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Bill· SS. 2464 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1980
Authorizes payment of a special pension of $100 a month to the surviving spouse of any person who has served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, and who has been awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously. Provides for continued payment of such pension until the surviving spouse dies or remarries.
Bill· SS. 2463 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 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. 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 if at any time subsequent to such suspension 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. 6894 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1980
Vietnam Veterans Comprehensive Readjustment and Rehabilitation Act - Title I: Interagency Coordination and Veterans Outreach Services - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to coordinate all programs and activities affecting veterans and their dependents with other departments and agencies. Directs the Administrator to initiate a comprehensive outreach and information program to inform and assist eligible veterans and eligible persons to understand and utilize such programs. Title II: Compensation and Treatment for Diseases and Disabilities caused by Toxic Substances and Radiation Exposure - Entitles a veteran who suffers from a personal injury or disease contracted in the line of duty, or a disabled child with birth defects resulting from genetic damage to a veteran, to compensation and medical care. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and carry out a comprehensive program of screening veterans who may have been exposed to toxic substances, chemical or biological agents, or radiation during their military, naval, or air service to determine whether such veterans have incurred any disease or disability as a result of such exposure. Provides for outreach services to inform and assist such veterans in adjusting to such diseases or disabilities. Permits the Administrator to establish a centralized registry of claims made before the Veterans' Administration (VA) or other appropriate agency arising out of exposure or possible exposure to toxic substances, chemical or biological agents, or radiation, and of the disabilities, diseases, genetic damage, or symptoms associated with such exposure. Title III: Readjustment Counseling Improvement and Expansion - Authorizes the Administrator to arrange for or assist the veteran or the veteran's dependent, or both, in obtaining readjustment counseling or mental health services. Allows for the Administrator to conduct or contract for comprehensive studies of the psychological and sociological effects of the Vietnam Conflict, military service, and the readjustment process upon veterans and dependents. Title IV: Vocational Rehabilitation - Defines for purposes of this Act: (1) medical condition; (2) program of education; (3) program of independent living services and assistance; (4) rehabilitated; (5) rehabilitation program; (6) serious employment handicap; (7) vocational goal; (8) vocational rehabilitation program. Sets forth the provisions regarding basic entitlement and periods of eligibility for eligible veterans. Sets forth the scope of services and assistance, including: (1) evaluation for rehabilitation potential; (2) educational, vocational, psychological, employment, and personal adjustment counseling; (3) allowance and other appropriate assistance; (4) work study allowance; (5) placement services; (6) personal adjustment and work adjustment training assistance, tuition, fees, books, supplies, and other training materials; (8) loans; (9) treatment care, and services; (10) prosthetic appliances and other corrective devices; (11) services to a veterans' family; (12) essential employment equipment and supplies for severely disabled veterans requiring homebound training and for self-employment; (13) travel and incidental expenses; (14) special rehabilitation services, including services for the blind and the deaf. Provides for the duration of rehabilitative programs. Requires extended evaluations of veterans with service-connected disabilities to determine whether such veteran may have or has a serious employment handicap. Allows the Administrator to formulate an individualized written plan of vocational rehabilitation for a veteran. Provides for the payment of a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans. Entitles severely disabled veterans to a program of independent living services, and assistance designed to enable such veteran to achieve maximum independence in the functions of daily living. Authorizes the Administrator to prescribe regulations regarding leaves of absences, conduct, and cooperation. Releases to eligible veterans all books, supplies, and equipment furnished to such veteran under this Act, unless the Administrator determines that such veteran must return the resources. Allows for vocational rehabilitation to hospitalized members of the Armed Forces and veterans. Provides that any Federal agency's facilities may be used to provide unpaid training or work experience as part of a veteran's vocational rehabilitation program. States that such a 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. 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. Authorizes the Administrator to evaluate a veteran's employability in considering certain claims based on total disability and unemployability. Title V: Conditional Cost-of-Living Adjustment Educational Assistance Allowance - Authorizes the Administrator to provide a conditional cost-of-living adjust educational assistance to an eligible veteran or eligible person who makes an application and is eligible therefore. Stipulates that a cost-of-living adjustment allowance shall be in lieu of any authorized educational assistance or training allowance. Title VI: GI Bill Program Adjustments - Modifies the delimiting period for completing a program of education for veterans. Provides for the extension of the delimiting period for eligible veterans up to a period of two years. States that the Administrator shall provide educational, vocational, and personal adjustment counseling for veterans eligible for educational assistance. Limits the aggregate period during which any person may receive assistance under two or more programs of education administered by the Veterans' Administration. Declares that educational assistance allowances for institutionalized veterans after 30 days of institutionalization shall accrue and be withheld (and converted to securities), paid to dependents, and paid to such veteran upon discharge. Authorizes the Administrator, upon the request of such veteran, to pay to such veteran all or part of the monthly allowance to meet continuing financial obligations of such veteran. Provides for the payment of unused contributions to the education assistance fund to specified individuals upon death of the participant. Eliminates reporting requirements to Congress regarding default rates and experience with respect to loans made under this Act to eligible veterans. Discharges a veteran's liability on loans upon such veteran's successful completion of educational, professional, or vocational objective. Title VII: Interagency Task Force; Presidential Commission or Veterans' Affairs - Establishes an Interagency Veterans' Advisory Task Force. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of such Task Force. Title VIII: Job Counseling, Training, and Placement Service for Veterans - Establishes within the Department of Labor an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans Employment. Title IX: Employment and Training of Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans - Requires Federal contracts of $10,000 or more to require the contracting party to take affirmative steps to employ qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era and to make reasonable efforts to provide career development, advancement, and training opportunities to such veterans. Encourages veterans employment within the Federal Government. Title X: Veterans Career Development, Advancement, and Training Assistance - Establishes a program of career development, advancement, training, and related services for Vietnam-era veterans. Defines, for purposes of this Act: (1) eligible veteran; (2) eligible employer; and (3) dependent. Sets forth provisions regarding the entitlement to and the eligibility of a veteran for a career development and advancement or training allowance. Sets the duration of such eligibility. Requires the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to provide occupational and vocational counseling. Permits an eligible veteran to select a program of career development and advancement, or a program of career development and training with an eligible employer in a chosen career field if the employer hires such veteran into its regular workforce with the expectation of permanent employment of the veteran after the training and career development assistance ends. Disallows approval of enrollment of a veteran for: (1) seasonal, intermittent or temporary jobs; (2) jobs paying less than $4.00 an hour, unless the Administrator determines in a particular case that the clause does not apply; (3) jobs outside the United States or its territories or possessions; (4) jobs under which commissions are the primary source of income; (5) employment which involves political or religious activities; (6) employment in an industry which a substantial number of experienced and able workers are unemployed; (7) jobs that are above entry level, except when applicable personnel procedures and collective bargaining procedures regarding the advancement of currently employed workers are complied with; (8) employment which would result in the displacement of any currently employed worker; (9) jobs which if filled would replace any worker who is on lay off, or on strike. Requires the Administrator to discontinue the career development and advancement allowance of an eligible veteran whose conduct or progress is unsatisfactory. Allows the Administrator to renew the veterans' allowance under certain conditions. Directs the Administrator to pay to each eligible veteran employer, on behalf of each eligible veteran, an allowance to meet in part the expenses of such veteran's wages, benefits, training, and any other necessary or appropriate costs. Sets forth the provisions for computation of career development, advancement, and training allowances and payment to eligible employers. Outlines the specifications for approval of career development and advancement programs. Provides for the issuance of certificates of approval to the eligible employers. Requires an employer who receives an overpayment as a result of: (1) willful or negligent failure to report a veteran's excessive absences from work or interruptions in a planned program; or (2) false certification to repay the amount of such overpayment to the United States. Allows the Administrator to make a complete report of the facts to the appropriate approving agency and, if considered advisable, to the Attorney General of the United States for appropriate action. Allows an eligible veteran to make one change of program, unless the Administrator finds sufficient reason to support further changes. Authorizes the Administrator to periodically conduct compliance surveys. Outlines the duties of the Secretary of Labor under this Act. Directs the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor, and of Health, Education, and Welfare, to provide for an outreach and public information program to inform eligible veterans of the program established by this Act. Title XI: Honorable Discharge (Limited) - Creates a discharge category of honorable discharge (limited) if the board determines that such individual has been rehabilitated, that such individual's conduct, activities, and habits since the individuals last discharge or dismissal have been exemplary for a reasonable period of time. Title XII: Effective Date - The amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 1980.
Bill· SS. 2440 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration for military service of all persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, rather than men.
Bill· HRH.R. 6869 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Authorizes officers of flag rank to serve in the Medical Service Corps of the Navy.
Bill· HRH.R. 6876 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Veterans' Educational Equity Act of 1980 - 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 6875 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Center for Defense Services Act - Declares the policy of Congress to aid State and local efforts to promote the fair administration of criminal justice in State court proceedings and the uniform provision of defense services to individuals unable to afford counsel. Establishes in the District of Columbia the Center for Defense Services as a private, nonmembership, nonprofit corporation. Grants the Center the authority to: (1) make grants and contracts to programs to provide defense services to eligible clients which substantially comply with nationally recognized standards; (2) provide research and technical assistance, and make grants or contracts for demonstration projects to further the purposes of this Act; (3) provide for the review, monitoring, and evaluation of the provision of defense services, whether or not furnished by a recipient of funds from the Center; and (4) make other grants or contracts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Directs the Center to promulgate regulations and guidelines to carry out this Act, including provision for substantial participation and advice from eligible clients in the decisionmaking process of defense services programs receiving assistance. Sets forth requirements with respect to grants and contracts made by the Center, such as the authority to require matching funds and a requirement that recipients of funds keep records. Requires the accounts of the Center to be audited annually and the report of the annual audit to be filed with the General Accounting Office.
Bill· HRH.R. 6848 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1980
Requires a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to contain 100 students to be established and 50 students for the unit to be maintained. Provides that such enrollees may be United States nationals (presently must be citizens).
Bill· HRH.R. 6838 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish a mass transit system for transporting military personnel whose duty assignment is the Naval Submarine Support Base, Kings Bay, Georgia, to and from their residences on a non-fare charging basis.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 303 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should propose: (1) that the United States and the Soviet Union immediately reduce their nuclear arsenals by a specified percentage; and (2) a conference of all nations having nuclear arms to propose a program calling for a percentage annual reduction in nuclear weapons until all nuclear weapons are eliminated from every country.
Bill· HRH.R. 6820 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1980
Intelligence Activities Act of 1980 - Title I: Special Intelligence Activities and Congressional Oversight - Defines "special activity" to mean activity conducted abroad to further 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 an agency of the United States from conducting any special activity or intelligence collection activity involving high risk, major resources, or serious political consequences unless the President: (1) personally finds such activity to be important to the national security; and (2) reports on the nature of such activity to the congressional select intelligence committees. Permits the President to authorize special activities not involving high risk, major resources, or serious political consequences by category. Directs the National Security Council to be responsible for the supervision of activity falling within such category. Requires the head of each entity of the intelligence community to keep the intelligence committees fully informed of all intelligence activities carried out for or on behalf of such entity. Directs the President to ensure that the intelligence committees are furnished information concerning intelligence activities which is: (1) held by an intelligence entity and requested by either committee; and (2) reported as illegal or improper to the President, the Attorney General, or the head of any intelligence entity. Title II: Protection of Certain Intelligence Information - Provides that the Central Intelligence Agency may not be required to disclose to any person outside the executive or legislative branches any matter furnished in confidence to the CIA by a confidential source of information or by an intelligence service of a foreign government. Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of ten years' imprisonment and/or $50,000 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 United States Makes it a defense to such crimes that before the commission of the offense the United States had publicly acknowledged or revealed such intelligence relationship. Stipulates that it shall not be an offense to transmit such information directly to the congressional intelligence committees. Title III: Protection of Privacy of United States Persons - Prohibits an intelligence entity from collecting or disseminating any information concerning a "United States person" (as defined by this Act) except as authorized by this title. Permits an intelligence entity to collect information and direct intelligence activities against a United States person with consent, and collect publicly available information which is relevant to a lawful function. Permits the nonconsensual collection of counterintelligence and counterterrorism intelligence only on the basis of facts which reasonably indicate that the person is engaged in: (1) any clandestine intelligence activity on behalf of a foreign power involving a violation of Federal criminal law; (2) such activity outside the United States; or (3) international terrorism. Prohibits such intelligence from being collected through the use of mail covers, physical surveillance for purposes other than identification, recruitment of persons to engage in directed collection, or access to financial institution records, unless a senior official makes a written finding that such technique is necessary to achieve authorized intelligence objectives, pursuant to specified procedures. Requires in the case of directed collection that independent means of audit and inspection have been established by the head of the intelligence entity concerned. Directs the head of the intelligence entity to notify the Attorney General of activity which, based on guidelines established by the Attorney General, may involve significant collection of information concerning political or religious activity. Prohibits the collection of intelligence solely on the basis of activities which are protected by the first amendment. Specifies the circumstances under which an intelligence entity may conduct an inquiry to determine whether there is a basis for directing the collection of counterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence against a United States person. Directs the head of each intelligence entity to establish procedures to govern the collection and dissemination of information concerning United States persons, which satisfy enumerated criteria. Requires that such procedures be approved by the Attorney General, and be made available to the intelligence committees not less than 30 days before they take effect. Requires the President to establish public guidelines for the conduct of U.S. intelligence activities to protect the integrity of independent institutions of the United States in accordance with constitutional principles. Prohibits an intelligence entity from using any affiliation of any person with any U.S. religious organization, media organization, educational institution, Federal program promoting education or the arts, humanities, or cultural affairs through international exchanges, or the Peace Corps, for the purpose of concealing the relationship to that entity of an employee of such entity. Prohibits an intelligence entity from paying consideration to any individual to engage in intelligence activity if such individual is: (1) following a full-time religious vocation; (2) sponsored by the Government outside the United States as part of a program promoting education, the arts, humanities, or cultural affairs; (3) a journalist accredited to a U.S. media organization; (4) a member of the Peace Corps; or (5) affiliated with a U.S. academic institution. Permits the voluntary exchange of information between any person and an intelligence entity. Makes the United States civilly liable to a United States person who is aggrieved as a result of an act by an intelligence entity employee designed to deprive such person of a constitutional or statutory right. Prohibits an intelligence entity from conducting a physical search of the property of any person in the United States or of any known United States person outside the U.S. and engaging in the opening of any mail except in accordance with procedures required by the Constitution and Federal law for law enforcement purposes. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to include in the definition of "agent of a foreign power" a person (other than a United States person) who knowingly engages in certain activity outside the U.S. Title IV: Definitions and Effective Dates - Defines terms used in this Act. Defines "entity of the intelligence community" to mean the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, certain offices within the Department of Defense, the intelligence components of the military services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State, the foreign intelligence components of the Departments of Energy and the Treasury, and other Federal agencies engaged in intelligence activities as determined by the President.
Bill· SS. 2413 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Renames the Veterans' Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, as the "Harry W. Colmery Veterans' Administration Hospital."
Bill· SS. 2410 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Extends until February 1, 1981, the deadline for reporting on hospital care and medical services furnished by the Veterans' Administration in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Bill· HRH.R. 6784 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire a leasehold interest in certain land in Balboa Park, San Diego, California for construction of a new naval medical center. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the city all of the Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego. Authorizes the construction of any military construction project on such land.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 507 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1980
Designates July 18, 1980, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 295 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1980
Recognizes the centennial of Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey.
Bill· SS. 2381 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
Directs the Secretary of the Army, with respect to the Army National Guard, and the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to the Air National Guard, to prescribe regulations for the accounting of property issued to the Guard and the fixing of responsibility for that property. Provides that individual members of the Guard may be held liable for lost, damaged, or destroyed property if under similar circumstances active service personnel would be so liable. Stipulates that such liability shall be taken out of pay unless cancelled by the respective Secretary. Provides that a State, or territory (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone) may be held liable for property lost, damaged, or destroyed incident to such jurisdictions' authorized use. Stipulates that such liability shall be paid from non-Federal funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 6712 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
Extends until February 1, 1981, the deadline for reporting on hospital care and medical services furnished by the Veterans' Administration in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Bill· HRH.R. 6719 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 6688 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Denies veterans' benefits to any individual whose discharge from the Armed Forces is characterized as being for misconduct, unsuitability, marginal performance of duty, personal abuse of drugs other than alcohol, or for the good of the service and is under conditions indicating that such person has performed less than honest and faithful service.
Bill· HRH.R. 6676 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1980
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 title to certain lands currently leased by such agency in Olney, Maryland, which: (1) are used as a communications site; or (2) contain the water wells at such site.
Bill· HRH.R. 6678 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1980
Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1981 for the procurement of naval vessels, including the Trident submarine program, the CG-47 guided missile program, the aircraft carrier life extension program, and the reactivation programs for the Battleship New Jersey and the Aircraft Carrier Oriskany.
Bill· SS. 2361 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Vietnam Veterans Career Development, Advancement, and Training Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes a program of career development, advancement, training, and related services for Vietnam-era veterans. Defines, for purposes of this Act: (1) eligible veteran; (2) active duty; (3) eligible employer; (4) dependent; (5) career development and advancement program; and (6) career development and training program. Sets forth provisions regarding entitlement to and eligibility of a veteran for a career development and advancement or training allowance. Sets the duration of such eligibility for an eligible veteran. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide occupational and vocational counseling. Permits an eligible veteran to select a program of career development and advancement or a program of career development and training with an eligible employer in a chosen career field if the employer hires such veteran into its regular workforce with the expectation of permanent employment of the veteran after the training and career development assistance ends. Disallows approval of enrollment of a veteran for: (1) seasonal, intermittent or temporary jobs; (2) jobs paying less than $4.00 an hour, unless the Administrator determines in a particular case that the clause does not apply; (3) jobs outside the United States or its territories or possessions; (4) jobs under which commissions are the primary source of income; (5) employment which involves political or religious activities; (6) employment in an industry which a substantial number of experienced and able workers are unemployed; (7) jobs that are above entry level, except when applicable personnel procedures and collective bargaining procedures regarding the advancement of currently employed workers are complied with; (8) employment which would result in the displacement of any currently employed worker; and (9) jobs which if filled would replace any worker who is on lay off, or on strike. Requires the Administrator to discontinue the career development and advancement allowance of an eligible veteran whose conduct or progress is unsatisfactory. Allows the Administrator to renew the veterans' allowance under certain conditions. Directs the Administrator to pay to each eligible veteran employer, on behalf of each eligible veteran, an allowance to meet in part the expenses of such veterans' wages, benefits, training, and any other necessary or appropriate costs. Sets forth provisions for computation of career development, advancement, and training allowances, and payment to eligible employers. Outlines the specifications for approval of career development and advancement programs. Provides for the issuance of certificates of approval to the eligible employers. Requires an employer who receives an overpayment as a result of: (1) willful or negligent failure to report a veteran's excessive absences from work or interruptions in a planned program; or (2) false certification, to repay the amount of such overpayment to the United States. Allows the Administrator to make a complete report of the facts to the appropriate approving agency and, if considered advisable, to the Attorney General of the United States for appropriate action. Allows an eligible veteran to make one change of program, unless the Administrator finds sufficient reason to support further changes. Authorizes the Administrator to periodically conduct compliance surveys. Outlines the duties of the Secretary of Labor under this Act. Directs the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor, and of Health, Education, and Welfare, to provide for an outreach and public information program to inform eligible veterans of the program established by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6661 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 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. 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: Technical Provisions - Provides for increased authorizations for benefits for Federal employees, should such increases be necessary. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities. 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 6668 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 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 program. Stipulates that such 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) 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 provision for inflation adjustments.
Bill· HRH.R. 6670 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to establish a voluntary system of registration for the military draft. Reinstitutes a mandatory registration system whenever the President declares a national emergency with respect to a threat to national security or when there is a declaration of war. Subjects any person who knowingly makes, or who knowingly aids or abets the making of any false, incorrect, or improper registration to a civil penalty not to exceed $100.
Bill· HRH.R. 6641 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Amends the Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1979 to change the effective date for certain veterans' disability compensation increases from September 1, 1980, to October 1, 1979.
Bill· HRH.R. 6640 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Amends service-connected compensation provisions concerning veterans' disability compensation to increase the compensation rate for certain arm and leg losses.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 289 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should immediately initiate an accelerated production and deployment of cruise missile carrying B-1 bombers.
Bill· SS. 2341 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 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. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982 - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1982 to the Department of Energy for programs set forth in this Act.
Bill· SS. 2333 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for the construction of the Air Passenger Terminal in Keflavik, Iceland. Stipulates that the United States share of such construction costs shall not exceed $20,000,000. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in title I of this Act. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to incur NATO facilities construction costs of up to $300,000,000. Requires the Secretary to report to the Senate and the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees concerning such costs. Title VI: Military Family Housing - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct or acquire military family housing. Authorizes appropriations for such housing at specified locations in the U.S. and overseas. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) improve existing quarters; and (2) provide for advance planning and construction design, including architectural and engineering services. Limits the amounts that may be expended for such purposes. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1968, to increase the cost limitation on certain home repairs from $10,000 to $20,000. Replaces the dual structure of monthly maximum lease payments for military family housing in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Guam with a single maximum payment, of $515. Stipulates that the Secretary may exceed such maximum (up to $600 per unit) for up to 500 units. Increases such payments from $850 to $1115 for military family housing in foreign countries. Makes occupants liable for damage to military family housing. Allows contractor claims (relating to such housing) to proceed even though settlement of such claims would exceed spending limitations. Authorizes the Secretary to complete housing construction in Oahu, Hawaii, notwithstanding specified cost limitations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, to increase the funding limit for the Naval Facility, Centerville Beach, California, from $1,509,000 to $2,030,000. Title VII: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the various military departments to develop installations under this Act without regard to provisions of law which prohibit the advancement of public moneys and which require the submission of detailed cost estimates to Congress. Establishes expenditure ceilings for each title of this Act. Authorizes limited increases in the amounts authorized pursuant to this Act if the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual and unanticipated variations in costs. Directs the Secretary of Defense to encourage the use of solar energy for projects authorized by this Act and authorizes the Secretary to increase the cost limitations or floor area limitations for a project in order to equip it with solar energy heating or cooling equipment. Establishes measures and responsibility for supervising the construction work authorized under this Act. Repeals prior Military Construction Authorization Acts. Specifies exceptions to such repealer. Sets forth unit cost limitations based on square footage for projects authorized pursuant to this Act. Title VIII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces of various military departments. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such entity. Title IX: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary to encourage the use of and under specified conditions to provide for the installation of, solar energy systems in new military and family housing construction. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1977, regarding a land conveyance to South Charleston, West Virginia, to: (1) increase the acreage involved in such conveyance; and (2) include the Department of the Navy in the administration of the land conveyed to the U.S. by South Charleston. Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the amount at which: (1) military real property transactions must be preceded by a report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees; and (2) a military department may acquire any interest in land for national defense purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to spend up to $350,000 from specified construction funds (under this Act) as a capital contribution to the International Institute of Strategic Studies. Title X: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to establish or develop military installations and facilities.
Bill· SS. 2331 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Vinson-Trammell Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Vinson-Trammell Act to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from making a noncompetitive national defense contract unless the contractor agrees to: (1) pay any excess profit to the United States; (2) make no subcontract in order to evade any provisions of this Act; and (3) make no first tier subcontract unless the subcontractor also agrees to such provisions (present section sets forth aircraft contract requirements). Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) collect any profits owed by a contractor by setoff against any amounts due such contractor; or (2) waive the requirements of this Act with regard to any contract or subcontract. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress concerning actions taken under this Act. Repeals provisions setting forth naval vessel contract requirements.
Bill· SS. 2330 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Veterans' Administration Medical Quality Assurance Records Confidentiality Act - Provides for the confidentiality of all records and documents which are part of any Veterans' Administration medical quality assurance program. Stipulates that disclosure of such material may be made only under specified circumstances (unlawful disclosure to be punishable by fine and/or imprisonment), including: (1) congressional oversight functions; (2) Government or private licensing and accreditation functions; (3) statutory functions; and (4) public health or safety, or emergency, functions. Defines "medical quality assurance programs" for purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6621 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 6600 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1980
Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to permit up to 40 foreign students to enroll as cadets at each of their respective service academies. Sets forth related provisions regarding pay and allotments, reimbursement by a sponsoring foreign government, and administrative regulations.
Bill· HRH.R. 6588 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1980
National Intelligence Act of 1980 - Title I: Authorization for Intelligence Activities - Defines, for purposes of this Act, the terms: (1) "intelligence" as any information relating to or resulting from any foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, counterterrorism intelligence, or special activity; (2) "intelligence community" to include the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), specified offices of the Department of Defense, the intelligence components of the military services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State, the foreign intelligence components of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Energy, and any successor to any such entity; (3) "national intelligence" as foreign intelligence which is used in the formulation of national policy; (4) "special activity" as an activity conducted abroad which is designed to further U.S. programs and executed so that the role of the U.S. is not acknowledged publicly; (5) "United States person" to include any association organized in the United States or any unincorporated association the members of which are U.S. citizens or resident aliens, which is not openly acknowledged to be controlled by a foreign government. Authorizes the entities of the intelligence community to conduct intelligence activities, under the direction and review of the National Security Council, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Directs the National Security Council (NSC) to provide the highest level review of, and direction to, the conduct of intelligence activities. Lists the responsibilities of NSC, which include assisting the President in developing communications security policies. Authorizes the President to establish committees of NSC as may be necessary to carry out its responsibilities. Permits special activities to be conducted by: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) the Department of Defense in a period of war or to the extent necessary for hostilities under the War Powers Resolution; or (3) by another agency as determined by the President. Allows the President and the NSC to designate other agencies to provide support for any special activity. Requires any special activity to be authorized by the President only after: (1) the President finds that (a) such activity is important to the national security, (b) overt or less sensitive alternatives would not achieve the intended objective, and (c) the anticipated benefits of such activity justify its risks and consequences; and (2) the NSC or an NSC committee conducts a review and recommends a decision concerning such activity to the President. Directs the NSC to supervise special activities. Requires the President to establish procedures for approving other sensitive intelligence activities. Prohibits any person acting on behalf of the U.S. to engage or conspire to engage in assassination. Directs the President to establish guidelines for intelligence activities which protect the integrity and independence of private U.S. institutions. Prohibits any intelligence community entity from establishing as a cover for any of its agents an affiliation with a U.S. religious, media, or educational institution, the Peace Corps, or any Government program designed to promote education, the arts, humanities, or cultural affairs through international exchanges. Prohibits any intelligence community entity from supporting any communication for the purpose of influencing public opinion within the United States unless Government involvement is acknowledged. Permits an entity to conceal its sponsorship of a contract for the provision of goods or services for an organization under specified circumstances. Prohibits an intelligence entity from encouraging any person to commit an act which the entity is prohibited from committing. Directs the President to appoint an Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) (previously established pursuant to Executive Order 11905) which shall function to provide the President independent oversight of the intelligence community. Requires each intelligence entity to designate: (1) a general counsel who shall review entity activities and rules to ensure compliance with Federal laws and Presidential and entity directives; and (2) an inspector general who shall determine how entity functions may be performed more effectively, and advise the entity head respecting matters of legality. Directs the Attorney General: (1) to report to the IOB and the President any intelligence activities involving serious questions of law; and (2) to keep the IOB and entity general counsels informed of Department of Justice opinions affecting the intelligence community. Requires the head of each intelligence entity to report to the Attorney General any evidence of possible violations of Federal criminal laws by an entity employee or any other person. Empowers each entity head to take disciplinary action against any employee who violates a provision of this Act or a regulation established pursuant to this Act. Directs each entity head: (1) to keep the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Committees) fully informed of all intelligence activities, including anticipated special activities, of such entity; and (2) to furnish the Committees information concerning such activities and copies of all record schedules submitted to the Archivist of the United States. Requires each Committee to report, at least annually, to its respective House on U.S. intelligence activities. Sets forth House and Senate rules governing the disclosure to the public and to Members and employees of Congress of any classified intelligence information. Requires a previous authorization before funds may be appropriated for national intelligence, counterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence activities. Declares that all intelligence activities shall be subject to audit and review by the Comptroller General at the request of either Committee. Permits the Director of National Intelligence to exempt certain activities from audit or review. Title II: Standards for Intelligence Activities - Defines the term: (1) "covert technique" as any "extraordinary technique" and any other category or type of collection activity that is designated by the President for the purpose of protecting privacy and constitutional rights from significant intrusion; and (2) "extraordinary technique" as any technique, including electronic surveillance or a physical search, directed at a U.S. person outside the United States for which a warrant would be required if undertaken in the United States. Sets forth guidelines and restrictions with regard to the collection, retention, and dissemination of intelligence concerning U.S. persons by an intelligence entity. Permits an entity: (1) to utilize any technique of conducting an intelligence activity against any person with that person's consent; (2) to collect publicly available information; and (3) to retain and disseminate any information about a person which does not identify that person. Permits an intelligence entity to conduct intelligence activities directed against U.S. persons only in accordance with procedures established by the entity head and approved by the Attorney General. Requires that such procedures: (1) protect constitutional rights and privacy; (2) designate officials to initiate, approve, review, and make records of such activities; (3) include minimization procedures; and (4) define the scope, intensity, and duration of the different types of activities. Directs the entity head to submit the procedures to the Committees before their effective date. Prohibits the collection of foreign intelligence by covert techniques directed against U.S. persons except: (1) in the course of collecting connterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence; or (2) when the President finds, after a review and recommendation by the NSC, that because of extraordinary circumstances, the information is essential to national security and cannot be acquired by any other means. Requires that the Attorney General be advised concerning any such collection. Authorizes such collections only by: (1) the FBI; (2) the National Security Agency when directed at foreign electromagnetic communications; and (3) the CIA, with the approval of the Attorney General, when the target is a senior foreign official or an entity controlled by a foreign power. Allows counterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence activities to be directed against a U.S. person without the person's consent only if there is reasonable evidence that the person is engaged in clandestine intelligence activities for a foreign power or terrorist activity. Specifies the means by which such intelligence may be collected, under certain conditions, including the use of mail covers, physical surveillance, and directed collection. Prohibits the use of covert techniques or mail covers in the collection of information about a U.S. person: (1) whom a designated official finds is the target of foreign intelligence activity; (2) who is being considered as a potential source of intelligence or operational assistance; and (3) in regard to providing personnel, document, communication, or physical security for intelligence activities. Sets forth conditions for collecting such information. Requires the head of each intelligence entity to review, annually, any intelligence activity directed against a U.S. person which lasts over one year and to report on such review to the Attorney General. Prohibits the use of extraordinary techniques to collect information concerning a U.S. person outside the United States, except pursuant to a court order. Specifies the requirements which must be satisfied before a court may issue an order to use such techniques to collect foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, or counterterrorism intelligence. Precludes an order from authorizing the use of an extraordinary technique for a period exceeding 90 days. Directs the court established pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Search and Surveillance Act to observe the procedural and administrative provisions of such Act when reviewing applications for court orders under this Title. Permits military judges appointed by the Secretary of Defense to issue orders for extraordinary techniques directed against military personnel abroad in accordance with provisions of this title. Prohibits a court, when determining whether to issue a court order, from requiring the disclosure of any cooperative or liaison relationship between a Government agency and a foreign government, if the Director of National Intelligence determines such disclosure would jeopardize that relationship. Permits an intelligence entity to conduct covert or extraordinary techniques without approval or a court order for 72 hours if the entity head determines that an emergency situation exists and that the factual basis for approval or a court order exists. Specifies the criminal penalties and civil liability to be applied to any Government employee who intentionally engages in foreign electronic surveillance or foreign physical search or discloses information obtained by such methods except as authorized by statute. Title III: The Intelligence Community - Creates the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as an independent executive establishment. Declares that the Director and Deputy Director of National Intelligence shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve at the pleasure of the President for not more than ten years. Sets forth the duties and authorities of the Director who shall serve as the principal foreign intelligence officer of the United States. Requires the Director: (1) to be responsible for coordinating all national intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism intelligence activities; (2) to evaluate the quality of national intelligence and the management of intelligence activities; (3) to direct national intelligence collection; (4) to be responsible for the production and dissemination of national intelligence; (5) to ensure the appropriate implementation of special activities and sensitive foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities; (6) to develop policies with respect to intelligence arrangements with foreign governments; and (7) to be responsible for the management of information relating to intelligence sources and methods. Authorizes the Director to conduct program and performance audits of national intelligence activities, and to review all Government intelligence activities and supporting research and development activities. Authorizes the President to appoint: (1) five Assistant Directors of National Intelligence, no more than two of whom may be military officers; and (2) a General Counsel to discharge the responsibilities of the general counsel of the ODNI and the CIA under this Act. Authorizes the Director, the Attorney General, and the head of each intelligence entity to establish such committees and boards as may be necessary to carry out provisions of this Act and to waive the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Requires the Director to make available to the public an annual, unclassified report on the national intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism intelligence activities conducted by intelligence entities. Grants the Director exclusive authority for approval of the national intelligence budget submitted to the President. Authorizes the expenditure of ODNI funds to be accounted for solely on the certificate of the Director. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - Reestablishes the CIA as an independent establishment in the executive branch. Declares that the Director of National Intelligence shall serve as Director of the CIA (Agency Director). Authorizes the President to appoint the Deputy Director of National Intelligence or an Assistant Director of National Intelligence as the Agency Director or to transfer any of the duties of the Agency Director to the Deputy or Assistant Director with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Agency Director to appoint an Inspector General to carry out the duties of inspector general under this Act for the ODNI and the CIA. Sets forth the functions of the Agency which include: (1) conducting foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism intelligence by clandestine means; (2) conducting special activities; (3)producing intelligence to meet the needs of the President, the NSC, and the ODNI; (4) acting as the agent of the Director of National Intelligence in coordinating intelligence activities abroad; (5) acting as a liaison with foreign government agencies; and (6) performing administrative functions for the ODNI. Permits the Agency: (1) to collect foreign intelligence by clandestine means in the United States in coordination with the FBI; and (2) to conduct counterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence activities by clandestine means in the United States only with the approval of the Director of the FBI. Specifies security, personnel, and ancillary functions of the Agency to procure property and services, enter into contracts, and dispose of property when necessary to perform its authorized functions, without regard to the provisions of other laws. Permits the Agency to establish and operate proprietaries in support of its functions. Requires the Agency to deposit excess funds generated by the proprietary into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. Establishes the Contingency Reserve Fund for the payment of any expenses of an authorized intelligence activity which were not anticipated at the time the Agency's budget was submitted. Permits the Agency Director to withdraw money from the Fund if: (1) the Officer of Management and Budget approves the withdrawal; and (2) the Director notifies specified congressional committees of the withdrawal within a specified period. Authorizes the Agency Director to pay employees the same benefits, travel allowances, and death gratuities as Foreign Service officers receive under current statutes. Establishes a criminal penalty to be assessed against any person who uses the name, initials, or seal of the CIA without authorization to convey the impression that a publication or production is endorsed or authorized by the Agency. Title V: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Declares that all intelligence functions of the FBI shall be performed under the supervision of the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General to be guided by NSC policies and responsive to foreign intelligence collection requirements promulgated by the Director of National Intelligence. Directs the Attorney General and the FBI Director to review FBI intelligence activities annually and to designate officials to act as a general counsel and an inspector general for the FBI. Specifies the duties of the FBI Director which include: (1) serving as the principal Government officer for conducting counterintelligence and counterterrorism intelligence activities within the U.S.; (2) ensuring that FBI intelligence activities are in accordance with this Act, Federal laws, and the Constitution; and (3) advising and assisting the Attorney General and the NSC on counterintelligence and counterterrorism intelligence matters. Directs the FBI to: (1) collect and disseminate counterintelligence and counterterrorism intelligence; (2) conduct other intelligence activities as are necessary for lawful purposes; and (3) conduct liaison for counterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence purposes with foreign governments. Requires any FBI intelligence activities outside the United States to be coordinated with and approved by the CIA. Requires the approval of the Attorney General with respect to such activities which are not directly related to the FBI's domestic activities. Permits another intelligence entity to conduct clandestine counterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence activities within the U.S. only with written FBI approval and notice to the Attorney General. Authorizes the FBI: (1) to collect foreign intelligence within the U.S. in the course of authorized collection of counterintelligence and counterterrorism intelligence; (2) to produce foreign intelligence in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence; and (3) to conduct activities in support of foreign intelligence collection programs of another intelligence entity with the FBI Director's approval and notice to the Attorney General. Requires the FBI to coordinate all collection of foreign intelligence by clandestine means within the United States by any intelligence entity. Allows only the FBI to collect foreign information, within the U.S., by clandestine means directed against an unconsenting U.S. person. Specifies conditions under which the FBI may collect counterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence on the written request of a foreign government. Authorizes the FBI: (1) to establish secure cover for employees and sources; (2) to establish and operate proprietaries; and (3) to procure goods or services in such a manner that the role of the FBI is not publicly acknowledged. Title VI: National Security Agency - Defines the term "United States signals intelligence system" to include the National Security Agency, elements of the military departments and the CIA which perform signals intelligence activities, and other agencies authorized by the NSC to perform such activities. Reestablishes the National Security Agency within the Department of Defense to conduct signals intelligence activities and communications security activities for the United States and to serve as the principal agency of the United States signals intelligence system. Directs the Secretary of Defense, in supervising the Agency, to comply with intelligence policies established by the NSC and with requirements established by the Director of National Intelligence. States that the Director and Deputy Director of the Agency shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve at the pleasure of the President for a period not to exceed 12 years. Specifies the duties of the Director which include: (1) serving as the principal signals intelligence and communications security officer of the Government; (2) consolidating the signals intelligence and communications security functions of the Government; (3) preparing a consolidated United States signals intelligence program and budget and a consolidated Department of Defense communications security program and budget for each fiscal year; (4) conducting liaison on cryptologic matters with foreign governments; (5) instituting sufficient measures to ensure the confidentiality of U.S. communications; and (6) providing signals intelligence support for military operations in accordance with priorities assigned by the Secretary of Defense. Provides for the appointment of a General Counsel and an Inspector General of the Agency. Authorizes the Agency to: (1) rent, lease, construct, or alter buildings to carry out its functions under this title; (2) maintain secure cover for Agency employees and entities; and (3) direct the transfer of cryptologic equipment among intelligence entities and between intelligence entities and other agencies. Permits the Agency to procure goods or services in the name of the Department of Defense and to conceal the participation of the Department when necessary for security. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make funds available to the Agency for confidential or emergency expenses only from funds appropriated for that specific purpose. Allows the Agency, under such regulations as the Agency approves, to provide Agency employees the same allowances, benefits, and death gratuities provided to Foreign Service employees. Authorizes the Director to establish or assist in establishing commissary and mess services at posts outside the United States where such services or facilities are not provided by another agency. Amends civil service retirement provisions to entitle certain Agency employees involved in hazardous duty to a special annuity. Requires the Director to make special provision for the delegation of operational control of signals intelligence activities required to provide support to military commanders and agency heads. Prohibits any organization outside the United States signals intelligence system from performing signals intelligence activities without NSC authorization. Transfers all personnel, obligations, and contracts of the National Security Agency on the day before the enactment of this Title to the Director of the Agency. Title VII: Protection of Identities of Certain Undercover Intelligence Officers, Agents, Informants, and Sources - Sets forth a criminal penalty to be imposed on any person: (1) who has or has had access to classified information which identifies an employee, agent, or information source of the CIA or any intelligence component of the Department of Defense; (2) who knows that the United States is trying to conceal such information; and (3) who intentionally discloses such information to any individual not authorized to receive classified information. States that only the person committing the offense shall be subject to prosecution under this title. Title VIII: Physical Searches Within the United States - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to extend the procedures for the authorization of electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes to the authorization of a physical search. Defines the term "physical search" as any search of property or opening of mail in the United States for which a warrant would be required for law enforcement purposes. Permits the President, acting through the Attorney General, to authorize a physical search directed solely at property under foreign control provided that no property or mail of a United States person shall be seized. Permits the Attorney General to authorize physical entry of such property for electronic surveillance purposes. Prohibits any court order issued under such Act from authorizing more than one unconsented entry of real property except for electronic surveillance purposes. Requires any court order approving more than one search of property or the opening of more than one item of mail to identify the authorized scope of the searches or opening of mail. Title IX: Miscellaneous Amendments and Effective Date - Makes conforming and technical amendments. Repeals the Hughes-Ryan Amendment which prohibited the CIA from expending funds for certain operations in foreign countries until the President submitted a report on such operations to the appropriate committees of Congress. Specifies the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6573 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1980
World War I Veterans' Bonus Act - Provides a $10,000 bonus for each veteran of World War I.
Bill· HRH.R. 6569 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1980
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration for military service of all persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six.
Bill· HRH.R. 6568 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1980
Provides that registrants under the Military Selective Service Act shall be automatically registered to vote in their local jurisdictions.
Bill· HRH.R. 6564 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1980
Exempts certain persons over the age of 72 from filing annual income and resources statements with the Veterans' Administration for purposes of veterans' pension eligibility.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 499 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 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· SS. 2308 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1980
Provides for the assignment of clerical or secretarial employees to assist the representatives of the Veterans' Employment Service.
Bill· HRH.R. 6557 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1980
Designates the Veterans' Administration hospital located at 1500 Weiss Street, Saginaw, Michigan, as the "Aleda E. Lutz Veterans' Hospital."
Bill· HRH.R. 6548 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1980
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to give preference to qualified disabled and Vietnam era veterans for certain employment in the Veterans' Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 6558 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1980
Increases the monthly subsistence allowance (for up to 20 months) for Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets from $100 a month to $150 a month.
Bill· SS. 2303 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1980
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to acquire the necessary land, and establish a national cemetery in Vermont.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 77 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1980
Favors the President's submission of the Amendment to the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 6534 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1980
Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Act of 1980 - 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.
Bill· SS. 2294 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 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). Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1980, to make permanent the authority for the Secretary of Defense to: (1) waive reimbursement for certain administrative expenses and surcharges in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the Ministers of Defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on the NATO E-3A Cooperative Program; and (2) assume contingent liability for other specified expenses incurred in connection with such program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for military research, development, test and evaluation. 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 fiscal year 1981. 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. 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: General Provisions - Raises from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000, and from $250,000 to $500,000, the dollar amounts at which certain requirements regarding companies doing independent research and development for the Department of Defense shall come into effect. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to review and adjust such amounts once every three years (beginning on October 1, 1983).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 145 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1980
Designates February 19, 1980, as "Iwo Jima Commemoration Day."