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Bill· HRH.R. 5263 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
National Security Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1985 and 1986 - Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1985 for plant and capital equipment and operating expenses in carrying out national security programs concerning the military applications of nuclear energy in the following areas: (1) naval reactors development; (2) weapons activities; (3) verification and control technology; (4) materials production; (5) defense waste and byproducts management; (6) nuclear safeguards and security; and (7) security investigations. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act for programs which have not been presented to or requested of Congress unless the Secretary of the Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Authorizes the Secretary to start any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of such project does not exceed $1,200,000. Sets forth procedures for approval of projects that exceed the 25 percent estimated cost provision, and exempts from such procedures any project which has an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for construction projects in support of national security programs as appropriated under this Act. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate committees of Congress within 30 days of planning and design costs in excess of $1,000,000. Authorizes funds for emergency construction design and pay increases. Permits funds to remain available until expended if so specified in an appropriation Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5220 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
National Defense Shipyard Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to revise the current construction-differential subsidy provisions by setting forth requirements for shipyard construction subsidies. Declares a shipyard qualified to receive a construction subsidy if it is capable of constructing: (1) seagoing vessels that meet the requirements of the Secretary of Transportation; and (2) simultaneously, at least three vessels of the type of which subsidy application is made. Prohibits a shipyard from making such application if more than 60 percent of its construction capacity in the previous year was used for vessel or other construction for the U.S. Government. Sets forth competitive bidding procedures for shipyard construction subsidies. Provides financial incentives and penalties on the use of such subsidies. Limits a subsidy to 40 percent of the shipyard's bid. Restricts vessels constructed under this Act to the foreign commerce of the United States or foreign-to-foreign commerce. Sets forth circumstances under which operating differential subsidy contractors may qualify for construction subsidies. Establishes the construction subsidy account in the U.S. Treasury for payment of subsidies under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for such account. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such subsidies for State maritime academy training vessels or icebreakers for the Coast Guard.
Bill· HRH.R. 5225 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to make an annual rather than a triennial report to Congress on the adequacy of per diem rates for payments made to States providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care to veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 5233 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Terminates the authority of the President to authorize a department or agency with defense-related functions to make, modify, or make advanced payments on contracts if such action would facilitate the national defense (formerly subject to congressional veto) unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 467 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Requires the President, within seven days after the adoption of this resolution, to furnish to the House of Representatives information concerning whether Colonel Nicholas Carranza or Roberto D'Aubuisson of El Salvador have ever received compensation from the Central Intelligence Agency.
Bill· SS. 2459 (98th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
National Security Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1985 and 1986 - Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1985 for plant and capital equipment and operating expenses in carrying out national security programs concerning the military applications of nuclear energy in the following areas: (1) naval reactors development; (2) weapons activities; (3) verification and control technology; (4) materials production; (5) defense waste and byproducts management; (6) nuclear safeguards and security; and (7) security investigations. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act: (1) where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser; and (2) for programs which have not been presented to or requested of Congress, unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Authorizes the Secretary to start any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of such project does not exceed $1,200,000. Sets forth procedures for approval of projects that exceed the 25 percent estimated cost provision, and exempts from such procedures any project which has an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for construction projects in support of national security programs as appropriated under this Act. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate committees of Congress within 30 days of planning and design costs in excess of $1,000,000. Authorizes funds for emergency construction design and pay increases. Permits funds to remain available until expended if so specified in an appropriation Act. Requires all litigation involving the atomic weapons testing program, including suits now filed against contractors who operate or operated Government-owned facilities relating to atomic energy national defense activities including weapons testing, to be maintained against the United States under the substantive and procedural requirements of the Federal Tort Claims Act. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1986 - Authorizes appropriations to DOE for FY 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 5218 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Transfers appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY 1985 and 1986 for the B-1B bomber program to the Department of Education for grants to State and local agencies to hire elementary school teachers.
Bill· HRH.R. 5208 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Amends the Older Americans Community Service Employment Act to exclude compensation received by war veterans under such Act from income for non-service-connected disability pension purposes.
Bill· SS. 2451 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984
Increases the adapted housing benefit ceiling for veterans with specified permanent and total service-connected disabilities. Amends the veterans' housing loan program to increase the maximum amounts the Veterans Administration may guarantee for an eligible veteran.
Bill· HRH.R. 5202 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984
Increases the weight allowed to be carried on a triaxle of certain vehicles using the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
Bill· HRH.R. 5191 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984
Terminates the President's authority (formerly subject to congressional veto) to, in the interests of national security, place orders for procurement to obtain prompt delivery of any articles or materials to be used exclusively for the armed forces or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under the Military Selective Service Act unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5192 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984
Terminates the head of an agency's authority (formerly subject to congressional veto) to make advance or progress payments in excess of a specified amount under a defense contract for property or services unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 5167 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for procurement by the armed forces and the defense agencies of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and for other procurement. Extends through FY 1985 the authority of the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the NATO Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO AWACS program, to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by certain personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation. Authorizes additional appropriations as needed for increases in civilian employee benefits. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for operation and maintenance. Authorizes additional appropriations as needed for increases in civilian employee benefits. Title IV: Working Capital Funds - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the working capital fund of each of the armed forces and for the Defense Stock Fund. Title V: Active Forces - Authorizes strengths for active duty personnel as of the end of FY 1985. Title VI: Reserve Forces - Authorizes average strengths for the selected reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1985. Permits the reduction and increase in such strengths as specified. Authorizes a specified number of reserves to serve on full-time active duty in order to organize, administer, instruct, recruit, or train the reserve components. Permits the end strength levels to be increased by two percent in the national interest. Increases the number of certain personnel who may be on active duty in specified grades. Title VII: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes civilian personnel levels for the Department as of the end of FY 1985. Directs the Secretary to apportion such personnel among the various armed forces and defense agencies and to report to Congress within 60 days on such apportionment. Specifies which personnel shall be included in computing the strength for civilian personnel. Permits the Secretary to increase the strength by up to two percent in the national interest. Title VIII: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes average military training student loads for each component of the armed forces for FY 1985. Requires the adjustment of such loads as the manpower strengths of each component are adjusted. Title IX: General Provisions - Amends the Selected Acquisition Reports provisions to: (1) redefine a major defense acquisition program to mean a Defense Department acquisition program with a firm program baseline and cost estimate that has received congressionally approved funding and a departmental decision to proceed with full-scale engineering development, in addition to current requirements; (2) establish in excess of $5,000,000 the floor for major contracts; (3) permit less than five percent changes in cost and performance and less than six months delay in a major defense acquisition program before second, third, and fourth quarter status reports are required; (4) increase the time allowed for the submittal of the comprehensive annual and the Quarterly Selected Acquisition Reports to Congress; and (5) terminate reporting requirements once 90 percent of planned deliveries or expenditures have been incurred. Amends the Unit Cost Report provisions to: (1) redefine Baseline Selected Acquisition Report to mean the first comprehensive Selected Acquisition Report prepared subsequent to the award of the first production contract rather than the selected Acquisition Report in which information on the program is first included; (2) define Baseline Report with respect to unit cost reports submitted during subsequent quarters of the preceding fiscal year, depending upon when or whether such reports were submitted; (3) require the program manager for a defense acquisition program to breakdown the quarterly and other required unit cost reports and determinations by constant base-year dollars as well as current dollars; (4) exclude from the prohibition on expending further funds when a major defense acquisition program overruns cost by a certain percentage when changes in the program are a result of congressional action and the Secretary concerned reports to Congress within 30 days; (5) require reports triggered by unit cost overruns to express such costs for the succeeding fiscal year in both base-year and current dollars; and (6) trigger reporting requirements only in the first quarter of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the first production contract is awarded. Permits the issuance of withdrawal credits to customer accounts in connection with the capitalization of aviation depot level repairable assets. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983, to repeal the prohibition against consolidating functions of the military transportation commands.
Bill· HRH.R. 5161 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Terminates the President's authorities relating to loans and loan guarantees to prevent the financial insolvency or bankruptcy of any contractor connected with performing a contract or operation deemed necessary to the national defense under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (formerly subject to congressional veto) unless the exercise of such authorities is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5170 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Permits the sale of supplies or services from Department of Defense inventories financed through a Department working-capital fund on a noninterference basis to a U.S. manufacturer or developer for use in products to be used in a contract with a Federal agency or a friendly foreign government as well as in a contract for the Department.
Bill· HRH.R. 5125 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1984
Military Chaplains Faith Balance Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to increase the representation of underrepresented religious faiths among armed forces chaplains.
Bill· HRH.R. 5129 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1984
Prohibits the President from selling Stinger air defense guided missile systems to Jordan or Saudi Arabia. Requires the President to cancel any agreement for the sale of such systems with Jordan or Saudi Arabia if such an agreement is reached before enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5140 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1984
Prohibits the President from issuing a letter of offer to Jordan or Saudi Arabia for basic Stinger air defense guided missile systems. Prohibits the President, if such a sale has already been made, from making deliveries to the recipient country without specific authorization by the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 5117 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1984
Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to recover and examine the remains of a deceased member of an armed force or any other person if essential to the investigation of a death believed to be the result of an operational activity of the armed forces.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 273 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1984
Expresses the gratitude and condolences of Congress to those who made sacrifices and who gave their lives in Lebanon and Grenada.
Bill· SS. 2414 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for procurement by the armed forces and the defense agencies of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and for other procurement. Extends through FY 1985 the authority of the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the NATO Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO AWACS program, to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by certain personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation. Authorizes additional appropriations as needed for increases in civilian employee benefits. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for operation and maintenance. Authorizes additional appropriations as needed for increases in civilian employee benefits. Title IV: Working Capital Funds - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the working capital funds of each of the armed forces and for the Defense Stock Fund. Title V: Active Forces - Authorizes strengths for active duty personnel as of the end of FY 1985. Title VI: Reserve Forces - Authorizes average strengths for the selected reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1985. Permits the reduction and increase in such strengths as specified. Authorizes a specified number of reserves to serve on full-time active duty in order to organize, administer, instruct, recruit, or train the reserve components. Permits the end strength levels to be increased by two percent in the national interest. Increases the number of certain personnel who may be on active duty in specified grades. Title VII: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes civilian personnel levels for the Department as of the end of FY 1985. Directs the Secretary to apportion such personnel among the various armed forces and defense agencies and to report to Congress within 60 days on such apportionment. Specifies which personnel shall be included in computing the strength for civilian personnel. Permits the Secretary to increase the strength by up to two percent in the national interest. Title VIII: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes average military training student loads for each component of the armed forces for FY 1985. Requires the adjustment of such loads as the manpower strengths of each component are adjusted. Title IX: General Provisions - Amends the Selected Acquisition Reports provisions to: (1) redefine a major defense acquisition program to mean a Defense Department acquisition program with a firm program baseline and cost estimate that has received congressionally approved funding and a departmental decision to proceed with full-scale engineering development, in addition to current requirements; (2) establish in excess of $5,000,000 the floor for major contracts; (3) permit less than five percent changes in cost and performance and less than six months delay in a major defense acquisition program before second, third, and fourth quarter status reports are required; (4) increase the time allowed for the submittal of the comprehensive annual and the Quarterly Selected Acquisition Reports to Congress; and (5) terminate reporting requirements once 90 percent of planned deliveries or expenditures have been incurred. Amends the Unit Cost Report provisions to: (1) redefine Baseline Selected Acquisition Report to mean the first comprehensive Selected Acquisition Report prepared subsequent to the award of the first production contract rather than the selected Acquisition Report in which information on the program is first included; (2) define Baseline Report with respect to unit cost reports submitted during subsequent quarters of the preceding fiscal year, depending upon when or whether such reports were submitted; (3) require the program manager for a defense acquisition program to breakdown the quarterly and other required unit cost reports and determinations by constant base-year dollars as well as current dollars; (4) exclude from the prohibition on expending further funds when a major defense acquisition program overruns cost by a certain percentage when changes in the program are a result of congressional action and the Secretary concerned reports to Congress within 30 days; (5) require reports triggered by unit cost overruns to express such costs for the succeeding fiscal year in both base-year and current dollars; and (6) trigger reporting requirements only in the first quarter of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the first production contract is awarded. Permits the issuance of withdrawal credits to customer accounts in connection with the capitalization of aviation depot level repairable assets. Repeals provisions of the Department of Education Organization Act which would have transferred from the Department of Defense to the Department of Education the responsibility for overseas schools for Defense Department dependents. Permits the Secretary to enter into agreements with the Governments of any friendly foreign country or international organization under which the United States agrees to provide communications support or related supplies and services in return for the reciprocal provision of an equivalent amount of support or supplies. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983 to repeal the prohibition against consolidating functions of the military transportation commands.
Bill· SS. 2411 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Amends the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act to direct the Secretary of the military department concerned to honor court orders for child support or alimony through payments from the disposable military pension of the member of the armed forces concerned without regard to whether or not the court order specifies that such payments be made from such pension.
Bill· HRH.R. 5073 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Revises general defense procurement contract law to require a contractor who must deliver technical data or computer software in connection with parts or components which are subject to replacement (spare parts) to grant the contracting agency unlimited rights to the use of such data or software. Grants the United States limited rights in data relating to a component or modification developed completely at private expenses, sufficient to allow subsequent competitive procurement of parts and components from another manufacturer. Restricts the dissemination of proprietary technical data through contract procedures. Directs the Secretary of Defense to examine all current supplies in which the U.S. has only limited rights in the technical data, including an independent contractor's examination of any claims that an item was developed completely at private expenses. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress within the year on such examination.
Bill· HRH.R. 5079 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Entitles certain members of the armed forces who serve at least 12 months on continuous active duty and are then discharged to enter an approved precommissioning program for Post Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 5080 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center on Highway 6 West, Iowa City, Iowa, as the Darwin Lee Judge Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 5064 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1984
Defense Spare Parts Procurement Reform Act - Directs the head of a defense agency to establish procedures to recognize personnel efforts to increase competition and achieve cost savings in spare parts procurement. Requires each contractor supplying a military department to mark each item with: (1) the contractor's name and stock number for the item; and (2) the original manufacturer or producer if not the contractor. Requires all technical data relating to a part delivered under the contract to carry the name of the original manufacturer or producer and the stock number. Prohibits a contractor from entering into agreements with a subcontractor which restrict sales by the subcontractor directly to the United States. Limits such prohibition to contracts involving $25,000 or more. Requires that replacement parts be procured by competitive methods when possible. Directs a contracting officer to determine the availability of a part first through the supply system of the Defense Department and then under Federal supply contracts through the General Services Administration. Requires such officer to review the procurement history and description of a part. Directs the head of the contracting agency to require a bidder on a major system to specify: (1) whether the technical data provided would be with unlimited or limited rights and with a license; and (2) the cost of the United States of acquiring unlimited rights or a license. Requires that such bidders certify that items not available with unlimited rights will be developed at private expense and that the technical data is not in the public domain. Grants the United States unlimited rights in technical data delivered under contract if such data was developed wholly or in part at Government expense or is in the public domain. Establishes a second contractor review system and penalties for false statements concerning assertions that certain technical data is private. Directs a contractor to certify the completeness and accuracy of all statements concerning technical data to be or not to be provided, including opportunities and requirements for cure if such data should prove to be inaccurate or insufficient for subsequent reprocurement purposes. Directs the head of any agency to develop a plan for an accounting system to monitor access to and ownership of data which includes the possibility of a department-wide system for the retrieval of technical data. Requires the submission of such a plan to Congress. Directs the head of each such agency, within three years, to inventory the access to or the ownership of all technical data for each major system under the agency's jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary of Defense to coordinate such inventories to allow the exchange of information. Requires the head of each such agency to designate within the agency a competition advocate for the agency, and one for each procuring activity. Sets forth the functions of such advocates, including maximizing competitive opportunities during acquisition and challenging existing, inhibiting practices. Grants such advocates direct access to agency personnel. Requires each agency head to report to Congress by December 15 of each year on the management of the acquisition of replacement parts, including the activities of the competition advocates. Requires that such reports be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and break down information by the Department as a whole as well as for each of the military departments.
Bill· SS. 2391 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
Increases from one-half of one percent to one percent of the total loan amount the fee a veteran must pay when obtaining a veterans' housing loan, loan guarantee, or loan insurance. Requires that such fees be deposited in the Veterans Administration Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 5027 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
Amends the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act to direct the Secretary of the military department concerned to honor court orders for child support or alimony through payments from the disposable military pension of the member of the armed forces concerned without regard to whether or not the court order specifies that such payments be made from such pension.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 455 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4164 (vocational and technical education programs).
Bill· SS. 2385 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1984
Amends the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act to authorize the permanent reappointment of any female naval officer appointed to the temporary grade of rear admiral.
Bill· SS. 2381 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984
Defense Contract Audit Agency Abolition Act of 1984 - Terminates the Defense Contract Audit Agency and transfers its offices and functions to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Defense. Lists the additional duties of the Office of Inspector General, which include: (1) performing all necessary audits of contracts in connection with the negotiation, administration, and settlement of contracts by the Department; (2) furnishing accounting and financial advisory services regarding contracts and subcontracts to all Department components responsible for procurement and the administration of contracts; and (3) providing requested assistance in the development of policies and regulations relating to procurement by the Department.
Bill· HRH.R. 4981 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Requires that registration under the Military Selective Service Act be carried out only as specified in applicable Presidential proclamations and regulations.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 499 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Designates the week beginning November 11, 1984, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
Bill· SS. 2364 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1985 - 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 construct or acquire family housing units at specified installations in specified amounts. Permits the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units. Earmarks certain housing funds for energy conservation projects only. 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 carry out a water supply and flood control project for the Santa Margarita River, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units at specified installations. Authorizes expenditures to improve existing military family housing units. 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. Authorizes improvements to existing military family housing units. Earmarks certain housing funds for energy conservation projects only. Permits the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units as specified. 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 at specified installations. Permits expenditures to improve existing units. Amends the Military Construction Authorizations Act, 1984, to increase the authorizations level for defense agency construction in FY 1984. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure program. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Recurring Administrative Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1984 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Departments of the Army, the Navy, and 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 FY 1986 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 housing. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1984 for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the guard and reserve forces. Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the ceiling on facility acquisitions which the Secretary of Defense may make using funds available for operations and maintenance. Expands the authority of the Secretary to contribute funds to a State for arms storage rooms to encompass any critical portion of State facilities related to a Federal military mission. Title VIII: General Provisions - Expands the liability of a member of the armed forces for damage to housing, equipment, and furnishing to include damage to an unaccompanied personnel housing unit as well as to a family unit. Permits the Secretary to establish limitations of liability or to compromise or waive claims. Sets 75 percent as an absolute rather than a ceiling for the amount of a member's basic allowance for quarters which will be charged when a member with dependents occupies a substandard family housing unit under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department. Treats land acquisition projects involving condemned lands the same as all other land acquisition projects conducted by a military department. Increases from five to 12 the percent of available real property funds a Secretary of a military department may use to acquire options. Authorizes a Secretary of a military department to use operation and maintenance or construction funds to restore land to a condition required by another military department or Federal agency which has permitted such land to the department. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to exchange specified lands with the Colorado Board of Land Commissioners to acquire title to or interests in lands in the vicinity of Consolidated Space Operations Center, Falcon Air Force Station, Colorado. Expands the Secretary of Defense's emergency construction authority to activate it whenever the President determines an imminent threat to the national security exists such that current facilities would be inadequate to meet a mobilization effort. Terminates such authority in six months or at the end of a declared war or national emergency. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress when contract cost variations are in excess of 25 percent of funds appropriated for the project and the total cost under the contract exceeds the maximum amount for a minor military construction project. Eliminates the 21-day congressional notice period before emergency or contingency military construction may proceed, but requires the Secretary to submit a detailed report to Congress on such projects prior to the obligation of funds. Title IX - Authorizes appropriations for military construction for FY 1986.
Law· HRH.R. 4957 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion: (1) for FY 1985, one-half of the sums authorized to be appropriated in accordance with the interstate cost estimate for such fiscal year; and (2) for FY 1984, one-half of the sums to be apportioned for such fiscal year in accordance with the interstate substitute cost estimate. Increases the authorized appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for emergency relief for FY 1984. Makes the following projects eligible for emergency relief funds: (1) a project to alleviate flooding conditions on an interstate highway in the vicinity of Carencro, Louisiana; and (2) a project to repair any Federal-aid primary route in San Mateo County, California, which was destroyed as a result of storms and a mountain slide during the winter of 1982-1983. Makes funds available to Maryland for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing a specified interstate route. Revises provisions with respect to State use of allocated funds. Makes the construction of a bridge in the vicinity of Valley City and Florence, Illinois, eligible for the Federal highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to remove cement from its Buy American provisions.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 497 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984
Designates the month of June 1984 as Veterans' Preference Month.
Law· HRH.R. 4952 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide community impact planning assistance to Indian tribes located near once potential sites for the MX missile. Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to such Indians on the same basis as that provided to State and local governments under the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981, utilizing available FY 1981 Air Force appropriations. Limits coverage to requests for assistance made before a specified date.
Bill· HRH.R. 4944 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Exempts from taxation educational assistance payments made by the United States to or on behalf of members or former members of the armed forces or their dependents. Excludes lump-sum payments from such exemption.
Bill· HRH.R. 4938 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Revised Statutes) to prohibit the award of damages against any Federal, State, or local governmental entity in any action for the deprivation of rights where the court finds that the officials involved acted in good faith. Amends the Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Awards Act of 1976 to limit the award of Attorneys' fees in certain civil rights actions. States that attorneys' fees should be awarded: (1) to prevailing plaintiffs unless special circumstances would make the award unjust; and (2) to prevailing defendants if the plaintiff's claim is found to be frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless, or that the plaintiff persisted in litigating after it clearly became so, even though there was no subjective bad faith. Allows attorneys' fees where a party prevails on another claim which is merely pendent to a civil rights claim only if the court finds that the civil rights claim has sufficient merit to have justified a separate suit. Prohibits the award of fees for any litigation following rejection of a settlement offer substantially favorable to the prevailing party. Allows fees where a claim is mooted by a change in Government policy only if the pendency of the claim was a material factor for such change. Requires the amount of fees awarded to be based on a reasonable market rate for time reasonably spent on the claims. Prohibits awards based on bonuses or multipliers. Requires the attorney of a party seeking an award of fees to apply to the court with an itemized statement of hours worked, the nature of the work, and the rates charged.
Bill· HRH.R. 4931 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1985 - 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 construct or acquire family housing units at specified installations in specified amounts. Permits the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units. Earmarks certain housing funds for energy conservation projects only. 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 carry out a water supply and flood control project for the Santa Margarita River, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units at specified installations. Authorizes expenditures to improve existing military family housing units. 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. Authorizes improvements to existing military family housing units. Earmarks certain housing funds for energy conservation projects only. Permits the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units as specified. 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 at specified installations. Permits expenditures to improve existing units. Amends the Military Construction Authorizations Act, 1984, to increase the authorizations level for defense agency construction in FY 1984. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure program. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Recurring Administrative Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1984 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Departments of the Army, the Navy, and 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 FY 1986 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 housing. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1984 for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the guard and reserve forces. Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the ceiling on facility acquisitions which the Secretary of Defense may make using funds available for operations and maintenance. Expands the authority of the Secretary to contribute funds to a State for arms storage rooms to encompass any critical portion of State facilities related to a Federal military mission. Title VIII: General Provisions - Expands the liability of a member of the armed forces for damage to housing, equipment, and furnishing to include damage to an unaccompanied personnel housing unit as well as to a family unit. Permits the Secretary to establish limitations of liability or to compromise or waive claims. Sets 75 percent as an absolute rather than a ceiling for the amount of a member's basic allowance for quarters which will be charged when a member with dependents occupies a substandard family housing unit under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department. Treats land acquisition projects involving condemned lands the same as all other land acquisition projects conducted by a military department. Increases from five to 12 the percent of available real property funds a Secretary of a military department may use to acquire options. Authorizes a Secretary of a military department to use operation and maintenance or construction funds to restore land to a condition required by another military department or Federal agency which has permitted such land to the department. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to exchange specified lands with the Colorado Board of Land Commissioners to acquire title to or interests in lands in the vicinity of Consolidated Space Operations Center, Falcon Air Force Station, Colorado. Expands the Secretary of Defense's emergency construction authority to activate it whenever the President determines an imminent threat to the national security exists such that current facilities would be inadequate to meet a mobilization effort. Terminates such authority in six months or at the end of a declared war or national emergency. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress when contract cost variations are in excess of 25 percent of funds appropriated for the project and the total cost under the contract exceeds the maximum amount for a minor military construction project. Eliminates the 21-day congressional notice period before emergency or contingency military construction may proceed, but requires the Secretary to submit a detailed report to Congress on such projects prior to the obligation of funds. Title IX - Authorizes appropriations for military construction for FY 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 4930 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 to carry out the programs of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Repeals limitations on certain appropriations under such Act, including appropriations for: (1) the payment of travel and per diem expenses for certain students; (2) the donation of radiological instruments; (3) contributions to States for personal equipment for State and local workers; and (4) contributions to States for personnel and administrative expenses.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 445 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the National Defense Service Medal be reissued to honor eligible members of the armed forces serving on active duty during the Korean War and the Vietnamese Conflict.
Bill· SS. 2320 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Requires that U.S. military forces which were introduced into Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua on or after August 1, 1983, shall be withdrawn by April 22, 1984. Prohibits sending U.S. armed forces into such countries for training exercises or any other purpose until: (1) Congress has authorized their presence in advance by a joint resolution signed by the President; or (2) the presence of such forces is necessary to provide for the immediate evacuation of U.S. citizens, or to respond to a clear and present danger of military attack on the United States. Declares that, in either case, the President should advise and, to the extent possible, consult in advance with the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 4890 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Increases to $5,000 the amount of automobile and adaptive equipment assistance the Administrator of Veterans Affairs may provide to an eligible person.
Bill· HRH.R. 4889 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
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. 4896 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Increases the maximum amount the Administrator of Veterans Affairs may pay or reimburse a disabled veteran for improvements and structural alterations to a dwelling as part of home health services. Permits the Administrator to provide bereavement counseling to the immediate family of a veteran.
Bill· SS. 2313 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Entitles individuals who performed service as National Guard technicians before January 1, 1969, to credit for such service when determining length of service for purposes of civil service retirement, leave, employee death and disability compensation, group life and health insurance, severance pay, tenure, and status.
Bill· SS. 2298 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Mexican Border Period and World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly service pension of $125 to certain veterans of World War I and the Mexican border period. Increases such pension to $150 if the veteran has a spouse or child. Provides for the payment of a monthly pension of $100 to the surviving spouses of such veterans.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 348 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should explore: (1) in coordination with other member countries of the multinational force in Lebanon, the formation of a more broadly based force in Lebanon comprised of oil-consuming countries dependent on Middle East oil imports; (2) in discussions with the Soviet Union, the transferral of the peacekeeping responsibilities in Lebanon to a United Nations peacekeeping force or to forces from neutral countries; and (3) replacing the onshore presence of U.S. Marines in Lebanon with U.S. military advisers.
Bill· HRH.R. 4833 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to furnish medical treatment to veterans of the Vietnam era who served in Southeast Asia and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Limits treatment of such disorder to no more than 15 Veterans Administration medical facilities. Directs the Administrator to compile and publish research results concerning the causes and treatment of such disorder. Terminates such assistance after FY 1988.