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Bill· HRH.R. 6493 (95th)referred

A bill to establish requirements for notification of Congress before the closure of, or significant reduction in force at, any military installation is carried out.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977

Prohibits the closure or realignment of military bases involving reductions in personnel positions below a specified level or construction or conversion at military installations made necessary by the relocation of such civilian personnel unless: (1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned notifies Congress that such installation is a candidate for closure or realignment; (2) the appropriate Secretary complies with the appropriate Secretary requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; (3) the appropriate Secretary notifies the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives of a final decision regarding such closure or realignment and a detailed justification for such decision; and (4) a period of at least 60 days elapses between such notification and the implementation of such decisions.

Bill· HRH.R. 6480 (95th)referred

A bill to reduce by 50 percent the premiums for U.S. Government Life Insurance or National Service Life Insurance charge to persons who have attained age 65 and whose annual incomes do not exceed $10,000.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977

Reduces by 50 percent the premiums for United States Government Life Insurance or National Service Life Insurance charged to persons who have attained age 65 and whose annual income does not exceed $10,000. Excludes from the determination of such insured's annual income 100 percent of the amount of payments to such insured under public or private retirement, annuity, endowment, or similar plans or programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 6487 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide service pension to certain veterans of World War I and pension to the widows of such veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for a non-service connected disability pension. Directs the Administrator to pay medical services costs required outside Veterans' Administration facilities if travel to such facilities would be a burden for the veteran. Provides for survivor pensions for the widows of such veterans.

Bill· HRH.R. 6479 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, to permit certain service-connected disabled veterans who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977

Permits certain veterans with a service-connected disability (totally disabling), who are retired members of the uniformed services, to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.

Bill· SS. 1319 (95th)referred

For the relief of certain natives of the Philippines who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977

Authorizes the issuance of immigration visas to aliens who are natives of the Philippines who served for at least three years in any United States Armed force during World War II and who were separated from such service under honorable conditions. Exempts such individuals from paying fees for such visas.

Bill· HRH.R. 6449 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 709 of title 32, United States Code, to provide increased job protection for certain civilian National Guard technicians.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977

Stipulates that a National Guard technician who: (1) has completed ten years of service in a position in which Guard membership was required; (2) is involuntarily separated from the Guard under honorable technicians; and (3) who continues to meet specified physical fitness standards shall not be required to be a member of the Guard as a condition of employment.

Bill· HRH.R. 6429 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for the personal safety of those persons engaged in furthering the foreign intelligence operations of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977

Prohibits disclosure of information identifying or tending to identify a person as a present or former participant in United States foreign intelligence operations if (1) the information has been designated by statute or Executive order as requiring some degree of protection or (2) the person disclosing the information knows or has reason to believe that such disclosure may prejudice the safety or well-being of the person identified.

Bill· HRH.R. 6450 (95th)referred

A bill to provide recognition to the Women's Air Force Service Pilots for their service to their country during World War II by deeming such Service to have been active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977

Designates service as a Member of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots as active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

Bill· HRH.R. 6418 (95th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to make permanent the special pay provisions for reenlistment and enlistment bonuses.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977

Makes permanent the special pay provisions for enlistment and reenlistment bonuses in the uniformed services. Stipulates that under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard the entitlement of an individual to such a bonus shall terminate when the individual is no longer technically qualified in the skill for which the bonus was given or fails to complete the term of enlistment, reenlistment or extension period for which the bonus was paid.

Bill· HRH.R. 6398 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to deny veterans' benefits to certain individuals whose discharges from active military service under less than honorable conditions are administratively upgraded under the revised standards as implemented by the Department of Defense's special discharge review program.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977

Denies veterans' benefits to an individual whose discharge from military service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions is administratively upgraded, under temporarily revised standards, to discharge under honorable conditions; but only when such veteran's claim for benefits is based solely on such upgraded discharge. Requires the Secretary of the Army to supply a complete list of individuals receiving an upgraded discharge to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs.

Bill· HRH.R. 6394 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to deny veterans' benefits to certain individuals whose discharges from service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions are administratively upgraded under temporarily revised standards to discharge under honorable conditions.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977

Denies veterans' benefits to an individual whose discharge from military service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions is administratively upgraded, under temporarily revised standards, to discharge under honorable conditions; but only when such veteran's claim for benefits is based solely on such upgraded discharge.

Law· SS. 1307 (95th)open

An Act to deny entitlement to veterans' benefits to certain persons who would otherwise become so entitled solely by virtue of the administrative upgrading under temporarily revised standards of other than honorable discharges from service during the Vietnam era; to require case-by-case review under uniform, historically consistent, generally applicable standards and procedures prior to the award of veterans' benefits to persons administratively discharged under other than honorable conditions from active military, naval, or air service; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977

Denies veterans' benefits to an individual whose discharge from military service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions is administratively upgraded, under temporarily revised standards, to discharge under honorable conditions; but only when such veteran's claim for benefits is based solely on such upgraded discharge.

Bill· HRH.R. 6297 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide that the fees payable to agents or attorneys who represent veterans in allowed claims under the veterans laws shall be paid by the Administrator rather than deducted from amounts awarded under the claims.

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977

Provides that the fees payable to agents or attorneys who represent veterans in allowed claims under the veterans laws shall be paid by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs rather than deducted from amounts awarded under the claims.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 492 (95th)passed

A resolution providing for the consideration of H. R. 5970, a bill to authorize appropriations during the fiscal year l978, for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons, and research, development, testing, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and to prescribe the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component and of the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the Armed Forces and of civilian personnel of the Department of Defense and to authorize the military training student loads.

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5970 (Armed Forces appropriations authorization).

Bill· HRH.R. 6261 (95th)referred

A bill to revise the laws governing appointments to the service academies so as to relieve Members of Congress from the responsibility of making nominations for appointments thereto.

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1977

Terminates the authority of Members of Congress and Delegates to Congress from the various territories to make appointments to the various service academies. Terminates the authority of the Secretaries of the military departments to appoint members of the reserve components of the armed forces to the academies except under certain circumstances. Directs the Board of Visitors of the Military, Naval, and Air Force academies to inquire into the admission policy and procedure of these academies on their annual visit and to send their annual report to the Congress as well as the President. Directs the Board of Visitors of the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine academies to inquire into specified subject areas including admission policies and procedures on their annual visit and to report to the Congress as well as the President regarding their findings. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to accomplish the purposes of this Act with respect to the Merchant Marine Academy.

Bill· HRH.R. 6274 (95th)referred

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1977

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act - Title I: Veterans Disability Compensation - Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of disabled veterans. Title III: Effective Date - Declares that the provisions of this Act shall become effective on October 1, 1977.

Bill· HRH.R. 6279 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to revise certain administrative requirements of the veterans' educational program.

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1977

Exempts courses which lead to a standard college degree from the "85-15" rule whereby the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is required to disapprove enrollment of any eligible veteran, not already enrolled, in any course offered by a proprietary profit or proprietary nonprofit educational institution where more than 85 percent of the students enrolled have their fees paid by either the Veterans' Administration or the institution itself. Revises the application of rules governing the two-year period a course must be in operation before enrollment of eligible veterans or persons can be approved.

Bill· HRH.R. 6271 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for the personal safety of those persons engaged in furthering the foreign intelligence operations of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1977

Prohibits disclosure of information identifying or tending to identify a person as a present or former participant in United States foreign intelligence operations if (1) the information has been designated by statute or Executive Order as requiring some degree of protection or (2) the person disclosing the information knows or has reason to believe that such disclosure may prejudice the safety or well-being of the person identified.

Bill· HRH.R. 6237 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 9441 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for the budgeting by the Secretary of Defense, the authorization of appropriations, and the use of these appropriated funds by the Secretary of the Air Force, for certain specified purposes to assist the Civil Air Patrol in providing services in connection with the non-combatant mission of the Air Force.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to budget funds for certain specified purposes to assist the Civil Air Patrol. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to give, sell, or lend to the Civil Air Patrol excess property acquired by the Air Force under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

Bill· HRH.R. 6173 (95th)referred

A bill to provide recognition to the Women's Air Force Service Pilots for their service to their country during World War II by deeming such service to have been active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Designates service as a Member of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots as active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

Bill· HRH.R. 6145 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the recipient of a veterans' pension or dependency and indemnity compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of cost-of-living increases in social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in social security benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 6188 (95th)referred

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a systematic cost-effectiveness review before contracting for personal services.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Requires the Secretary of Defense, before entering into any contract for more than $100,000 for the performance of any commercial or industrial activity of the Department, to conduct a cost effectiveness review of such activity to determine whether it should be done by contract or by Government personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such review under specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary to conduct random audits of such contracts.

Bill· HRH.R. 6172 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Veterans Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Eliminates the provision in the Veterans' Assistance and Employment Act of 1976 which prohibits colleges and universities from receiving Veterans' Administration educational benefits for classes in which more than 85 percent of the enrollment is composed of students having their fees paid either by the Federal Government or the institutions themselves.

Bill· HRH.R. 6117 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to establish procedures and standards for the classification and declassification of sensitive official information and material, to provide criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure of such information or material.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Amends the National Security Act of 1947 by adding: Title V: Classification, Declassification, and Safeguarding of National Security Information and Material . Sets forth the three categories of "Top Secret," "Secret," and "Confidential" as the classifications by which national security information may be designated. States that no other categories may be used. Promulgates standards defining each category. Grants authority to originate the classification of material only to such officials as the President may designate. Lists those classes of officials who shall have authority to downgrade the classification of such information. Prohibits the classification of information in order to conceal incompetence, inefficiency, wrongdoing, or administrative error, to avoid embarrassment to any individual or agency, to restrain competition or independent initiative, or to prevent for any reason the release of information the dissemination of which will not damage the national security. Sets forth regulations governing the identification of an item of classified material. Sets forth procedures to be followed by a holder of classified material who does not believe that such material has been properly classified. Sets forth a general declassification schedule. Provides for exemptions from the automatic declassification required under such schedule. Establishes a separate set of regulations governing the declassification of material which is 25 years old or more. Sets forth regulations by which the provisions of this Act shall be implemented. Establishes, in the Executive Office of the President, the Interagency Classification Review Committee. Requires the Committee to monitor actions taken by agencies handling classified information and material in order to ensure compliance with this Act. States that the Committee is to place particular emphasis on preventive overclassification and facilitating access to declassified information. Requires the Committee to report annually to Congress on the administration of this Act. Sets forth criminal penalties for the knowing disclosure of classified information or material to a foreign government or any officer or agent thereof not authorized to receive such information or material. Establishes a penalty consisting of a fine of up to $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both, for the classification of material to conceal incompetence, inefficiency, wrongdoing, or administrative error, to avoid embarrassment, to restrain competition or independent initiative or to prevent or delay the release of information which should not have been classified.

Bill· HRH.R. 6195 (95th)referred

Intelligence Management Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Intelligence Management Reform Act - Title I: Intelligence Management Reorganization and Reform - Redesignates the Director of Central Intelligence as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Establishes within the Executive Office of the President an Office of National Intelligence Management headed by a Director of Central Intelligence (hereinafter the Director). States that the Director shall be the principal foreign intelligence advisor to the President and shall have exclusive responsibility for producing national intelligence for the President and Congress, shall prepare the national intelligence budget, and manage all funds appropriated for use by the intelligence community. Places each national intelligence agency under the direction of the Secretary of Defense in time of War. Establishes a National Intelligence Board within the Office consisting of seven civilians outside Government service appointed by the Director to advise the Director. Establishes in the Office an Inspector General of the Intelligence Community to review all activities of each national intelligence agency and to report violations of the law to the Attorney General, the Director, and to the head of the agency involved. Establishes, within the National Security Council, the Operations Advisory Group composed of the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Director, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. States that the function of the Group is to advise the President with respect to sensitive intelligence collection activities and intelligence activities in foreign countries conducted for reasons other than for the collection of intelligence, including covert military assistance programs. Prohibits under any circumstances any activity conducted for the purpose of subverting a foreign democracy. Prohibits other nonintelligence gathering operations in foreign countries unless approved by the President as required to deal with a grave threat to the National Security of the United States. Establishes, within the National Security Council, a Counter-Intelligence Committee to coordinate and review counter-intelligence activities of the United States. Requires the Committee to report to Congress any counter-intelligence activity not being conducted within the law. Establishes within the Council the Committee on Foreign Intelligence to assist the Director in carrying out his functions. Requires the Director to report annually with respect to any commercial organization of which any national intelligence agency owns more than 50 percent. Requires excess funds from the operation and sale of such organizations to be remitted to the United States Treasury. Prohibits the sale of such organization to any former officer or employee of any national intelligence agency. Prohibits payments to specified individuals to engage in intelligence activities including clergy, persons paid by the United States to promote education, the arts, humanities or cultural affairs, and journalists. Prohibits the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense from holding any other position in which they may be called upon to advise the President. Requires the President's annual budget to include the total amounts budgeted for specified intelligence agencies. Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Reforms - Limits the terms of the Director and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to eight years. Specifies the duties of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency with respect to the security of Agency installations inside the United States. Authorizes the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to gather specified information concerning Agency employees and United States citizens overseas. Establishes within the Central Intelligence Agency the Office of General Counsel. Requires such General Counsel to annually review the activities of the Agency to determine whether their operations are within the law. Prohibits assassinations in connection with intelligence duties on behalf of the United States. Prohibits the experimental dispensation of drugs by an officer or employee of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, or of the Armed Forces of the United States without prior written consent of the recipient of such drug.

Bill· HRH.R. 6154 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Applies these amendments to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 415(g), adds 38 U.S.C. 503(d))

Bill· HRH.R. 6136 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, of the United States Code to deny veterans' benefits to certain individuals whose discharges from service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions are administratively upgraded under temporarily revised standards to discharge under honorable conditions.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Denies veterans' benefits to an individual whose discharge from military service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions is administratively upgraded, under temporarily revised standards, to discharge under honorable conditions; but only when such veteran's claim for benefits is based solely on such upgraded discharge.

Bill· HRH.R. 6116 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide Federal loans and loan guarantees to veterans for the purchase and installation of heating and cooling systems which utilize solar energy.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977

Guarantees automatically any loan to a qualified veteran for the purchase and installation of solar heating and/or cooling in a dwelling which he owns and occupies. Exempts such loans from the existing $17,500 maximum amount of guaranty entitlement, and sets the amount of such entitlement at either: (1) the reasonable total cost of such purchase and installation, or (2) 20 percent of the value of the structure in which such system is to be installed, whichever is less. States that the original principal amount of such a loan shall not exceed the amount of guaranty entitlement so set.

Bill· SS. 1238 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for legal assistance to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

Entitles members of the armed forces and their dependents to legal assistance in connection with their personal affairs, under such regulations as the appropriate Secretary may prescribe. Places responsibility for the establishment and supervision of legal assistance programs with the judge advocate generals.

Bill· HRH.R. 6101 (95th)referred

Comprehensive Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

Comprehensive Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act - Title I: Educational Assistance Program Amendments - Redefines the qualifying service period of an "eligible veteran" to be the period from August 4, 1964 to January 1, 1977; and redesignates as an "eligible peacetime post-Korean veteran" anyone whose qualifying service period fell between January 31, 1955, and August 5, 1964; and entitles both "eligible veterans" and "eligible peacetime post-Korean veterans" to all benefits, services and loans available under the educational assistance program. Extends from 36 to 45 months the period of eligibility for receiving educational assistance (this provision currently exist, 38 U.S.C. 1661 (a)). Sets conditions for extending the ten-year delimiting period for receipt of assistance up to a maximum of two additional years. Provides that counseling offered by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to veterans eligible for educational assistance may include assisting any veteran: (1) to select the occupation or training objective suitable to personal circumstances, characteristics, financial resources, dependent responsibilities and other relevant factors; (2) to select the occupation or training objective which will provide reasonable opportunities for employment and with job satisfaction after development of the required job skills; (3) to select the educational institution that will effectively assist in attaining educational or vocational objectives; and (4) to develop a program of education that will lead to a recognized and predetermined educational, vocational, technical, or professional objective within the veteran's period of entitlement. Directs the Administrator to take such measures as may be necessary, including denial of applications or disapproval of courses, to insure that no aspect of the educational assistance program is used for the purpose of income supplementation, unemployment compensation, or adjusted compensation. Allows continued payments to veterans enrolled in institutions not complying with provisions of the Act if such veterans are not at fault for the noncompliance. Provides an accelerated educational assistance allowance, not to exceed twice the ordinary monthly amount, to be granted, after appropriate counseling, to an eligible veteran or person who demonstrates need for the acceleration. Stipulates the categories of persons most likely to need a program of acceleration. Limits any program of accelerated assistance allowances to five years. Title II: War Orphans' and Widows' Educational Assistance Program Amendments - Allows the ten-year period of eligibility for educational assistance for the spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability to run from the wedding date of the spouse and such veteran. Entitles eligible war orphans and widows to accelerated educational assistance allowances. Title III: Administration of Educational Benefits - Extends the coverage of existing administrative provisions of the educational assistance program to all branches and extensions of an educational institution. Directs the Administrator to establish between the Administration, the State approving agencies and nationally recognized accrediting agencies and associations, an exchange of information pertaining to activities of educational institutions, especially to the enforcement of approval standard and enrollment restrictions and fraudulent and other criminal activities on the part of persons connected with the institution; and directs the Administrator to furnish the U.S. Attorney General, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and other Federal, State and local agencies such information and assistance as may be necessary to preclude abuses or enhance the effectiveness of the programs established hereunder. Requires educational institutions to transmit to State approving agencies catalogs or bulletins certified as true, current and correct both in content and policy by an authorized school official. Requires the State approving agencies to find as a condition of approval, adequate standards of progress established and clearly defined, and to find that an institution and its programs of education are in every aspect, portion, element, and division in full compliance with the law. Revises the criteria for approval of nonaccredited courses. Requires all advertising, promotion, sales techniques, claims and personnel employed by or representing the institution and branches or extensions offering nonaccredited courses to be in compliance with all applicable State and Federal licensing regulations and laws. Permits the Administrator to disapprove any institution of program of education approved as accredited if it fails to comply with any of specified provisions of law. Makes any advance payment of initial educational assistance or subsistence allowance conditional, and denies such advance payments to those entitled to receive accelerated payments. Requires the application for conditional advance payments to indicate that the eligible veteran or person had requested such, that it is necessary and appropriated to meet specific expenses, and that such expenses shall reasonably equal or exceed the amount of conditional advance payment. Requires the Administrator to set up an appeals procedure for administrative proceedings involving property loss resulting from a decision to terminate or modify an eligible veteran's or person's educational benefits. Increases from $3 and $4 to $8 and $10 respectively the fees paid to educational institutions in reimbursement for reports and certifications. Directs the Administrator to refer to the U.S. Attorney General any deliberate, premeditated, or willful misconduct or illegal action of a significant nature or involving a significant sum of money stemming from overpayments occasioned by a false or misleading report by an educational institution. Sets new conditions for the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in a program of correspondence or residence-correspondence. Denies approval of enrollment in an institution in any way affiliated with a proprietary institution or profitmaking operation which affects any program of education provided eligible veterans and persons unless such program meets all the requirements of the law. Requires the Administrator to notify any eligible veteran or eligible person of any available vocational assistance alternatives and of any legal recourse when it disapproves an institution or discontinues anyone's educational assistance. Requires the Administrator, upon determination that the interruption of failure of a person's program was due in whole or in part to problems of personal adjustment, to advise such person of available counseling services and vocational, educational and psychological assistance. Establishes with the Veterans Administration an Interagency Veterans' Advisory Task Force to advise and assist the Administrator, among other things, in: (1) the review of the effectiveness and coordination of all rights and services authorized for veterans; (2) the development and implementation of studies of the effectiveness of laws applicable to veterans and eligible persons; (3) the monitoring and evaluation and preclusion of abuses of veterans' adjustment assistance programs; (4) the investigation of allegations indicating that veterans are being denied rights, benefit,or assistance; and (5) the appraisal of Federal laws, appropriations, and policies meeting the readjustment needs of veterans. Directs the Task Force to serve as a national clearinghouse for information and assistance relating to the needs of veterans, and to serve as an advocate for the correction of problems and the preclusion of abuses. Establishes within the Task Force a section on enforcement and implementation of laws, a section on the evaluation and accreditation of military experience, and an Advisory Committee to take over the duties and responsibilities of the current advisory committee, with special emphasis on the inclusion and participation of veterans receiving or requiring readjustment assistance. Empowers the Task Force and its sections to issue subpenas. Requires the Task Force to report to Congress within one year of enactment its findings and recommendations for post-Vietnam era readjustment assistance programs. Sets maximum aggregate education loan amounts for eligible persons with no, one, two, or more dependents. Title IV: Miscellaneous Veterans Program Amendments - Requires the Veterans' Administration to adjust its adjudication criteria and under no circumstances to determine eligibility for veterans' benefits for ex-servicemen with other than honorable discharges with either less lenient or more restrictive criteria and procedures that those used by the various military departments in the review and upgrading of other than honorable discharges. Title V: Employment and Training of Disabled and Vietnam-era Veterans - Creates within the Department of Labor a separate agency to be known as the Veterans' Employment Service which shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment. Title VI: Veterans' Administration: Miscellaneous Amendments - Directs the Administrator to initiate a comprehensive outreach and information program to inform veterans of the programs and services made available by this Act. Directs the veterans' representatives to carry out such outreach and information assistance services. Requires both the Administrator and the veterans' representatives especially to assist veterans whose educational benefits have ended because of the expiration of their delimiting period to obtain alternative means of completing their education and training.

Bill· HRH.R. 6053 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for the establishment and enforcement of security and accountability procedures necessary to protect weapons and munitions of the Department of Defense against theft and loss.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

Establishes within the Department of Defense a Weapons and Munitions Security Office to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Defense which shall be responsible for formulating, coordinating, and supervising a continuing program of security and accountability for weapons and munitions of the Department of Defense. Requires the Assistant Secretary heading such Office to review existing accountability and security procedures, to modify such procedures or institute new ones as may be necessary, and to conduct periodic inspections to insure that such procedures are being followed. Requires the military departments to conduct investigations whenever suffering a loss of weapons or munitions. Requires each military department to submit quarterly reports to the Office regarding security and accountability of all weapons and munitions under its jurisdiction. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to Congress summarizing weapons and munitions losses and recoveries by each military department.

Bill· HRH.R. 6045 (95th)referred

A bill to deny veterans' benefits to individuals whose discharge from active service under dishonorable conditions is later administratively upgraded to discharge under conditions other than dishonorable.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

Denies veterans' benefits to an individual whose discharge from military service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions is administratively upgraded, under temporarily revised standards, to discharge under honorable conditions; but only when such veteran's claim for benefits is based solely on such upgraded discharge. Requires the Secretary of the armed service concerned to provide the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs with appropriate records indicating the initial issuance of any discharge or release active service which is upgraded.

Bill· HRH.R. 6074 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to deny veterans' benefits to certain individuals whose discharges from service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions are administratively upgraded under temporarily revised standards to discharge under honorable conditions.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

Denies veterans' benefits to an individual whose discharge from military service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions is administratively upgraded, under temporarily revised standards, to discharge under honorable conditions; but only when such veteran's claim for benefits is based solely on such upgraded discharge.

Bill· HRH.R. 6021 (95th)referred

A bill granting the consent of Congress to retire members of the uniformed services, members of reserve components of the Armed Forces, and members of the Public Health Service Reserve Corps to accept employment with foreign governments.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

Grants the consent of Congress to retired members of the uniformed services, members of Reserve components of the armed forces, and members of the Public Health Service Reserve Corps to accept employment with foreign governments with the approval of the Secretary concerned and the Secretary of State.

Bill· HRH.R. 6046 (95th)referred

Vietnam Era Veteran Bonus Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

Vietnam-era Veteran Bonus Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense to pay a lump-sum of $100 to each qualified Vietnam-era veteran, and an additional lump- sum of $400 to each qualified Vietnam-era combat veteran, or to such veteran's survivor if such veteran is deceased. Directs the Secretary to identify and inform eligible veterans of such bonus program so they may apply. Terminates the period for making application three years after the first appropriation of funds under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 6032 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for the personal safety of those persons engaged in furthering the foreign intelligence operations of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

Prohibits disclosure of information identifying or tending to identify a person as a present or former participant in United States foreign intelligence operations if (1) the information has been designated by statute or Executive Order as requiring some degree of protection or (2) the person disclosing the information knows or has reason to believe that such disclosure may prejudice the safety or well-being of the person identified.

Bill· HRH.R. 6051 (95th)referred

Federal Intelligence Agencies Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

Federal Intelligence Agencies Control Act - Title I: Domestic Intelligence Activities - Prohibits any Federal agency or official from: (1) engaging in the collection, maintenance, or dissemination of information relating to the opinions of any person or the exercise of first amendment rights; (2) engaging in any action to discredit or harass any individual; (3) carrying out an investigation or prosecution against a particular person or class of persons in retaliation for engaging in first amendment activity; or (4) encouraging such prohibited activity by any other person or any State or local government agency. Renames the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation and limits its activities to the investigation of specific acts which violate Federal criminal statutes. Limits the Bureau's authority to investigate such violations to cases in which there is a reasonable suspicion as such term is defined in this Act, of a violation, except that preliminary inquiries are permitted upon receiving a specific allegation that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a Federal crime. Limits investigations and preliminary inquiries, generally, to 30 days in length. Authorizes extensions of such time limits but prohibits the continuance of any investigation for longer than six months. Requires supervising Bureau agents who believe an investigation may result in the collection of information of first amendment activity or may pose any danger to such activity to bring such investigation to the attention of the Attorney General who shall permit such investigation to continue if satisfied that the express prohibitions of this Act are not violated. Requires investigative files to be sealed upon termination of any investigation and prohibits the dissemination of person information in such files except pursuant to congressional oversight investigations, a valid search warrant or subpena, or upon the request of the subject of the investigation. Requires such subject to be notified that such sealed file is maintained by the Department of Justice and that such person has a right of access to such file. Requires such files to be maintained for ten years and then destroyed unless required for civil or criminal litigation except that information in such file which pertains to first amendment activity, is false, or was acquired by illegal means must be expunged as soon as practicable. Requires the Attorney General to recommend to the President for appointment with Senate confirmation an Inspector General of the Bureau who shall be responsible for overseeing the activities of the Bureau to assure that they are in conformity with the law and the Constitution of the United States, investigate citizen complaints directed at the Bureau, and testify at least annually before the appropriate congressional committees regarding any illegal activity. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to limit the term of the Director of the Bureau to six years. Abolishes the Internal Security Branch of the Bureau and transfers the function of conducting background investigations of Federal employees and officials to the Civil Service Commission. Makes employees of the Bureau, except supervisory employees, subject to the laws governing appointments in the competitive service. Requires the publication of the budget of the Bureau and its submission to Congress as part of the budget of the Department of Justice. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the Bureau at least annually. Repeals the Riot, Seditious Conspiracy, Smith, Voorhis Anti-Propaganda, Peacetime Military Sedition, and Military Sedition Acts. Allows persons whose rights have been deprived by a Federal official to institute a civil action before a Federal court regardless of the amount in controversy and specifies minimum liquidated damages for such deprivations. Title II: Investigative Procedures; Prohibitions and Limitations - Repeals specified provisions of Federal law authorizing interception of electronic or oral communications. Prohibits any information Federal official, from posing for the purpose of covert surveillance as a member of a group engaged in valid first amendment activity. Prohibits the inspection of tax, bank, credit, or toll records, or the use of mail covers by the Federal Government unless conducted pursuant to a court order after a finding of probable cause according to procedures specified by this Act. Title III: Foreign Intelligence Activities - Renames the Central Intelligence Agency the Foreign Information Service and restricts its functions to the collection, correlation, and evaluation of foreign intelligence information and the advising of the National Security Council on matters concerning such foreign intelligence activities. Prohibits the covert collection of foreign intelligence by any Federal agency. Restricts counterintelligence investigations inside the United States (which may only be conducted by the Bureau) to obtaining evidence of violations of the criminal laws of the United States. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for foreign intelligence activities which are not specifically authorized for such purpose. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to provide Congress with a horizontal budget showing the total amount budgeted for foreign intelligence activities and line item budgets for each agency engaged in such activities. Title IV: Classified Information - Repeals the exemption from the Freedom of Information Act of information required to be kept secret by Executive order in the interest of national security. Directs that such information shall be subject to such Act unless it is in fact properly classified as national defense information, as defined in this Act, except that such information may not be exempted if it appears to relate to illegal activity engaged in by any official of the Federal Government. Title V: Official Deceit - Establishes a criminal penalty for any Federal official who conceals, obstructs, or fails to report as soon as possible any conduct of any other official which violates this Act. Title VI: Protection of Employee Disclosure of Refusal to Participate in Government Wrongdoing - Prohibits the taking of disciplinary action against any Federal official who expresses an opinion with respect to the conduct of a Federal agency or refuses to participate in official activities which such person reasonably believes to be illegal. Title VII: Temporary Special Prosecutor - Establishes for a period of five years an independent Office of Special Prosecutor for Violations of Law by Intelligence Agencies headed by a Special Prosecutor appointed by a special panel of United States judges. Confers upon the Special Prosecutor exclusive jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute all offenses committed by Federal officials in connection with or arising out of intelligence or counterintelligence activities.

Bill· HRH.R. 6011 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the recipient of a veteran's pension or dependency and indemnity compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of cost-of-living increases in social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977

States that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in social security benefits.

Law· HRH.R. 5970 (95th)open

Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977

Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1978 for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons for the armed forces. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act for the DDG-47 guided missile destroyer program for materials or components which are not suitable for use in a nuclear powered strike cruiser until the President has made certain determinations and has reported them to the Congress. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1978 for military research, development, testing and evaluation for the armed forces, the defense agencies, and the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Sets forth the purposes for which the Director is required to use such funds. Prohibits the use of funds under this title for the Roland Missile System until the Secretary of the Army notifies the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives that certain conditions have been met. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the installation of a 120-millimeter gun on the XM-1 tank until certain conditions have been met. Directs the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of deploying the XM-1 tank with integral chemical, biological, and radiological warfare defense equipment and to report the results of such study to the Committees on Armed Services of the House and Senate. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating funds under this Act for the improvement of the M-139 gun as an interim weapon system for use on the Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle or for the integration of the Tube-launched Optical-tracked Wire-guided (TOW) weapon system on such vehicle until the production of such vehicle is initiated. Title III: Active Forces - Prescribes the authorized end strength for active duty personnel in the various components of the armed forces for fiscal year 1978. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Prescribes the average strength for the Selected Reserve components of each of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretaries of each military department and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard to establish educational assistance programs for members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of each of the armed forces. Stipulates that such assistance may equal 50 percent of the educational expenses incurred by a member at an accredited institution and that the maximum amount available shall not exceed $2,000. Establishes eligibility requirements for participation in such program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit periodic reports to Congress regarding the number of members receiving such educational assistance. Establishes reenlistment bonuses for members of the Selected Reserve components of each of the armed forces. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit periodic reports to Congress regarding the number of individuals receiving such bonuses. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Prescribes the authorized end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress regarding the allocation of such personnel among the military departments and agencies of the Department including a rationale for each such allocation. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the number of civilian personnel prescribed under this Act if such action is necessary in the national interest. Stipulates that such increase shall not exceed one and one-half percent of the level authorized under this Act. Requires the Secretary to promptly notify Congress of any such increase. Title VI: Military Training Student Loads - Prescribes the authorized average military training student load for the various components of the armed forces for fiscal year 1978. Title VII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 for programs of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency. Title VIII: General Provisions - Directs the President, beginning with fiscal year 1979, to include in the budget a request for funds sufficient to meet the total operation and maintenance costs of the Department of Defense. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to pay claims or equitable adjustments arising out of contracts for the construction of naval vessels. Prohibits the paying of such a claim or adjustment arising out of any contract over $5,000,000 unless the Secretary of Defense has certified to Congress that the claim or adjustment has been thoroughly examined. Makes the required length of service for female members of the armed forces the same as males. Removes the present requirement that the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force conduct annual inspections of the Army and Air Force National Guard. Extends the subsistence allowances for members of the Marine Corps officer candidate programs through fiscal year 1978. Extends the President's authority to furnish Israel with aircraft and related equipment through fiscal year 1979. Stipulates that no such transfer may be made unless funds have been previously appropriated for such transfer. Directs the Secretary of Defense to supply a full accounting to the Committees on Armed Services of the House and Senate of all experiments or tests of the Department during the previous year which involved the use of human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents. Requires the Secretary to inform such committees of any such experiments or studies at least 30 days before their initiation. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the criteria used in determining whether commercial or industrial type functions of any Department of Defense installation should be performed by Department personnel or by private contractors. Prohibits any further conversion of such work to private contractors before March 15, 1978.

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