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United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1979
Provides that members of the Armed Forces Reserves shall not be denied employment because of membership in a Reserve unit. Excludes employers of less than ten employees from such prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 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 · 27 March 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 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 · 27 March 1979
Authorizes the United States Navy Memorial Foundation to erect a monument on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor of the men and women who have served in the United States Navy.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1979
Repeals the provision of law which allows an additional uniform allowance for certain officers in a reserve component of the uniformed services.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1979
Authorizes the establishment of a Department of Defense Retirement and Disability Fund within the Treasury to be used for the payment of military retirement and retainer pay and for the payment of annuities to survivors of military personnel. Directs the President to appoint three actuaries to be members of the Board of Actuaries of the Military Retirement System. Requires the Board to report annually to the Secretary of Defense on the actuarial status of such system. Directs the Secretary to keep such records as may be necessary for making periodic valuations of such system and directs the Board of Actuaries to review annually such valuations and to report to the President and the Congress on the status of such Fund together with any recommendations for changes in the Fund at least once every four years. Stipulates that from funds appropriated for military pay there shall be deposited in the Fund such amounts as are necessary to fund its currently accruing retirement liability.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1979
Extends post exchange privileges to veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 50 percent or higher.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of approximately 10,000 long tons of tin presently held in the national and strategic stockpiles.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1979
Repeals specified defense contract requirements regarding the purchase of aircraft or naval vessels including: (1) auditing requirements; (2) return of excess profits; and (3) subcontracting prohibitions. Repeals the requirement that at least ten percent of naval aircraft and aircraft engines be manufactured in plants owned and operated by the United States. Removes the President's power to manufacture naval aircraft or aircraft parts in United States owned plants.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1979
Provides chiropractic treatment for eligible veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 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. Stipulates that such right of recovery by the United States can not be excluded by any State law or private insurance contract or arrangement.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 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 · 26 March 1979
Removes the requirement that a disabled veteran must have at least a 30 percent disability rating to be eligible for employment and training benefits. Removes the requirement that a Vietnam era veteran must apply within 48 months from being discharged or released to be eligible for such benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide outpatient dental services to any veteran with a 50 percent or more service-connected disability.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 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 · 26 March 1979
Repeals certain veterans', and survivors' and dependents' education provisions requiring such benefits to be used within ten years of eligibility. Provides for payment of one-half the tuition of such veterans' educational benefits in addition to the present monthly payment allowance. Repeals specified delimiting date provisions for educational benefits available to children of certain Philippine Commonwealth Army and New Philippine Scouts veterans. Reestablishes eligibility for specified unused but expired educational entitlements for veterans, and their survivors and dependents.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979
Veterans' Medical Amendments Act of 1979 - Title I: Veterans' Health Care and Related Benefits Amendments - Revises travel expense provisions for veterans with non- service-connected disabilities traveling to and from Veterans' Administration (VA) facilities to permit reimbursement only when: (1) the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs authorizes such transportation in advance; and (2) special vehicular means of transportation are required. Includes within the definition of "Veterans' Administration facilities" for veterans' outpatient medical care purposes, private facilities providing care to housebound veterans or veterans receiving additional aid and attendance benefits (or who would be so entitled except for retired pay). Requires any such veteran to be examined by a VA physician or a private physician under VA contract to determine eligibility for such outpatient benefits. Eliminates outpatient dental services for veterans with dental conditions that were in existence during active service and who made application to have such condition treated within one year after discharge or release from such service. Limits the provision of outpatient nonprescription drugs, medicines, or medical supplies to those veterans: (1) receiving a service pension, non-service-connected disability pension, or death benefits pension; (2) 65 years or older; (3) permanently housebound; (4) in need of regular aid and attendance; or (5) receiving home health services. Authorizes the Administrator to provide home health care services to housebound veterans or veterans receiving additional aid and attendance benefits (or who would be so entitled except for retired pay). Provides that medical examinations for compensation or pension claims be included in the third priority category for purposes of veterans' outpatient care. Authorizes the Administrator to provide medical care for surviving dependents of a person dying in active military service. Stipulates that a person dying in active military service shall be considered a veteran for purposes of such survivors' and dependents' benefits. Provides that a child between 18 and 23 who is eligible for such benefits who suffers a disabling illness or injury while in full-time attendance at an approved educational institution which prevents him from resuming such attendance, shall remain eligible for such benefits for six months after the disability is removed, until two years after such illness' onset, or until the student's twenty-third birthday. Provides maximum allowable costs for modification of certain rehabilitative devices equal to the maximum allowable cost of specified home improvements and structural alterations. Title II: Veterans' Medical Personnel Amendments - Includes psychologists within the list of those who may be appointed by the Administrator to positions in the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery. Sets forth qualification standards for such appointments. Requires podiatrists and optometrists to be United States citizens in order to be appointed to such Department. Shortens the probationary period for medical appointments to such Department from three to two years. Provides that a probationary employee not found satisfactory by a standards review board may be reassigned, as well as terminated (presently must be terminated). Title III: Medical Resources Utilization Amendments - Authorizes the Administrator to enter into agreements with organ and blood banks, and other similar institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979
Allows any member or former member of the armed forces who is suffering from a service-connected disability to be retained on active duty or returned to such duty if the Secretary of the military department concerned finds that such action would serve both the best interests of the individual involved and the military department concerned. Places restrictions on such active duty assignments.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, for the purpose of easing the economic effects of the termination of defense contracts, to guarantee loans to defense contractors or subcontractors which have been designated by the President's Inter-Agency Economic Adjustment Committee as being eligible for such loan guarantees. Stipulates that such loan guarantees shall be for the purpose of retooling, adjusting production lines, or otherwise altering a business as a result of the termination of a defense contract. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for economic adjustment planning for areas about to experience a rise in unemployment or other economic adjustment problems caused by a military base closure or realignment. Requires the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned to notify the Committee of any proposed closure or realignment of a military base at least one year before such action is to be taken. Requires the head of any agency to notify the Committee at least one year in advance of the termination of a defense contract of more than $1,000,000. Transfers the defense economic adjustment functions of the Secretary of Defense to the President to be carried out by the Committee. Transfers the personnel and unexpended balances of the Office of Economic Adjustment in the Department to the Committee. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of General Services to sell or lease real property which has become surplus as a result of a base closure or realignment to any State or subdivision thereof. Requires that such property be utilized for an economic development program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979
Repeals certain veterans' education provisions requiring such benefits to be used within ten years of eligibility.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979
World War I Veterans' Pension Act of 1979 - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, or to the surviving spouse of each such veteran, or when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse the city of Frederick, Maryland, for funds paid to the Confederate Army on July 9, 1864, in return for which such Army did not destroy Federal military and hospital supplies, plus interest incurred by the city in financing the repayment of such sums to the banks which provided the cash for such payment.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979
Stipulates that the Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy may be commanded by commissioned officers of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps (in addition to the Army as now provided for in Federal law).
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to prescribe the oath to be taken by appointees to the United States Military Academy.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979
Amends the program of medical and dental care for members and certain former members of the uniformed services and for their dependents to include certain former spouses of members of the uniformed services.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1979
Vietnam Veterans Act - Title I: Employment - Provides that Vietnam veterans eligible for specified veterans' educational benefits may use up to 12 months of such benefits for employment assistance payments to non-Federal Government employers hiring such veterans. Establishes eligibility requirements and guidelines for participating veterans and employers. Title II: Health and Psychological Care - Authorizes the Veterans' Administration to provide outpatient mental health services to Vietnam veterans with emotional or psychological civilian readjustment problems. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a program of treatment for Vietnam-era veterans or members of their immediate families with alcohol or drug abuse problems. Provides that any individual eligible for treatment in either the readjustment or alcohol drug program may elect to have such treatment at any community health center providing such services under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Directs the Administrator to reimburse such centers for such treatment. Authorizes an employee of the General Accounting Office assigned to duty in a Veterans' Administration health facility to act as ombudsman for the patients of such facility. Title III: GI Bill Education Assistance - Extends the ten year delimiting period for veterans' educational assistance eligibility to January 1, 1985, for veterans discharged before December 31, 1969. Removes the requirement of State matching funds for veterans' accelerated payment of educational assistance allowances. Title IV: Administrative Costs for State Home Loan Programs - Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to States for administrative expenses for the start- up costs veterans' home loan programs. Title V: Commission to Study Veterans' Benefits - Establishes the Commission on Veterans' Benefits to make a comprehensive study of United States laws providing benefits to veterans and their dependents, with particular attention to the needs of Vietnam veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1979
Entitles members or former members of the uniformed services who are entitled to retired or retainer pay, or equivalent pay, and their dependents to essential medical and dental care in any facility of the uniformed services under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Entitles such individuals to nonessential care at such facilities on a space available basis.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to conduct a three year pilot program for the treatment and rehabilitation in community-based treatment facilities of veterans with alcohol and drug dependencies.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1979
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affair to provide readjustment professional counseling to any veteran who served on active duty during the Vietnam era, and who requests such assistance within one year from such veteran's discharge or within one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes such counseling for members of an eligible veteran's family where necessary for such veteran's treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1979
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Act of 1979 - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. Title III: Effective Date - States that the provisions of this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1979
Veterans' Medical Amendments Act of 1979 - Title I: Veterans' Health Care and Related Benefits Amendments - Revises travel expense provisions for veterans with non-service connected disabilities traveling to and from Veterans' Administration (VA) facilities to permit reimbursement only when: (1) the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs authorizes such transportation in advance; and (2) special vehicular means of transportation are required. Eliminates the restriction that the Administrator may provide necessary medical services only within VA facilities for housebound veterans receiving additional aid and attendance benefits (or who would be so entitled except for retired pay). Eliminates outpatient dental services for veterans with dental conditions that were in existence during active service and who made applications to have such condition treated within one year after discharge or release from such service. Limits the provision of outpatient non-prescription drugs, medicines, or medical supplies to those veterans: (1) receiving a service pension, non-service-connected disability pension, or death benefits pension; (2) 65 years or older; (3) permanently housebound; (4) in need of regular aid and attendance; or (5) receiving home health services. Provides that medical examinations for compensation or pension claims be included in the third priority category for purposes of veterans' outpatient care. Authorizes the Administrator to provide medical care for surviving dependents of a person dying in active military service. Stipulates that a person dying in active military service shall be considered a veteran for purposes of such survivors' and dependents' benefits. Provides that a child between 18 and 23 who is eligible for such benefits who suffers a disabling illness or injury while in full-time attendance at an approved educational institution which prevents him from resuming such attendance shall remain eligible for such benefits for six months after the disability is removed, until two years after the onset of such illness, or until the student's twenty-third birthday. Provides maximum allowable costs for modification of certain rehabilitative devices equal to the maximum allowable cost of specified home improvements and structural alterations. Title II: Veterans' Medical Personnel Amendments - Includes psychologists within the list of those who may be appointed by the Administrator to positions in the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery. Sets forth qualification standards for such appointments. Requires podiatrists and optometrists to be United States citizens in order to be appointed to such Department. Shortens the probationary period for medical appointments for such Department from three to two years. Provides that a probationary employee not found satisfactory by a standards review board may be reassigned, as well as terminated (presently must be terminated). Title III: Medical Resources Utilization Amendments - Authorizes the Administrator to enter into agreements with organ and blood banks, and other similar institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1979
Authorizes war veterans with certain service-connected anatomical losses to qualify for additional aid and attendance allowances.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1979
Authorizes advance payments of station housing allowances for members of the uniformed services assigned to duty outside of the continental United States.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1979
Provides that in order for Veterans' Administration benefits to be paid on behalf of a child adopted by a veteran outside the United States such child must: (1) have been adopted by a decree of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction; (2) have been living in the veteran's household at the time of the adoption or at the time of the veteran's death; (3) have been receiving more than 50 percent of his or her support from the veteran at the time of the adoption or the time of the veteran's death; (4) not have been in the care and custody of a natural parent, unless such natural parent is the spouse of the veteran at the time of adoption; and (5) have been under 18 years of age at the time of the adoption.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1979
Removes certain restrictions for the transportation of trailers and mobile homes by members of the uniformed services.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1979
Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1980 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, military applications of nuclear energy, and additional authorizations for specific projects. Title II: Miscellaneous Programs - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for naval petroleum reserves, inertial confinement fusion, naval reactors development, and nuclear materials security and safeguards development. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for plant and capital equipment and specific related management and support activities. Title III: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of funds authorized by this Act for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate Congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of such requirement where such waiver is approved in writing by each appropriate committee of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to start any general plant project only if: (1) the maximum estimated cost of such project does not exceed $750,000, and any building in such project does not exceed $300,000 in estimated costs and (2) the total costs of all projects undertaken pursuant to this Act does not exceed the estimated cost by more than 25 percent. Sets forth procedures for approving of projects that exceed the 25 percent estimated cost provisions, and exempts from such procedures any project which has an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for construction projects in support of national security programs as appropriated under this Act. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate committees of Congress in writing of specific cost overruns. Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1981 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1981 for programs set forth in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1979
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Act of 1979 - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. Title III: Effective Date - States that the provisions of this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1979
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to conduct a three year pilot program for the treatment and rehabilitation in community-based treatment facilities of veterans with alcohol and drug dependencies.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1979
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide readjustment professional counseling to any veteran who served on active duty during the Vietnam era, and who requests such assistance within one year from such veteran's discharge or within one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes such counseling for members of an eligible veteran's family where necessary for such veteran's treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1979
Provides that in order for Veterans' Administration benefits to be paid on behalf of a child adopted by a veteran outside the United States such child must: (1) have been adopted by a decree of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction; (2) have been living in the veteran's household at the time of the adoption or at the time of the veteran's death; (3) have been receiving more than 50 percent of his or her support from the veteran at the time of the adoption or the time of the veteran's death; (4) not have been in the care and custody of a natural parent, unless such natural parent is the spouse of the veteran at the time of adoption; and (5) have been under 18 years of age at the time of the adoption.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1979
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer the statue of Major General George Gordon Meade presently situated in the District of Columbia to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1979
Authorizes the inclusion of military service performed by an individual after December, 1956, in the aggregate period of service on which a civil service annuity is based. Stipulates that this Act applies only to individuals becoming eligible for such annuity after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Office of Personnel Management, upon request, to recompute the annuity of an individual receiving such annuity before the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 14 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 · 14 March 1979
Allows an action to be brought in United States district court or the District Court for the District of Columbia in the event of a disagreement with respect to any claim for compensation under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration on account of disability or death incurred or aggravated in line of duty while serving in the active military or naval service. Provides that any such action must be instituted within two years from enactment of this Act or within two years from the date of the mailing of notice by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs regarding such claim (whichever date is the later).
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Denies veterans' benefits to individuals whose discharge from service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions are administratively upgraded under the revised standards for review as implemented on or after April 5, 1977, under the Department of Defense's special discharge review program, or implemented subsequent to such date and not made generally applicable. Provides that such an individual shall be entitled to veterans' benefits if a military board of review makes an independent determination that such individual would have been awarded an upgraded discharge under specified generally applicable standards of review. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs should not promulgate or amend any regulation which would provide any special advantage to veterans who have received upgraded discharges under the Department of Defense's special discharge review program.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to provide that specified veterans' housing benefits shall not be considered in determining the eligibility of veterans for housing financing from sources other than the Farmers Home Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Entitles the surviving spouse of an individual who died before becoming eligible for military retired pay for non-Regular service to an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Reserve Survivors' Benefits Act of 1979 - Title I: Annuities Under Survivor Survivor Benefit Plan - Grants annuities to the survivors of individuals who would have been eligible for retired military pay for non-regular service but who died before reaching the age of 60. Establishes formulae for computing such benefits. Title II: Medical and Dental Care - Entitles such survivors to specified medical and dental benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1979
Directs any organization or agency within the Department of Defense to make any excess property available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before making such property available to any other organization outside the Department. Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Director of the FEMA to loan any property obtained from any Federal agency to State and local governments for civil defense purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1979
Amends the Military Personnel and Civilian Employee Claims Act of 1964 to increase from $15,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount the Secretary of a military department is authorized to pay to settle a claim for the loss of, or damage to personal property incident to the service of a member of the uniformed services or a civilian employee of such department.