program shall consist of training seminars at Veterans Administration facilities in various regions of the United States. Requires the seminars to identify the job qualifications of veterans, identify potential employers, prepare resumes and provide individual counseling sessions with each veteran. Directs the Assistant Secretary to contract with professional employment counselors to conduct such seminars. Requires a representative of the Veterans Administration to participate in their administration and presentation. Directs the Assistant Secretary to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees within a specified period on the effectiveness of such program. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2898 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1982
Critical Materials Act of 1982 - Establishes a Council on Critical Materials under the Executive Office of the President to: (1) advise the President on national policy concerning critical materials; (2) coordinate Federal policies and activities concerning such materials; (3) evaluate Government activities according to the policy and directions provided under the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980; and (4) oversee and coordinate materials research and development programs of Federal entities. Sets forth duties of the Council's executive director which include: (1) cataloging materials research and development activities of public and private institutions; (2) evaluating the critical materials needs of basic industry and the Government; (3) initiating studies to resolve national critical materials problems; (4) issuing a biennial report providing a domestic inventory of critical resources with projections on the needs for such resources; and (5) recommending necessary changes in policies, regulations, and legislation to Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 7084 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982
National Strategic Materials and Minerals Assessment Act of 1982 - Transfers the uranium resource assessment program from the Department of Energy to the Department of the Interior. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a national strategic minerals and materials assessment program within the Department, utilizing the framework and personnel of the uranium program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) coordinate and evaluate the activities of the Federal Government; (2) classify the areas of potential strategic material and mineral deposits on public lands; (3) periodically review strategic materials and minerals issues; and (4) establish an early warning system to monitor supply and demand for such materials and minerals. Directs the Secretary to continually assess the materials and minerals on public lands in a manner not injurious to the habitat. States that nothing in this Act preempts any provision of the Wilderness Act or the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act except that the Secretary may initiate strategic materials and minerals assessments on public lands withdrawn from mineral entry to the extent such assessments can be accomplished with minimal surface disturbance.
Bill· HRH.R. 7083 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982
Authorizes the President to impose tariff surcharges on articles imported from Japan, France, or any country within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if the President determines that the cost of providing such country with defense assistance should be offset by tariff surcharges.
Bill· SS. 2875 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1982
Air Force Family Housing Build - Lease Act of 1982 - Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to lease housing facilities for assignment without charge to specified members of the armed forces. Limits such leases as to length, number, number of locations, and per unit monthly cost. Requires the Secretary to give the Armed Services Committee 21 days notice of any such contract.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 456 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should not wage a nuclear war.
Bill· HRH.R. 7049 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to lease housing facilities for assignment without charge to specified members of the armed forces. Limits such leases as to length, number, number of locations, and per unit monthly cost. Requires the Secretary to give the Armed Services Committees 21 days notice of any such contract.
Bill· HRH.R. 7032 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to abolish the defense of insanity. Provides that insanity at the time of an offense will not negate the mental state or condition required by law to convict a defendant of an offense, provided that the defendant possessed the intellectual capacity to understand the nature of the offense. Places upon the defendant the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt the lack of intellectual capacity. Allows the court to commit a convicted defendant to an appropriate psychiatric or medical institution if the defendant's psychiatric condition warrants such treatment. Permits the defendant to be institutionalized: (1) until the expiration of the sentence imposed; or (2) until medical treatment is no longer necessary, at which time he or she shall serve the remainder of the sentence in prison.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 577 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should request funding levels for national defense for FY 1984 and 1985 not in excess of the levels targeted in the first concurrent budget resolution for FY 1983, S. Con. Res. 92.
Bill· HRH.R. 7010 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982
Foreign Surveillance Prevention Act of 1982 - Directs the President, whenever the President has reason to believe that any individual covered by diplomatic immunity is willfully engaging in electronic surveillance on behalf of a foreign power in the United States, to inform specified congressional committees and, unless it would seriously compromise U.S. intelligence gathering sources, to: (1) inform those persons reasonably believed to be targets of such surveillance; (2) inform the foreign power and demand that such surveillance cease; and (3) declare the individual persona non grata in the United States if the surveillance does not cease within 30 days and demand that that person leave the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 6997 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1982
Transfers the administration of Pershing Hall, Paris, France, from the American Legion to the Pershing Hall Memorial Building Foundation, a nonprofit foundation.
Bill· HRH.R. 6991 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1982
Permits the Secretary of Defense to lease rather than construct specifically authorized family housing projects within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Requires that the Armed Services Committees be given 30 days notice of any lease in excess of $250,000 annual rental.
Bill· SS. 2834 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1982
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to consider cost effectiveness when programming space for inpatient and outpatient care in medical facilities to cover the needs of retired members, their dependents, and the dependents of deceased members of the uniformed services.
Bill· HRH.R. 6986 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1982
Authorizes the President to impose tariff surcharges on articles imported from Japan, France, or any country within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if the President determines that the cost of providing such country with defense assistance should be offset by tariff surcharges.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 561 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1982
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 6968 (Military construction funding).
Law· HRH.R. 6968 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1982
Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for military construction for FY 1983 for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) defense agencies; (5) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure; (6) the Army and Air National Guards; (7) the Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves; (8) family housing for all branches and defense agencies; and (9) the Homeowners Assistance Fund. Makes prior year construction appropriations available for construction projects currently authorized. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts for work without prior approval by the Secretary of Defense. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or drycleaning facility without prior certification by the Secretary. Permits the use of appropriations for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. Permits the advancement of appropriations to the Federal Highway Administration for the construction of access roads to projects certified by the Secretary as important to the national defense. Prohibits the expenditure of appropriations for: (1) new bases not specifically indicated; (2) the purchase of land or land interests in excess of their determined value; (3) military family housing not otherwise provided for; (4) base realignment or closure activity without compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); (5) the procurement of steel for which American producers did not have an opportunity to compete; (6) dredging of the Indian Ocean by foreign contractors; (7) the design of site-specific facilities for the MX missile system without compliance with NEPA; (8) the payment of real property taxes in a foreign nation; or (9) the compensation of illegal aliens. Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services. Permits the obligation of funds otherwise available at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year of appropriation. Transfers unexpended balances in the Family Housing Management Account to appropriations for family housing.
Bill· HRH.R. 6954 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Joint Chiefs of Staff Reorganization Act of 1982 - Permits a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to submit dissenting military opinions to the Secretary of Defense and then to the President. Permits the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide the Secretary and, when appropriate, the President with military advice in his own right. Establishes the position of Deputy Chairman to be appointed by the President and to be a member of a different armed force from the Chairman's. Requires the Deputy Chairman to perform the duties of the Chairman when absent but prohibits the Deputy from exercising military command over the Joint Chiefs or any of the armed forces. Directs the Chairman to select the Joint Staff from a list of officers submitted by each armed force. Fixes the period of assignment to the Joint Staff at three years during peacetime, unlimited during time of war. States that such members serve at the discretion of the Secretary rather than that of the Chairman and that their tenure may be extended for an additional term. Permits up to 100 selected officers to be recalled to Joint Staff duty in less than three years. Provides each officer serving as a chief of service or as a commander of a unified or specified command with an opportunity to provide formal comments on any report or recommendation from the Joint Staff to the Joint Chiefs. Makes the Secretary responsible for the operation of the Joint Staff so as to provide unified strategic direction of the combatant forces. Establishes in the Department of Defense a Senior Strategy Advisory Board to provide the President, the Secretary, and the Joint Chiefs with advice on matters of military strategy and tactics.
Bill· HRH.R. 6963 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the T. Overton Brooks Memorial Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 444 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should submit a comprehensive review of the nation's nuclear weapons policies to Congress at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 1, 1982.
Bill· SS. 2812 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982
National Security Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983 - Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, military applications of nuclear energy, and additional authorizations for specific projects. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act, without notice to Congress, where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act, without notice to Congress, for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress. Allows the use of such funds after 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of such requirement where such waiver is approved in writing by each appropriate committee of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to start any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of such project does not exceed $1,000,000. Sets forth procedures for approval of construction projects that exceed their authorization or their estimated cost by over 25 percent, and exempts from such procedures any project which has an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for construction projects in support of national security programs as appropriated under this Act. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate committees of Congress in writing of specific cost overruns. Limits the cost of such design services.
Bill· HRH.R. 6921 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to eliminate the insanity defense for the offenses of presidential (President-elect, Vice-President) assassination, kidnapping, and assault.
Bill· HRH.R. 6922 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982
Authorizes the extension of the term of service in both the reserves and the armed forces from six to eight years. Permits the payment of enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve.
Bill· HRH.R. 6915 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982
Requires the extension of the delimiting period for educational assistance to veterans for on-job training or for a course with an approved vocational objective unless the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines that the veteran is not in need of such a program to obtain a reasonably stable employment situation. Extends the availability of such assistance through December 31, 1984. Extends the delimiting period for veterans prevented from initiating or completing a program of education because of an alcohol or drug dependence from which such veteran has recovered.
Bill· SS. 2800 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1982
Amends the Second Liberty Bond Act to permit the Secretry of the Treasury to issue United States silver bonds. Requires the deposit of the net proceeds of any such bonds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund solely for the acquisition of strategic and critical materials. Requires any payment of interest, or any payment at redemption, to be paid in silver, or the current dollar equivalent, except that any payment of silver shall be out of the silver stockpile.
Bill· HRH.R. 6893 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend special rules for the tax treatment of surviving spouses of members of the armed forces missing in action.
Bill· SS. 2778 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1982
Veterans' Diagnostic Services Experiment Act of 1982 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish an experimental program to determine the economic and functional feasibility of furnishing diagnostic health-care services to eligible veterans in a remote area. States that such program shall run from January 1, 1983, through January 1, 1986. Requires the Administrator to enter into a contract with a health-care facility in Aroostook County, Maine, to serve as a diagnostic clinic. Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to advise him on operating procedures and requirements. Directs such committee to report to the Administrator annually. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees by July 1, 1985, on the operation of the program.
Bill· SS. 2780 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a defense to a Federal prosecution that the defendant, as a result of a mental disease, could not at the time the offense was committed understand the nature and quality of his actions nor determine their wrongfulness. Places the burden of proving the defense of insanity on the defendant. Prohibits expert witnesses from offering opinions on the ultimate legal issues presented to the trier of fact. Authorizes a special verdict of "not quilty by reason of insanity" for any criminal defendant who raises the issue of insanity by notice as provided by Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Requires the court to hold a hearing to determine the present mental condition of the defendant. Directs the court to commit such person to the custody of the Attorney General upon a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect, rendering him mentally incompetent. Directs the Attorney General to hospitalize such person in a suitable facility. Provides that when the defendant has recovered and is able to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him, the court will order his releases and set a date for trial. Permits the jury or the court in a non-jury trial to find a defendant "guilty but mentally-ill." Provides for the hospitalization of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity, convicted persons, imprisoned persons and persons due for release who are found to suffer from mental disease or defect. Allows for discharge when such person is found to have recovered. Requires the imprisonment of any such person whose sentence has not expired.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 220 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1982
Authorizes the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor and commemoration of members of the armed forces who served in the Korean War. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commisson of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial.
Bill· HRH.R. 6853 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish the offense of "avoidance of or fraud with respect to military service." Makes it a criminal offense to fail to: (1) register; (2) report for and submit to induction; (3) report for alternative service; or (4) report for a physical examination. Establishes fines ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 and imprisonment from 30 days to five years, depending on whether the country is in a state of war or persons are being inducted into military service. Provides as a defense to a prosecution for violation of this Act (except its fraud provisions) that such violation was the result of a bona fide religious belief. Establishes penalties for anyone who knowingly uses fraud with intent to interfere with the military or alternative service obligation of another. Provides for extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Bill· HRH.R. 6842 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982
Amends Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require a defendant to give notice if he intends to introduce expert testimony which bears on the issue of whether he had the state of mind required for an offense charged. Amends the Federal criminal code to eliminate "insanity" as a defense to a prosecution under any Federal statute. Excludes from the definition of "mental disease or defect" an abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or other anti-social conduct. Authorizes a special verdict of "not guilty solely by reason of inability, because of mental disease or defect, to have had the state of mind required as an element of the offense charged." Requires any person acquitted because of such mental disease or defect to be committed to the custody of the Attorney General if found by clear and convincing evidence to be presently suffering from mental disease or defect. Directs the Attorney General to release such person to a State which will assume responsibility for his custody and treatment or otherwise to hospitalize such person in a suitable facility. Requires the court to hold a hearing upon the certification by the director of the facility that such person's release will no longer create a substantial danger to himself or the person or property of another. Directs the court to order the discharge of a person who is found to have recovered.
Bill· SS. 2760 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1982
Increases the monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to the surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected or compensable disability by the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the Administrator to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to children of such deceased veterans between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning.
Bill· HRH.R. 6825 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a verdict of "guilty but insane" for any criminal defendant who raises the issue of insanity by notice as provided by Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Provides that a defendant is "guilty but insane" if his actions constitute all necessary elements of the offense charged other than the requisite state of mind. Provides that if the dependant is found "guilty but insane" the court may commit the defendant to serve all or a portion of a sentence in a suitable facility for treatment of his mental condition. Requires the defendant to serve the remaining portion of his sentence upon release from the mental facility.
Bill· HRH.R. 6821 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1982
Insanity Defense Limitation Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it an affirmative defense to a Federal prosecution that the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the ability to understand the nature and quality of the act or lacked the ability to distinquish right and wrong with respect to the act. Places the burden of proof of insanity on the defendant. Requires that any person found not guilty only by reason of insanity be committed to a facility until eligible for release. Requires the court to commit such person to the custody of the Attorney General upon a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is currently suffering from a mental disease or defect and his release would create a substantial danger to himself or herself or another person or serious damage to property of another. Directs the Attorney General to release such person to a mental hospital or other suitable facility. Requires the court to hold a hearing upon the certification by the director of the facility that such person's release will no longer create a substantial danger. Directs the court to order the discharge of a person who is found to have recovered. Provides for a special verdict of "guilty but mentally ill." Directs the Attorney General to take action to assure that a person found guilty but mentally ill receives appropriate treatment for any mental illness occurring during the term of such sentence.
Bill· HRH.R. 6828 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1982
Joint Chiefs of Staff Reorganization Act of 1982 - Permits a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to submit dissenting military opinions to the Secretary of Defense and then to the President. Permits the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide the Secretary and, when appropriate, the President with military advice in his own right. Establishes the position of Deputy Chairman to be appointed by the President and to be a member of a different armed force from the Chairman's. Requires the Deputy Chairman to perform the duties of the Chairman when absent but prohibits the Deputy from exercising military command over the Joint Chiefs or any of the armed forces. Fixes the period of assignment to the Joint Staff at three years peacetime, and unlimited during time of war. States that such members serve at the discretion of the Secretary rather than that of the Chairman. Increases from 30 to 100 the number of officers that may be recalled to Joint Staff duty in less than three years. Provides each officer serving as a chief of service or as a commander of a unified or specified command with an opportunity to provide formal comments on any report or recommendation from the Joint Staff to the Joint Chiefs. Makes the Secretary responsible for the operation of the Joint Staff so as to provide unified strategic direction of the combatant forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 6794 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1982
Veterans' Employment and Education Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Employment Assistance - Extends eligibility for the program for employment and training of disabled and Vietnam-era veterans programs to include a veteran rated at any level of disability, rather than only those rated 30 percent or more disabled. Continues the 30 percent or more disabled requirement for purposes of giving preference in employment as veterans' benefits counselors and veterans' claims examiners. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to promulgate regulations to administer such program. Requires that eligible veterans and persons be given priority in the provision of employment and training services. Makes officials within the Department of Labor who help administer this program responsible to the Assistant Secretary. Changes the position of State veterans' employment representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Assigns to each regional office of the Assistant Secretary a regional director for veterans' employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other specified duties. Requires that funds used to assist States in administering the disabled veterans' outreach program be specifically set forth in appropriation Acts. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists programs. Requires the Secretary's annual report to include a report on activities under such program. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to establish a program providing job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans through grants to State agencies and private, nonprofit organizations. Encourages such agencies to make cooperative arrangements with industry. Directs the Secretary to coordinate this program with other veterans' job training programs and to determine the effectiveness of an agency in providing services under this program. Permits the Secretary to furnish technical assistance as necessary. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Veterans' Affairs Committees of Congress on the conduct of this program. Establishes within the Department of Labor the Secretary's Committee on Veterans' Affairs to meet quarterly to bring veterans' employment problems to the attention of the Secretary. Extends eligibility for the employment and training programs for disabled and Vietnam-era veterans to include persons who, but for the receipt of military retired pay, would be eligible to receive compensation. Requires each Federal contractor who must take affirmative action to employ such veterans to make quarterly reports on the number and characteristics of new hires with the state veterans' employment director. Requires each Federal department and agency to list openings with a local employment service office, which shall give veterans priority in referral. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to publish a report which includes the number of openings and the number of veterans who were referred to and/or received a job. Repeals the exemplary rehabilitation certificates program. Title II: Education Assistance - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans' benefits counselors at locations other than Veterans Administration offices. Repeals the veterans' representatives program. Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialize training. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment. Permits enrollment of a veteran in a farm cooperative training course. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Sets forth class hour attendance requirements for laboratory and shop portions of courses. Permits the Administrator to discontinue educational assistance to eligible veterans and persons enrolled at institutions or in courses with uncorrected violations of specified requirements. Reduces the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Provides for the transfer of funds from the Secretary of a military department to the Administrator for the administration of an educational assistance program. Permits accelerated payments of assistance to veterans enrolled in a high-cost, short-term course. Increases from $75 to $100 the maximum monthly deduction from a person's military pay for contribution to a matching fund for educational assistance. Amends the Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976 to extend eligibility for educational benefits for post-Vietnam era veterans. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires applications for recovery of payments or over payments of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration to be made within 180 days rather than within two years.
Bill· HRH.R. 6783 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a defense to a Federal prosecution that at the time of the offense the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, did not understand the wrongfulness of the conduct or was incapable of conforming his conduct to the requirements of the law. Places the burden of proof of insanity on the defendant. Authorizes a special verdict of "not guilty only by reason of insanity." Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to prohibit expert witnesses from offering opinions on the issue of the insanity of the defendant. Provides for an initial screening examination to determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the defendant lacks competence. Allows for a more thorough examination of the defendant if the initial results suggest incompetency. Requires a hearing on the issue of competence and further examination on the issue of the likelihood of the defendant's recovery. Allows for appropriate treatment if necessary. Requires in-patient treatment only when the defendant is dangerous, likely to flee, or in custody. Requires transfer to State officials for State civil commitment of certain defendants who have received the maximum treatment under this section or are found incompetent with no substantial probability of improvement. Allows a person serving a sentence of imprisonment to be transferred to a mental institution upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence that the prisoner is in need of treatment. Establishes Federal commitment procedures for persons found "not guilty only by reason of insanity." Provides for a special examination of violent offenders in order to determine their dangerousness.
Law· HRH.R. 6782 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1982
Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Title II Program Changes - Includes within the term "active duty for training" annual training duty performed by a member of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program as ordered for 14 or more days. Entitles veterans with service-connected, total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly disability compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Entitles to an increased rate of monthly compensation veterans with service-connected anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or of a foot. Requires that additional compensation for dependents be adjusted downward to the nearest dollar. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Eliminates the four year cut-off for payment of claims under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs. Prohibits the escheat of payments to the State. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish a flag for burial (and subsequent retention by the next of kin) for persons designated by the Administrator as eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the burial expenses of certain veterans of war whose bodies are held by a State and not claimed. Eliminates the requirement that the superintendent of a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Army be a disabled veteran.
Bill· HRH.R. 6788 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1982
States that an employer of a member of a Reserve or National Guard component is not required to grant a leave of absence to such employee to perform active duty for training or inactive duty training in the armed forces for a total of more than 365 days within any 36 month period.
Bill· SS. 2747 (97th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1982
Veterans' Education and Employment Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Veterans Rehabilitation and Education - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account, a matching fund, to receive and disburse funds for the education assistance program sponsored by each of the military departments. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans' benefits counselors at locations other than Veterans Administration offices. Repeals the veterans' representatives program. Reduces from ten years to six years the delimiting period for the use of educational assistance for veterans who are discharged or released from duty after December 31, 1979. Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator for educational assistance paid out after December 31, 1989. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment. Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training. Prohibits the payment of anything but a books and supplies allowance for non-tuition courses taken by veterans in a penal institution. Lessens the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Title II: Veterans Employment - Requires that priority in jobs training programs be given to disabled, Vietnam era, and recently separated veterans. Changes the position of State Veterans' Employment Representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other specified duties. Requires that funds used to assist States in administering the disabled veterans' outreach program be monitored by the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists programs. Requires the Secretary's annual report to include a report on activities under such program. Requires each Federal contractor who must take affirmative action to employ such veterans to make annual reports on the number and characteristics of new hires with the state veterans' employment director. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to assist in the placement of veterans using existing Federal and State agencies. Repeals the exemplary rehabilitation certificates program. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Requires applications for recovery of payments or overpayments of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration to be made within 180 days rather than within two years.
Bill· SS. 2745 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit mental condition from being a defense to any charge of criminal conduct. Allows admission of expert evidence on the issues of mens rea or any state of mind which is an element of the offense. Repeals the notice requirement for an insanity defense in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Permits the court to allow a person currently suffering from a mental disease or defect, to serve all or a portion of his sentence in the custody of a suitable facility. Allows for transfer of the defendant to Federal prison when he: (1) has recovered from his mental condition; (2) is no longer in need of custody, care or treatment; or (3) will not benefit from further custody, care or treatment. Provides that if the defendant is found not guilty, but the court determines that he is presently suffering from a mental condition where his release would create substantial danger to himself or another, then the court may commit the defendant to the custody of the state of his domicile or to a suitable mental health facility.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 112 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1982
Welcomes the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers to the United States for its 35th Congress. Commends the joint effort of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States and the Department of Defense in hosting such Congress. Urges all Government agencies to cooperate with and assist the Confederation in carrying out its activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 6768 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to allow as an affirmative defense to a prosecution, that as a result of mental disease the defendant did not know the nature and quality of his actions or did not know the wrongfulness of his actions at the time he committed the offense. Transfers the burden of proving insanity to the defendant. Prohibits expert witnesses from offering opinions on the ultimate legal issues presented to the trier of fact.
Bill· HRH.R. 6770 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Authorizes the President to issue a posthumous commission of brigadier general to Colonel Charles E. Young, U.S. Army.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 525 (97th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 6030 (Armed Forces funding).
Law· HRH.R. 6758 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to sell defense articles, defense services, and unclassified defense service publications to a U.S. company for incorporation into end items that will be sold by such company to a friendly foreign country or international organization. Requires that the price of such articles, services, and publications shall not be less than their replacement or actual cost. Permits such sales only if specified conditions are met.
Bill· HRH.R. 6757 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Requires that the design work on naval vessels be carried out in the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 6737 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to abolish the defense of insanity. Provides that insanity at the time of an offense will not negate the mental state or condition required by law to convict a defendant, provided that the defendant was able to understand the nature and consequences of the offense. Places upon the defendant the burden to prove a lack of comprehension of the nature of his offense which is necessary to excuse him from trial. Requires a judge to commit to the appropriate medical institution any defendant so excused. Allows the court to commit a convicted defendant to an appropriate institution for medical assistance, until the defendant is declared sane by the medical authorities at the institution. Requires any remainder of a sentence to be served in prison.
Bill· HRH.R. 6742 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a new plea of "guilty but insane" for any criminal defendant whose actions constitute all necessary elements of the offense charged but who lacks the requisite state of mind as a result of mental disease or defect. Adopts the current notice provisions for a defense of insanity for the new plea of "guilty but insane". Permits the court in a non- jury trial to find a defendant guilty but insane. Requires the court in any such case to hold a hearing to determine the present mental condition of the convicted person. Directs the court to commit such person to the custody of the Attorney General upon a finding that the person is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect. Directs the Attorney General to hospitalize such person in a suitable facility. Requires certification by the director of the facility that such person is no longer in need of custody or treatment. Directs the court to order the discharge of a person who is found to have recovered, and his reimprisonment for the remainder of his sentence. Provides for the hospitalization of persons found guilty, imprisoned persons, and persons due for release who are found to suffer from mental disease or defect.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 374 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense, for the remainder of FY 1983, should not award contracts or conduct cost studies pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for the performance by contractors of commercial and industrial-type functions of the Department.