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United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1978
Entitles members of a uniformed service to a continued basic allowance for quarters if entitled to such allowance prior to assignment to field or sea duty.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1978
Authorizes the use of CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services) inpatient cost-sharing rates for surgery performed on an outpatient basis.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1978
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to delete the requirement that Reserve officers who are ordered to active duty for not more than six months be on such duty for at least three months.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1978
Limits the circumstances under which travel expenses for certain veterans traveling to or from a Veterans' Administration facility in connection with the furnishing of medical care for non-service connected disabilities will be reimbursed.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide readjustment professional counseling to Vietnam era veterans and their families.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1978
Extends the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make grants for the consturction of State home facilities for furnishing nursing home care to veterans to fiscal year 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1978
Authorizes a three year pilot program for the treatment and rehabilitiation in contract facilities of veterans with alcohol or drug dependencies.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1978
Requires that veterans receiving hospital, nursing home, or outpatient medical care from the Veterans' Administration for nonservice-connected disabilities be charged for such care to the extent that they have health insurance or similar contracts or rights with respect to such care, or have entitlement to private medical care under worker's compensation or automobile accident reparation statutes of any State.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the repurchase deadlines for nonrecognition of gain on the sale of former residences in the case of members of the armed forces who are stationed overseas or are required to live in government quarters.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1978
Provides that a remarried spouse of a deceased veteran may be buried with such veteran in a national cemetery in the National Cemetery System if such spouse so elects and such spouse's grave is adjacent to such veteran's grave.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1978
Military Construction Appropriation Act - Appropriates specified sums for military construction projects for fiscal year 1979 for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) the Defense agencies; (5) the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; (6) the Army Reserve; (7) the Naval Reserve; (8) the Air Force Reserve; and (9) family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense agencies. Sets forth restrictions on the use of funds appropriated under this Act. Authorizes the use of funds made available under this Act for the hire of passenger motor vehicles and for advances to the Federal Highway Administration to construct defense access roads which are certified to be important to the national defense. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for any military base closure or realignment unless all the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act have been complied with.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1978
Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act - Title I: Amendments to Pension Program for Non-service-connected Disability or Death - Revises the list of specified catagories of payments excluded from the determination of annual income for benefit payment purposes. Requires persons applying for a non-service-connected disability pension to report the income and estate of each spouse and child on account of whom added pension is applied for or received. Sets increased flat pension and aid-and-attendance allowance rates, reduced by the amount of a veteran's annual income, and in specified instances, by the amount of a spouse's or child's income which is reasonably available to or for such veteran. Sets increased flat benefit rates, with similar reductions, for the surviving spouses and children of such veterans. Requires annual adjustments in such pension and benefit rates in conjunction with cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Sets the effective dates for provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1978
Military Health Care System Reform Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to appoint regional civilian military health care administrators to coordinate budgeting, planning, and the allocation of health care resources. Provides for the enrollment of active duty personnel, former members of the military, and military dependents in the military health care system for the provision of medical and dental care. States that enrolled persons shall not be denied or limited in the care provided by reason of the capability of the medical or dental staffs of major military helath care facilities. Provides for the supply of identification cards to enrolled persons. Requires major military health care facilities to establish programs to provide services to enrolled persons. Establishes budgeting requirements for such programs. Directs the Secretary of Defense to take steps to maximize training and use of physician assistance, nurse practitioners, and similar practioners at military health care facilities. Authorizes private physicians to provide medical and dental care at such facilities. Prescribes procedures for processing contract claims for services by private physicians. Entitles military medical personnel to a special performance incentive payment if fiscal year facility expenses are below budgeted expenditures. Prescribes performance standards to be used in determining the amount of such special pay. Requires the Secretary to provide for recovery of payments from health care insurers, employers, or other entities contractually or legally obligated to make payment for the provision of such care to enrolled individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1978
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive provisions of law relating to government contracts with respect to contracts for property or services to be made from a friendly foreign government or international organization where such a waiver will facilitate cooperation relating to North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1978
Provides that an individual who reenters active military service within 90 days after the date of such individual's discharge from military service shall have the one year limitation for applying for Veterans' Administration outpatient dental care (necessitated by a service-connected injury or condition) measured from the date of such subsequent military discharge.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1978
Stipulates that the regular military compensation for overseas personnel shall be adjusted periodically to reflect any changes since January 1, 1977, in the rate of exchange between the dollar and the official currency of the country in which such personnel is stationed, except where such adjustment would reduce the compensation below that payable on the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1978
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to prescribe the oath to be taken by appointees to the United States Military Academy.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1978
Removes the limitation on the number of cadets or midshipmen who may be appointed to the Reserves from the two-year Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps course.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1978
Stipulates that Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy may be commanded by commissioned officers of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, as well as by Army commissioned officers.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
Authorizes a three year pilot program for the treatment and rehabilitation in contract facilities of veterans with alcohol or drug dependencies.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
Extends the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make grants for the construction of State home facilities for furnishing nursing home care to veterans to fiscal year 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
Requires the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency to prepare a study of the special civil defense needs of areas which contain significant elements of the United States stragegic nuclear retaliatory forces. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out such study.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1978
Amends the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 to provide that the limitation on assistance to Angola under such Act does not preclude U.S., assistance to any country in Africa to defend such countries territory against any act of aggression or armed attack which originated in Angola.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1978
Veterans' Programs Extension Act - Title I: Extension of Certain Programs in the Republic of the Philippines - Extends the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to operate in the Philippines to September 30, 1981, and extends the authority of the Administrator to enter into contracts to provide certain medical services in the Philippines to Commonwealth Army veterans and New Philippine Scouts to fiscal year 1983. Title II: Benefits Payable to Persons Residing Outside the United States - Imposes certain eligibility requirements upon a person adopted by a veteran under non-American law and residing outside the United States during the lifetime of such veteran in order to be considered a legally adopted child for certain veterans' benefits. Directs the Administrator to carry out a study of veterans' benefits to persons living outside the United States, including an evaluation of the desirability of maintaining the Veterans' Administration Regional Office in the Republic of the Philippines. Title III: Health Care Amendments - Extends to December 31, 1980, the authority of the Administrator to provide hospital care through private facilities in certain areas outside the continental United States. Makes such authority permanent for Alaska and Hawaii. Expands such authority to include medical services which will obviate the need for hospital admission. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish hospital, nursing home, and medical services in the United States to Commonwealth Army veterans or New Philippine Scouts for the treatment of service-connected disabilities. Requires the Administrator to furnish a report to the Congress and the President by October 1, 1979, concerning Veterans' Administration hospital and medical care in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Amends the Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975 to extend special salary payments to doctors and dentists working for the Veterans' Administration to fiscal year 1979. Authorizes supplemental grants for fiscal year 1979 to assist in the establishment of new State medical schools operated in conjunction with Veterans' Administration facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into contracts with certain organizations to provide reimbursable emergency medical services at such organizations' national conventions. Title IV: Veterans' Readjustment Appointments and Pension Reform Implementation - Extends the authority to make veterans readjustment appointments of Vietnam era veterans to the Federal Government through September 30, 1981. Raises the maximum level for such appointments from GS-5 to GS-7. Provides that any disabled Vietnam era veteran shall be eligible for such appointments without regard to the existing requirement of 14 years of education.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1978
Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for the procurement by the armed forces of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes and other weapons and for research and development. Sets forth the authorized strength levels for each of the armed forces. Prescribes the method for computing the end strength of active duty military personnel. Sets forth the authorized strength level for civilian personnel positions within the Department of Defense. Sets forth the authorized average military training student load for each of the armed forces. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 to carry out the purposes of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1978
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 10929 (Military weapons and personnel).
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1978
Expresses the sense of the House that the exchange of the Panama Canal Treaty instruments of ratification should not occur earlier than March 31, 1979, unless implementing legislation has been enacted prior to such exchange. Requires specific Congressional authorization by an Act of Congress prior to any conveyance, relinquishment, or disposition of U.S. property in the Panama Canal Zone to any foreign government.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1978
Military Construction Authorization Act - Title I: Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules, or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations. Title II: Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under Title I of this Act. Title III: Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in Title I of this Act pertaining to the Secretary of the Army. Title IV: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States. Title V: Military Family Housing and Homeowners Assistance Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct or acquire military family housing units in specified numbers at specified locations. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of suitable private housing before commencing housing construction. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the amounts authorized for housing construction by up to ten percent to meet unforeseeable and unusual variations in cost. Increases the average amounts which may be expended for leasing family housing units for military personnel. Increases the number of family housing units which may be leased in foreign countries. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to settle claims regarding the construction of public quarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in the amount of $500,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to settle claims regarding the construction of public quarters at the Naval Complex, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the amount of $1,750,000. Authorizes appropriations for use by the Secretary of Defense for military family housing and homeowner's assistance for specified purposes. Title VI: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act. Authorizes increases in the amounts specified under this Act under certain circumstances. Requires the Secretaries of the various military departments to report annually to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding contracts awarded for construction projects under this Act. Repeals authorizations for military public works in the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1978, and all authorizations contained in Acts approved before August 1, 1977, and not superseded or otherwise modified by a later authorization. Specifies exceptions to such repealer. Sets forth the unit cost limitations for military construction projects within the United States. Directs the Secretary of Defense to encourage the utilization of solar energy for projects authorized by this Act where it would be practical and economically feasible. Authorizes the Secretary to permit increases in the cost limitations or floor area limitations contained in this Act in order to equip projects with solar heating or cooling equipment. Requires that 25 percent of all new military facilities (except housing) include solar energy systems to the extent that such a system is cost effective. Requires that all new military family housing include solar energy systems where such a system is cost effective. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the Navy Drum Storage Area in Hawaii to that State. Authorizes each of the Secretaries of the various military departments to develop geothermal resources within property under the control of the department (except public lands) for the benefit of the Department of Defense. Authorizes the Secretaries to enter into contracts for the purchase of public utility services with contractors operating energy production facilities on property under the control of the department so long as such energy resources are derived from other than nuclear or fossil fuel sources. Prohibits the Department of Defense from purchasing any land adjacent to Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire without the express authorization of Congress. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the National Guard and the Reserve components of the various armed forces. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1978
Amends the Aviation Career Incentive Act of 1974 with respect to eligibility for, and entitlement to, aviation career incentive pay in the uniformed services.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1978
Entitles enlisted members of the uniformed services to a basic allowance for subsistence in addition to a per diem allowance while traveling on temporary duty.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of approximately 25,000 long tons of grade A tin presently held in the national and supplemental stockpiles and to use the proceeds of such disposition to acquire a quantity of copper not in excess of 250,000 tons for inclusion in the national stockpile.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Provides war veterans' and dependents and survivors' benefits eligibility for Americans who fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War during the period from July 1, 1936, to March 31, 1939.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Expresses the sense of the House that the exchange of the Panama Canal Treaty instruments of ratification should not occur earlier than March 31, 1979, unless implementing legislation has been enacted prior to such exchange. Requires specific Congressional authorization by an Act of Congress prior to any conveyance, relinquishment, or disposition of U.S. property in the Panama Canal Zone to any foreign government.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1978
Requires, upon application by the insured, waiver of the payment of premiums for National Service Life Insurance during any time after which the insured has attained the age of 70 and has paid premiums on the insurance for not less than 25 years.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1978
Military Justice Amendments - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to redefine the term "Judge Advocate" and to define the term "uniformed services. Authorizes a person who is placed under arrest or in confinement prior to trial to apply for release from arrest or confinement to the special court-martial in whose court-martial district the place of arrest or confinement is located, unless the charges have been referred to a general court-martial, in which case such application for release shall be to that court. Provides that general courts-martial shall consist of a military judge and seven military jurors or only a military judge in specified cases. Provides that special courts-martial shall consist of a military judge and five jurors or only a military judge in specified cases. Requires the Judge Advocate General of each armed force to establish one or more general court-martial judicial districts for that armed force. Directs that each general court-martial district shall have a court known as the general court-martial for that general court-martial judicial district. Sets forth: (1) the composition of the general court-martial; and (2) the jurisdiction of such court. Requires the Judge Advocate General of each armed force to establish one or more special court-martial judicial districts for that armed force. Directs that in each special court-martial judicial district there shall be a court known as the special court-martial for that special court-martial judicial district. Sets forth the composition of such courts and the jurisdiction of such courts. Declares both the general courts-martial and the special courts-martial to be courts established by Act of Congress and authorizes such courts to issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their jurisdiction. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) who may serve as military jurors; (2) the appointment and removal of military general and special court- martial judges; (3) the detailing of trial counsel and defense counsel; (4) the detailing of court reporters and interpreters; and (5) absent and additional military jurors. Requires the defense counsel in every court-martial proceeding: (1) to assist the accused in preparation and submission of any petition or motion with respect to the sentence; and (2) to seek at the expense of the United States such collateral relief as may be necessary to protect any right of the accused. Authorizes an assistant defense counsel of a court-martial to perform any duty imposed by law, regulation, or the custom of the service upon counsel for the accused. Stipulates that when the military jurors court-martial deliberate or vote, only the regular military jurors may be present. Provides that an appeal by the United States shall be to the Court of Military Review concerned: (1) from a decision, judgment or order of a military judge dismissing a charge or specification; and (2) from a decision or order of a military judge suppressing or excluding evidence not made after the accused has been put in jeopardy and before the verdict of the court-martial, if the trial counsel certifies to the military judge that the appeal is not taken for purposes of delay and that the evidence is a substantial proof of a fact material in the proceedings. Stipulates that if an appeal is taken by the United States, the military judge shall decide whether the accused should be released from pretrial restraint. Grants each accused and the trial counsel of a general court-martial three peremptory challenges. Grants each accused and the trial counsel of a special court-martial one peremptory challenge. Stipulates that only a military judge, for good cause, may forbid the taking of oral or written depositions. Stipulates that only the military judge shall rule upon all questions of law and all interlocutory questions arising during the proceedings. Stipulates that in each court-martial in which the accused is convicted, the military judge shall adjudge an appropriate sentence. Requires that if the accused has been found guilty of any offense, the military judge shall, as soon as the sentence is determined, announce the sentence and advise the accused of his right to appeal. Credits any periods of pretrial confinement served prior to sentencing towards the service of the sentence adjudged. Repeals provisions of the Code relating to the reduction in enlisted grade on approval of sentence. Stipulates that after a trial by court-martial a verbatim transcript of all proceedings and evidence including and subsequent to the announcement of the findings of the court-martial shall be forwarded to the referring authority and the referring authority may approve the sentence or such part or amount as such authority determines should be approved. Provides that action relating to clemency may be taken by the person who referred the case to trial, or any officer authorized to refer a case to a general court-martial. Repeals specified sections of the Code relating to general court-martial records and the reconsideration and revision of rulings. Repeals the provisions of the Code which authorizes the convening authority to order a rehearing, if such authority disapproves the findings and sentence of a court-martial. Grants up to 30 days to file a notice of appeal from a conviction by court-martial after the referring authority has informed the accused of a clemency decision. Declares that there is a United States Court of Military Review for each of the armed forces established under article one of the Constitution. Sets forth provisions concerning appellate military judges, their qualifications, and terms. Requires referring authorities to refer to the Court of Military Review the record in every case of trial by court-martial in which notice of appeal has been timely filed. Requires the Chief Judges to prescribe uniform rules of procedure for Courts of Military Review. Increases the number of judges on the United States Court of Military Appeals from three to five. Requires the Court of Military Appeals to review the record in: (1) all cases in which the sentence, as affirmed by a Court of Military Review, extends to death; and (2) all cases reviewed by a Court of Military Review in which, upon petition of the United States upon a matter of law, and upon good cause shown, the Court of Military Appeals has granted a review. Authorizes the United States Court of Military Appeals to make such rules as it deems proper respecting the admission and expulsion of persons to membership in its bar. Repeals those sections of the Code relating to: (1) the establishment of branch offices; and (2) the review of the record of trial in the office of the Judge Advocate General. Requires appellate defense counsel to represent the accused before the Court of Military Review or the Court of Military Appeals in any matter: (1) when requested to do so by the accused; or (2) when the United States or any respondent is represented by counsel. Authorizes appellate defense counsel to seek at the expense of the United States such collateral relief as necessary to protect any right of the accused. Prohibits the execution of a sentence extending to the dismissal, unsuspended, of a commissioned officer, cadet, or to an unsuspended dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge unless the accused has been informed of his right to seek clemency. Authorizes the accused at any time to petition the general court-martial in whose general court-martial district the trial occurred for a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence or fraud upon the court. Authorizes cases in the United States Court of Military Appeals to be reviewed by the Supreme Court by writ of certiorari.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1978
Military Construction Authorization Act - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules, or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under Title I of this Act. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in Title I of this Act pertaining to the Secretary of the Army. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States. Title V: Military Family Housing - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire military family housing units in specified numbers at specified locations. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of suitable private housing before commencing housing construction. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the amounts authorized for housing construction by up to ten percent to meet unusual and unforseeable variations in cost. Authorizes the Secretary to expend specified amounts to improve existing public quarters for the various military departments. Increases the average rent which the Secretary is authorized to pay to lease off-base military housing. Increases the number of housing units which may be leased in foreign countries by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to settle claims regarding the construction of public quarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in the amount of $500,000. Title VI: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act. Authorizes increases in the amounts authorized pursuant to this Act under specified circumstances. Requires the Secretary of Defense to annually report to Congress on projects which have been placed under contract where the current working estimate of the Department of Defense exceeded the amount authorized by Congress for that project by more than 25 percent. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to authorize increases in the cost limitations or floor area limitations for projects under this Act in order to equip such a project with solar heating or cooling equipment. Requires that construction contracts under this Act be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder if the national security will not be impaired by such an award. Requires the Secretaries of the military departments to report annually to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House Representatives with respect to all contracts awarded on other than a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder. Repeals authorizations for military public works in the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1978, and all authorizations contained in Acts approved before August 1, 1977, and not superseded or otherwise modified by a later authorization. Specifies exceptions to such repealer. Sets forth the unit cost limitations for construction projects within the United States. Requires the Secretary to transmit to the Congress the annual request for military construction authorization for the fiscal year within ten days after the President transmits the Budget for that year to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Plough, Inc., the land and improvements which comprise the Marine Corps Reserve Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to the city of Niceville, Florida, a specified portion of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and to convey another portion of the base to the Air Force Enlisted Men's Widows and Dependents Home Foundation, Inc.. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Central-Wyandotte Development Corporation specified real property in Kansas City, Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Utah State University specified land located on land leased from the University on its campus in Logan, Utah. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the National Guard and Reserve components of the various armed forces. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1978
Authorizes the advance payment of station housing allowances for members of the uniformed services assigned overseas.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Establishes the positions of Chief of the Dental Corps within the department of the Army and Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services within the Air Force.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Requires the Secretary of State to investigate whether Egypt, Israel, or Saudi Arabia, is engaged or has engaged in international aggression, if the Secretary is requested to do so (1) by the President, (2) by a majority of the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, or (3) by ten percent of the Members of the House of Representatives or the Senate. Requires the President to suspend specified arms sales agreements with such countries in the event of international aggression. Declares that such suspension shall remain in effect until terminated by a concurrent resolution by Congress. Permits the President to issue one warning in lieu of suspension to each country for direct or indirect financial or material support of acts of violence against a third country. Requires the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to submit periodic reports to specified Congressional committees regarding participation in international aggression by Egypt, Israel, or Saudi Arabia.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Requires that, upon request, members or former members of the uniformed services or their dependents be given essential medical and dental care in any facility of the uniformed services. Allows such individuals to receive nonessential care subject to the availability of space and facilities and the capabilities of the medical and dental staff. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1074, 1076)
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act to authorize the use of Federal civil defense funds by local civil defense agencies for natural disaster relief (or civil disturbance relief).
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
World War I Pension Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, to the surviving spouse (who meets specified requirements), or, when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children (who meet specified requirements).
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide readjustment professional counseling to Vietnam era veterans and their families.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Extends to fiscal year 1983 the authorization of appropriations to carry out a pilot program for the exchange of medical information between Veterans Administration facilities and the medical community.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Limits the circumstances under which travel expenses for certain veterans traveling to or from a Veterans' Administration facility in connection with the furnishing of medical care for non-service connected disabilities will be reimbursed.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Requires that veterans receiving hospital, nursing home, or outpatient medical care from the Veterans' Administration for nonservice-connected disabilities be charged for such care to the extent that they have health insurance or similar contracts or rights with respect to such care, or have entitlement to private medical care under worker's compensation or automobile accident reparation statutes of any State.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Shortens the period after which notice has been sent to the last known address of an owner of unclaimed property which has come into the custody or control of one of the armed forces before such property may be disposed of. Stipulates that where the armed force concerned has been unable to ascertain the owner of such property worth more than $200, such property may be disposed of 30 days after it has been received at a storage point (previously property worth $25 or more could be disposed of after three months in storage).
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Limits eligibility for appointment and admission to any United States service academy to male individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force to prescribe regulations for the accounting and fixing of responsibility for property issued to the National Guard components of such departments. Stipulates that if such property is lost, damaged, or destroyed as a result of the gross negligence or willfull misconduct of a member of the National Guard, the amount of damage, or cost of repair or replacement may be deducted from such member's pay. Stipulates that where such loss, damage, or destruction, was result of active duty in support of civil authority, the amount of damage, or cost of repair or replacement may be charged to the State or territory concerned, and shall be paid from non-Federal funds.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1978
Establishes a program of direct loans to veterans for the installation of residential solar energy systems and other energy conserving improvements. Establishes within the United States Treasury a Veterans Administration Solar Energy Revolving Fund for such loan program.