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Bill· HRH.R. 5162 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to reimburse contractors of the Department of the Army for damage to property on U.S. military installations in Panama caused by U.S. armed forces during Operation Just Cause in December 1989.
Bill· HRH.R. 5166 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Involuntarily Separated Military Personnel Benefits Act of 1990 - Provides separation pay for all members of the armed forces who are involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or are denied reenlistment. (Under current law, regular members who were discharged from active duty after a specified date and who had completed five or more, but fewer than 20 years of active duty, were denied such separation pay and no separation pay was provided to enlisted members denied reenlistment.) Fixes the amount of separation pay at ten percent of the product of years of service and 12 times the monthly pay rate at the time of discharge or $60,000, whichever is less. Limits to $60,000 the total amount a member can receive in separation, severance, and readjustment pay based on service in the armed forces. Increases the aggregate amount of unemployment compensation payable to ex-servicemen in any benefit year to 26 times an individual's weekly benefit amount for total unemployment. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a program to furnish employment and training information and services to members of the armed forces who serve on active duty more than 180 consecutive days and are denied reenlistment or involuntarily separated from active duty under honorable conditions in order to assist such members in assimilating to civilian life. Requires the Secretary, no later than 180 days before a separation, to notify the member of such separation and to brief him or her regarding the availability of potential retirement, employment, job preference, and other benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, local veterans' employment representatives, other employment service personnel, and representatives of veterans' service organizations in furnishing such employment and training information. Requires the Secretary, in preparation for the discharge or release from active duty of military personnel stationed outside the United States whose dependents were permitted to accompany them, to reassign such member and dependents to the United States for the final three to six months of the member's tour of active duty. Urges and requests the President to establish a special committee to report on the means of encouraging civilian employers to cooperate with and assist the Government in providing employment training and job placement services to military personnel being involuntarily separated. Authorizes appropriations. Includes an individual who served on active duty at any time in the armed forces for more than 180 consecutive days and is denied reenlistment on active duty or involuntarily separated from active duty under honorable conditions and under criteria established by the Secretary of the military department concerned among those individuals for whom a Federal hiring preference will be given. Expresses the sense of the Congress that with respect to a person involuntarily separated from the armed forces: (1) efforts should be made to expand the number of noncompetitive position appointments available in the Government and to increase the pay grade level for such appointments; and (2) preferential hiring policies and procedures should be established as a condition for receiving the Federal share of expenditures for State and local programs. Directs the Secretary of Defense to contract to provide medical care to a person who is involuntarily discharged or released from active duty and to his or her dependents for 90 days following such discharge or release. Directs the Secretary to inform each such person of the availability for purchase by the member of a conversion health policy. Requires such policy to be purchased within 90 days of the date of such discharge or release. Provides that such a policy shall continue to cover such member and his or her dependents for one year. Outlines preexisting conditions for which such coverage will apply. Authorizes such member and dependents to receive health care at any military medical facility for any injury, illness, or disease incurred before the date of discharge or release, for a specified conditional period. Defines those persons who will not be considered to have been involuntarily discharged or released from the armed forces (such as those released under dishonorable conditions or for unfitness or unsatisfactory performance) and who will not therefore be entitled to such extended medical care. Provides that an individual involuntarily discharged or released from active duty shall be entitled to 36 months of basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. Sets forth application requirements and benefit limitations. Defines those persons who will not be considered to have been involuntarily discharged or released from active duty and who are therefore not entitled to such education assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 5164 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Act for the Use and Disposition of Designated VA Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use agreements (a written agreement for the use of a Department of Veterans Affairs facility consistent with the Department's mission in return for the payment of consideration to the Department) with respect to designated facilities and to direct the disposal of such facilities. Requires cash received as such consideration to be deposited into the Enhanced-Use Fund. Requires notice of designation to be provided by the Secretary to the Veterans' Affairs Committees 30 days prior to entering into such agreements. Authorizes the Secretary to direct the disposal of such a facility by requesting the Administrator of General Services to perform a special disposition. Terminates the authority to enter into enhanced-use agreements on September 30, 1993.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 340 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1990
Designates the week beginning November 11, 1990, as National Disabled Veterans Week, in recognition of the contributions that disabled veterans have made to the welfare of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 5130 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Veterans' Judicial Review Amendments of 1990 - Repeals certain provisions relating to decisions made by the Court of Veterans Appeals in veterans' benefits determinations. Authorizes the Chief Judge of the Court to annually summon the judges of such Court to a judicial conference in order to consider business of the Court and to improve the administration of justice within the Court's jurisdiction. Makes discretionary (currently mandatory) the return by the Court of books, records, and diagrams submitted to the Court as part of an administrative determination.
Bill· HRH.R. 5093 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
Department of Veterans Affairs Codification Act - Revises provisions of Federal law which established the Department of Veterans Affairs as an executive department. Redesignates the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration as the Veterans Health Administration. Includes the Veterans' Canteen Service and the Board of Contract Appeals within the Department. Establishes within the Department an Under Secretary for Health, who shall be the head of the Veterans Health Administration. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a commission to recommend individuals to the President whenever a vacancy occurs in the position of the Under Secretary. Redesignates the Chief Benefits Director of the Veterans Benefits Administration as the Under Secretary for Benefits Administration. Requires the Secretary to establish a commission to recommend individuals to the President whenever a vacancy occurs in the position of the Under Secretary. Revises and codifies provisions relating to the authority and various duties of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe all rules and regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the laws administered by the Department. Provides for judicial review of such rules and regulations. States that the Veterans Benefits Administration shall be operated by the Under Secretary for Benefits Administration and that the Administration shall be responsible for the following programs: compensation and pension; vocational rehabilitation and educational assistance; veterans' home loan; veterans' and service members' life insurance programs; and outreach and other veterans' services programs. Revises and reorganizes provisions relating to the organization and functions of the Veterans Health Administration. Directs the Under Secretary of the Administration to prescribe all regulations necessary for its administration. Provides specific experience criteria for several of the Assistant Under Secretaries appointed to the Administration. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and conduct a comprehensive program to monitor and evaluate the quality of health care furnished by the Administration; and (2) delineate the responsibilities of the Under Secretary with respect to the quality-assurance program. Requires the Under Secretary to periodically evaluate the mortality and morbidity rates for surgical procedures performed by the Administration against prevailing national standards and to explain and report on any significant deviations. Provides that a person may not serve as Chief of Staff of a Department health-care facility if the person is not serving on a full-time basis. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Adds savings provisions.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 609 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
Designates October 20, 1990, as Leyte Landing Day (relating to the allied forces landing in the Philippines in World War II).
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 342 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any "Peace Dividend" realized from reduced defense spending shall be used only for balancing the national budget and for reducing the national debt.
Bill· HRH.R. 5079 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Department of Defense Civilian Employee Reemployment Act For Facilities Taken Over By Another Federal Agency - Directs the Office of Personnel Management to: (1) provide civilian employees of the Department of Defense who are separated as a result of a base closure involving a transfer of the base to another Federal agency a hiring preference for reemployment at the former base within one year of their separation; and (2) waive requirements as to specialized training in, or knowledge of, the position for which such an employee is provided a preference if the employee has completed or is scheduled to complete a retraining program to meet the requirements of that position. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish and operate such programs. Sets forth selection criteria for such training. Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to finance such programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 5074 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Directs the President, pursuant to certain conversion requirements under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, to provide, during FY 1991 through 1997, for the refining, processing, or upgrading of materials in the National Defense Stockpile in order to increase the quantities of certain materials. Outlines the method for conversion, as well as provisions for failure to achieve any required material increase.
Bill· HRH.R. 5076 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to authorize the President to barter materials in the National Defense Stockpile in order to finance the upgrading, refining, or processing of a material in the Stockpile to convert such material into a form more suitable for storage, subsequent disposition, and immediate use in a national emergency.
Bill· HRH.R. 5069 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to contract for the provision of rehabilitative and therapeutic services to veterans with any appropriate source, whether or not such source is an element of the Department of Veterans Affairs or any other Federal entity. (Current law allows such contractual arrangements with private industry or other sources outside the Department.) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a three-year demonstration program for the provision of transitional housing for veterans receiving therapeutic or rehabilitative services through the Department and who are furnished therapeutic work as part of such services. Allows the Secretary to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire residential housing for such purposes. Limits the operation of such transitional housing to no more than 50 residences. Outlines conditions for such transitional housing, including the payment of rent for resident veterans. Requires a house manager for each residence used for such housing. Authorizes the Secretary to use any suitable residential property for such housing, including property acquired through default under the veterans' home loan guaranty program. Authorizes the Secretary to dispose of property after use as transitional housing and to deposit the proceeds into the General Post Fund of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to assist nonprofit organizations in providing transitional housing for veterans who are or recently have been in a program for the treatment of substance abuse. Outlines terms, conditions, and limitations to such loan program. Authorizes the Secretary to provide loans to veterans for the purpose of avoiding foreclosure of a housing loan made under the veterans' home loan guaranty program. Conditions such assistance on the following: (1) that the dwelling securing the loan is the current residence of the veteran; (2) that the veteran is at least six months' delinquent in payments on the original guaranteed loan; (3) that the veteran has lost employment or has had a substantial reduction in income through no fault of the veteran; and (4) the Secretary determines that there is a reasonable prospect that the veteran will be able to resume payment on the original loan within six months after receiving such loan assistance. Limits to $10,000 the total amount of such loans made to any veteran. Requires a veteran to enter into an agreement to repay such a loan within a reasonable period not to exceed 15 years. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations and States or political subdivisions to sell real property acquired as the result of a loan made, insured, or guaranteed by the Secretary under the veterans' home loan guaranty program. Provides the following conditions to such agreements: (1) that the Secretary determines that such action will not adversely affect the ability of the Department to fulfill its statutory mission with respect to the veterans' home loan guaranty program; (2) that the entity to which the property is sold agrees to utilize such property solely as a shelter primarily for homeless veterans and their families, to comply with all zoning laws, and to make no use of the property that is incompatible with the area; and (3) that the Secretary determines that there is no significant likelihood of the property being sold for a price sufficient to reduce the liability of the Department or the veteran who defaulted on the loan. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to assist veterans who are participants in a compensated work therapy program, to convey to nonprofit organizations and States and political subdivisions real property acquired by the Secretary as the result of default on a loan made or guaranteed by the Secretary under the veterans' home loan program. Allows conveyance of such property only to persons who enter into an agreement with the Secretary to employ veterans who are participants in a compensated work therapy program. Terminates such agreement authority as of September 30, 1993.
Bill· HRH.R. 5051 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Calverton Pine Barrens Preservation Act - Requires the Secretary of the Navy to designate as a protected tract any part of the Calverton Pine Barrens, New York, declared to be excess to the needs of his department. Prohibits the protected tract or any part from being disposed of in any way that would allow commercial development to take place on it. Reverts ownership of such tract to the United States if it or any part is ever conveyed to an entity which uses it for commercial development.
Bill· HRH.R. 5058 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to direct the Secretary of Defense, after notifying all departments and instrumentalities within the Department of Defense of the availability of real property and facilities to be closed or realigned, to notify the Attorney General of the availability of such property. Requires the Secretary to transfer such property or facility to the Bureau of Prisons if the Attorney General certifies that such property will be used primarily in the incarceration of prisoners convicted of controlled substances offenses and that such property is essential to Bureau program objectives. Provides identical procedures to be followed by the Secretary for any real property or facility of the Department located at any military installation to be closed or realigned.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 415 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Directs the Secretary of Defense to furnish to the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives all unresolved, active live-sighting case files on Americans/caucasians reported in captivity in Southeast Asia after February 1, 1973.
Bill· SS. 2731 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay additional pay to nursing assistants for weekend duty on the same basis as such pay is provided to nurses in the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Bill· SS. 2726 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Counterintelligence Improvements Act of 1990 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish minimum requirements for a "top secret" security clearance (TSSC), including that an individual seeking clearance must: (1) be a U.S. citizen; (2) have been the subject of a completed background investigation by a competent investigative authority; (3) have agreed to permit appropriate investigative authorities access to financial and consumer records and to records pertaining to travel outside the United States; (4) have agreed to report travel to foreign countries not authorized as part of the individual's official duties; and (5) have agreed to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unauthorized contacts with foreign nationals where an effort to acquire classified information is made by such national. Exempts elected officials and Federal judges from such investigative requirements and permits the President to waive such requirements when necessary in the interests of national security. Requires that persons, as conditions of access to classified cryptographic information or keys: (1) meet the requirements applicable to those with a TSSC; and (2) be subject during the period of such access to periodic polygraph examinations limited in scope to questions of a counterintelligence nature. Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency to use appropriated funds to provide employees who have been in sensitive positions and who are found to be ineligible for continued access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and employment with the Agency, or whose employment with the Agency has been terminated, with assistance in: (1) finding and qualifying for subsequent employment; (2) receiving treatment of medical or psychological disabilities; and (3) obtaining necessary financial support during periods of unemployment. Permits such assistance only where essential in avoiding circumstances that might lead to the disclosure of classified information. Authorizes such assistance for up to five years after termination of employment with the Agency. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act to permit customers with TSSC to authorize nonrevocable disclosure of all financial records maintained by financial institutions to the appropriate governmental authorities for the period of the customer's TSSC access and for up to five years after such access has been terminated. (Under current law, a person may consent to access to his financial records for a period of three months.) Makes it a crime to possess espionage devices with intent to violate the espionage statutes and to sell top secret documents or materials to foreign governments, with exceptions. Makes it a misdemeanor for a U.S. officer, employer, or contractor to knowingly remove top secret documents and retain them at an unauthorized location. Amends the Federal criminal code to extend coverage of the special forfeiture provision (permitting the Attorney General to file suit to recover the profits of certain crimes) to additional crimes of espionage and to espionage convictions in foreign courts for misconduct that would constitute offenses under U.S. espionage laws. Permits the Government to deny retirement pay to U.S. retirees in the civil service, Foreign Service, and Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disability systems who are convicted of espionage in foreign courts which involve U.S. national defense information, subject to certification by the Attorney General that the conviction had been obtained under procedures which accorded the U.S. retiree due process rights comparable to those under the Constitution. Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to require consumer reporting agencies to furnish: (1) consumer reports to the FBI pursuant to a certification by the Director of the FBI that the records are sought for an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and that the person to whom such reports relate is believed to be a foreign agent; and (2) identifying information respecting any consumer at the Director's request when necessary to the conduct of an authorized counterintelligence investigation. Prohibits such agencies from divulging to the consumer that the FBI has sought or obtained such information. Amends the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 to authorize the Director of the FBI to request from wire or electronic communications service providers subscriber information concerning a person or entity where the Director certifies that the information sought is relevant to an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and there is reason to believe that communications facilities registered in the name of the person or entity have been used, through the services of such provider, in communication with a foreign agent or power. Authorizes the Attorney General to pay rewards of up to $1,000,000 for information leading to: (1) the arrest or conviction of any individual for committing, or conspiring or attempting to commit, espionage; or (2) the prevention or frustration of an act of espionage against the United States. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide a court order process, similar to that required for electronic surveillance, for physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes. Empowers the special courts established under such Act, upon appropriate application and with appropriate certification, to issue an order authorizing such a search.
Bill· SS. 2732 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Physicians and Dentists Special Pay Act of 1990 - Repeals the current limit on the amount of special pay authorized to be received, in addition to annual pay, for physicians and dentists employed in the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration (HSRA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department). Limits the amount of such pay to an amount that, when added to basic pay, does not exceed Level I of the Executive Schedule. Revises the amount of special pay authorized to be received by the Chief Medical Director (CMD) and Deputy Chief Medical Director of the HSRA. Reduces the amount of primary special pay to be paid to eligible full-time and part-time physicians and dentists. Increases the amount of special pay to be paid to physicians and dentists for full-time status, for tenure with HSRA of specified periods, for service in certain exigent medical specialties, and for service in specified positions, including the Service Chief and Chief of Staff. Requires any special pay for the CMD or Deputy CMD of the HSRA to be approved by the Secretary. Repeals the current limitation on the amount of incentive special pay, in addition to special pay, to be paid to full-time or part-time dentists. Increases the amount of incentive special pay to be paid to a physician or dentist serving as a Service Chief. Increases the amount of incentive special pay to be paid to part-time physicians for tenure of service within the HSRA for specified periods. Revises the amount of special pay to be provided in cases in which there are extraordinary difficulties in the recruitment or retention of qualified physicians or dentists.
Bill· SS. 2728 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to plan and execute military training or military operations to aid civilian law enforcement agencies in connection with drug law enforcement, immigration control, or tariff regulation. Authorizes the use of military aircraft for transportation of, and flight training for, civilian law enforcement personnel and for aerial surveillance in connection with such functions. Authorizes the Secretary to make military personnel available for such functions without regard to the likelihood of any armed confrontation. Authorizes the Secretary to provide military support, in the form of personnel and equipment, if the Secretary determines that the importance of providing such support outweighs any short-term adverse effect on military preparedness. Excludes enlisted personnel and Reserve officers on active duty or full-time National Guard duty who are aiding civilian law enforcement agencies in such functions from inclusion in military end-strength computations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5002 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Housing and Memorial Affairs Amendments of 1990 - Makes eligible for various veterans' home loan benefits any individual not otherwise eligible for benefits who has completed a total of at least six years of service in the Selected Reserve and who was discharged honorably, placed on the retired list, or transferred to an element of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve. Defines the amount of loan fee to be paid by a veteran qualifying under the Selected Reserve eligibility provisions. Provides that, as of October 1, 1990: (1) the limitation on the number of homes purchased by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for which loan guaranty defaults occurred which may be financed by a loan made by the Secretary shall cease to have effect; and (2) the Secretary may sell any note evidencing such a loan with or without recourse if the amount received is not less than the unpaid balance of such loan. Prohibits the Secretary from selling any note evidencing a loan for which the Guaranty and Indemnity Fund is available. Extends such property management provisions through December 31, 1993. Makes permanent (current law expires on March 1, 1991) the authority of the Secretary for default procedures for loans made, guaranteed, or insured by the Department. Extends through FY 1993 (currently, FY 1990) the procedure for real estate appraisals to be followed by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out an administrative reorganization that involves closing the loan guaranty division at the Togus Veteran Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center, Togus, Maine, and transferring such functions to the Manchester Veterans Affairs Regional Office, Manchester, New Hampshire. Provides that, in the making of a claim on a manufactured home on which a loan was made or guaranteed by the Department, the holder of the loan shall have the election of submitting a claim to the Secretary based on the value of the property securing the loan as determined by the Secretary, or on the actual proceeds from the liquidation sale of the property securing the loan. Allows payments of a claim on a guaranty to be made only after the filing of an accounting with the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for flat grave markers in the section of the Florida National Cemetery in which replaced grave liners were installed before July 30, 1988. Directs the Secretary, at the request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to certify whether an applicant for assistance under any law administered by HUD is a veteran. Provides that an applicant for a loan made, guaranteed, or insured by the Department shall not be subject to reporting requirements applicable to requests for, or receipts of, Federal contracts, grants, loans, or cooperative agreements except to the extent that such requirements are provided for in or by the Secretary pursuant to the veterans' housing loan guaranty program. Directs the Secretary to carry out a demonstration project, during FY 1991 and 1992 and in at least two but not more than ten regional offices, for guaranteeing loans in a manner similar to which the Secretary of HUD insures adjustable rate mortgages under applicable provisions of the National Housing Act. Requires a report from the Secretary to the Congress on the implementation of such project.
Bill· HRH.R. 5009 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for intelligence 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. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to permit employment of 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 1991. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 240 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Subjects activities and personnel of the staff to the National Security Act of 1947 and the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 in the same manner as activities and personnel of the CIA. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY 1991. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency Administrative Provisions - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) authorize the adjustment of status of certain U.S. Government employees performing services in a foreign country essential to the needs of the U.S. Government; and (2) modify the definition of "former spouse" to require, for purposes of qualifying for coverage under the Central Intelligence Agency Disability and Retirement System (CIADRS), that at least five years of creditable service have been spent outside the United States by both the CIADRS participant and the former spouse during the participant's service as an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency. Deletes a provision requiring: (1) an officer or employee who elects to accept designation as a participant to remain a participant for the duration of his or her employment with the Agency; and (2) making such election irrevocable and not subject to review. Permits a retired participant whose annuity was not reduced at retirement in order to provide a survivors annuity for a spouse or former spouse and who remarries after retirement to elect to reduce such annuity to provide an annuity for the new spouse. Requires that any executive order that conforms CIADRS to the Civil Service Retirement System by lowering the remarriage age for termination of surviving spouses' annuities from 60 to 55 be given retroactive effect. Entitles a surviving spouse who was acquired after a CIADRS participant's retirement to a survivor annuity only upon electing such annuity instead of any other survivor benefit to which he or she may be entitled on the basis of a marriage to someone other than the participant. Exempts from taxation certain foreign areas allowances received by civilian officers and employees of the U.S. Government under the Foreign Service Act of 1980. Title V: NSA/DIA/Army Personnel Authorities Improvements - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include within foreign areas allowances which are exempt from taxation certain amounts received under specified Federal provisions with respect to activities of National Security Agency (NSA) and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to: (1) expend funds and engage in certain commercial activities which shall not be subject to Federal laws and regulations applicable to the management of Federal agencies (upon certification by the Secretary of Defense that application of such provisions would risk compromise of authorized intelligence activities) in order to provide security for foreign intelligence collection by DOD; and (2) grant the use of the DOD reimbursement rate for military aircraft services provided by DOD to the CIA when such services are provided for activities related to national security objectives. Title VI: Federal Bureau of Investigation Enhanced Counterintelligence and Personnel Authorities - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to require a consumer reporting agency to furnish a consumer report or other information requested in connection with an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under specified conditions. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide the Director of the FBI with access to telephone toll and transactional records sought in connection with an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation under specified conditions. Title VII: General Provisions - Declares that appropriations authorized by this Act for Federal employee pay and benefits may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in compensation or benefits authorized by law.
Bill· HRH.R. 5015 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Prohibits plutonium processing operations at Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant (Golden, Colorado) unless the Secretary of Energy certifies that: (1) specified plant safety conditions have been met; (2) the plant is essential to national security for specified reasons; and (3) permanent cessation and decontamination and decommissioning activities will be accomplished by specified deadlines.
Bill· HRH.R. 5010 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Title I: Separation Pay for Enlisted Members - Entitles regular enlisted members of the armed forces who are involuntarily discharged or released or are denied reenlistment after having served at least five but less than 20 years of active service to separation pay. Title II: Age/Service Credit for Department of Defense Civilian Employees - Makes civilian Federal employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) who are separated from their positions as a result of a major reduction in force or a military base closure or realignment eligible for early retirement benefits under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems. Title III: Federal Employee Placement and Retraining Act - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish and maintain a list for priority placement of certain civilian DOD employees who are notified of such a separation and have not declined offers of employment for other DOD positions within their commuting area for which they qualify and which will not provide a cut in pay. Requires DOD to fill vacant positions within a particular commuting area with the individuals listed to be placed in positions in that particular area unless there are no such individuals who are qualified for such positions. Grants individuals listed for priority placement who apply for agency positions for which they are qualified priority over individuals not so listed. Terminates an individual's eligibility to remain on such a list: (1) six months after the individual's separation; (2) upon the request of an individual to have his or her name removed from the list; or (3) upon such an individual's acceptance of an offer of employment for an agency position for which he or she is qualified and which will not provide a cut in pay. Requires the Secretary of Defense to file a certificate with the Administrator of OPM which identifies such DOD employees as eligible to apply for the following assistance made available under this title: (1) supplemental severance allowances; (2) supplemental wage allowances; (3) job search allowances; (4) relocation allowances; (5) job retraining programs; and (6) counseling, testing, and placement services, and supportive and other employment services provided under any other Federal law. Entitles such employees to continued health insurance coverage while receiving severance pay if they pay the employee contributions required for such coverage. Requires the Administrator to provide notice and information to such employees about such assistance and the application procedures. Authorizes payment of a supplemental severance allowance to such employees who meet specified conditions concerning the length of former DOD employment. Requires such employees to be enrolled in or have completed a job retraining program approved by the Administrator unless the Administrator or the State or a State agency determines that such a program is not feasible or appropriate. Sets forth amounts of such allowances payable, reduced by any payments received during approved retraining. Requires such payments to be coordinated with benefits provided under other Federal training programs. Provides supplemental wage allowances in lieu of supplemental severance allowances to adversely affected workers covered by such a certification who accept full-time employment at an average weekly wage that is less than their average weekly wage during DOD employment. Limits the dollar amounts of such supplemental allowances. Allows such workers to file applications with the Administrator to receive allowances to cover a certain amount of the expenses of searching and relocating for other employment, under certain conditions. Authorizes the Administrator to approve worker training under specified conditions and give priority to on-the-job training. Requires such benefits to be coordinated with other Federal training programs. Outlines other training program conditions, requirements, and limitations. Directs the Administrator to make every reasonable effort to secure for such workers the employment services made available under this title. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) agreements between the Administrator and a State for provision of such assistance; (2) the determination and provision of such assistance by the Administrator in the absence of any State agreement; (3) payments to States under an agreement concerning sums necessary to make such assistance payments to affected workers; (4) liabilities of certifying and disbursing officers; (5) fraud and the recovery of overpayments in the provision of such assistance; and (6) penalties in connection with the disclosure of false information to receive such assistance. Gives the Administrator subpoena power to make eligibility determinations under this title. Authorizes appropriations to OPM for FY 1990 through 1995 to carry out this title. Title IV: Defense Employment Transition Assistance - Defense Employment Transition Act - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 and the Job Training Partnership Act to make available to the workers in defense-related industry who are certified by the Secretary of Labor as eligible to receive defense transition assistance because of the adverse impact of cuts in Federal defense spending the allowances for job searches and relocation, the job retraining programs, the employment services, and the transition allowances in lieu of supplemental allowances authorized for DOD employees under title III of this Act. Outlines procedures under which a group of workers may petition the Secretary for such assistance. Provides for public hearings, a determination by the Secretary that such group meets appropriate requirements, and issuance by the Secretary of a certificate of eligibility. Outlines administrative limitations and procedures in connection with such certification. Requires the Secretary to provide notice and information to affected workers about such assistance and application procedures. Authorizes the payment of transition allowances to adversely affected workers who are covered by such a certification, who file appropriate applications, and who meet specified conditions concerning length and amount of former employment in the defense-related industry before the layoff or termination took place. Requires such workers to be enrolled in or have completed a worker retraining program approved by the Secretary, unless the Secretary or the State or a State agency determines that such a program is not feasible or appropriate. Sets forth amounts of the allowance payable, reduced by any payments received during approved retraining. Requires such payments to be coordinated with benefits provided under other Federal training programs. Limits the dollar and time-period amounts of such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to approve worker training under specified conditions and give priority to one-the-job training. Requires such benefits to be coordinated with other Federal training programs. Outlines other training program conditions, requirements, and limitations. Directs the Secretary to make every reasonable effort to secure for such workers counseling, testing, and placement services and supportive and other employment services provided under any other Federal law. Allows such workers to file with the Secretary an application for a job search allowance and a relocation allowance to cover a certain amount of appropriate expenses, under certain conditions. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) agreements between the Secretary and a State for the provision of defense employment transition assistance; (2) the determination and provision of such assistance by the Secretary in the absence of any State agreement; (3) payments to States under an agreement concerning sums necessary to make such assistance payments to affected workers; (4) liabilities of certifying and disbursing officers; (5) fraud and the recovery of overpayments in the provision of such assistance; and (6) penalties in connection with the disclosure of false information to receive such assistance. Gives the Secretary subpoena power to make eligibility determinations under this title. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Labor under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 and the Job Training Partnership Act to carry out this title.
Bill· HRH.R. 5014 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay a dislocation allowance in the case of a member of the armed forces who is: (1) relocated from a Government-furnished housing unit that is being disposed of as part of the closure and realignment of military installations under the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act; and (2) ineligible for any other dislocation allowance since such relocation is not in connection with a change in the permanent station of such member.
Bill· HRH.R. 4998 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1990
Prohibits the restoral of unobligated balances of a defense appropriation after their period of availability for obligation has expired. Prohibits the restoral of deobligated balances of a defense appropriation account in order to pay obligations or make adjustments.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 593 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1990
Prohibits the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of M88A1 Recovery Vehicles and related defense articles.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 594 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1990
Prohibits the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of defense articles and services to modernize the Saudi Arabian National Guard.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 592 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1990
Prohibits the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of modifications and systems integration of AWACS E-3 and tanker KE-5 aircraft and related defense articles and services.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 411 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1990
Requests the President to furnish information to the House of Representatives on the following matters: (1) payments made by the U.S. Government to Manuel Noriega and Guillermo Endara; (2) U.S. communications with regard to the Panamanian police, armed forces, or Government; (3) an accounting of the number of Panamanian civilians killed during, or by virtue of, the U.S. invasion of Panama; (4) the location, number, and mission of all U.S. military personnel currently in Panama; (5) contacts between the Central Intelligence Agency, the President, or the Vice President and Noriega; and (6) Noriega's activities in support of the Nicaraguan contras.
Bill· SS. 2711 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for travel, food, lodging, transportation, and uniform expenses paid or incurred in connection with the taxpayer's performance of services as a member of the armed forces reserves or the National Guard.
Bill· SS. 2709 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for travel, food, and lodging paid or incurred in connection with the taxpayer's performance of services as a member of the armed forces reserves or the National Guard.
Bill· HRH.R. 4976 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Ruben Rivers for acts performed by him in the United States Army during World War II.
Bill· SS. 2701 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Department of Veterans Affairs Physicians' and Dentists' Compensation Act of 1990 - Revises provisions of Federal law relating to special pay for Department of Veterans Affairs physicians and dentists. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in order to recruit and retain highly qualified physicians and dentists, to provide special pay to such individuals under regulations prescribed by the Secretary after the Secretary has received the recommendations of the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration (HSRA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department). Conditions such special pay on the execution of a written agreement by the physician or dentist to perform a period of obligated service within the HSRA. Provides that such individual is not entitled to such special pay during the first three years of such service, except at the discretion of the CMD for full-time services. Prohibits special pay for those physician and dentist positions for which there is no significant recruitment and retention problem. Sets forth requirements of a written agreement, including provisions providing for: (1) a covered period of one to four years; (2) refunding of special pay for unfulfilled services; (3) the waiver of such refund requirement due to circumstances beyond the control of the physician or dentist; and (4) terms under which the Secretary and the physician or dentist may terminate the agreement. Directs the Secretary to provide special pay to eligible full-time physicians based upon specified factors, including: (1) tenure within the HSRA; (2) service in a medical specialty for which it is extremely difficult to recruit and retain qualified professionals; (3) service in certain executive positions; (4) specialty or board certifications; (5) service in a geographic location for which there are extraordinary difficulties in the recruitment or retention of qualified personnel; and (6) service by a physician with exceptional qualifications within a specialty. Requires all special pay for such full-time physicians to be personally approved by the CMD on a case-by-case basis. Sets forth conditions and limitations to the payment of such special pay. Directs the Secretary to provide special pay to part-time eligible physicians based upon similar factors. Requires the Secretary to pay each such physician an amount of special pay equal to the proportion of full-time service that physician performs. Directs the Secretary to provide special pay to eligible full-time and part-time dentists based upon similar factors. Prohibits a physician from receiving such special pay while also receiving special pay for serving in certain executive positions. Allows scarce specialty pay (another form of special pay that rewards scarce specialty areas of practice) for a physician or dentist serving as a chief of staff only if it is necessary to recruit or retain qualified physicians or dentists for such position and only if the CMD personally approves such specialty pay. Requires, with regard to the payment of special pay, determinations: (1) that there are extraordinary difficulties in recruitment or retention; and (2) of whether there are extraordinary difficulties in a specific geographic location in the recruitment or retention of qualified physicians or dentists. Sets forth considerations for determinations with respect to extraordinary recruitment and retention difficulties and the payment of special pay for individual medical facilities of the Department. Requires the director of an individual facility, in such a case, to recommend the payment of such special pay to the CMD and wait 45 days after which such pay would become effective unless disapproved by the CMD. Provides for delegation of the approval power of the CMD. Prohibits the payment of special pay to physicians or dentists with respect to individual medical facilities of the Department unless the CMD determines that such pay is necessary to meet the needs of that particular facility for qualified physicians or dentists. Prohibits special pay from being paid to a physician or dentist who: (1) is employed on a less than half-time basis or on a intermittent basis unless the CMD determines it is the most cost-effective way of providing needed medical or dental services at a Department facility; (2) occupies an internship or residency training position; or (3) is a reemployed annuitant. Reinstates the payment of special pay under this Act for full-time physicians or dentists of the HSRA who had been receiving special pay under primary, full-time, and tenure categories before the authority for the payment of that special pay was repealed. Reinstates similarly the payment of special pay under the primary and tenure categories for part-time physicians and dentists of the HSRA. Outlines the manner in which special pay is to be considered for purposes of other benefits laws for Federal employees. States that it is the policy of the Congress to assure that total pay for HSRA physicians and dentists is comparable to total pay of other Government physicians and dentists and to the income of non-Federal physicians and dentists. Directs the Secretary: (1) in order to assist in implementing such policy, to obtain measures of income of such non-Department physicians and dentists and to define the bases for pay distinctions; (2) to report to the President quadrennially on appropriate amounts of special pay to HSRA physicians and dentists to carry out such policy; and (3) to report to specified congressional committees annually on the use of authorities under this title. Directs the Secretary to reimburse any full-time board-certified physician or dentist appointed in the HSRA for expenses incurred, up to $1,000 per year, for continuing professional education. Allows a physician or dentist within the HSRA who had previously received special pay under the full-time, primary, or tenure categories (repealed by this Act) and had elected not to have such pay treated as basic pay for purposes of retirement and annuity amounts to elect to treat the special pay provided under this Act as basic pay for such purposes.
Law· SS. 2700 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to proceed with an administrative reorganization of certain regional field offices of the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs without regard to certain congressional notification requirements.
Bill· SS. 2681 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Selective Service Standby Act of 1990 - Amends the Military Selective Service Act to prohibit, after November 30, 1990: (1) requiring a person to submit to registration under the Selective Service System (SSS); (2) the President from appointing a person as a member of a civilian local board, civilian appeal board, or similar local agency of the SSS; and (3) any such board from meeting. Prohibits a person from being denied any right, privilege, benefit, or employment position under Federal law by reason of failure to so register after such date.
Bill· SS. 2682 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Defense Industry ESOP Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the exclusion of interest on loans used to enable employees to acquire employer securities of certain defense contractors. Provides an extension of time for payment of the tax attributable to the sale of such securities.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 327 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates September 21, 1990, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Recognizes the National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the official symbol of the United States' commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner or missing in action in Southeast Asia.
Bill· HRH.R. 4941 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Increases from 30 to 40 years after a veteran last participated in radiation-risk activities the period during which the manifestation of leukemia shall be presumed to be service-connected for purposes of eligibility for veterans' disability compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 4935 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Medical Care Cost Recovery Amendments of 1990 - Provides for third party reimbursement of the United States for the cost of health care and services furnished to a service-connected disabled veteran by the Department of Veterans Affairs for treatment of a nonservice-connected disability. (Present law applies to a nonservice-connected disability incurred by a veteran entitled to care under a health plan and who does not have a service-connected disability.) Deletes language allowing a third-party insurer to reimburse the United States in accordance with the prevailing rates at which the third party makes payments under comparable health-plan contracts with non-Federal facilities in the same geographical area. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Veterans Affairs Third Party Medical Recoveries Fund to be used for identification, billing, and collection of the cost of care and services furnished by the Department on a reimbursable basis. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer to such Fund in FY 1991 certain full-time employees who had previously been devoted to third party medical cost recovery activities as part of veterans' medical care appropriations. Requires necessary deposits into the Fund by January 1 of each year. Revises the definition of "health-plan contract" to provide that Medicare supplemental insurance plans shall be required to reimburse the Department for services provided to veterans by the Department under such a plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 4924 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of each military department, to the extent authorized by the Attorney General, to settle administrative tort claims arising under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4932 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Defense the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Drug Enforcement Policy to supervise the drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 335 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Recognizes the integral role that the Soviet Union must play in fostering political freedom and economic reform in Cuba and in preventing bloodshed against the Cuban people. Urges: (1) the Soviet Government to allow the Cuban people to choose their political and economic systems in a democratic manner; (2) the Soviet Government to reverse its policy of massive welfare to Cuba; and (3) an immediate end to Soviet economic and military assistance and oil subsidies to Cuba.
Bill· SS. 2675 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to take appropriate measures beginning with the 1990 census to ensure that: (1) no member of the armed forces shall be excluded based on being assigned to a post outside of the United States; and (2) each such member is enumerated at such member's home of record.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 326 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Designates December 21, 1990, as Day of Observance for the Victims of Terrorism.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 400 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report and amendments reported from conference in disagreement on H.R. 4404 (supplemental appropriations).
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 324 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates June 3 through June 9, 1990, as National World War II Observance Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 4880 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Entitles any individual who is involuntarily separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after July 1, 1990, after having served on active duty for at least six consecutive years to have five additional points added to any passing grade earned on a civil service examination if such individual is not otherwise eligible for any veterans' preference.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 575 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates June 25, 1990, as Korean War Remembrance Day. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on such day in honor of the Americans who died as a result of their service in the Korean War.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 574 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates June 3 through June 9, 1990, as Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II.
Bill· SS. 2663 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1990
Involuntarily Separated Military Personnel Benefits Act of 1990 - Provides separation pay for all members of the armed forces who are involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or are denied reenlistment. (Under current law, regular members who were discharged from active duty after a specified date and who had completed five or more, but fewer than 20 years of active duty, were denied such separation pay and no separation pay was provided to enlisted members denied reenlistment.) Prohibits a member who was not on the active duty list at the time of discharge or involuntary separation from receiving such separation pay unless such member had completed at least seven (currently, five) years of continuous active duty service. Fixes the amount of separation pay at ten percent of the product of years of service and 12 times the monthly pay rate at the time of discharge. (Current law allows such figure or $30,000, whichever is less.) Increases the aggregate amount of unemployment compensation payable to ex-servicemen in any benefit year to 26 times an individual's weekly benefit amount for total unemployment. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a program to furnish employment and training information and services to members of the armed forces during the 180 days before such members are involuntarily separated in order to assist such members in assimilating to civilian life. Requires the Secretary, no later than 180 days before a separation, to notify the member of such separation and to brief him or her regarding the availability of potential retirement, employment, job preference, and other benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, local veterans' employment representatives, other employment service personnel, and representatives of veterans' service organizations in furnishing such employment and training information. Requires the Secretary, in preparation for the discharge or release from active duty of military personnel stationed outside the United States whose dependents were permitted to accompany them, to reassign such member and dependents to the United States for the final three to six months of the member's tour of active duty. Urges and requests the President to establish a special committee to report on the means of encouraging civilian employers to cooperate with and assist the Government in providing employment training and job placement services to military personnel being involuntarily separated. Authorizes appropriations. Includes an involuntarily separated veteran among those individuals for whom a Federal hiring preference will be given. Defines an "involuntarily separated veteran" as an individual denied reenlistment on active duty or involuntarily separated from active duty under honorable conditions and under criteria established by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Expresses the sense of the Congress that with respect to persons involuntarily separated from the armed forces: (1) efforts should be made to expand the number of noncompetitive position appointments available in the Government and to increase the pay grade level for such appointments; and (2) preferential hiring policies and procedures should be established as a condition for receiving the Federal share of expenditures for State and local programs. Directs the Secretary concerned to provide medical care to a person who is involuntarily discharged or released from active duty and to his or her dependents for 90 days following such discharge or release. Requires a person to enroll in the Uniformed Services Voluntary Insurance Plan within 90 days of such discharge or release to be entitled to medical care for an injury, illness, or disease that was incurred or aggravated on or before the date of discharge or release and that is not covered by the Plan. Requires the Secretary concerned to provide such care for one year after such discharge or release at specified rates and for a pregnancy that existed before the discharge or release. Outlines provisions for the temporary coverage of persons involuntarily discharged or released who do not enroll in the Plan. Defines those persons who will not be considered to have been involuntarily discharged or released from the armed forces (such as those released under dishonorable conditions or for unfitness or unsatisfactory performance) and who will therefore not be entitled to such extended medical care. Provides that an individual involuntarily discharged or released from active duty shall be entitled to 36 months of basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. Sets forth application requirements and benefit limitations. Defines those persons who will not be considered to have been involuntarily discharged or released from active duty and who are therefore not entitled to such education assistance.