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Bill· HRH.R. 7394 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Revision of Vocational Rehabilitation Program - Revises veterans' vocational rehabilitation provisions to declare the purpose of this Act to be to provide all services necessary to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to attain maximum independence, to become employable, and to obtain and maintain suitable employment. Redefines "vocational rehabilitation" to include the provision of all services required to achieve the purpose of this Act, including discharge, medical, social, psychological, economic, and vocational services (presently defined in terms of educational and vocational training to restore employability). Defines "employment handicap" as a disability impairing a veteran's ability to prepare for, obtain, or retain employment consistent with his or her abilities, aptitudes, and interests. Revises entitlement provisions to: (1) make eligibility run as of September 16, 1940, (rather than World War II as at present); (2) require a handicap to be an employment handicap as defined by this Act; and (3) provide for follow up vocational services to a rehabilitated veteran in order for such veteran to enter new employment more suitable to his or her current capacity or condition. Eliminates the language extending eligibility for specified veterans to October 15, 1971. Sets forth the scope of services, including: (1) evaluation of rehabilitation potential; (2) educational, vocational and personal counseling; (3) a vocational rehabilitation plan; (4) vocational and related services including tutorial services, tuition, books, and other training materials; (5) treatment for mental and emotional disorders; (6) medical care; (7) prosthetic and other corrective devices; (8) placement and postplacement services; (9) services to a veteran's family; (10) special rehabilitation services, including services for the blind and the deaf; (11) subsistence allowances; (12) essential employment equipment and supplies for severely disabled veterans requiring homebound training and or self-employment; (13) transportation costs, including pre- and post-training services; and (14) work study allowance, loans, and other incidental goods and services. Revises duration of services provisions to: (1) provide basic vocational rehabilitation services for 48-months; (2) remove the nine year (from discharge) eligibility limitation; and (3) provide a 12 month rehabilitation evaluation period. Revises subsistence allowance provisions to: (1) provide for payments during the evaluation of vocational rehabilitation potential; (2) provide payments for unpaid on-job training or work experience in a Federal agency or during such evaluation period; (3) pay room and board expenses for individuals pursuing a program on a residential basis in a specialized rehabilitation facility; (4) provide that vocational payments be paid on a full-time basis for two months following a determination of employability; (5) set forth the rate of payment for individuals in unpaid Federal training or work experience; (6) prohibit payments to incarcerated individuals; and (7) provide for advance payment of subsistence allowances. Authorizes personal adjustment counseling during the evaluation of rehabilitation feasibility period. Sets forth basic requirements of a vocational rehabilitation program, which shall include: (1) participation by the veteran in formulation of a written plan; and (2) a statement of objectives and goals, services and a time schedule for providing such services, and a projected completion date. Revises leave of absence provisions to remove the 30-day per year limitation on such leave. Revises the regulation of conduct provisions to remove the three-month forfeiture of subsistence penalty for unsatisfactory conduct and to replace the permanent disqualification for further vocational rehabilitation penalty with a provision allowing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reinstate such benefits upon satisfactory conduct. Increases the maximum amount of loans available to a veteran from $200 to $400. Authorizes vocational rehabilitation to members of the Armed Forces, otherwise eligible, and veterans hospitalized in VA or non-VA medical facilities. Authorizes vocational training outside the United States (presently prohibited for post-World War II veterans who were not citizens at the time of their United States military service). Provides that any Federal agency facility may be used to provide unpaid training or work experience as part of a veteran's vocational rehabilitation program. States that such veteran shall be deemed a Federal employee for workmen's compensation purposes but not for the purposes of laws administered by the Office of Personnel Management. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use the facilities, staff, and other resources of any Federal agency to provide services under this Act. Directs the Administrator to assist in the development of employment and on-job training opportunities, including payments to employers for providing on-job training to certain veterans. Directs the Veterans Administration (VA) to: (1) provide employment assistance, including direct employment placement, utilization of Federal, State, and nonprofit private employment services, and securing loans and paying business license fees; (2) provide vocational rehabilitation staff training and development; and (3) carry out an ongoing program of rehabilitation research and special projects, including grants and contracts with public and nonprofit agencies. Directs the Administrator to appoint a Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation. Revises provisions concerning the limitation on periods of assistance under two or more veterans' educational assistance programs to include post-Vietnam era benefits within such limitation, and to provide a 48-month aggregate eligibility period for vocational rehabilitation and other educational assistance. Limits the current provision which reduces the number of clock hours of attendance required for payment of benefits for certain courses to courses accredited by nationally recognized accrediting agencies. Authorizes veterans eligible for vocational rehabilitation services to pursue such program using their educational assistance entitlements. Title II: GI Bill Rate Increase - Increases rates of veterans payments for: (1) educational assistance allowances, including special supplementary assistance; (2) educational assistance for survivors and dependents, including special training allowances; and (3) State and local agency administrative expenses, including educational assistance for apprenticeship or other on-job training and education loans. Title III: Educational Assistance Program Amendments : Part A - Educational Assistance for Veterans - Authorizes the Administrator to disapprove a veteran's or serviceperson's application for educational assistance if enrollment would be prohibited by any of the appropriate administrative provisions. Eliminates the 50 percent employment reporting requirement for courses if: (1) veteran and eligible dependent or survivor enrollment does not exceed 35 percent of total enrollment (for the two-year reporting period); and (2) the course had met the employment requirements for two consecutive reporting periods. Eliminates the requirement that a major portion of an open circuit television course must require conventional classroom or laboratory attendance in order to be approved by the Administrator for assistance. Eliminates computing persons receiving Federal educational assistance from the "85-15" enrollment eligibility requirement. Eliminates the course completion time provision as a requirement for satisfactory educational progress with regard to discontinuance of educational assistance. Revises foreign study provisions to authorize such study if: (1) the course is part of a standard college degree program (or its equivalent) at an institution of higher learning so recognized by the foreign country; and (2) the Administrator approves. Authorizes assistance for continuing education or training required by Federal, State, or local law for professional or vocational relicensure or continued employment. Provides that such continuing education shall be paid at the same rate as refresher training. Stipulates that educational assistance for a veteran pursuing an eligible (as revised by this Act) open circuit television course shall be paid in the same manner as an independent study program. Part B - Educational Assistance for Dependents and Survivors - Disqualifies specified family members from eligibility as qualified tutors for veterans receiving supplementary tutorial assistance. Directs the Administrator to approve any application for educational assistance received from an eligible survivor or dependent. Authorizes the Administrator to arrange for educational or vocational counseling for such dependents upon their request. Authorizes the Administrator to disapprove an eligible survivor's or dependent's application for educational assistance if enrollment would be prohibited by any of the appropriate administrative provisions. Prohibits such individuals from enrolling in an educational institution not located in a State or in the Republic of the Philippines unless: (1) the course is part of a standard college degree (or its equivalent) at an institution of higher learning so recognized by the foreign country; and (2) the Administrator approves. Revises provisions concerning advance educational assistance payments to such individuals to: (1) authorize direct payments to an eligible individual (presently payments must be made to a parent or guardian); (2) eliminate certain certification requirements; and (3) provide that payments for an eligible (as revised by this Act) open circuit television course shall be paid in the same manner as an independent study program. Part C - Amendment Relating to Administration of Educational Benefits - Revises provisions concerning the period for which educational or subsistence allowances will be paid for eligible veterans or persons to provide that: (1) the individual must be pursuing a course of study (presently only required to be enrolled); (2) the Administrator shall determine regulations regarding eligibility; and (3) payment shall be for the stated period of enrollment, or the actual period of enrollment, whichever is shorter. Requires veterans and other individuals to report any changes in their educational status to the Administrator. Requires educational institutions to report any facts they know or should have known concerning their compliance with, or eligibility for, such educational assistance. Includes "residence" in the definition of a full-time undergraduate course. Defines "in residence on a standard quarter-or semester-hour basis" to require pursuit of regularly scheduled weekly class instruction on campus at the rate of one standard class session per week throughout the semester for one semester hour of credit. Provides for payments to veterans and eligible persons attending non- degree courses during periods between terms which do not exceed 15 calendar days and periods when the school is not in session because of teacher conferences or teacher training sessions (not to exceed five days in any 12-month period). Terminates the (veterans') education advisory committee as of December 31, 1989. Includes post- Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance, and deletes vocational rehabilitation, within such committee's responsibility. Title IV: Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program Adjustments - Makes eligible for participation in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program certain persons who entered military service on or after January 1, 1977, after having served on active duty before or after such date for a period of 180 days or less and were discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. Revises the procedure for distribution of unused contributions to such program fund by the participant, if the participant dies while on, or after discharge from, active duty and has not designated a beneficiary under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program. Title V: Revision of Eligibility for Veterans Employment and Training Programs - Defines "veteran" for purposes of veterans' job counseling, training, and placement benefits, and disabled and Vietnam era veterans' employment and training benefits as one who: (1) served on active-duty for more than 180 days and received other than a dishonorable discharge; or (2) received a service-connected disability discharge. Defines "disabled veteran" for purposes of disabled veterans' training and employment benefits as one who: (1) is entitled to veterans' disability compensation; or (2) received a service-connected disability discharge. Declares that no veteran shall be considered a Vietnam-era veteran after December 31, 1989. Requires the Secretary of Labor to assure that any veteran made ineligible for certain veterans' job counseling and placement assistance by provisions of this Act (defining categories of eligible veterans) shall be provided with employment assistance and related services under other applicable provisions of law. Includes disabled veterans and Vietnam-era veterans as those eligible veterans who shall receive special consideration for job placement. Requires the Secretary of Labor to include numerical breakdowns of such veterans' categories in his annual veterans' training report to Congress. Makes a qualifying Vietnam veteran eligible for Federal contract priority-hiring. Directs that the benefits an eligible veteran may be receiving (or has received) under certain other programs of the VA shall be disregarded when determining the needs and qualifications of such veteran under any employment or training program financed with Federal funds. Authorizes the Administrator to give preference to qualified disabled and Vietnam-era veterans for employment in the VA as veterans' benefits counselors and veterans' claim examiners. Grants to members of the National Guard, called to assemble for required drills and field exercises for a period of not less than twelve consecutive weeks, the reemployment rights of reserves called to active duty. Title VI: Cost-Savings Provisions - Repeals the authority for veterans to receive educational assistance for the pursuit of flight and correspondence training, including post-Vietnam-era veterans and survivors and dependents. Directs the Administrator to deduct from future payments any overpayment made to persons for service-connected disability or death compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, pension for non-service-connected disability for death, and educational assistance benefits. Provides that such deductions are not subject to time limitations for bringing civil actions or administrative proceedings. Grants the Administrator the authority to charge interest on amounts owed to the United States for overpayment of benefits or services provided by the Veterans' Administration, unless such amounts are repaid within a reasonable period of time. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations to set forth the rate of interest to be charged. Repeals the authority of the Administrator to deduct from future payments any overpayment made to parents for dependency and indemnity compensation. Revises existing provisions of law relating to overpayments made to veterans receiving educational assistance to declare that such overpayment constitutes a liability of the veteran to the United States (present provisions cover the liability of the institution attended by the veteran). Stipulates that if such liability of the veteran is waived, the institution is not released from its liability. 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: (1) the VA from disclosing other information that would imply an individual's indebtedness to the United States; and (2) the credit reporting agency from indicating in its reports or files that such VA inquiry indicates any indebtedness by such individual (willful violation punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 for the first offense and up to $20,000 for a subsequent offense). Authorizes the disclosure of an individual's name, address, and other identifying information necessary to locate him or her in order to carry out specified VA evaluation studies. Requires the Administrator to make a pre-disclosure determination that the inclusion of a particular individual in such study is clearly warranted. Establishes other disclosure requirements similar to those for indebtedness disclosures. Authorizes the disclosure of information affecting an individual's credit rating (name, address, indebtedness) if such individual has failed to respond to administrative debt-collection efforts. Requires the VA, before making such indebtedness disclosures, to: (1) notify an individual of the information to be disclosed, and to which credit agencies, at least 30 days prior to such disclosure; (2) inform the individual of his or her right to dispute the debt claim; and (3) make a determination regarding any such disputed debt. Defines "consumer reporting agency" for purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator, upon application by any person, to make available any appraisal report submitted to, or prepared by, the VA in connection with any home, condominium, or mobile home loan. Authorizes the Administrator to disclose the name and address of any person to any person (authorized by regulation) for the purpose of determining creditworthiness, verifying information, or to provide assistance pursuant to any such loan made by the VA. Stipulates that any such disclosure be recorded in the file of the person concerned. Exempts a credit agency's handling of such VA debt disclosures from the Privacy Act. Authorizes the VA to use its own attorneys to recover any amount owed the United States under laws administered by the Administration. Repeals specified provisions authorizing servicepersons to participate in the predischarge education training program (PREP). Sets forth the rate of educational assistance allowance for an incarcerated veteran or eligible person. Title VII: Technical Amendments - Defines "person" for purposes of veterans' survivors and dependents special restorative training to mean children of veterans. Title VIII: Effective Date - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the second month after the date of enactment of this Act and specifies those provisions which shall take effect on October 1, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 7400 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
National Intelligence Strengthening Act of 1980 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to define "special activity" to mean activity conducted abroad to further official United States programs and policies which is planned and executed so that the role of the Government is not apparent or acknowledged publicly, but excluding diplomatic activity and the collection of intelligence or related support functions. Prohibits the expenditure of funds by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for a special activity unless: (1) the President finds that the activity is important to the national security and reports such activity to the congressional select intelligence committees (current law requires such reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees); or (2) the National Security Council (NSC) determines that the activity does not involve substantial resources or risks and falls within a category of special activities which (A) have been found by the President to be important to the national security, and (B) have been reported to the congressional select intelligence committees. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to exempt information in files maintained by an intelligence agency or component of the Government from the provisions of any law requiring publication or disclosure, if such files have been specifically designated by the Director of Central Intelligence to be concerned with: (1) scientific or technical systems for the collection of foreign intelligence; (2) special activities and foreign intelligence operations; (3) investigations to determine the suitability of potential foreign intelligence sources; and (4) intelligence liaison arrangements with foreign governments. Requires requests by U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens for information concerning themselves to be processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to add a new title V, "Protection of Certain National Security Information." Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of twenty years' imprisonment and/or a $100,000 fine for anyone who, having had authorized access to classified information, intentionally discloses to any individual not authorized to receive classified information any information that identifies an individual as an employee of an intelligence agency or as an agent, informant, or source of assistance to an intelligence agency, where the actor knows or has reason to know that the information so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual's intelligence relationship to the U.S. Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of one year imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine for anyone who with intent to impair the foreign intelligence activities of the U.S. discloses such information with such knowledge. Makes it a defense to such crimes that before the commission of the offense the United States had publicly acknowledged or revealed the intelligence relationship of the individual to the United States. Stipulates that it shall not be an offense to transmit such information directly to the congressional intelligence committees. Defines "intelligence agency" for the purposes of such offenses to mean the CIA, any intelligence component of the Department of Defense, and any foreign intelligence component of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 175 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1980
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend the termination date of provisions of such Act relating to contract priorities and allocations for strategic materials and expansion of the national productive capacity and supply regarding such materials until August 27, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 7352 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for dental officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such pay providing that: (1) dental officers below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $9,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) such officers above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles an officer eligible for special pay to an additional $6,000 to $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service, during which such officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for not less than one year. Authorizes additional special pay from ($2,000 to $4,000 based on years of creditable service) for those dental officers eligible for special pay who are board certified under regulations prescribed under this Act. Includes, in computing years of creditable service for such officers, all periods of internship or residency training during which such officers were not on active duty and all periods of active service in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service. Entitles an optometry officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or the Public Health Service on active duty for a period of not less than one year to variable special pay from $1,000 to $3,000 based on years of creditable service. Entitles such an officer with at least three years of creditable service who is entitled to such special pay to an additional $1,000 for any 12-month period during which the officer is not undergoing optometry residency training, upon the execution of a written agreement to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Computes years of creditable service for such officers by adding all periods the officer spent in optometry residency training while not on active duty together with all periods of active service as an optometry officer. Entitles podiatry officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or the Public Health Service on active duty for a period of not less than one year to special pay of $100 per month, if such officer has three or more years of creditable service. Computes such officer's years of creditable service by adding all periods the officer spent in podiatry residency training while not on active duty together with all periods of active service as a podiatry officer. Entitles medical officers of the Public Health Service on active duty for a period of not less than one year to special pay at the following rates: (1) officers below pay grade 0-7 are to receive variable special pay between $1,200 to $10,000 based on years of creditable service; and (2) officers above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles such officers with less than ten years of creditable service to additional special pay of $9,000 for any 12-month period during which the officer is undergoing medical internship or initial residency training (under regulations prescribed by this Act). Entitles such officers with ten years or more of creditable service to additional special pay of $10,000 for the same period of residency or internship training. Authorizes any such officer who is entitled to variable special pay and who is board certified to additional pay between $2,000 and $5,000 based on years of creditable service. Entitles such officers below the pay grade 0-7 to incentive special pay in an amount not to exceed $8,000 for any 12-month during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training. Declares that such officers shall not be eligible for such incentive pay unless the Secretary concerned determines such officer to be qualified in the medical profession. Limits such incentive pay not more than six percent of any special pay the officer receives in any fiscal year. Prohibits the payment of additional special pay or incentive special pay unless the officer executes a written agreement to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Computes periods of creditable service for medical officers of the Public Health Service by adding all periods such officer spent in medical internship or residency training while not on active duty together with all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army, or Navy, as a medical officer of the Air Force or the Service. Eliminates provisions of existing law limiting special pay to September 1980. Directs the Secretary concerned to prescribe regulations for the administration of provisions of this Act. Prohibits the amount of special pay to which an officer is entitled from being included in computing the amount of any increase in pay, retirement pay, severance pay, or readjustment pay. Provides that any officer entitled to additional special pay or incentive special pay under this Act who terminates active duty before the end of the period for which payment was made, shall reimburse to the United States any amount applicable to the unserved portion of such duty. Directs the Secretary of Defense to review every two years the special pay for health professionals. Requires a report to Congress of the results of such review. Makes technical and conforming amendments.
Bill· HRH.R. 7355 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Terminates the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide dental services and treatment for service-connected noncompensable dental conditions.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 661 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1980
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 6974 (Armed Forces authorizations, fiscal year 1981).
Bill· HRH.R. 7303 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to establish an educational assistance program for persons enlisting in an armed force under such Secretary's jurisdiction. Requires the Department of Defense to bear the costs of any such program. Prohibits requiring that any person participating make any contribution to such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations for such programs taking account of the differences among the several armed forces. Requires that such programs provide that any person initially enlisting in an armed force who meets eligibility requirements established by the Secretary concerned, according to specified guidelines, become entitled to educational assistance at the time of such enlistment, with specified exceptions. Sets the period of educational assistance entitlement at one standard academic year (or the equivalent) for: (1) each year of the initial enlistment, up to four years; and (2) each year of active service, provided the person has completed at least two years active service before discharge or other release from active duty. Denies such entitlement to members discharged or otherwise released from active duty before completing two years of active service or under other than honorable conditions. Provides that such entitlement may not be used until a member has completed two years of active service. Directs the Secretary concerned to limit eligibility to persons who: (1) initially enlist for service on active duty as a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps after September 30, 1980; (2) are graduates of a secondary school; and (3) meet other requirements the Secretary may consider appropriate for the purposes of this Act and the needs of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary concerned to establish the maximum amount (up to $1,200) of assistance for educational expenses at an accredited institution of postsecondary education which may be provided any person under such program in any academic year. Permits different amounts to be established for different categories of persons enlisting. Entitles program participants to subsistence allowances of $300 per month during a nine-month academic year for full-time students (one-half of such amount for less than full-time). Directs the Secretary of Defense to increase the maximum amounts of yearly educational assistance and the subsistence allowance, once each year in a manner consistent with the increase over the preceding 12-month period in the average actual cost of attendance at public institutions of higher education. Allows persons upon reenlistment at the end of their initial enlistment to: (1) elect a 60 percent lump-sum payment in lieu of such educational assistance and subsistence allowance; or (2) transfer such entitlement to their spouses or dependent children. Provides that any unused entitlement of a person who dies before electing to transfer such entitlement, but has never elected not to make such a transfer, be automatically transferred to such person's surviving spouse or (if there is no surviving spouse or if the surviving spouse so elects) to such person's children. Sets a ten-year duration for such entitlement beginning on the date of retirement or discharge or other separation from active duty or, in the case of a member who dies on active duty and whose entitlement was thereby automatically transferred, beginning on the date of death. Requires persons entitled to such assistance to submit applications to the Secretary concerned to receive such benefits. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress every three months on the operation of such program. Raises the limit on the amount of educational assistance which may be provided for enlisted members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, under a specified program for such purpose, to $1,000 in any 12-month period, or a total of $4,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 7284 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Denies concurrent entitlement to hospital insurance benefits provided by Medicare to disabled individuals eligible as of October 18, 1978, for custodial care under the CHAMPUS program.
Bill· HRH.R. 7295 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Authorizes the Secretary concerned to determine, based upon military requirements, the period of time between which a reservist is ordered to active duty and the time such reservist must enter that duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 7294 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Increases from 50,000 to 100,000 the number of members of the Selected Reserve who may be ordered to active duty other than during a war or national emergency.
Bill· HRH.R. 7265 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1981 - Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1981 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment costs incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, and military applications of nuclear energy, as specified. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of authorized funds for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of such requirement as specified. Imposes specified limits on the costs of general plant projects and construction projects. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for proposed construction projects with amounts authorized for plant engineering and design, and to perform such services using available funds for any Department of Energy defense activity construction project in the event of any national emergency. Prohibits the use of any funds available under this or any other Act from being used: (1) for the licensing of any defense activity or facility of the Department of Energy by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; or (2) to pay any penalty, fine, forfeiture, or settlement resulting from a failure to comply with the Clean Air Act with respect to any defense activity of the Department of Energy if either compliance is impossible or the President has specifically requested appropriations for compliance and Congress has failed to appropriate the funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 7274 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Designates the Veterans' Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, as the "Harry W. Colmery Veterans' Administration Hospital."
Bill· HRH.R. 7266 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to establish an educational assistance program for persons enlisting in an armed force under such Secretary's jurisdiction. Requires the Department of Defense to bear the costs of any such program. Prohibits requiring that any person participating make any contribution to such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations for such programs, taking account of the differences among the several armed forces. Requires that such programs provide that any person initially enlisting in an armed force who meets eligibility requirements established by the Secretary concerned, according to specified guidelines, become entitled to educational assistance at the time of such enlistment, with specified exceptions. Sets the period of educational assistance entitlement at one standard academic year (or the equivalent) for: (1) each year of the initial enlistment, up to four years; or (2) for each year of active service, provided the person has completed at least two years active service before discharge or other release from active duty. Denies such entitlement to members discharged or otherwise released from active duty before completing two years of active service or under other than honorable conditions. Provides that such entitlement may not be used until a member has completed two years of active service. Directs the Secretary concerned to limit eligibility to persons who: (1) initially enlist for service on active duty as a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps after September 30, 1980; (2) are graduates of a secondary school; and (3) meet other requirements the Secretary may consider appropriate for the purposes of this Act and the needs of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary concerned to establish the maximum amount (up to $1,200) of assistance for educational expenses at an accredited institution of postsecondary education which may be provided any person under such program in any academic year. Permits different amounts to be established for different categories of persons enlisting. Entitles program participants to subsistence allowances of $300 per month during a nine- month academic year for full-time students (one-half of such amount for less than full-time). Directs the Secretary of Defense to increase the maximum amounts of yearly educational assistance and of the subsistence allowance, whenever the rate of pay for grade E-1 is increased by the same percentage increase. Allows members, upon reenlistment at the end of their initial enlistment, to: (1) elect a 60 percent lump-sum payment in lieu of such educational assistance and subsistence allowance; or (2) transfer such entitlement to their spouses or dependent children. Sets a ten-year duration for such entitlement beginning on the date of retirement or discharge or other separation from active duty or, in the case of a member who dies on active duty and had transferred such entitlement, beginning on the date of death. Requires persons entitled to such assistance to submit applications to the Secretary concerned to receive such benefits. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress every three months on the operation of such program.
Bill· SS. 2649 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1980
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends the authority for the Veterans' Administration regional office in the Republic of the Philippines until September 30, 1985. Sets forth procedures for: (1) retroactive payments for additional children entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation; and (2) reducing payments to a dependent child who has attained the age of 18 and is attending an educational institution, and whose parent is receiving compensation payments as a surviving spouse. Provides for pension payments to a hospitalized veteran having neither spouse nor child if such veteran is readmitted within six months of a period of care. Title IV: Effective Date - States that the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1980.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 417 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980
Extends the condolences of the Senate to the families of the eight American servicemen who lost their lives during the mission to rescue the hostages in Iran. Declares the sense of the Senate that the President order the American flag to be flown at half-mast on all government grounds from May 4 through May 11, 1980, as a mark of respect for such servicemen.
Bill· HRH.R. 7247 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980
Waives profit limitations on contracts for the construction or manufacture of all or parts of aircraft and naval vessels upon which final payment is made before October, 1981.
Bill· SS. 2629 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1980
Increases the pay and allowances, and certain special and incentive pays, of members of the uniformed services for pay periods beginning after December 31, 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the President, in any year in which an alternative pay plan is transmitted to the Congress, to include in such plan a statement specifying the adjustment which would have been made but for such alternative plan.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 326 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1980
Prohibits any Act of Congress to provide for the transfer of public lands to the Department of Defense for use as sites for the deployment of the MX missile system until a complete written plan is provided to Congress which details: (1) the social, economic, and environmental impacts of such system on the proposed Utah-Nevada site; (2) the feasibility of basing such site in more than two States; (3) alternative basing modes for the MX system which would best serve national defense needs through the 1990's if the SALT II Treaty is or is not ratified; (4) the security requirements, including the amount of public lands to be closed to the public; (5) cost-effectiveness and appropriateness of such system; and (6) substantiation of the survivability of such system with respect to national defense strategy.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 168 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Designates July 18, 1980, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 7199 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
National Intelligence Strengthening Act of 1980 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to define "special activity" to mean activity conducted abroad to further official United States programs and policies which is planned and executed so that the role of the Government is not apparent or acknowledged publicly, but excluding diplomatic activity and the collection of intelligence or related support functions. Prohibits the expenditure of funds by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for a special activity unless: (1) the President finds that the activity is important to the national security and reports such activity to the congressional select intelligence committees (current law requires such reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees); or (2) the National Security Council (NSC) determines that the activity does not involve substantial resources or risks and falls within a category of special activities which (A) have been found by the President to be important to the national security, and (B) have been reported to the congressional select intelligence committees. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to exempt information in files maintained by an intelligence agency or component of the Government from the provisions of any law requiring publication or disclosure, if such files have been specifically designated by the Director of Central Intelligence to be concerned with: (1) scientific or technical systems for the collection of foreign intelligence; (2) special activities and foreign intelligence operations; (3) investigations to determine the suitability of potential foreign intelligence sources; and (4) intelligence liaison arrangements with foreign governments. Requires requests by U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens for information concerning themselves to be processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to add a new title V, "Protection of Certain National Security Information." Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of twenty years' imprisonment and/or a $100,000 fine for anyone who, having had authorized access to classified information, intentionally discloses to any individual not authorized to receive classified information any information that identifies an individual as an employee of an intelligence agency or as an agent, informant, or source of assistance to an intelligence agency, where the actor knows or has reason to know that the information so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual's intelligence relationship to the U.S. Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of one year imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine for anyone who with intent to impair the foreign intelligence activities of the U.S. discloses such information with such knowledge. Makes it a defense to such crimes that before the commission of the offense the United States had publicly acknowledged or revealed the intelligence relationship of the individual to the United States. Stipulates that it shall not be an offense to transmit such information directly to the congressional intelligence committees. Defines "intelligence agency" for the purposes of such offenses to mean the CIA, any intelligence component of the Department of Defense, and any foreign intelligence component of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Bill· HRH.R. 7194 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Makes permanent specified provisions of Federal law providing for the payment of enlistment, reenlistment, or extension of enlistment bonuses to members of the uniformed services who qualify in a critical military skill. Increases the maximum amounts of such bonuses. Extends to not more than 14 years the maximum period a member may serve and still remain eligible for the reenlistment or extension of enlistment bonus. Repeals the requirement that a person must enlist for four years to be eligible for the enlistment bonus.
Bill· HRH.R. 7186 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Directs the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to provide legal representation for veterans claiming to be entitled to veterans' reemployment benefits and to assign such cases priority over all other civil cases.
Bill· HRH.R. 7152 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1980
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1981 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities in certain departments, agencies and other elements of the United States Government. Authorizes the appropriation of a specified sum for fiscal year 1981 for activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to counter terrorism in the United States. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1981. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 245 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: General Provisions - Provides for increased authorizations for salary and benefits for Federal employees, should such increases be necessary. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay expenses of arrangements with foreign countries for cryptologic support. Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency to lease such real property as may be necessary for periods of up to ten years, for the use of the National Security Agency for special cryptologic activities and for housing personnel assigned thereto. Authorizes the Director to pay certain allowances and benefits to civilian and military personnel of the Department of Defense who are assigned to special cryptologic activities outside the United States. Authorizes the Director to provide travel, transportation, and subsistence allowances and other benefits to certain personnel assigned to training overseas for one year or longer. Directs the Administrator of General Services, upon request from the Director of the National Security Agency, to detail special policemen to provide protection for installations and grounds used by or under control of the Agency. Authorizes the payment of a gratuity to specified relatives or dependents of an officer or employer of the CIA or Department of Defense who dies in the performance of duties involving clandestine intelligence activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 7157 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1980
Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability caused by exposure to a phenoxy herbicide (Agent Orange) for veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. Waives the one-year limitation on claims for compensation for such disabilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 7159 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1980
Revises eligibility standards for receiving the gold star lapel button.
Law· SS. 2597 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1980
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1981 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the United States Government. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1981. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 245 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: General Provisions - Provides for increased authorizations for salary and benefits for Federal employees, should such increases be necessary. Authorizes the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to accept, hold, administer, and utilize for artistic or general employee or dependent welfare, educational, or like purposes, gifts, bequests, or devises of money, securities, or other property of whatsoever character that would be in the interest of the United States. Prohibits the acceptance of a gift which is expressly conditioned upon any expenditure not to be met therefrom or from income thereof unless such expenditure has been approved by an Act of Congress. Establishes the Central Intelligence Agency General Gift Fund. Permits funds made available to the Department of Defense for intelligence and communications purposes to be used to pay expenses of arrangements with foreign countries for cryptologic support. Authorizes the use of National Security Agency Funds, with respect to a special limited class of its civilian and military personnel assigned outside the United States, to provide allowances and other benefits comparable to those authorized for officers and employees of the Foreign Service. Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency to: (1) rent or lease, for periods not to exceed ten years, buildings and grounds outside the United States for the use of the Agency; and (2) use such buildings and grounds to furnish personnel of such Agency with living quarters, heat, light, and household equipment, without cost to such personnel. Authorizes the Director of the Agency to provide travel, transportation, and subsistence allowances and other benefits to personnel assigned to training overseas for one year or longer. Directs the Administrator of General Services, upon request from the Director of the National Security Agency, to detail special policemen to provide protection for installations and grounds used by or under control of the Agency. Authorizes the payment of a gratuity to specified relatives or dependents of an officer or employee of the CIA or NSA, who dies as a result of hostile or terrorist activities or whose death occurred in connection with an intelligence activity having a substantial element of risk.
Bill· HRH.R. 7143 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1980
Reduces from ten to five years the period during which a service- connected disability must have been in effect immediately preceding a veteran's death in order for the veteran's survivors to be eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation.
Bill· SS. 2596 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980
Veterans' Education Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for a period of two years or more, or are discharged or released from such duty for a service-connected disability. Entitles eligible veterans to 36 months of educational assistance under such program. Makes such veterans eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the ten-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans educational assistance. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982.
Bill· SS. 2592 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980
GI Bill Amendments Act of 1980 - Increases the allowances for programs for eligible veterans and survivors and dependents as follows: (1) veteran-trainees in vocational rehabilitation programs; (2) educational assistance; (3) special training; and (4) apprenticeship or other on-job training. Precludes tutorial assistance to eligible veterans by immediate family members. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish Veterans Benefits Counselors at educational institutions. Terminates the authority for the veterans' representatives program. Makes those persons who served in the military prior to January 1, 1977, and who reentered after such date, eligible for the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans educational assistance program. Establishes a plan for the distribution of the unused contributions of a serviceman to the educational assistance fund, in the event of the death of such participant. Makes this Act effective October 1, 1980.
Law· HRH.R. 7102 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980
Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel Act of 1980 - Title I: Physicians and Dentists Pay Comparability - Exempts physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health-care professionals employed by the Veterans' Administration (VA) Department of Medicine and Surgery from the Senior Executive Service. Sets forth increased special pay schedules for physicians, dentists, and nurses. Title II: Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program - Establishes the Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program. Sets forth eligibility, contract, obligated service, and application provisions. Exempts such scholarship payments from taxation. Provides, with regard to Veterans' Administration physician's or dentist's primary and special incentive pay, that such scholarship recipients shall not be eligible for such pay during the first three years of obligated service, and thereafter shall only be eligible for half of such pay. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments - Sets forth standards for: (1) a presumption of inability to defray the expenses of medical care provided by the Veterans' Administration; (2) the supervision of real property transactions by the Congressional Committees on Veterans' Affairs; (3) the number of beds per thousand veterans population required to provide adequate nursing home care in State home facilities. Extends the time for submission of reports on hospital care and medical services furnished in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and in the Virgin Islands. Repeals the requirement that recipients of health-care personnel training grants must increase the number of individuals receiving training.
Bill· HRH.R. 7123 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to deduct from future payments any overpayment of the following veterans' benefits: (1) service-connected disability or death compensation; (2) dependency and indemnity compensation for service-connected deaths; (3) non-service connected disability death, or service pensions; and (4) educational assistance benefits. Authorizes the Administrator to waive any repayments under specified circumstances. Directs that interest be charged on amounts owed for overpayment of benefits and medical care services unless such amounts are repaid within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Administrator. Makes technical and conforming amendments to laws administered by the Veterans' Administration pursuant to this Act. Repeals the authority of the Administrator to deduct overpayments from future payments made for dependency and indemnity compensation to parents. Declares that the amendments made by this Act are applicable to payments made after enactment of such Act.
Bill· SS. 2566 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1980
Declares Federal personal property which was loaned to a State or local government by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA) and transferred with the other property of DCPA to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to be surplus property. Directs the Administrator of General Services to donate such property to such government if the Director of FEMA certifies that the government is using the property for civil defense purposes. Requires the Director to survey such property and to notify the Administrator of the property which is being used for civil defense purposes within 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
Bill· SS. 2562 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1980
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the use of a privately or publicly owned facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, to provide hospital care for veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 7068 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1980
Uniformed Services Nondisability Retired Pay Reform Act - Title I: Computation of Retired Pay of Members of Uniformed Services - Revises the method of computing retirement pay for warrant officers, members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Provides a procedure for reducing the retired pay of members of the Uniformed Services who are concurrently receiving earned income. Sets forth provisions for determining the retired grade of Navy and Marine Corps officers. Title II: Entitlement of Members of the Uniformed Services to Retired Pay - Makes members of the Uniformed Services eligible for retired pay after five years of creditable service, including enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Sets forth the procedure for effecting the amendments made by this title with respect to current members of the Services and newly enlisted members. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides a procedure for cost-of-living adjustments for: (1) retired or retainer pay of members of the Uniformed Services (presently adjusted with respect to the Consumer Price Index); and (2) retirement annuities of Central Intelligence Agency personnel. Sets forth the limitations on crediting years of service for retirement benefits and including such years as credit toward any annuity, pension, or old-age benefits. Eliminates the entitlement of severance pay for warrant officers, personnel of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and commissioned officers of the Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey.
Bill· HRH.R. 7083 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1980
Amends provisions of existing law relating to the definition of dependents authorized to receive medical and dental care benefits of the uniformed services by deleting existing references to the sex of a dependent spouse and replacing such references with sexually neutral terms. Provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse of a member or former member of the armed forces shall not bar such individual from receiving medical care under the CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services) if the remarriage was declared void, was annulled, or was terminated by death or divorce unless the Secretary concerned determines the annulment or divorce was secured through fraud or collusion.
Bill· HRH.R. 7057 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1980
GI Bill Amendments Act of 1980 - Increases the allowances for programs for eligible veterans and survivors and dependents as follows: (1) veteran-trainees in vocational rehabilitation programs; (2) educational assistance; (3) special training; and (4) apprenticeship or other on-job training. Precludes tutorial assistance to eligible veterans by immediate family members. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish Veterans Benefits Counselors at educational institutions. Terminates the authority for the veterans' representatives program. Makes those persons who served in the military prior to January 1, 1977, and who reentered after such date, eligible for the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans educational assistance program. Establishes a plan for the distribution of the unused contributions of a serviceman to the educational assistance fund, in the event of the death of such participant. Makes this Act effective October 1, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 7017 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a study of the possible relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and any health problems they may presently have. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and the Veterans Administration regarding such study.
Bill· HRH.R. 7032 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to implement a new civil defense program designed to: (1) enhance the survivability of the American people and its leadership; (2) enhance deterrence and stability; (3) continue reliance on strategic nuclear forces as the preponderant factor in maintaining deterrence; and (4) plan for population relocation during times of international crisis. Requires the President to develop and execute such a program. Directs that the program include the following elements: (1) a survey of shelter inherent in existing facilities; (2) nuclear civil protection planning for both in-place protection and population relocation during times of international crisis; (3) planning for the crisis development of additional shelters; (4) improvement of warning systems; (5) improvement of systems and capabilities for direction and control of emergency operations; (6) improvement of radiological defense capabilities; (7) improvement of emergency public information and training programs and capabilities; (8) development of emergency evacuation plans in areas where nuclear powerplants are located; (9) development of plans for post attack or post disaster economic recovery; (10) improvement of systems and capabilities for building stockpiles of food, medicine, and other essential life-support materials; (11) improvement of and training in self-help nuclear war survivor skills; (12) research and development; (13) development of such other systems and capabilities as are necessary to realize the maximum life-saving potential of the civil defense program. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act, with provisions for inflation adjustments.
Bill· HRH.R. 7026 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980
Amends the military retiree Survivor Benefit Plan to permit an individual suffering from a service- connected disability rated by the Veterans' Administration (VA) as totally disabling for a specified period of time, to suspend election in such Plan by submitting written notice to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary upon receipt of a request for such a suspension, to discontinue the reduction being made in such person's retired or retainer pay on account of participation in the Plan. Requires the individual electing to suspend participation in the Plan to obtain the written consent of the beneficiary or beneficiaries involved under the Plan. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish to each person who requests suspension of participation in the Plan a written statement of the advantages of participating in the Plan and the disadvantages of suspending participation. Allows a specified time for withdrawal of the suspension request. Permits reenrollment in the Plan at any time subsequent to such suspension, if the VA reduces such person's service connected disability rating to less than total and the individual makes application to the Secretary within the prescribed period. Authorizes the Secretary to resume reductions in such person's retired or retainer pay upon receipt of such application.
Bill· HRH.R. 6996 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1980
Uniformed Services Cost-of-Living Pay Adjustment Act of 1980 - Increases the pay and allowances of members of the uniformed services by ten percent. Provides for semiannual cost of living increases in such pay and allowances.
Law· HRH.R. 6974 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1980
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for use by the armed forces for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons. Authorizes appropriations for the United States' share of the cost of NATO's Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS). Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for military research, development, test, and evaluation. Permits the use of unobligated or unexpended funds from fiscal year 1980 for the study of a logistic surface effect ship. Title III: Active Forces - Establishes the authorized end strength for active duty personnel for fiscal year 1981 for each of the armed forces. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Prescribes the average strengths for the reserve components of the armed forces for such fiscal year. Extends: (1) the educational assistance program for enlisted reserves; and (2) enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for the Selected Reserve. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Sets forth the authorized end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1981. Allows the Secretary of Defense to apportion such personnel among the various military departments. Authorizes the Secretary to employ civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized by this Act to the extent necessary to continue the performance of such functions by Department of Defense personnel. Excludes civilian personnel employed in industrially-funded activities of the Department of Defense from the calculation of the strength for civilian personnel for fiscal year 1981. Title VI: Military Training Student Loads - Prescribes the average military training student loads for each of the armed forces for fiscal year 1981. Title VII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to acquire fee title to parcels of real property currently leased by such agency in Olney, Maryland. Permits the Director to establish a pilot program of designing and constructing buildings to enhance the ability of the buildings to withstand nuclear explosions and to minimize the damage to such buildings caused by a nuclear explosion. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the pilot program. Title VIII: General Provisions - Increases the amount for independent research and development costs and bid and proposal costs. Requires annual authorization of appropriations for operation and maintenance of any armed force or of the activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments). Repeals the requirement for a reduction in the number of senior grade civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Strengthens restrictions on the conversion of performance of commercial and industrial type functions from Department of Defense personnel to private contractors. Requires the Secretary to submit a written report to Congress each year describing the extent to which commercial and industrial type functions were performed by Department of Defense contractors during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 6969 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1980
Directs the Secretary of Labor to take any necessary action to insure that the enlistment of any individual in the U.S. Armed Forces is treated the same as any other employment or placement of an individual for purposes of the Wagner-Peyser Act (which established a national employment system).
Bill· HRH.R. 6972 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1980
Provides that members of the Armed Forces who are residents of Guam, and who are serving in Guam, shall receive foreign duty pay on the same basis as other members of the Armed Forces serving in Guam.
Bill· HRH.R. 6961 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1980
Emergency Evacuation Act of 1980 - Directs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop nuclear attack preparedness plans for the evacuation of civilian population centers which would be likely targets of a nuclear attack. Requires the Director to evaluate the extent to which such a plan can be used to prepare for response to serious civilian nuclear powerplant accidents and other accidents and natural disasters which may occur within the geographical area covered by the evacuation plan. Authorizes the Director to develop plans for the emergency evacuation of civilians in the event of serious industrial accidents or natural disasters. Requires the Director to review State and local plans, initiate emergency preparedness training of State and local officials, and develop a series of interagency assignments for emergency planning and response. Requires the Director to study the probability of serious accidents occurring at commercial and industrial facilities or involving energy and hazardous materials transportation systems or natural disasters where the implementation of emergency plans can significantly reduce the possibility of multiple loss of life. Requires the Director to submit an annual report to Congress containing: (1) the ranking of commercial or industrial facilities and of categories of transportation systems according to the probability of serious accidents; (2) a list of the number of deaths by category of industry, transportation system, and natural disaster; and (3) a plan for the allocation of resources by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Bill· HRH.R. 6932 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1980
Amends service-connected compensation provisions concerning veterans' disability compensation to increase the compensation rate for certain arm and leg losses.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 521 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1980
Transfers appropriations from balances available for Air Force personnel to give an additional amount for Selective Service System salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1980. Stipulates that such sums shall not be available for any military draft.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 524 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1980
Amends the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Incorporated, to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor and recognition of the men and women of the armed forces who served in the Vietnam war.
Bill· HRH.R. 6909 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1980
Requires an individual who receives a readjustment payment upon discharge from active duty with the Armed Forces as a member of the Reserves, and who later becomes entitled to retired pay to repay the readjustment payment from his or her retired pay in equal amounts over a period not to exceed ten years (immediate repayment is now required).
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 520 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1980
Extends by 60 days, until May 27, 1980, the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.
Bill· HRH.R. 6900 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1980
Makes technical changes in the provisions relative to the Armed Forces, the Coast Guard, the National Guard, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services, and Veterans' Benefits. Repeals specified provisions which have been reenacted by this Act or which are otherwise superceded