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United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs from transferring the Florida Loan Guaranty Division from Jacksonville, Florida, to St. Petersburg, Florida.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Requires veterans to pay a funding fee on guaranteed home loans.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Title II: Compensation Amendments - Establishes a formula for determining the amount of wartime disability compensation receivable by a totally disabled veteran who is determined to be unemployable and is receiving benefits under the Social Security Act. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments - Establishes periods of commencement for payments based on an award of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of payments under the Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978. Extends the entitlement of children of veterans who are under 18 to such children who are not yet 19 but pursuing a high school degree and children over 18 who are not pursuing such a degree but who before reaching 18 became permanently incapable of self-support. Reduces the amount of pension receivable during the summer months for the students. Title IV: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Entitles retired members of the armed forces employed by the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to recompute their retired or retainer pay based on such employment and to treat any amounts received for such employment as an allowance.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Permits an entity other than a State which has been conducting the disabled veterans' outreach program, since before October 1, 1981, to continue to do so. Requires the Secretary of Labor to continue funding such entity.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Adjustment Act of 1982 - Title I: Rehabilitation Amendments - Eliminates variations based upon the number of dependents in the amount of subsistence allowance paid to a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Title II: Educational Assistance Program Adjustments - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish veterans benefits counselors at locations such as school campuses. Includes within the term "program of education" any course pursued by a veteran because it is required as a condition to obtaining financial assistance under the Small Business Act. Eliminates the restrictions on enrollment in certain courses for both veterans and eligible dependents. Disapproves any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field. Limits the educational assistance allowance for a veteran pursuing an independent study program to no more than the less than half-time rate. Prohibits the payment of benefits, other than cost of supplies, for courses given without charge. Permits the payment of educational assistance to veterans pursuing a program of education or training while incarcerated in prison. Permits the Administrator to discontinue assistance to eligible veterans or dependents enrolled in a program or at an institution which fails to meet specified requirements. Eliminates from the Administrator's annual report to Congress the currently required comparison of the collective and individual default experience. Title III: Repeal of Authority to Pursue Correspondence Training - Repeals the veteran's entitlement to assistance for correspondence or flight school training. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Reduces from two years to 180 days the period within which recovery for payment or overpayment of VA benefits must be sought.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Directs the Secretary of the Army to designate an area within Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, for the burial of cremated persons. Requires the placement of a wall for plaques bearing the names of such persons.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the Government, without express congressional approval, from: (1) entering agreements for the coproduction or licensed production outside the United States of defense articles of U. S. origin; (2) approving commercial technical assistance or manufacturing licensing agreements involving the manufacture outside the United States of such articles; and (3) selling, licensing, or otherwise approving for export any technical data for use under any other agreement in the manufacture outside the United States of such articles. States that this Act does not apply during a war declared by Congress. Makes this Act applicable to certain agreements executed on or after January 1, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Entitles former members of the armed forces who are totally disabled because of a service- connected disability to the same travel privileges on military aircraft as retired members of the armed forces enjoy.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Permits the Secretary of Labor to station disabled veterans' outreach program specialists at local employment service offices, Veterans' Administration readjustment counseling centers, and other sites. Makes independent entities eligible to receive funds for such an outreach program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Renegotiation Act Amendments of 1981 - Reinstates until September 30, 1986, the Renegotiation Act of 1951 (providing for review of defense contractors' profits). Makes the Act inapplicable to amounts received by contractors from October 1, 1976, through the date of enactment. Requires renegotiation to be conducted by division and major product line, rather than by total aggregate sales. Increases from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 the aggregate fiscal year renegotiable sales amount which makes contractors and subcontractors covered by the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Supplemental Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 - Authorizes additional appropriations for the Secretary of the Air Force to establish additional military installations. Authorizes additional appropriations for the Secretary of Defense to support military family housing.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Skilled Enlisted Reserve Military Training Act - Permits the Secretary of each military department to establish a Skilled Enlisted Reserve Training Program in which the Secretary agrees to provide educational assistance in a technical field in return for a person's agreement to perform a specified period of active and reserve enlisted service. Directs the Secretary to pay all educational expenses incurred and permits the inclusion of a monthly stipend. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for such assistance and the status of the enlistee at various stages. Obligates such enlistee to complete his service or reimburse the United States for the training received. Directs the President to report to Congress annually on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and subsequent fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Increases the monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to the surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected or compensable disability by the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the Administrator to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to children of such deceased veterans between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Permits podiatrists as well as physicians to refer service-connected disabled veterans for medical services at private facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Requests the President to designate December 12, 1982, as National Military Families Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the problem of Americans missing because of the Vietnam war should be resolved as soon as possible. Urges the President to: (1) take actions to ensure the release of all Americans who remain captive; and (2) obtain from Vietnam, Laos, and Kampuchea a complete accounting of all the Americans who are missing, including a returning of the remains of the dead.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such determination. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as to the availability of private housing in a U.S. location before constructing any family housing at such location. Directs the Secretary to give the appropriate congressional committees 15 days notice of any disagreement as to housing availability with the Secretary of HUD before contracting for construction. Authorizes appropriations for such housing at specified locations in the United States and overseas. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing quarters, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Acts of 1968, 1976, and 1982 to increase the authorization levels for specified projects. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, specified lands along the westerly boundary of the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, Pierce County, Washington, in exchange for other lands. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the base boundaries at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to resolve encroachments caused by inaccurate surveys. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Permits the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States under the terms and conditions of title I. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing as specified. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to incur NATO facilities construction costs up to a specified amount. Requires the Secretary to report to the Senate and the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees concerning such costs. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the various military departments to develop installations under this Act without regard to provisions of law which prohibit the advancement of public moneys and which require the submission of detailed cost estimates to Congress. Establishes expenditure ceilings for each title of this Act. Authorizes limited increases in the amounts authorized pursuant to this Act if the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual and unanticipated variations in costs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning projects exceeding the amount authorized by more than a specified percent. Establishes measures and responsibility for supervising the construction work authorized under this Act. Requires the respective Secretaries to report to Congress annually on the costs of construction contracts. Repeals prior Military Construction Authorization Acts. Specifies exceptions to such repealer. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces of various military departments. Authorizes specified appropriations for each such entity. Directs the Secretary Defense to give the appropriate committees of Congress 15 days notice of expenditures for facilities in excess of $175,000. Exempts facilities listed in the annual lump sum authorization from such requirement. Title VIII: General Provisions - Revises the minor construction authority of the Secretaries of the military departments and the Directors of the defense agencies. Permits such Secretaries and Directors to: (1) develop geothermal energy resources within lands under their jurisdiction; (2) purchase energy from energy production facilities on such land; or (3) recycle waste material as fuel. Requires that the appropriate committees of Congress be given prior notice of the terms and estimated dollar and energy value of such contracts. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1967, to require the Secretary to report to the appropriate committees of Congress within 15 rather than 30 days whenever planning and design costs exceed a specified level. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1975, to increase the amount allowed per military installation for environmental improvements and energy conservation projects. Eliminates the annual report from the Secretaries of the military departments to Congress on such projects. Permits the Secretary of Defense, rather than the Secretary of a military department, to restore or replace facilities which have been damaged or destroyed. Requires such restoration to adhere to Department building criteria. Permits the restoration to be of sufficient size to serve the current needs of the facility. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1968, to increase the amount allowed for improvement and maintenance of a single family housing unit. Increases the amount per unit and number of units of family housing which may be leased in foreign countries. Excludes family housing for members of the armed forces assigned to State Department missions from the maximum limitations on space. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982, to permit the Secretary of the military department concerned to waive restrictions on the use of materials not manufactured in the United States for the orderly and timely construction of contingency facilities in specified countries. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981, to eliminate the requirement that materials for specified contingency projects be manufactured in the United States and transported on U.S. flagships.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982
Armed Forces Procurement Act of 1982 - Revises the procurement procedures for the armed forces. Directs the Secretary of a military department to solicit bids from a broad enough range of sources to promote effective competition and to permit suppliers to offer alternative solutions or designs. Limits the use of noncompetitive procedures to circumstances where: (1) a property or service is available only from a single source; (2) the requirement is urgent; (3) an essential industrial capability must be maintained; (4) international agreements require directed procurements; or (5) when an unsolicited unique innovation is proposed by a particular contractor. Sets forth the factors to be used in evaluating a bid, including offered price, total cost to the Government, and technical or management considerations. Requires each solicitation to describe the relative importance of various factors, including price and the variety of alternative solutions possible. Sets forth notification and award procedures. Directs a Secretary to use simplified procedures for small purchases. Permits a Secretary to make a multiyear contract for five years when appropriations are available and the estimated needs for a property or service are firm and continuing. Requires a contracting officer to obtain price data and use price analysis techniques to evaluate a prime contract price not based on adequate competition or a price adjustment pursuant to a contract modification. Prohibits the use of cost-plus-percentage-of-cost contracts. Permits a Secretary to make advance or partial payments not exceeding the unpaid contract price. Permits the President to authorize a Secretary to make contracts without regard to certain limitations. Permits a Secretary to inspect the place of performance of any contract or subcontract. Grants a Secretary and the Comptroller General access to relevant data or records for three years after final payment. Directs the Secretaries of military departments to ensure compliance with regulations, policies, and good business practices and to establish clear lines of authority and accountability for procurement decisionmaking. Permits the delegation of this authority. Establishes in the Department of Defense an Office of Defense Procurement Policy, headed by the Administrator of Defense Procurement Policy to be appointed by the President. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish standards for the operation and certification of agency procurement systems; (2) develop uniform procurement policies; (3) establish standards and promote programs for the recruiting and training of procurement personnel; and (4) improve the computer-based Defense Procurement Data System. Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide direction in the development and implementation of procurement policies, standards, legislation, regulations, and programs. Requires military departments to implement standards and certify compliance to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish a computer-based Defense Procurement Data System for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating procurement data. Places such Center in the Office of Defense Procurement Policy. Directs the Secretary to review the prevailing costs of labor and materials at least every three years. Permits the Secretary to delegate any responsibility under this Act other than the authority to provide overall direction in the development of defense procurement policy. Directs each Secretary of a military department to grant the Secretary access to any records necessary to such function. Directs the Secretary to keep Congress informed of the major activities of the Office. Requires that certification of military department procurement systems be completed within five years. Directs the Secretary to make annual reports to Congress on the progress in establishing standards for the procurement system and in certifying completed procurement systems.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow preference visas to be given to an alien who: (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 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 · 11 February 1982
Permits the Secretary of the Navy to review and adjust the records of certain officers of the Medical or Dental Corps to reflect any active commissioned service or civilian medical or dental experience not previously credited. Directs the Secretary to adjust the rank of an officer accordingly for promotion or active-duty purposes. States that such adjustment does not entitle the affected officer to a retroactive pay increase.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982
Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct studies and demonstration projects to streamline the administration of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to transfer the United States Navy Ship Chepachet to the State of Hawaii for specified purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Defense Industrial Base Revitalization Act - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to direct the President to take immediate action to assist in the modernization of industries related to defense. Limits such assistance to small and medium-sized businesses unless national security requires otherwise. Directs the Secretary of Defense to determine immediately and semiannually which industries should be given priority and the type of assistance which would be most helpful. Directs the President to assist persons expanding the domestic capability to produce or process critical and strategic materials. Sets forth the terms of such assistance, including qualification through public solicitation and the President's right to refuse delivery of items exceeding market price. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987. Permits the President to utilize the borrowing authority of the Treasury as specified and to use unobligated funds in Department of Defense appropriations. Directs the President to implement a national program to train workers in skills necessary in key defense industries. Makes such assistance available through State vocational education programs in States with previously approved plans for a five-year program of skills training. Requires the States to make contributions to such program in specified percentages to qualify for extensions of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987 for such purpose. Directs the President to implement a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in obtaining and installing modern equipment to train scientific and technical personnel needed in the key industries. Sets forth the terms of such assistance, including application procedures, limits on grants, and the requirement that such equipment be purchased through competitive bidding. Requires such equipment to be of U.S. origin. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1983-1987. Directs the Comptroller General to monitor this program and submit an annual report to Congress. Requires each executive department and agency to follow the principle of geographical dispersal to the degree possible in constructing any Government-owned industrial facility. Directs such departments and agencies to continuously assess the capability of the defense industrial base to satisfy near-term and increased mobilization production requirements. Increases the maximum obligation of any guaranteeing agency for loans necessary to prevent personal insolvency or bankruptcy that would impede the production and delivery of materials or the performance of services for the national defense. Decreases from 60 to 30 days the period during which the appropriate committees of Congress must be notified of certain proposed loans before automatic approval. Permits such loans to be made immediately if both Houses adopt a concurrent resolution of approval. Extends to September 30, 1987, the termination date of certain provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950, including certain priorities, allocations, and expansion of productive capacity and supply provisions. Repeals the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Authorizes the establishment of a National Guard in and for American Samoa.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to transfer the United States Navy Ship Chepachet to the State of Hawaii for specified purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Uniformed Services Survivors Benefits Amendments of 1982 - Extends the application of the Survivor Benefit Plan to a person who dies before or within 90 days after notification of eligibility for retired pay and is married or has a dependent child. Entitles certain surviving dependent children of such a person to an annuity equal to the difference between the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation and 55 percent of the retired pay to which the children would have been entitled. Increases the amount of retired pay which shall be reduced by a specified percentage for a person with a spouse or spouse and dependent child who has not elected to provide an annuity for such persons, or has changed such an election. Directs the Secretary concerned to pay an annuity to survivors of a member or former member who died during a specified period and who would have been eligible for retired pay if he had been 60. Requires a person entitled to two annuities because of subsequent marriage to elect which annuity to receive.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982 to require that certain defense purchases be packaged in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982
Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the production of lethal binary chemical munitions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982
Extends burial benefits to specified veterans with service-connected disabilities (formerly provided, until October 1, 1981).
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982
Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to authorize nursing home care at a non-veterans' facility for veterans who served in the Mexican border period or World War I. Authorizes reimbursement for emergency medical care for any disability of such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982
Extends congressional condolences to the families of the four Air Force pilots who died during training for the Thunderbird precision flying team at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on January 18, 1982, and all other airmen who have died during such practices or performances. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) all Armed Forces precision flying teams should be discontinued by the Department of Defense; (2) the achievements of such teams should be commemorated by service museums and histories; and (3) a gold medal should be struck for each airman who has died while serving in a military precision flying team.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover in recognition of his distinguished service and for his contributions to the development of safe nuclear energy and to the defense of the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such provision. Authorizes the Secretary to make available bronze duplicates of such medal for sale under regulations he prescribes and in accordance with provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reimburse a State for the burial expenses of certain veterans of war whose bodies are not claimed.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Veterans' Employment and Training Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment, to establish a program providing job counseling, training, and placement services for disabled, Vietnam-era and other eligible veterans through grants to State agencies and private, nonprofit organizations. Encourages such agencies to make cooperative arrangements with industry. Directs the Secretary to coordinate this program with other veterans' job training programs and to determine the effectiveness of an agency in providing services under this program. Permits the Secretary to furnish technical assistance as necessary. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Veterans' Affairs Committees of Congress on the conduct of this program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) make a separate budget statement on the costs of this program; (2) distribute disabled veterans' outreach program specialists among States based on regional differences in employment problems; and (3) promulgate regulations as necessary. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Defense Procurement Training Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the Secretary of Labor, to establish demonstration projects to provide training in skilled occupations for which there is a worker shortage adversely affecting defense procurement. Directs the Secretary of Labor to publish a list of skilled occupations in which there is a substantial shortage of workers. Defines a "skilled occupation" as one for which the normal training period is at least two years but for which a college degree is not required. Defines a substantial shortage of workers as one in which less than 80 percent of the anticipated demand for that skilled occupation, for a five year period, is trained or being trained. Directs the Secretary of Defense (the Secretary) to prepare a list of occupations, based on the Secretary of Labor's list, for which a shortage of workers will have an adverse effect on defense procurement. Requires the Secretary to establish such demonstration projects if the selected defense procurement contract: (1) involves the expenditure of at least $10,000,000; (2) requires the hiring of additional workers in any of the skilled occupations on the Secretary's list; and (3) requires the training of additional workers as critical for the timely completion of the contract work. Authorizes the Secretary to include in such defense procurement contracts, provisions to: (1) require the contractor to provide training in the skills the Secretary determines are necessary for the completion of the contract; and (2) specify the type of training. Requires the Secretary to assure an equitable geographic distribution of pilot demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress, two and one-half years after enactment, a report on the demonstration projects. Amends the Defense Industrial Reserve Act to allow the donation of certain property directly to educational institutions or training schools.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Empowers Department of Defense employees performing police security functions at the Defense Personnel Support Center of the Defense Logistics Agency at the Philadelphia Quartermasters Depot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to make arrests on such installation.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Designates April 9 of each year as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should demand compliance by the Soviet Union with existing treaties on chemical warfare as a prerequisite for starting the Geneva arms talks.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should deny Federal employment and benefits, including employment with Federal grantees and borrowers, to persons who are required to but do not register under the Military Selective Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Extends burial benefits to specified veterans with service-connected disabilities (currently provided until October 1, 1981).
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover in recognition of his distinguished service and for his contributions to the development of safe nuclear energy and to the defense of the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such provision. Authorizes the Secretary to make available bronze duplicates of such medal for sale under regulations he prescribes and in accordance with provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Amends Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to authorize a new plea of "guilty but insane" for any criminal defendant whose actions constitute all necessary elements of the offense charged but who lacks the requisite state of mind as a result of mental disease or defect. Adopts the current notice provisions for a defense of insanity for the new plea of guilty but insane. Permits the jury or the court in a non-jury trial to find a defendant guilty but insane. Requires the court in any such case to hold a hearing to determine the present mental condition of the convicted person. Directs the court to commit such person to the custody of the Attorney General upon a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect as a result of which release would create a substantial danger to himself or to the person or property of another. Directs the Attorney General to release such person to a State which will assume responsibility for his custody and treatment or otherwise to hospitalize such person in a suitable facility. Requires the court to hold a hearing upon the certification by the director of the facility that such person's release will no longer create a substantial danger to himself or the person or property of another. Directs the court to order the discharge of a person who is found to have recovered. Provides for the hospitalization of persons found guilty, imprisoned persons, and persons due for release, who are found to suffer from mental disease or defect.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Excludes specified Reserve general and flag officers from active-duty ceilings of all the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Reaffirms Congress' commitment to providing full medical services to veterans aged 65 and older.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982
Extends from 30 to 90 consecutive days the period for completion of a training assembly by a National Guard unit.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982
Permits the Secretary of the military department concerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, to prescribe regulations for technicians required to join the National Guard as a condition of employment.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982
Revises the training requirements for persons enlisting in the armed forces reserves, both as to amount and timing of training. Allows less than 12 weeks initial active duty, so long as it includes basic military training. Extends from 180 days to 270 days the lapse of time permitted between enlistment and the beginning of such initial active duty period.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to give 30 days written notice of termination to permanently appointed (rather than all) National Guard technicians.