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Bill· HRH.R. 4152 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1979
Establishes the Chaplain Corps of the Navy outside of the Bureau of Naval Personnel to be headed by a Chief of Chaplains appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to detail an officer in the Chaplain Corps to the position of Deputy Chief of Chaplains if such officer: (1) is on active duty; (2) is not on the retired list; and (3) has served on active duty in the Corps for at least eight years.
Bill· HRH.R. 4146 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1979
Authorizes the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Vincent Pantozzi for his distinguished military service during World War I.
Bill· SS. 1165 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979
Increases the stipend for individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in rates of pay under the General Schedule.
Bill· HRH.R. 4129 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979
Excludes payments received under Veterans' Administration life insurance policies from annual income determinations for purposes of veterans' disability compensation eligibility.
Bill· HRH.R. 4117 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979
Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation Act of 1979 - Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments - Revises veterans' vocational rehabilitation provisions to declare the purpose of this Act to be to provide all services necessary to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to attain maximum independence, to become employable, and to obtain and maintain suitable employment. Redefines "vocational rehabilitation" to include the provision of all services required to achieve the purpose of this Act, including diagnostic, medical, social, psychological, economic, and vocational services (presently defined in terms of educational and vocational training to restore employability). Defines "employment handicap" as a disability impairing a veteran's ability to prepare for, obtain, or retain employment consistent with his or her abilities, aptitudes, and interests. Revises entitlement provisions to: (1) make eligibility run as of September 16, 1940, (rather than World War II as at present); (2) require a handicap to be an employment handicap as defined by this Act; and (3) provide for follow-up vocational services to a rehabilitated veteran in order for such veteran to enter new employment more suitable to his or her current capacity or condition. Sets forth the scope of services, including: (1) the evaluation of rehabilitation potential; (2) educational, vocational and personal counseling; (3) a vocational rehabilitation plan; (4) vocational and related services including tutorial services, tuition, books, and other training materials; (5) treatment for mental and emotional disorders; (6) medical care; (7) prosthetic and other corrective devices; (8) placement and postplacement services; (9) services to a veteran's family; (10) special rehabilitation services, including services for the blind and the deaf; (11) subsistence allowances; (12) essential employment equipment and supplies for severely disabled veterans requiring homebound training and/or self-employment; (13) transportation costs, including pre- and post-training services; and (14) work study allowances, loans, and other incidental goods and services. Revises duration of services provisions to: (1) provide basic vocational rehabilitation services for 64 months (presently 48 months); (2) remove the nine year (from discharge) eligibility limitation; and (3) provide a 12 month rehabilitation evaluation period. Revises subsistence allowance provisions to: (1) provide for payments during the evaluation of vocational rehabilitation period; (2) provide payments for unpaid on-job training or work experience in a Federal agency or during such evaluation period; (3) pay room and board expenses for individuals pursuing a program on a residential basis in a specialized rehabilitation facility; (4) provide that vocational payments be paid on a full-time basis for two months following a determination of employability; (5) set forth the rate of payment for individuals in unpaid Federal training or work experience; (6) provide payments to an individual pursuing a vocational program while in Veterans Administration (VA) or other hospital, or VA domiciliary; and (7) set forth payment guidelines for incarcerated individuals pursuing a vocational program. Authorizes personal adjustment counseling and counseling during the evaluation of rehabilitation feasibility period. Sets forth basic requirements of a vocational rehabilitation program, which shall include: (1) participation by the veteran in formulation of a written plan; and (2) a statement of objectives and goals, services and a time schedule for providing such services, and a projected completion date. Revises leave of absence provisions to remove the 30 day per year limitation on such leave. Revises the regulation of conduct provisions to remove the three-month forfeiture of subsistence allowance penalty for unsatisfactory conduct and to replace the permanent disqualification for further vocational rehabilitation penalty with a provision allowing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reinstate such benefits upon satisfactory conduct. Increases the maximum amount of loan available to a veteran from $200 to $400. Authorizes vocational rehabilitation to veterans hospitalized (not pending final discharge) in VA or non-VA medical facilities. Authorizes vocational training outside the United States (presently prohibited for post-World War II veterans who were not citizens at the time of their United States military service). Directs the Administrator to assist in the development of employment and on-job training opportunities. Directs the VA to: (1) provide employment assistance; (2) provide vocational rehabilitation staff training and development; and (3) carry out an ongoing program of rehabilitation research and special projects, including grants and contracts with public and nonprofit agencies. Provides that a veteran in need of vocational rehabilitation receiving educational assistance may also receive vocational rehabilitation services as authorized by this Act. Revises provisions concerning the limitation on periods of assistance under two or more veterans' educational assistance programs to include post-Vietnam era benefits within such limitation, and to provide a 64 month aggregate eligibility period for vocational rehabilitation and such other educational assistance. Title II: Technical Amendments - Effective Date - Reduces from 30 percent to ten percent the disability rating required to entitle a veteran to priority consideration for purposes of service-connected disability or death compensation. Prohibits the payment of vocational rehabilitation benefits (as provided by this Act) to individuals on active duty pursuing an educational program or to individuals pursuing such a program under the Government Employees' Training Act. Stipulates that the provisions of this Act shall become effective as of October 1, 1979, or the first day of the second month following enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4130 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979
Increases the Federal share of the amount paid to retired military personnel who serve as administrators and instructors in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 333 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979
Directs the President to establish a tomb in Arlington Cemetery for the Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam war.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 271 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1979
Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2575 (Department of Defense supplemental appropriations).
Bill· SS. 1128 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1979
Directs any organization or agency within the Department of Defense to make any excess property available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before making such property available to any other organization outside the Department. Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Director of the FEMA to loan any property obtained from any Federal agency to State and local governments for civil defense purposes.
Bill· SS. 1130 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1979
Entitles members of the armed forces and their dependents who cannot afford the costs of legal representation to legal assistance in connection with their personal affairs under such regulations as the appropriate Secretary may prescribe. Places responsibility for the establishment and supervision of legal assistance programs with the judge advocates general.
Bill· HRH.R. 4077 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1979
Increases the maximum age for the appointment of members of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps as cadets or midshipmen to reflect the period of time that such individuals served on active duty so long as the individual will be less than 29 years of age on June 30 of the year of such appointment.
Bill· HRH.R. 4076 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1979
Armed Forces Physicians Pay Act of 1979 - Revises the special pay provisions for: (1) medical officers of the armed forces and Public Health Services; (2) dentists and physicians in the armed forces who extend their service on active duty; and (3) medical officers of the Public Health Service who execute active duty agreements.
Bill· HRH.R. 4086 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1979
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to implement a new civil defense program designed to: (1) enhance the survivability of the American people and its leadership; (2) enhance deterrence and stability; (3) continue reliance on strategic nuclear forces as the preponderant factor in maintaining deterrence; and (4) plan for population relocation during times of international crisis. Requires the President to develop and execute such program. Stipulates that such program include the following elements: (1) a survey of shelter inherent in existing facilities; (2) nuclear civil protection planning for both in-place protection and population relocation during times of international crisis; (3) planning for the crisis development of additional shelters; (4) improvement of warning systems; (5) improvement of systems and capabilities for direction and control of emergency operations; (6) improvement of radiological defense capabilities; (7) improvement of emergency public information and training programs and capabilities; and (8) development of such other systems and capabilities as may be necessary to maximize lifesaving potential. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act, with provision for inflation adjustments.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 326 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1979, as "National Guard Day."
Bill· SS. 1117 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide special housing assistance of up to $5,000 to certain veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities due to the loss or loss of use of both upper extremities.
Bill· SS. 1115 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Revises certain provisions providing additional compensation for a dependent spouse and children of a veteran receiving wartime disability compensation.
Bill· SS. 1116 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Extends from 60 to 120 days the period between notice of, and the effective date for, the reduction or discontinuance of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pensions paid by the Veterans Administration.
Bill· SS. 1118 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Provides additional compensation for dependent parents, who are helpless or blind, or in a nursing home, of a veteran receiving wartime disability compensation.
Bill· SS. 1114 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide automobile adaptive equipment to any veteran receiving compensation for ankylosis of one or both knees, or one or both hips, which resulted from any injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, or air service during World War II or thereafter.
Bill· HRH.R. 4040 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Department of Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for use by the armed forces for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons. Earmarks a specified portion of such authorization for the procurement of avionics and cruise missile integration for the B-52 modification program. Stipulates that such funding shall only be available on the condition that the Secretary of Defense report to Congress regarding the uncertainties of the effectiveness of the B-52 as a cruise missile carrier during the next decade and the requirements for maintaining the defense penetration capability of the B-52. Authorizes appropriations for the United States' share of the cost of NATO's Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS). Authorizes the reappropriation of unobligated funds previously appropriated for the DDG-2 destroyer modernization program for an additional SSN-68 nuclear attack submarine. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for military research, development, test, and evaluation. Declares it the sense of the Congress that the development of the MX missile should proceed so as to achieve Initial Operational Capability for such missile and its basing mode (Multiple Protective Structures). Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the ability of such basing mode to survive foreseeable attempts by the Soviet Union to neutralize such system. Title III: Active Forces - Establishes the authorized end strength for active duty personnel for fiscal year 1980 for each of the armed forces. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Prescribes the average strengths for the reserve components of the armed forces for such fiscal year. Increases from 50 percent to 100 percent the Federal share of the educational expenses incurred by reservists in the Selected Reserve Educational Assistance Program. Revises the repayment obligation of individuals participating in such program who do not participate satisfactorily in training in their reserve unit. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to retain officers of the Veterinary Corps on active status until age 60 with the officer's consent. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Sets forth the authorized end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1980. Allows the Secretary of Defense to apportion such personnel among the various military departments. Title VI: Military Training Student Loads - Prescribes the average military training student loads for each of the armed forces for fiscal year 1980. Title VII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Stipulates that no funds may be appropriated for carrying out the provisions of such Act unless such funds have been authorized for such purpose after July 14, 1976. Title VIII: General Provisions - Stipulates that the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not control the expenditure of military research and development funds which are required to be specifically authorized by law. Directs the Secretary of Defense to institute actions to ensure that maximum first-year enrollment at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is attained consistent with the academic capacity of the University and the needs of the uniformed services for medical personnel. Authorizes the enlistment of individuals over the age of 26 in the reserve components of the armed forces. Places limitations on the conversion of commercial or industrial functions being performed by Department of Defense personnel to performance by a private contractor. Revises the stipend payable to individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program to make it equivalent to the stipend payable under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program. Stipulates that medical officers while serving an active duty obligation resulting from a military medical education program shall be paid $9,000 for each year of such service. Authorizes the advance payment of station housing allowances for members of the uniformed services assigned overseas. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to specified Congressional committees assessing the readiness status of NATO military forces. Specifies findings which are to be included in such report. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976, to direct the Secretary to submit quarterly acquisition reports to Congress for those major defense systems which are estimated to require financing above a specified level. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 to the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance for the 1980 Olympic winter games, as authorized by the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1979. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act to reduce the total number of Army ground combat troops stationed in the Republic of Korea below the number stationed there on May 1, 1979. Directs the President to commence registration of 18 year old males pursuant to the Military Selective Service Act. Directs the President to submit a plan to Congress for reforming the existing law providing for the registration and induction of persons into the armed forces. Specifies the recommendations to be included in such plan including: (1) the desirability of registering individuals through a centralized automated system using school records and other existing records; (2) the desirability of granting the President the authority to induct registrants into the armed forces during periods where such authority is required in the interests of national defense as determined by the President; and (3) whether women should be subject to registration and induction. Amends the Military Selective Service Act to require the Selective Service System to participate in periodic training exercises to simulate emergency mobilization procedures. Declares it the sense of the Congress that the Selective Service System should remain independent of any other agency. Stipulates that the System shall not be subject to any executive reorganization plan.
Bill· SS. 1099 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1979
Increases the stipend for individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in rates of pay under the General Schedule.
Bill· SS. 1100 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1979
Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1979 - Revises the special pay for medical officers, dental officers, veterinary officers, and optometry officers in the uniformed services on active duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 4029 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1979
Directs that certain Filipino veterans of World War II who served with the United States Armed Forces in the Philippines whose names were removed from United States Army records have their veteran's status, and eligibility for veterans' benefits, restored.
Bill· HRH.R. 4015 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1979
Veteran Senior Citizen Health Care Act of 1979 - States the purposes of this Act to be: (1) to provide for the increasing demand for geriatric and extended health care and medical services being placed on the Veterans' Administration (VA) hospital system; and (2) to make the VA hospital system foremost in the area of geriatric health care and the repository of gerontology medical knowledge. Directs that within the Office of the Chief Medical Director of the VA one Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be doctor of geriatrics, and shall be responsible for the VA's geriatric services. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to designate 15 VA hospitals as demonstration centers of geriatric research, education, and clinical operations. Stipulates that such centers shall operate until September 30, 1983. Directs the Administrator to provide that: (1) each hospital operating as a geriatric center on the date of enactment of this Act be designated as the location for a demonstration center; (2) the desirability of designating hospitals which are affiliated with an accredited medical school having an organized geriatrics program; and (3) such designated hospitals be geographically dispersed across the United States. Directs the Administrator to establish a Geriatrics and Extended Care Task Force within the VA's Special Medical Advisory Group. Stipulates that such Task Force shall assess: (1) the VA's capability to provide geriatric services on a sustained and growing basis to eligible veterans; and (2) the current and projected needs for geriatric and extended health services among eligible veterans. Requires such Task Force to submit a report to the Administrator and the Special Medical Advisory Group within 18 months after the effective date of this Act. Directs the Administrator to transmit such report (within 90 days of receipt), along with any comments, to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees. Requires a final report to be submitted by such Task Force within four years after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of: (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1980; (2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1981; (3) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1982; and (4) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1983.
Bill· HRH.R. 3989 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1979
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish within the National Cemetery System a national cemetery in Russell County, Alabama, to be known as the Fort Mitchell Regional Veterans' Cemetery. Stipulates that such proposed cemetery is to be established on a site donated to the United States by the Russell County Commission, Russell County, Alabama, and that such cemetery may not be established unless such Commission conveys to the United States, without consideration, all right and title to real property consisting of approximately 450 acres in the area of Fort Mitchell in Russell County, Alabama. Authorizes appropriations of $3,385,000 for fiscal year 1980 for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4001 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1979
Entitles members of the armed forces and their dependents who cannot afford the costs of legal representation to legal assistance in connection with their personal affairs under such regulations as the appropriate Secretary may prescribe. Places responsibility for the establishment and supervision of legal assistance programs with the judge advocates general.
Bill· HRH.R. 4008 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1979
Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to permit cases in the United States Court of Military Appeals to be reviewed by the Supreme Court by writ of certiorari.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 118 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1979
Declares it the sense of the Congress that the President should establish a commission to study and evaluate the Multiple Protective Structure System and the Air Mobile/Transportation Local System for protecting the land based intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States and any alternatives to such systems. Stipulates that such commission should transmit its report to the President and to each House of Congress within 180 days after its establishment.
Bill· HRH.R. 3947 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1979
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1980 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under Title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to expend excess foreign exchange funds of $580,000 for the construction of a multipurpose marine biological laboratory at the Al Ghardaqa Marine Laboratory, Hurgada, Arab Republic of Egypt. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in Title I of this Act pertaining to the Secretary of the Army. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Acts of 1979 and 1977, to decrease the authorization of appropriations for Air Force acquisition and construction projects at various locations in Europe. Decreases the authorization of appropriations for nuclear weapons security in various locations outside the United States contained in the 1977 Act. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Amends the Military Construction Authorization of 1978 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the High Energy Laser Facility at White Sands, New Mexico. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, to increase the authorization of appropriations for the United States' share of NATO programs for the acquisition or construction of military facilities. Title V: Military Family Housing and Homeowners Assistance Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire or construct 200 military housing units at Fort MacArthur, California. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Increases the maximum average rental expenditure for military housing within the United States or abroad. Increases the total number of military family housing units which may be leased in foreign countries at any one time. Authorizes specified appropriations for military housing as authorized by law including homeowners assistance pursuant to the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the various military departments to develop installations under this Act without regard to provisions of law which prohibit the advancement of public moneys and which require the submission of detailed cost estimates to Congress. Establishes expenditure ceilings for each title of this Act. Authorizes limited increases in the amounts authorized pursuant to this Act if the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual and unanticipated variations in cost. Directs the Secretary of Defense to encourage the use of solar energy for projects authorized by this Act and authorizes the Secretary to increase the cost limitations or floor area limitations for a project in order to equip it with solar energy heating or cooling equipment. Establishes measures and responsibility for supervising the construction work authorized under this Act. Repeals prior Military Construction Authorization Acts. Specifies exceptions to such repealer. Sets forth unit cost limitations based on square footage for projects authorized pursuant to this Act. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces of various military departments. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such entity. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to any State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia in order to improve Reserve Forces facilities. Increases the maximum Federal contribution for Guard and Reserve Forces facilities which may be made without prior notification to Congress. Title VIII: General Provisions - Stipulates that a minor construction project (less than $300,000) which has been identified in the annual military construction program submitted to Congress shall not need the approval of the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned. Authorizes the Secretaries of each military department to utilize geothermal energy resources or private property for the benefit of the Department of Defense. Requires the Secretary of Defense to utilize solar energy systems in military family housing whenever the benefit/cost ratio of such a system exceeds .80. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay to the owners of land on Roi-Namur Island, Marshall Islands District of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, such amounts as are determined to be in the public interest for the use of such island by the United States Government after 1960. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire a specific tract of land in the Balboa Park in San Diego, California, for the construction of a new Navy hospital or medical center. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the city in exchange for such land all or part of the Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego. Authorizes the Secretary to convey a specified tract of land located in the Marine Corps Air Station (Helicopter), Tustin, California, to the Irvine Company in exchange for lands of equivalent value. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey, without monetary consideration, a specified tract of land to the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission for use as a permanent site for the Alabama Space Science Exhibit. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire all interest in a hazardous cargo handling area to be constructed by the Charleston County Aviation Authority at the Charleston County Airport, South Carolina. Authorizes the Secretary to convey real property to the Authority of equivalent value in exchange for such acquisition. Amends the Military Construction Act, 1966, to prohibit the disposal of Bolling Air Force Base, Maryland, until October 1, 1984. Prohibits the closure or realignment of the Army Training Command at Fort Dix, New Jersey, until the Secretary of the Army complies with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Bill· HRH.R. 3946 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1979
Defense Production Act Extension Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend the authority granted in such Act until September 30, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 3930 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1979
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President to allow the Department of Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority to guarantee loans for the purpose of expediting deliveries or services with respect to national defense contracts. Increases the maximum loan which any Federal agency may guarantee under such Act without the approval of Congress from $20,000,000 to $38,000,000. Requires notification to specified Congressional committees of any proposed obligation above such limit. Authorizes the agency involved to guarantee such a loan if neither House of Congress disapproves of such action within a specified time. Authorizes the President to provide loans to private business enterprises for the production of energy. Increases the ceiling for loans made to private enterprises pursuant to such Act from $25,000,000 to $48,000,000. Extends the President's power under such Act to purchase raw materials for the national defense through fiscal year 1995. Directs the President to attempt to achieve a national production goal of at least 500,000 barrels per day crude equivalent of synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks within five years. Authorizes and directs the President to require fuel and chemical feedstock suppliers to provide synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks in any case where the President deems it practicable and necessary to meet national defense needs. Authorizes the President, in carrying out these objectives, to: (1) contract for purchases or commitments to purchase synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks which may be for Government use or resale; and (2) encourage the development and production of such synthetic fuels and feedstocks for national defense preparedness. Terminates the President's authority to enter into such contracts at the end of fiscal year 1995. Sets forth procedures for the awarding and performance of such contracts. Authorizes the President to organize corporations to meet the production goal for synthetic fuels and feedstocks as set forth in this Act. Sets forth Congressional oversight measures with respect to the formation of such corporations. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000,000 for synthetic fuel and feedstock contracts as authorized pursuant to this Act. Extends specified provisions of such Act through fiscal year 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 3929 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1979
Requires in any civil action brought on behalf of any Indian or Indian tribe by the United States that a judgment for costs (including attorneys' fees) be taxed against the United States.
Law· HRH.R. 3892 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the furnishing of private health care to veterans when such health care is authorized by a Veterans' Administration physican, after seeing such veteran, as necessary for the treatment of a medical emergency. Provides that any disability of a veteran of World War I shall be treated as a service-connected disability for medical care purposes, including hospital and outpaitent care services. Extends authorizations of appropriations to fiscal year: (1) 1985 to assist States in constructing facilities for providing veterans with domiciliary care, nursing home care, and for the alteration and expansion of existing structures for providing such care in State homes; and (2) 1984 for medical information pilot programs. Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs from entering into any agreement for providing any assistance to health manpower training programs to Veterans' Administration affiliated medical schools, or to establish new State medical schools, after December 31, 1979. Authorizes appropriations for such medical school and training programs for each succeeding fiscal year (presently authorized for each of the six succeeding fiscal years). Eliminates a requirement for grants to affiliated medical schools and to health manpower training institutions that a proposed project will substantially increase the number of students at such medical school or training institution.
Bill· HRH.R. 3821 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1979
Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal year 1980 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities in certain departments, agencies and other elements of the United States Government. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1980. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 245 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Supplemental Authorization, Fiscal year 1970 - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States for fiscal year 1979. Title V: Technical Provisions - Stipulates that appropriations authorized by this Act for Federal employee benefits may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such benefits authorized by law.
Bill· SS. 1039 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1979
Extends the programs of grants to States for the construction, remodeling, or renovation of State home facilities for furnishing hospital, domiciliary, and nursing home care to veterans through fiscal year 1984. Authorizes $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for such purposes, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1981-1984. Eliminates the limitation that no one State may receive in any one fiscal year more than one-third of the aggregate amount appropriated for such programs. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and provide grants for the exchange of medical information (presently such authority is limited to entering into contracts). Authorizes the Administrator to make such arrangements for cooperative health care personnel education programs within geographic areas of Veterans' Administration health care facilities located in areas remote from major academic medical centers. Extends the pilot program of exchange of medical information until fiscal year 1983. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1980 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1982-1983.
Bill· SS. 1041 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1979
Eliminates a discharge from an armed force under conditions other than honorable on the basis of a continuous absence without authority for 180 days or more as a bar to receipt of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
Bill· SS. 1035 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1979
Provides pension, medical, and hospital benefits, and reimbursement for non-Veterans' Administration medical costs to certain World War I veterans and pension benefits to certain surviving widows of such veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 3805 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1979
Military Justice Amendments of 1979 - Revises certain procedures in the military judicial system, including procedures concerning court records and the review of court-martial proceedings. Includes a law specialist of the Coast Guard within the definition of "judge advocate" for purposes of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Defines "record" as a written, filmed, or videotaped account of a court proceeding. Allows the accused person in a general court-martial proceeding to request orally, on the record, that the court consist of only a military judge. Eliminates the requirement of making a complete record of a special court-martial proceeding in order to adjudge a bad-conduct discharge. Requires the convening authority, before directing the trial of any charge by a general court-martial, to be advised by the staff judge advocate that a court-martial has jurisdiction of the accused and the offense. Directs the staff advocate general to submit certain advice to the convening authority in written form. Requires the dismissal of the military counsel detailed to represent the accused in a special court-martial if the accused is represented by a military counsel of his or her choosing. Authorizes the convening authority to detail lawyers as assistant defense counsel for the accused. Directs the defense counsel in every court-martial proceeding in which the accused is found guilty to: (1) advise the accused concerning his or her rights to appeal and to petition for clemency; and (2) assist the accused in submitting such petition and in obtaining appellate representation. Directs the court-martial to advise such person of appeals procedures. Specifies conditions under which a complete record of court- martial proceedings is required to be prepared. Requires that the convening authority be notified of the findings and sentence of a court-martial promptly after announcement of the sentence. Authorizes the authority to approve, disapprove, or reduce the sentence after considering a petition for clemency, if one is filed. Authorizes the accused to petition the authority for clemency and to submit any matters supporting that petition. Requires any accused whose case is subject to review to file a notice of appeal or a waiver of the right to appeal within ten days after action on his or her sentence. Bars any case from review by the Court of Military Review or the Office of the Judge Advocate General if a notice of appeal is not timely filed. Directs the accused seeking an appeal to identify which issues he or she intends to appeal and the errors alleged to have prejudiced his or her rights. Requires that a judge advocate: (1) review all cases not subject to appeal or not appealed; and (2) respond in writing to any allegation of error made by the accused. Directs the judge advocate, upon determining that corrective action regarding a case is required by law, to recommend such action to the officer exercising court-martial jurisdiction over the accused. Authorizes such officer to: (1) disapprove or approve all or part of the sentence; (2) reduce the sentence; (3) order a rehearing; or (4) dismiss the charges. Requires that the record of the trial and the action thereon be sent to the Judge Advocate General for review if the officer does not take the recommended action. Directs the convening authority to send to the Judge Advocate General (Judge) the records of all cases subject to appeal and appealed. Repeals the provisions requiring that any case in which the sentence affects a general or flag officer must be referred to a Court of Military Review and the Court of Military Appeals. Authorizes the Judge to modify or set aside the findings or sentence of a trial by general court-martial: (1) if any part of the findings or sentence is found to be unsupported by law; (2) if clemency is appropriate; or (3) on the grounds of newly discovered evidence, court fraud, or error prejudicial to the accused rights if an application for such modification or set aside is received within two years of sentencing. Authorizes the Judge to order a rehearing after setting aside the findings or sentence of a case. Prohibits the execution of a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge within 40 days of sentencing for a case which is not appealed.
Bill· HRH.R. 3804 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1979
Authorizes the President to prescribe pretrial and trial procedures with regard to actions triable by courts-martial.
Bill· HRH.R. 3788 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1979
Stipulates that the one year application eligibility requirement for veterans' dental care benefits shall be measured from the date of subsequent military discharge for an individual who reenters the service within 90 days of the original discharge.
Bill· HRH.R. 3787 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1979
Revises the rule for recomputation of military retired or retainer pay to reflect later active duty with respect to duty performed between October 1, 1963, and October 1, 1973. Stipulates that such computations be made under the rates of basic pay in effect at the time of release from active duty.
Bill· SS. 1031 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1979
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council. Establishes an Office of Economic Adjustment to provide necessary staff support for the Council. Sets forth the duties of the Council which include: (1) disseminating information to Federal, State, and local agencies and authorities concerning changes in defense spending affecting employment in defense industries; (2) oversight of programs providing assistance to areas adversely affected by such changes; (3) reviewing local alternative use plans; and (4) preparing and distributing a Conversion Guidelines Handbook. Title II: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment, at every defense facility employing at least 100 persons, of Alternative Use Committees representing management and labor to undertake economic conversion planning and preparation for the employment of the personnel and utilization of the facilities in the event of a reduction or elimination of any defense facility or the curtailment, conclusion, or disapproval of any defense contract. Stipulates that defense contractors which fail to submit an alternative use plan to the Council or which refuse or fail to carry out the provisions of a plan approved by the Council shall lose eligibility for future contracts for a period of three years as well as losing contract termination payments and eligibility for tax credits. Requires Alternative Use Committees to periodically review plans for the conversion of the facility to civilian-oriented production and to send periodic reports to the Council regarding the progress of such plans. Directs the committees to provide occupational retraining and reemployment counseling services for employees who are displaced by the implementation of a conversion plan or the closing of a defense facility. Specifies provisions which are to be included in each alternative use plan. Title III: Economic Adjustment Fund - Establishes within the U.S. Treasury a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contracts to contain a provision under which the defense contractor is to pay into such fund an amount equal to one and one quarter percent per year of the value of the contractor's gross revenues on sales under such contract. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit ten percent of the projected savings from defense cutbacks into the fund. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to such fund to enable the Secretary to make payments and disbursements authorized by this Act. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Entitles workers who are displaced because of defense cutbacks to specified benefits for a two-year period, including: (1) compensation sufficient to maintain the employee's income at a level equal to 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000 of that worker's regular annual wage; (2) vested pension credit under any applicable pension plan; (3) maintenance of any medical, disability, or life insurance coverage which such an individual had by reason of employment by the defense contractor; and (4) retraining, job search, and relocation expenses. Stipulates that in order to be eligible for benefits under this Act a displaced worker must agree to maintain an active registration with the Secretary of Labor or an appropriate State employment agency and to accept any employment determined by the Secretary or the agency to be of the same skill or work of a similar nature at the same pay as such worker was receiving before being displaced. Stipulates that adjustment benefits under this Act shall not be taken into account in determining an individual's eligibility for unemployment compensation. Stipulates that adjustment benefits shall terminate when a displaced worker obtains employment providing 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000 of the worker's previous wage or two years after displacement, whichever occurs sooner. Title V: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Entitles communities which are substantially and seriously affected by the reduction or elimination of military facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts to Federal assistance for economic adjustment to avoid substantial dislocations and for economic adjustment assistance should such dislocation occur. Directs the Council to develop guidelines by which the criteria for eligibility for planning assistance are to be applied. Authorizes the sale of excess defense capital property or facilities where such a facility is reduced or closed to the affected community at a public benefit discount. Title VI: Industrial Economic Adjustment - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make or guarantee low-interest, long-term loans to assist contractors in carrying out an approved alternative use plan to convert a plant or facility to civilian purposes. Prohibits making any such loan or loan guarantee if financing for such plan is available from any other source. Title VII: Use of Certain Research Fund - Authorizes the use of Department of Defense research and development funds for work which has a potential relationship to an urgent national requirement in a designated non-defense sector of the economy. Directs the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to define urgent national requirements for non-defense sectors of the economy. Title VIII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3760 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1979
Provides chiropractic treatment for eligible veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 3762 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1979
Intelligence Officer Identity Act of 1979 - Establishes maximum criminal penalties of ten years imprisonment and/or a $100,000 fine for: (1) past or present employees of the United States or members of the uniformed services; and (2) anyone having lawful access to information identifying individuals as associated with a United States agency engaged in foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities, who discloses classified information concerning any such association to anyone not authorized to receive it. Establishes additional penalties for any disclosure or false assertion which prejudices the safety of the individual indentified or damages the foreign affairs functions of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 3732 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1979
Veterans' Geriatric Health Services Act - States the purposes of this Act to be: (1) to provide for the increasing demand for geriatric and extended health care and medical services being placed on the Veterans' Administration (VA) hospital system; and (2) to make the VA hospital system foremost in the area of geriatric health care and the repository of gerontology medical knowledge. Establishes the Office of Assistant Chief Medical Director for Geriatrics and Extended Care within the Office of the Chief Medical Director of the VA. Stipulates that all VA geriatric services shall be coordinated through the Assistant Chief Medical Director for Geriatrics and Extended Care. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to designate 20 VA hospitals as demonstration centers of geriatric research, education, and clinical operations. Stipulates that such centers shall operate until September 30, 1983. Directs the Administrator to provide that: (1) each hospital operating as a geriatric center on the date of enactment of this Act be designated as the location for a demonstration center; (2) each designated hospital be affiliated with an accredited medical school having an organized geriatrics program; and (3) such designated hospitals be geographically dispersed across the United States. Directs the Administrator to establish a Geriatrics and Extended Care Task Force within the VA's Special Medical Advisory Group. Stipulates that such Task Force shall assess: (1) the VA's capability to provide geriatric services on a sustained and growing basis to eligible veterans; and (2) the current and projected needs for geriatric and extended health services among eligible veterans. Requires such Task Force to submit a report to the Administrator and the Special Medical Advisory Group within 18 months after the effective date of this Act. Directs the Administrator to transmit such report, (within 90 days of receipt) along with any comments, to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees. Requires a final report to be submitted by such Task Force within four years after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of: (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1980; (2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1981; (3) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1982; and (4) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1983.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 306 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1979
Designates the period from February 10 through February 16, 1980, as "National Defense Week."
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 307 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1979
Establishes a Bill of Rights for members of the armed forces with respect to pay, housing, and medical care.
Bill· HRH.R. 3689 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1979
Repeals certain restrictions on military personnel relating to outside civilian employment and remuneration for members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force bands for off-base performances.
Bill· HRH.R. 3677 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1979
Stipulates that the payment of retired or retainer pay which would otherwise be made to a member of the armed forces shall be paid by the Secretary concerned to another person to the extent provided for in the terms of any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation.
Bill· HRH.R. 3694 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1979
Removes the requirement that students in Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps units be citizens or nationals of the United States.