Defence

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans freedom of choice as to how certain drugs and medicines will be supplied to them.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981

Provides that certain veterans receiving pharmaceutical supplies from the Veteran's Administration (VA) shall have the choice in determining whether: (1) such pharmaceuticals will be supplied directly by the VA; (2) such veteran will be reimbursed by the VA; or (3) the VA-approved source will be directly reimbursed.

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for contribution to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the acquisition of the Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS). Permits the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the NATO Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Program, to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by certain personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges for fiscal year 1982. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 1982. Directs the Secretary of Defense to complete full-scale engineering development and begin procurement of the B-1 manned strategic bomber aircraft to achieve an initial operational capability by July 1, 1987. Requires the Secretary to proceed with research, development, test, and evaluation of an advanced technology bomber aircraft. Makes funds available for the B-1 bomber available for the research, development, and evaluation of the advanced technology bomber if: (1) the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in the national interest to develop the B-1 bomber; and (2) Congress adopts a concurrent resolution within a specified time approving such determination. Earmarks specified Air Force appropriations for the development of a Multiple Protective Structure (MPS) basing mode for the MX intercontinental ballistic missile system to achieve an initial operational capability by December 31, 1986. Permits the use of such appropriations for an alternative basing mode if to do so would be in the national interest and the President and Congress follow the same procedures as with the B-1 bomber. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Defense report annually to Congress an independent research and development and bid and proposal costs. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard) and for other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance purposes. Authorizes additional sums for increases in benefits for civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Defense report annually to Congress on the operations and maintenance of the armed forces for the next fiscal year. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for converting specified military veterinary positions to civilian positions. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to contract-out an entire medical facility. Title IV: Active Forces - Establishes end strength levels for fiscal year 1982 for active duty personnel for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the Air Force. Limits through fiscal year 1982 the number of non-high school graduates with no prior military service that may be enlisted or inducted into the armed forces. Requires non-graduates to place at or above a minimum percentile on the Armed Forces Qualification Test to be eligible for enlistment. Includes Air Force physician assistants as officers designated to perform professional functions. Repeals the limitation on overseas travel and transportation allowances for dependents of junior enlisted members. Title V: Reserve Forces - Establishes average strengths for fiscal year 1982 for: (1) the Army National Guard; (2) the Army Reserve; (3) the Naval Reserve; (4) the Marine Corps Reserve; (5) the Air National Guard; (6) the Air Force Reserve; and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve. Sets forth the number of Reserves serving on full-time active duty to administer, recruit, or train the Reserve components. Provides for the adjustment of average strength levels in the national interest and as specified. Increases the number of enlisted personnel who may be on active duty in support of the Reserve components for fiscal year 1982. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan for resolving the existing shortage in pretrained military manpower required for a mobilization. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the potential impact on military capability during an emergency or mobilization of the use of Department of Defense civilian employees who are not subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Extends through fiscal year 1985 the authority of the Secretary to pay specified bonuses for armed forces reserve affiliation. Title VI: Civilian Personnel - Establishes an end strength level for civilian personnel for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1982. Specifies the apportionment of such personnel among the various military branches and departments. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the utilization of such personnel within 60 days. Specifies the types of civilian employees to be included in such end levels. Permits the Secretary to increase the number of civilian personnel beyond the authorized end strength as specified. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, to permit the contracting out of commercial and industrial type functions of the Department of Defense only if it can be certified to the appropriate Secretary that the performance of such function by a private contractor would not have a significant adverse effect on mobilization or contingency missions. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978, to repeal the requirement for reduction in number of senior-grade civilian employees in the Department. Permits the Secretary to utilize university students to provide technical support at defense research and development laboratories. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such employment. Title VII: Military Training Student Loads - Establishes average military training student loads for fiscal year 1982. Title VIII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Amends such Act to increase the amount that may be contributed to States for personnel and administrative expenses. Permits States to use funds made available under such Act for preparing for and providing emergency assistance during natural disasters. Repeals the requirement that specified military construction operations maximize fall-out protection when constructing military facilities. Title IX: General Provisions - Requires an annual authorization of appropriations for the procurement of ammunition or other procurement by any armed force or by the activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments). Increases the dollar thresholds for defense contract regulations for negotiated rather than advertised purchases. Amends the Military Selective Service Act to permit a requirement that persons presenting themselves for registration, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, provide specified identifying information including social security number. Permits the President to require the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the Director of Selective Service with the address of any individual upon request. Requires the Director, upon request, to furnish the Secretaries of Defense or Transportation with the names and addresses of individuals registered under such Act. Sets forth a formula for determining charges for CHAMPUS payments for services by an individual health-care professional rather than for physician services only. Permits the President, during a war or national emergency, to defer the effectiveness of any end-strength limitation for any military or civilian component of the armed forces or the Department of Defense. Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to contract with any citizen of the United States for the modification of new or existing aircraft by the inclusion or incorporation of cargo-convertible features suitable for defense purposes. Sets forth the terms of such contract, including registration and repayment requirements and restrictions on the subsequent sale of such aircraft. Commits such aircraft exclusion to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet during an activation unless released by the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide Federal, State and local law enforcement officials with any information, equipment, facilities, training personnel, or advisors which may be helpful in enforcing Federal or State laws and laws relating to the use of controlled substances. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for fiscal year 1982. Sets forth the armed services procurement policy of the Congress that services and property for the Department of Defense be acquired by any kind of contract other than cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contracts, but including multiyear contracts and contracts for economic-lot purchases that promote the interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations for the use of multiyear contracting, including cancellation provisions. Requires the head of agency before awarding a contract with a cancellation ceiling in excess of a specified amount, to give to the appropriate committees of Congress 30-days notice of such contract. Permits the use of such contracts for the advance procurement of components, parts, and materials necessary to the manufacture of a weapon system. Prohibits the use of such contracts for: (1) the construction, alteration, or major repair of improvements to real property or contracts for the purchase of property under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949; (2) the Coast Guard; or (3) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976, to repeal the $5,000,000 cancellation ceiling limitation on armed forces multiyear procurement contracts. Permits the head of an agency to delegate the power to authorize procurement contracts in excess of three years. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act for any civilian personnel management system within the Department of Defense using the "full-time equivalent employee" methodology. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, to extend through July 1, 1982, the suspension of profit limitations on contracts for the construction or manufacture of aircraft and naval vessels. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide logistical support, equipment, and personnel services to assist in the Yorktown Bicentennial Celebration. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes.

A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the provision of full dental care benefits to dependents of members of the uniformed services on active duty under the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services and in facilities of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981

Directs the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to contract for outpatient dental care for spouses and children of members of the uniformed services under the CHAMPUS program and in facilities of the uniformed services. Sets forth the percentage of charges to be paid by the United States, varying according to the type of services received.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend the period within which certain members of the Armed Forces must purchase a new residence to rollover gain on the sale of an old residence.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1981

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the suspension of the 18-month period in which an individual must purchase a new residence for nonrecognition of gain on the sale of an old residence which is granted to members of the armed forces who are stationed overseas or who are required to reside in Government-owned quarters shall be extended to the later of four years after the date of the sale of the old residence (as currently provided) or one year after the date on which the taxpayer is no longer stationed overseas or required to reside in Government-owned quarters.

A bill to extend by five years the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1981

Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend the expiration date from September 30, 1981, to September 30, 1986.

A bill to provide for cooperation between the armed forces and Federal drug enforcement officials.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1981

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide Federal drug enforcement officials with any information, equipment facilities, training personnel, or advisors which may be helpful to enforcing Federal laws relating to the use of controlled substances. Permits drug officials to provide training and advice to members of the armed forces on the identification of drug traffickers and any other matter related to controlled substances.

Veterans Administration and Department of Defense Medical Sharing Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1981

Veterans' Administration and Department of Defense Medical Sharing Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to direct the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to form an interagency committee to oversee opportunities for sharing the medical resources of the Veterans' Administration and the Department of Defense. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary to jointly establish guidelines for the sharing of medical resources by health care facilities of the Administration and the Department. Requires such guidelines to include provisions for cooperative sharing agreements with such health care facilities explicitly defining the care to be provided on a reimbursable basis. Directs the Administration and the Secretary to submit an annual joint report to Congress setting forth the guidelines prescribed, the opportunities for interagency sharing agreements, and the progress of interagency activities to share medical resources. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, upon authorization by the President, to give a higher priority to the furnishing of medical care and services to members of the armed forces on active duty during a period of war or national emergency than to all veterans but those with service-connected disabilities. Permits the Administrator to contract with private facilities for the provision of priority care. Requires the Department of Defense to reimburse the Veterans Administration for the provision of such care. Directs the Administrator, whenever priority care is authorized, to submit to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs a report of the plan for the allocation of facilities and personnel to provide such care. Directs the Administrator to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to pursue planning activities and establish procedures and guidelines for the sharing of Veterans' Administration and armed forces facilities.

Veterans' Health Care, Training, and Small Business Loan Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1981

Veterans' Health Care Act of 1981 - Extends from December 31, 1981, to September 30, 1982, the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for hospital care or medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands without reference to patient loads or incidence of provision of medical services for veterans treated by the Veterans' Administration in the contiguous 48 states. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish hospital care or nursing home care to a veteran of the Vietnam-era determined to be in need of such care for the treatment of a condition that may be associated with exposure to Agent Orange. Extends through September 30, 1984 (three additional years) the period during which Vietnam-era veterans may initially request psychological readjustment counseling. Permits the Administrator to provide medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans in Veterans' Administration medical facilities not being utilized for the care of eligible veterans. Extends through September 30, 1986 the period during which, the President may authorize the Administrator to provide for payments for hospital care and medical services in the Veterans' Memorial Medical Center, Philippines for eligible U.S. veterans. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to make grants to such Center for the replacement and upgrading of equipment and the rehabilitation of the facilities. Entitles the United States to recover the costs of certain medical care and services furnished to a veteran for a non-service connected disability when such disability is covered by another form of insurance or compensation. Sets forth the formula and procedure for the United States' recovery against the insurer or other entity. Subrogates the United States to the rights of such veteran. Reduces the minimum number of hospital and nursing home beds the Administrator must establish in medical facilities of the Veterans' Administration. Requires the Administrator to maintain a contingency capacity to assist the Department of Defense in time of war or national emergency. Requires the Chief Medical Director to analyze annually, rather than periodically, agencywide admissions policies and the records of eligible veterans who apply for care but are rejected or not given immediate attention. Requires the Director to review the adequacy and geographic distribution of operating beds and the demographic characteristics of the veteran population. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the appropriate Congressional committees. Amends the Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to permit the expansion of the scope of the epidemiological study of the health effects of agent orange to include an evaluation of the long term adverse health effects in humans serving in the armed forces of the United States in Vietnam during the Vietnamese conflict or other factors involved in such service, including exposure to other herbicides, chemicals, medications, or environmental hazards or conditions. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to expand the scope of the literature analysis and review to include an analysis and review of the literature covering other studies relating to the effects of such factors.

A bill to provide for cooperation between the armed forces and Federal drug enforcement officials.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1981

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide Federal drug enforcement officials with any information, equipment facilities, training, personnel, or advisors which may be helpful in enforcing Federal laws relating to the use of controlled substances. Permits drug officials to provide training and advice to members of the armed forces on the identification of drug traffickers and any other matter related to controlled substances.

A bill to provide an increase in pay for members of the uniformed services in pay grades E-5 through E-9, to equalize aviation career incentive pay for warrant and other officers, to provide longevity pay increases for members of the uniformed services in the pay grade 0-3 with more than 16 years of service, and to establish a mechanism for annually adjusting the compensation of members of the uniformed services.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Increases the basic pay for members of the uniformed services serving in pay grades E-5 through E-9. Equalizes the amount of aviation career incentive pay received by eligible warrant and other officers. Sets forth the conditions for the increase in the rates of basic pay for members of the uniformed services serving in pay grade 0-3. Directs the Secretary of Defense to increase regular military compensation according to increases in non-Federal pay rather than increases in the General Schedule rates of basic pay for civilian employees. Requires the President to prepare and submit to Congress an alternative plan for compensation adjustments when necessary because of national security considerations, national emergency, or economic conditions affecting the general welfare. Makes such alternative effective at the beginning of the applicable fiscal year unless either House adopts a resolution disapproving such alternative within 30 days of transmittal.

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1982

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1982 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1982. 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 1982 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Supplemental Authorization for the Fiscal Year 1981 - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the conduct of intelligence activities of the U.S. Government. Title V: General Provisions - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to revise the per diem compensation rate for members of advisory committees. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize CIA personnel to carry firearms as necessary for the performance of Agency functions (currently, such authority extends to transportation of confidential documents). Prohibits the unauthorized use of the names, initials, and seals of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. Permits the personnel of such agencies to receive allowances and benefits authorized under the Foreign Service Act of 1980. Requires the Director of the National Security Agency to arrange for appropriate language and related training of military and civilian cryptologic personnel. Authorizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation to engage in specified activities for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence and counterintelligence authorized by law. Amends the Federal criminal code to add to current penalties for killing officers and employees of the United States to: (1) include generally an attempt to kill; and (2) any officer or employee of any department or agency within the Intelligence Community. Establishes as new offenses the murder, manslaughter, assault, threat against, extortion, or kidnapping of: (1) persons given entry into the United States for permanent residence pursuant to the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949; and (2) persons present in the United States under intelligence auspices. Title VI: Defense Intelligence Agency Personnel Management Provisions - Defense Intelligence Agency Personnel Management Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish such civilian positions in the Defense Intelligence Agency as may be necessary to carry out its functions. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Senior Defense Intelligence Executive Service, consisting of not more than 27 positions, in the Defense Intelligence Agency comparable to the Senior Executive Service. Authorizes the additional appointment of individuals to the Service in professional engineering and scientific positions and positions in the physical and natural sciences, medicine, and military intelligence. Authorizes the President to award to any Senior Defense Intelligence Executive Service appointee the rank of Meritorious or Distinguished Defense Intelligence Executive. Requires the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to report biennially to the Congressional intelligence committees on the Senior Defense Intelligence Executive Service.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to resumption of negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons systems.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should resume negotiations with the Soviet Union on limiting antisatellite weapons systems. Sets forth factors to be contained in the agreement. Declares that the President should not agree to any provision that would restrict development and operation of the Space Shuttle or impede research and development permitted under the SALT I ABM treaty.

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 - 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. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Acts of 1980 and 1981 to increase the authorization levels for specified projects. 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 accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire interests in lands by exchange of Government-owned lands to ensure unhampered air operations at the Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida. Permits the Secretary to construct steam lines and facilities to lay into the waste heat recovery boilers of the Macalloy Corporation and to contract with such Corporation to supply steam to the Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina if it would be cost effective. Requires Congressional review for 30 days before a contract may be entered. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations including the MX Missile System. 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. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Acts of 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981 to increase the authorization levels for specified projects. Requires the President to certify and Congress to adopt a concurrent resolution within 60 days agreeing that it is in the national interest to develop a basing mode for the MX missile system other than a Multiple Protective Structure (MPS) basing mode before appropriated funds may be expended for such purposes. 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. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to incur NATO facilities construction costs up to a specified amount. Requires the Secretary to report to the Senate and the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees concerning such costs. Title VI: Military Family Housing and Homeowners Assistance Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct or acquire military family housing. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of private housing in a U.S. locale before constructing any family housing at such location. Directs the Secretary to give the appropriate Congressional committees 30 days notice of any disagreement as to housing availability with the Secretary of HUD before contracting for construction. Authorizes appropriations for such housing at specified locations in the United States and overseas. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) improve existing quarters; and (2) provide for advance planning and construction design, including architectural and engineering services. Limits the amounts that may be expended for such purposes. Increases the number of family housing units that may be leased in a foreign country. Increases the number of units which the Secretary may exempt from cost limitations. Authorizes appropriations for military family housing for fiscal year 1982, including construction, operating costs, mortgage costs under the National Housing Act, and for homeowners assistance under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. Title VII: 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 monies 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 costs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning projects exceeding the amount authorized by more than a specified percent. 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. Requires the respective Secretaries to report to Congress annually on the costs of construction contracts by construction agency. 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 VIII: 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. Title IX: General Provisions - Sets forth a formula for determining the cost effectiveness of a solar energy system. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to undertake military construction necessary to support the required employment of the armed forces during a declaration of war or a national emergency. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of the former Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland, as surplus property. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981, to permit the Secretary of Defense to provide impact planning assistance for areas affected by the MX weapon system and the East Coast Trident Base.

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1982

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1982 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense to give prior notice to the appropriate Congressional committees of an intent to make an expenditure in excess of the amount specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations. Authorizes an additional amount for the conduct of activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to counter terrorism in the United States. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1982. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 220 full-time Intelligence Community Staff members. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Supplemental Authorization for Fiscal Year 1981 - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the conduct of intelligence activities of the U.S. Government. Title V: General Provisions - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to revise the per diem compensation rate for members of advisory committees. Permits the personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency to receive allowances and benefits authorized under the Foreign Service Act of 1980. Requires the Director of the National Security Agency to arrange for language and related training of military and civilian cryptologic personnel. Authorizes the Director to establish a cryptologic reserve, consisting of former or retired civilian or military cryptologic personnel of the Agency and other qualified persons. Amends the National Security Agency Act of 1959 to authorize the Director to make grants to private individuals and institutions for the conduct of cryptologic research.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that naval vessels of the United States may not be built in foreign shipyards.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Prohibits the construction of a naval vessel in a foreign shipyard.

A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to provide for the use of members of the armed forces, information obtained by the armed forces, armed forces equipment and facilities by Federal drug enforcement officials and to provide training and advice for such officials and members of the armed forces.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide Federal drug enforcement officials with any military personnel, information, equipment, facilities, training personnel, or advisors which may be helpful to enforcing Federal laws relating to the use of controlled substances. Permits drug officials to provide training and advice to members of the armed forces on the identification of drug traffickers and any other matter related to controlled substances.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a greater degree of objectivity in certain defense contracting.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Prohibits the head of an agency from determining in peacetime that it is in the national interest to have a particular facility or supplier available for furnishing property or services in case of a national emergency until the General Accounting Office has studied whether such a determination is based on sound considerations of defense industrial base preparedness.

A bill to reform the insanity defense.

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1981

Amends Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to authorize a new plea of "guilty but insane" for any criminal defendant whose actions constitute all necessary elements of the offense charged but who lacks the requisite state of mind as a result of mental disease or defect. Adopts the current notice provisions for a defense of insanity for the new plea of guilty but insane. Permits the jury or the court in a non-jury trial to find a defendant guilty but insane. Requires the court in any such case to hold a hearing to determine the present mental condition of the convicted person. Directs the court to commit such person to the custody of the Attorney General upon a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect as a result of which release would create a substantial danger to himself or to the person or property of another. Directs the Attorney General to release such person to a State which will assume responsibility for his custody and treatment or otherwise to hospitalize such person in a suitable facility. Requires the court to hold a hearing upon the certification by the director of the facility that such person's release will no longer create a substantial danger to himself or the person or property of another. Directs the court to order the discharge of a person who is found to have recovered. Provides for the hospitalization of persons found guilty, imprisoned persons, and persons due for release, who are found to suffer from mental disease or defect.

Veterans Training and Business Loan Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1981

Veterans' Training and Business Loan Act of 1981 - Title I: Vocational Training - Authorizes, without delimiting period, educational assistance for Vietnam-era veterans determined to be in need of vocational training. Title II: Small Business Loans - Veterans' Business Loan Act of 1981 - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide financial assistance to a small business concern which is at least 51 percent owned by veterans of the Vietnam era or disabled veterans. Authorizes such assistance, in the form of loan guaranties or direct loans, for financing plant construction or expansion, the acquisition of equipment or supplies, or supplying the concern with working capital. Sets forth restrictions and the liability of the Administrator in the provision of such assistance. Requires each individual with an ownership interest in such a veterans' small business concern to execute a document evidencing the loan and makes such individual jointly and severally liable to the Administrator for any amount paid by the Administrator on such loan. Requires the approval of the Administrator before the closing of the loan. Limits the terms of such loans to ten years, except for construction and certain other related loans. Grants special consideration to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Establishes in the Treasury the Veterans' Administration Business Loan Revolving Fund. Directs the Administrator to transfer any surplus funds into the general fund. Sets forth the powers of the Administrator for the administration of this program. Prohibits the commitment of assistance after September 30, 1991. Makes technical amendments. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to assist the Administrator in the establishment of the business loan program. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments - Extends veterans' readjustment appointments in the civil service program through September 30, 1983.

Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1981

Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1982 - Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1982 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment costs incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, and military applications of nuclear energy, as specified. Title II General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of authorized funds for programs which have not been presented to or requested of Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of such requirement as specified. Imposes specified limits on the cost and cost overruns of general plant projects and construction projects. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for proposed construction projects with amounts authorized for plant engineering and design, and to perform such services using available funds for any Department of Energy defense activity construction project in the event of any national emergency. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to grant the power of arrest without a warrant under specified circumstance to employees authorized by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to carry firearms for security reasons in the discharge of their official duties.

A bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act to restrict the defense of agencies by the Department of Justice in litigation challenging the withholding of information, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1981

Amends the Freedom of Information Act to prohibit the Attorney General from defending any Federal agency against a Freedom of Information action unless the Attorney General determines that: (1) there is an important public interest in the withholding of the information; and (2) disclosure of the information is demonstrably harmful.

Armed Forces Pay Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1981

Armed Forces Pay Act of 1981 - Increases the pay of members of the uniformed services for fiscal year 1982 by 14.3 percent. Permits the President to allocate the percentage increase as specified. Permits an unserved period of an enlistment to be considered as part of an immediately subsequent term of reenlistment for bonus purposes. Increases the amount of bonus and eliminates the four year total service requirement for persons who possess a skill designated as critical enlisting or extending their service in an armed force. Permits the payment of special pay for the performance of unusually hazardous duty or duty performed under unusually severe working conditions. Permits the President to suspend such pay in time of war. Permits the payment of special pay to an officer of an armed force who has been certified by the Secretary concerned as having the technical qualifications for detail to engineering or scientific duty. Sets forth the terms and conditions for receiving such pay. Permits the reimbursement of subsistence expenses incurred by a member of a uniformed service and the member's dependents during a period of up to four days while occupying temporary quarters incident to a change of permanent station. Permits the advance payment of departure, dependent transportation, and dislocation allowances. Authorizes a member of a uniformed service who is denied leave between two tours of duty overseas because of military necessity to use travel and transportation allowances from his current duty station at the first time the member is granted leave. Permits the payment of allowances to a member of a uniformed service and authorized dependents serving at a specifically designated duty station abroad for transportation to another location abroad having different social, climatic, or environmental conditions than those at the duty station, or to the United States. Permits the payment of roundtrip transportation expenses for a member stationed overseas and authorized dependents incident to emergency leave granted for reasons of personal emergency. Permits the payment of travel and transportation allowances to a member of a uniformed service performing temporary duty away from his permanent duty station to return to such station or another location. Entitles members of the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program to an initial uniform allowance. Permits members of such program to be advanced up to one month's pay upon reporting for active duty.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit educational assistance payments under certain circumstances.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Denies educational assistance five years after discharge to veterans with an adjusted gross income of less than $20,000.

A bill to amend section 3105 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize, with respect to persons eligible to receive certain types of retirement pay as well as pension or compensation from the Veterans' Administration, the inclusion of both such categories of benefits in a single periodic payment.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Authorizes the Veterans' Administration to enter into agreements with departments making retirement payments to veterans eligible for compensation under laws administered by the Administration to have such departments make one joint payment which specifies which parts of each payment are attributable to which benefit.

A bill to amend section 906 of title 38, United States Code, to repeal the Administrator's authority to permit reimbursement for the cash equivalent of an official headstone or marker.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Repeals the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs authority to permit reimbursement for the cash equivalent of an official headstone or marker for any individual eligible for burial in a national cemetery.

A bill to amend Chapter 23 of title 38, United States Code, to limit non-service-connected burial benefits to veterans with adjusted incomes of $20,000 or less, or with a net estate of $200,000 or less.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Limits non-service-connected funeral and burial benefits to veterans with adjusted gross incomes of $20,000 or less or with a net estate of $200,000 or less.

A bill to amend section 314 of title 38, United States Code, to provide that veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at either 10 or 20 percent shall be paid compensation on an annual rather than monthly basis.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Requires annual rather than monthly payments for veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at either 10 or 20 percent.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce certain disability compensation awards by the value of social security being received by the payee.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Limits the monthly rate of compensation for veterans rated totally disabled based upon unemployability to the rate such veterans would have received through the rates of wartime disability together with any additional compensation for dependents, minus the value of specified social security benefits received.

A bill to amend section 315 of Title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans with disabilities rated at either 10 or 20 percent to elect to receive a single lump sum compensation payment as an alternative to the existing schedule of monthly payments.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Permits veterans with disabilities rated at either 10 to 20 percent to elect to receive a single lump-sum compensation payment rather than monthly compensation payments.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the right of the United States to recover the costs of hospital, nursing home, or outpatient medical care furnished by the Veterans' Administration to veterans for non-service-connected disabilities to the extent that they have health insurance or similar contracts or rights with respect to such care, or have entitlement to private medical care under workers' compensation or automobile accident reparation statutes of any State, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Entitles the United States to recover the reasonable value of medical care and treatment furnished a veteran for a non-service-connected disability to the extent such disability is covered by another form of insurance or compensation. Subrogates the United States to the rights of such veteran under such coverage. Requires moneys recovered under such entitlement to be deposited in the "Veterans' Administration Medical Care Recovery Fund" to reimburse the Veterans' Administration for treatment furnished. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate education loans for veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Eliminates educational loans for veterans.

Veterans Education and Training Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Veterans' Education Training Act of 1981 - Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for members of the armed forces who enlist or reenlist after the date of enactment of this Act and: (1) serve for no less than two years and are released from such service by honorable discharge, are placed on the retired list or the temporary disability retired list, or are transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; or (2) serve in the Selected Reserves for not less than six years. Entitles eligible members who serve on active duty to 18 months of educational assistance at the end of 24 months of such service, one-half month of such assistance for each additional month of service up to a total of 36 months, and one month of educational assistance for each month of total service between 36 and 48 months. Entitles eligible members who enlist for a period of six years of Reserve duty to nine months of assistance upon the completion of two years of service and one month of such assistance for each three additional months of service. Limits educational assistance entitlements to ten years beyond an eligible member's last discharge or release from active duty. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to submit a joint report to the Congress on their respective plans for implementation of programs provided by such act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress semiannually on the operation of such program. Terminates the Post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance program after December 31, 1981. Permits the Secretary to grant any eligible member a leave of absence from military duties to pursue an education program for up to 12 months. Requires such members to agree in writing to extend their current enlistment for a period of two months for each month of leave of absence granted. Sets forth the impact of such leave upon the payment of basic pay, determining eligibility for retirement pay, and time in grade for promotion purposes.

Center for Defense Services Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Center for Defense Services Act - Declares the policy of Congress to aid State and local efforts to promote the fair administration of criminal justice in State court proceedings and the uniform provision of defense services to individuals unable to afford counsel. Establishes in the District of Columbia the Center for Defense Services as a private, nonmembership, nonprofit corporation. Grants the Center the authority to: (1) make grants and contracts to programs to provide defense services to eligible clients which substantially comply with nationally recognized standards; (2) provide research and technical assistance, and make grants or contracts for demonstration projects to further the purposes of this Act; (3) provide for the review, monitoring, and evaluation of the provision of defense services, whether or not furnished by a recipient of funds from the Center; and (4) make other grants or contracts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a more equitable formula for payments by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to States for the cost of care provided in State nursing homes to veterans eligible for such care in Veterans' Administration facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1981

Reformulates the reimbursement by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to a State for the cost incurred in providing medical facility care in State homes to veterans eligible for such care in Veterans' Administration facilities. Establishes the per diem rate of payment at 30 percent of the average cost of such care at a Veterans' Administration facility, not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of such care in the State home.

Armed Services Procurement Policy Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1981

Armed Services Procurement Policy Act of 1981 - Permits the Secretary of a military department to acquire services and property by any kind of contract, excluding cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contracts, but including multiyear contracts of not more than five years. Sets forth the factors the Secretary should consider in entering such contracts, including the national security interests of the United States, the continuing requirement for the property to be purchased, and whether furnishing such property requires a substantial investment in plant or equipment by the contractor. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate committees of Congress whenever any military contract contains a cancellation ceiling in excess of $50,000,000. Requires the cancellation of multiyear contracts if funds are not made available in subsequent fiscal years. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to modify regulations to conform with this Act. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976, to make conforming changes.

Armed Services Procurement Policy Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1981

Armed Services Procurement Policy Act of 1981 - Permits the Secretary of a military department to acquire services and property by any kind of contract, excluding cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contracts, but including multiyear contracts of not more than five years. Sets forth the factors the Secretary should consider in entering such contracts, including the national security interests of the United States, the continuing requirement for the property to be purchased, and whether furnishing such property requires a substantial investment in plant or equipment by the contractor. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate committees of Congress whenever any military contract contains a cancellation ceiling in excess of $50,000,000. Requires the cancellation of multiyear contracts if funds are not made available in subsequent fiscal years. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to modify regulations to conform with this Act. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976, to make conforming changes.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a minimum number of hospital and nursing home beds in medical facilities of the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1981

Establishes a minimum as well as a maximum number of hospital beds to be established by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Requires the Administrator to maintain a contingency capacity to assist the Department of Defense in time of war or national emergency. Requires the Chief Medical Director to analyze annually, rather than periodically, agency wide admission policies and the records of those eligible veterans who apply for hospital care or medical services but are rejected or not immediately admitted. Requires the Director to review the geographic distribution of operating beds and the demographic characteristics of the veteran population and the associated need for medical facilities in each State. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress regarding the number of beds required for the health care of veterans.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the Prisoner of War Medal.

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1981

Establishes a Prisoner of War Medal to be awarded by the President in the name of Congress to any person who while serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States was held by any force hostile to the United States as a prisoner, internee, or hostage.

A bill to provide for revision of the military retired or retainer pay of certain retired members of the Armed Forces who were called or ordered to active duty between October 1, 1963, and October 1, 1971.

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1981

Authorizes the recomputation of retired or retainer pay for certain members of the armed forces who were called or ordered to active duty between October 1, 1963, and September 30, 1971.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide additional standards for determining the amount of space to be programmed for military retirees and their dependents in medical facilities of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1981

Sets forth factors for the Secretary of the Military department concerned to use in determining the amount of programmed space in hospital facilities for members and certain former members of the uniformed services and their dependents. Requires, subject to the availability of appropriations after fiscal year 1982, the construction (or major alteration) of a hospital at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy.

A bill to provide that retired officers of the Armed Services recalled to active duty and detailed to duty with the American Battle Monuments Commission shall not be charged against the authorized end strengths and grade limitations prescribed for the Department of Defense or the military departments concerned.

United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1981

Excludes from determinations of authorized end strengths and grade limitations of the Department of Defense or the military departments retired officers of the armed forces recalled to active duty with the American Battle Monuments Commission.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize funds to the Republic of the Philippines to assure the effective care and treatment of patients in the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.

United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1981

Eliminates the specified per diem rate limitation on nursing home care for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts. Extends from September 30, 1981, through September 30, 1986, the period during which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may provide payments for hospital care and medical services in the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Philippines, for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts. Sets forth the terms, conditions, and rates for such treatment. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for fiscal years 1982 through 1986.

Richard D. DeLauer, of California, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, vice William J. Perry, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 23 April 1981

Henry E. Catto, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Thomas B. Ross, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 22 April 1981

Russell A. Rourke, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Russell Murray 2nd, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 22 April 1981

Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1981

Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1982 - Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1982 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment costs incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, and military applications of nuclear energy, as specified. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of authorized funds for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate Congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of such requirement as specified. Imposes specified limits on the cost and cost overruns of general plant projects and construction projects. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for proposed construction projects with amounts authorized for plant engineering and design, and to perform such services using available funds for any Department of Energy defense activity construction project in the event of any national emergency. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to grant the power of arrest without a warrant under specified circumstance to employees authorized by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to carry firearms for security reasons in the discharge of their official duties.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from income tax a certain portion of the pay received by members of the Armed Forces who have served at least four years.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1981

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income tax a specified portion of the pay received by members of the Armed Forces who have served at least four years on active duty.

Veterans' Disability Compensation, Housing, and Memorial Benefits Amendments of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981

Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Act of 1981 - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; or (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. Title III: Effective Date - States that the provisions of this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1981.

Veterans Administration Special Pay Amendments of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981

Veterans' Administration Special Pay Amendments 1981 - Limits the amount of appropriations which may be expended for special pay for physicians and dentists in the Veterans Administration's Department of Medicine and Surgery.

A bill to amend section 562 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of a special pension to the surviving spouses of persons awarded the Medal of Honor.

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981

Authorizes payment of a special pension of $100 a month to the surviving spouse of any person who has served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, and who has been awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously. Provides for continued payment of such pension until the surviving spouse dies or remarries.