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United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Objects to the proposed sale of 155mm self-propelled howitzers to Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Objects to the proposed sale of armored personnel carriers, command post carriers, cargo carriers, supporting equipment, and spare parts to Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Objects to the proposed sale of improved Hawk air defense missiles to Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Objects to the proposed sale of Dragon antitank missiles to Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1979
Authorizes the printing of 1,000 additional copies, at a cost which is not to exceed $1,200, of the House of Representatives report entitled "Defense Production Act Amendment and Extension," for use by the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1979
Stipulates that no veteran shall be denied medical care under CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services) for any service-connected disability solely because care for such disability is available at Veterans' Administration medical facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1979
Veterans' Administration Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review Act - Repeals provisions permitting the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to determine and pay fees to agents or attorneys representing veterans' claims under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration (VA). Provides for judicial review of certain administrative decisions made by the Administrator. Applies the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act to all VA rules, regulations, and determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1979
Provides that any disability of a veteran of World War I shall be treated as a service-connected disability for medical care purposes, including hospital and outpatient care services.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Provides that members of the Armed Forces Reserves shall not be denied employment because of membership in a Reserve unit. Excludes employers of less than ten employees from such prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Reduces the required veterans' disability rating from total to not less than 80 percent for purposes of eligibility for certain survivors' and dependents' medical care benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Veterans' Educational Equity Act of 1977 - Provides for the payment of supplemental tuition allowances to certain eligible veterans. Stipulates that such allowance shall not exceed $1,000 per school year, with the veteran paying the first $400 of tuition and fees and the Veterans' Administration (VA) paying 67 percent of the next $1,500. Sets forth application guidelines and the formula to be used by the VA in computing such supplemental tuition allowance. Extends the delimiting period for veterans' educational assistance for eligible veterans in school during their last year of eligibility. Stipulates that such extension shall terminate: (1) when an eligible veteran finishes or drops out of school; or (2) 12 years from such veteran's discharge from active service.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Amends the Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978 and certain other provisions to provide that monthly annuity payments under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 shall not be included as income for the purpose of determining eligibility for certain veterans' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation paid by the Veterans' Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide scholarships of up to $5,000 per school year to medical students who agree to practice for a specified length of time at a Veterans' Administration (VA) facility upon completion of their professional training. Provides the United States with a right to recover expenses against an individual who fails to meet such VA service condition. Stipulates that veterans and dependents of veterans shall have priority with regard to such scholarships.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Includes the Polish Legion of American Veterans of the United States of America as one of the organizations whose representatives may be recognized by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to prepare, present, and prosecute claims under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Provides that for purposes of veterans' and dependents' and survivors' educational assistance eligibility, the agricultural work relevancy criteria shall not consider: (1) whether such work is full-time or not; or (2) whether it is the principal source of income. Defines "agricultural employment" for such purposes as the: (1) cultivation of the ground; (2) raising of livestock; or (3) distribution or processing of agricultural products.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Vietnam Veterans Act - Title I: Employment - Provides that Vietnam veterans eligible for specified veterans' educational benefits may use up to 12 months of such benefits for employment assistance payments to non-Federal Government employers hiring such veterans. Establishes eligibility requirements and guidelines for participating veterans and employers. Title II: Health and Psychological Care - Authorizes the Veterans' Administration to provide outpatient mental health services to Vietnam veterans with emotional or psychological civilian readjustment problems. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a program of treatment for Vietnam-era veterans or members of their immediate families with alcohol or drug abuse problems. Provides that any individual eligible for treatment in either the readjustment or alcohol drug program may elect to have such treatment at any community health center providing such services under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Directs the Administrator to reimburse such centers for such treatment. Authorizes an employee of the General Accounting Office assigned to duty in a Veterans' Administration health facility to act as ombudsman for the patients of such facility. Title III: GI Bill Education Assistance - Extends the ten year delimiting period for veterans' educational assistance eligibility to January 1, 1985, for veterans discharged before December 31, 1969. Removes the requirement of State matching funds for veterans' accelerated payment of educational assistance allowances. Title IV: Administrative Costs for State Home Loan Programs - Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to States for administrative expenses for the start- up costs veterans' home loan programs. Title V: Commission to Study Veterans' Benefits - Establishes the Commission on Veterans' Benefits to make a comprehensive study of United States laws providing benefits to veterans and their dependents, with particular attention to the needs of Vietnam veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Increases the specially adapted housing assistance grant for certain disabled veterans from $30,000 to $35,000.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Provides that any disability of a veteran of World War I shall be treated as a service-connected disability for medical care purposes, including hospital and outpatient care services.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Establishes a Court of Veterans' Appeals, appointed by the President, with exclusive jurisdiction to review by appeal all questions involved in decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals. Provides for the payment of attorneys' and legal fees.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to obtain commercial life insurance at a standard rate because of service-connected disabilities. Establishes guidelines for such insurance regarding: (1) amount of insurance; (2) premium rates; (3) payment of insurance; and (4) policy provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Provides that psychosis or psychoneurosis becoming manifest to a degree of ten percent or more within seven years from the date of separation from military service, and specified chronic diseases becoming manifest to a degree of ten percent or more within five years from such date of separation shall be presumed to be service-connected for purposes of veterans' wartime disability compensation for World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era prisoners of war.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide outpatient dental services to any veteran who while on active duty was a prisoner of war for more than 180 days.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to permit patients and members in Veterans' Administration health care facilities to participate in therapeutic and rehabilitative activities sponsored by veterans' organizations at such facilities. Stipulates that such patients and members shall be paid for their participation by such sponsoring organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Provides that recipients of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation to parents and non-service connected death, disability, or certain other service pensions will not have the amount of such pensions reduced or discontinued because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Sets forth the amount of reimbursement which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall pay to the States for furnishing domiciliary, hospital, or nursing home care to eligible veterans who receive such care in State facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
World War I Veterans' Pension Act of 1979 - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, or to the surviving spouse of each such veteran, or when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Repeals certain veterans' education provisions requiring such benefits to be used within ten years of eligibility.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Defense shall inter an Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, and make permanent display of representative medals, ribbons, and tributes of the Vietnam war in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1979
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4040 (Armed forces and civil defense funding).
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1979
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that congressional approval is required to terminate any mutual defense treaty.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1979
Disapproves the proposed sale of specified tanks to Saudi Arabia.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to disclose to a consumer reporting agency the name and address of an individual indebted to the Veterans' Administration (VA) for the purpose of obtaining consumer reports in order to assess such individual's ability to repay the debt and to give notice of the outstanding obligation. Prohibits the VA from making such disclosure until 30 days have elapsed after reasonable efforts have been made to notify the individual of the VA's intention to disclose debt information. Prohibits disclosure of such information by the VA in a case of a disputed claim until the accuracy of the information is determined or until the Administrator reviews such claim. Provides that records disclosed to a consumer reporting agency may be used only for the purpose provided for by this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to make such disclosures for use in connection with civil debt collection proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1979
Veteran Senior Citizen Health Care Act of 1979 - States the purposes of this Act to be: (1) to provide for the increasing demand for geriatric and extended health care and medical services being placed on the Veterans' Administration (VA) hospital system; and (2) to make the VA hospital system foremost in the area of geriatric health care and the repository of gerontology medical knowledge. Directs that within the Office of the Chief Medical Director of the VA one Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be doctor of geriatrics, and shall be responsible for the VA's geriatric services. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to designate 15 VA hospitals as demonstration centers of geriatric research, education, and clinical operations. Stipulates that such centers shall operate until September 30, 1983. Directs the Administrator to provide that: (1) each hospital operating as a geriatric center on the date of enactment of this Act be designated as the location for a demonstration center; and (2) such designated hospitals be geographically dispersed across the United States. Directs the Administrator to establish a Geriatrics and Extended Care Task Force within the VA's Special Medical Advisory Group. Stipulates that such Task Force shall assess: (1) the VA's capability to provide geriatric services on a sustained and growing basis to eligible veterans; and (2) the current and projected needs for geriatric and extended health services among eligible veterans. Requires such Task Force to submit a report to the Administrator and the Special Medical Advisory Group within 18 months after the effective date of this Act. Directs the Administrator to transmit such report, (within 90 days of receipt) along with any comments, to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees. Requires a final report to be submitted by such Task Force within four years of the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of: (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1980; (2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1981; (3) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1982; and (4) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1979
Prohibits the pretrial release of any person charged with an act of terrorism, as defined by this Act, if the judicial officer determines that such release would pose a danger to any person or to the community. Amends the District of Columbia Code to provide that there is a rebuttable presumption that the release of a person charged with an act of terrorism will not reasonably assure the safety of any other person or the community.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1979
Panama Canal Defense Act of 1979 - States the authority for this legislation. Stipulates that acceptance of payments by Panama under the provisions of this Act constitutes recognition of the rightful exercise of sovereignty by the United States in the Canal Zone under the terms of earlier treaties. Title I: Administration and Regulations - Chapter I: Panama Canal Commission - Establishes the Panama Canal Commission to operate and maintain the Panama Canal, subject only to the direction of the Secretary of Defense. Requires the President to appoint an Administrator, a Deputy Administrator, and a Chief Engineer with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes a Panama Canal Consultative Committee to advise the United States and Panama on policy affecting the Canal. Authorizes the President to establish a Joint Commission on the Environment with Panama to review periodically the environmental impact of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977. Provides for a military officer to assume jurisdiction over the Canal if the United States or Panama is at war or war is imminent. Directs the United States Ambassador to Panama to coordinate the transfer of functions to be assumed by Panama pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977. Requires each officer and employee of the Panama Canal Commission and each member of the Commission's Supervisory Board to take an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of his office or employment. Requires the Board to adopt a code of conduct applicable to members of the Board and Commission personnel. Directs the Commission to investigate allegations of violations of such code and to recommend to the President that any member of the Board or Commission officer or employee who is the subject of such allegations be suspended pending judicial proceedings. Establishes an Office of Ombudsman within the Panama Canal Commission to receive complaints and suggestions from Government personnel concerning administrative problems caused by implementation of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should negotiate with Panama to arrange the stationing of U.S. military forces in the former Canal Zone after the expiration of the Treaty. Chapter 3: Employees - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to appoint, fix the compensation of, and define the duties of officers and employees necessary for the management, operation, and maintenance of the Canal. Permits officers and employees of other Federal departments or agencies to serve as employees or officers of the Commission. Sets forth provisions relating to transfers of Federal employees, compensation of certain military individuals, cost-of-living allowances, educational travel benefits, privileges and immunities, and inapplicability of certain benefits to certain noncitizens. Directs the President to establish a Panama Canal Employment System in accordance with applicable Treaty requirements and provisions of law. States that such system shall be based on merit and conform as far as possible to the policies, principles and standards applicable in the competitive service. Requires agency heads to establish written employment standards and rates of basic compensation. Requires uniform application of standards and rates regardless of whether the employee is a citizen of the United States or Panama. Makes provisions for recruitment and retention renumeration and benefits. Stipulates the procedure for review and appeals of classifications, grades, and pay levels. Provides for terms and conditions of employment for employees transferred to the Commission similar to those available prior to transfer. Exempts teachers formerly employed by the Canal Zone Government, who were transferred, from the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act. Makes provisions for United States citizens employed by the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government and who separate from such employment to be placed in vacant Federal jobs in the United States. Makes similar provisions for other executive agency employees whose positions are eliminated. Stipulates that no spending authority for transferred employees shall take effect before October 1, 1979. Sets forth retirement provisions. Prohibits payments on annuities accruing before October 1, 1979 by reason of these amendments. Makes the United States Attorney an employee of the Commission. Makes Federal labor-management provisions applicable to Federal employees in the Canal Zone. Chapter 5: Funds and Accounts - Terminates the Treasury accounts for the Canal Zone Government and the Panama Canal Company. Transfers the Company's funds to the Panama Canal Commission Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the Commission as necessary. Authorizes the Secretary of Treasury to establish a Panama Canal Emergency Fund. Prohibits the appropriation of funds to the Commission in excess of the revenues in the Commission's Fund. Requires the Commission to establish and maintain its accounts pursuant to the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950. Directs the Commission to report annually to the President and Congress. Makes provisions for the Commission to reimburse other Federal agencies for retirement and benefit payments. Requires the Department of Defense to reimburse the Commission for maintaining defense facilities in standby condition. Authorizes Defense appropriations to be made available for educational and health care activities. Permits the Commission to aid military post offices in the proper distribution of mail. Terminates the Canal Zone postal service. Provides for the redemption and payment of securities, postal savings certificates, and other accounts. Permits the Commission and the U.S. Postal Service to enter into agreements to meet obligations only to the extent such amounts are provided for in appropriation Acts. Requires the Commission to make those payments required pursuant to the Treaty to Panama. Prohibits payments to Panama if the President or Congress by concurrent resolution determines that Panama is interfering in the internal affairs of another State. Requires the Commission to reimburse the U.S. Treasury for all expenses incurred in implementing the Treaty during 1978 and 1979. Permits the Commission to provide services and materials to Panama at rates agreed to by the Commission and Panama. Authorizes the Commission to provide disaster relief to Panama. Sets forth conditions on the transfer of property to Panama. Chapter 7: Claims for Injuries to Persons or Property - Authorizes the Commission to pay claims up to $120,000 arising from the operation of the Canal or related facilities, including for injuries to vessels, cargo, crew, or passengers passing through the Canal. Sets for the measure of damages for injuries to a vessel. Permits aggrieved persons to appeal a claims determination by the Commission to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana. Directs the President to establish a Board of Local Inspectors to investigate any accidents or injuries giving rise to a claim. Chapter 9: Public Property - Provides for the reversion of the Panama Canal Company's property, assets, and liabilities to the United States. Authorizes the Commission to use such property as necessary. Authorizes the transfer of property, including the Panama Railroad, to Panama pursuant to the Treaty. Sets forth conditions to such transfer. Chapter 10: Tolls for Use of Canal - Authorizes the President to prescribe rules for the measurement of vessels and tolls to be levied for the use of the Canal. Sets forth certain bases and procedures for setting or adjusting tolls. Permits a toll surcharge to be established for the recovery of interest, depreciation, and capital improvement costs. Places limitations on the amount of tolls. Defines the basis for computation of interest on the investment of the United States in the Canal, to be included in the formula for toll rates. Chapter 11: General Regulations I: - Authorizes the President and the Commission to make regulations concerning their respective areas of responsibility. Chapter 13: Shipping and Navigation - Authorizes the President to regulate the operation and navigation of the Canal. Provides for inspections of vessels. Title II: Treaty Transition Period - Chapter 1: Laws Continued in Force - Continues those laws in force during the transition period that are not inconsistent with the Treaty. Chapter 2: Courts - Continues the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Canal Zone in accordance with Treaty provisions. Provides for the extension of terms of certain offices as agreed by the United States and Panama. Repeals the requirements that certain court officials reside in the Canal Zone. Amends the Canal Zone Code to authorize the chief judge of the U.S. judicial circuit in which the district court lies to designate a special district judge to act when necessary pursuant to the U.S. Code provisions relating to the assignment of judges. Continues the magistrates' courts for 30 months, unless terminated earlier by the President. Chapter 3: Attorneys - Amends the Canal Zone Code to authorize the district judge to prescribe an appropriate oath for attorneys admitted to practice in the Canal Zone. Chapter 4: Transition Authority - Authorizes the President to exercise any transition authority not contrary to other laws, agreements, or the Treaty. Provides for the transfer to the custody of the Attorney General of prisoners sentenced to terms in excess of one year by the U.S. District Court for the Canal Zone and for issuance of regulations by the Commission for management of prisoners in jails in the Canal Zone. Title III: General Provisions - Chapter 1: Cemeteries - Authorizes appropriations to implement Reservation (3) to the Resolution of Ratification of the Treaty providing for the removal, transportation and reinterment of the remains of United States citizens presently interred in Canal Zone cemeteries. Chapter 2: Immigration - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include immigrants who have been employees of the Panama Canal Company, the Canal Zone Government, or the U.S. Government in the Zone within the category of special immigrants. Waives specified conditions of inadmissibility to the United States for such immigrants until the end of the transition period. Limits the number of such immigrants to 7,500. Chapter 3: Reports; Amendments; Repeals and Redesignation, Effective Date - Requires the President to report annually on the status of the exercise of the rights and responsibilities of the U.S. during the life of the Treaty. Makes certain technical and conforming amendments. Repeals certain Canal Zone Code provisions relating to: (1) administration and regulation; (2) divisions and terms of the district court; and (3) extradition of fugitives from Panama. Repeals: (1) the applicability of the Arms Export Control Act to the Canal Zone; and (2) the authority of the Canal Zone Governor to regulate anchorage and movement of vessels in a national emergency. Redesignates provisions of the Canal Zone Code not repealed by this Act as the "Panama Canal Code". Makes this Act effective on the date the Treaty enters into force unless otherwise provided.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to disclose to a consumer reporting agency the name and address of an individual indebted to the Veterans' Administration (VA) for the purpose of obtaining consumer reports in order to assess such individual's ability to repay the debt and to give notice of the outstanding obligation. Prohibits the VA from making such disclosure until 30 days have elapsed after reasonable efforts have been made to notify the individual of the VA's intention to disclose debt information. Prohibits disclosure of such information by the VA in a case of a disputed claim until the accuracy of the information is determined or until the Administrator reviews such claim. Provides that records disclosed to a consumer reporting agency may be used only for the purpose provided for by this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to make such disclosures for use in connection with civil debt collection proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1979
Classified Information Procedures Act - Sets forth pretrial, trial, and appellate procedures for criminal cases involving classified information. Requires a court, on its own motion or on the motion of any party, to hold a pretrial conference to consider matters relating to classified information or which may promote a fair and expeditious trial. Directs the court, upon the request of the Government, to issue a protective order with respect to any classified material disclosed to the defendant. Requires a defendant who reasonably expects to disclose classified material in any trial or pretrial proceeding to notify the Government attorney and the court in writing. Allows the Government upon such notification to move for a hearing, to be held in chambers upon certification by the Government that classified information might be compromised in a public proceeding. Requires the Government to provide the defendant upon his or her request with a bill of particulars as to the portions of the indictment or information which the defendant identifies as related to the classified information at issue in the hearing. Directs the court following such hearing to determine in writing as to each item of classified information whether and the manner in which the information at issue may be used in a pretrial or trial proceeding. Requires upon determination by the court that the information may not be disclosed that the record of the hearing be sealed and preserved in the event of an appeal. Allows the defendant to seek reconsideration prior to or during trial. Authorizes the court to order (instead of disclosure): (1) substitution of a statement admitting relevant facts that the specific classified information would tend to prove; or (2) substitution of a summary or portion of a specific classified information. Directs the court to issue any order which is required in the interest of justice if: (1) the court determines that such alternatives to full disclosure may not be used; and (2) the Government objects to the disclosure by proper affidavit. Directs the court to order the Government to provide the defendant with information to rebut the classified information, upon a determination that classified information may be disclosed. Allows the Government to make an interlocutory appeal to a court of appeals from a decision of the district court: (1) requiring disclosure; (2) imposing sanctions for nondisclosure; or (3) refusing a protective order by the United States to prevent disclosure. Sets forth an expedited procedure for consideration of such an appeal. Allows writings, recordings, and photographs containing classified information to be admitted into evidence without change in their classification status. Authorizes the court to take measures to prevent unnecessary disclosure of classified information in admitting such information into evidence. Directs the court, following an objection by the Government to a question or line of inquiry requiring a witness to disclose classified information not previously found to be admissible, to take suitable action to determine whether the response will safeguard against the compromise of any classified information. Directs the Chief Justice, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense, to prescribe security procedures for protection of classified information submitted to Federal courts. Amends the Jencks Act to allow a summary to be substituted for the statement which the Government is required to give the defense relating to testimony by Government witnesses, where portions of such statement contain classified information. Requires the Government, in any prosecution in which it must establish that material relates to the national defense or constitutes classified information, to notify the defendant of the material upon which it reasonably expects to rely. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) issue guidelines specifying the factors to be used by the Department of Justice in deciding whether to prosecute a violation of Federal law in which there is a possibility that classified information will be revealed; and (2) transmit such guidelines to the appropriate congressional committees. Requires the Department to prepare written findings of the reasons for deciding not to prosecute any such decision, including specified information. Directs the Attorney General to make available all such findings to the congressional intelligence committees.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1979
Classified Information Criminal Trial Procedures Act - Title I: Procedures For Disclosure of Classified Information in Criminal Cases - Sets forth pretrial, trial, and appellate procedures for criminal cases involving classified information. Requires a court, on its own motion or on the motion of any party, to hold a pretrial conference to consider matters relating to classified information or which may promote a fair and expeditious trial. Requires a defendant who reasonably expects to disclose classified material during the trial or any pretrial hearing to notify the Government attorney and the court. Allows the Government to move for an in camera proceeding after certifying that such classified information might be compromised in a public proceeding. Permits the Government to take an appeal from a decision favorable to the defendant regarding the use, relevance or admissibility of such classified information before such information is disclosed. Authorizes the Attorney General to request an in camera proceeding whenever the Government learns, other than through such notification, that an action of the defendant will or is likely to result in the disclosure of classified information. Directs the court, upon the request of the Government, to issue an order prohibiting the defendant from disclosing or causing the classified information at issue to be disclosed pending the conclusion of such proceeding. Requires the Government to provide the defendant with notice of the classified information at issue before such proceeding is conducted. Allows the Government to object to any line of inquiry used by a defendant while examining a witness which may require such witness to disclose classified information not previously found admissible under the specified procedures. Directs the court to take any action necessary to determine whether the response is admissible as will safeguard against the disclosure of any classified information, including proffers from the Government and the defendant. Allows the Government to move for a court order to substitute for classified information whose disclosure has been authorized by the court pursuant to the above procedure: (1) a statement admitting the relevant facts such information would prove; or (2) a summary of the specified classified information. Directs the court to grant such a motion if the right of the defendant to a fair trial will not be impaired. Requires the sealing and preservation for appeal of any record of an in camera proceeding when the court determines that the classified information at issue may not be disclosed or elicited at the trial or any pretrial hearing. Directs the Court to order the defendant not to disclose or cause the disclosure of such classified information whenever such motion is denied and the Government files an objection to such disclosure. Directs the court to then: (1) dismiss the indictment or information; (2) dismiss specified counts of the indictment or information; (3) find against the Government on any issue to which the excluded classified information relates; (4) strike or preclude all or any part of the testimony of a witness; or (5) take any other action which the court determines is appropriate in the interests of justice. Allows the court to prohibit certain defendants who fail to comply with the notice requirements from: (1) disclosing or causing the disclosure of such classified information during trial; and (2) examining any witnesses with respect to such information. Directs the court after determining that classified information may be disclosed, to order the Government to provide the defendant with the information or the identity of any witness it expects to use to rebut the particular classified information. Authorizes the court to: (1) exclude any evidence not made the subject of a required disclosure; and (2) prohibit the examination by the Government of any witness with respect to such information. Directs the Government to provide the defendant, at his request, with a bill of particulars as to the portions of the indictment or information which the defendant identified as related to the classified information at issue in the pretrial proceeding. Stipulates that such bill of particulars be provided before such proceeding. Allows the Government to make an interlocutory appeal to a court of appeals from a decision of the district court: (1) requiring disclosure; (2) imposing sanctions for nondisclosure; or (3) refusing a protective order by the United States to prevent disclosure. Directs the court, upon motion of the Government, to issue a protective order against the disclosure of any classified information disclosed by the Government to any defendant in a criminal case in district court. Allows the court to authorize the Government: (1) to delete specified items of classified information from documents to be made available to the defendant; (2) to substitute a summary of the information for such documents; or (3) to substitute a statement admitting relevant facts the information would tend to prove. Directs the Supreme Court, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Director of Central Intelligence, to prescribe rules establishing procedures for the protection against unauthorized disclosure of any classified information in the custody of the Federal courts. Requires the submission of such rules to the appropriate congressional committees. Requires the Government, in any prosecution in which it must establish that material relates to the national defense or constitutes classified information, to notify the defendant of the material upon which it reasonably expects to rely. Title II: Department of Justice Decisions Not to Prosecute Because of Possible Disclosure of Classified Information - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) issue guidelines specifying the factors to be used by the Department of Justice in deciding whether to prosecute a violation of Federal law in which there is a possibility that classified information will be disclosed; and (2) transmit such guidelines to the appropriate congressional committees. Requires the Department to prepare written findings of the reasons for deciding not to prosecute any such decision, including specified information. Directs the Attorney General to make available all such findings to the congressional intelligence committees.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1979
Classified Information Procedures Act - Sets forth pretrial, trial, and appellate procedures for criminal cases involving classified information. Requires a court, on its own motion or on the motion of any party, to hold a pretrial conference to consider matters relating to classified information or which may promote a fair and expeditious trial. Directs the court, upon the request of the Government, to issue a protective order with respect to any classified material disclosed to the defendant. Requires the court, upon motion of the Government, to authorize: (1) the deletion of specified items of classified information from documents to be made available to the defendant; (2) the substitution of a portion or summary of the information for such classified documents; or (3) the substitution of a statement admitting relevant facts that the classified information would tend to prove, unless the court determines that disclosure of the classified information is necessary to enable the defendant to prepare for trial. Requires a defendant who reasonably expects to disclosed classified material in any trial or pretrial proceeding to notify the Government attorney and the court in writing. Allows the Government upon such notification to move for an in camera proceeding, upon a demonstration in an ex parte proceeding that the disclosure of the information reasonably could be expected to cause damage to the national security in the degree required to warrant classification under the applicable Executive order, statute, or regulation. Requires the Government, prior to any in camera proceeding which is ordered, to provide the defendant with notice of the information that will be at issue. Provides that information may not be disclosed or elicited at a pretrial or trial proceeding unless the court makes a specific, written determination that the information is relevant and material to an element of the offense or a legally cognizable defense. Requires upon determination that the information may not be disclosed that the record of the hearing be sealed and preserved in the event of an appeal. Allows the defendant to seek reconsideration prior to or during trail. Allows the Government, where the court permits disclosure of the information, to proffer a statement admitting for purposes of the proceeding any relevant facts such information would tend to prove or to submit a portion or summary to be used in lieu of the information. Directs the court to order such substitute to be used unless it finds that the use of the classified information is necessary to afford the defendant a fair trial. Directs the court, upon a determination that the alternatives to full disclosure may not be used and the Government continues to object to the disclosure, to issue any order which the interests of justice require, including striking part of the testimony, declaring a mistrial, or dismissing the action. Allows the Government to make an interlocutory appeal to a court of appeals from a decision of the district court: (1) requiring disclosure; (2) imposing sanctions for nondisclosure; or (3) refusing a protective order by the United States to prevent disclosure. Sets forth an expedited procedure for consideration of such an appeal. Allows writings, recordings, and photographs containing classified information to be admitted into evidence without change in their classification status. Authorizes the court to take measures to prevent unnecessary disclosure of classified information in admitting such information into evidence. Directs the court, following an objection by the Government to a question or line of inquiry requiring a witness to disclose classified information not previously found to be admissible to take suitable action to determine whether the response will safeguard against the compromise of any classified information. Directs the Chief Justice, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense, to prescribe security procedures for protection of classified information submitted to Federal courts. Amends the Jencks Act to allow a summary to be substituted for the statement which the Government is required to give the defense relating to testimony by Government witnesses, where portions of such statement contain classified information.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1979
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to count time spent by a National Guard unit on call or order to duty towards the number of required training days for such a unit.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1979
World War I Pension Act of 1979 - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, or to the surviving spouse of each such veteran, or when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1979
Authorizes the President to: (1) transfer and appoint any commissioned officer of the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CCNOAA) to any armed force; and (2) transfer and appoint any commissioned officer of an armed force to the CCNOAA. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to work with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating and the Secretary of Defense in establishing procedures for such transfers and appointments. Declares that a transferred officer shall receive credit, for purposes of retirement and pay, for his or her creditable service as of the day before the transfer. Includes the CCNOAA as an "armed force" for purposes of provisions of Federal law governing pay advances to members of the armed forces. Includes service in the CCNOAA as "Federal service" under provisions governing unemployment compensation for ex-servicemen.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1979
Prohibits Federal-aid highway funding for States which make it unlawful for a vehicle with an overall gross weight of less than 80,000 pounds or an overall length of less than 60 feet to use the Interstate System or any highway which the Secretary of Transportation determines provides immediate access to any portion of the Interstate System. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of fuel savings resulting from such uniform standards and to report the results of such study to Congress within one year.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1979
Appropriates $513,000,000 to the Administrator of General Services for fiscal year 1980 for purchasing silver for stock piling under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1979
Reduces the Federal-aid highway apportionment for any State which establishes a maximum gross weight of less than 80,000 pounds or a maximum overall length of less than 60 feet for vehicles using the Interstate Highway System within such State.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1979
Veterans' Education Amendments Act of 1979 - Increases the rates of educational benefits and allowances for eligible veterans and their survivors and dependents in the following areas: (1) subsistence allowance while pursuing vocational rehabilitation training; (2) educational assistance allowance; (3) special supplemental assistance for post-secondary courses of education; (4) special training allowance; (5) correspondence course allowance; (6) apprenticeship or other on-job training allowance; (7) educational loans; and (8) agricultural course allowance.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish an Army Reserve career interest program for persons between the ages of 14 and 18.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
Establishes uniform weight and length limitation on the Interstate Highway Systems until the Secretary of Energy has certified to Congress that there are adequate amounts of middle distillate fuel to meet national requirements for home heating, agricultural production, transportation, and industrial uses.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the property comprising the Vietnam Veterans Chapel near Eagle Nest, New Mexico, and to establish such property as a war memorial to the veterans of the Vietnam war. Directs that such memorial shall be administered by the Secretary as a unit of the National Park System.