Defence

A bill to require the payment of special pay for duty subject to hostile fire for members of the Armed Forces performing duty in or over the Persian Gulf or in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987

Requires a member of the armed forces to receive special pay during the period in which such member is performing duty in or over the Persian Gulf or in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf while assigned to a naval vessel or other unit. Terminates such provision in the event that the President determines that members performing such duty are no longer subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger due to war, terrorism, or other similar conditions.

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States should enter into negotiations with countries which participate in a common defense alliance with the United States for the purpose of a more equitable apportionment of the burden of financial support for the alliance.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987

Declares that the United States should enter into negotiations with countries which participate in a common defense alliance with the United States, particularly members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Japan, for the purpose of a more equitable apportionment of the burden of financial support for the alliance.

A bill to require the prior approval of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense before a vessel previously registered under the laws of a foreign country may be documented under the laws of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987

Amends Federal law to prohibit documentation of a vessel which was previously registered under the laws of a foreign country without the prior approval of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense.

A joint resolution declaring that the requirements of section 4(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution apply to the protection of reflagged vessels in the Persian Gulf by United States Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987

Provides that any use of U.S. armed forces to escort, defend, or otherwise protect any reflagged vessel in the Persian Gulf: (1) constitutes the introduction of U.S. armed forces into hostilities or situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances; and (2) requires the submission to the Congress of a report pursuant to the War Powers Resolution.

Kenneth P. Bergquist, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Chapman B. Cox, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 9 June 1987

A bill to require that the use of United States Armed Forces to escort, protect, or defend certain reregistered vessels in the Persian Gulf comply with the War Power Resolution.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1987

Declares that the use of U.S. armed forces to escort, protect, or defend certain reregistered vessels in the Persian Gulf requires compliance with certain reporting requirements enumerated under the War Powers Resolution. Provides that, in the event that such report is not transmitted to the Congress, the provisions of the War Powers Resolution shall nevertheless apply beginning 48 hours after the introduction of such forces.

A bill to provide that a certain amount of funds shall be available to the Secretary of Energy each fiscal year for cleanup of hazardous or radioactive waste from atomic energy defense activities and to require the Secretary of Energy to develop within one year a comprehensive plan for the cleanup of such waste.

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1987

Makes funds available to the Secretary of Energy, according to a specified formula, for the cleanup of hazardous or radioactive waste from atomic energy defense activities. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of Energy the amount calculated according to such formula. Precludes the use of such funds for repository costs resulting from permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste from atomic energy defense activities. Makes such funds available for FY 1988 through 1992. Requires the Secretary of Energy, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to: (1) develop a comprehensive plan, including a timetable and estimated costs, for the cleanup of hazardous or radioactive waste from atomic energy defense activities; and (2) submit such plan to specified congressional committees.

A bill to allow the 65 miles per hour speed limit on highways that meet interstate standards and are not currently on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987

Authorizes the States to raise the speed limit to 65 miles per hour on highways on the Interstate System which are located outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more and which: (1) are constructed according to specified interstate standards; or (2) are divided four-lane fully controlled access highways designed to accommodate such speeds.

Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Health Care Provisions - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct (current law authorizes) the Administrator of Veterans Affairs (the Administrator) to provide certain medical services to eligible veterans. Revises the definition of "nursing home care" for purposes of such provisions, to include services delivered in skilled, intermediate care, and combined facilities, but to exclude domiciliary or residential care. Revises the definition of "Veterans' Administration facilities" to include public or private facilities at which the Administrator provides recreational activities for patients receiving care under a specified provision of Federal law. Authorizes the Administrator to contract-out with non-Veterans Administration (VA) facilities for the provision of nursing home care to veterans in a public or private nursing home in the community, and for hospitalization of a person for observation and examination to determine eligibility for benefits, when the VA is unable to provide such services adequately. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish such medical services as needed for any person: (1) for a disability for which a person receives disability compensation; or (2) for a disability where disability compensation is suspended, but only to the extent that such person's continuing eligibility is provided for in the judgment or settlement of an action concerning such suspension. Prohibits the Administrator, before a date to be determined, from relocating any VA readjustment counseling centers that are situated apart from VA health-care facilities. Authorizes the Administrator (current law directs) to take certain action regarding the transition from offering veterans' readjustment counseling in facilities located apart from VA health-care facilities to offering such services in VA health-care facilities. Extends to September 30, 1991, the contract adult day health care program. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study, and submit specified reports on, the cost efficiency of furnishing adult day health care over nursing home care, and the advantages and disadvantages of furnishing such care through facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Administrator and through facilities that are under the jurisdiction of the Administrator. Adds veterans sojourning or residing in Canada to those eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care while abroad. Repeals a specified provision of the Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1979 requiring annual reports from the Administrator concerning the contracting-out of health care. Directs the Administrator to conduct a pilot program to provide care and treatment and rehabilitative services in halfway houses, therapeutic communities, psychiatric residential treatment centers, and other community-based facilities to homeless veterans suffering from chronic mental illness disabilities. Requires the Administrator to approve each such program before putting it into operation. Terminates the authority for such pilot program on September 30, 1988. Directs the Administrator, no later than May 1, 1988, to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on the experience of the VA under the pilot program and the recommendations of the Administrator as to whether such program should be continued. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 for such program, earmarking a specified amount of such authorized funds for quality control management and monitoring of such program. Repeals a specified provision of current Federal law relating to the provision of treatment and rehabilitation for chronically mentally ill veterans. Title II: Health Care Personnel - Amends Federal provisions relating to health-care personnel within the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery (the Department) to provide pay increases for specified health-care personnel within such Department. Increases the hours considered to be weekend duty eligible for premium pay for nurses in the Department. Revises other provisions concerning miscellaneous medical personnel matters. Revises provisions concerning the composition and convening of disciplinary boards for medical personnel of the Department. Requires any determination made by such board to be made only after notice and an opportunity for a fair hearing. Requires a majority of the members of a disciplinary board to be employees in the same category of position as the employee who is the subject of the charges. Defines a "covered disciplinary action" for purposes of such boards as a disciplinary action: (1) arising from performance or conduct during a person's tenure with the VA; and (2) proposing that such person be removed, suspended for more than 14 days, or given a demotion involving the loss of grade or pay. Makes technical changes to Federal provisions concerning the Health Professional Scholarship Program. Excludes temporary research personnel from any ceiling on full-time employees of the VA or any other ceiling applicable to employees of the VA. Provides for the employment of two (currently one) Associate Deputy Chief Medical Directors, who shall act as assistants to the Chief and the Deputy Chief Medical Director of the Department. Revises provisions relating to the appointment, reappointment, or extension of employment of any person appointed to a position in the Department. Requires the first two years of employment of a person appointed to a medical personnel position in the Department to be a probationary period, allowing the record of such employee to be reviewed at any time during such period by a board appointed under regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Requires the board to make recommendations to the Chief Medical Director concerning each such employee, and allows the Chief Medical Director to accept, reject, or modify such recommendations, requiring a statement of reasons if the Chief Medical Director takes actions not recommended by the board. Provides for the payment of on-call pay for medical personnel of the Department required to be on call for a period other than the employee's regular hours of duty, at a specified rate. Revises provisions relating to the waiver of certain licensing requirements of certain medical personnel if such person is to be employed only in a research or academic post where there is no direct responsibility for the care of patients, or if such person is to serve in a foreign country where he or she is fully licensed under the laws of such country. Title III: Administration of Health-Care System - Provides a six-year statute of limitations for actions brought by the United States against a veteran for recovery of the cost of furnishing care and services to a veteran for a non-service-connected disability. Excludes certain medical personnel of the Department from immunity from suit under specified Federal law which prohibits certain Federal employees from suing or being sued, thereby authorizing suits against such personnel for negligent or wrongful acts or omissions committed while an employee of the Department. Authorizes the Administrator to settle any claim against such employees under tort laws, to the extent delegated to the Administrator by the Attorney General. Prohibits the Administration from transferring any interest in real property owned by the United States and administered by the Administrator which is valued in excess of $50,000 to another Federal agency or to a State, unless such transfer is specifically authorized by law after the date of enactment of this Act. Makes technical revisions to Federal provisions regarding the financial management of the veterans' canteen service. Provides that persons employed in the canteen service and compensated from a revolving fund established for the provision of such service may not be considered to be employees of the VA for purposes of the determination of VA employee ceilings. Exempts certain specified VA fund accounts from the operation of any sequestration order issued or enacted for any fiscal year after FY 1985. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement such exemption, and, no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, report to the appropriate congressional committees on any action taken to implement such provision. Directs the Administrator to carry out a pilot program to determine hospital management efficiency within the VA. Requires the Administrator to designate five medical centers to participate in the pilot program. Requires the Administrator to consult with the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees before making such designation. Authorizes the Director of a designated medical center to waive or alter any applicable management and administration laws pertaining to such center in order to improve the efficiency and economy of such medical center. Directs the Administrator to ensure that a designated medical center does not incur a budget reduction during the period of the pilot program due to improved efficiency or economy of operation achieved under this provision. Directs the Administrator to submit to the Congress an annual report on the pilot program. Terminates such pilot program on September 30, 1990. Directs the Administrator to establish and operate, as part of the Department, an outpatient clinic in central or southern New Jersey. Requires the Administrator to begin the site location process for such clinic no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Sets forth the effective date for amendments made by this Act.

Defense Protection Fee Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987

Defense Protection Fee Act - Directs the President to categorize all foreign countries as: (1) countries that are a party to a mutual defense treaty or rely on the United States for its defense; (2) neutral countries; or (3) countries, including countries that support terrorism, that cannot be categorized under (1) or (2). Imposes a defense protection fee (in addition to any other duties imposed) on imports into the United States. Sets forth a formula for the calculation of such fees. Requires the President to certify such fees imposed under categories (1) and (2) to the Commissioner of Customs.

A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize Federal support of State defense forces.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987

Amends Federal provisions relating to the National Guard to add a new chapter concerning the formation of State defense forces. Defines a "State defense force" as a military force organized by a State to become operational when the State National Guard forces are federalized or otherwise unavailable or inadequate for the defense needs of such State. Provides that, as general policy, State defense forces are in the national interest as a reserve force of the States, for specified reasons. Provides that membership in a State defense force shall be determined by the individual States, but that a member of the U.S. armed forces shall not also be a member of a State defense force, unless specifically authorized to do so. Provides further that membership in a State defense force does not exempt a person from any required duty under the Military Selective Service Act, nor does such membership limit a person from enlistment or appointment in an armed force. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to issue or loan military equipment, supplies, uniforms, etc. to a State for use in connection with its State defense force. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe policies and procedures to be followed in the issuing and loaning of such equipment, etc. Authorizes the sale (by the Secretary of the military department concerned) and the wearing of military uniforms by members of a State defense force, as long as such uniforms have been approved by such Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to provide a member of a State defense force and States with defense forces training and training assistance for such forces. Authorizes such training, in the alternative, to be provided by an executive department and an independent agency of the Federal Government in the interest of national security and when not detrimental to the primary operational requirements of the department or agency concerned. Directs that the chief executive officer of a State sponsoring a State defense force is the responsible official for that force. Provides that the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall serve as the means of communication between a State and the Federal Government on matters involving the State defense forces. Provides that a member of a State defense force is not to be considered a member of the U.S. armed forces for any reason, including eligibility for federally-sponsored health care or disability benefits. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to conduct such background investigations for potential members of State defense forces as considered necessary and appropriate by such Secretary for the granting of appropriate security clearances for such personnel. Encourages a State sponsoring a State defense force to make available to officials of the State defense force all appropriate criminal history information, and to maintain a record of criminal history information pertaining to a member in order that security clearances may be expedited in time of mobilization or national emergency.

A bill to require a report on security arrangements in the Persian Gulf.

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1987

Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the Congress on the security needs of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region.

A joint resolution to call for the removal of the United States Armed Forces from the Persian Gulf.

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1987

States the determination of the Congress that the requirements of the War Powers Resolution have become operative. Directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from the Persian Gulf within 60 days unless the Congress declares war or extends such period.

A bill to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide certain health-care services at the Vietnam Veterans Outreach Center in Marina, California.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1987

Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to utilize the excess capacity at the Vietnam Veterans Outreach Center in Marina, California, to provide certain specified outpatient health care services to eligible veterans.

A resolution directing the Secretary of Energy to provide to the House of Representatives documents relating to certain contractor and national laboratory activities performed for the purpose of informing Congress on nuclear testing.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1987

Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide to the House of Representatives: (1) a specified contract regarding the preparation and presentation of nuclear testing information to the Congress; (2) a description of the work performed under such contract; (3) all documents in the Secretary's possession which were prepared by the contractor pursuant to such contract; and (4) all documents in the Secretary's possession which were prepared by specified laboratories regarding nuclear testing.

A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to lease certain lands at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, to the city of Barling for use by the city for the construction of a waste treatment facility, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987

Directs the Secretary of the Army to lease specified land at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, to the city of Barling, Arkansas, for construction of a waste treatment facility. Authorizes the Secretary to also permit the city of Barling to use the sewage treatment facilities of Fort Chaffee, as long as the city agrees to pay the extra costs incurred by the Army in increasing the capacity of such facilities in order to accomodate the city.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for improved control of excess profits on negotiated defense contracts.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987

Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to require profits on negotiated contracts of the Department of Defense (DOD) to be reasonable, as determined under standards prescribed under the Renegotiation Act of 1951. Directs the Comptroller General to examine each negotiated defense contract in excess of $10,000,000 and certify to the Congress whether the profit allowed under the contract is reasonable. Requires the Comptroller General to again examine and certify the reasonableness of profit after the contract is actually paid. Directs the Comptroller General, no later than March 31 of each year, to report to the Congress on the reasonableness of profits paid on negotiated defense contracts during the preceding fiscal year, requiring certain specified information to be contained in each such report. Makes these provisions applicable to contracts entered into after the 180-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.

Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987

Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for intelligence activities in specified departments and agencies of the Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense. Declares that the authorized amounts and personnel ceilings for such intelligence activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared by the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 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. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1988 and 1989. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 237 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Provides that such staff shall be administered in the same manner as the CIA. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY 1988 and 1989. Title IV: Enhanced Counterintelligence and Security Capabilities - Requires the Attorney General to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees on the admission of certain Soviet diplomatic personnel. Authorizes the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide additional compensation to the New York Field Division to defray unusual living expenses associated with such employment. Title V: DOD Intelligence Personnel Improvements - Allows the Secretary of Defense to pay a uniform allowance to civilian employees of the Defense Attache Offices located outside the United States. Extends through FY 1989 the Secretary's special authority to terminate the employment of Defense Intelligence Agency employees and Department of Defense military intelligence personnel. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide equal tax treatment for allowances and benefits received by National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Foreign Service civilian personnel. Exempts the Defense Intelligence Agency from any requirement to disclose information on its organization, functions, or personnel. States that such exemption shall not apply to any responsibility of the DIA to report to the Congress. Amends the National Security Agency Act of 1959 to allow the Secretary of Defense to offer advanced training in certain skills critical to the mission of the National Security Agency. Title VI: General Provisions - Provides 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.

A bill to designate the area of Arlington National Cemetery where the remains of four unknown service members are interred as the "Tomb of the Unknowns".

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987

Designates the burial site at Arlington National Cemetery where the remains of four unknown servicemen are interred as the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1987

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct (current law authorizes) the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay travel expenses of certain veterans to or from a Veterans Administration facility or other authorized place in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, or medical treatment or care. Defines those veterans entitled to such payment, including: (1) those veterans financially unable to meet such travel costs; and (2) those veterans unable to bear the cost of special transportation necessitated due to a medical disability. Limits such payments in the case of travel by a privately-owned vehicle to the cost of similar public transportation for such travel. Limits, in any event, such payment to the actual cost incurred for such travel.

A bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide that the term of service of the Director of Central Intelligence shall be seven years, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1987

Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to provide that at no time shall the positions of the Director and the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency be occupied simultaneously by individuals who were in the employ of the Agency for any period of time during the seven-year period immediately preceding the date on which they are nominated by the President for such positions. Provides that the term of the Director of the Agency shall be seven years, and that the Director may not serve more than one term. Provides a seven-year term for the Deputy Director, except that the Deputy Director shall continue to serve in the absence of the Director until another individual has been appointed Director.

A concurrent resolution recognizing and supporting the efforts of the National Purple Heart Museum Committee, and encouraging the people of the United States to participate, in the development of a national museum to honor those individuals awarded the Purple Heart.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1987

Declares that the Congress recognizes and supports efforts to develop the National Purple Heart Museum in Enfield, Connecticut, and encourages the people of the United States to participate in the development of such museum.

A bill to amend section 903(b) (1) and (2) of title 38, United States Code, to increase the burial plot allowance for veterans from $150 to $250.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987

Increases the veterans' burial plot allowance from $150 to $250 for eligible veterans who die in Veterans Administration facilities.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include lupus erythematosis among the chronic diseases that are presumed to be service-connected for purposes of veterans compensation if occurring within one year from a veteran's discharge from active service.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987

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.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the death and disability pension program for veterans and their dependents.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987

Increases the pension paid to the surviving spouse of a veteran or to the child of a veteran whenever there is no surviving spouse. Increases the disability pension payable to veterans who meet certain disability and service requirements. Prohibits proceeds from certain Government life insurance policies from being considered annual income for purposes of the determination of veterans' death and disability benefits.

A bill to amend section 902 of title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for burial allowance to certain additional veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987

Extends burial benefits to specified veterans with service-connected disabilities.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from $60 to $75 the maximun amount of monthly pension that may be paid to a veteran being furnished hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987

Increases from $60 to $75 the maximum monthly pension payable to a veteran being furnished hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care by the Veterans Administration.

World War I Veterans Special Pension Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987

World War I Veterans Special Pension Act - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service and income requirements.

Anti-Ballistic Missile System Development Limitation Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1987

Anti-Ballistic Missile System Development Limitation Act of 1987 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds appropriated or made available to the Department of Defense during FY 1988 and 1989 for the development or testing of anti-ballistic missile systems or components which are sea-based, air-based, space-based, or mobile land-based. Terminates such prohibition when: (1) the President reports to the Congress on the systems or components proposed to be developed or tested; and (2) after such report is received, a joint resolution specifically repealing this Act is enacted.

A bill to prohibit the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs from excessing certain Veterans' Administration medical centers in West Los Angeles and Sepulveda, California.

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987

Repeals a specified provision of Federal law which prohibits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, prior to January 1, 1988, from declaring as excess to the needs of the Veterans Administration (VA) or otherwise taking any action to dispose of certain land and improvements at two VA medical centers located in West Los Angeles and Sepulveda, California. Reenacts such prohibition without a time limit.

A joint resolution prohibiting the sale to Honduras of certain defense articles and related defense services.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987

Prohibits the proposed sale to Honduras of 12 F-5E/F aircraft with spares, munitions, support equipment, and training.

A bill to repeal P.L. 87-186 relating to the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Institution.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987

Repeals the Act which established the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Institution and which required the display of the contributions of the military toward a free America.

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1987

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide premium pay if necessary to obtain or retain the services of pharmacists or occupational therapists. Authorizes premium pay for nurses performing a shift any part of which is performed on a Saturday. (Currently, such premium pay is authorized only for Sunday duty.) Directs the Administrator to require that the Chief of Nursing Service (or designee) at each Veterans Administration (VA) facility be included in the membership of each policymaking and fiscal committee at each such facility. Repeals current provisions governing the Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program and adds a new chapter establishing a program to be known as the Veterans' Administration Health Professional Educational Assistance Program (the Program), to be comprised of: (1) the Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program (the Scholarship Program); and (2) the Veterans' Administration Health Professional Tuition Reimbursement Program (the Tuition Reimbursement Program). Outlines eligibility requirements and application procedures for participation in the Scholarship Program. Requires the Administrator and a successful applicant to enter into a written contract which allows the applicant to accept payment of educational assistance in return for the promise to serve a period of obligated service within the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery. Entitles the United States to damages for a participant's breach of contract. Allows the monthly stipend paid under the Scholarship Program or the tuition reimbursement paid under the Tuition Reimbursement Program to be increased for each school year in conformity with increases in the GS wage levels of the Government. Directs the Administrator, no later than March 1 annually, to report to the Congress detailing certain information concerning the number of applicants, participants, scholarships awarded, and tuition and other expenses paid under the two educational assistance programs, as well as the number of participants who successfully completed such program during the previous year. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations to carry out the Educational Assistance Program. Provides that any obligation of a participant for service or payment of damages for breach of contract is canceled upon the death of the participant. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations providing for the waiver or suspension of any obligation under such Program when compliance by the participant is impossible due to circumstances beyond the control of the participant or whenever the Administrator determines that such waiver or suspension would be in the best interest of the VA. Authorizes such required service to be exchanged with similar service required under other Federal programs. Exempts educational assistance payments from State or Federal taxation. Prohibits the Administrator from furnishing scholarships to new participants in the Scholarship Program after September 30, 1992. Outlines eligibility requirements and application procedures for participation in the Scholarship Program. Requires the Administrator to notify the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees no less than 60 days before awarding a scholarship in a course of training other than medicine or nursing. Requires the Administrator and a successful applicant under the Scholarship Program to enter into a written contract which allows the participant to accept such scholarship payments from the Administrator in return for the participant's agreement to serve for a specified period of time in the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery. Sets forth the amounts of scholarship payments, educational expenses, and monthly stipends to be provided under the Scholarship Program. Provides for participation as a part-time student in the Scholarship Program for individuals who are full-time VA employees permanently assigned to a VA health-care facility. Provides for a reduced monthly scholarship payment for individuals participating as part-time students, and allows a scholarship for a part-time student to be extended for up to six school years if the Administrator determines such extension to be in the best interest of the United States. Requires each participant in the Scholarship Program to provide service as a full-time employee of the VA for the agreed-upon period. Requires the Administrator, for either a full-time or part-time student participant in the Scholarship Program, to notify the participant of the applicable date for the commencement of the obligated period of service as a VA employee. Provides further information concerning the obligated period of service for Scholarship Program participants and the determination of the service commencement period, including the determination of such commencement period for students who are required as part of their educational requirements to serve a period of medical internship or residency. Outlines provisions concerning the liability of a Scholarship Program participant who refuses to accept the scholarship payments as required under the written contract or who instructs the educational institution being attended to refuse to accept such payments. Specifies an amount to be owed to the United States as liquidated damages for breach of contract in such cases. States than an individual shall be liable to the United States for any amount that has been paid to the participant for which such participant failed to perform the service obligation as specified in the written contract. Outlines eligibility requirements and application procedures for participation in the Tuition Reimbursement Program. Gives priority in the selection of individuals to individuals who have demonstrated superior proficiency and performance as determined by the Chief Nurse of the facility at which the individual is employed. Requires the Administrator, not less than 60 days before awarding tuition reimbursement assistance to any individual for a course of training other than nursing, to notify the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees of the reasons for the awarding of such assistance. Requires the Administrator and a successful applicant to enter into a written contract under the Tuition Reimbursement Program whereby the Administrator agrees to provide tuition reimbursement assistance in return for the participant's promise to serve as a full-time employee in the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery for a specified period of obligated service. Sets an annual ceiling on the amount of tuition reimbursement paid per individual. Requires participants in the Tuition Reimbursement Program to provide full-time clinical practice service for the VA for the period of obligated service as provided in the written contract. Requires a participant whose tuition was paid pursuant to a contract with an educational institution to provide courses at a VA health-care facility to complete the period of obligated service provided in the written contract even if the participant fails to complete the course involved for which the tuition was reimbursed. Outlines the liability of a participant in the Tuition Reimbursement Program who fails to maintain full-time employment with the VA while in such Program or who fails to complete the required period of obligated service. Requires the Administrator, in determining the amount of funding necessary for the Tuition Reimbursement Program, to take into account: (1) the personnel ceiling for nursing personnel; and (2) the recruitment and retention needs of that facility.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for special immigrant status for certain aliens who have served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States for 4 years.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1987

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant special immigrant status to an alien service member or veteran who has served honorably in the U.S. armed forces for four years, and to any accompanying spouse and children.

Coast Guard Personnel Relocation Assistance Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1987

Coast Guard Personnel Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 - Amends the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to acquire, reimburse for certain losses on private sale, or foreclose certain residential property situated near a military installation which the Department of Defense or the Department of Transportation, with regard to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service of the Navy, has ordered closed or reduced in scope, under certain circumstances. Requires each contract awarded by the Coast Guard for construction or services to be performed in a State having an unemployment rate in excess of the national average unemployment rate to include a provision requiring the contractor to employ local residents to fulfill the work requirements of such contract.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989 - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force for FY 1988 and 1989 for procurement. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for FY 1988 and 1989. Authorizes appropriations to the reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1988 for the procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other miscellaneous equipment. Extends through FY 1989 certain authority provided to the Secretary of Defense (the Secretary) in consultation with the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Sets forth specified requirements, restrictions, and limitations with respect to certain Army, Navy, and Air Force procurement programs. Part C: Milestone and Multiyear Contract Authorizations - Earmarks FY 1988 and 1989 appropriations for the following programs and systems: (1) Mobile Subscriber Equipment; (2) the Army Tactical Missile System; (3) the Trident II Missile; (4) the T-45 Training System; and (5) the Medium Launch Vehicle. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for procurement of the Mobile Subscriber Equipment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for procurement of the Army Tactical Missile System, the Trident II Missile, and the T-45 Training System. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force to enter into multiyear contracts for specified programs. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from entering into such a multiyear contract unless certain cost savings are achieved over the making of annual contracts for such programs. Part D: Chemical Weapons - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1988 for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons as required under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. Requires the Secretary to issue a specified environmental impact statement concerning such program by January 1, 1988. Requires the Secretary to make certain certifications to the Congress before obligating any FY 1988 funds for any procurement or any construction project at a military facility within the continental United States for the disposal of stockpiled chemical weapons. Directs the Secretary, no later than March 15, 1988, to submit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) an alternative concept plan for the chemical stockpile demilitarization program. Title II: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Part A: Authorizations of Appropriations and Program Limitations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, testing, and evaluation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for unbudgeted amounts for salary, retirement, and other employee benefits of civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD). Part B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Sets forth specified requirements, restrictions, and limitations with respect to research, development, testing, and evaluation of certain Army, Navy, and Air Force programs. Repeals the Navy Pegasus Engine program. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to carry out a program for the modernization and expansion of the Lincoln Laboratory complex at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Earmarks specified funds for: (1) extended air defense systems; and (2) a chemical weapons convention compliance monitoring program. Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being used in association with the Advanced Launch System until the Secretary makes certain certifications concerning such system to the defense committees. Earmarks specified funds for: (1) transfer to the Air Force for space launch recovery activities; and (2) the cruise missile guidance program. Part C: Strategic Defense Initiative - Earmarks specified funds for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) for FY 1988. Requires the Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, to report to the defense committees on the funds appropriated for the SDI for FY 1988. Prohibits the use of DOD funds for FY 1988 or 1989 for the development or testing of space-based, sea-based, air-based or mobile land-based antiballistic missile systems, unless a joint resolution repealing such prohibition is enacted. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on SDI programs that would contribute to the defense of the United States against an accidental launch of strategic ballistic missiles. Part D: Milestone Authorizations - Earmarks specified funds as appropriated pursuant to this Act for FY 1988 and 1989 for the following programs: (1) the Army Tactical Missile System; (2) Trident II Missile; (3) the T-45 Training System; and (4) the Medium Launch Vehicle. Authorizes appropriations for research, development testing, and evaluation for: (1) FY 1990 for the Army Tactical Missile System; (2) FY 1990 and 1991 for the T-45 Training System; and (3) FY 1990 through 1992 for the Trident II Missile and the Medium Launch Vehicle. Part E: Balanced Technology Initiative - States the purpose of this provision to be to authorize funds for a Balanced Technology Initiative program. Focuses such program on the development of concepts and methods to enhance the U.S. conventional defense capabilities. Earmarks specified funds for research and development for innovative projects under such program. Requires the Director of Defense Research and Engineering to determine appropriate amounts of such funds to be allocated to the military departments and the defense agencies. Prohibits any funds appropriated under this provision from being used for either the Conventional Defense Initiative or SDI. Requires the Director, no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to report to the defense committees on allocations of funds under such Initiative. Prohibits the obligation of any such funds until such report is received and 30 days have elapsed. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for operation and maintenance for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves, the National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, defense claims, the Court of Military Appeals, and for environmental restoration. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for unbudgeted increases for fuel costs, inflation, salary, retirement, and other employee benefits for civilian DOD employees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for working capital funds for the armed forces and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the Secretary to carry out procurement technical assistance cooperative agreements with various business entities. Part B: Program Changes, Requirements, and Limitations - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to operate the United States Army School of the Americas to provide military education and training to military personnel of Central and South American and Caribbean countries. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that package stores located on overseas military installations give U.S. wines equitable distribution, selection, and price as compared with wines of the country in which the military installation is located. Prohibits funds from being used for the overhaul, maintenance, or repair of any naval vessel unless the Secretary of the Navy complies with specified requirements. Part C: Humanitarian and Other Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 for the transportation of humanitarian assistance to Afghan refugees. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for such purpose, giving the Secretary of State control over the administration of such transportation of relief supplies. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the defense committees two reports, the first one required no later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act and the other no later than June 1, 1988, concerning: (1) expenditures for and transportation of such assistance; and (2) nonlethal supplies of DOD made available for humanitarian relief purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to transport to any country goods and supplies which have been furnished by a nongovernmental source and which are intended for humanitarian assistance. Outlines further provisions concerning the transportation of such goods, and requires the Secretary, at the end of each 180-day period, to report to specified committees on the origin, contents, destination, and disposition of all such goods. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty personnel for FY 1988 and 1989. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for the Selected Reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1988 and 1989. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to vary such end strength by not more than two percent. Authorizes a proportionate reduction in such end strength for reserve members serving on active-duty at the end of the fiscal year. Authorizes end strengths for FY 1988 and 1989 for reserve members serving on active-duty in support of the reserves. Revises the number of reserve personnel in each military department authorized to be on active-duty in support of the reserves for FY 1988 and 1989. Part C: Military Training - Authorizes the average military training student loads for the armed forces and Guard and reserve forces for FY 1988 and 1989. Allows such student loads to be adjusted consistent with other personnel adjustments authorized under this Act. Authorizes no more than 29,500 midshipmen and cadets to be in the ROTC financial assistance programs at any one time, with the Secretary of Defense to determine the number to be appointed in each military department. (Currently, there is a specified limit to the number of such students in each department, with the same maximum number of such students.) Part D: Civilian Personnel - Removes, for FY 1988 and 1989, the requirement that the Congress must authorize the end strength for civilian members of DOD as of the end of a fiscal year. Limits funds available for such personnel for FY 1988 and 1989. Title V: Military Personnel - Extends through FY 1989 the authority to make temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Extends through FY 1989 the following: (1) certain reserve officer management programs; and (2) the authority under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 for single parents to enlist in the reserves. Authorizes the President to make appointments in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps in the grade of lieutenant general or general or in the grade of vice admiral or admiral in excess of the number of such appointments otherwise authorized by law. Requires a corresponding reduction in the number of appointments allowed to be made in other branches of the armed forces on a one-to-one basis with the President's appointments. Limits the number of officers authorized to be so appointed. Requires the President, whenever making such an appointment, to specify the other branch of the armed forces in which a corresponding reduction is to be made. Permits an excess in the number of flag officers in the armed forces as of the beginning of FY 1988 until their duty assignments are completed, or they are retired. Authorizes the President to order members of the Army or Air National Guard to active-duty for specified periods, even though the governor of a State or territory having members of such unit withholds consent, as long as the President certifies to the governor or other appropriate authority that the national security of the United States requires such action by the President. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the automatic adjustment in military pay (in conformity with annual GS-level increases), authorizing instead a four percent increase in basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic allowance for subsistence, as well as a four-percent increase in cadet and midshipmen pay, effective January 1, 1988. Authorizes members of a certain pay grade and above who are assigned to sea duty and are married to another member of the armed forces on active duty to elect to receive a basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) in lieu of occupying assigned quarters adequate for only one member. Authorizes the payment of a variable housing allowance for members with dependents who are assigned to sea duty and who elect not to occupy assigned housing adequate only for such member. Revises standards for the payment of household goods weight allowances for senior enlisted personnel. Entitles a member of the armed forces assigned to a permanent overseas duty station to a civilian clothing allowance if such member is required to wear such clothing for all or a substantial portion of the time that such member is on duty. Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 relating to reimbursement for actual lodging expenses plus per diem for members entitled to travel allowances. Revises effective dates set forth in that Act and the Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987 in relation to the effective date of this Act. Part B: Travel and Transportation - Authorizes the payment of dislocation allowances in advance. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay a transportation allowance to a member and his or her dependents if such member voluntarily agrees to extend his or her overseas tour of duty. Authorizes the payment of travel and transportation expenses of no more than two family members when the attending physician of a military member determines that the presence of such family members is necessary for the health and welfare of a member who is seriously ill or injured. Part C: Bonuses and Special Incentive Pays - Authorizes the payment of bonus pay, special incentive pay, or increases in such pay for the following members of the armed forces: (1) aviation career officers; (2) personnel performing submarine duty; (3) personnel performing sea duty; (4) reserve members performing diving duty; and (5) personnel reenlisting. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization for the payment of enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for members of the reserves. Part D: Miscellaneous - Extends the military spouse employment preference as contained in the Military Family Act of 1985 to cover those military spouses attempting to obtain Federal positions in grades GS-1 through GS-15. (Currently, such preference exists only for spouses seeking positions above GS-4.) Revises provisions concerning the definition of dependent for purposes of eligibility for military allowances. Authorizes an individual who is a participant in the Survivor Benefit Plan, with the consent of such individual's spouse, to withdraw from participation in such plan, under certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary concerned to reimburse a member of the armed forces for the qualifying adoption expenses (reasonable and necessary expenses directly related to the legal adoption of a child) incurred by the member in the adoption of a child under 18 years of age. Limits the per-child and per-year amounts to be paid to such members for such adoption expenses. Outlines those expenses which are and are not included as qualifying adoption expenses for such members. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Part A: Medical Readiness - Amends Federal military health care provisions to reduce from 6,000 to 5,000 the number of members who may be designated as members of the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department, in order to obtain adequate numbers of reserve commissioned officers who are qualified in critically-needed health profession specialties, to establish and maintain a program to provide financial assistance to persons engaged in training in such specialties. Outlines further provisions concerning such program, including the payment of educational stipends to reserve members who are physicians or who graduate in such critically-needed wartime specialties, and to baccalaureate students engaged in nursing or other health professions studies. Provides stipend amounts, as well as reserve service time required upon graduation from such scholarship program. Outlines penalties for failure to complete such educational training program, or failure to complete the required period of post-graduation service in the reserves. Limits the total number of participants in such programs among all the military departments to 10,200. Repeals the prior Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program as contained in the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. Extends through October 1, 1989, the authority to repay certain loans of certain health professionals who serve in the Selected Reserve. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department, with the officer's consent, to retain in an active status certain reserve officers even after they have achieved retirement age. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to determine a maximum age qualification for initial appointment as reserve members of the armed forces to serve in critical health profession specialties for which such Secretary has determined that there is a personnel shortage. Prohibits the maximum from being set at less than 47 years of age. Part B: Peacetime Health Care - Amends Federal provisions relating to the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to limit to $1,000 per year the amount an individual or family will be required to pay for the cost of certain health care for an active-duty member's spouse and children. Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, during FY 1988 and 1989, from imposing a fee for the receipt of outpatient medical or dental care at a military medical treatment facility. Provides for Federal preemption over any State or local law for the provisions of any contract which relate to the nature and extent of coverage or benefits in connection with the Military Health Care Account as currently provided under Federal law. Authorizes the provision of dental prostheses to military dependents. Revises certain provisions relating to the CHAMPUS reform initiative and certain demonstration projects under such initiative. Part C: Miscellaneous - Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 relating to certain requirements concerning the acquisition of medical information systems. Title VIII: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the Congress, no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, a report discussing the use of the current official U.S. method of estimating the yield of Soviet underground nuclear tests in order to determine the extent of Soviet compliance with the 150 kiloton limit on underground nuclear tests as contained in the Threshold Test Ban Treaty. Outlines the form and content of and specified information required to be included in such report. Directs the Secretary, no later than January 15, 1988, to report to the defense committees on competitive strategies. Prohibits the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation in DOD from being assigned any responsibility for developmental test and evaluation, other than giving advice to officials responsible for such testing. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, offers the U.S. Army a valuable training opportunity; (2) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military forces would greatly benefit from such a training facility; and (3) NATO should vigorously pursue the development of a new training center similar to the National Training Center. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the unauthorized dissemination of unclassified information pertaining to security measures for the physical protection of special nuclear material, as long as the Secretary determines that the dissemination of such information could reasonably be expected to have a significantly adverse effect on the health and safety of the public or the common defense and security of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prepare quarterly reports, to be available to any interested persons, detailing the Secretary's application of regulations or orders issued under this provision. Repeals certain provisions of Federal law relating to the operational testing of major systems and munitions programs. Revises other provisions concerning the oversight of cost or schedule variances in certain major defense acquisition programs. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 to include as targets for minority contracting any nonprofit institution that was an integral part of a historically Black college or university before the date of enactment of this Act. Revises provisions concerning the adjudication of ineligibility for a position in the executive branch of Government on the basis of the failure to register with the Selective Service under the Military Selective Service Act. Eliminates one of the two positions of the Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Makes the remaining Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy third in command in the Navy's Judge Advocate General's Office behind the Judge Advocate General and the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Authorizes any Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy serving in such position on the day before the date of enactment of this Act to continue serving until the end of his assignment detail. Establishes the position of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy, appointed from civilian life by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. Authorizes the person serving as Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee, Department of Defense, to be appointed to the above position without the advice and consent of the Senate. Entitles the Chairman and Vice Chairman (currently, only the Chairman) of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the same allowance provided by law for the Chief of Staff of the Army. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989 - Title I: Army - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army 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 military family housing units and to improve existing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1986 to increase the authorization for the U.S. Army Material Command, New Cumberland Army Depot, Pennsylvania. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Army. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain FY 1984, 1985, and 1986 military construction projects. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount, earmarking some of such funds for energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Army. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Title II: Navy - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to carry out military construction projects and acquire real property in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Navy. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain FY 1984 and 1986 military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts for projects for which funds have been appropriated prior to the enactment of this Act. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to carry out military construction projects, acquire real property, and improve and maintain historic facilities in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal year FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Navy. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Title III: Air Force - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - 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 the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Air Force. Extends certain prior year authorizations, and authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - 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 the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Air Force. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense 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 four family housing units at classified locations for a specified amount, and to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to authorize the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for the construction of hazardous waste storage facilities, using specified FY 1987 and 1988 appropriated funds. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Extends the authorization of appropriations for a certain FY 1985 project, and certain FY 1986 projects. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at a specified location in a specified amount, and to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Limits the total cost of all such projects to amounts authorized in this title. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program, and authorize appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 for such contributions by the Secretary, in specified amounts. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to the NATO Infrastructure Program, and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for such contributions by the Secretary. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 to the Guard and Reserve forces for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities, in specified amounts. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 to the Guard and Reserve forces for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities, in specified amounts. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations - Part A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Provides that all authorizations contained in part A of titles I through V of this Act shall expire on October 1, 1989, or on the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1990, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Part B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Provides that all authorizations contained in part B of titles I through VI of this Act shall expire on October 1, 1990, or on the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1991, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Part A: Program Changes - Extends the per-project limit of guard and reserve minor construction projects for which operation and maintenance funds are authorized to be used. Clarifies a specified Federal provision concerning the interchange between military departments of supplies and real property. Waives certain limitations on leases entered into by the Federal Government as they apply to leases of real property entered into by DOD, if the Secretary of Defense determines that such lease limitations would interfere with an essential mission of DOD. Increases the per-project threshold limit permissible for minor military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to undertake military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law in order to support mobilization of the armed forces if the President first determines that there is an imminent threat to national security and that mobilization of the armed forces may be required. Requires the Secretary, when such a decision is made, to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such decision and of the estimated cost of such projects. Limits the maximum amount that the Secretary may obligate in any fiscal year for such projects. Terminates the authority to initiate such projects 180 days after the date on which the determination is made by the President. Extends through FY 1989 the authority of the Secretary of Defense to enter into long-term facilities contracts. Exempts military family housing units acquired at no cost from being counted in the limitation of such units authorized to be acquired by each department, as long as the Secretary concerned complies with certain congressional notice-and-wait requirements. Repeals the per-unit limit applicable to improvements to military family housing units. Increases the per-unit expenditure limit, and the cost threshhold limit for multiple-units, for military family housing units leased to members in foreign countries. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to enter into a specified number of leasing contracts for military family housing units within the United States. Revises provisions relating to permissible cost variations in military construction projects. Authorizes the head of a defense agency to use one-step turn-key selection procedures for entering into contracts for military construction projects. (Currently, only the Secretaries of the military departments are permitted to use such procedures.) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay meritorious contractor claims that arise under military construction contracts or military family housing contracts, using previously unobligated funds. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard, or the head of a defense agency to enter into agreements under the Military Housing Rental Guarantee program. (Currently, only the Secretaries of the military departments are authorized to enter into such agreements.) Restricts the obligation or expenditure of funds for Mather Air Force Base, California, until the Secretary of the Air Force submits a specified study to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to increase the authorized appropriation for the Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Part B: Real Property Transactions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy to enter into agreements for the exchange of land and other real property at Hamilton Air Force Base, California, under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to Orange County, California, all rights and interest to a parcel of land in the center of Mile Square Regional Park, Orange County, California, under specified terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a lease for certain storage facilities at the Port of San Diego, in San Diego, California, under specified terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, all rights and interest to a parcel of land within Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, under specified terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to grant to the State of New Mexico a mineral interest in land located within the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, under specified terms and conditions. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1986 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to use a specified sum of the proceeds from a certain sale prescribed under such Act for a certain water system and family housing improvement project at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Division C: Other National Defense Authorizations - Title I: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1988 - Part A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1988 for operating expenses and for plant and capital equipment in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) materials production; (3) defense nuclear waste and transportation management; (4) verification and control technology; (5) nuclear materials safeguards and security technology development programs; (6) security investigations; (7) naval reactors development; and (8) capital equipment not related to construction. Limits the total amount authorized to be appropriated to DOE for FY 1988 for national security programs. Directs the Secretary of Energy to reduce certain listed projects in such amounts as determined appropriate to achieve a specified total reduction in such authorized amounts. Limits the amount of funds authorized to be obligated for research, development, testing, and evaluation in connection with the Srategic Defense Initiative program. Part B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act for the costs of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is less. Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act for programs which have not been presented to or requested of the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committee a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have expired since such statement was submitted. Prohibits the total funds obligated pursuant to this title from exceeding the total amount authorized to be appropriated by this title. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of the project does not exceed $1,200,000. Requires reports to specified committees by the Secretary when costs exceed such amount. Sets forth procedures for the approval of projects which exceed by more than 25 percent their estimated cost, and exempts from such procedures any projects which have an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows for 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 in connection with any proposed construction project if the total cost does not exceed $2,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to perform emergency construction planning and design whenever the Secretary determines such to be appropriate. Makes funds authorized for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment under this title available for all national security programs of DOE. Allows authorizations provided in this title to be adjusted for pay and benefits increases for Federal employees. Part C: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 relating to certain funding restrictions placed on the MX missile warhead. Amends the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1987 to revise provisions concerning the timeliness of the Secretary of Energy's decision to waive rights to scientific and technical discoveries made by Government scientists while working for the Department of Energy. Title II: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to provide that a stockpile goal may be reduced by ten percent or less or increased only if the President has included a full explanation and justification for such reduction or increase in the annual material plan submitted to the Congress as required under such Act. Provides that a stockpile goal may be reduced by more than ten percent (or eliminated) only if the President includes a full and complete explanation in the annual material plan submitted to the Congress and the reduction (or elimination) has been expressly approved by law. Allows the quantity of any material in the stockpile to be increased any time the President determines that such increase is justified by national security. Prohibits the delegation of the President's authority with regard to stockpile determinations, except under limited circumstances. Changes the annual reporting deadline of the President with regard to stockpile transactions during the previous year and the current financial status of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to February 15. Title III: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.

Defense Savings Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Defense Savings Act - Establishes the Bipartisan Commission on the Consolidation of Military Bases (the Commission) to: (1) review the military importance of all major military installations; and (2) identify which such installations can be closed or realigned without impairing the security of the United States. Outlines administrative procedures concerning membership, staff, meetings, and powers of the Commission. Directs the Commission, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and each House of the Congress a final report on the findings and conclusions of the Commission. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the submission of such report. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to take certain specified action with respect to the implementation of the Commission's recommendations.

A bill to provide military commissary and exchange privileges to the surviving spouses of veterans dying from a service-connected disability.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide military commissary and post exchange privileges to surviving spouses of veterans who have died from a service-connected disability rated less than permanent and total. (Currently, such privileges are extended only to surviving spouses of veterans whose deaths occurred during a permanent and total service-connected disability.)

Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Reform Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Reform Act of 1987 - Revises the formula for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) to the surviving spouses of veterans who die on active duty. Adds a formula for postservice DIC based on the percentage of service-connected disability (at time of death) of the person upon whose death entitlement is predicated. Adds a formula of inservice DIC based upon the amount of active duty served by the person now deceased. Provides for the election of the revised DIC for those persons awarded DIC effective before December 1, 1987.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that for purposes of veterans' compensation, service-connected total deafness shall be rated as a 100 percent disability.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Rates service-connected total deafness in both ears as a total disability for veterans' disability compensation purposes.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish to veterans prescription drugs prescribed by private physicians in connection with the treatment of a service-connected disability.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to furnish prescription drugs prescribed by private physicians to veterans for the treatment of service-connected disabilities.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that former prisoners of war are eligible for reimbursement for emergency medical expenses on the same basis as veterans with total permanent service-connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide former prisoners of war reimbursement for emergency medical expenses on the same basis as veterans with total permanent service-connected disabilities.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that a chronic disease becoming manifest in a veteran within one year of the veteran's discharge from military service must be at least 10 percent disabling in order to be presumed to be service-connected for purposes of veterans' benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Repeals the requirement that a chronic disease becoming manifest in a veteran within one year of the veterans' discharge from military service must be at least ten percent disabling in order to be presumed to be service-connected for purposes of veterans' benefits.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include Lupus erythematosis among the chronic diseases that are presumed to be service-connected for purposes of veterans compensation if occurring within one year from a veteran's discharge from active service.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

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.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to standardize the length of marriage criteria for receipt of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Amends veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation provisions to eliminate any length-of-marriage requirement necessary in order for the surviving spouse of a veteran (and such veteran's children) to be entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation due to the death of certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. (Currently, a surviving spouse must have been married to such veteran for not less than two years before becoming eligible for such benefits.)

A bill to amend section 110 of title 38, United States Code, to liberalize the standard for preservation of disability evaluations for compensation purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Reduces from 20 to ten years the period during which a total or permanent disability rating must be continuously in force to become irreducible for veterans' pension and insurance purposes.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to permit certain eligible veterans to purchase up to $20,000 of National Service Life Insurance.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Permits an eligible veteran to purchase additional National Service Life Insurance in an amount equal to the amount of National Service Life Insurance such veteran already has in force.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend from one year to two years the period during which veterans with service-connected disabilities may apply for National Service Life Insurance.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Extends from one to two years the period during which eligible service-disabled veterans may apply for National Service Life Insurance.

Veterans' Administration Beneficiary Travel, Quality assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct (current law authorizes) the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay travel expenses of certain veterans and their eligible dependents to or from a Veterans Administration facility or other authorized place in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, or medical treatment or care. Defines those veterans entitled to such payment, including: (1) those veterans financially unable to meet such travel costs; and (2) those veterans unable to bear the cost of special transportation necessitated due to a medical disability. Limits such payments in the case of travel by a privately-owned vehicle to the cost of similar public transportation for such travel. Limits such payment to the actual cost incurred for such travel.

A resolution providing for the further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1748) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 for military functions of the Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel levels for such Department for fiscal years 1988 and 1989, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987

Sets forth the rule for the further consideration of H.R. 1748 (armed forces funding).