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United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1989
Congratulates the Airborne units of the U.S. armed forces for 50 years of faithful service.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Extends through December 31, 1994, the provision of veterans' educational assistance to veterans who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam era and who: (1) are receiving compensation for any service-connected disability; and (2) were captured and held as a prisoner of war during such duty. Directs that such assistance shall be provided regardless of whether the ten-year delimiting period for the provision of such assistance has expired for such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to eliminate the delimiting period after which spouses and surviving spouses of certain disabled veterans are no longer entitled to survivors' and dependents' educational assistance under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Directs the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its immediate area to honor World War II veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Directs the Commission to plan, design, construct, and oversee the operation of the memorial. Specifies that such design shall provide for accessibility by, and accommodations for, the physically handicapped. Establishes the World War II Memorial Advisory Board to: (1) promote the establishment of the memorial and encourage the donation of private funds for construction maintenance; (2) assist and cooperate with the Commission in the selection of the site and design for the memorial; and (3) transmit annual reports on its activities to the Congress. Authorizes the Commission to solicit private contributions for such memorial. Establishes a fund in the Treasury which shall be made available to the Commission to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal funding, in addition to such private funds, for site preparation, design, planning, establishment, construction, maintenance, and operation of the memorial. Authorizes assistance from specified Federal departments and agencies, including the Library of Congress. Authorizes Federal property to be transferred to the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to purchase suitable property within the District of Columbia for the establishment of such memorial. Urges the Government to encourage 50th anniversary commemorations of the U.S. role in World War II. Urges the Smithsonian Institution and other Federal museums to develop commemorative exhibitions to be shared with academic institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Extends from one to two years the period during which eligible service-disabled veterans may apply for National Service Life Insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to obtain commercial life insurance at a standard rate because of service-connected disabilities. Establishes guidelines for such insurance regarding: (1) amount of insurance; (2) premium rates; (3) payment of insurance; and (4) policy provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
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.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
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.)
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Provides for the awarding of the Purple Heart to former prisoners of war held captive before April 25, 1962, on the same basis at it may be awarded former prisoners of war captured on or after such date.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Entitles former members of the armed forces who are totally disabled because of a service-connected disability to the same travel privileges on military aircraft as retired members of the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Reduces from 20 to 15 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.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
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.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide that a rating of total disability or permanent total disability which has been made for purposes of the administration of veterans' benefits, and which has been continuously in force for ten or more years but which has been proposed to be reduced under a decision made by the Department of Veterans Affairs, may not be reduced during the period of any administrative appeal of such decision.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make direct low-interest loans to veterans eligible for specially adapted housing assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Reform Act of 1989 - 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, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct the Office of Personnel Management to require Federal agencies to state in monthly reports the reasons why any qualified disabled veteran who was listed on the employment referral list and included among the better qualified candidates was not selected for employment or promotion during that month.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide that recipients of the Purple Heart award be considered compensably disabled veterans for purposes of the veterans' preference in Federal civil service employment.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to extend from 60 to 120 days the period between notice and effective date for certain reductions of monetary benefits paid to veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Repeals 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 ten percent disabling in order to be presumed to be service-connected for purposes of veterans' benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends Federal veterans' educational assistance provisions to extend educational assistance benefits to dependents of veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 80 percent or more (currently, 100 percent).
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide an increase in the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation paid to dependent parents of deceased veterans when such parents are permanently housebound. Defines "permanently housebound" as substantially confined to the parent's home by reason of a disability or disabilities which is (are) reasonably certain to remain throughout the parent's lifetime.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends Federal provisions relating to employment and training programs for Vietnam era veterans to redefine the term "disabled veteran" to mean any veteran who has a compensable service-connected disability under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, or a veteran whose discharge or release from active-duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to extend from one to three years the period after separation from service during which the conditions of Hodgkin's disease and leukemia occurring in a veteran shall be presumed to be service-connected.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989
Innocent Landowner Defense Amendment of 1989 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act to create a rebuttable presumption that a defendant who has acquired real property has made all appropriate inquiry into previous ownership and uses of the property if he establishes that, immediately prior to or at the time of acquisition, he obtained a Phase I Environmental Audit (i.e., an investigation of the property, conducted by environmental professionals, to determine the obviousness of the presence or likely presence of a release or threatened release of hazardous substances including a review of specified records of the previous ownership and use of such property). Specifies that no such presumption shall arise: (1) unless the defendant has maintained a compilation of the information reviewed in the course of the Audit; and (2) if the Audit discloses the presence or likely presence of a release or threatened release of hazardous substances on the property to be acquired, unless the defendant has taken reasonable steps to confirm the absence of such release or threatened release.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). Declares that the authorized amounts and personnel ceilings for such intelligence activities are those specified in the classified schedule of authorizations prepared by the conference committee to accompany this Act. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to employ civilian personnel in excess (by not more than two percent) of the ceiling for such personnel when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions. Restricts support for military and paramilitary operations in Nicaragua. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1990. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 250 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 and Related Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY 1990. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees to require participants, within the last two years before any separation from service, to complete at least one year of creditable civilian service to be eligible for an annuity. Provides for precedence of survivor benefits over death in service benefits for certain former spouses of CIA employees eligible for such benefits. Provides that the computation of survivor annuities for certain former spouses shall be reduced solely by the amount of survivor annuity payments made to such spouses under an election of survivor benefits. Sets forth special annuity computation rules for certain CIA employees who served abroad. Provides for the portability of such overseas service retirement benefit. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the CIA to procure commercial remote sensing data. Title V: Improvements to Personnel Authorities for Intelligence Components of the Department of Defense - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay special pay to a civilian Defense Department officer or employee who has been certified as being proficient in a foreign language in a position in which such proficiency facilitates performance of officially assigned intelligence or intelligence-related duties. Authorizes the Secretary to accept gifts for the Defense Intelligence College and pay all necessary expenses in connection with such acceptance. Makes permanent the Secretary of Defense's authority to terminate employment of civilian intelligence officers and employees of military departments and of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish an undergraduate training program with respect to civilian employees of DIA to develop skills critical to the mission of DIA. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance for such employees. Provides that civilian employees of DIA need not be subject to the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) to receive special retirement accrual benefits for service abroad. Amends the National Security Agency Act of 1959 to authorize the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) to provide such benefits to certain NSA employees. Title VI: FBI New York Field Division Demonstration Project - Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to provide that New York Field Division employees need not be subject to directed geographical transfer or reassignment to receive periodic payments under a certain demonstration project for the Division. Title VII: General Provision - Declares that appropriations authorized by this Act for employee benefits may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. 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. Directs the President to issue conflict of interest disclosure regulations for members of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Provides that such regulations shall take effect not later than March 1, 1990, and shall be provided to House and Senate select committees on intelligence at least 30 days prior to such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
Revises the eligibility requirements for veterans' readjustment employment within the Government to entitle to such employment any veteran who has a compensable service-connected disability and who was discharged or released from active duty within ten years before his or her appointment or job advancement. (Currently, such readjustment employment is limited to qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.) States that service on active duty during the Vietnam era is not required for eligibility. Extends the veterans' readjustment employment program through December 31, 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
United States Forces in Korea Realignment Act of 1989 - Prohibits the obligation of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense after FY 1992 for the support or maintenance of more than 21,000 U.S. Army personnel in South Korea. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should achieve required troop reductions through equal annual reductions beginning no later than October 1, 1990. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should initiate discussions with South Korea regarding: (1) the phased-in annual reduction of U.S. troops there; and (2) the kinds and quantities of military equipment needed there after the reduction in U.S. troops. Directs the President to report to the Congress on such troop reduction. Reaffirms the U.S. commitment to the security and territorial integrity of South Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Act - Title I: Judges Retirement and Survivor Annuity Program - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions concerning the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals (Court) to outline the age and service requirements for full retirement benefits. Requires a judge who is unable to perform the duties of office due to permanent disability to retire. Provides that a judge serving for less than ten years who retires due to permanent disability shall receive retired pay of one-half of the rate of pay in effect at retirement. Requires an election to retire under such retirement provisions to be made while the judge is still an active judge. Prohibits revocation of such an election after the retired pay begins to accrue. Requires such election to be in writing and sent to the chief judge or, in the case of the chief judge, to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) forfeiture of rights to retired pay while accepting employment with the United States; (2) the lack of an annuity payable under civil service retirement laws, as well as the lack of a deduction from retired pay for the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; and (3) notice to the President in writing when a judge is unable to perform the duties of office due to a permanent disability. Allows an individual who has elected to receive retired pay under these provisions to revoke such election at any time before the first day on which retired pay would begin to accrue. Requires notice of such revocation to be in writing and sent to the Director of OPM. Outlines the ramifications of such revocation (basically, reinclusion under Federal civil service retirement provisions). Requires the Director of OPM to begin withholding one percent of the salary of a judge under this Act after proper notice of the election to receive retirement coverage under this Act. Requires withheld amounts to be credited to the Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Fund. Allows a judge to deposit into such Fund amounts for up to 15 years of service prior to the date on which contributions may be made under this Act. Authorizes a judge to become a participant in the annuity program by filing a written notice of such election under this Act while in office in a manner prescribed by the Court. Provides for a deduction of 3.5 percent of the judge's pay to provide coverage for the annuity. Requires amounts so withheld to be deposited into the Fund. Requires a judge to deposit into the Fund, for annuity coverage, 3.5 percent of the judge's pay or other compensation for service as a member of Congress or any other civilian Federal service. Allows such payments for prior years of service to be made in installments. Provides that if the service of a judge who makes an election to be covered under the annuity provisions is terminated, or if any judge ceases to be married after making the election and revokes the election, the amount in the judge's individual account shall be returned to the judge. Allows an annuity to be paid to the surviving spouse and dependent child of a judge under this Act if the judge dies after having rendered at least five years of civilian service and has made payments into the Fund for at least five years. Terminates the annuity to the surviving spouse upon his or her death or remarriage before age 55. Terminates the annuity payable to the child at the child's death. Recomputes the annuity payable to the child at the child's death. Recomputes the annuity payable to a dependent child after the death of a surviving spouse and after the death of another dependent child. Terminates any annuity payments if a judge making an election to be covered for annuity purposes dies before having rendered at least five years of civilian service or dies without a survivor entitled to such benefits. Provides, in such case, that the full amount of deposits made by the judge before his or her death, plus interest, shall be returned to the persons surviving on the date that title to the payment arises, in a specified order of priority. Provides for payment of the unpaid remaining annuity of a survivor or dependent upon the termination (other than by death) of the annuity of any individual based upon the service of a judge, in a specified order of preference. Provides for alternative measures to be taken for the payment of annuities to minors or mentally incompetent persons. Outlines administrative provisions concerning the time and amounts of annuity payments (determined on the basis of a judge's average annual pay). Requires the years of service for determining the amount of a surviving spouse's annuity rights to include years of service as a judge of the Court, as a Member of Congress, and as a member of the armed forces (within a specified limit) and any other Federal civilian service. Requires a judge making an election to provide an annuity under this Act to waive all benefits under the civil service retirement laws. Requires annuity payments to be increased whenever a judge's salary is increased as long as the deceased judge rendered some portion of his or her final 18 months as a judge of the Court. Establishes in the Treasury the Court of Veterans Appeals Retirement Fund. Requires the chief judge of the Court to submit to the President an annual estimate of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for maintenance and operation of the Fund. Provides for periodic examinations of the Fund by an actuary. Requires deposits into the Fund as necessary to reduce to zero its unfunded liability. Title II: Provisions Relating to Establishment of Court of Veterans Appeals - Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Court such funds as the chief judge of the Court certifies to be required for the initial startup and operational costs of the Court, until funds for the operation of the Court are first appropriated. Requires that, upon appropriation, the chief judge must reimburse the Secretary for the total sum transferred to the Court. Provides for facilities for the Court to be provided through the Administrator of General Services. Extends the date by which an appeal must be filed with the Court with regard to Board of Veterans Appeals decisions made before the Court commences operations. Provides for interim rules and employment authority of the Court. Title III: Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to current Federal law concerning the Board of Veterans Appeals. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Excludes certain noncareer appointments and competitive service-excepted positions in the Department of Veterans Affairs from a requirement prohibiting political affiliation or activity from being taken into account in connection with the appointment of personnel to certain positions. Provides for an acting chief judge of the Court in the event of a vacancy. Authorizes the Court to procure the services of experts and consultants.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Act - Title I: Judges Retirement and Survivor Annuity Program - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions concerning the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals (Court) to outline the age and service requirements for full retirement benefits. Requires a judge who is unable to perform the duties of office due to permanent disability to retire. Provides that a judge serving for less than ten years who retires due to permanent disability shall receive retired pay of one-half of the rate of pay in effect at retirement. Requires an election to retire under such retirement provisions to be made while the judge is still an active judge. Prohibits revocation of such an election after the retired pay begins to accrue. Requires such election to be in writing and sent to the chief judge or, in the case of the chief judge, to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) forfeiture of rights to retired pay while accepting employment with the United States; (2) the lack of an annuity payable under civil service retirement laws, as well as the lack of a deduction from retired pay for the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; and (3) notice to the President in writing when a judge is unable to perform the duties of office due to a permanent disability. Allows an individual who has elected to receive retired pay under these provisions to revoke such election at any time before the first day on which retired pay would begin to accrue. Requires notice of such revocation to be in writing and sent to the Director of OPM. Outlines the ramifications of such revocation (basically, reinclusion under Federal civil service retirement provisions). Requires the Director of OPM to begin withholding one percent of the salary of a judge under this Act after proper notice of the election to receive retirement coverage under this Act. Requires withheld amounts to be credited to the Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Fund. Allows a judge to deposit into such Fund amounts for up to 15 years of service prior to the date on which contributions may be made under this Act. Authorizes a judge to become a participant in the annuity program by filing a written notice of such election under this Act while in office in a manner prescribed by the Court. Provides for a deduction of 3.5 percent of the judge's pay to provide coverage for the annuity. Requires amounts so withheld to be deposited into the Fund. Requires a judge to deposit into the Fund, for annuity coverage, 3.5 percent of the judge's pay or other compensation for service as a Member of Congress or any other civilian Federal service. Allows such payments for prior years of service to be made in installments. Provides that if the service of a judge who makes an election to be covered under the annuity provisions is terminated, or if any judge ceases to be married after making the election and revokes the election, the amount in the judge's individual account shall be returned to the judge. Allows an annuity to be paid to the surviving spouse and dependent child of a judge under this Act if the judge dies after having rendered at least five years of civilian service and has made payments into the Fund for at least five years. Terminates the annuity to the surviving spouse upon his or her death or remarriage before age 55. Terminates the annuity payable to the child at the child's death. Recomputes the annuity payable to the child at the child's death. Recomputes the annuity payable to a dependent child after the death of a surviving spouse and after the death of another dependent child. Terminates any annuity payments if a judge making an election to be covered for annuity purposes dies before having rendered at least five years of civilian service or dies without a survivor entitled to such benefits. Provides, in such case, that the full amount of deposits made by the judge before his or her death, plus interest, shall be returned to the persons surviving on the date that title to the payment arises, in a specified order of priority. Provides for payment of the unpaid remaining annuity of a survivor or dependent upon the termination (other than by death) of the annuity of any individual based upon the service of a judge, in a specified order of preference. Provides for alternative measures to be taken for the payment of annuities to minors or mentally incompetent persons. Outlines administrative provisions concerning the time and amounts of annuity payments (determined on the basis of a judge's average annual pay). Requires the years of service for determining the amount of a surviving spouse's annuity rights to include years of service as a judge of the Court, as a Member of Congress, and as a member of the armed forces (within a specified limit) and any other Federal civilian service. Requires a judge making an election to provide an annuity under this Act to waive all benefits under the civil service retirement laws. Requires annuity payments to be increased whenever a judge's salary is increased as long as the deceased judge rendered some portion of his or her final 18 months as a judge of the Court. Establishes in the Treasury the Court of Veterans Appeals Retirement Fund. Requires the chief judge of the Court to submit to the President an annual estimate of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for maintenance and operation of the Fund. Provides for periodic examinations of the Fund by an actuary. Requires deposits into the Fund as necessary to reduce to zero its unfunded liability. Title II: Provisions Relating to Establishment of Court of Veterans Appeals - Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Court such funds as the chief judge of the Court certifies to be required for the initial startup and operational costs of the Court, until funds for the operation of the Court are first appropriated. Requires that, upon appropriation, the chief judge must reimburse the Secretary the total sum transferred to the Court. Provides for facilities for the Court to be provided through the Administrator of General Services. Extends the date by which an appeal must be filed with the Court with regard to Board of Veterans Appeals decisions made before the Court commences operations. Provides for interim rules and employment authority of the Court. Title III: Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to current Federal law concerning the Board of Veterans Appeals. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Excludes certain noncareer appointments and competitive service-excepted positions in the Department of Veterans Affairs from a requirement prohibiting political affiliation or activity from being taken into account in connection with the appointment of personnel to certain positions. Provides for an acting chief judge of the Court in the event of a vacancy. Authorizes the Court to procure the services of experts and consultants.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Requires the President to seek negotiations with the Japanese Government to reach an agreement requiring the Japanese Government to pay to the United States an annual security fee equal to three percent of the Japanese annual gross national product less the amount actually spent by the Japanese Government for defense for the preceding year. Requires the President, within one year after enactment of this Act, to notify the Congress whether such agreement has been reached. Requires the Congress to consider legislation imposing import duties on Japanese products to generate revenues equal to such fee if: (1) no such agreement has been reached; or (2) the agreement reached does not satisfy requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop minimum standard criteria for the treatment and diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to be applied uniformly to all Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) medical centers. Directs the Secretary to publish such criteria in a mental health program guide. Outlines factors to be considered by the Secretary when developing such criteria. Directs the Secretary to develop criteria for the education, training, and evaluation of personnel whose duties include the counseling and treatment of veterans suffering from PTSD to be applied uniformly at all Department medical centers. Directs the Secretary no later than three years after enactment of this Act, to prescribe such criteria. Requires the Secretary, in establishing such criteria, to consult with the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, established under the Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984. Directs the Secretary to establish, in at least one Department medical center in each State, a PTSD treatment team which shall be responsible for the counseling and treatment of veterans suffering from such disorder. Directs the Secretary to hire such additional personnel as necessary to establish such teams at each medical center. Directs the Secretary to identify in annual congressional budget documents the funding amounts requested for PTSD-related programs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use funds appropriated to the Department for the fourth quarter of FY 1989 during the third quarter of such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1989
Designates the week of July 24 to July 30, 1989, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1989, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay the maximum amount of special pay authorized for Department of Veterans Affairs physicians and dentists.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Department of Defense Acquisition Reorganization Act of 1989 - Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to: (1) plan and conduct all major defense acquisition programs of the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) supervise all other DOD acquisitions. Directs the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency, for each major defense acquisition program, to: (1) determine and define the procurement needs for that program; (2) determine and define the performance standards for the systems to be acquired under the program; and (3) report such needs and standards to the Under Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to revise such needs or standards. Directs the Secretary to: (1) select the system concept for design under a major defense acquisition program; and (2) determine and define the level of risk acceptable for a system to be acquired under a major defense acquisition program (MDAP). Requires the Secretary of a military department or defense agency head to determine whether the system acquired under such MDAP meets the needs of such department or agency. Directs the Under Secretary, in planning for and conducting a MDAP for the acquisition of a system, to: (1) consult with the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the appropriate defense agencies with regard to the need for such system; (2) consider whether the acquisition of a system from any allied government would meet those needs; (3) consult with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs concerning the potential for two or more military departments to use one system and potential alternative systems to be used by two or more departments; (4) determine the extent to which there is a commonality of parts and components among the systems to be acquired for such departments; (5) carry out functions relating to the research, development, and production of the system under the MDAP; (6) consult with, and seek advice and comments from, military department Secretaries and defense agency heads; and (7) be the sole DOD representative in negotiating with private sector representatives in connection with the MDAP. States that the Under Secretary is not responsible for conducting, monitoring, or reviewing operational testing and evaluation under a MDAP. Provides that, for purposes of a MDAP, the head of a defense agency shall include the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary. Establishes within DOD a Defense Acquisition Agency (DAA) to be headed by the Under Secretary. Specifies that the Under Secretary shall plan and conduct MDAPs through such agency. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulations a personnel system for civilian personnel within DAA. Outlines information to be included in such regulations. Allows the Secretary to exempt civilian personnel from any otherwise applicable competitive service requirements. Requires the Secretary to make appointments to DAA from the best-qualified civilian applicants. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and administer a performance management and recognition system for DAA employees. Provides for the assignment of DAA employees. Directs the Secretary to ensure that members of the armed forces are assigned to duty in the DAA to furnish the agency advice and assistance on the use of systems to be acquired under MDAPs. Prohibits a member from serving as a MDAP manager or performing supervisory duties in the conduct of such a program. Requires such members in the DAA to be promoted at a rate not less than the promotion rate for all members of the same armed force in the same grade and competitive category. Requires the Secretary to periodically report to the Congress on the promotion rates of such members in the DAA. Makes inapplicable to the Coast Guard and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration certain provisions relating to contract requirements for production special tooling and production special test equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Designates December 7, 1989, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Declares that certain authorities under the Arms Export Control Act may not be used to prohibit a museum or educational institution from importing defense articles from Hungary or Poland if such article: (1) was manufactured at least 25 years before its importation into the United States; (2) has been disabled; and (3) is used only for display to the public for educational purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Directs the Secretary of Defense to identify annually those local educational agencies that will experience an increase or reduction in enrollment of dependents of members of the armed forces or civilian officers or employees of the Department of Defense as a result of the closure or realignment of a military installation. Requires the Secretary to notify the local educational agencies affected by such determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from entering into any agreement that would provide for civil aircraft to use the Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro, California, with Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2655 (foreign assistance and arms export programs).
United States · United States Senate · 16 June 1989
United States · United States Senate · 16 June 1989
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Amends Federal veterans' provisions relating to construction contracts to delete the requirement that settlements of claims in excess of $1,000,000 on a construction contract be provided for specifically in an appropriation law, instead requiring that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs promptly notify the Senate and House Appropriations Committees of settlements in excess of such figure.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Authorizes the President to provide appropriate protective measures for persons who may be under threat by reason of their knowledge of sensitive national security matters.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Department of Energy Nuclear Contractors Accountability and Award System Act of 1989 - Amends the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1986 to preclude the Secretary of Energy from treating as allowable contractor costs fines and penalties resulting from such contractor's violations or noncompliance with regulations. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress any notices provided by contractors regarding specific violations or non-compliance before their actual occurrence. Directs the Secretary, upon contractor request, to renegotiate the terms of compensation under covered contracts. Directs the Secretary to establish a payments incentive system to encourage contractors to discover and avoid violations that might occur in the course of contract performance. Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must issue regulations implementing this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Terminates, as of April 1, 1990, the authority of the: (1) Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance, enter into contracts, and make grants for the provision of hospital and medical services for U.S. veterans in the Philippines; and (2) Department of Veterans Affairs to operate a regional office in the Philippines.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use funds appropriated to the Department for the fourth quarter of FY 1989 during the third quarter of such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Allows the obsolete destroyer U.S.S. Edson to be transferred to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York before the expiration of the otherwise applicable congressional review period.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit disclosure to the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) of income-related tax return information for the purpose of determining eligibility for specified veterans' pension and benefit programs. Amends Federal law to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from using this tax return information to terminate, deny, suspend, or reduce a person's benefits or services without first: (1) taking appropriate steps to verify independently the amount and accessibility of the income in question; and (2) providing the affected individual with notice and an opportunity to respond to the findings. Restricts the Secretary's right to verify or act upon information relating to disability compensation. Directs the Secretary, in furnishing hospital or nursing home care to a veteran who furnishes income information, to notify the veteran that the Secretary may verify such information through the Commissioner of Social Security or the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires the veteran to agree to pay to the United States the applicable amount as payment for such care if it is determined that the veteran is not entitled to such care through the Department in whole or in part. Directs the Secretary to notify applicants for, and recipients of, Department benefits that income information they provide may be compared with tax return data.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Title I: General Provisions - Coastal Defense Initiative of 1989 - Sets forth congressional findings and definitions. Title II: Coastal Water Quality - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate numeric water quality standards for pollutants for which certain information has been published under the Clean Water Act. Requires such criteria to ensure the protection of public health and wildlife habitats, the propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of fish, shellfish, and wildlife, and recreation in and on coastal waters. Provides for the promulgation of additional criteria for pollutants which contribute to the degradation of coastal water quality. Provides that State criteria that are more protective of human health or the environment shall take precedence over national criteria. Authorizes Governors of coastal States to petition the Administrator to establish less stringent criteria if demonstrated that such criteria will achieve the designated uses of the water body and are justified because of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of such water. Requires the Administrator to grant such petitions if the proposed criteria will achieve the same level of protection as the national criteria. Authorizes any person to petition the Administrator to develop criteria for a pollutant. Directs the Administrator to develop and publish criteria and information on: (1) sediment quality for coastal waters; (2) marine and estuarine biological integrity; and (3) such other indices determined to complement the criteria published under the Clean Water Act. Requires Governors of coastal States to identify coastal waters: (1) for which applicable water quality standards cannot reasonably be anticipated to be achieved or maintained; and (2) which are currently achieving such standards but are threatened by foreseeable increases in pollution loadings from new or expanding sources. Directs such Governors, acting through State water pollution control authorities, to develop individual control strategies to: (1) identify the principal sources of pollutants from point and nonpoint sources; (2) establish the total maximum daily load of pollutants determined to contribute to the failure of waters to achieve or maintain water quality standards; (3) allocate among such sources the necessary reductions in loadings to achieve and maintain such standards and provide an implementation schedule for achieving such reductions; and (4) provide for a system for allocating and exchanging discharge credits and pollution offsets. Requires such control strategies to be submitted triennially to the Administrator for approval. Directs Governors to certify that permit renewals for point sources and land use activities in coastal zones are consistent with strategy requirements. Requires Governors of coastal States or the Administrator to designate outstanding coastal resource waters with particular ecological, recreational, or esthetic value, taking into account fisheries and shellfish resources, habitat, and recreational uses. Provides for petitioning and appeals of such designations. Directs such Governors to revise the continuing planning process to ensure that water quality and ecological integrity of State coastal waters will be maintained and protected. Amends the Clean Water Act to prohibit the issuance or renewal of permits for discharges into certain estuaries, outstanding resource waters designated under this Act, the territorial sea, or the exclusive economic zone unless the Administrator or a State determines that: (1) the need for the discharge and the lack of reasonable alternatives; and (2) that the discharge will not inhibit the protection of public health and wildlife habitat, the propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of fish, shellfish, and wildlife, or recreation in and on the water. Authorizes State Governors to request the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enter into a cooperative agreement to permit a State or its political subdivision to enforce requirements for marine sanitation devices. Requires such agreements to authorize States or political subdivisions to assess and retain required penalties. Increase the amount of appropriations authorized to be appropriated for the National Estuary Program. Title III: Coastal Management - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require State agencies designated to carry out approved coastal zone management plans to submit coastal water quality protection plans to the Secretary of Commerce for approval. Sets forth provisions for plan approval and resubmission of disapproved plans. Limits Federal assistance to States that fail to submit plans. Authorizes the Secretary to approve plans that: (1) identify major land uses which may cause or contribute significantly to violations of marine water quality standards or impair existing uses of such waters; (2) establish and periodically revise model ordinances and regulations for use by State and local authorities for encouraging best land use management practices for preventing or reducing coastal water pollution; (3) encourage and assist local governments in implementing such ordinances; (4) contain enforceable review and certification policies; (5) establish a schedule of pollution reduction goals; (6) improve coordination between State and local agencies and officials for land use planning and permitting, water quality permitting and enforcement, and public health and safety; and (7) modify State boundaries as necessary to manage such activities. Applies such plans to coastal areas in which marine water quality standards are not being achieved, or are being met but are identified as threatened. Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to provide technical assistance to States and local governments in developing and implementing such plans. Directs the Administrator to review the inland coastal zone boundary of each State program to evaluate whether such boundary extends inland to the extent necessary to control land and water uses having a significant impact on State coastal waters. Requires the Administrator to recommend appropriate boundary modifications to the Secretary and the State if such modifications are necessary to manage better land and water uses and to protect water quality. Directs the Secretary, to promote coordination between the National Estuary Program and the Coastal Zone Management Program, to issue regulations governing the incorporation of Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans under the Clean Water Act into State management programs under the Coastal Zone Management Act. Requires State agencies responsible for administering coastal zone management programs to designate representatives for each management conference convened under the Clean Water Act that includes coastal lands and waters. Deems Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans in compliance with regulations under this title to be approved as components of a State's coastal zone management program. Title IV: National Coastal Monitoring Program - Establishes a National Coastal Environmental Monitoring Task Force. Requires the Task Force to establish uniform protocols to: (1) assess long-term conditions and trends; (2) assist in the development of regulatory programs to restore and protect coastal water quality; and (3) assess the effectiveness of coastal protection programs. Provides for the periodic review of such protocols. Requires the Task Force to authorize regional monitoring teams to develop regional coastal environmental monitoring plans to: (1) identify the current environmental conditions of coastal waters; (2) establish a sound technical basis for coastal environmental management decisionmaking; (3) incorporate standardized methods for sampling, analysis, and data management; (4) make better use of funds available for such monitoring; and (5) involve the public as full participants. Directs the Task Force to publish criteria for selecting coastal regions that may be eligible for the development of regional programs. Requires the Task Force to designate such regions and teams. Sets forth plan requirements and approval and modification procedures. Authorizes the Under Secretary to develop the plan if a regional team fails to do so. Incorporates monitoring requirements into: (1) the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972; (2) approved State coastal zone management plans; and (3) appropriate discharge permits. Establishes within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the National Coastal Monitoring Data Center. Requires the Under Secretary to examine existing Federal and State monitoring data management systems and issue guidance for the development of compatible systems. Makes available to the public all data maintained at the Center. Title V: Compliance and Enforcement - Directs the Administrator to provide to Federal agencies a list of persons discharging pollutants into coastal waters who have been found to be: (1) in significant noncompliance with discharge permits issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act; or (2) in violation of requirements established in management programs or conferences pursuant to such Act. Provides for the semiannual revision of such list. Prohibits Federal agencies from contracting with such persons for the procurement of goods, materials, or services if the contract is to be performed at any facility owned, leased, or operated by such persons. Prohibits Federal agencies from approving any project or awarding any grant for an activity that may adversely affect coastal water quality or coastal land and water use to any coastal State found to have: (1) demonstrated a pattern of continuing failure to achieve and maintain applicable marine water quality standards; or (2) failed to implement and enforce an approved comprehensive estuary management plan pursuant to the Clean Water Act. Waives sovereign immunity for purposes of enforcing any requirement of this Act or the Clean Water Act against any Federal agency discharging pollutants into coastal waters. Authorizes the Administrator to commence an administrative enforcement action against any executive department to enforce this Act. Requires Federal agencies which own or operate facilities that discharge into coastal waters (and that would otherwise qualify as major dischargers) to submit to the Administrator plans to carry out environmental audits of such facilities and to correct any incident of noncompliance with requirements of this Act or the Clean Water Act. Provides for biannual audits during the first year of plan implementation and periodically thereafter as determined by the Administrator. Requires industrial facilities found to be in significant noncompliance with a discharge permit to conduct such audits on a quarterly basis until the condition giving rise to the finding has been corrected and the facility is no longer in violation of applicable requirements. Directs major dischargers to provide certifications by environmental auditors prior to renewal of a discharge permit. Requires audits to be conducted by independent auditors unless the Administrator determines that the permittee has an internal auditing program consistent with applicable regulations. Directs the Administrator to: (1) issue regulations on such auditing and guidance for certification procedures; (2) convene a forum of interested professional organizations to identify eligibility requirements for certification and continuing education of such auditors; and (3) publish a list of auditors qualified to meet such guidelines. Permits dischargers, upon the development of a program consistent with such guidelines by a State, to select an auditor from the State list. Requires penalties assessed against dischargers under the Clean Water Act to be no less than an amount that eliminates economic benefit or savings that may have accrued to such person as a result of the violation. Makes a conforming amendment to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Requires States having coastal waters that do not meet applicable water quality standards to post and maintain signs at each place of public access to such waters indicating the standards such water body does not meet. Deems violations of this Act to be violations of title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act. Title VI: Funding - Establishes the Coastal Defense Fund (Fund). Directs the Administrator and the Under Secretary to make grants from the Fund to coastal States that: (1) establish their own coastal resources protection fund into which such grants will be deposited; (2) agree to deposit into such fund all receipts from coastal effluent charge systems; (3) agree to make grants and other expenditures from such funds; and (4) agree to undertake periodic accounting and reporting procedures. Outlines specific criteria to be considered by the Administrator and the Under Secretary in determining grant amounts. Allocates Fund moneys. Requires the Administrator to establish a National Coastal Effluent Charge System to: (1) provide economic incentives to coastal dischargers to eliminate or reduce the volume or toxicity of effluents; (2) raise $100,000,000 for the Fund; and (3) supplement existing public funding for Federal, State, and local coastal environmental quality programs. Directs the Administrator to establish a schedule of charges to be assessed annually against each coastal discharger. Establishes minimum and maximum amounts to be paid. Provides for a special hardship exemption under specified conditions. Sets forth deadlines for the assessments of such charges by the Administrator and States. Authorizes a coastal State to petition the Administrator for exemptions to the national charge system if such State currently requires fees similar in scope and purpose to the national system. Directs significant industrial users of publicly owned treatment works to pay annual charges based on pollutants authorized to be introduced into such works as determined by the Administrator's schedule of charges. Requires municipal authorities to retain charges paid by such users to implement and enforce requirements under this Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. Bases initial charges on relevant variables in the discharge permit. Provides for modifications of such charges at the time of permit renewal. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 to authorize transfers from the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund to the Fund. Removes an upper limit placed on the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund. Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act to provide for the deposit into the Fund of certain unobligated funds and loan payments. Credits the following to the Fund: (1) certain penalties, fines, and other payments assessed under the Clean Water Act and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act; and (2) specified Outer Continental Shelf revenues.