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Bill· HRH.R. 4310 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure to: (1) determine if certain efficiencies can be realized through closure or realignment of domestic and overseas U.S. military installations; and (2) make recommendations for such closures and realignments. Directs the Secretary to initiate and complete all recommended closures and realignments by specified dates. Outlines conditions for such closures and realignments, including congressional reports and the lack of a joint resolution from the Congress disapproving the Commission's recommendations. Terminates the authority to carry out any closure or realignment under this Act on a specified date. Directs the Secretary to carry out any recommended base closure or realignment and to provide economic adjustment assistance, community planning assistance, and environmental restoration with respect to affected areas or communities. Directs the Administrator of General Services to delegate to the Secretary all appropriate authority to dispose of property for purposes of such closures or realignments, after consultation with the Governor of the State and the heads of local governments concerning other uses of the property to be disposed. Requires the Secretary to notify all other departments and other instrumentalities of the availability of such property made excess by such closures or realignments. Outlines the applicability of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to actions of the Commission and the Secretary concerning base closures and realignments under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the schedule for, cost savings from, and environmental effects of, base closures and realignments. Establishes the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 to receive deposits for, and proceeds from, base closures or realignments to be used for such closures and realignments. Requires certain reports with respect to the use of Account funds. Outlines the legislative process for the consideration of a joint resolution to disapprove the Commission's recommendations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4258 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide outpatient medical services to a former prisoner of war for any disability.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 359 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any funds from spending reductions for the Department of Defense and related agencies incorporated in the budget for FY 1991 should be applied to deficit reduction and taxpayer relief.
Law· HRH.R. 4252 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to purchase from members of the Air Force and their spouses mobile homes located on the base mobile home park at Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, on January 1, 1989, and not moved from there since that time. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) the amount of payment; (2) the disposal of mobile homes purchased; (3) funding for payments from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account; and (4) reports to the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 4244 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1990
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and military family housing functions within the Department. Authorizes appropriations for advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Authorizes additional military construction projects with funds appropriated under the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1990. Extends certain FY 1986 through 1989 military construction projects. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, construction, acquisition, or leasing of military family housing, and advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the net floor space for existing military family housing units in West Germany and in Nevada. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads, and construction and acquisition of military family housing. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a certain facility at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, as part of a research and development contract. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities, and construction, acquisition, and support of military family housing. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for the construction of a medical facilities office at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure program and authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces in specified amounts. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles I through V of this Act on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Extends through FY 1993 the authorization for entering into long-term facilities contracts for the provision of facilities on or near a military installation. Increases the per-unit rental housing expenditures permitted for military family housing abroad. Increases the number of military family housing units that may be leased in foreign countries. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend the military housing rental guarantee program through FY 1991. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire an option on real property before its acquisition or lease is authorized by law. (Currently, permitted only before its acquisition). Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments to conduct a financial flexibility test program. Requires the Secretary concerned to designate a major command to participate in the Program. Terminates such Program as of September 30, 1993. Extends the provision of impact assistance to areas affected by the Whiteman Air Force Base B-2 program. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer certain necessary funds to provide assistance under the armed forces homeowners assistance program. Defense Base Consolidation Act - Amends Federal armed forces provisions concerning military base closures and realignments to authorize the Secretary of Defense to: (1) carry out actions necessary to implement such closures or realignments; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance and community planning assistance to any community located near a military facility being closed or realigned or where functions of a previous installation are being transferred; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to employees separated from facilities being closed or realigned. Directs the Administrator of General Services to delegate to the Secretary of Defense certain real property management and disposal authority with respect to property determined to be excess or surplus as a result of the closure or realignment of a military installation. Requires the Secretary, before taking any action with regard to the disposal of such excess or surplus property, to consult with the Governor and the heads of local governments of a State to consider any local plan for the use of such property. Requires the proceeds of any such disposals or transfers to be deposited in the Base Closure Account. Outlines instances under which provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 shall and shall not apply to actions taken by DOD with regard to military base closures and realignments as well as disposals and transfers of property. Provides for the permanent establishment of the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established under the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act. Provides for deposits into the Account. Requires the Secretary, when Account funds are used to carry out a construction project and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum amount authorized by law for a minor construction project, to notify the Congress and justify such expenditure.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 284 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) all members of the armed forces who were engaged in combat in Panama are deserving of formal recognition; (2) all such members who are not eligible for the Combat Infantry Badge should receive a similar award, as should all members who perform such function in the future; and (3) the armed forces should base a decision on whether to award such recognition solely on the member's performance and not on the person's gender.
Bill· SS. 2257 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Directs the Secretary of Defense to terminate the Ground-Wave Emergency Network program. Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended for such Program after enactment of this Act, except for the termination or cancellation of the Program.
Bill· HRH.R. 4228 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Requires the head of a defense agency, with regard to a major defense acquisition system, to inform rejected defense contract bidders of the reasons for their rejection at least ten days prior to the awarding of the contract.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 261 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Commends Will Hill Tankersley for his service to this Nation and the United States Army, most recently as Chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 354 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Condemns the recent violence against unarmed civilians in Nimba County, Liberia. Calls upon all parties to the conflict to comply with provisions of the Geneva Convention which establish the right of noncombatants to humane treatment. Urges the President to: (1) convey to the Government of Liberia U.S. concerns about human rights abuses in Liberia since 1980; (2) urge such Government to quickly resolve the conflict in a manner which permits Liberian refugees to return to their homes; (3) support efforts to meet humanitarian needs of such refugees in neighboring countries; (4) bar U.S. military advisors from accompanying Liberian troops in fighting the insurgency in Nimba County; and (5) consider recent events in such County in making the assessment related to human rights required under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990. Sets forth conditions for resumption of military assistance to Liberia in the event that the suspension of foreign assistance is no longer required under provisions restricting assistance to countries in default on foreign assistance loans. Calls on the Liberian Government to honor its commitment to hold scheduled elections in 1991 and to ensure a free and fair election process.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 283 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that amounts in the budget for national defense should be reduced and that the sums realized from such reduction should be used for: (1) deficit reduction; (2) industrial research and development and promoting technological innovation for commercial applications; and (3) comprehensive assistance to emerging democracies in Eastern Europe.
Bill· SS. 2239 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Provides that, in evaluating any sealed bid or competitive proposal for a defense contract for the performance of professional services, the head of an agency shall evaluate the bid or proposal as if the hourly labor rates of the professional employees carrying out the professional services are based on a 40-hour work week.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 502 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Designates the week of July 22 to July 29, 1990, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1990, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 266 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1990
Designates March 1990 as United States Naval Reserve Month in recognition of the 75th anniversary of the United States Naval Reserve.
Bill· SS. 2212 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Base Conversion, Community Development, and Worker Opportunity Act of 1990 - Provides for the disposal of real property identified by the Secretary of Defense as a military installation proposed to be closed by the Department of Defense (DOD). Gives the Administrator of General Services jurisdiction over any real property 30 days after it is officially closed by DOD as a military installation. Requires the Administrator, within six months of such date, to offer title to the property first to the local community concerned. Provides that, upon refusal by the local community, such property shall be offered to the county of the former installation, then to the State, then to other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and, finally, to the highest responsible bidder. Provides for the disposition of property located in more than one local community or county. Prohibits title from being transferred to a local community, county, or State until such entity submits and the Administrator approves a plan under which the entity agrees to: (1) train or retrain all civilian Federal employees whose employment is terminated as the result of the closing of the military installation; (2) reimburse the United States for all severance payments made to affected Federal civilian employees; (3) pay such employees an adjustment allowance; (4) pay the United States a specified amount if the property is sold by such entity within 25 years of the transfer; (5) pay the United States 25 percent of rental or leasing income realized by such entity for the first 25 years after such transfer; and (6) make certain information available to the Comptroller General. Outlines actions to be taken by the Administrator if a local community, county, or State fails to comply with its plan. Directs the Comptroller General to review actions taken by the Administrator under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 278 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that savings realized from reduced spending by the Department of Defense should be used to: (1) reduce the Federal deficit and the national debt; (2) enhance competitiveness in the international economy; and (3) provide property tax relief in States that commit to improving their public education.
Bill· SS. 2201 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Veterans' Hospital Care Entitlement Fairness Act of 1990 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to terminate an income means test (requiring a person to show an inability to defray necessary expenses due to lack of income) applicable to determinations of eligibility of certain veterans for hospital care, nursing home care, and outpatient medical services.
Bill· HRH.R. 4138 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Provides for the payment of temporary lodging expenses for visiting family members of military personnel who are hospitalized due to serious illness or injury sustained in the line of duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 4118 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Directs the Secretary of Defense to terminate the Ground-Wave Emergency Network program. Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended for such Program after enactment of this Act, except for the termination or cancellation of the Program.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 348 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Congratulates Violeta Chamorro on her electoral victory in Nicaragua and Daniel Ortega for ensuring that the election was free and fair. Urges the current Government to comply with the law in turning over power to the National Opposition Union (UNO), including the separation of the military from Sandinista control. Commends Ortega and Chamorro for calling for an end to arms shipments to guerillas fighting in El Salvador. Supports: (1) the speedy negotiation of a ceasefire in Nicaragua; (2) the peaceful reintegration of the resistance into Nicaraguan society; and (3) the removal of sanctions enacted against Nicaragua in 1985, contingent upon an effective and fair transition of power to UNO and presidential certification that arms shipments to the FMLN guerillas have ceased. Encourages other nations to cooperate with and assist Nicaragua in rebuilding.
Bill· SS. 2171 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1990
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for: (1) the defense agencies for procurement; (2) the reserves for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment; (3) the Defense Inspector General; and (4) the chemical demilitarization program (the destruction of lethal chemical weapons in accordance with the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986). Transfers certain FY 1990 Army appropriations for the M-1 tank program. Transfers certain FY 1990 Air Force appropriations for the F-15 aircraft program. Title II: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation. Earmarks funds authorized to the defense agencies for: (1) the Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering; and (2) the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for operation and maintenance for the armed forces, the defense agencies, the reserves, the National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, defense, and for humanitarian assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for working capital funds for the armed forces and the defense agencies. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1991 - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1991. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1991. Permits such end strengths to vary no more than two percent. Authorizes end strength reductions for the Selected Reserve for such fiscal year. Authorizes such end strength to be increased whenever members of the Selected Reserve are released from active duty. Authorizes end strengths for FY 1991 for members of the reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Increases the number of certain enlisted and officer personnel of the armed forces authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Part C: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes and specifies average military training student loads for FY 1991. Provides for the adjustment of such student loads consistent with manpower strengths authorized under this Act. Title V: General Provisions - Repeals: (1) the current Federal requirement of a separate budget request for the procurement of equipment for the reserve components; (2) the requirement of a separate authorization of civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (DOD) by end strength; (3) the requirement for reductions in, and the permanent ceiling on, employees in headquarters and nonmanagement headquarters activities and support activities; (4) required reports on unobligated balances within DOD and on budgeting for inflation; and (5) a report on annual defense outlays as required under the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991.
Bill· SS. 2173 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1990
Defense Base Consolidation Act - Amends Federal armed forces provisions concerning military base closures and realignments to authorize the Secretary of Defense to: (1) carry out actions necessary to implement such closures and realignments; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance and community planning assistance to any community located near a military facility being closed or realigned or where functions of a previous installation are being transferred; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to employees separated from facilities being closed or realigned. Directs the Administrator of General Services to delegate to the Secretary certain real property management and disposal authority with respect to property determined to be excess or surplus as a result of the closure or realignment of a military installation. Requires the Secretary, before taking any action with respect to the disposal of such excess or surplus property, to consult with the Governor and the heads of local governments of the State concerned in order to consider any local plan for the use of such property. Requires the proceeds of any such disposals or transfers to be deposited in the Base Closure Account. Outlines instances under which provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 shall and shall not apply to actions taken by the Department of Defense with regard to military base closures and realignments as well as disposals and transfers of property. Provides for the permanent establishment of the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established under the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act. Provides for deposits into the Account. Requires the Secretary, when Account funds are used to carry out a construction project and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum authorized by law for a minor construction project, to notify the Congress and justify such expenditure.
Bill· SS. 2174 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1990
Defense Reports Reduction Act - Title I: Repeals - Repeals various statutory provisions that require the submission to the Congress of recurring reports, studies, and notifications concerning the national defense. Title II: Modifications - Revises dates, frequency, or procedures with respect to reporting requirements under Federal armed forces law. Changes reporting requirements from annual to biennial for reports required under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 concerning: (1) munitions and aircraft shelters for NATO; and (2) allied contributions to the common defense of NATO countries. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to change from 48 hours to five days the time within which the President must report to the Congress on changes in status of significant hostilities or terrorist acts which may endanger American lives or property and which involve a country in which U.S. personnel are performing security assistance functions.
Bill· SS. 2172 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1990
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1991 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at certain installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at certain installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, and military family housing functions within the Department. Authorizes appropriations for advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Authorizes additional military construction projects with funds appropriated under the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1990. Extends certain FY 1986 through 1989 military construction projects. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at certain installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at certain installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, construction, acquisition, or leasing of military family housing, and advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at certain installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at certain installations. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the net floor space for existing military family housing units in West Germany and in Nevada. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, advances to the Secretary of Transportation for the construction of defense access roads, and construction and acquisition of military family housing. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire a certain facility at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, as part of a research and development contract. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at certain installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years beginning after FY 1990 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, base closure and realignment activities authorized under prior law, conforming storage facilities, and construction, acquisition, and support of military family housing. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Increases the amount authorized for the construction of a medical facilities office at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure program and authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years after 1990 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1990 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces in specified amounts. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles I through V of this Act on October 1, 1992, or the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 1993, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Extends through FY 1993 the authorization for entering into long-term facilities contracts for the provision of facilities on or near a military installation. Increases the per-unit rental housing expenditures permitted for military family housing abroad. Increases the number of military family housing units that may be leased in foreign countries. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to extend the military housing rental guarantee program through FY 1991. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to acquire an option on real property before its acquisition or lease is authorized by law (currently, permitted only before its acquisition). Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments to conduct a financial flexibility test program. Requires the Secretary concerned to designate a major command to participate in the Program. Terminates such Program as of September 30, 1993. Extends the provision of impact assistance to areas affected by the Whiteman Air Force Base B-2 program. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer certain necessary funds to provide assistance under the armed forces homeowners assistance program. Defense Base Consolidation Act - Amends Federal armed forces provisions concerning military base closures and realignments to authorize the Secretary of Defense to: (1) carry out actions necessary to implement such closures or realignments; (2) provide economic adjustment assistance and community planning assistance to any community located near a military facility being closed or realigned or where functions of a previous installation are being transferred; (3) carry out environmental restoration and mitigation activities; and (4) provide outplacement assistance to employees separated from facilities being closed or realigned. Directs the Administrator of General Services to delegate to the Secretary of Defense certain real property management and disposal authority with respect to property determined to be excess or surplus as a result of the closure or realignment of a military installation. Requires the Secretary, before taking any action with regard to the disposal of such excess or surplus property, to consult with the Governor and the heads of local governments of a State to consider any local plan for the use of such property. Requires the proceeds of any such disposals or transfers to be deposited in the Base Closure Account. Outlines instances under which provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 shall and shall not apply to actions taken by DOD with regard to military base closures and realignments as well as disposals and transfers of property. Provides for the permanent establishment of the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established under the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act. Provides for deposits into the Account. Requires the Secretary, when Account funds are used to carry out a construction project and the cost of the project will exceed the maximum amount authorized by law for a minor construction project, to notify the Congress and justify such expenditure.
Bill· SS. 2168 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1990
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to make permanent the provisions of titles I, III, and VII of such Act concerning national defense materials production, supply, priorities, and allocations. (Currently, such provisions terminate as of August 10, 1990.) Restates the defense mobilization preparedness policy of the United States which shall provide for a maximized response to early warning indicators to ensure the timely availability of adequate industrial production and supply for national defense requirements. Increases from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 the maximum industrial resource shortfall authorized to be reached by the President before a specific authorization by law is required. Extends the term to enter into defense production purchases or purchase commitments to avert shortfalls from September 30, 1995, to no later than ten years from the initial date of such purchase, commitment, or sale. Repeals the requirement of presidential reporting on the effects of offsets on the defense preparedness, industrial competitiveness, employment, and trade of the United States. Repeals a provision which grants immunity from civil and criminal suits and a defense to antitrust law actions for those persons engaging in voluntary agreements for preparedness programs and expansion of production capacity and supply. Provides in lieu defenses for persons against such suits and actions, under certain conditions. Authorizes the President, with respect to certain Defense Production Act activities, to exempt persons who are employed without compensation from Federal antitrust laws or any similar State laws. Requires any such employee who is not required to file a financial disclosure under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to file a confidential disclosure with the appointing department or agency. Authorizes the President to exempt from such laws members of the executive reserve who become employed by the Government during periods of emergency, or who are engaged in the national defense executive reserve training program. Requires financial disclosures from such employees to their appointing department or agency when they are not required to file such disclosure under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Provides exemptions from the principal conflict of interest laws for Government employees serving without compensation and national defense executive reservists when the President certifies in writing that the national interest requires a waiver of such laws. Repeals certain financial reporting and conflict of interest provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 to carry out loan guarantees, loans to private businesses, and purchases of raw materials and installation of equipment for the expansion of defense production capacity and supply. Exempts certain steel plating and thermoelectric coolers from purchase and installation dollar limits. Increases from $1,000 to $10,000 the civil penalty for violations of rules, regulations, and orders under title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (the expansion of productive capacity and supply of defense raw materials).
Bill· HRH.R. 4089 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide educational and vocational counseling and related services to: (1) individuals eligible for educational assistance under the armed forces educational assistance program; (2) individuals discharged or released from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable within the past year; and (3) individuals serving on active duty and within 180 days from being released or discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. Requires the Secretary to make available information concerning the need for general education and for trained personnel in the various crafts, trades, and professions. Requires the Secretary to acquaint all eligible individuals with the availability of counseling services offered under this Act. Provides entitlement to a veterans' rehabilitation program for persons hospitalized for a service-connected disability in a hospital over which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has jurisdiction. Includes the payment of handling fees by the Secretary as part of the scope and services authorized to be provided to a veterans' rehabilitation program. Authorizes the payment of a subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing a vocational rehabilitation program in a Federal, State, or local governmental agency. (Currently, such allowance is offered only to veterans pursuing a program at the Federal level.) Repeals certain reporting requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 4087 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Extends eligibility for the disabled veterans' outreach program to: (1) all disabled veterans who are participating in or have completed a program of vocational rehabilitation (currently limited to disabled veterans of the Vietnam era who have such rehabilitation); and (2) members of the armed forces who are within 180 days of discharge or released from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable. Requires disabled veterans' outreach program specialists to provide employment and training information to members of the armed forces about to be released or discharged. Requires local veterans' employment representatives to provide employment and training information and services to such members. Redesignates the Secretary of Labor's Committee on Veterans' Employment as the Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment and Training within the Department of Labor. Requires the Committee to: (1) assess the employment and training needs of veterans; (2) determine the extent to which the programs and activities of the Department are meeting such needs; and (3) carry out appropriate activities and submit certain reports.
Bill· HRH.R. 4088 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Veterans Recruitment Authority Act of 1990 - Revises the policy of the United States with respect to the provision of veterans' recruitment appointment authority (the offering of post-service Federal employment opportunities) to declare a Government obligation to assist veterans in readjusting to civilian life. Waives the current maximum GS-9 level for such appointments. Makes all qualifying veterans eligible for such appointments without regard to the number of years of education completed. Gives a preference to such appointments to veterans entitled to veterans' disability compensation or who were discharged or released from active duty for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty. Requires veterans receiving such an appointment to receive appropriate training or education by the agency involved, complete the prescribed probationary period, and acquire a competitive civil service status. Extends eligibility for veterans' recruitment appointment authority to veterans who first became members of the armed forces or entered active duty after January 1, 1977, and were discharged or released from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable. Limits appointment authority for such members to five years from such release or discharge or from the enactment of this Act, whichever is later. Waives such limitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities or who served on active duty for which a campaign badge was authorized.
Law· SS. 2151 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Makes inapplicable the 60-day congressional review period with respect to the transfer by the Secretary of the Navy of the obsolete submarine U.S.S. Requin to the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 260 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Designates April 12, 1990, as National Day of Remembrance of the 125th Anniversary of the Battle of Sayler's Creek, and the Stacking of Arms at the Appomattox Court House.
Bill· HRH.R. 4048 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Directs the Secretary of Defense to terminate the MX Rail Garrison program. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds appropriated after the enactment of this Act for such program.
Bill· SS. 2145 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Saginaw, Michigan, as the Aleda E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 4011 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Amends Federal provisions which prohibit the taking of unfavorable personnel actions against a person making a communication to a Member of Congress or an Inspector General to include as an unfavorable action the use of psychiatric evaluations or involuntary commitment for treatment of mental health disorders. Provides protection against the taking of an unfavorable personnel action to persons making a communication to any appropriate authority in the military chain of command. Provides specified rights to a member of the armed forces who is referred for psychiatric evaluation or involuntary commitment for treatment of a mental health disorder and who believes such action has been taken because of a complaint or disclosure of information. Imposes penalties for causing a member of the armed forces to be committed to a facility for treatment of a mental health disorder without reasonable cause.
Bill· HRH.R. 4027 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Appropriates funds to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for FY 1991 for veterans' medical care provided through the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration.
Bill· SS. 2128 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Comprehensive Services Program for Homeless Veterans Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a comprehensive services program to address fully the needs of homeless veterans through housing, medical care, vocational rehabilitation, transportation, and social services provided through this Act and other programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Requires each director of a medical center of the Department to carry out jointly with the veterans' benefits director of the region concerned an assessment concerning the number of homeless veterans in the area and current services provided. Requires joint preparation, for each of FY 1991 through 1994, of a plan for meeting the needs of homeless veterans in the area, to be submitted to the Secretary. Provides funding from the Secretary to the directors for such assessment and plans. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of outreach service centers in areas where there are significant numbers of homeless veterans. Outlines staffing and services of such centers. Directs the Secretary to provide mobile support teams to assist in the provision of benefits through medically-equipped vans in areas high in homeless veterans and in rural areas lacking adequate access to Department medical facilities. Expands the current veterans' benefits available to homeless veterans to include dental, optometric, and podiatric services. Requires the director of each medical center of the Department to use funds provided by the Secretary for homeless veterans assistance to make monthly assistance available for housing for homeless veterans and their families, under specified conditions. Prohibits provision of such assistance for longer than one year for each homeless veteran. Requires a homeless veteran receiving such assistance to be employed for at least 18 hours a week or to be involved in a compensated work therapy program administered by the Department. Requires each director to establish a program for the provision of housing owned or leased by the Department in which veterans with chronic mental illness or veterans recovering from alcohol or drug abuse may reside. Outlines program requirements similar to housing assistance program requirements. Requires each director to establish a revolving fund to make loans for the cost of establishing programs for the provision of housing to mentally ill veterans or veterans recovering from alcohol or drug abuse. Outlines loan conditions and guidelines. Directs the Secretary, for each of FY 1991 through 1994, to carry out evaluations of the programs established under this Act and to make specified congressional reports. Authorizes the Secretary to accept donations of services and equipment in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
Bill· SS. 2100 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1990 - Title I: Compensation - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the rates of, and limitations on, Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation to coincide with benefit increases under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Requires such rate increases to be published in the Federal Register. Extends the presumption of service-connection, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' disability compensation, to cover members of the reserves who participated in a radiation-risk activity while serving on active duty for training or inactive duty for training. Title II: Health Care - Extends through FY 1991 a pilot program under the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 for the provision of mobile health-care clinics for the treatment of veterans residing at least 100 miles from a Department of Veterans Affairs treatment facility. Increases the maximum limitations for the provision of certain home health services to disabled veterans. Title III: Insurance - Makes totally disabled veterans qualifying for a waiver of the premium for service disabled veterans' insurance eligible for supplemental service disabled veterans' insurance for totally disabled veterans. Increases from $40,000 to $90,000 the initial amount of Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance available to certain veterans granted assistance in securing suitable housing. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Extends through 1993 the period in which a veteran of the Vietnam era will be considered as such for purposes of eligibility for job training, counseling, and placement services. Expands the current authority of the Secretary to acquire and provide housing for homeless veterans in order to allow acquisitions to provide transitional housing for veterans recovering from substance abuse or mental illness disabilities. Extends such program through 1993. Establishes in the Treasury the Transitional Housing Fund for the provision of housing and loans to assist veterans in recovering from alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabilities. Outlines loan conditions and conditions for veterans residing in housing provided. Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines for the operation of such residences. Makes permanent (current law terminates on March 1, 1991) the requirement that the Department provide information and counseling about the effects and alternatives to foreclosure to veterans who default on Department-guaranteed home loans.
Bill· SS. 2102 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Requires a 60-day waiting period following the submission of a detailed plan and justification to the appropriate congressional committees before the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to undertake an administrative reorganization within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Applies such requirement to any covered field office or facility which involves a reduction in the number of full-time employees at such field office or facility of 25 percent or more. Requires the Secretary to notify the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees at least 30 days prior to the commmencement of an administrative reorganization that involves any unit of the central office of the Department that is the duty station for more than 99 employees if the reorganization involves a reduction of 25 percent or more in the number of full-time employees.
Bill· SS. 2097 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Defense Diversification and Adjustment Act of 1990 - Title I: Office of Defense Diversification and Adjustment - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Defense Diversification and Adjustment to be headed by a Director. Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify the Office: (1) of curtailment or termination of defense contracts; (2) of decisions not to proceed with an approved major weapon system program; (3) of the proposed closure or realignment of any military installation; and (4) of other significant pending or proposed changes in defense spending that will affect employment in the defense industry. Requires the Office to disseminate such information to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and to make such information available to civilian workers displaced from defense-related employment. Prohibits the curtailment or cancellation of a defense contract or the closure or realignment of a military installation unless the appropriate notice has been given to the Office. Requires the Secretary to furnish the Office annually with the projected future defense spending levels and other appropriate data. Title II: Planning Grants for Community Adjustment - Requires the Director to formulate and carry out a program of grants to assist local governments in the development of economic adjustment plans, including plans for job retraining and alternative uses for defense facilities. Requires the Director to publish, quarterly, a list of all units of local government likely to be adversely affected by the curtailment or cancellation of a defense contract or the closure or realignment of a military installation. Makes all such units eligible for such grants. Allows non-included units to petition the Director for inclusion on such list. Allows employees within a listed unit to apply for such grant if their respective unit does not so apply within a six-month period following such listing. Limits per-unit grants to $250,000. Outlines other grant conditions to be followed by selected units of local government. Title III: Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Requires each defense contractor and the commander of each military installation to report to the planning office of an adversely-affected unit of local government and to appropriate State employment offices the name and job description of each employee terminated because of the termination or curtailment of a defense contract or the closure or realignment of a military installation. Requires employee terminations within 90 days of such events to be considered attributable to such events. Allows workers to appeal to the Office to be included in such report. Entitles such workers to: (1) payments to continue hospital, surgical, medical, or disability insurance for up to two years, unless the person finds new employment; (2) retraining for employment that will provide comparable status and pay; and (3) reimbursement of reasonable moving expenses incurred to take advantage of employment opportunities referred to by the Secretary of Labor or a State employment agency. Requires the Office to enter into agreements under which a State or an unemployment agency thereof shall make such payments and provide such benefits and be reimbursed by the Office. Title IV: Contractor Diversification - Requires each defense contractor having gross revenues from defense contracts in excess of $15,000,000 in any fiscal year to set aside in a special account an amount not less than one tenth of one percent of such annual revenues for the establishment and maintenance of a corporate office of contractor diversification. Requires such corporate office to make a continuing analysis of possible nondefense uses to which the contractor's defense facility or facilities could be devoted. Requires such corporate office to submit to the Office an annual report which includes a detailed contractor diversification plan for each of the defense facilities of such contractor, a schedule for implementing such plan, and an estimate of the plan's impact on the labor force. Allows the Director to waive all payments required to be made to the Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund (established under title V of this Act) if the contractor complies with all such requirements and makes certain certifications with respect to the implementation of a successful diversification plan. Title V: Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund - Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund. Requires deposits to such Fund by defense contractors not exempted by the Director. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the projected savings that will result from curtailment or termination of defense contracts and the closing and realignment of military installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund equal to ten percent annually of such projected savings. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2103 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement an administrative reorganization to reduce from seven to four the number of field offices of the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration without regard to certain congressional notification and waiting period requirements.
Bill· SS. 2101 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Waives a congressional notification requirement with respect to the transfer of loan guaranty functions from the Togus Veterans' Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center in Maine to the Manchester Veterans' Affairs Regional Office in New Hampshire.
Bill· HRH.R. 3999 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Economic Stabilization, Adjustment, and Defense Industry Conversion Act of 1990 - Title I: The President's Economic Stabilization and Adjustment Council - Establishes the President's Economic Stabilization and Adjustment Council, headed by a Chairperson, to design and establish an economic adjustment program to assist local communities in the alleviation of adverse economic and social effects of defense realignments, including military installation or defense facility closures or realignments and the cancellation or curtailment of major defense contracts (contracts in excess of $10,000,000). Requires the Council: (1) upon receiving notification of the annual budget proposals of the Secretary of Defense, to commence a preliminary study of the potential adverse economic effects of such proposals on any region, locality, or community; (2) to study and prepare a policy to facilitate the conversion of defense facilities, military installations, and other portions of the defense industry which are no longer needed for defense purposes into productive uses in the civilian economy; (3) to take appropriate action to encourage the private sector and State and local governments to develop plans for the conversion of former defense industry facilities into private enterprises and public projects; (4) to establish within the executive office an Office of Economic Stabilization and Adjustment to provide staff support for the Council; and (5) to prepare and submit to the Congress an economic stabilization and adjustment report on an annual basis. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Requires the Secretary of Defense, upon release of the President's budget or any announcement of the realignment or closure of any military installation or defense facility, to notify any State or local government which may be affected by such realignment or closure or by the termination or curtailment of a major defense contract. Allows any community which is likely to be substantially and seriously affected to be eligible for economic adjustment planning assistance under this Act. Requires such communities to prepare certain analyses and forecasts in order to receive such assistance. Requires the Council to review such analyses and forecasts to determine which communities are eligible for such assistance. Title III: Economic Planning and Adjustment Assistance - Makes all communities determined eligible for economic adjustment planning assistance eligible for community planning assistance under Federal armed forces provisions and for economic adjustment assistance under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Increases the amount of such Federal armed forces community planning assistance. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Employees - Subtitle A: Qualification of Group Eligibility - Outlines procedures under which workers may petition the Secretary of Labor for economic adjustment assistance under this Act. Provides for public hearings, a determination by the Secretary that such group meets such requirements, and issuance by the Secretary of a certificate of eligibility. Outlines administrative limitations and procedures in connection with such certification. Requires the Secretary to provide notice and information to affected workers about the benefit allowances, training, and other employment services available and about application procedures in connection with such assistance. Subtitle B: Program Benefits - Chapter 1: Economic Readjustment Allowances - Authorizes the payment of economic readjustment allowances to adversely affected workers who are covered by such a certification, who file appropriate applications, and who meet specified conditions concerning length and amount of former employment in the defense-related industry before the layoff or termination took place. Requires such workers to be enrolled in or have completed a worker retraining program approved by the Secretary of Labor, unless the Secretary or the State or a State agency determines that such a program is not feasible or appropriate. Sets forth amounts of the economic readjustment allowance payable, reduced by any payments received during approved retraining. Requires such payments to be coordinated with benefits provided under other Federal training programs. Limits the dollar and time-period amounts of such assistance. Chapter 2: Training, Other Employment Services, and Allowances - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make every reasonable effort to secure for adversely affected workers covered by a certification under subtitle A counseling, testing, and placement services and supportive and other services provided under any other Federal law. Authorizes the Secretary to approve worker training under specified conditions and give priority to on-the-job training. Limits the maximum amount of payments for such training. Requires such benefits to be coordinated with other Federal training programs. Outlines other training program conditions, requirements, and limitations. Allows any adversely affected worker covered by an appropriate certification to file with the Secretary an application for a job search allowance. Allows such workers to apply for a relocation allowance to cover required relocation expenses, under certain conditions. Subtitle C: General Provisions - Outlines general and administrative provisions concerning: (1) agreements between the Secretary and a State for the provision of economic adjustment assistance under this Act; (2) the determination and provision of economic adjustment assistance by the Secretary in the absence of any State agreement; (3) payments to States under an agreement concerning sums necessary to make economic adjustment assistance payments to affected workers; (4) liabilities of certifying and disbursing officers; (5) fraud and the recovery of overpayments in the provision of such assistance; and (6) penalties in connection with the disclosure of false information in order to receive such assistance. Gives the Secretary subpoena power in order to make eligibility determinations under this Act. Title V: Expansion of Development and Venture Capital Programs - Allows any industry identified by the Council as an industry adversely affected by reductions in the Federal budget for defense production to be eligible for technical assistance under the Trade Act of 1974. Expresses congressional recognition of the success over the past three decades of the small business investment company program established under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Directs the President, before the end of FY 1990, to prepare and submit to the Congress a plan for doubling the amount of Federal assistance provided under the small investment company program of such Act. Expresses congressional recognition of the success of the Small Business Innovation Research Program in rewarding inventors. Directs the President, before the end of FY 1990, to develop and submit to the Congress a program for assisting inventors in developing their inventions, including doubling the percentage of the total budgets for research and development of Federal agencies that is devoted to the Small Business Innovation Research Program. Expresses congressional recognition of the success of the certified development company program established under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Directs the President, before the end of FY 1990, to transmit to the Congress a program for expanding the amount of assistance provided to the certified development company program under such Act by 50 percent over a five-year period. Amends the Small Business Investment Act to prohibit certain restrictive capital-to-jobs ratios from being imposed upon any certified development company under such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3971 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of each military department concerned to accept for original enlistment in the Army or Air National Guard certain aliens not already admitted for permanent residence in the United States if the personnel strength of the Guard is less than 90 percent of its authorized strength at the time. Requires such aliens, in addition to taking a military-service oath, to declare an intention to become citizens of the United States. Voids such an enlistment under certain conditions. Limits the number of aliens permitted to be so enlisted to 3,000 during any fiscal year. Authorizes the President to increase such number as appropriate. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to adjust to a temporary lawfully-admitted status any alien who: (1) is an enlisted member of the Army or Air National Guard; (2) is otherwise admissible as an immigrant; (3) has not been convicted of any felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; (4) has not assisted in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group; and (5) was in the United States as of the enactment of this Act and has resided continuously in the United States since such date. Requires any spouse or child of such alien to satisfy such requirements (except for the enlistment requirement) in order to have his or her status adjusted. Provides for the termination of the temporary lawfully-admitted status of such aliens under specified conditions. Authorizes an alien who completes at least six years of honorable service in the Guard to apply for a certificate of adjustment to permanent resident of the United States. Provides identical adjustment for the spouse and child of such alien if the alien so qualifies. Provides for the waiver of: (1) the six-year service requirement under certain conditions; and (2) numerical limitations and certain grounds for exclusion from permanent-status consideration under the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens covered under this Act. Provides an expedited naturalization procedure for an alien who is granted lawful permanent residence under this Act and who reenlists in the Army or Air National Guard for an additional term of six years.
Bill· HRH.R. 3978 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
B-2 Production Termination Act - Prohibits funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) after FY 1990 from being used to commence production of B-2 aircraft. Limits the use of funds already appropriated to DOD for the B-2 to: (1) the completion of the production of such aircraft which began with funds appropriated for a fiscal year before FY 1991; and (2) research, development, test, and evaluation, including flight testing. Directs the Secretary of Defense to preserve production facilities and tooling for production of such aircraft in order to maintain an option to produce such aircraft in the future.
Bill· HRH.R. 4003 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Authorizes the payment of separation pay to a regular enlisted member of an armed force who is discharged or released from such armed force (except by sentence of a court martial) if: (1) the member completed more than five but less than 20 years of active service immediately before such discharge or release; and (2) the discharge or release is involuntary or the result of denial of reenlistment. Requires members so discharged or released to receive such pay unless the Secretary of the military department concerned determines that the conditions of the release or discharge do not warrant payment of separation pay.
Bill· HRH.R. 3992 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Comprehensive Services Program for Homeless Veterans Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a comprehensive services program to address fully the needs of homeless veterans through housing, medical care, vocational rehabilitation, transportation, and social services provided through this Act and other programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Requires each director of a medical center of the Department to carry out jointly with the veterans' benefits director of the region concerned an assessment concerning the number of homeless veterans in the area and current services provided. Requires joint preparation, for each of FY 1991 through 1994, of a plan for meeting the needs of homeless veterans in the area, to be submitted to the Secretary. Provides funding from the Secretary to the directors for such assessment and plans. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of outreach service centers in areas where there are significant numbers of homeless veterans. Outlines staffing and services of such centers. Directs the Secretary to provide mobile support teams to assist in the provision of benefits through medically-equipped vans in areas high in homeless veterans and in rural areas lacking adequate access to Department medical facilities. Expands the current veterans' benefits available to homeless veterans to include dental, optometric, and podiatric services. Requires the director of each medical center of the Department to use funds provided by the Secretary for homeless veterans assistance to make monthly assistance available for housing for homeless veterans and their families, under specified conditions. Prohibits such assistance for longer than one year for each homeless veteran. Requires a homeless veteran receiving such assistance to be employed at least 18 hours a week or to be involved in a compensated work therapy program administered by the Department. Requires each director to establish a program for the provision of housing owned or leased by the Department in which veterans with chronic mental illness or veterans recovering from alcohol or drug abuse may reside. Outlines program requirements similar to housing assistance program requirements. Requires each director to establish a revolving fund to make loans for the cost of establishing programs for the provision of housing to mentally ill veterans or veterans recovering from alcohol or drug abuse. Outlines loan conditions and guidelines. Directs the Secretary, for each of FY 1991 through 1994, to carry out evaluations of the programs established under this Act and to make specified congressional reports. Authorizes the Secretary to accept donations of services and equipment in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4006 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Revises the computation of retirement annuities for part-time employees of the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs who retired between September 20, 1986, and the date of enactment of this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 327 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Denounces the military offensive in Angola and urges an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of MPLA forces. Declares that the U.S. Government should: (1) make clear its commitment to an Angola policy aimed at achieving direct negotiations and national reconciliation leading to free and fair elections; (2) request the Soviet Union to urge the MPLA to cease its offensive and enter into direct negotiations with UNITA; and (3) continue to assist UNITA and assist in bringing about a negotiated settlement in Angola.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 257 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the right of self-determination should be restored to the people of Lithuania through free and fair elections conducted under the auspices of an international commission; and (2) the withdrawal of all non-Lithuanian military forces and political, administrative, and police personnel from Lithuania prior to the February 24, 1990, scheduled elections will enhance the prospects that the elections will be free and fair.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 261 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any reductions in spending by the Department of Defense because of the easing of tensions with Warsaw Pact countries should not be appropriated for any other purpose so that the Federal budget deficit will be reduced.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 259 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Harvest of Peace Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should establish as a primary foreign and domestic policy objective the achievement of common security by: (1) negotiating agreements with the Soviet Union and urging other nations to reduce military forces and spending with the goal of halving worldwide military spending by the year 2000; (2) reducing military assistance and arms sales to developing nations; (3) encouraging the peaceful settlement of conflicts; (4) providing increased assistance to developing nations to overcome hunger and poverty, reduce debt burdens, promote human rights, ensure sustainable development, and protect the environment; (5) increasing support domestically for programs that address human needs; (6) helping defense industries and their employees convert to productive nondefense work; and (7) reducing the Federal deficit.