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Bill· SS. 1541 (98th)open

A bill to authorize the presentation on behalf of the Congress of a specially struck bronze medal to the families of American personnel missing or otherwise unaccounted for in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983

Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate jointly to present, on behalf of the Congress, a bronze medal to families of American personnel missing or otherwise unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 1544 (98th)referred

National Defense Stockpile Copper Acquisition Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983

National Defense Stockpile Copper Acquisition Act of 1983 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to acquire a specified quantity of copper for the National Defense Stockpile. Earmarks funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for such purpose.

Bill· HRH.R. 3336 (98th)open

A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to modify the insanity defense in the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1983

Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a defense to a Federal prosecution that at the time of the offense the defendant suffered from a severe abnormal mental condition that grossly and demonstrably impaired his perception and understanding of reality so that he did not appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct. Places the burden of proving the existence of this defense by the preponderance of the evidence on the defendant. States that "abnormal mental condition" does not include voluntary intoxication. Authorizes a verdict of "not responsible only by reason of insanity," if the defendant would be guilty but for the defense provided. Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to prohibit expert witnesses from offering opinions on the ultimate issue regarding mental incompetence. Provides for an initial screening examination to determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe that the defendant lacks competence. Allows for a more thorough examination of the defendant if the initial results suggest incompetence. Requires a hearing on the issue of competence and further examination on the issues of the likelihood of the defendant's recovery and the appropriate treatment. Allows for treatment if necessary. Requires in-patient treatment only when the defendant is dangerous, likely to flee, or in custody. Transfers to State officials for State civil commitment certain defendants who have received the maximum treatment under this section or are found incompetent with no substantial probability of improvement. Requires a board of examiners for every Federal penal and correctional institution which shall examine prisoners about whom there is probable cause to believe competence at trial was lacking even though the issue was not raised and determined. Requires the district court concerned to vacate conviction and order a new trial for any prisoner about whom such a board certifies that such probable cause does exist. Allows a person serving a sentence of imprisonment to be transferred to a mental institution upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence that the prisoner is in need of treatment. Establishes Federal commitment procedures for persons found "not guilty only by reason of insanity". Provides for a special examination of violent offenders in order to determine their dangerousness. Provides for treatment of a person found not responsible only by reason of insanity. Provides procedures for conditional release in certain situations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3289 (98th)open

A bill to establish a commission to study defense-related aspects of the United States merchant marine.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1983

Establishes the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense to study the capability of the U.S. merchant marine to transport cargo necessary to the national defense during a period of war or national emergency. Directs the Commission to report to Congress and the President within nine months on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Terminates such Commission 90 days after the report is submitted. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3300 (98th)referred

Veterans Administration Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1983

Veterans Administration Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act - Title I: Adjudication Procedures - Codifies, for Veterans Administration (VA) adjudication purposes, the burden of proof and reasonable doubt standards currently provided for by VA regulation. States that a claimant has the burden of submitting sufficient evidence to justify his or her claim, and that if an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence exists regarding the merits of a claim, the VA is to resolve such doubt in favor of the claimant. States that VA subpoenas may be served either by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail. Increases the maximum size of the Board of Veterans' Appeals from 50 to 65 members. Requires the chairman of such Board to submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning the Board's current handling of cases and projections for the subsequent fiscal year. Requires the Board to: (1) provide notice to a claimant and an opportunity for a hearing before a decision may be based on "additional official information" received after a Board decision has previously been made; and (2) make its decision exclusively on evidence and material of record in the proceeding. Removes the requirement that new material sufficient to allow the Board to reopen a previously disallowed claim be in the form of official reports. Provides that the Board's discretionary authority to reopen a claim will not be diminished by a judicial decision following an appeal as provided for by this Act. Requires the Board to mail to the claimant notice of its decision and the reasons for such decision. Provides that, upon the request of a claimant, the Board shall provide an independent advisory medical opinion when there exists substantial medical disagreement with respect to a material issue in a veteran's appeal. Sets forth new procedural rules for adjudication hearings regarding: (1) oaths, affirmations, and witness examination; (2) admissibility of evidence; (3) procedural rights of claimants; (4) disqualification of a hearing officer; (5) the record of the proceedings and the claimant's right to examine and obtain a copy of such record; and (6) the exclusiveness of veterans' adjudication procedures and rights prescribed by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to provide at each stage of the appeal proceedings written notice to a claimant of the claimant's procedural rights. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of two alternative claims resolution methods: (1) a new intermediate-level adjudication process; and (2) an enhanced schedule of formal Appeals Board hearings. Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on such studies. Title II: Veterans Administration Rule Making - Includes the VA's rulemaking procedures under the relevant provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Title III: Judicial Review - Provides for judicial review of VA decisions in the Federal court system. States with regard to jurisdiction: (1) the definition of final decision; (2) that judicial review of a final decision in a claim for benefits may be obtained in a civil action brought within 180 days of the Board's mailing of notice of its decision, and that such action shall be brought in Federal district court; (3) that the VA shall file the various materials constituting the record in a case together with its answer to the claimant's complaint; (4) that the court may render a decision on the pleadings; and (5) that the judicial review procedures established under this Act shall not apply to insurance and home loans. States, with regard to the reviewing court's scope of review, that such court: (1) shall decide questions of law and interpret constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, but that questions of fact (unless unsupported by substantial evidence) will not be subject to a trial de novo; and (2) in reviewing a final decision of the VA which is adverse to a party solely because such party failed to comply with VA procedures, may only review questions concerning such procedures. Sets out provisions regarding remand, survival of actions, and appellate review. Title IV: Attorneys' Fees - Authorizes the Administrator to allow attorneys' fees above the present $10 maximum if the appealing party's claim is allowed by the VA after an initial denial. States that such fee shall be the lesser of: (1) the fee agreed upon by the party and attorney; (2) $500, unless the Administrator approves a greater amount; or (3) if the party and attorney have entered into a contingent-fee agreement, not more than 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such party's claim. Provides for the approval of attorneys' fees, in successful veterans' claims brought before a court, as provided for under this Act. States that such fees shall be determined by such court, and in contingent-fee agreements such fees shall not exceed 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such claim. Authorizes attorneys' fees of up to $750 in certain unsuccessful veterans' claims. Prohibits the VA from authorizing payment to a claimant's attorney based on past-due benefits unless such benefits are owed as of the date of the VA's or a court's award. States that such provisions regarding attorneys' fees shall only apply to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the VA and shall not apply in cases in which the VA is the plaintiff or in which other attorneys' fees statutes are otherwise controlling. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for this Act.

Law· HRH.R. 3263 (98th)enacted

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1983

Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1984 - Appropriates funds for FY 1984 for military construction operations by the Department of Defense, for the: (1) Army; (2) Navy; (3) Air Force; (4) Defense agencies; (5) North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure; (6) Army National Guard; (7) Air National Guard; (8) Army Reserve; (9) Naval Reserve; (10) Air Force Reserve; (11) family housing for the Army; (12) family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps; (13) family housing for the Air Force; and (14) family housing for the Defense agencies. Limits the amount of money which may be available for study, design, and engineer services. Makes previously appropriated funds available to the respective departments through the authorizations enacted by the 98th Congress. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for: (1) payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work except as specified; (2) the construction or replacement of any bakery or laundry facilities unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that such services are not obtainable commercially; (3) the purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of their value except as specified; (4) the relocation of activity from one base to another wihout prior notification to the Appropriations Committees; (5) base realignment or closure which is not in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act; (6) dredging in the Indian Ocean by foreign contractors except as specified; (7) construction of any site-specific facilities for the MX missile system until the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act are met; (8) the payment of property taxes to a foreign nation; and (9) the payment of unlawfully admitted aliens. Permits the use of funds for advances to the Federal Highway Administration for the construction of certain access roads certified as important to the national defense. Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services. Permits the obligation of funds for military construction projects through the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year which such funds were appropriated. Prohibits the use of funds for the sale or lease of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii. Prohibits the use of funds to initiate a new installation overseas without the prior approval of the Appropriations Committees. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for beddown projects at Misawa, Japan, until the Committees determine that the Japanese budget has increased funding for FY 1984 for such and related purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 3242 (98th)referred

Uniformed Services Survivor Benefits Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1983

Uniformed Services Survivors Benefits Amendments of 1983 - Extends the application of the Survivor Benefit Plan to a person who dies before or within 90 days after notification of eligibility for retired pay and is married or has a dependent child. Entitles certain surviving dependent children of such a person to an annuity equal to the difference between the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation and 55 percent of the retired pay to which the children would have been entitled. Increases the amount of retired pay which shall be reduced by a specified percentage for a person with a spouse or spouse and dependent child who has not elected to provide an annuity for such persons, or has changed such an election. Directs the Secretary concerned to pay an annuity to survivors of a member or former member who died during a specified period and who would have been eligible for retired pay if he had been 60. Requires a person entitled to two annuities because of subsequent marriage to elect which annuity to receive.

Bill· HRH.R. 3210 (98th)referred

A bill to authorize the President to impose a tariff surcharge on the products of certain countries in order to offset the expense of providing United States defense assistance to such countries.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1983

Authorizes the President to impose tariff surcharges on articles imported from Japan, France, or any country within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if the President determines that the cost of providing such country with defense assistance should be offset by tariff surcharges.

Bill· HRH.R. 3189 (98th)referred

Veterans Diagnostic Services Experiment Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1983

Veterans' Diagnostic Services Experiment Act of 1983 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish an experimental program to determine the economic and functional feasibility of furnishing diagnostic health-care services to eligible veterans in a remote area. States that such program shall run from January 1, 1984, through January 1, 1987. Requires the Administrator to enter into a contract with a health-care facility in Aroostook County, Maine, to serve as a diagnostic clinic. Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to advise him on operating procedures and requirements. Directs such committee to report to the Administrator annually. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees by July 1, 1986, on the operation of the program.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 215 (98th)referred

A resolution relating to the building of weapons for deployment in space.

United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1983

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should expeditiously recommend to Congress the budgetary steps necessary to build defensive weapons for deployment in space capable of destroying ballistic missiles.

Bill· SS. 1402 (98th)reported

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to permit substitution of a veterans' housing loan entitlement when the veteran-transferee is not an immediate transferee.

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1983

Amends the veterans' benefits provisions concerning a veteran's aggregate housing loan entitlement to permit the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to exclude any amounts any veteran-transferee, not just an immediate veteran-transferee, agrees to assume on the outstanding balance on the loan as part of such veteran's own entitlement.

Bill· SS. 1401 (98th)reported

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the Administrator to permit a federal fiduciary, administratively appointed by the Veterans' Administration, to deduct from the beneficiary's estate a modest commission for fiduciary services.

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1983

Amends the veterans' benefits provisions concerning minors, incompetents, and other wards to permit the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to authorize a Veterans Administration appointed fiduciary to deduct up to four percent of the benefits received by the beneficiary as a commission.

Law· SS. 1388 (98th)enacted

An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of compensation for disabled veterans and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors; to express the sense of the Congress that increases in the rates of compensation should take effect on December 1 beginning in fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1983

Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1983 - Title I: Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of veterans' disability compensation. Permits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to adjust the rates of disability compensation for other specified persons. Increases the rates of additional compensation for dependents. Increases the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans. Title II: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses according to a specified table. Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Increases the rates of supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Title III: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for this Act.

Bill· SS. 1371 (98th)open

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to add the disease lupus erythematosus to the list of chronic diseases that are considered to be service-connected for purposes of veterans' benefits if occurring within one year from the date of a veteran's separation from service.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983

Includes lupus erythematosus among the chronic diseases considered to be service-connected for purposes of veterans' benefits if it manifests itself to a degree of ten percent or more within one year of separation from service.

Bill· HRH.R. 3145 (98th)open

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to place the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the national military chain of command and to remove limitations on the Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983

Establishes the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after the Secretary of Defense in the chain of combatant commands. Eliminates the numerical restriction on the Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sets forth the terms and conditions of service on the Joint Staff by officer personnel.

Bill· HRH.R. 3106 (98th)referred

Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983

Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1983 - Establishes in the Department of Defense a Civilian Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires such Director to perform all duties relating to operational testing and evaluation in the Department. Requires such Director to advice and report directly to the Secretary of Defense. Grants such Director access to all necessary Department records. Permits the Director to require observers to be present during testing. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to report all testing results to the Director. Requires the Director to respond to congressional requests for information. Prohibits the obligation of funds for operational testing without the advance approval of the Secretary. Directs the President to request separately budget authority for the Director's activities. Grants the Comptroller General access to all records of the Department of Defense.

Bill· HRH.R. 3123 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the admission to Veterans' Administration hospitals for psychiatric evaluation and treatment of veterans who have been determined to require such evaluation and treatment.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to furnish a veteran who is determined to require evaluation and treatment for a mental condition the necessary hospital care and medical services for such evaluation and treatment.

Bill· HRH.R. 3114 (98th)referred

Intelligence Expenditures Oversight Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983

Intelligence Expenditures Oversight Act of 1983 - States that no release of funds appropriated to the Reserve for Contingencies of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or use of transfer authority by the CIA, may exceed $2,000,000 for any activity without approval of the intelligence committees of Congress. Requires the approval of such committees before such funds may be used for any covert military or paramilitary activity.

Bill· HRH.R. 3079 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Military Selective Service Act to provide that retired members of the Armed Forces may serve as members of local boards of the Selective Service System.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1983

Amends the Military Selective Service Act to permit persons receiving military retirement or retainer pay (or certain persons under the age of 60 who would otherwise be entitled to military retirement pay) to serve on local Selective Service System boards.

Bill· HRH.R. 3080 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow veterans with service-connected disabilities who are eligible for military retired pay for nonregular service to receive compensation for such disabilities from the Veterans' Administration and to receive such retired pay without reduction in either such compensation or such retired pay.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1983

Permits veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired reserve members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with a military pension, without deduction from either.

Bill· HRH.R. 3073 (98th)open

People Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1983

People Protection Act - Encourages the President to implement the following measures related to strategic defenses: (1) consolidate all directed-energy activities in a new agency; (2) consolidate the space and strategic defense activities into a unified space command within the armed forces; (3) establish and place under the space command a command for ground-based strategic air defenses and ballistic missile defense; (4) transfer space-launch vehicles as necessary for the space-based defense systems to the Department of Defense; (5) develop a manned space station to support national security and other activities; (6) assess the role of strategic defenses within current and prospective arms control agreements; (7) assess the consistency of specified treaties with existing international legal conventions for the regulation of armed conflict; and (8) assess other organizational changes within the Government needed to implement the President's strategic recommendations.

Bill· SS. 1318 (98th)open

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to preclude certain restrictions on the authority to guarantee or insure certain veterans' loans in the total amount provided by law.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983

Amends the veterans' benefits provisions concerning home loans to direct the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to make commitments to guarantee and insure loans, limited only by the availability of qualified applicants and the amounts appropriated for such program.

Bill· SS. 1304 (98th)referred

Strategic and Critical Minerals Inventory Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1983

Strategic and Critical Minerals Inventory Act of 1983 - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to report to Congress within 180 days on the National Defense Stockpile. Requires such report to include: (1) a current inventory of the strategic and critical minerals in the Stockpile; (2) a list of minerals, broken down by the degree to which the United States is either self-sufficient or dependent on foreign sources, the degree to which each such mineral is essential for military, industrial, or civilian needs, and amounts in reserve; and (3) an analysis on the impact of interruption of access to foreign sources. Directs the President to establish a program under the Director to assess on a continuing basis the requirements for and availability of strategic and critical materials. Sets forth the elements of such program, including identification, monitoring, and review of Federal policy on material needs and sources. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3023 (98th)referred

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1983

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for procurement by the Navy and Marine Corps of aircraft, weapons, missiles, torpedoes, naval vessels, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for procurement by the Defense agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to procure secure telephone equipment during FY 1984 to support a national program to provide secure telephone service for the Department and other Government agencies. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the Pershing II missile program. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the sea-launched cruise missile program. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from obligating funds for the strategic sealift ready reserve program acquisition of a specific vessel until the appropriate congressional committees have been given 30 days notice. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from obligating funds for the LCAC landing craft air cushion program until the Secretary has submitted specified information concerning the procurement source selection to the appropriate congressional committees. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the ground-launched cruise missile program, the B-1B Bomber program, or for antisatellite weapons. Prohibits the procurement of binary chemical weapons. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for use of the armed forces and defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the: (1) Pershing II missile program; (2) ballistic missile defense program; (3) the Army's Military Computer Family System and specified Navy computers until the Secretary of Defense gives the Armed Services Committees a plan for the introduction and integration of advance micro-electronic computers into weapons systems; (4) Trident II missile program or the sea-launched cruise missile program; (5) Navy Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser program; (6) ground-launched cruise missile program; (7) B-1B bomber program; (8) antisatellite weapons; (9) development of fifth-generation artificial intelligence computers until the Secretary reports a comprehensive plan to Congress; and (10) development of binary chemical weapons. Title III: Land Based Strategic Ballistic Missile Modernization Program - Cancels the MX missile program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 for the Air Force for research, development, test, and evaluation of a small mobile missile system. Directs the President to report to Congress by March 1, 1984 as to whether such system is verifiable for arms control purposes and is in compliance with the pending Salt II treaty. Title IV: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for the armed forces, including the reserves and national guards, and defense agencies for operation and maintenance. Authorizes appropriations for pay raises, fuel costs, and inflation adjustments. Prohibits the use of funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Prohibits the long-term leasing of a naval vessel if the lease includes a substantial termination liability and a vessel with a major component not built in the United States. Title V: Active Forces - Authorizes end strength levels for active duty personnel for the armed forces for FY 1984. Title VI: Reserve Forces - Establishes average strength for FY 1984 for: (1) the Army National Guard; (2) the Army Reserve; (3) the Naval Reserve; (4) the Marine Corps Reserve; (5) the Air National Guard; (6) the Air Force Reserve; and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve. Permits the adjustment of average strength levels in the national interest and as specified. Title VII: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes an end strength for civilian personnel for the Department for FY 1984. Requires the apportionment of such personnel among the various military branches and departments. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such allocation within 60 days. Specifies the types of civilian employees to be included in such end strengths. Permits the Secretary to increase the number of such personnel in the national interest. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress of any such increase. Eliminates any civilian personnel ceilings for FY 1983. Title VIII: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes average military training student loads for FY 1984. Title IX: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, including amounts for State personnel and administrative expenses. Prohibits the use of funds for population relocation in times of crisis. Title X: Military Personnel and Compensation Matters - Part A: Compensation Matters - Increases the pay of the uniformed services by four percent, effective January 1, 1984. Includes time spent as an enlisted member as well as a warrant officer when computing the basic pay of certain commissioned officers. Authorizes hazardous duty pay for persons involved in testing aircraft or missile systems during which highly toxic fuels or propellants are used. Revises eligibility criteria for certain members' separation pay. Freezes the variable housing allowance during FY 1984 at end of FY 1983 levels. Entitles members of reserve component on active duty for 140 days or more to a variable housing allowance. Revises the rules for payment of a per diem for performing travel under orders away from a designated post of duty. Permits the payment of travel and transportation allowances for travel from overseas for education purposes of dependent children of a member of the uniformed services permanently assigned outside the United States. Part B: Retired Pay Matters - Makes permanent a six-month delay in cost-of-living adjustments for military pensions. Provides for a reduction by one-half in the cost-of-living adjustment made for military retirees under 62 if a similar reduction is made in the civil service retirement system. Requires that years of service for computing military pensions be determined by considering any full month of service as one-twelfth of a year, whether or not a member has more or less than six full months (termination of the six-month rounding rule). Part C: Personnel Management Matters - Permits the President, with the consent of the officer involved, to transfer a commissioned officer from one branch of the uniformed services to another. Credits officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Public Health Service with the number of years in service for retirement purposes and, with regard to the Public Health Service only, for purposes of grade and rank when transferred to an armed force. Part D: Survivor Benefits - Amends the Survivor Benefit Plan to permit a participant to change coverage under the Plan from a spouse or spouse and child to a former spouse as specified. Extends coverage to include additional, specified widows within the minimum income provisions of the Plan. Part E: Miscellaneous - Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 to extend through FY 1984 the Department of Defense Educational Assistance Loan Repayment Program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to require the payment of fees for veterinary care provided pets by armed forces personnel. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to transport to the place of burial the remains of a military retiree who dies in a military medical facility. Title XI: General Provisions - Directs the President to report to Congress within 90 days on the impact of current and projected levels of defense spending on the economy. Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from contracting for the lease of a vessel if the contract is for a long term or the termination liability of the United States is large. Permits a Secretary to enter into such a contract if specifically authorized to do so and the appropriate committees of Congress are given 30 days notice of such contract. Establishes the Commission on Defense-Related Aspects of the United States Merchant Marine to study the capability of the U.S. Merchant Marine to transport cargo necessary to the national defense during times of war or national emergency. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the production of binary chemical weapons. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish economic readjustment assistance programs for communities and workers affected by the reductions in weapons and defense programs required under this Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 197 (98th)passed

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2969) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1984 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 · 17 May 1983

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2969 (armed forces funding).

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 142 (98th)reported

A resolution to limit multiple warhead ICBMs.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983

Urges the President to call on the Soviet Union to enter into a bilateral moratorium on the testing and deployment of new or new variants of existing ICBMs armed with more than one warhead. Prohibits funds for the testing or production of the MX missile for six months or until the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has tested or deployed a new or new variant type ICBM with more than one warhead after the moratorium comes into force. Urges the President to propose specified arms limitations to the Soviet Union.

Bill· HRH.R. 2996 (98th)open

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide transportation to annual national meetings sponsored by the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia for the next of kin of certain unaccounted for persons.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983

Permits the Secretary of Defense to provide air transportation to annual national meetings within the continental United States sponsored by the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia to the next of kin of persons missing in action in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era, or reported dead without repatriation of the remains.

Bill· HRH.R. 3016 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize reimbursement for the reasonable charge for chiropractic services provided to certain veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to reimburse eligible veterans for reasonable charges for chiropractic services. Directs the Administrator to establish a schedule of reasonable charges. Requires the Administrator to make annual reports to the Veterans Affairs Committees for four years concerning the use and reimbursement of chiropractic services.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 193 (98th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all Americans join in expressing appreciation to the Westphall family of Eagle Nest, New Mexico, and to the Disabled American Veterans for creating and providing for the DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial to be rededicated at Eagle Nest, New Mexico, on Memorial Day, May 30, 1983.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983

Expresses the sense of the House that Americans join in expressing their appreciation to the Westphall family of Eagle Nest, New Mexico, and to the Disabled American Veterans for their service to the country in creating and providing for the Disabled American Veterans Vietnam Veterans National Memorial at Eagle Nest, New Mexico.

Law· HRH.R. 2968 (98th)enacted

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1984

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1984 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (Agency) and the Department of Defense. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees of any intent to spend funds in excess of authorization. Prohibits reprogramming or funds transfers except in restricted circumstances. Authorizes appropriations for the design and construction of an additional building at the Agency Headquarters. Allows the Agency to reimburse the State of Virginia for highway improvements associated with construction at the Agency headquarters. Authorizes appropriations for counter-terrorism activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to employ civilian personnel in excess of the ceiling for such personnel when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Prohibits any funds appropriated by this Act from being used for covert assistance for military operations in Nicaragua. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1984. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 215 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Administrative Provisions Related to the Central Intelligence Agency and the Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes the Agency to determine minimum and maximum age limits for appointees to operational positions within the Agency. Allows the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to grant honorary awards to employees. Title V: General Provisions - States that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Allows increases in employee benefits as authorized by law.

Law· HRH.R. 2972 (98th)enacted

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Permits the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation projects only. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design in connection with military family housing construction and improvements. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified projects using unobligated funds from the previous year's authorization. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units and acquire manufactured home facilities at specified installations. Authorizes expenditures to improve existing military family housing units, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation projects only. Increases the number of irrigable acres which may be leased for agricultural and grazing purposes at the Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California. Permits the Secretary to acquire land in San Diego, California, for future construction of military family housing. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 to modify the authority for procuring a steam supply for the Charleston, South Carolina, Naval Station from the Macalloy Corporation. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Permits the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units and acquire manufactured home facilities at specified installations. Authorizes improvements to existing military family housing units, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation projects only. Permits the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units as specified. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design in connection with military family housing construction. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Permits the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units and acquire manufactured home facilities at specified installations. Permits expenditures to improve existing units. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure program. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for prefinancing of projects to be paid for by such program until a precise schedule has been established for recoupment of existing U.S. prepayments on such projects and procedures have been established for recoupment of any future prefinancing payments. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report regularly to the appropriate committees of of Congress on progress in establishing such a schedule. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Recurring Administrative Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1983 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Departments of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for the NATO Infrastructure program. Limits the total cost of all projects to the total amounts authorized to be appropriated for each military department concerned. States that such authorizations shall expire at the end of 1985 except as otherwise specified. Establishes maximum amounts on certain expenditures, including unspecified minor military construction projects and per unit improvement and rental costs for military family hosuing. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1983 for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the guard and reserve forces. Increases from $200,000 to $400,000 the ceiling on facility acquisitions which the Secretary of Defense may make without notifying the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. Title VIII: General Provisions - Decreases from 2,500 to 2,000 the number of military, civilian, and contractor personnel assigned to an area as part of the establishment or expansion of a military installation that would make the area eligible for community planning assistance. Permits the Secretary of the military department concerned to enter into contracts for the lease ofhousing facilities on or near military installations in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Guam. Sets forth the terms, conditions, and limitations on such leasing. Requires such Secretary to give the appropriate committees of Congress 21 days notice of an agreement to lease. Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments to enter into agreements to occupy privately or State or locally developed rental housing located near military installations that have a shortage of family housing. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such agreements. Increases the number of high cost leases which may be entered into. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to exchange specified lands with the County of Orange, California. Requires the County of Orange to pay the difference to the United States if the fair market value of the land it receives exceeds the fair market value of the land it conveys. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey specified land in the County of Ventura, California, to the Oxnard Harbor District, California. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey specified land to the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as a permanent site for the Alabama Space Science Exhibit. Reserves a reversionary interest for the United States should the land conveyed be used for other than the specified purpose. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to exchange specified lands in the County of Franklin, Ohio, within the City of Columbus, Ohio. Requires the City of Columbus to pay the difference to the United States if the fair market value of the land it receives exceeds the fair market value of the land it conveys. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to exchange specified lands with the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority in Orlando, Florida.

Bill· HRH.R. 2969 (98th)passed

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for procurement by the Navy and Marine Corps of aircraft, weapons, missiles, torpedoes, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and other procurement. Earmarks a specified amount of funds for the United States contribution for FY 1984 for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) acquisition of the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Earmarks funds for the procurement of 240 missiles under the AGM-86B air-launch cruise missile program. Permits the use of multiyear procurement contracts for procurement of the B-1B aircraft program. Authorizes appropriations for procurement by the Defense agencies. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 to extend through FY 1984 the Secretary of Defense's authority to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by other than AWACS personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified changes during FY 1984 under the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between NATO Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO AWACS program. Authorizes the Secretary to procure secure telephone equipment during FY 1984 to support a national program to provide secure telephone service for the Department and other Government agencies. Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from establishing a second source for the production of the M-1 tank engine. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from obligating funds for the strategic sealift ready reserve program acquisition of a specific vessel until the appropriate congressional committees have been given 30 days notice. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from obligating funds for the LCAC landing craft air cushion program until the Secretary has submitted specified information concerning the procurement source selection to the appropriate congressional committees. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for use of the armed forces and defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation. Sets forth specific limitations on the use of these funds, including earmarking certain amounts for specified weapons systems. Prohibits the use of funds for the Army's Military Computer Family System and specified Navy computers until the Secretary of Defense gives the Armed Services Committees a plan for the introduction and integration of advance micro-electronic computers into weapons systems. Prohibits the use of funds by the Air Force for the Airborne Laser Laboratory program or the Law Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infared Night (LANTIRN) system. Prohibits the use of funds by the Defense agencies for fifth-generation artificial intelligence computers until the Secretary reports a comprehensive plan to Congress. Title III: Land-Based Strategic Ballistic Missile Modernization Program - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 for the Air Force for the MX Missile program. Sets forth specific limitations on the use of these funds concerning the size of the missile, the number of warheads carried, and the conditions which must be met before certain numbers of missiles may be deployed. Title IV: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for the armed forces, including the reserves and national guards, and defense agencies for operation and maintenance. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) expenses of the Secretary of the Army related to the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice; (2) payment of Department claims; and (3) the United States Court of Military Appeals. Authorizes appropriations for pay raises, fuel costs, and inflation adjustments. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide logistical support, equipment, and personnel services to the 1984 games of the XXIII Olympics. Authorizes appropriations. Places restrictions on the use of such funds, including presidential approval of a justification by the Olympic Law Enforcement Coordinating Council for Olympic arrangements concerning logistical responsibilities and needs. Prohibits the long-term leasing of a naval vessel if the lease includes a substantial termination liability and a vessel with a major component not built in the United States. Title V: Active Forces - Authorizes end strength levels for active duty personnel for the armed forces for FY 1984. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 to extend through FY 1984 the limitation on the enlistment and induction of persons into the armed forces whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is below a prescribed level. Limits the funds available to the Department for permanent change of station travel. Directs the Secretary of Defense to take measures to reduce the number of permanent changes. Directs the Secretary to reduce the number of personnel assigned to headquarters staffs. Title VI: Reserve Forces - Establishes average strength for FY 1984 for: (1) the Army National Guard; (2) the Army Reserve; (3) the Naval Reserve; (4) the Marine Corps Reserve; (5) the Air National Guard; (6) the Air Force Reserve; and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve. Permits the adjustment of average strength levels in the national interest and as specified. Sets forth the number of reserves serving on full-time active duty to administer, recruit, or train the reserve components. Increases the number of enlisted personnel who may be on active duty in support of the reserve components. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization, 1983 to include the National Guard within certain FY 1983 duty status provisions. Entitles members of the National Guard serving in a full-time duty status to organize or train to the same rights and benefits as those of members on active duty. Title VII: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes an end strength for civilian personnel for the Department for FY 1984. Requires the apportionment of such personnel among the various military branches and departments. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such allocation within 60 days. Specifies the types of civilian employees to be included in such end strengths. Permits the Secretary to increase the number of such personnel if in the national interest. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress of any such increase. Eliminates any civilian personnel ceilings for FY 1983. Title VIII: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes average military training student loads for FY 1984. Requires that any adjustments in such loads be apportioned among the armed forces and reserve components. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 to extend through August 31, 1984, the reduction in the number of students required to be in a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Title IX: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, including amounts for State personnel and administrative expenses. Title X: Military Personnel and Compensation Matters - Part A: Compensation Matters - Increases the pay of the uniformed services by four percent, effective January 1, 1984. Includes time spent as an enlisted member as well as a warrant officer when computing the basic pay of certain commissioned officers. Authorizes hazardous duty pay for persons involved in testing aircraft or missile systems during which highly toxic fuels or propellants are used. Revises eligibility criteria for certain members' separation pay. Freezes the variable housing allowance during FY 1984 at the end of FY 1983 levels. Entitles members of reserve component on active duty for 140 days or more to a variable housing allowance. Revises the rules for payment of a per diem for performing travel under orders away from a designated post of duty. Permits the payment of travel and transportation allowances for travel from overseas for education purposes of dependent children of a member of the uniformed services permanently assigned outside the United States. Part B: Retired Pay Matters - Makes permanent a six-month delay in cost-of-living adjustments for military pensions. Provides for a reduction by one-half in the cost-of-living adjustment made for military retirees under 62 if a similar reduction is made in the civil service retirement system. Requires that years of service for computing military pensions be determined by considering any full month of service as one-twelfth of a year, whether or not a member has more or less than six full months. Part C: Personnel Management Matters - Modifies the ROTC's Scholarship Program to extend eligibility to students whose approved program includes a fifth academic year. Extends eligibility for a subsistence allowance to members of precommissioning programs from 20 to 30 months. Permits the President, with the consent of the officer involved, to transfer a commissioned officer from one branch of the uniformed services to another. Credits officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Public Health Service with the number of years in service for retirement purposes and, with regard to the Public Health Service only, for purposes of grade and rank when transferred to an armed force. Authorizes the appointment of one cadet from American Samoa and one from the children of U.S. civilian personnel in Panama to each of the military academies. Permits citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands to be appointed as officers in the U.S. armed forces. Part D: Health-Care Matters - Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services to limit the provision of inpatient mental health services to 60 days a year except as specified. Prohibits CHAMPUS from paying for benefits covered by another plan a patient is enrolled in except for a plan administered under title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid). Applies the same reimbursement standards to CHAMPUS as are applied to the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act). Increases the amount of pay for a contract surgeon serving full time with a uniformed service. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct studies and demonstration projects on the health care delivery system of the uniformed services with a view to improving its quality and cost effectiveness. Requires that alternative programs for medical care for dependents be studied and suggests that alternative methods of payment for services and cost-sharing by eligible beneficiaries also be included. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress periodically on such studies and projects. Extends medical malpractice protection for health-care personnel of the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Adjusts the rate of stipend paid to recipients of Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarships. Part E: Survivor Benefits - Amends the Survivor Benefit Plan to permit a participant to change coverage under the Plan from a spouse or spouse and child to a former spouse as specified. Extends coverage to include additional, specified widows within the minimum income provisions of the Plan. Directs the Secretary concerned to pay an annuity to survivors of a member or former member who died during a specified period and who would have been eligible for a military pension if he had been 60. Part F: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to accept voluntary services for a museum or a family support program. Deems such volunteers Federal employees only for workmen's compensation purposes. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 to extend through FY 1984 the Department of Defense Educational Assistance Loan Repayment Program. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund to be used for the accumulation of funds to finance on an actuarially sound basis the military pension and survivor benefit programs. Establishes in the Department of Defense a Department of Defense Retirement Board of Actuaries to: (1) review valuations of the Fund; (2) make annual reports to the Secretary of Defense on the actuarial status of the Fund; and (3) report at least quadrenially to the President and Congress on the status of the Fund. Directs the Board to determine present value of future benefits not later than six months after the Board's appointment. Requires the Board to determine an amortization schedule for the liquidation of the original unfunded liability. Requires the Secretary to determine the amount of Department contributions to the Fund on an annual basis for inclusion in budget requests for the following fiscal year. Directs the President to include the full amount in the budget transmitted to Congress. Directs the Secretary to actuarially value the military pension and survivors' benefits programs at least quadrenially. Requires the Secretary to amortize changes in benefits since the last valuation. Directs the Secretary to make monthly payments to the Fund in specified amounts. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual payments, at the beginning of the fiscal year. Requires the Secretary of Defense to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury each year the amounts under the amortization schedules. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to invest certain portions of the Fund in public debt securities. Directs the Secretary of Defense to require the payment of fees for veterinary care provided pets by armed forces personnel. Authorizes the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, Rear Admiral Edward A. Burkhalter to the grade of vice admiral while Director of the Intelligence Community Staff. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to transport to the place of burial the remains of a military retiree who dies in a military medical facility. Title XI: General Provisions - Permits the Secretary of Defense to transfer up to $1,500,000,000 of the funds authorized among categories as specified. Requires the Secretary to notify Congress immediately of any transfers. Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from contracting for the lease of a vessel if the contract is for a long term or the termination liability of the United States is large. Permits a Secretary to enter such a contract if specifically authorized to do so and the appropriate committees of Congress are given 30 days notice of such contract. Establishes the Commission on Defense-Related Aspects of the United States Merchant Marine to study the capability of the U.S. merchant marine to transport cargo necessary to the national defense during times of war or national emergency. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the production of binary weapons unless the President certifies to Congress that a unitary artillery shell will be rendered militarily useless for each binary artillery shell produced. Eliminates certain restrictions under the Arms Export Control Act concerning cost-recovery requirements and foreign military sales. Permits the Secretary of the Navy to carry out the F/A-18 aircraft program without regard to specified restrictions. Designates the School of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine. Prohibits the procurement of manual typewriters manufactured within Warsaw Pact nations. Requires that appropriations for the working capital funds be specifically authorized.

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