Defence

Selected Reserve Educational Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1981

Selected Reserve Educational Assistance Act - Directs (rather than permits) the Secretary of each military department to establish a program to provide educational assistance to members of the Selected Reserve who agree to remain in such Reserve for at least six years. Sets forth the amount of such assistance. Requires that such assistance be given for pre-degree work at an institution of higher learning. Sets forth further eligibility requirements for such assistance. Establishes a delimiting period of ten years or at separation from service, whichever comes first. Prohibits the provision of assistance to any member already receiving assistance as a member of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program or a member who fails to perform satisfactorily in training. Expands the penalties for failure to participate satisfactorily in such program to include orders to active duty. Designates the Veterans' Administration to administer such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress annually rather than quarterly on its operation.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that nominations of persons for appointment to the United States Naval Academy must be made not later than March 4th of each year.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1981

Eliminates the requirement that nominations to the Naval Academy be made by March 4.

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1981

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 - 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. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1980 and 1981 to increase the authorization levels for specified projects. 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 accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire interests in lands by exchange of Government-owned lands to ensure unhampered air operations at the Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida. Amends the Military Construction Act, 1981 to rescind the authorization for the project for the acquisition of land at Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to construct needed facilities to tie into the waste heat recovery boilers of the Macalloy Corporation if to contract with such company for a supply of steam would be cheaper than generating and supplying steam to the Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina through constructed steam distribution lines. 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. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. 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. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to incur NATO facilities construction costs up to a specified amount. Requires the Secretary to report to the Senate and the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees concerning such costs. Title VI: M-X Missile System - Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities to support the M-X missile program. Title VII: Military Family Housing and Homeowners Assistance Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct or acquire military family housing. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of private housing in a U.S. location before constructing any family housing at such location. Directs the Secretary to give the appropriate Congressional committees 30 days notice of any disagreement as to housing availability with the Secretary of HUD before contracting for construction. Authorizes appropriations for such housing at specified locations in the United States 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. Increases the number of family housing units that may be leased in a foreign country. Increases the number of units which the Secretary may exempt from cost limitations. Authorizes appropriations for military family housing for fiscal year 1982, including construction, operating costs, mortgage costs under the National Housing Act, and for homeowners assistance under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. Title VIII: 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. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning projects exceeding the amount authorized by more than a specified percent. 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. Requires the respective Secretaries to report to Congress annually on the costs of construction contracts. 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 IX: 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 X: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to undertake military construction necessary to support the required employment of the armed forces during a declaration of war or a national emergency. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of the Federal property formerly constituting the Naval Training Center at Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide special impact assistance to States and local governments and authorities located near the M-X missile system or the east coast Trident base. Sets forth the procedures for implementing such assistance, including a multiyear plan prepared by an intergovernmental defense impact planning and mitigation board comprised of officials from all levels of government. Requires the Secretary to inform the appropriate committees of Congress of changes in such program and to report annually on the total amount expended by each recipient of the program. Directs the Secretary to determine when there is no longer an unfair financial burden on the affected jurisdiction by the missile system or Trident base and when the construction or expansion of such system or base has been completed. Prohibits the expenditure of appropriations for the construction of an operational basing mode for the M-X missile system until: (1) the President reports to Congress on the basing mode selection; (2) the Secretary of Defense reports to the appropriate committees of Congress justifying the selection and comparing the mode selected with alternatives; and (3) 60 days have elapsed and Congress has not passed resolutions of disapproval concerning such system. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to exchange with the city of South Charleston, West Virginia, specified lands previously comprising the Reserve Centers of Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for other specified lands. Requires the city to construct facilities on such land suitable for use as a United States Armed Forces Reserve Center. Increases the authorization ceilings for approval on minor construction projects. Requires the appropriate committees of Congress to be notified within 15 rather than 30 days before funds are obligated for projects costing more than a specified amount. Prohibits the expenditure of funds on a military construction project in a foreign country unless the materials to be used are produced, manufactured, or refined in the United States. Exempts: (1) contracts for less than a specified amount; (2) construction in countries with which the United States has a foreign agreement which would be violated by such restriction; and (3) limited use of other materials where necessary for the timely construction of a project. Excludes construction authorized by this Act from the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act. States that the conveyance of lands located in the vicinity of Purgatory River Canyon and Pinon Canyon, Colorado, conveyed to the United States for expansion of the Fort Carson military installation shall be treated as an involuntary conversion for tax purposes. Includes such lands within the definition of entitlement lands owned by the United States for the purpose of making payments to local governments. Permits the Secretary of each military department to develop any geothermal energy resource within lands under his jurisdiction if to do so would be in the public interest. Directs the Secretary of the Army to maintain any existing District Office of the United States Army Corps of Engineers within 25 miles of a major defense port. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1966, to repeal the requirement of prior Congressional approval before the Air Force can contract with the Aerospace Corporation for the construction of any facility or the acquisition of real property. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire specified lands in the vicinity of Tucson, Arizona, through exchange of lands with the State of Arizona.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide hospital and medical services under title 38 to certain individuals who served in the Yugoslavian armed forces during World War I or World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1981

Entitles to hospital care and medical services any person who served during World War I or World War II as a member of any armed force of the Government of Yugoslavia in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States and who has been a citizen of the United States for at least ten years.

Veterans Rehabilitation and Education Adjustment Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1981

Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Adjustment Act of 1981 - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish Veterans' Benefits Counselors to provide assistance and outreach benefits to veterans and eligible persons at locations such as school campuses. Eliminates the periods of eligibility restriction for vocational rehabilitation. Arranges for money to be transferred between the revolving fund loans and appropriations for readjustment benefits for veterans pursuing rehabilitation programs. Includes within the term "program of education" any course pursued by a veteran because it is required as a condition to obtaining financial assistance under the Small Business Act. Eliminates the restrictions on enrollment in certain courses for both veterans and eligible dependents. Disapproves any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field. Permits a veteran to retain educational assistance to pursue continuing education or training in a field in which such veteran has already qualified if required by law to attain relicensure or retain employment in a particular profession or vocation. Requires the forfeiture of educational benefits for fraud. Extends for one year deadlines in the Armed Forces educational assistance program for members on active duty.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Comptroller General to assign employees of the General Accounting Office to serve as ombudsmen for patients in Veterans' Administration facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981

Directs the Comptroller General to assign employees of the General Accounting Office to serve as ombudsmen for patients in Veterans' Administration facilities. Requires the Comptroller General to report at least annually to Congress on the activities and investigations carried out by such ombudsmen.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain individuals who served in the Armed Forces on active duty for training eligible for educational assistance and for home, condominium, and mobile home loan benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981

Includes time spent in training by non-Reserve members of the armed forces as active duty for purposes of educational and home loan benefits.

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3380) to increase the pay and allowances of members of the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3380 (military pay increase).

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3519) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Armed Forces for procurement, for research, development, test, and evaluation, and for operation and maintenance, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces and for civilian employees of the Department of Defense, to authorize appropriations for such fiscal year for civil defense, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3519 (military funding).

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize studies on reuse of military bases and community planning assistance made necessary by the establishment, realignment, or closure of Department of Defense installations or by the cancellation or termination of Department of Defense contracts or the failure to proceed with an approved major weapon system program.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1981

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct environmental impact and other necessary studies to determine the suitability for other uses of a military installation that is a candidate for closure. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to State and local governments to assist in planning community adjustments necessitated by such closure or by the cancellation of defense contracts or an approved major weapon system program. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress annually on the amount spent for each community or State. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1977 to make conforming changes.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide special impact assistance to State and local governments and other local or regional entities for the purpose of mitigating the adverse impact on local communities resulting from the deployment of the MX missile system or from the development of the East Coast Trident submarine base.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1981

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide special impact assistance through grants or guaranteed loans to States, Indian tribes, and units of local government that will be affected by the MX missile system or the site of the east coast Trident submarine base. Requires the establishment or designation of an intergovernmental impact planning and mitigation board before such assistance may be provided. Requires such board to prepare a multiyear plan and annual program concerning community facilities and services required because of such system or base. Sets forth the procedures for applications for assistance. Directs the Secretary to review such programs and submit approved programs to Congress. Requires each board to establish procedures for implementing its functions. Directs the Secretary to inform Congress annually of the activities, costs, and major changes in each program. Directs the Secretary to determine when an excessive financial burden or hardship on a community no longer exists and financial assistance should cease.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the construction of naval vessels, or major components of hulls or superstructures of naval vessels, in foreign shipyards.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1981

Prohibits the construction of a naval vessel in a foreign shipyard.

White House Conference on Veterans Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1981

White House Conference on Veterans Act - Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Veterans not later than 30 months after enactment of this Act to develop recommendations for improving the administration of veterans' benefits and services. Establishes a National Veterans Planning and Advisory Council, to be appointed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Directs the Council to submit a report on such Conference to the President within 120 days and, within 90 days of such report's submission, to report to the President and Congress regarding legislative and administrative recommendations. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to applying States for participation in such Conference. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to authorize the appointment of citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands as officers in the Armed Forces of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1981

Makes a citizen of the Northern Mariana Islands who intends to become a citizen of the United States eligible for appointment as an officer in the armed forces of the United States.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that United States Navy Regulations may be issued by the Secretary of the Navy without the approval of the President and to provide express statutory authority for the Secretary of the Navy to issue other regulations.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1981

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations without the approval of the President.

Francis J. West, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice David E. McGiffert, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 15 June 1981

Military Recruiting Information Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1981

Military Recruiting Information Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to collect and compile directory information on each 17 year old or 11th grade student in the United States for military recruiting and related national security purposes. Limits to three years the time such information may be retained. Requires such information to be kept confidential. Requests each State and local government to make available to the Secretary on request any criminal history information on any person who has applied for enlistment or participation in the armed forces.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reestablish educational assistance benefits for veterans under chapter 34 of such title.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1981

Entitles to educational assistance benefits veterans who served on active duty after September 30, 1981. Eliminates the delimiting period for such assistance.

A bill to provide for the establishment of a veterans' cemetery in the State of Delaware.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1981

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Delaware.

A concurrent resolution to deny the request of former President Carter for commissary privileges.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1981

Denies former President Carter commissary and PX privileges.

A resolution providing for the consideration of (H.R. 2614), a bill to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles and for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces and to increase the authorized personnel end strengths for military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1981

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2614 (military funding).

Edward J. Philbin, of California, to be Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, vice Harold W. Chase, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 9 June 1981

A bill to change the title of the new permanent flag grade for the Navy from commodore admiral to commodore.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981

Changes the title of the Navy flag grade of Commodore Admiral to Commodore.

Veterans Health Care Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1981

Veterans' Health Care Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to provide hospital or nursing home care to a veteran for treatment of a condition associated with exposure to Agent Orange during service in Vietnam. Extends through September 30, 1984, the Vietnam-era veterans' readjustment counseling program. Directs the Administrator to expand the scope of the epidemiological study and literature review of studies of long-term adverse health effects from exposure to Agent Orange to include an evaluation of the adverse health effects of other factors involved in such service, including exposure to other herbicides, chemicals, or environmental hazards or conditions.

Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Revision Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1981

Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Revision Act of 1981 - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Revision Act of 1979 to direct the President to appoint an interagency advisory committee to determine: (1) which materials are strategic and critical to the United States; (2) how much of such material should be stockpiled; and (3) what classification such material should be assigned. Sets forth a formula for determining the quantities of each classification of material to be imported. Requires that each stockpile goal be reviewed at least every four years by the interagency committee. Requires the head of an agency, upon the committee's determination, to notify Congress of any proposed new formula for computing the stockpile goal for a particular material. Makes such formula effective 90 days after such notification unless either House of Congress, within such period, agrees to a resolution of disapproval.

World War I Veterans Service Pension Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1981

World War I Veterans Service Pension Act of 1981 - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150: (1) to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements; (2) to the surviving spouse of each such veteran; or (3) when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.

Defense Officer Personnel Management Act Technical Corrections Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1981

Defense Officer Personnel Management Act Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act to make technical corrections.

A bill for the relief of certain present and former employees of the Defense Supply Agency at the Defense Construction Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1981

Considers service performed by various individuals over a specified time period to be creditable service for purposes of civil service retirement.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after age 62 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981

Provides that remarriage of a Veteran's surviving spouse after age 62 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the pension of a veteran who is blind as a result of a non-service-connected disability and who is being furnished hospital care by the Veterans' Administration in a Veterans' Administration center operated exclusively for the rehabilitation of blinded veterans shall not be reduced because the period of care of such veteran extends more than three months.

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981

Prohibits the reduction of the pension of a veteran with a non-service-connected disability of blindness who is being furnished hospital care in excess of three months by the Veterans' Administration in a VA center operated exclusively for the rehabilitation of blinded veterans.

A bill to amend chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to guarantee home loans with provisions for graduated-payment plans, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981

Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to guarantee loans for variable-payment (graduated payment) mortgages for the acquisition of a single- family dwelling unit.

Veterans Administration Medical Personnel Amendments of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981

Veterans' Administration Medical Personnel Amendments of 1981 - Subjects additional medical personnel appointed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, including dentists, nurses, podiatrists, and physicians, to a two year probationary period. Permits an Administrator-appointed board to review such employees during such period and recommend appropriate action to the Chief Medical Director. Permits the Director to accept, reject, or modify such recommendation.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize funds to the Republic of the Philippines to assure the effective care and treatment of patients in the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981

Eliminates the specified per diem rate limitation on nursing home care for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts. Extends from September 30 1981, through September 30, 1986, the period during which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may provide payments for hospital care and medical services in the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Philippines, for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts. Sets forth the terms, conditions, and rates for such treatment. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for fiscal years 1982 through 1986.

Veterans Rehabilitation and Education Adjustment Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981

Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Adjustment Act of 1981 - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish Veterans' Benefits Counselors to provide assistance and outreach benefits to veterans and eligible persons at locations such as school campuses. Eliminates the periods of eligibility restriction for vocational rehabilitation. Arranges for money to be transferred between the revolving fund for loans and appropriations for readjustment benefits for veterans pursuing rehabilitation programs. Includes within the term "program of education" any course pursued by a veteran because it is required as a condition to obtaining financial assistance under the Small Business Act. Eliminates the restrictions on enrollment in certain courses for both veterans and eligible dependents. Disapproves any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field. Permits a veteran to retain educational assistance to pursue continuing education or training in a field in which such veteran has already qualified if required by law to attain relicensure or retain employment in a particular profession or vocation. Requires the forfeiture of educational benefits for fraud. Extends for one year deadlines in the armed forces educational assistance program for members on active duty.

Herman E. Roser, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Defense Programs), vice Duane C. Sewell, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 2 June 1981

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the compensation payable to veterans who have lost or lost the use of both upper extremities as the result of service-connected disability.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1981

Increases the rate of wartime disability compensation for the anatomical loss or loss of use of both arms preventing natural elbow action with the use of a prosthetic appliance.

A bill to amend section 5 of the Uniformed Survivors Benefits Amendments of 1980 to provide the same annuity benefits to the surviving spouses of certain former members of the uniformed services who died before September 21, 1972, but after their discharge or release from active duty, as are provided under such section to the surviving spouses of certain former members who died before such date while serving on active duty.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1981

Amends the Uniformed Survivors Benefits Amendments of 1980 to entitle certain individuals who were widowed on or before September 21, 1972, and who are not covered by the Military Survivor Benefit Plan to an annuity.

American Basic Industrialization National Defense Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1981

American Basic Industrialization National Defense Act - Title I: Changes in the Investment Tax Credit for Taxable Years Beginning After 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the portion of the investment tax credit which is attributable to investment in qualified industrial property to offset 100 percent of the liability for tax. Defines "qualified industrial property" as: (1) railroad or airline property owned by a domestic common carrier; (2) steel manufacturing property; (3) automobile or automobile component manufacturing property; (4) mining and mineral processing property; and (5) pulp and paper manufacturing and converting property. Provides for the refundability of ten percent of the excess of such credit amount and the transferability of 15 percent of the excess of such amount to a corporation. Provides for the tentative refund of amounts treated as overpayments resulting from the application of the payment against tax of the portion refundable under this Act. Permits the assessment of excess attributable to tentative carryback or refund adjustments of such overpayments as a deficiency due to mathematical or clerical error. Increases the investment credit carryover from seven to ten years for unused credit years beginning after December 31, 1980. Excludes from calculation of the regular tax deduction, for purposes of the minimum tax, amounts of the investment tax credit which are attributable to qualified industrial property. Title II: Treatment of Existing Carryovers - Treats existing investment credit carryovers of any corporation which are attributable to qualified industrial property as part of the credit for the corporation's first taxable year beginning after 1980. Permits a corporation to elect to: (1) have such carryovers (to the extent that they do not exceed the corporation's net tax liability for the ten preceding taxable years) offset its liability for tax for its first taxable year beginning after December 31, 1980; and (2) have a specified amount not in excess of 25 percent of such carryovers offset its liability for tax for the two taxable years beginning after December 31, 1980. Reduces by an amount equal to 150 percent of the aggregate amount so specified the amount of such carryovers which may be considered in determining the investment tax credit and the carryback and carryover of unused credit amounts. Provides for the tentative refund of overpayments which result from such election. Title III: Requirement That Refunds Be Used for Investment in Qualified Industrial Property - Requires a taxpayer who receives a refund or credit of an overpayment or any amount resulting from a transfer of credit under this Act to place such amounts in a separate account to be used only for the acquisition of qualified industrial property not later than three years after the receipt of such amounts. Imposes a penalty for failure to establish such an account or use amounts in the manner prescribed.

A bill to amend titles 10, 14, 37 and 38 of the United States Code, to codify recent law, and to improve the Code.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1981

Codifies without substantive changes recent laws concerning: (1) the Secretary of Defense's report on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) readiness; (2) military facilities for obstetrical care; (3) the Defense Department's program for identifying and treating drug and alcohol dependence; (4) the disclosure of the identity of a defense contractor; (5) Defense Department procurement of gasohol as motor vehicle fuel; (6) the standardization of military and other equipment used by the armed forces stationed in Europe under NATO; (7) the recomputation of retired pay of specified members of the Army to reflect advancement on the retired list; (8) the construction of warship and escort vessels and the assignment of vessel projects; (9) shipbuilding policy; (10) the establishment and duties of the Defense Mapping Agency; (11) the recomputation of retired pay of specified members of the Air Force to reflect advancement on the retired list; (12) authorization of appropriations for personnel for the Coast Guard; (13) Coast Guard assistance to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide emergency helicopter transportation services to civilians; and (14) the civilian employment by a foreign government of retired or reserve members of the armed forces or uniformed services.

A joint resolution designating the week beginning September 25, 1981, as "Battle of West Canada Creek Bicentennial Week".

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1981

Requests the President to designate the week beginning September 25, 1981, as "Battle of West Canada Creek Bicentennial Week."

A resolution to amend Senate Resolution 324 of the Eighty-seventh Congress to provide for the participation of the Department of Defense education system for dependents in overseas areas in the Senate youth program.

United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1981

Provides for the participation of the Department of Defense education system for dependents in overseas areas in the Senate youth program.

Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1981

Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1981 - Establishes a new educational assistance program for the all-volunteer force. Entitles veterans who are graduates of a secondary school and who have served in the armed forces on continuous active duty for at least three years to basic educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve and the National Guard who are graduates of secondary school and who have served at least two years of continuous active duty in the armed forces and at least four years of continuous duty in the Selected Reserve to basic educational assistance. Sets forth the formula for determining the length of such assistance based on the length of time served. Entitles such veterans to a monthly assistance allowance of $250 for a full-time approved program of education. Permits enrollment, if eligible, in a program of education while an individual continues to perform his duties. Entitles veterans who have served three or more consecutive years of active duty in addition to those required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve who have served two or more consecutive years of active duty and four or more consecutive years of duty in the reserves in addition to that required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles such veterans to a monthly supplemental assistance allowance of $300 a month. Permits the provision of such assistance to an individual entitled to basic educational assistance who has a skill or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of personnel. Permits the Secretary of Defense to authorize such an individual to transfer to a dependent part or all of such individual's entitlement to educational assistance. Sets forth the conditions under which transferred benefits may be provided. Permits the Secretary of a military branch to enter into preservice educational assistance agreements to encourage enlistment in the active-duty and reserve components. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such assistance. Establishes a ten year delimiting period for educational assistance. Excludes time spent as a prisoner of war subsequent to discharge and time spent physically or mentally disabled. Limits educational assistance to individuals being furnished subsistence to the amount an institution would charge similarly circumstanced nonveterans. Prohibits participation in more than one program of educational assistance. Allocates the administration and costs of such programs to the Veterans' Administration and the Department of Defense. Requires predischarge counseling which includes a discussion of educational benefit entitlements. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator to submit to Congress a biennial report on the operations of such programs. Amends the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 to terminate the right to enroll in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program after December 31, 1981. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, to extend the pilot Department of Defense educational loan repayment program.

A bill to redesignate the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the Office of Civil Defense and Emergency Management.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981

Redesignates the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the Office of Civil Defense and Emergency Management.

A bill to amend the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1981

Amends the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act to eliminate the limitation on the amount of leave that may accumulate to the credit of a teacher employed by the Department of Defense (DOD) in a school located overseas. Requires that any person appointed to such a teaching position receive credit for any sick leave accumulated at a prior job with the Federal Government or the District of Columbia government, or at a job which is determined to have been a teaching position, provided the break in service does not exceed three years. Declares that any DOD teacher who is reappointed to another agency without a break in service exceeding three years shall receive credit for any sick leave or teacher's leave earned while the teacher worked for DOD.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that veterans' compensation or pension benefits to which an inmate of a State penal institution or State hospital is otherwise entitled may be paid directly to the State as reimbursement for costs incurred in the care of such inmate during the imprisonment or confinement, if the State law requires inmates in such institutions or hospitals to make reimbursement for such costs.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1981

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay to a State any veterans' compensation or pension benefits to which an inmate or patient of that State's penal institution or hospital would otherwise be entitled.

Uniformed Services Pay Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1981

Uniformed Services Pay and Benefits Act of 1981 - Increases for members of the uniformed services according to specified schedules: (1) the monthly basic pay; (2) the basic allowance for subsistence; and (3) the basic allowances for quarters. Increases the monthly pay for cadets and midshipmen. Increases the incentive pay for the performance of hazardous duty by enlisted crew members according to a specified schedule. Increases aviation career incentive pay, particularly for specified officers who have frequently and regularly performed operational or proficiency flying duty required by orders for over 25 years. Excludes time spent as an enlisted member of the Navy when determining incentive pay for officers for the frequent and regular performance of operational submarine duty required by orders. Increases the special pay for diving duty. Permits a member to receive both such special pay and incentive pay for hazardous duty if such member is assigned by orders to perform specified duties. Permits an unserved period of an enlistment to be considered as part of an immediately subsequent term of reenlistment for bonus purposes. Requires that such bonus be paid in periodic installments (currently gives a member the option of lump sum payment). Permits nuclear-qualified officers of the naval service to execute a new active-service agreement for one period of not more than four years as specified. Permits the payment of special pay for the performance of unusually hazardous duty or duty performed under unusually severe working conditions. Permits the President to suspend such pay in time of war. Permits the payment of special pay to an officer of an armed force who has been certified by the Secretary concerned as having the technical qualifications for detail to engineering or scientific duty. Sets forth the terms and conditions for receiving such pay. Prohibits the payment of travel and transportation allowances to members upon separation from service or release from active duty unless such member has served at least 90 percent of the time such member originally agreed to serve. Exempts members who retire, who are placed on the temporary disability retired list, or who are discharged for hardship from such requirement. Permits the reimbursement of subsistence expenses incurred by a member of a uniformed service and the member's dependents during a period of up to four days while occupying temporary quarters incident to a change of permanent station. Limits the amount of such reimbursement to $110 a day. Permits the advance payment of departure, dependent transportation and dislocation allowances. Authorizes a member of a uniformed service who is denied leave between two tours of duty overseas because of military necessity to use travel and transportation allowances from his current duty station at the first time the member is granted leave. Permits the payment of allowances to a member of a uniformed service and authorized dependents serving at a specifically designated duty station abroad transportation to another location abroad having different social, climatic, or environmental conditions than those at the duty station, or to the United States. Permits the payment of roundtrip transportation expenses for a member stationed overseas and authorized dependents incident to emergency leave granted for reasons of personal emergency. Permits the payment of travel and transportation allowances to a uniformed service member performing temporary duty away from his permanent duty station for return to such station or another location. Entitles members of the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program to an initial uniform allowance. Permits members of such program to be advanced up to one month's pay upon reporting for active duty. Permits the reimbursement of professional expenses incurred by an officer on active duty who is a judge advocate or law specialist of one of the armed forces. Establishes an annual limit to such reimbursement. Directs the Secretary of Defense to compare regular military compensation with the rates of pay for similar levels of work in private enterprise, rather than the General Schedule rates of basic pay for civilian employees when determining appropriate adjustments in compensation. Requires the President to prepare and submit to Congress an alternative plan for compensation adjustments when necessary because of national security considerations, national emergency, or economic conditions affecting the general welfare. Makes such alternative effective at the beginning of the applicable fiscal year unless either House adopts a resolution disapproving such alternative within 30 days of transmittal. Excludes involuntary leave taken by a member of an armed force during the appellate review of certain courts-martial convictions from the period of active service for purposes of determining leave entitlement and accumulation. States that such member may be required to begin such leave at any time on or after sentence is approved. Prohibits punishment before trial without regard to the effective date of sentences. Permits the accused to be represented by more than one military counsel as specified. Extends from 30 to 60 days the period during which an accused may petition the Court of Military Appeals for review of a decision of a Court of Military Review. Requires an application within two years of sentencing for modification or vacation of a sentence or findings in a courts-martial case which has been finally reviewed, but not review by a Court of Military Review. Increases the amount of reimbursement for quarters for a member of the uniformed service on sea duty deprived of quarters on ship. Increases the number of cadets and midshipmen who may be in financial assistance programs at any one time.

A bill to encourage enlistment and service in the military Reserve Forces of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1981

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to repay or cancel specified student loans for student borrowers who perform service as a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. Requires institutions of higher education participating in the student loan program to give priority to individuals who are members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force for loans made from the student loan fund. Includes in the definition of preference eligible an individual who has completed at least two years of service in the Selected Reserve.

Omnibus Prisoner of War Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981

Omnibus Prisoner of War Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to establish an advisory committee to assess medical and other information concerning former prisoners of war. Directs the Administrator to include on such committee former prisoners of war from World Wars I and II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era and authorities from specified medical fields. Includes chronic respiratory ailment, frozen feet, and gastro-intestinal disorder manifest to a degree of ten percent or more among the diseases presumed to have been incurred or aggravated by incarceration. Eliminates the two year manifestation limitation on psychoses for service-connected disability purposes. Entitles former prisoners of war to hospital or nursing home care and other medical care as needed.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that companies of the Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy may be commanded by commissioned officers of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, as well as by commissioned officers of the Army.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981

States that companies of the Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy may be commanded by commissioned officers of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps as well as by commissioned officers of the Army.

Veterans Administration Medical Personnel Amendments of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981

Veterans' Administration Medical Personnel Amendments of 1981 - Subjects additional medical personnel appointed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to a two year probationary period. Permits an Administrator-appointed board to review such employees during such period and recommend appropriate action to the Chief Medical Director. Permits the Director to accept, reject or modify such recommendation.