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101 records in US in 1985
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force, subject to certain limitations, to contract for the purchase of 48 additional B-1B bomber aircraft during each of fiscal years 1987 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1985
Repeals a provision of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 which amends the Arms Export Control Act to define the origin of funding for the Special Defense Acquisition Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1985
Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the General Services Administration to offer to prior owners of real property on which deactivated Titan missile silos are located first right to repurchase such property at fairm market value.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1985
Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 3327 (military construction operations).
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1985
Establishes the National Commission on POWs and MIAs to investigate and make recommendations concerning the status of members of the armed forces who are officially recorded as being prisoners of war or missing in action. Directs the Commission to report annually to the President and to the Congress its findings, conclusions, and recommendations with respect to the status of those listed as prisoners of war or missing in action. Continues such Commission until terminated by an Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1985
Amends Federal law relating to the awarding of medals to members of the armed forces to authorize the President to award a prisoner of war medal to any person who is taken prisoner and held captive by a hostile opposing armed force while serving in any branch of the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the human rights abuses in El Salvador, including the indiscriminate attacks against Salvadoran civilians by the El Salvadoran armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1985
Amends Federal law concerning armed forces educational assistance to extend the educational assistance provided for members of the Selected Reserve to include various programs of education. (Currently such assistance is only available for a program of education at an institution of higher learning.)
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1985
Increases eligibility for educational assistance for certain members of the armed forces by extending throughout the service period the time during which such member must have received a secondary school diploma. (Currently, such members must have received a diploma before completing initial active duty for training in order to be eligible for such assistance.)
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1985
Extends through October 31, 1985, the authority of the Veterans Administration (VA) to operate a regional office in the Republic of the Philippines. Extends through October 31, 1985, the authority of the VA to contract for hospital care and outpatient services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and to contract for treatment and rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug dependence and abuse disabilities. Amends the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983 to extend through July 1, 1986, the period for entering into training under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1985
Prohibits the President from making or financing any sale to Jordan or Saudi Arabia of advanced aircraft, new air defense weapons systems, or other advanced weapons systems unless such country is committed to recognizing Israel and to negotiating with Israel under the tenets of U.N. Resolutions 242 and 338.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that procurement of the new U.S. weather radar system, NEXRAD, continue on schedule and according to the established minimum requirements agreed to by the National Weather Service, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1985
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1986 - Appropriates funds for FY 1986 for military construction operations by the Department of Defense for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) the defense agencies; (5) the Army National Guard; (6) the Air National Guard; (7) the Army Reserve; (8) the Naval Reserve; (9) the Air Force Reserve; (10) family housing for the Army; (11) family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps; (12) family housing for the Air Force; and (13) family housing for the defense agencies. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work, except as specified. Makes previously appropriated funds available for: (1) the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and (2) advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for: (1) new base construction for which specific appropriations have not been made; (2) the purchase of certain land or easements, with specified exceptions; (3) family housing, except that housing specified in annual military construction appropriation Acts; (4) the relocation of activities from one base or installation to another; (5) steel procurement for which American steel producers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such procurement; (6) dredging in the Indian Ocean by foreign contractors, except as specified; (7) the payment of real property taxes in any foreign nation; and (8) compensation to non-lawfully-admitted aliens of the United States. Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) the sale, lease, or rental of any part of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii; (2) the initiation of a new installation overseas without the prior approval of the Appropriations Committees; (3) F-16 beddown projects at Misawa, Japan, until the Appropriations Committees determine that the Japanese budget has increased funding for FY 1986 for such projects; (4) certain architect and engineer contracts to be accomplished in Japan or any NATO member country, unless such contracts are awarded to U.S. firms or U.S. firms in joint venture with host nation firms; and (5) certain military construction projects in the U.S. territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Island to be performed by foreign contractors, unless the lowest bid from a U.S. contractor for such work exceeds the lowest foreign-contractor bid by more than 20 percent. Directs the Secretary of Defense to inform the Appropriations Committees of the plans and scope of certain military exercises involving U.S. personnel 30 days before the exercises occur. Transfers unexpended amounts from the Military Family Housing Management Account to the appropriations for family housing provided in this Act. Transfers certain Department of Defense construction funds to construction accounts as provided in this and other similar Acts. Repeals Federal law which requires funds appropriated for the construction of military projects to be obligated within five years of such appropriation. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to assign a military design, construction, and support mission to the Little Rock, Arkansas, district of the Corps of Engineers, to enlarge such district, and to designate such district as a full service district. Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey certain training equipment to the United States Modern Pentathlon Association.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1985
Establishes the Advisory Commission on Tactical Nuclear Forces to analyze various aspects of the role of tactical nuclear weapons of the United States and its NATO allies. Outlines membership, term, basic pay, and other organizational aspects of such Commission. Empowers the Commission to hold hearings, receive evidence, obtain official data from Federal departments or agencies, receive administrative support, and issue subpoenas requiring the presence of witnesses while addressing any matter under investigation by such Commission. Directs the Commission, before the expiration of the one-year period from the date on which the last member is appointed to the Commission, to transmit to the President and the Congress a report on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates such Commission at the end of the 18-month period following the date on which the last member of the Commission is appointed.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1985
Requires that the procurement of the new U.S. weather radar system (NEXRAD) continue on schedule and according to the established minimum requirements agreed to by the National Weather Service, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1985
Revises Federal law concerning the appointment of probationary employees to the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration (the Department) to allow review boards appointed under guidelines of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to review the performance of such employees at any time, and to allow the Chief Medical Director of the Department to take appropriate action thereon.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1985
Amends Federal provisions regarding employment within the Veterans Administration's Department of Medicine and Surgery to allow the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to employ, on a temporary or part-time basis, certified or registered respiratory therapists, physical therapists, and licensed practical or vocational nurses.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1985
Authorizes and directs the head of the appropriate Federal agency (as designated by the President) to erect in the Arlington National Cemetery or along the approach to such cemetery, in Virginia, a statue or other memorial to honor the combat glider pilots of World War II. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1985
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide educational assistance to veterans after the 10-year delimiting period if such veterans: (1) were released after January 1, 1970; (2) were married to a member of the armed forces and resided with such member during the 10-year delimiting period; and (3) were unable to pursue an educational program because their residences were not within a reasonable commuting distance of an approved educational institution. Outlines application requirements for such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1985
Requires that profits on negotiated contracts of the Department of Defense be reasonable. Uses the same factors set forth in the Renegotiation Act of 1951 to determine when profits are excessive. Directs the Comptroller General to examine each such contract in excess of $10,000,000 and to certify to the Congress whether the amount of profit allowed is reasonable. Requires the Comptroller General to examine the contract again upon its completion and to certify to the Congress whether the amount of profit actually paid was reasonable. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress annually on the reasonableness of profits paid on such contracts during the preceding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1985
Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to arrange for an epidemiological study of any long-term adverse gender-specific health effects on women veterans of Vietnam as a result of exposure to herbicides such as Agent Orange or to dioxins produced during the manufacture of such herbicides. Requires such study to be conducted in accordance with a protocol approved by the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment. Requires reports concerning such study by the Director to the appropriate congressional committees, at specified periods. Requires the Administrator, not later than 24 months after the date of approval of the protocol approved by the Director, to report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning such study, together with recommendations. Requires the Administrator, within 90 days after the submission of each such report, to publish in the Federal Register any actions proposed by the Administrator with respect to programs administered by the Veterans Administration. Specifies that this Act does not authorize the enactment of new budget authority for a fiscal year before FY 1987. Outlines terms for a contract to carry out such study.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1985
Authorizes educational assistance for apprenticeship or other onjob training under the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program. Limits the amount of educational assistance payable in any one month where the individual pursuing the educational program fails to complete 120 hours of training.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1985
Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to arrange for an epidemiological study of any long-term adverse gender-specific health effects on women veterans of Vietnam as a result of exposure to herbicides such as Agent Orange or to dioxins produced during the manufacture of such herbicides. Requires such study to be conducted in accordance with a protocol approved by the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment. Requires reports concerning such study by the Director to the appropriate congressional committees, at specified periods. Requires the Administrator, not later than 24 months after the date of approval of the protocol approved by the Director, to report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning such study, together with recommendations. Requires the Administrator, within 90 days after the submission of each such report, to publish in the Federal Register any actions proposed by the Administrator with respect to programs administered by the Veterans Administration.
United States · United States Senate · 1 August 1985
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to assist certain disabled veterans in acquiring a residence already adapted with special features deemed necessary due to the veteran's disability.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
Merchant Marine Defense Service Recognition and Medals Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award decorations and insignia to members of the U.S. Merchant Marine performing meritorious acts or distinguished service. Permits such honors to be of the same design as other comparable military honors. Authorizes the Secretary to cite any U.S. ship for outstanding or gallant acts. Permits the awarding of plaques for the ships and ribbons to the personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to provide a flag and grave markers for merchant mariners who served the United States or its allies in periods of conflict. Establishes criminal penalties for the unauthorized manufacture or display of these awards or decorations. Repeals the Merchant Marine Medals Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
National Security Reform Act of 1985 - Directs the President to appoint a commission to examine and report to the Congress within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the impact of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on U.S. counterintelligence activities and to recommend appropriate changes to the FOIA to protect U.S. security while ensuring the civil liberties of U.S. citizens. Limits the number of diplomats and agents within the United States from a foreign country to a number equal to the number of U.S. diplomats and agents in that foreign country. Directs the Department of Defense to conduct random counterintelligence-scope polygraph examinations to assist in determining the eligibility of any individual for access to any classified information. Grants the agency the right to determine eligibility or ineligibility for access to classified information. Authorizes appropriations to upgrade polygraph training capability. Prohibits using the polygraph results as the sole basis for denying eligibility for clearance of access to any classified information. Authorizes denying or withdrawing clearances of persons who refuse to submit to polygraph examinations. Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to restrict the death penalty for an act of espionage in peacetime to cases involving the Soviet Union or any other communist country and where the documents or information involved is classified. Imposes a mandatory life term of imprisonment for espionage involving the Soviet Union or any other communist country. Prohibits any probation or suspension of sentence for individuals convicted of espionage involving the Soviet Union or other communist country, and denies such individuals any opportunity for parole.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
Revises Federal law concerning the appointment of probationary employees to the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration to allow review boards appointed under guidelines of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to review the performance of such employees at any time, and to allow the Chief Medical Director of the Department to take appropriate action.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
Amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to allow members of the armed forces serving on active duty or on full-time National Guard duty to bring claims for damages against the United States for personal injury or death arising out of medical or dental care furnished by a medical treatment facility operated by the military or the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
Amends the Federal veterans' benefits provisions to require any non-Federal provider of hospital services to any Medicare beneficiary to also accept Veterans Administration (VA) beneficiaries on a similar basis, and to accept payments from the VA as payments in full. Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services any noncompliance with health care provision agreements by such a non-Federal provider. Authorizes the Secretary to then terminate such agreement after a finding of noncompliance.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
Authorizes educational assistance for apprenticeship or other onjob training under the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program. Limits the amount of educational assistance payable in any one month where the individual pursuing the educational program fails to complete 120 hours of training.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
Removes the requirement that the moneys received by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs for the use of Veterans Administration garage and parking facilities be administered as a revolving fund.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1985
Amends Federal law concerning veterans' benefits to provide that the per-diem subsidies paid by the Veterans Administration for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset payments made to such homes under title XIX (Medicaid) for the purpose of assisting eligible veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1985
Authorizes the use of Department of Defense commissary stores and post exchanges for former prisoners of war who have been honorably separated from service and have a service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1985
Authorizes the Korean War Memorial, Inc., to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, to honor 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 Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site for such memorial. Subjects the design and plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the American Battle Monuments Commission. Declares that, except for the land authorized for such memorial, no moneys or property belonging to the United States, the District of Columbia, or any State or local government shall be expended for the erection of such memorial. Terminates the authority for the erection of such memorial unless: (1) erection commences within five years of the enactment of this resolution; and (2) sufficient funds are available. Holds the Secretary responsible for the maintenance and care of the memorial and its grounds.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1985
Amends Federal law concerning veterans' benefits to provide that the per diem subsidies paid by the Veterans Administration for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset payments made to such homes under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for the purpose of assisting eligible veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should inform Japan that the cost of the U.S. defense commitment to Japan and the unfair trade practices of Japan threaten the U.S. economy. Provides that in order for Japan to retain access to U.S. markets it should assume a fair share of the cost of its defense and allow free and fair access to its markets.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1985
Forgotten Widows and Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 1985 - Amends armed forces annuity payment provisions to provide that $165 a month shall be the minimum benefit payable to a surviving spouse eligible for such annuity. Provides that any amount in excess of $165 of an annuity payment shall be considered income under laws administered by the Veterans Administration. Provides the same monthly annuity to certain widows and widowers of persons who became entitled to retired or retainer pay before their deaths before a certain date, or chose not to provide their spouse with an annuity and died before a certain date. Prohibits a monthly annuity from being reduced to less than $165 a month when such annuity is reduced because there is no longer a dependent child or the widow or widower attains age 62.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1985
Amends Federal law to provide that educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve of the armed forces shall be provided in a program identical to the all-volunteer force educational assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1985
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide for educational assistance under the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance program for veterans pursuing a program of education by correspondence.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1985
Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Defense Contracting and Business Procedures. Requires the committee, as soon as practicable during the present Congress, to report to the House on its investigation of defense contracting procedures. Terminates such committee 30 days after the filing of such report.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1985
Extends from one year to not more than two years the possible period of appointment of graduate and student nurses to the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration. Authorizes the reappointment to such Department for one year of a student pursuing a full course of nursing in a recognized nursing school approved by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1985
Authorizes the President to issue a posthumous commission of brigadier general to Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Young, U.S. Army.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1985
Increases the veterans' burial plot allowance from $150 to $250 for eligible veterans who die in Veterans Administration facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1985
Directs the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to prescribe regulations to ensure that National Guard technicians are protected from certain adverse employment actions (i.e. removal, suspension, grade reduction, or furlough) in the same manner as are Federal employees.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1985
Establishes a presumption of service-connection for disability purposes for former prisoners of war suffering from the following conditions, manifest to a degree of ten percent or more after active service: (1) chronic liver disease; (2) organic residuals of hypothermia; (3) gastro-intestinal disorders; (4) arthritis; (5) cardiovascular conditions; (6) peripheral neuropathy; (7) immunological dysfunctions; or (8) chronic pulmonary disease. Decreases from six months to 30 days the amount of time a former prisoner of war must have been incarcerated to be eligible for outpatient dental services.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1985
Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to establish the offense of espionage during peacetime. Provides a sentence of life imprisonment (with no possibility of parole, suspension, or other release) for any person convicted of such offense.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1985
Directs the Secretary of Defense to furnish to the House of Representatives all information (including Defense Intelligence Agency analyses) relating to live Americans in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1985
Entitles individuals who performed service as National Guard technicians before January 1, 1969, to credit for such service when determining length of service for purposes of civil service retirement, leave, employee death and disability compensation, group life and health insurance, severance pay, tenure, and status.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1985
Amends the National Security Act of 1947 by adding a new Title V entitled Classification and Declassification of National Security Information. Directs the President to issue binding regulations which provide for the classification of information in the interest of national security. Sets forth and defines three levels ("Top Secret," "Secret," and "Confidential") by which national security information shall be classified. Grants authority to originate the classification of material only to the President, agency heads, such officials as the President may designate, or subordinates of such officials designated by them to have such authority. Requires designations of such original classification authority to be kept to the smallest number practicable. Identifies information required to be considered for classification, including any information which if disclosed could cause identifiable damage to the national security. Requires information to remain classified as long as national security requires, and to be declassified as soon as national security permits. Allows U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens to request a review of specifically-identified classified information to determine whether such information may be declassified and released. Prohibits the classification of information in order to: (1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error; (2) prevent embarassment to a person, organization, or agency; (3) restrain competition; or (4) prevent or delay the release of information which does not require protection in the interest of national security. Declares that nothing in this Act shall affect any requirement made under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, or any responsibilities of the President under article II of the Constitution. Exempts classified material from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to add a new Title VI entitled Safeguarding Classified Information. Directs the President to issue binding regulations which provide for the safeguarding of information classified pursuant to title V. Requires the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to issue rules governing the protection of such information furnished to the Congress, and the Chief Justice of the United States to issue similar rules on such information furnished to the Federal courts. Outlines provisions to be included in the orders or regulations issued by the President. Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information Act of 1985 - Adds a new Title VII entitled Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information to the National Security Act of 1947. Provides criminal penalties for the disclosure or attempted disclosure of classified material to any unauthorized person. Prohibits prosecution unless the Attorney General of the United States and the appropriate department or agency head certify such information to have been lawfully classified at the time of such disclosure.