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Bill· HRH.R. 1132 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1987
Amends Federal law concerning Coast Guard personnel to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to award a ten percent increase in retired pay to those Coast Guard officers cited for extraordinary heroism in the line of duty. Makes this Act retroactively applicable to any Coast Guard officer so cited. Outlines provisions concerning the computation of the increase for Coast Guard officers so cited who are retired before the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1120 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1987
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide religious sanctuary as a defense to the criminal offense of harboring or transporting aliens.
Bill· HRH.R. 1131 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1987
Requires that funds for intelligence or intelligence-related activities be specifically authorized by the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 1092 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1987
Military Construction Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989 - Title I: Army - Subtitle A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and improve and maintain historic facilities at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering design services, construction, improvements, and maintenance of historic facilities, and for military family housing functions within the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this subtitle. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and improve and maintain historic facilities at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction projects (including unspecified minor construction projects), architectural and engineering design services, construction, improvement, and maintenance of historic facilities, certain advances for the construction of defense access roads, and for military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this subtitle. Title II: Navy - Subtitle A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and improve and maintain historic facilities at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this subtitle. Extends certain FY 1984 and 1986 military construction projects. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and improve and maintain historic facilities at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Navy for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this subtitle. Title III: Air Force - Subtitle A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and improve and maintain historic facilities at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and improve and maintain historic facilities at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Air Force for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this subtitle. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a certain contract relating to the Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tennessee, under certain specified conditions. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Subtitle A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out military construction projects, acquire real property, and improve and maintain historic facilities in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary to use specified FY 1989 funds for the construction of hazardous waste storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years beginning after FY 1987 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this subtitle. Extends a certain prior-year military construction project in Belgium. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property, carry out military construction projects, and improve and maintain historic facilities in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the DOD for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this subtitle. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure-Subtitle A: Fiscal Year 1988 - 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 1987 for such contributions. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to the NATO Infrastructure program, and authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Subtitle A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1987 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces in specified amounts. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1988 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces in specified amounts. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations - Subtitle A: Fiscal Year 1988 - Terminates all authorizations contained in Subtitle A of titles I through V of this Act on October 1, 1989, or the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 1990, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1989 - Terminates all authorizations contained in Subtitle B of titles I through VI of this Act on October 1, 1990, or the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 1991, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Amends Federal law relating to the limitations of expenditures for rent and improvements of buildings leased to the United States to waive such limitations if the Secretary of Defense determines that the application of such limitations would interfere with an essential mission of DOD. Provides for premobilization construction authority for the Secretary of Defense. Repeals a provision of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 authorizing a Pentagon Annex by design. Increases the amounts to be expended for minor military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay meritorious contractor claims arising under military construction contracts, using specified funds. Increases the amount available for minor construction for Guard and Reserve facilities. Repeals certain limitations relating to expenditures for improvements to military family housing units contained in Federal armed forces provisions. Amends Federal armed forces provisions relating to military family housing leasing to authorize the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air force to enter into contracts for a specified number of leased family housing units, authorizing the use of such contracts through FY 1989. Authorizes the acquisition at no cost of military family housing units, as long as the Secretary concerned complies with certain congressional notice-and-wait requirements. Increases the leasing and the high cost threshold amounts for military family housing as contained in Federal armed forces law. Revises Federal provisions relating to community planning assistance necessitated as the result of military base closures. Amends Federal armed forces provisions to exempt contracts for $1,000,000 or less awarded by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department from the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.
Law· HRH.R. 1085 (100th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1987
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to extend indefinitely (currently ends on June 30, 1988) the required date of entry into the armed forces for eligibility for basic educational assistance entitlement for veterans (both of active-duty and Selected Reserve duty) of the All-Volunteer Force.
Bill· HRH.R. 1091 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1987
Department of Defense Supplemental Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 - Title I: Army - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 to permit the Secretary of the Army to make expenditures to improve existing family housing units. Title II: Navy - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 to permit the Secretary of the Navy to make expenditures to improve existing family housing units. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out certain military construction projects. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 to permit the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out certain military construction projects. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 to permit the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out a certain military construction project.
Bill· HRH.R. 1107 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1987
Authorizes the President to impose tariff surcharges on articles imported from Japan, France, or any country within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if the President determines that the cost of providing such country with defense assistance should be offset by tariff surcharges. Earmarks revenues collected from such surcharges for research and development programs designed to enhance U.S. competitiveness.
Bill· HRH.R. 1084 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1987
Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1987 - Increases the rate of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, and the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans. Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and for children, as well as the rates of supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children.
Bill· HRH.R. 1073 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1987
Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from deploying any system developed under the Strategic Defense Initiative unless such deployment is specifically authorized by law.
Bill· HRH.R. 1054 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1987
Amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to allow members of the armed forces serving on active duty or on full-time National Guard duty to bring claims for damages against the United States for personal injury or death arising out of medical or dental care furnished by a medical treatment facility operated by the military or the United States.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 141 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1987
Prohibits the development or deployment of a Strategic Defense Initiative or any part thereof without express authorization by law enacted after the date of enactment of this resolution.
Bill· SS. 495 (100th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1987
Amends various provisions of Federal law relating to veterans to remove certain gender references and make technical corrections.
Bill· SS. 479 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1987
Forgotten Widows and Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends armed forces annuity payment provisions to provide that $165 a month shall be the minimum benefit payable to a surviving spouse eligible for such annuity. Provides that any amount in excess of $165 of an annuity payment shall be considered income under laws administered by the Veterans Administration. Provides the same monthly annuity to certain widows and widowers of persons who became entitled to retired or retainer pay before their death before a certain date, or who chose not to provide their spouse with an annuity and died before a certain date. Prohibits a monthly annuity from being reduced to less than $165 a month when such annuity is reduced because there is no longer a dependent child or because the widow or widower attains age 62.
Bill· SS. 453 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to create a presumption of service-connection (for purposes of eligibility for such benefits) for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation due to the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device or the American occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II who contract, within specified periods since such exposure, leukemia, liver cancer, or bone cancer. Creates an identical presumption of service-connection for the above-qualified veterans when determining either wartime or peacetime disability or death compensation. Amends the Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act to provide for the determination of dosage resulting from the above described exposure to ionizing radiation for the purpose of adjudicating a claim for Federal veterans' benefits on behalf of any such veteran or their survivors.
Bill· SS. 477 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Homeless Veterans Assistance Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to enter into certain agreements with public or private organizations for the purpose of providing shelter for homeless veterans and their families, as long as such action does not adversely affect the Veterans Administration (VA). Outlines preferences in choosing among such organizations. Directs the Administrator to conduct a pilot program and study, for a period of not less than 24 months and in not less than ten geographic areas in which there are significant numbers of homeless veterans, of activities designed to assist homeless veterans and their families. Directs the Administrator, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees a report describing and evaluating the provision of outreach services to homeless veterans. Directs the Administrator, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to report to the same Committees on the extent to which veterans are represented in the population of homeless individuals. Requires the Administrator to submit a specified implementation plan in relation to the above report within 30 days after the enactment of this Act. Amends the Veterans' Benefits and Health-Care Authorization Act of 1986 to require a report required under such Act to include specified information relating to the treatment of chronically mentally ill veterans by the VA during FY 1984 through 1987. Requires the Administrator to contract for care and treatment and rehabilitative services in halfway houses, therapeutic communities, psychiatric residential treatment centers, and other eligible facilities for the treatment of chronically mentally ill veterans, and to assist such veterans in being placed in such facilities.
Bill· SS. 478 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Repeals provisions of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 which: (1) provide a remedy against the United States for loss of property, personal injury, or death due to exposure to radiation based on acts or omissions by a contractor conducting atomic weapons tests under a contract with the United States; and (2) preclude any other civil action by individuals against a contractor for the purpose of determining civil liability from acts or omissions of such contractor. Makes the period during which such provision was in effect inapplicable for purposes of the tolling of any statute of limitations for claims. Adjusts the statute of limitations for any actions brought under such provisions.
Bill· SS. 462 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the General Services Administration to offer to prior owners of real property on which deactivated Titan missile silos are located first right to repurchase such property at fair market value. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to promulgate all regulations necessary to carry out this Act.
Bill· SS. 471 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Amends Federal armed forces provisions regarding the sale of tobacco products in commissary stores, military exchanges, or ships' stores to require that the price charged for such products be the prevailing or average price charged by private commercial businesses for the retail sale of such products, including applicable State and local taxes. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to use the profits from the sale of such tobacco products to promote the health and fitness of armed forces members and their dependents. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1013 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Intelligence Oversight Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to make a written finding that a Central Intelligence Agency operation in a foreign country (other than an intelligence gathering operation) is important to the national security and to furnish a copy of that finding, before the start of such operation, to specified Members of Congress and the Vice President, the Secretaries of State and of Defense, and the Director of Central Intelligence. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to permit deferral of notice to the Congress of such intelligence activity for not more than 48 hours only in extraordinary circumstances affecting vital U.S. interests and only where time is of the essence.
Bill· HRH.R. 1021 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Requires, before the implementation of any Coast Guard organizational realignment plan: (1) the Commandant of the Coast Guard to report to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, giving a complete statement on the realignment and the reasons for the realignment; and (2) approval of such plan by an Act of Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 957 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit U.S. defense articles from being transferred to, or used on, Cyprus by Turkey. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to the extent that the President certifies to the Congress that: (1) there has been an armed attack on one or more parties to the North Atlantic Treaty or that such an attack is imminent; and (2) the President has approved the transfer of such defense articles. Requires the President to report periodically to the Congress: (1) specifying the number of Turkish armed forces on Cyprus; and (2) describing any U.S. defense articles on Cyprus.
Bill· SS. 445 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1987
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to direct the President to begin the registration and classification of persons under such Act. Permits the induction of such persons into the armed forces through FY 1998.
Bill· HRH.R. 913 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1987
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to include, as part of the Selective Service System still maintained under the all-volunteer forces program, a program for the registration and classification in the System of persons qualified in a health-care occupation essential to the maintenance of the armed forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 890 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Veterans Administration for medical care (R87-70).
Bill· HRH.R. 893 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Selective Service System for salaries and expenses (R87-73).
Bill· HRH.R. 842 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Department of Defense for naval procurement (R87-22).
Bill· HRH.R. 841 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Department of Defense for procurement of Army weapons and tracked combat vehicles (R87-21).
Bill· HRH.R. 843 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Rescinds budget authority for the Department of Defense for military construction, Air Force (R87-23).
Bill· HRH.R. 802 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the entry, as immediate relatives, of spouses, children, and parents of certain persons who died a service-connected death while on active duty in the U.S. armed forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 813 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to be co-chaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor. Establishes in the Executive Office an Office of Economic Adjustment, headed by a Director, to provide staff support to the Council. Directs the Council to disseminate information from the Secretary of Defense to Federal, State, and local agencies concerning proposed or pending changes in defense spending which would affect employment in the defense industry. Requires the Council to perform other duties, including: (1) encouraging the preparation of plans for non-defense-related public projects; (2) coordinating and developing information on priority, federally funded projects and programs pertaining to defense economic adjustment; (3) monitoring job services information banks; and (4) determining criteria for eligibility for assistance under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the pertinent information to the Council a year in advance of any change and to furnish the Council with projected future defense spending levels. Directs the Council to prepare and distribute a Conversion Guidelines Handbook to outline requirements of programs for professional retraining of personnel. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Makes eligible for Federal assistance for economic adjustment planning any community which is substantially affected by reduction or elimination of Government defense facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts. Directs the Council to make available to alternative use committees information on economic development programs of any Federal instrumentality which provides funds that may be used for planning. Requires the Council to report to the Congress at least annually on any such economic development program. Directs the Council to use data from other departments to develop criteria which ensures that assistance is directed to those communities that are most vulnerable economically to reductions in defense expenditures. Requires the Council to publish a semiannual list of eligible communities. Requires excess property resulting from a closing or reduction in a Government-owned facility to be appraised for purposes of resale to the community. Title III: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment of alternative use committees at defense facilities to plan for economic conversion in the event of closure or reduction. Directs such committees to: (1) evaluate the assets of the facilities and the resources and requirements of the local community; (2) develop at least biennially a detailed plan for conversion of the facility to non-defense-related productive activity; and (3) provide retraining and reemployment counseling services. Requires conversion plans to maximize the pool of skills of available personnel and specify in detail the composition of the work force and plant, material, and financing requirements. Penalizes any contractor who fails to submit an alternative use plan or carry out one approved by the Council by making such contractor ineligible for future defense contracts for three years. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Makes displaced workers certified by the local alternative use committees to the Council eligible for benefits for two years under this Act. Includes among such benefits: weekly compensation, vested pension credit, maintenance of health insurance, retraining for civilian work, job search allowance, and reimbursement for relocation expenses. Requires completion of a program of professional retraining before certain employees are eligible for assistance. Directs the Council to enter into agreements with a State or agency in the State administering the unemployment compensation law to disburse benefits under this Act. Requires displaced workers to accept any employment determined by the State agency or Secretary of Labor to be comparable to the former job, or benefits will terminate. Excludes these benefits from other determinations of eligibility for unemployment compensation under any Federal or State law. Title V: Economic Adjustment Fund - Establishes in the Treasury a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contractors to pay a specified percentage into the Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit a percentage of the projected savings resulting from a cancellation or cutback in defense spending. Title VI: Use of Certain Research Funds - Requires the Council to define urgent national requirements for nondefense sectors of the economy in any determination of the Secretary of Defense as to how certain research and development funds are to be spent. Title VII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 803 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Establishes a minimum monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses of veterans of the Civil War, the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Mexican Border period, and World War I.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 33 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Calls upon the President to grant asylum in the United States to individuals who do not want to serve in the armed forces of South Africa because of the policy of apartheid.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 110 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Disapproves the proposed rescission (R87-70) of budget authority for Veterans Administration medical care. Requires the amount of such budget authority proposed for rescission to instead be made available for obligation no later than the date of enactment of this joint resolution.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 32 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Reaffirms the sense of the Congress that the one-percent loan origination fee charged by the Veterans Administration (VA) to veterans obtaining a home loan guaranteed by the VA should not be increased. Requests the President to request additional appropriations if he finds that additional funding for the VA home loan guarantee program is required.
Bill· SS. 375 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Amends Federal armed forces provisions to authorize the President to order to active duty units and members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard in cases in which the Governor of a State or other appropriate authority withholds consent. Conditions such authority on the President's determination and certification that the national security requires such action.
Bill· HRH.R. 733 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Amends Federal military personnel provisions to exempt retired members of the armed forces who are called to active, full-time duty with the American Battle Monuments Commission from certain number and grade limitations on officers of the armed forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 736 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Amends Federal law regarding vehicle weight limitations on the Interstate Highway System to prohibit the apportionment of Federal funds to any State which prohibits vehicles with certain triaxle weights from using the National Interstate System within its boundaries. Authorizes such highways to be used by vehicles with two consecutive sets of tandem and triaxles carrying a gross load of 70,000 pounds if the distance between such axles meets certain measurements. Exempts a group of three or more consecutive axles from specified tandem axle requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 730 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Joe Kittinger in recognition of his accomplishments as an aviation pioneer. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
Bill· SS. 347 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to allow members of the armed forces to bring claims for damages against the United States for personal injury or death arising out of medical or dental care furnished by a Department of Defense hospital or medical facility.
Bill· HRH.R. 639 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Veterans' Administration Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act - Title I: Adjudication Procedures - Codifies, for Veterans Administration (VA) adjudication purposes, the burden of proof and reasonable doubt standards currently provided for by VA regulation. States that a claimant has the burden of submitting sufficient evidence to justify a claim, and that if an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence exists regarding the merits of a claim, the VA is to resolve such doubt in favor of the claimant. States that VA subpoenas may be served either by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail. Requires the chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals to submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning the Board's current handling of cases and projections for the subsequent fiscal year. Requires the Board to: (1) provide notice to a claimant and an opportunity for a hearing before a decision may be based on "additional official information" received after a Board decision has previously been made; and (2) make its decision exclusively on evidence and material of record in the proceeding. Removes the requirement that new material sufficient to allow the Board to reopen a previously disallowed claim be in the form of official reports. Provides that the Board's discretionary authority to reopen a claim will not be diminished by a judicial decision following an appeal as provided for by this Act. Requires the Board to mail to the claimant notice of its decision and the reasons for such decision. Provides that, upon the request of a claimant, the Board shall provide an independent advisory medical opinion when there exists substantial medical disagreement with respect to a material issue in a veteran's appeal. Sets forth new procedural rules for adjudication hearings regarding: (1) oaths, affirmations, and witness examination; (2) admissibility of evidence; (3) procedural rights of claimants; (4) disqualification of a hearing officer; (5) the record of the proceedings and the claimant's right to examine and obtain a copy of such record; and (6) the exclusiveness of veterans' adjudication procedures and rights prescribed by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to provide at each stage of the appeal proceedings written notice to a claimant of the claimant's procedural rights. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of two alternative claims resolution methods: one, a new intermediate-level adjudication process; the other, an enhanced schedule of formal Appeals Board hearings. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on such studies. Title II: Veterans Administration Rule Making - Includes the VA's rulemaking procedures under the relevant provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Title III: Judicial Review - Provides for judicial review of VA decisions in the Federal court system. States, with regard to jurisdiction: (1) the definition of final decision; (2) that judicial review of a final decision in a claim for benefits may be obtained in a civil action brought within 180 days of the Board's mailing of notice of its decision, and that such action shall be brought in Federal district court; (3) that the VA shall file the various materials constituting the record in a case together with its answer to the claimant's complaint; (4) that the court may render a decision on the pleadings; and (5) that the judicial review procedures established under this Act shall not apply to insurance and home loans. States, with regard to the reviewing court's scope of review, that such court: (1) shall decide questions of law and interpret constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, but that questions of fact (unless unsupported by substantial evidence) will not be subject to a trial de novo; and (2) in reviewing a final decision of the VA which is adverse to a party solely because such party failed to comply with VA procedures, may only review questions concerning such procedures. Sets out provisions regarding remand, survival of actions, and appellate review. Title IV: Attorneys' Fees - Authorizes the Administrator to allow attorneys' fees above the present $10 maximum if the appealing party's claim is allowed by the VA after an initial denial. States that such fee shall be the lesser of: (1) the fee agreed upon by the party and attorney; (2) $500, unless the Administrator approves a greater amount; or (3) if the party and attorney have entered into a contingent-fee agreement, not more than 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such party's claim. Provides for the approval of attorneys' fees in successful veterans' claims brought before a court as provided for under this Act. States that such fees shall be determined by such court, and in contingent-fee agreements such fees shall not exceed 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such claim. Authorizes attorneys' fees of up to $750 in certain unsuccessful veterans' claims. Prohibits the VA from authorizing payment to a claimant's attorney based on past-due benefits unless such benefits are owed as of the date of the VA's or a court's award. States that such provisions regarding attorneys' fees shall only apply to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the VA and shall not apply in cases in which the VA is the plaintiff or in which other attorneys' fees statutes are otherwise controlling. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 695 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Amends the Federal law concerning military uniforms to authorize the wearing of an item of religious apparel as part of the military uniform if the item is: (1) part of the religious faith of the member; and (2) neat and conservative. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to prohibit the wearing of an item of religious apparel if it is found to significantly interfere with the performance of duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 629 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present gold medals to Jan Scruggs, Robert Doubek, and Jack Wheeler, in recognition of their tireless efforts to give the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the Nation. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of the medal. Authorizes appropriations.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 97 (100th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Recognizes the Disabled American Veterans Vietnam Veterans National Memorial near Eagle Nest, New Mexico, as a memorial of national significance. Requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating the occasion of this recognition.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 27 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Expresses the opposition of the Congress to proposals in the FY 1988 Budget which would reduce the capacity of the Veterans Administration to provide health care to eligible veterans.
Bill· SS. 325 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1987
Limits the applicability of the current statute providing a Federal cause of action for the deprivation of a person's civil rights to the violation of laws which provide for the equal rights of citizens. States that damages shall not be awarded against any government entity if the court finds that the officials involved were acting in good faith. Requires the exhaustion of all administrative and judicial remedies before Federal jurisdiction may be granted.
Bill· HRH.R. 615 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1987
Veterans' Burial Benefits Act of 1987 - Amends Federal law to extend burial benefits to specified veterans with service-connected disabilities (formerly provided until October 1, 1981). Increases from $150 to $250 the veterans' burial plot allowance for eligible veterans who die in Veterans Administration facilities.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 62 (100th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1987
Commends and acknowledges the continuing contributions of Ambassador Paul Nitze to U.S. security and prestige on his 80th birthday.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 7 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress in opposition to reductions in Veterans Administration funding levels used to pay for health care for certain categories of eligible veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 587 (100th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 599 (100th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish an outpatient clinic in central or southern New Jersey.