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Bill· HRH.R. 2390 (96th)referred

A bill to provide for the repatriation of the remains of five unknown members of the United States Navy killed and interred in Tripoli in 1804 and for the interment of such remains in Arlington National Cemetery.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the repatriation of the remains of five unknown members of the United States Navy killed and interred in Tripoli in 1804 and for their interment in Arlington National Cemetery. Directs the Secretary of State to provide such assistance as the Secretary of the Navy may require.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 57 (96th)referred

A concurrent resolution establishing a Joint Select Committee on Defense Readiness and Mobilization Capability.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979

Establishes a Joint Select Committee on Defense Readiness and Mobilization Capability to investigate and report on defense readiness and mobilization capability, including an analysis of: (1) the kind and extent of threats to the national defense; and (2) the quality and quantity of manpower, material, transportation, budgetary, and programmatic resources needed at present, and able to be mobilized in the future. Sets forth the requirements for appointment to the joint select committee.

Bill· SS. 473 (96th)referred

A bill to amend section 1003 of title 38, United States Code, relating to memorial areas and appropriate memorials to honor the memory of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces whose remains were buried at sea, have not been identified, or were nonrecoverable.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Amends certain veterans' provisions in the National Cemetery System concerning memorial areas honoring veterans whose remains were unrecoverable or unidentifiable to include those veterans whose remains have been donated for use in medical research or training.

Bill· SS. 472 (96th)referred

A bill to amend section 1002 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize the burial in a national cemetery of the parents of certain members of the Armed Forces who die in active service.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Authorizes the burial in a national cemetery of the surviving parents of any member of the Armed Forces who was the only child of such parents and whose death occurred under honorable conditions while such member was serving on active duty for a period of more than 30 days.

Bill· SS. 471 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize former members of the armed forces who are totally disabled as the result of a service-connected disability to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces are permitted to travel on such aircraft.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Entitles former members of the armed forces who are totally disabled as a result of a service-connected disability to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces are entitled to travel on such aircraft.

Bill· SS. 467 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may furnish outpatient dental services and treatment for a non-service-connected disability to any war veteran who has a service-connected disability of 80 per centum or more.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide outpatient dental services to any war veteran with an 80 percent or more service-connected disability.

Bill· SS. 474 (96th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to extend, under certain circumstances, the period within which a veteran must complete a program of education under such chapter.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to extend, upon a showing of compelling reason, the period within which a veteran must use his or her educational benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 2315 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the 10-year citizenship requirement for eligibility for veterans' health care benefits for lawful permanent residents of the United States who were members of the Armed Forces of Czechoslovakia or Poland during World War I or World War II and to extend such benefits to lawful permanent residents of the United States who were members of the Armed Forces of Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania during either such war.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Provides that certain persons who served in allied forces during World War I or World War II must be permanent United States residents in order to receive specified veterans' health and medical benefits (presently such persons must have been U.S. citizens for at least ten years). Enlarges the category of such allied forces to include the armed forces of Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Limits the requirement of providing a French or British certification of military service to those persons who served in the Polish or Czechoslovakian armed forces.

Law· HRH.R. 2282 (96th)open

An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living increase in the rates of compensation paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities and in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensations paid to survivors of veterans, to modify certain veterans' life insurance programs, and to exempt Veterans' Administration home loans from State anti-usury laws; to provide for certain assistance in locating individuals who were exposed to occupational hazards during military service; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1979 - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. Title III: Effective Date - States that the provisions of this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1979.

Bill· HRH.R. 2292 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to require that veterans receiving hospital, nursing home, or outpatient medical care from the Veterans' Administration for non-service connected disabilities be charged for such care to the extent that they have health insurance or similar contracts or rights with respect to such care, or have entitlement to private medical care under workers' compensation or automobile accident reparation statutes of any State, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Requires that veterans receiving hospital, nursing home, or outpatient medical care from the Veterans Administration (VA) for non-service-connected disabilities be charged for such care to the extent that they have health insurance or similar contracts or rights with respect to such care, or have entitlement to private medical care under workers' compensation or automobile accident reparation statutes of any State. Provides that where such non-VA coverage is less than the total charge for such medical care provided to an eligible veteran, the veteran shall not be responsible for the difference.

Bill· HRH.R. 2275 (96th)referred

Veterans and Dependents Psychological Readjustment Assistance Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979

Veterans and Dependents Psychological Readjustment Assistance Act of 1979 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to initiate and carry out a program for the treatment of Vietnam era veterans and their dependents who are experiencing psychosocial readjustment problems as a result of military service or as a result of problems evolving from readjustment from such service.

Law· HRH.R. 2154 (96th)open

Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Revision Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Revision Act of 1979 - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to vest within the President the authority to determine which materials are strategic and critical and the quantity to be stockpiled. Establishes guidelines for the President to follow in making such determinations. Prohibits the use of any funds for the acquisition of stockpile material unless funds for such acquisition have been authorized by law except where such funds are used for refining, processing, or rotational purposes. Requires that disposals from stockpile be specifically authorized by law. Directs the President to encourage the use of barter in acquiring and disposing of strategic and critical materials. Sets forth practices and procedures for the procurement or disposal of stockpile materials. Authorizes the President to dispose of stockpiled materials upon a determination that such disposal is required for national defense purposes, in time of war, or during a national emergency. Directs the President to make scientific, technological, and economic investigations of domestic ores and minerals which are found in inadequate quantities or grades in order to develop new domestic sources for such substances, to devise new methods for the treatment and utilization of lower grade reserves of such materials, and to develop substitutes for such essential ores and mineral products. Establishes the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund within the Treasury to fund the acquisition of stockpile materials. Authorizes the President to appoint advisory committees to advise the President with respect to the acquisition, transportation, storage, security, and disposal of stockpile materials. Directs the President to send a report every six months to the Congress with respect to the acquisition and disposal of stockpile materials including a statement of the financial status of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.

Bill· HRH.R. 2252 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to allow eligible veterans to receive certain educational assistance during the 6-year period following their last discharge or release from active duty even if such period extends beyond December 31, 1989.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Allows eligible veterans to receive certain educational assistance during the six-year period following their last discharge or release from active duty even if such period extends beyond December 31, 1989.

Bill· HRH.R. 2241 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for medical care benefits for survivors and dependents of veterans under the Veterans' Administration CHAMPVA program to survivors and dependents who are eligible for hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Allows eligible survivors and dependents of certain veterans to receive Veterans Administration medical care benefits concurrently with hospital insurance benefits provided by Medicare.

Bill· HRH.R. 2233 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide outpatient medical services for any disability of a veteran of World War I as if such disability were service-connected.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Provides that any disability of a veteran of World War I shall be treated as a service-connected disability for medical care purposes, including hospital and outpatient care services.

Bill· HRH.R. 2225 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to make benefits under chapter 41 of such title (relating to job counseling, training, and placement services) available, in the case of veterans, only to those who served during a period of war, the Korean conflict or the Vietnam era.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Limits the availability of veterans' job counseling, training, and placement service to only those veterans who served during a period of war, including (1) the period April 28, 1952, through July 1, 1955; and (2) a period of 180 days and part of which occurred after August 4, 1964, and May 7, 1975.

Bill· HRH.R. 2232 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the furnishing of private health care to veterans when such health care is authorized by a Veterans' Administration physician as necessary for the treatment of medical emergency.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the furnishing of private health care to veterans when such health care is authorized by a Veterans' Administration physician as necessary for the treatment of a medical emergency.

Bill· HRH.R. 2243 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the benefits payable for certain home improvements and structural alterations which are necessary or appropriate for the home health care of certain veterans with service-connected disabilities, and for an addition to the types of improvements and alterations for which those benefits are payable.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Increases the amounts which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may pay to certain disabled veterans for home improvements and structural alterations which are necessary for the home health care of such veterans.

Bill· HRH.R. 2224 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Military Selective Service Act to provide greater flexibility for the Armed Forces in training Reserve officers ordered to active duty for training for not more than six months by removing the requirement that they be ordered to active duty for not less than three months.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Amends the Selective Service Act to remove the requirement that armed forces Reserve officers ordered to active duty for training be so order for not less than three months.

Bill· HRH.R. 2227 (96th)referred

A bill to establish the Veterans' Administration as an executive department to be known as the "Department of Veterans' Affairs".

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Establishes the Veterans' Administration as an executive department to be known as the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Redesignates the Administrator and Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs as the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Veterans' Affairs, respectively. Makes this Act effective at such time as designated by the President by Executive Order.

Bill· HRH.R. 2238 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide medical services and hospital care abroad for certain catastrophically disabled veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide hospital and medical care to any veteran with a catastrophic non-service-connected disability if the veteran is: (1) residing in Canada or Mexico; and (2) receiving a pension and regular aid and attendance allowance.

Bill· HRH.R. 2234 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization for certain expiring health care programs of the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Extends the authorization of appropriations to fiscal year: (1) 1985 to assist States in constructing facilities for providing veterans with domiciliary care, nursing home care, and for the alteration and expansion of existing structures for providing such care in State homes; and (2) 1984 for medical information pilot programs. Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs from entering into any agreement for providing any assistance to health manpower training programs, to Veterans Administration - affiliated medical schools, or to establish new State medical schools, after December 31, 1979. Authorizes appropriations for such medical schools and training programs for each succeeding fiscal year (presently authorized for each of the six succeeding fiscal years). Eliminates a requirement for grants to affiliated medical schools and to health manpower training institutions that a proposed project will substantially increase the number of students at such medical school or training institution.

Bill· HRH.R. 2230 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for medical care benefits under the Veterans' Administration CHAMPVA program to dependents and survivors of any veterans having a permanent service-connected disability rated at 80 per centum or 90 per centum.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Reduces the required veterans' disability rating from total to not less than 80 percent for purposes of eligibility for certain survivors' and dependents' medical care benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 2157 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to allow Federal civil defense funds to be used by local civil defense agencies for natural disaster relief, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to allow Federal civil defense funds to be used by State and local civil defense agencies for natural disaster, civil disturbance, and manmade catastrophe relief. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration to make financial contributions to States to cover 100 percent of the costs of procuring, constructing, leasing, and renovating civil defense materials and facilities. Establishes a formula for allocating such contributions to the various States. Extends the emergency authority of the President contained in such Act until September 30, 1980.

Bill· HRH.R. 2158 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan to State and local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property.

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1979

Directs any organization or agency within the Department of Defense to make any excess property available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before making such property available to any other organization outside the Department. Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Director of the FEMA to loan any property obtained from any Federal agency to State and local governments for civil defense purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 2136 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat individuals who were serving as cadets or midshipmen at one of the service academies on December 31, 1976, as veterans of the Vietnam era for purposes of entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 34 of such title.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Makes individuals who were cadets or midshipmen at one of the service academies on December 31, 1976, who: (1) graduated; (2) served on active duty more than 180 days; and (3) received other than dishonorable discharges eligible for veterans' educational benefits. States that such individuals who enrolled in the post-Vietnam-era educational assistance program prior to enactment of this Act shall be deemed disenrolled, and any amounts contributed by any such individual and the Secretary of Defense shall be refunded.

Bill· HRH.R. 2121 (96th)referred

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1980

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1980 - Title I: Empowers the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for acquisition and construction inside the United States for: (1) the United States Army Forces Command; (2) the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command; (3) the United States Army Material Development and Readiness Command; (4) ammunition facilities; (5) the United States Army Communications Command; (6) the United States Army Health Services Command; (7) the Military Traffic Management Command; and (8) the United States Military Academy. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the same methods for acquisition and construction outside the United States for: (1) the Eighth United States Army, Korea; (2) the Kwajalein Missile Range; (3) the United States Army Forces Command; (4) the United States Army, Japan; (5) the United States Army, Europe; and (6) the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Stipulates that this authorization will expire upon the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1981, except for emergency construction projects concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Title II: Empowers the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for the acquisition and construction inside the United States for: (1) the Marine Corps; (2) the Chief of Naval Operations; (3) the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet; (4) the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet; (5) the Chief of Naval Education and Training; (6) the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; (7) the Chief of Naval Material; and (8) the Naval Security Group Command. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the same methods for acquisition and construction outside the United States for: (1) the Marine Corps; (2) the Office of Naval Research; (3) the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet; (4) the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet; (5) the Naval Forces Europe; (6) the Chief of Naval Material; (7) the Naval Telecommunications Command; and (8) the Naval Security Group Command. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Stipulates that this authorization will expire upon the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1981, except for emergency construction projects concerning which the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to expend excess foreign exchange funds for the construction of a multipurpose marine biological laboratory in the Arab Republic of Egypt. Title III: Empowers the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, for acquisition and construction inside the United States for: (1) the Air Force Logistics Command; (2) the Air Force Systems Command; (3) the Air Training Command; (4) the Alaskan Air Command; (5) the Military Airlift Command; (6) the Strategic Air Command; (7) the Tactical Air Command; and (8) the Air National Guard. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the aforementioned methods for acquisition and construction outside the United States for: (1) the Aerospace Defense Command; (2) the Military Airlift Command; (3) the Pacific Air Forces; (4) the Tactical Air Command; (5) the United States Air Forces in Europe; and (6) the Air Force Systems Command. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Empowers the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating, or installing permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment, for defense agencies for acquisition or construction inside the United States for: (1) the Defense Logistics Agency; (2) the Defense Mapping Agency; and (3) the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop military installations and facilities, utilizing the aforementioned methods, for acquisition or construction outside the United States for: (1) the Defense Logistics Agency; (2) the Defense Mapping Agency; (3) the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense Office of Dependents Schools; and (4) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure. Empowers the Secretary to establish or develop installations and facilities, utilizing all of the aforementioned methods, in a manner consistent with the interests of national security as the need arises. Requires the Secretary to notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives immediately upon reaching a final decision to implement any emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects. Authorizes increased funding for a high energy laser facility near White Sands, New Mexico. Title V: Military Family Housing and Homeowners Assistance Program - Authorizes expenditures by the Secretary of Defense for minor construction and support of military housing. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Waives restrictions with regard to the Secretary of each military department's establishment or development of installations and facilities under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1980 such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, within certain limits. Grants the Secretary of the military department, or the Director of the defense agency concerned, the discretion to increase the amounts allowable within certain limits if: (1) such increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost; and (2) the cost could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time such estimate was submitted to the Congress. Requires the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned to submit a statement of the reasons for any increases which exceed the limits imposed by this Act to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives before such construction or acquisition may proceed. Requires the lapse of 30 days or the approval of both committees before the project at issue may proceed. Requires the submission of a written report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives should any individual project authorized under this Act for specifically listed military installations vary in scope by 25 percent above or below approved costs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to Congress detailing those projects for which approval was sought to vary the amount authorized by more than 25 percent. Encourages the utilization of solar energy as a source of energy for projects authorized by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to increase cost limitations for any project as may be necessary for such a purpose. Stipulates that contracts for construction made by the United States for performance within the United States and its possessions under this Act shall be executed under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; or such other department or Government agency as the Secretaries of the military departments recommend and the Secretary of Defense approves to assure the most efficient, expeditious and cost-effective accomplishment of the construction herein authorized. Requires annual reports to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by the Secretaries of the military departments, breaking down the dollar value of construction contracts completed by each of the several construction agencies selected. Stipulates that such contracts shall continue to be awarded in accordance with presently established procedures if the national security is not impaired. Repeals all authorizations for military public works that are contained within specific titles of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, and all such authorizations contained in Acts approved before September 8, 1978, and not superseded or otherwise modified by a later authorization, with certain exceptions. Limits the authority contained in this Act to building construction projects not in excess of a unit cost to be determined in proportion to the appropriate area construction cost index, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that special circumstances render such limitation impracticable. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Empowers the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, including the acquisition of land therefor, but limits the cost of such facilities for each component of the armed forces reserves. Waives certain restrictions concerning the ability of the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop installations and facilities under this title. Title VIII: General Provisions - Makes technical and conforming changes in existing laws. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay to the land owners of Roi-Namur Island, Marshall Islands District of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, such an amount as the Secretary determines to be in the public interest of the use after 1960 of Roi-Namur Island by the Government of the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 2105 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of education assistance for certain members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of any of the Armed Forces to be funded in part through contributions by participants in the program.

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Establishes an educational benefits program for eligible reserve veterans of the Selected Reserves who enlisted after September 30, 1979. Stipulates that such program shall be funded by contributions from participants and matching contributions from the Department of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make additional contributions as necessary. Establishes procedures for enrollment, refund upon the disenrollment or death of the participant. Establishes the Selected Reserve Veterans' Education Account in the United States Treasury. Establishes a maximum of 36 monthly payments to any participant, to be used within ten years of such participant's release from service in the Selected Reserve.

Bill· HRH.R. 2122 (96th)referred

Supplemental Military Construction Authorization Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1979

Supplemental Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish and develop military installations and facilities in the Canal Zone and Germany. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes appropriations for use by the Secretary of the Navy for minor construction projects. Authorizes appropriations for use by the Secretary of the Air Force for military construction projects at Howard Air Force Base in the Canal Zone and in various European locations. Authorizes additional appropriations for use by the Secretary of Defense for military family housing support. Stipulates that new construction authorized by this Act shall be subject to the authorizations and limitations of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979.

Law· SS. 429 (96th)open

An act to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1979

Department of Defense Supplemental Appropriation Authorization Act, 1979 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes additional appropriations in specified amounts for use by the Air Force, Navy, and Army in fiscal year 1979 for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and other weapons. Authorizes the Department of Defense to implement until concluded the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between NATO Ministers of Defense on the NATO E-3A Cooperative Programme. Authorizes the Department to make a commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for the United States share of estimated termination liability. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes additional appropriations for use during fiscal year 1979 by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Agencies, for research, development, test, and evaluation.

Law· SS. 428 (96th)open

An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons and for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, to prescribe the authorized personnel strength for each active duty component and the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the Armed Forces and for civilian personnel of the Department of Defense, to authorize the military training student loads, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for civil defense, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1979

Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1980 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1980 for use by the armed forces for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1980 in specified amounts for fiscal year 1980 for use by the armed forces and defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation purposes. Title III: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized and strength level for active duty personnel for each of the armed forces for fiscal year 1980. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the minimum average strength levels for each of the reserve components of the armed forces for fiscal year 1980. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Sets forth the authorized end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1980. Stipulates that such personnel shall be apportioned among the various military departments in such numbers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding such allocation. Authorizes the Secretary to increase such prescribed strength level for civilian personnel by one and one quarter percent where such action is necessary in the national interest. Requires the Secretary to notify the Congress of any such increase. Title VI: Military Training Student Loads - Sets forth authorized military training student load for each component of the armed forces for fiscal year 1980. Title VII: General Provisions - Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976, to direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress quarterly written acquisition reports for those major defense systems which are estimated to require a total cumulative financing for research, development, test, and evaluation in excess of $75,000,000 or a cumulative production investment in excess of $300,000,000. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978, to repeal the provision in such Act which places a ceiling on the numbers of commissioned officers on active duty above a specified rank and which reduces Department of Defense Civilian personnel in specified grade levels. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1980 for the purpose of providing assistance for the 1980 Olympic winter games as authorized by the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1979. Places limitations on the use of such funds.

Bill· HRH.R. 2057 (96th)referred

Act to Establish a Special Pension Program for World War I Veterans

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Act To Establish a Special Pension Program for World War I Veterans - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $150 to eligible World War I veterans. Provides maximum eligibility income ceilings for purposes of such pension.

Bill· HRH.R. 2078 (96th)referred

A bill to provide for the induction of individuals, during the period beginning July 1, 1979, and ending June 30, 1981, for training and service in the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979

Stipulates that on or after July 1, 1979, individuals may be inducted pursuant to the Military Selective Service Act for training and service in the Armed forces. Amends the Military Selective Service Act to authorize inductment into the armed forces until June 30, 1981.

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