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Bill· HRH.R. 2633 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Navy, before using any obsolete naval vessels for experimental purposes, to carry out such partial scrapping of the vessels as is practicable. Requires all amounts received by the Navy for such partial scrapping to be deposited in the Sport Fish Restoration Account of the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, before transferring any obsolete ship to a State for its use, to carry out such partial scrapping of the ship if practicable. Requires any amounts recovered by such partial scrapping to be deposited in the Sport Fish Restoration Account.
Bill· HRH.R. 2632 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Defense Program Management Improvement Act - Revises provisions relating to the qualifications, duties, term, and other administrative matters relating to major defense program managers. Outlines the following requirements concerning such program managers: (1) requires each to be a civilian; (2) requires each such position to be filled in a GS-13 through 15 pay grade; (3) specifies the term of such managers; (4) sets forth job evaluation procedures for such managers; (5) requires each to report and take direction from a civilian line of authority of senior acquisition personnel only; (6) authorizes such managers to receive information and employs members of the armed forces; and (7) allows members of the armed forces to be program managers only after resigning or agreeing not to reenlist in the armed forces. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a personnel system with a career path for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense. Requires the Secretary to begin implementing such system within three years after enactment of this Act. Requires certain educational and experiential qualifications of program managers under such system. Specifies educational requirements for persons who are program managers after two years after enactment of this Act but before the establishment of such personnel system.
Bill· HRH.R. 2644 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Requires any veteran, or spouse or dependent of such veteran, who applies for or is in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or pension benefits to provide to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon request, his or her social security number and the social security number of any other person in his or her family applying for or receiving any such benefits.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 176 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be: (1) better coordination between Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies through additional Blue Lightening task force projects to stem the flow of illegal drugs; (2) reform of the assets forfeiture program of the U.S. Customs Service and the Justice Department; (3) civil monetary penalties instituted and Federal benefits revoked for those convicted of drug dealing and repeat possession offenses; (4) mandatory random drug testing for specified transportation workers in sensitive positions and a comprehensive accrediting program for laboratories performing such tests; (5) an assessment of the advisability of instituting a federally funded needle exchange program for IV-drug abusers to prevent the transmission of AIDS; (6) a possible expansion of the military role in drug law enforcement and greater U.S. military and law enforcement support of joint antidrug operations in foreign countries; and (7) stronger extradition treaties and voluntary drug eradication agreements with foreign drug-producing countries.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 155 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
Designates June 23, 1989, as United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Day. Authorizes the President to: (1) issue a proclamation commemorating the 50 years of Coast Guard volunteer service to enhance the safety of water-related activities; and (2) call for the observation of such day with appropriate ceremonies, educational activities, and boating safety achievement programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 2625 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
B-2 Fly-Before-You-Buy Act of 1989 - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from obligating any funds for procurement of production aircraft under the B-2 Advanced Technology Bomber program until the Secretary certifies to the Congress that: (1) all testing and evaluation of the aircraft has been successfully accomplished; and (2) such aircraft has a high probability of being able to perform its intended missions. Directs the U.S. Comptroller General to review all test reports and evaluation documents concerning such aircraft program and to report the findings to the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 2612 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
Authorizes employees of the Panama Canal Commission who are U.S. citizens to purchase food and other goods at any commissary or exchange store in Panama which is operated by any military department of the United States. Directs the President, if he finds that the Panamanian Defense Forces have ceased the harassment of persons in the public areas of Panama and that food and goods are safely available to such employees so that operation of the Panama Canal is not jeopardized, to certify such finding to the Congress. Authorizes the President to terminate such commissary and exchange privileges by the later of: (1) 90 days after such certification; or (2) the date on which the national emergency declared April 8, 1988, is terminated.
Bill· HRH.R. 2599 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, upon closure of the Mather Air Force Base, California, to provide that: (1) the medical facilities at such base become part of the operations of the McClellan Air Force Base, California; and (2) that such medical facilities be operated as part of such base at a capacity of not fewer than 45 beds.
Bill· SS. 1158 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1989
Veterans Home Loan Guaranty Restructuring and Solvency Act of 1989 - Establishes the Home Loan Guaranty Fund. Provides that the Fund shall be available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for all operations with respect to: (1) guaranteed or insured Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) housing loans for which fees are collected and which are made after FY 1989; and (2) loans for property which has been disposed of by a veteran to a purchaser who will assume liability for such loan. Provides that the following sums shall be credited to the Fund: (1) all fees collected for housing loans made after FY 1989; (2) .25 percent of the original amount for all loans guaranteed or insured by the VA after FY 1989 for the first three fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year in which such fee is collected; (3) all collections of principal and interest and the proceeds from property held or disposed of with respect to such loans; and (4) all income from investments of the Fund that are required to be made by the Secretary of the Treasury in obligations of the United States. Increases the fee for a VA housing loan to 1.25 percent of the total loan amount. Provides that the following fees shall be collected: (1) one percent of the total loan amount with respect to housing loans obtained which are in default; (2) .75 percent of the total loan amount with respect to loans for purchase or construction for which a down payment of at least five percent of the total purchase price or construction costs have been made; and (3) .25 percent of the total loan amount with respect to such loans for which a down payment of at least ten percent has been made. Provides for the waiver of such fees for veterans who are receiving veterans' disability compensation or for the surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected disability. Requires the Secretary, in the case of such a waiver, to deposit into the Fund the amount that the veteran or surviving spouse would have been required to pay without the waiver provision. Allows the Secretary to increase any of such loan fees if the Secretary determines that the Fund would be unable to pay the valid claims of holders of defaulted loans during the first 24 months that such increase would take effect. Limits the amount of any such loan fee increase. Requires the Secretary to notify the veterans' committees before any such fee increase. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to submit views to such committees regarding the proposed fee increases. Provides that any veteran who pays a fee for such loans, other than loans which are in default or loans for property which has been disposed of, shall have no liability to the Secretary with respect to such loan for any loss resulting from a default of the veteran, except: (1) in the case of fraud, misrepresentation, or bad faith in obtaining loan approval or loan assumption; and (2) in the case of any default or liquidation resulting from circumstances not beyond the individual's control. Extends until October 1, 1990, the authority of the Secretary to sell notes evidencing such loans with or without recourse. Provides that after such date the Secretary may sell such notes either with recourse or without recourse, but only if the amount received is equal to an amount which is not less than the unpaid balance of such loans. Provides that all amounts received from the sale of such loans shall be credited as offsetting collections of the Fund or of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. Authorizes the maximum amount of guaranty entitlement available to a veteran for the purchase or construction of a home to be increased by not more than $10,000 in connection with any single loan. Requires the collection of a loan fee for such additional loan amount. Limits the total amount of guaranty entitlement available to any single veteran. Waives such limitation whenever the Secretary determines that the housing is being purchased or constructed in a housing market in which certain conditions exist which make it unlikely for a veteran to obtain such a loan for the purchase or construction of housing. Provides that when a default of a loan made, guaranteed, or insured by the VA occurs, the holder of the obligation shall notify the Secretary upon refusing an offer by the veteran for partial payment. Revises the definition of the term "net value" for purposes of the determination of such amount upon default of a loan made, guaranteed, or insured by the VA. Extends through September 30, 1991, the current procedures to be followed by the VA upon the default of such loans.
Bill· SS. 1154 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1989
Allows the obsolete destroyer U.S.S. Edson to be transferred to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York before the expiration of the otherwise applicable congressional review period.
Bill· SS. 1153 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly disability or death benefit to a veteran or his or her survivors for any disability or death of a veteran who served in the active forces in Vietnam during the Vietnam era and who suffered from non-Hodgkins lymphoma or a soft-tissue sarcoma. Provides an exception to the payment of such benefits when there is affirmative evidence that such disease was not incurred during such service in Vietnam or that there was an intervening disease since such service. Provides the rates for the payment of such disability or death benefit. Prohibits such payments when other disability compensation is being paid for such disability. Provides that such disabilities shall be treated as service-connected for the purposes of all laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department). Terminates such payments as of April 15, 1992, unless extended by a joint resolution of the Congress. Outlines congressional procedures for the consideration of such joint resolution. Requires the Secretary to take all reasonable actions necessary to notify veterans and their survivors of the availability of such payments. Requires the Secretary to inform such recipients of the temporary nature of such payments. Provides that the disease of chloracne in Vietnam veterans shall be considered to have been service-connected if such disease became manifest to a ten percent degree of disability or more within one year after the last date on which the veteran performed such service in Vietnam. Provides a presumption of service-connection in the case of a Vietnam veteran suffering from a disease associated with effects of exposure to certain dioxins or other herbicide agents during such service in Vietnam. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations listing a positive association between any disease and the biological effects of exposure to an herbicide agent in Vietnam. Requires the Secretary to update such list continually. Requires the Secretary, in prescribing and revising such list, to obtain by contract the determinations and estimates of a contract scientific organization. Requires such organization to: (1) determine which diseases have any degree of association with the biological effects of exposure to an herbicide agent; and (2) estimate the extent of association between each such disease and each such biological effects. Requires the organization to determine such association specifically with respect to non-Hodgkins lymphoma, each soft-tissue sarcoma, lung cancer, and each other cancer. Outlines contract provisions required in such agreements between the Secretary and the scientific organization, including surveys, evaluations, and periodic determinations. Requires such scientific organizations to provide reports to the Secretary and the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees regarding its determinations and evaluations. Requires such organization to determine, in the event of a positive association, whether there is a reasonable basis for concluding that a Vietnam veteran with the highest level of exposure to that herbicide agent in Vietnam was exposed to such agent under the circumstances necessary for such biological effects. Requires a report from the organization to the Secretary and the veterans' committees when there is no such reasonable basis found. Requires the Secretary to make certain determinations and follow-up reports after receiving such reports from the contract scientific organization, including the issuance of a report to the veterans' committees and the promulgation of positive association regulations, if necessary. Requires benefits to be continued even though a disease is removed from the regulations listing diseases having positive associations. Terminates such contracting authority ten years after the first day of the fiscal year in which a scientific organization transmits its first report to the Secretary. Provides interim regulations and special effective dates. Directs the Secretary to compile and analyze all clinical data that: (1) are obtained by the Department in connection with examinations and treatment of veterans for disabilities related to exposure to certain herbicides or to service in Vietnam; and (2) are likely to be scientifically useful in determining the association, if any, between the disabilities of such veterans and their exposure to such herbicides and other toxic substances. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the veterans' committees concerning such analysis and its results. Directs the Secretary to consult with the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) before compiling and analyzing such information. Requires the Director of OTA to review each annual report submitted by the Secretary and transmit to the Secretary an evaluation of the contents of each report. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a system for the collection and storage of voluntarily contributed samples of blood and tissue of veterans who performed active service in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. Outlines provisions concerning the security and authorized uses of such specimens, as well as limitations on the acceptance of such samples. Requires the Secretary to consult with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to the extent that an agreement has been reached with the NAS serving as the contract scientific organization for the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Director of OTA in the event of no agreement with NAS. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to provide for the conduct of studies of the feasibility of conducting additional scientific research on health hazards resulting from: (1) exposure to dioxin; (2) exposure to other toxic agents in herbicides used in support of U.S. and allied military operations in Vietnam during the Vietnam era; and (3) active military, naval, or air service there. Requires the Secretary to report to the veterans' committees on the results of such studies. Requires the Secretary to consult with the NAS before undertaking such studies and requires the NAS to review such studies and report recommendations to the Secretary and the veterans' committees to the extent provided under any agreement between the Secretary and NAS. Amends the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1988 to require the Secretary to annually furnish updated information to affected veterans on health risks resulting from exposure to dioxin or other toxic agents in herbicides as a result of service in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the veterans' committees on the research being conducted to develop treatments for physiological absorption of dioxin and other toxic agents used in herbicides by the United States in Vietnam, including research relating to exposure to dioxin and other toxic agents outside Vietnam. Extends through December 31, 1993, the eligibility for hospital and nursing home care for veterans exposed to toxic substances in Vietnam. Amends the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1988 to authorize direct consultation between the Ranch Hand Advisory Committee and Department of the Air Force scientists conducting the Ranch Hand Study (a study of the long-term health effects of exposure to phenoxy herbicides and contaminants). Requires the preparation and submission of annual reports and a final report in connection with such study.
Bill· SS. 1147 (101st)reported
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Headstone Allowance Amendment Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a veteran for the cost of a prepurchased headstone (in lieu of furnishing such a headstone at burial).
Bill· HRH.R. 2594 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located at 1900 Mason Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida, as the William V. Chappell, Jr., Veterans' Outpatient Clinic.
Bill· HRH.R. 2595 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Authorizes the detail of Department of Defense personnel to assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service in border patrol-related activities.
Bill· SS. 1146 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during FY 1990 through 1992, to conduct a pilot program to determine: (1) the feasibility of making direct housing loans to eligible veterans for the purchase of housing on Native American trust land; and (2) ways to improve the access of Native American veterans to housing loan benefits under the housing loan guaranty program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Requires the Secretary to make direct housing loans for the purchase of housing located on Native American trust land. Directs the Secretary to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on the direct housing loan program. Directs the Secretary, in establishing such program, to consider the concerns and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Native American Veterans. Authorizes appropriations. Defines "Native Americans" as Indians, Native Hawaiians, Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islander Natives.
Bill· SS. 1145 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Reestablishes the Advisory Committee on Native-American Veterans, effective October 1, 1989. Requires the Commission to examine and evaluate programs and activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to the needs of veterans who are American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. Provides that such examination and evaluation shall include: (1) an assessment of such veterans' needs with respect to benefits and services under programs administered by the Department; and (2) a review of the manner and the extent to which such programs meet such needs. Requires the Committee to report annually to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Requires the Secretary to transmit a copy of such report within 60 days to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs together with appropriate comments and recommendations. Terminates the Committee on September 30, 1991.
Bill· SS. 1141 (101st)reported
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Army to set aside an appropriate area within Arlington National Cemetery for the unmarked burial of cremated remains of persons entitled to burial in such cemetery.
Bill· HRH.R. 2576 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Authorizes employees of the Panama Canal Commission who are U.S. citizens to purchase food and other goods at any commissary or exchange store in Panama which is operated by any military department of the United States. Directs the President, if he finds that the Panamanian Defense Forces have ceased the harassment of persons in the public areas of Panama and that food and goods are safely available to such employees so that operation of the Panama Canal is not jeopardized, to certify such finding to the Congress. Authorizes the President to terminate such commissary and exchange privileges by the later of: (1) 90 days after such certification; or (2) the date on which the national emergency declared April 8, 1988, is terminated.
Bill· HRH.R. 2579 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Defense Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to promulgate regulations which would prohibit a defense contractor from taking reprisal actions against its officers or employees for disclosing information to a Federal agency regarding performance of a contract with such agency which indicates: (1) a violation of law; or (2) mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a danger to public health or safety. Sets forth civil penalties and remedies for violations of this Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 143 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense should place a greater emphasis on the remanufacture of existing military equipment as an interim measure to maintain readiness in light of budget constraints, production delays, and cost overruns of new equipment.
Bill· HRH.R. 2569 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Saginaw, Michigan, as the Aleda E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 2546 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Increases from $40,000 to $90,000 the amount of Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance available to veterans who qualify for the specially adapted housing grant.
Bill· HRH.R. 2557 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Designates the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Brick Township, New Jersey, as the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic.
Bill· HRH.R. 2568 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Amends Federal armed forces retired pay provisions to authorize the payment of retired pay to fully disabled persons, even though such persons are under 60 years of age (the current required age for full retirement benefits). Requires the determination of full disability to be made by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Requires such persons to apply to the Secretary concerned to receive such retired pay. Requires any retired pay paid to fully disabled persons to be reduced actuarially to ensure that there is no actuarial loss to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund due to the early payment of such benefits. Terminates such early retired pay when a person is reevaluated and determined to be no longer fully disabled. Requires a reduction in the retired pay for such person who later resumes receipt of retired pay by reason of attaining 60 years of age.
Bill· HRH.R. 2552 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Removes the requirement that a retired member of the armed forces who was unmarried but later marries or otherwise acquires a dependent child must elect to participate in the military Survivor Benefit Plan within one year of such marriage.
Bill· HRH.R. 2545 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Includes in the definition of a veteran (therefore eligible for all veterans' benefits) all persons considered to be Commonwealth Army veterans by reason of service with the armed forces during World War II in the Philippines.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 165 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1989
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of S.J. Res. 113 (FSX aircraft).
Law· SS. 1091 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1989
United States Coast Guard Bicentennial Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design, strike, and sell a medal in commemoration of the bicentennial of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1990. Requires the design of the medal to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Commission of Fine Arts.
Bill· SS. 1092 (101st)reported
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1989
Veterans Education Policy Improvements Act - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to revise the hourly minimum wage to be paid to veteran-students who are pursuing full-time programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Defines the hourly minimum wage to be paid to such veteran-students as the applicable Federal or State hourly minimum wage. Authorizes the payment of an identical work-study allowance for veterans' survivors and dependents who are pursuing a full-time program of education in a State in return for such person's agreement to perform such services. Authorizes the Secretary to discontinue an educational assistance allowance if a person's attendance is unsatisfactory. (Currently, only poor conduct or progress are causes for such discontinuance.) Requires certain attendance performance to be taken into consideration in the approval (or disapproval) of accredited courses having no attendance standards. Revises the standards under which an educational or subsistence allowance need not be paid to include those periods when a person's attendance, conduct, or progress is unsatisfactory or such person is not pursuing the course in accordance with the standards as prescribed by the Secretary. Repeals a limitation on the number of changes of programs of education allowed for veterans and other eligible persons, instead allowing any number of such changes as long as each change is approved by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to approve a program change necessitated by circumstances beyond the control of the eligible veteran or person. Limits the circumstances under which the Secretary may approve a second or subsequent change of program of education. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold the payment of educational assistance benefits until the required proof is received that the person is satisfactorily pursuing the program of education. Provides that "mitigating circumstances" authorizing the withdrawal of a student from a program of education shall include withdrawal to furnish care for the veteran's or person's child due to difficulties in making or changing child-care arrangements. Authorizes the Secretary to approve the enrollment of an eligible member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve under contracts with the Department of Defense for a program of education. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize the services of those members of the armed forces receiving assistance under applicable Federal armed forces' educational assistance programs.
Bill· SS. 1110 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1989
Requires any veteran, or spouse or dependent of such veteran, who applies for or is in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or pension benefits to provide to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon request, his or her social security number and the social security number of any other person in his or her family applying for or receiving any such benefits.
Bill· SS. 1085 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1989
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1990/1991 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, Navy, and Air Force for FY 1990 through 1994, and to the Marine Corps for FY 1990 through 1992, for: (1) aircraft; (2) missiles; (3) weapons; (4) tracked combat vehicles; (5) ammunition; (6) shipbuilding and conversion; and (7) other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for: (1) the defense agencies for procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; and (3) the chemical demilitarization program (the destruction of lethal chemical weapons in accordance with the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986). Extends through FY 1991 certain authority provided to the Secretary of Defense in connection with the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering, and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for research, development, test, and evaluation. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for operation and maintenance for the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components of the armed forces, the National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, the Goodwill Games (for FY 1990 only), and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for working capital funds for the armed forces and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for the Department of Defense Base Closure Account. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1990 and 1991. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes end strength reductions for the Selected Reserve components of the armed forces for each such fiscal year. Authorizes increases for each such fiscal year in the number of certain personnel authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserve components. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1990 and 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Title V: General Provisions - Repeals the following: (1) the current Federal requirement of a separate budget request for the procurement of equipment for the reserve components of the armed forces; (2) the requirement of a separate authorization of civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (DOD) by end strength; (3) the prohibition on the use of certain personnel management constraints concerning DOD civilian personnel; (4) the procurement requirement and limitation of funds for the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck; (5) the limitation of funds for the Rankine engine; and (6) the limitation on the use of defense operation and maintenance funds for the purchase of investment items. Title VI: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to repeal current law prohibiting a disposal from the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) unless the disposal would result in an unobligated balance in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund in excess of $100,000,000. Authorizes the President to provide for the rotation of any material in the NDS when necessary to prevent technological obsolescence. Allows the President to replace such obsolete material with a more suitable material. Removes the requirement that disposal of materials in the NDS shall be made for domestic consumption. Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile Manager to effect specified changes in the quantities of materials to be stockpiled in the NDS under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. Authorizes the President to dispose of specified quantities of materials currently held in the NDS, to the extent that such quantities have been determined to be excess to requirements for national defense. Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile Manager, if the President determines it to be necessary to meet threats to the national defense, to obligate specified amounts from the Fund to acquire, refine, or process strategic and critical materials needed to meet established requirements for the NDS on an accelerated basis.
Bill· SS. 1083 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1989
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1990 and 1991 - Subdivision 1: Fiscal Year 1990 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1989 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and for military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends certain FY 1986-1988 military construction projects. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1989 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1989 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out military construction projects and acquire real property in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to use specified FY 1987 through 1990 funds for the construction of conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years beginning after FY 1989 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake a military construction project at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Virginia, under certain conditions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure program and authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years after 1989 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1989 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces in specified amounts. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles I through V of this Subdivision on October 1, 1991, or the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 1992, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Subdivision 2: Fiscal Year 1991 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor military construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to use specified FY 1987-1990 funds for the construction of conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles I through V of this subdivision on October 1, 1992, or on the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Subdivision 3 - Title VIII: General Provisions - Increases the amounts to be expended for minor military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to provide that a contract assuring the occupancy of rental housing owned by DOD may: (1) provide that utilities, trash collection, snow removal, and entomological services will be furnished by the Government to the same extent that such services are provided to other occupants of Government-owned housing; and (2) require that rent collection and the operation and maintenance of the housing be accomplished through the use of separate agreements or the use of Government personnel. Increases the leasing and the high-cost threshold amounts for military family housing as contained in Federal armed forces law. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to accept volunteer services for a natural resources program operated by that department. Extends through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary concerned to enter into long-term facilities contracts. Waives a certain per-unit expenditure for improvements to military family housing units for three units for each military department under certain conditions. Transfers to the Secretary of Defense jurisdiction, custody, and control of the operation and maintenance of the Pentagon office building and its related facilities and parking grounds (known as the Pentagon Reservation). Authorizes the Secretary to appoint military or civilian personnel or contract employees to perform law enforcement and security functions for the Reservation. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to ensure the safe, efficient, and secure operation of the Reservation. Provides fines and penalties for violations of such rules and regulations. Repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 authorizing a Pentagon Annex by design. Provides that certain defense contract limitations shall not apply to the acquisition of military construction projects or family housing projects obtained through governments of NATO subsidiary bodies for elements of the armed forces deployed in Europe and adjacent waters. Amends Federal armed forces provisions relating to military family housing leasing to authorize the Secretaries of the Navy and the Air Force to enter into contracts for a specified number of leased family housing units. Authorizes the use of such contracts through FY 1991. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer certain funds to the Homeowners Assistance Fund, Defense, as determined necessary to extend homeowners assistance benefits to eligible homeowners. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to enter into cooperative agreements with public or private entities willing to match Federal funds or efforts to maintain and improve natural resources or to benefit natural and historic research on DOD installations. Authorizes the heads of defense agencies (currently, only the Secretaries of the military departments) to use one-step turn-key selection procedures to enter into contracts for the construction of authorized military construction projects. Extends the authority to use such procedures through FY 1991. Revises Federal provisions concerning the authorized cost variations for a military construction project or for the construction, improvement, and acquisition of a military family housing project. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) design and construct a multipurpose facility at Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia; (2) accept from the Navy Mutual Aid Association reimbursement for all costs of the design, construction, operation and maintenance of such facility; and (3) lease to the Association at no cost approximately one-third of the square footage of the facility to be constructed. Outlines terms and conditions to such lease.
Bill· SS. 1084 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1989
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for civil defense programs under the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 139 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1989
Designates June 6, 1989, as National D-Day Remembrance Day.
Bill· HRH.R. 2517 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1989
Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than 15 days after the enactment of this Act, to establish an Anti-Drug Task Force composed of personnel from the armed forces, the Coast Guard, and the U.S. Customs Service. Requires the Task Force, in cooperation with the Director of National Drug Control Policy, to develop a plan for the support of the drug interdiction activities of Federal law enforcement agencies, providing for the assignment of military personnel and the use of equipment and resources of the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary and the Director, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on the activities of the Task Force.
Bill· HRH.R. 2527 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1989
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a marker for the grave of each veteran who served as part of the armed forces. Provides an exception if the family of a deceased veteran objects. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2515 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1989
SDI Research and Innovative Technology Act of 1989 - Earmarks specified funds, originally made available to the Department of Defense for FY 1990 and 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation, for projects carried out by the Innovative Science and Technology Office of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization for FY 1990 and 1991. Limits the use of such funds to innovative research projects in fundamental science and technology. Prohibits any such funds from being used for any demonstration or validation project.
Bill· HRH.R. 2512 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1989
Entitles members of the First Special Service Force, a Canadian armed force, who served during World War II and participated in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States and who have been citizens of the United States for at least ten years to veterans' hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care and medical services, as long as such persons are not entitled to such care under a program established by the Government of Canada. Requires each applicant for any of such benefits to furnish to the Secretary of Defense an authenticated certification from the Department of Defense or the appropriate Canadian agency attesting to such military service.
Bill· HRH.R. 2506 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1989
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct a medical research center at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Provides that such construction may be carried out only if the Secretary, the President of the Medical University, and the Governor of South Carolina enter into a funding agreement to require the Secretary to pay one-half of the cost of constructing and equipping the center and the State of South Carolina and the Medical University to pay the other half of such cost. Authorizes the Secretary to accept payments from the State of South Carolina and the Medical University to defray such costs. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the President of the Medical University that provides for joint ownership, management, and use of the center. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2508 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1989
Military Family Relocation Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Defense, in order to neutralize the negative effects of relocation on retention, readiness, and morale, to provide relocation assistance to members of the armed forces and their families and to make every effort to stabilize and lengthen tours of duty. Directs the Secretary to establish military relocation assistance programs to provide the following types of relocation assistance: (1) destination area information and preparation; (2) certain counseling services related to relocation adjustments; (3) settling-in services; and (4) home-finding services. Requires each military installation with at least 500 members to have such a program and any military installation with less than 500 members to have access to such a program. Requires program information to be managed through a computerized information program that can interact with all other such programs. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Military Relocation Assistance Programs Director in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense to oversee development and implementation of this Act. Provides funding for each such program. Requires the Director to report to the Congress each year on: (1) the assessment of available housing for relocating military families; (2) the assessment of costs incurred by relocating military members and their families; (3) data on where members of the armed forces live; and (4) data on the effects of relocation assistance programs on the quality of life of members of the armed forces and their families and on the retention and productivity of members of the armed forces.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 285 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1989
Designates the Ghost Squadron of the Confederate Air Force as the U.S. Ambassador for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of World War II.
Bill· HRH.R. 2463 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989
Title I: General Provisions - Merchant Marine and Defense Act of 1989 - Sets forth congressional findings regarding the maritime industries and national defense. Declares that it is the policy of the United States to develop the necessary maritime resources to meet U.S. national defense and economic security requirements. Title II: Operating Differential Subsidy Reform - Amends provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 relating to the operating-differential subsidy (ODS) to: (1) allow the Secretary of Transportation, in determining whether to approve an application or revise a contract, to consider the availability of funding; and (2) prohibit the Secretary, in making such determinations, from making a distinction between persons already receiving such aid and new applicants. Revises the definition of "essential service" to include any operation determined by the Secretary to be necessary for national defense or for competitive and economical operation of U.S.-flag vessels in foreign commerce. Requires, for ODS aid, that a vessel be a militarily useful dry cargo vessel less than 20 years old and U.S.-documented. Directs the Secretary, notwithstanding any other law, to allow any qualified U.S. operator to qualify any militarily useful vessels for an ODS if the operator applies within one year of enactment of this Act, meets the requirements for such aid, and meets other requirements. Defines "qualified operator" to mean a U.S. citizen who owned, during the two years ending on the date of enactment of this Act, oceangoing vessels documented in the United States. Ends the Secretary's authority to determine suitable ocean routes and lines to foreign ports. Ends the ODS eligibility requirement that vessels be operating in an essential service. Directs the Secretary to designate ocean services, routes, and lines to not be essential services for purposes of ODS. Prohibits the Secretary from designating a route after two years after enactment of this Act unless operation on that route under an ODS is essential for national security. Repeals provisions excluding certain vessels from eligibility for an ODS. Reduces the maximum period for ODS contracts from 20 to ten years. Modifies the formula for determining the amount of ODS payments. Eliminates ODS coverage for insurance, maintenance and repair, and subsistence of officers and crews. Shields contracts in effect on the date of enactment of this Act from the changes until specified events occur. Changes the definition of "collective bargaining costs." Requires wage subsidies to be paid semimonthly rather than monthly. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into or making payments on ODS contracts for a dry cargo or dry bulk vessel that is more than 25 years old or a tanker vessel that is more than 20 years old. (Current law prohibits ODS payments for vessels that are more than 25 years old.) Directs the Secretary, in awarding and revising ODS contracts, to ensure that disruptions to parties to existing contracts are minimized. Provides for a reduction of ODS payments for a particular voyage in proportion to the amount of revenue payable under cargo preference provisions, subject to exception. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out ODS provisions so as to provide incentives for improving the efficiency of operation of vessels for which an ODS is paid. Allows the Secretary to authorize a contractor receiving an ODS for operations of a line haul vessel to own or operate certain foreign flag vessels that act as feeder vessels for that line hall vessel. Authorizes the Secretary, notwithstanding specified provisions, to enter into ODS contracts with U.S. citizens for the operation of any militarily useful vessel built in a foreign shipyard if the citizen has a foreign vessel acquisition right issued by the Secretary and if other requirements are met. Directs the Secretary to establish a program for the issuance of a foreign vessel acquisition right with respect to each oceangoing merchant vessel over a specified number of deadweight tons for which construction in the United States is started on or after enactment of this Act. Requires the program to provide for the assignment by the Secretary of the rights to any U.S. citizen. Requires amounts received as revenue under the program to be deposited in the Procure and Charter Shipyard Improvement Fund established under title XIV of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 for use under that title. Declares that these provisions shall not be construed to authorize any vessel built or acquired outside the United States to engage in the coastwise trade. Authorizes the Secretary: (1) notwithstanding specified provisions, to enter into ODS contracts for one year after enactment of this Act with any qualified operator for the operation of any militarily useful vessel built in a foreign shipyard if the vessel meets certain requirements; and (2) on and after the date of enactment of this Act to enter into ODS contracts for operation of any vessels eligible for such subsidies by reason of these provisions, the contracts to be effective after the vessels are delivered and documented under U.S. laws. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to modify the definition, for purposes of provisions relating to cargo preference, of the term "privately owned United States-flag commercial vessels" so as to allow certain foreign-built vessels to carry preference cargo, subject to limitation. Authorizes the Secretary, notwithstanding cargo preference limitations, to declare a foreign-built vessel eligible for preference cargo, if the Secretary is authorized to enter into an ODS contract with respect to that vessel and if other conditions are met. Title III: Procure and Charter Program - Part A: Design and Construction of Vessels and Improvement of Shipyards - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) and the Secretary of Defense to establish a program under which amounts in the Procure and Charter Revolving Fund (Fund) must be used to: (1) fund contracts for the design in the United States of military useful merchant vessels; (2) fund contracts for the construction of such vessels in privately owned U.S. shipyards; and (3) provide assistance to such shipyards for improvements to equipment, systems, and techniques. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts for the: (1) design and construction of prototypes of militarily useful merchant vessels; and (2) construction of militarily useful merchant vessels in accordance with such designs and prototypes. Sets forth vessel requirements, contractor eligibility requirements, and contract restrictions. Directs the Secretary to require that, as part of the contract, any person awarded a contract improve facilities and management systems of the person and achieve improvements in productivity and cost reductions through serial construction. Authorizes the Secretary to provide vessel construction contractors under these provisions financial assistance in an amount equal to one-half of the costs of improvements in vessel construction equipment, systems, and techniques to be used in carrying out the contract. Prohibits the assistance unless the Secretary determines that the assistance will result in reduced total costs and increased productivity in carrying out construction under these provisions. Limits the amount of the assistance. Authorizes appropriations from the fund as necessary for constructing an average of 12 vessels in each of the FY 1989 through 2000. Part B: Vessel Charter and Sale - Directs the Secretary to establish a program for the chartering and disposing of vessels constructed under part A of this title. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with any eligible person for the charter by the person of such vessels. Sets forth charter contract terms. Directs the Secretary, as a condition of a contract, to require: (1) a deposit to ensure the faithful performance of all requirements of the contracts, including indemnity against liens on the vessel; and (2) insurance at the expense of the person entering into the contract. Sets forth contracting procedures. Allows the Secretary to terminate a contract: (1) on a presidential proclamation that termination is required for national defense; and (2) during a national emergency declared by the President. Directs the Secretary, in chartering vessels, to avoid conferring any unfair advantage on a charterer. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) and the Secretary of Defense to contract for the charter of any vessel constructed under part A of this title, for use by the Department of the Navy, at rates determined by the Secretary (but not less than the prevailing commercial rate) for not more than two years. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to contract with any private person to subcharter any vessel constructed under part A, unless the operation of the vessel under that contract will adversely affect the commercial operation of a vessel documented under U.S. laws. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to sell or otherwise dispose (including by transfer to the National Defense Reserve Fleet) of a vessel constructed under this title if the vessel is not under contract and no reasonable contract offers have been received, and if other conditions are met. Mandates that the Secretary require as compensation for a vessel sold or disposed of an amount at least as much as the U.S. cost in constructing the vessel, less depreciation. Directs the Secretary, in disposing of vessels, to avoid conferring any unfair advantage on any person who acquires the vessel. Authorizes the Secretary to dispose of a vessel to any person for purposes of scrapping the vessel. Part C: Procure and Charter Revolving Fund - Establishes in the Treasury the Procure and Charter Revolving Fund, to consist of amounts deposited in and transferred to the Fund under these provisions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) deposit in the Fund all proceeds of charters, sales, and disposals under part B of this title, all duties under specified provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, all proceeds of issuance of foreign vessel acquisition rights under provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 as amended by this Act, and interest on such amounts; and (2) transfer to the Fund, for each of the FY 1990 through 2000, any difference between the deposited amounts and the amount authorized to be appropriated under part A of this title. Makes amounts in the Fund available to the Secretary for vessel design and construction and shipyard assistance. Terminates the Fund, with the balance reverting to the general fund of the Treasury, upon a finding by the Secretary that amounts in the Fund plus anticipated receipts are insufficient for funding construction contracts. Mandates deposit in the general fund of the Treasury of any amounts received after termination of the Fund. Part D: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit an annual report to the Congress regarding matters under this title; and (2) issue regulations to carry out this title. Title IV: Simplification of Procedure for Long-Term Military Leases - Amends Federal law to exempt noncombatant oceangoing vessels from provisions relating to authorization required for certain long-term leases of vessels and aircraft by military departments. Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to specified committees of the Congress describing each case in which the Department of the Navy is seeking, or considering seeking, to enter into a long-term charter of an oceangoing vessel under the provisions amended by this title. Title V: Vessel Prototype Design and Construction Program - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a program for the design and construction of dry and liquid cargo vessel prototypes and troop carrying vessel prototypes; (2) establish guidelines for such design and construction; and (3) conduct a series of competitions for the selection of designs for vessel prototypes. Sets forth design criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for the production of vessel prototype designs. Directs the Secretary to encourage such cooperation between naval architecture firms and ship building firms as may facilitate the use of modern production techniques. Directs the Secretary to contract for the construction in private U.S. shipyards of one of each vessel prototype design. Sets forth criteria for selection of shipyards. Directs the Secretary to base contract awards, to the maximum extent practicable, on consideration (in addition to other considerations required by law) of maintaining the U.S. ship building mobilization base. Requires prototypes constructed under this title to be chartered or otherwise disposed of under the program established under part B of title III of this Act. Requires information obtained through the design and construction of prototypes to be made available to private shipyards and ship suppliers. Title VI: Federal Ship Mortgage Insurance - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to exclude from the definition of "vessel," as used in provisions relating to Federal ship mortgage insurance: (1) any vessel used primarily for offshore exploration or exploitation of petroleum; and (2) barges, tugs, towboats, and workboats. Title VII: Tax Incentives for Modernization of U.S. Shipyards - Amends provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 and the Internal Revenue Code regarding tax incentives and relating to merchant marine capital construction funds to define "reconstruction" to include general repairs to a qualified vessel to the extent that their costs exceeds a specified amount. Adds references to shipyards to the same provisions of both Acts. (Current law provides the incentives only for certain vessels and related barges or containers.) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to add qualified vessels and qualified shipyards to the list of exceptions to the termination of the regular percentage, for purposes of determining the amount of the investment tax credit. Restores, for such vessels and shipyards, the depreciation schedule which was in effect on the day before the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Title VIII: Tariff and Trade Reform for Vessel Construction and Operation - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose, when purchased or performed in a foreign country, an ad valorem duty on: (1) modifications and permanent additions to the hull, fittings, or superstructure of a vessel, including inspections required by the classifications societies, insurers, and governmental entities; and (2) vessel drydocking and all services necessary for drydocking. Excluding emergency repairs from imposition of such duty. Relieves the owner or operator of a vessel from liability for the duty if the owner or operator elects to spend, in a shipyard in the United States within five years, for equipment, repair parts or materials, or repairs, a cumulative amount at least equal to the duty. Makes an owner or operator who fails to so spend liable for the duty plus accrued interest. Requires amounts received as a duty to be deposited into the Procure and Charter Revolving Fund established by this Act. Title IX: Expansion of Cargo Reserved for U.S. Vessels - Amends cargo preference provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to require that 100 percent of the agricultural and nonagricultural ocean-borne cargoes generated by the U.S. Government, including cargoes generated as a result of a foreign aid cash transfer program, be transported on privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels, subject to exception. (Current law requires that 50 percent of nonagricultural and 25 percent of certain agricultural commodities be transported on U.S.-flag commercial vessels.) States that, in authorizing a vessel which is not U.S.-registered to transport any cargo which is foreign assistance subject to the provisions being amended, the Secretary of Transportation must require that 50 percent of the cargo be transported on U.S.-registered vessels and the remainder on vessels registered in the country receiving the assistance. Title X: Increasing Defense Readiness of United States Merchant Marine - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to direct the Secretary of Transportation, before approving any assistance under such Act for the construction of a vessel intended for use in the coastwise trade, to submit the plans to the Secretary of Defense for review and approval. Directs the Secretary of Defense to either: (1) certify that the plans are suitable for construction of a vessel which is capable of economical and expeditious conversion to use during war or national defense emergency; or (2) request changes in the plans necessary to enable that conversion. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, subject to appropriations, to pay to a person constructing a vessel in the United States after enactment of this Act to be operated in the coastwise trade, before construction begins, the costs of: (1) constructing any national defense features; (2) maintaining the features for 15 years; (3) additional operating expenses because of the features during that period; and (4) lost revenue during that period because of reduced cargo space. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) rates paid by the Department of Defense for the carriage of ocean-borne cargoes should fully compensate the vessel owner and could be based on established commercial rates; and (2) contracts for such carriage should be awarded, compatible with sound business practice (including cost minimization), so as to enhance the strategic sealift capabilities of the U.S.-flag commercial merchant fleet. Prohibits the Department of Defense, subject to exception and after enactment of this Act, from entering into any contract for carriage of cargoes on a vessel which was: (1) not U.S.-built; or (2) documented in the United States after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) and the Secretary of Defense to establish a national maritime industries research and development program to carry out commercial water-borne and commercial intermodal transportation and strategic sealift-related research and development. Makes the Secretary responsible for administering the program and lists areas which must be included in the program. Directs the two Secretaries to jointly establish the Maritime Research and Development Advisory Board. Directs the Secretary, as a condition of a research and development project under these provisions, to require that private industry pay a portion of the cost of the project. Limits the Federal share to 66 percent and the non-Federal share to a specified dollar amount for each fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 2001. Title XI: Maritime Labor Reform - Repeals provisions of Federal law relating to merchant mariners' documents. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, notwithstanding any law, to issue regulations to: (1) allow performance of both deck and engine duties on vessels by qualified personnel; (2) establish the numbers and qualifications of the crew and the watch on vessels; (3) create and keep current licensed and unlicensed personnel ratings; and (4) govern the requirements and standards for documentation of licensed and unlicensed personnel of vessel crews. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and report to the Congress regarding methods for reducing allowable compensation for port and shipyard workers' injuries and disabilities under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to a level comparable to other industrial occupations. Title XII: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the Federal Maritime Commission, and the U.S. Trade Representative to jointly submit an annual report to the Congress regarding unfair foreign trade practices that affect the U.S.-flag merchant marine and maritime industries. Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to the Congress regarding specified current and projected maritime defense matters. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to include certain information in an annual report to the Congress required by specified provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.
Law· HRH.R. 2461 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1990/1991 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, Navy, and Air Force for FY 1990 through 1994, and to the Marine Corps for FY 1990 through 1992, for: (1) aircraft; (2) missiles; (3) weapons; (4) tracked combat vehicles; (5) ammunition; (6) shipbuilding and conversion; and (7) other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for: (1) the defense agencies for procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; and (3) the chemical demilitarization program (the destruction of lethal chemical weapons in accordance with the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986). Extends through FY 1991 certain authority provided to the Secretary of Defense in connection with the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering, and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for research, development, test, and evaluation. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for operation and maintenance for the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components of the armed forces, the National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, the Goodwill Games (for FY 1990 only), and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for working capital funds for the armed forces and the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for the Department of Defense Base Closure Account. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1990 and 1991. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes end strength reductions for the Selected Reserve components of the armed forces for each such fiscal year. Authorizes increases for each such fiscal year in the number of certain personnel authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserve components. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes the average military training student loads for FY 1990 and 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Title V: General Provisions - Repeals the following: (1) the current Federal requirement of a separate budget request for the procurement of equipment for the reserve components of the armed forces; (2) the requirement of a separate authorization of civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (DOD) by end strength; (3) the prohibition on the use of certain personnel management constraints concerning DOD civilian personnel; (4) the procurement requirement and limitation of funds for the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck; (5) the limitation of funds for the Rankine engine; (6) the limitation on the use of defense operation and maintenance funds for the purchase of investment items; and (7) the requirement for reductions in, and the permanent ceiling on, employees in headquarters and nonmanagement headquarters activities and support activities. Title VI: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to repeal current law prohibiting a disposal from the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) unless the disposal would result in an unobligated balance in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund in excess of $100,000,000. Authorizes the President to provide for the rotation of any material in the NDS when necessary to prevent technological obsolescence. Allows the President to replace such obsolete material with a more suitable material. Removes the requirement that disposal of materials in the NDS shall be made for domestic consumption. Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile Manager to effect specified changes in the quantities of materials to be stockpiled in the NDS under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. Authorizes the President to dispose of specified quantities of materials currently held in the NDS, to the extent that such quantities have been determined to be excess to requirements for national defense. Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile Manager, if the President determines it to be necessary to meet threats to the national defense, to obligate specified amounts from the Fund to acquire, refine, or process strategic and critical materials needed to meet established requirements for the NDS on an accelerated basis.
Bill· HRH.R. 2486 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989
Provides for veterans' readjustment appointments in the Federal Government at the GS-11 level. Includes as veterans eligible for such appointments (currently, only Vietnam veterans are eligible) veterans who have more than 14 years of education and who are entitled to disability compensation or whose discharge or release from active duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty. Grants such veterans preference over other eligible veterans for such appointments. Includes as other eligible veterans those veterans whose last discharge or release from active duty occurred within the four-year period immediately preceding an appointment under such provisions. States that the "last discharge or release" from active duty shall not include a discharge or release of less than 90 days of continuous service except for a service-connected disability, for a pre-existing medical condition which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines is not service-connected, or for hardship.
Bill· HRH.R. 2479 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989
Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce to establish a five-year joint program for collecting operational and reconnaissance data, conducting research, and analyzing data on tropical cyclones to assist the forecast and warning program and increase the understanding of the causes and behavior of tropical cyclones. Sets forth the responsibilities of each Secretary. Directs those Secretaries to jointly develop and submit to the Congress management plans for: (1) the program established by this Act; and (2) continued tropical cyclone surveillance and reconnaissance which will adequately protect the citizens of U.S. coastal areas.
Bill· HRH.R. 2462 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989
Prohibits a senior civilian official of the Department of Defense (DOD), a general officer, or a Navy flag officer from accepting compensation from a defense contractor for two years after such person's separation or release. Defines a senior civilian official of DOD as a civilian officer or employee serving in a position for which the rate of pay is greater than or equal to the rate of pay for a position in the Senior Executive Service. Makes applicable current Federal provisions that: (1) set forth civil penalties for the violation of such prohibition; and (2) allow a person who may fall under such prohibition to request the appropriate official for advice as to the applicability of such prohibition to his or her situation.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 133 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1989
Recognizes the late Colonel James N. Rowe, former chief military adviser to the Philippine Armed Forces, as an exemplary officer. Condemns the assassination of Colonel Rowe and urges the appropriate authorities to bring the assailants to justice. Expresses the condolences of the American people to Colonel Rowe's family.
Bill· HRH.R. 2436 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1989
Authorizes the President to present a gold medal to the family of the late Captain Don S. Gentile in recognition of his service as a fighter pilot ace of World War II. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal. Provides that appropriations used to carry out this Act shall be reimbursed out of the sale proceeds.
Bill· SS. 1064 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Includes veterans receiving class instruction on a regularly-scheduled basis (but not necessarily a weekly basis) among those qualifying for educational assistance benefits. (Current law allows such benefits only for veterans attending qualifying courses on a weekly basis.)
Bill· SS. 1040 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than 15 days after the enactment of this Act, to establish an Anti-Drug Task Force composed of personnel from the armed forces, the Coast Guard, and the U.S. Customs Service. Requires the Task Force, in cooperation with the Director of National Drug Control Policy, to develop a plan for the support of the drug interdiction activities of Federal law enforcement agencies, providing for the assignment of military personnel and the use of equipment and resources of the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary and the Director, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on the activities of the Task Force.