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United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1979
Removes the requirement that nominations of persons for appointment to the United States Naval Academy be made not later than March 4 of each year.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1979
Eliminates the: (1) requirement that a disability must have begun before the insured's sixty-fifth birthday for purposes of a total disability waiver of premiums under veterans' (National Service Life) five-year level premium insurance; and (2) provision prohibiting the waiver of any National Service Life Insurance premium becoming due prior to January 1, 1965, in any case in which the insured's total disability began between his sixtieth and sixty-fifth birthday.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1979
Authorizes and directs the Veterans' Administration to establish a national cemetery in the State of Indiana.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1979
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for the intelligence activities of specified Federal agencies for fiscal year 1980. Directs the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate to prepare a classified report with respect to the authorization of such funds. Stipulates that such report shall be made available to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and to appropriate entities of the intelligence community for which funds are authorized by this Act. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations of $12,627,000 for fiscal year 1980 to provide staff support and assistance to the Director of Central Intelligence. Sets forth the end strength for full-time personnel in the Intelligence Community Staff for such fiscal year. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations of $51,600,000 for fiscal year 1980 to fund the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Technical Provision - Stipulates that appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases authorized by law.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to permit the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich to construct a monument to General Mihailovich on Federal public land within the District of Columbia or its environs.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Stipulates that civilian air traffic controllers of the Department of Defense shall be treated the same as air traffic controllers of the Department of Transportation for purposes of retirement. Permits the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Defense to jointly prescribe regulations and make determinations relating to the definition, training, involuntary separation for retirement, and mandatory separation of air traffic controllers employed by the Department of Transportation and the Department of Defense.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Authorizes Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for cadets at military junior colleges under specified conditions. Sets forth the rights and obligations of a cadet appointed under such a financial assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Authorizes the United States Memorial Foundation to erect a monument on public grounds in the District of Columbia honoring the men and women of the United States Navy who served their country in war and peace.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Provides pension, medical, and hospital benefits, and reimbursement for non-Veterans' Administration medical costs to certain World War I veterans and pension benefits to certain surviving widows of such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Entitles specified members of the armed forces reserves to retired pay if such an individual performed active duty service after August 13, 1961, and before May 31, 1963, after August 4, 1964, and before March 28, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1979
Sets forth the amount of reimbursement which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall pay to the States for furnishing domiciliary, hospital, or nursing home care to eligible veterans who receive such care in State facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1979
Entitles unremarried former spouses of members of the uniformed services who were married to such a member for at least 20 years to benefits under CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services).
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1979
Defense Production Act Extension Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend the authority granted under such Act to September 30, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1979
Requests the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Private First Class William James Tsakanikas for his service during World War II during the Battle of the Bulge.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay for the training of nurses employed by the Veterans' Administration (VA) Department of Medicine and Surgery who are pursuing an academic degree in nursing. Requires an individual receiving such VA assistance to agree to service with the VA after such training, and to be liable for the expense of such training in the event of breaching such agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make available to the State of Hawaii such physical facilities at Fort DeRussy, Hawaii, which are determined not to be needed by the Army and which are adequate for the operation of a mental health facility.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Authorizes an individual who claims to have performed military service for the United States Army in the Philippines during World War II, and is not already so recognized, to file an application with the Secretary of the Army to have such service recognized for purposes of veterans' benefits. Directs the Secretary to determine the validity of such application based on whether such individual: (1) served in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (including organized guerilla units) while such forces were in the service of the United States Armed Forces; (2) was awarded the Purple Heart or other decoration; and (3) was inducted into the United States Armed Forces in the Far East before World War II, served during such war, and whose name was erroneously removed from United States Armed Forces records.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Directs the Secretary of the Navy to develop the necessary technology to remove unexploded ordnance from land and water which have the same or similar characteristics as the island of Kahoolawe, Hawaii, to determine the feasibility of clearing such island and its adjacent waters of such ordnance. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Establishes maximum criminal penalties of ten years imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine for anyone in authorized possession of classified information identifying any individual or entity as being or having been employed or associated with the Central Intelligence Agency, who willfully discloses such information to anyone not authorized to receive it. Bars prosecution if such information is released to congressional committees, United States district judges, and Federal law enforcement officers upon application to the Attorney General.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Establishes criminal penalties for anyone in authorized possession or control of confidential or secret information, or who obtains such information as a result of being or having been a Federal public servant, who knowingly communicates such information to a person not authorized to receive it. Excludes from prosecution for such offenses specified areas or accomplice liability. Sets forth defenses to such crimes, including that the information communicated was not properly classified information.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Amends the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees Claims Act of 1964 to increase the amount payable under such Act to a member of the armed forces or to an officer or employee of the United States in settlement of a claim by such an individual for losses incident to service in such capacity. Removes such ceiling for claims by such individuals for personal property losses incident to an evacuation from a foreign country by order of the Secretary of State.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Establishes the Weapons and Munitions Security Office within the Department of Defense to be responsible for formulating, coordinating, and supervising a continuing program of security and accountability for weapons and munitions of the Department. Directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense who is designated to head such Office to: (1) review existing weapons and munitions security and accountability procedures; (2) modify such procedures or promulgate new procedures to protect weapons and munitions from loss or theft and to provide for accurate and timely accountability for such weapons and munitions; and (3) conduct periodic inspections to determine compliance with such procedures. Requires any military department which suffers a loss of weapons or munitions to conduct a thorough investigation of such loss. Requires each military department to submit weapons and munitions security and accountability reports to the Assistant Secretary in charge of such Office. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit annual reports to Congress summarizing the weapons and munitions losses suffered and recoveries made by each military department during the preceding year.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Provides 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. Prohibits any contract, arrangement, or State law from excluding the rights of the United States to recovery under such circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Expresses the disapproval of the House of Representatives to the proposed realignment of the Aerospace Defense Command of the Air Force transmitted to the Committee on Armed Services by the Secretary of the Air Force.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1979
GI Bill Amendments Act of 1979 - Title I: GI Bill Program Adjustments - Amends the Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 to require an eligible veteran seeking to extend the delimiting date for educational assistance because of a physical or mental disability (such extension was authorized by the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977) to apply within one year of: (1) the removal of the disability; (2) the last date of the delimiting period; or (3) the date of enactment, whichever is later. Authorizes a two-year extension of the current ten-year delimiting period for educational assistance to allow eligible Vietnam-era veterans to pursue: (1) approved on-job training; or (2) vocational-technical or high school courses (provided that the veteran has not received a secondary school diploma and participates in counseling required by this Act). Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to disapprove an application for educational benefits under this Act on the basis of the current general enrollment provisions relating to veterans' educational benefits administration. Revises the current test for approval of vocational courses for eligible veterans (which requires a showing that at least 50 percent of the persons completing the course over the preceding two years obtained employment in the course-related area) to: (1) include within such 50 percent persons discontinuing the course; (2) stipulate that the resultant employment must be the major source of income; and (3) exempt from the requirement any institution which has enrolled not more than 35 percent eligible veterans and has met such requirement for two consecutive reporting periods. Eliminates as a condition required for approval of the enrollment of a veteran in a course pursued by television or radio, that the major portion of the course requires conventional classroom or laboratory attendance. Revises the provision which prohibits approval of certain courses for eligible veterans upon a finding that more than 85 percent of the enrollees in the course are receiving assistance from the institution, the Veterans Administration (VA), or any Federal agency, to eliminate as a factor for such finding assistance from any Federal agency. Eliminates the current statutory standard for determining the unsatisfactory progress of a veteran receiving educational assistance. Permits receipt of educational benefits by veterans attending foreign institutions under certain circumstances. Adds as an exception to the current prohibition against "already qualified" veterans enrolling in educational programs, continuing education or training required by Federal, State, or local law to attain relicensure or retain employment in a particular profession or vocation. Sets forth the method of computing the educational assistance allowance of a veteran: (1) pursuing a course in part by open circuit television; and (2) who is incarcerated in a Federal, State, or local prison or jail. Title II: Survivors' and Dependents' Program Adjustments - Applies to the educational assistance program for survivors and dependents certain revisions provided for in title I of this Act with respect to veterans, including: (1) the procedure for extending the delimiting date for assistance because of a physical or mental disability; (2) the applicability of the general enrollment provisions to the survivors' and dependents' program; (3) the test for approval of vocational courses; (4) the requirements with respect to courses pursued by television or radio; (5) receipt of assistance at foreign institutions; (6) the statutory standard for determining unsatisfactory progress; and (7) the methods of computing certain allowances. Allows educational assistance to be paid to an "eligible person," instead of the "parent or guardian" of each eligible person, as currently provided. Stipulates that the educational assistance allowance shall be paid to survivors and dependents as provided with respect to veterans. Title III: Administrative Adjustments - Stipulates that educational assistance shall be paid only for the actual period of pursuit of a subject (instead of the period of enrollment as currently provided). Requires educational institutions to report facts which they know or should know which indicate that the course or institution does not meet any of the requirements of the educational assistance program. Provides that the amount of an overpayment to an eligible person or veteran shall constitute a liability of such individual. Revises the full-time measurement standard with respect to institutional undergraduate courses. Limits the current provision which reduces the number of clock hours of attendance required for payment of benefits for certain courses to courses accredited by nationally recognized accrediting agencies. Includes in the limitations on periods of educational assistance under two or more VA programs the post-Vietnam veterans' educational assistance program. Title IV: Repeal of Authority for Pursuit of Flight and Correspondence Training - Repeals provisions authorizing pursuit of flight training by veterans and pursuit of correspondence training by veterans and spouses. Title V: Repeal of Authority to Pursue Predischarge Education Training (PREP) Under Chapter 32 - Terminates the Predischarge Education Program (PREP), which provides educational assistance to service persons prior to their discharge or release from active duty with the Armed Forces. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Revises the provision specifying the circumstances under which claims for VA benefits are forfeited by a veteran who perpetrates a fraud under VA laws, to subject to the general forfeiture provision veterans who fraudulently obtain educational assistance benefits, even though they reside in the United States (such veterans currently are excepted from such provision). Title VII: Technical Amendments-Effective Date - Makes technical corrections and specifies the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow certain aliens applying as immigrants to be given preference visas as children of United States citizens provided such an alien: (1) requests such treatment; (2) was born after 1950 in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, or Thailand; (3) was fathered by an American serviceman; and (4) provides a guarantee of financial support. Stipulates that such guarantee must: (1) be signed by a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident who is at least 21 years old; and (2) provide that such signing sponsor will provide necessary financial support for five years. Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1979
Authorizes the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Private First Class William James Tsakanikas for his service during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1979
Entitles enlisted members of an armed force who have five years or more, but less than 20 years, of creditable service and who are involuntarily discharged or denied reenlistment to severance pay. Sets forth the method for computing such pay.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1979
Extends the authorization of appropriations to fiscal year: (1) 1985 to assist States in constructing facilities for providing veterans with domiciliary care, nursing home care, and for the alteration and expansion of existing structures for providing such care in State homes; and (2) 1984 for medical information pilot programs. Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs from entering into any agreement for providing any assistance to health manpower training programs, to Veterans Administration - affiliated medical schools, or to establish new State medical schools, after December 31, 1979. Authorizes appropriations for such medical schools and training programs for each succeeding fiscal year (presently authorized for each of the six succeeding fiscal years). Eliminates a requirement for grants to affiliated medical schools and to health manpower training institutions that a proposed project will substantially increase the number of students at such medical school or training institution.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1979
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize additional appropriations for fiscal year 1979 and to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1980 to carry out the provisions of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1980 - Title I: Empowers the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for acquisition and construction inside the United States for: (1) the United States Army Forces Command; (2) the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command; (3) the United States Army Material Development and Readiness Command; (4) ammunition facilities; (5) the United States Army Communications Command; (6) the United States Army Health Services Command; (7) the Military Traffic Management Command; and (8) the United States Military Academy. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the same methods for acquisition and construction outside the United States for: (1) the Eighth United States Army, Korea; (2) the Kwajalein Missile Range; (3) the United States Army Forces Command; (4) the United States Army, Japan; (5) the United States Army, Europe; and (6) the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Stipulates that this authorization will expire upon the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1981, except for emergency construction projects concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Title II: Empowers the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for the acquisition and construction inside the United States for: (1) the Marine Corps; (2) the Chief of Naval Operations; (3) the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet; (4) the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet; (5) the Chief of Naval Education and Training; (6) the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; (7) the Chief of Naval Material; and (8) the Naval Security Group Command. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the same methods for acquisition and construction outside the United States for: (1) the Marine Corps; (2) the Office of Naval Research; (3) the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet; (4) the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet; (5) the Naval Forces Europe; (6) the Chief of Naval Material; (7) the Naval Telecommunications Command; and (8) the Naval Security Group Command. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Stipulates that this authorization will expire upon the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1981, except for emergency construction projects concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to expend excess foreign exchange funds for the construction of a multipurpose marine biological laboratory in the Arab Republic of Egypt. Title III: Empowers the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, for acquisition and construction inside the United States for: (1) the Air Force Logisties Command; (2) the Air Force Systems Command; (3) the Air Training Command; (4) the Alaskan Air Command; (5) the Military Airlift Command; (6) the Strategic Air Command; (7) the Tactical Air Command; and (8) the Air National Guard. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the aforementioned methods for acquisition and construction outside the United States for: (1) the Aerospace Defense Command; (2) the Military Airlift Command; (3) the Pacific Air Forces; (4) the Tactical Air Command; (5) the United States Air Forces in Europe; and (6) the Air Force Systems Command. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Empowers the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, for defense agencies for acquisition or construction inside the United States for: (1) the Defense Logistics Agency; (2) the Defense Mapping Agency; and (3) the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities, utilizing the aforementioned methods, for acquisition or construction outside the United States for: (1) the Defense Logistics Agency; (2) the Defense Mapping Agency; (3) the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense Office of Dependents Schools; and (4) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Authorizes increased funding for a high energy laser facility near White Sands, New Mexico. Title V: Military Family Housing and Homeowners Assistance Program - Authorizes expenditures by the Secretary of Defense for minor construction and support of military housing. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Waives restrictions with regard to the Secretary of each military department's establishment or development of installations and facilities under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1980 such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, within certain limits. Grants the Secretary of the military department, or the Director of the defense agency concerned, the discretion to increase the amounts allowable within certain limits if (1) such increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost and (2) the cost could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time such estimate was submitted to the Congress. Requires the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned to submit a statement of the reasons for any increases which exceed the limits imposed by this Act to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives before such construction or acquisition may proceed. Requires the lapse of 30 days or the approval of both committees before the project at issue may proceed. Requires the submission of a written report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives should any individual project authorized under this Act for specifically listed military installations vary in scope by 25 percent above or below approved costs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to Congress detailing those projects for which approval was sought to vary the amount authorized by more than 25 percent. Encourages the utilization of solar energy as a source of energy for projects authorized by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to increase cost limitations for any project as may be necessary for such a purpose. Stipulates that contracts for construction made by the United States for performance within the United States and its possessions under this Act shall be executed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; or such other department or Government agency as the Secretaries of the military departments recommend and the Secretary of Defense approves to assure the most efficient, expeditious and cost-effective accomplishment of the construction herein authorized. Requires annual reports to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by the Secretaries of the military departments, breaking down the dollar value of construction contracts completed by each of the several construction agencies selected. Stipulates that such contracts shall continue to be awarded in accordance with presently established procedures if the national security is not impaired. Repeals all authorizations for military public works that are contained within specific titles of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, and all such authorizations contained in Acts approved before September 8, 1978, and not superseded or otherwise modified by a later authorization, with certain exceptions. Limits the authority contained in this Act to building construction projects not in excess of a unit cost to be determined in proportion to the appropriate area construction cost index, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that special circumstances render such limitation impracticable. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Empowers the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, including the acquisition of land therefore, but limits the cost of such facilities for each component of the armed forces reserves. Waives certain restrictions concerning the ability of the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop installations and facilities under this title. Title VIII: General Provisions - Makes technical and conforming changes in existing laws. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay to the land owners of Roi-Namur Island, Marshall Islands District of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, such an amount as the Secretary determines to be in the public interest of the use after 1960 of Roi-Namur Island by the Government of the United States. Title IX: - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 in such sums as may be necessary for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979
Stipulates that the payment of retired or retainer pay which would otherwise be made to a member or former member of the armed forces shall be paid by the Secretary concerned to another person to the extent provided for in the terms of any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income compensation received by members of the National Guard or of reserve components of the Armed Forces to the extent that such compensation does not exceed $5,000.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of approximately 1,500,000 carats of industrial diamonds presently held in the national and supplemental stockpiles.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979
Veterans' Insurance Amendments of 1979 - Title I: Assignments and Attorneys' Fees - Permits resolution of conflicting claims to the proceeds of National Service Life Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance policies by means of unrestricted assignment of all or part of such proceeds (presently limited to a specified class of people). Permits a claimant to whom insurance proceeds would be paid under an assignment to assign a part of such proceeds as attorneys' fees. Limits such assignment to the lesser of ten percent of the claimant's proceeds, or the amount payable as a fee pursuant to an agreement between such claimant and his or her attorney. Increases from ten to 25 percent the attorneys' fee limitation on an insurance judgment successfully brought against the Veterans' Administration. Authorizes the court to determine attorneys' fees in cases where the insurance proceeds were paid prior to commencement of litigation. Limits such a fee to 25 percent of the disputed proceeds, and provides for its payment by the successful party or his or her attorney. Prohibits the payment of any other fees to an attorney under such circumstances. Title II: Dividends - Authorizes the payment of dividends and refunds of unearned premiums in the Veterans' Reopened Insurance Fund in the United States Treasury. Title III: Flexible Interest Rates - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use a flexible interest rate in computing monthly installments of National Service Life Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance proceeds to a beneficiary under a settlement option providing from 36 to 240 monthly installments. Title IV: Effective Date - States that the provisions of this Act shall take effect as of the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of approximately 15,000,000 troy ounces of silver now held in the national stockpile.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979
Removes the requirement that a blind veteran must also have suffered the loss or loss of use of one lower extremity to be eligible for specially adapted housing benefits. Reduces from $30,000 to $12,500 the limitation on specially adapted housing benefits for veterans who cannot walk without the aid of braces, crutches, cane, or wheelchair. Provides a maximum flat rate of $12,500 on such benefits for eligible veterans who are building or remodeling a home.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979
Amends the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 to: (1) eliminate the requirement that States have a program of matching the Federal amounts of veterans' accelerated educational assistance payments in order for a veteran to receive such accelerated payments; (2) revise application filing deadlines for such accelerated payments; and (3) increase from 33 1/3 percent to 66 2/3 percent the maximum rate at which such accelerated payments may be reimbursed by the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979
Entitles dependents of members of the uniformed services serving on active duty to use CHAMPUS inpatient cost-sharing rates for surgery performed on an out-patient basis.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979
Establishes maximum criminal penalties of ten years imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine for anyone in authorized possession of classified information identifying any individual or entity as being or having been employed or associated with the Central Intelligence Agency, who willfully discloses such information to anyone not authorized to receive it. Bars prosecution if such information is released to congressional committees, United States district judges, and Federal law enforcement officers upon application to the Attorney General.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979
Establishes maximum criminal penalties of ten years imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine for anyone in authorized possession of classified information identifying any individual or entity as being or having been employed or associated with the Central Intelligence Agency, who willfully discloses such information to anyone not authorized to receive it. Bars prosecution if such information is released to congressional committees, United States district judges, and Federal law enforcement officers upon application to the Attorney General.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979
Repeals the provision of law which entitles members of the National Guard or members of a reserve component of the uniformed services to additional pay for the performance of administrative duty.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979
Commends the Air Force Academy, its staff, cadets, and graduates on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Academy.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1979
Authorizes Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for cadets at military junior colleges under specified conditions. Sets forth the rights and obligations of a cadet appointed under such a financial assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1979
Economic Diversification Act of 1979 - Establishes the Office of Economic Diversification within the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, through such Office, to provide: (1) to an area which proves that its economic well-being is dependent on one or more defense contracts, technical assistance for developing a plan for diversifying its industries and reducing its dependence on such contracts; and (2) under specified conditions, financial assistance to such an area for any project to implement such a plan for which funding has been refused by another Federal department or agency solely because of lack of funds. Directs such department or agency to furnish to the Secretary information concerning such project and the area's qualifications for receiving assistance. Requires each area which receives financial assistance under this Act to report annually to the Secretary, who shall report to Congress, on the effectiveness of such assistance. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations establishing criteria for determining whether the economic well-being of an area depends on one or more defense contracts. States that each regulation shall become effective 60 days after submission unless either House of Congress adopts a resolution disapproving it. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for consideration of such resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1979
Uniformed Services Retired and Retainer Pay Adjustment Act of 1979 - Authorizes the recomputation of the retired or retainer pay for specified members and former members of the uniformed services. Entitles members and former members not eligible for retired pay for physical disability to such recomputed pay at age 65 and entitles those eligible for retired pay for physical disability to such recomputed pay at age 65 and entitles those eligible for retired pay for physical disability to such recomputed pay one month after the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1979
Revises the procedures of the Veterans' Administration for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of land for cemeteries, and requires Congressional oversight of any such project involving a total expenditure of more than $500,000.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1979
Uniformed Services Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1979 - Stipulates that a person who is providing an annuity for his or her spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan of the armed forces and whose marriage is terminated by divorce or death may, upon remarriage, elect not to provide an annuity for the new spouse. Provides a 270 day open season for participation in such Plan for individuals who are entitled to retired or retainer pay and who are not presently participating in such plan. Stipulates that individuals participating in the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan may continue to participate in such Plan while participating in the Survivor Benefit Plan. Stipulates that an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan may not be paid to the spouse of a person electing to participate in such Plan if the death was caused by a pre-existing condition. Allows individuals participating in such Plan to increase the base amount of such Plan during the open season provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1979
Excludes civilian personnel engaged in industrially funded activities from the computation of the authorized end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1979
Commends the Air Force Academy, its staff, cadets, and graduates on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Academy.