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United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1981
Requests the President to designate April 26, 1981, as "National Recognition Day for Veterans of the Vietnam Era."
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1981
Vietnam-Era Veterans' Readjustment Amendments of 1981 - Extends the eligibility of Vietnam-era veterans for counseling and related mental health services through September 30, 1983. Permits specified exceptions to such limitation. Excludes alcohol or drug abuse from willful misconduct for purposes of the education benefits delimiting period. Extends such period through September 30, 1983, for veterans pursuing an apprenticeship, vocational objective, or secondary education course. Prohibits the approval of an exclusively flight training program of education under such extension. Extends the veterans readjustment appointment program through September 30, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1981
Prisoners of War Health-Care Benefits Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish an advisory committee to assess new medical and other information on former prisoners of war (POW's). Requires that such committee include former POW's of World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era and individuals who are recognized authorities in certain fields of medicine. Directs the committee to submit a biennial report to the Administrator on its activities. Makes POW's with the disease of psychosis manifest to a degree of ten percent presumably eligible for wartime disability benefits (presently such psychosis must have occurred within two years of separation from service). Entitles POW's of not less than 60 days during World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam era eligible for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care benefits. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations and furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis to such POW's. Includes veterans held in captive status due to the seizure of the United States Embassy in Iran among those veterans eligible for educational assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1981
Requests the President to designate April 26, 1981, as "National Recognition Day for Veterans of the Vietnam era."
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1981
Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1981 - Establishes a new educational assistance program for the all-volunteer force. Entitles veterans who are graduates of a secondary school and who have served in the armed forces on continuous active duty for at least three years to basic educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve and the National Guard who are graduates of secondary school and who have served at least two years of continuous active duty in the armed forces and at least four years of continuous duty in the Selected Reserve to basic educational assistance. Sets forth the formula for determining the length of such assistance based on the length of time served. Entitles such veterans to a monthly assistance allowance of $250 for a full-time approved program of education. Permits enrollment, if eligible, in a program of education while an individual continues to perform his duties. Entitles veterans who have served three or more consecutive years of active duty in addition to those required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve who have served two or more consecutive years of active duty and four or more consecutive years of duty in the reserves in addition to that required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles such veterans to a monthly supplemental assistance allowance of $300 a month. Permits the provision of such assistance to an individual entitled to basic educational assistance who has a skill or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of personnel. Permits the Secretary of Defense to authorize such an individual to transfer to a dependent part or all of such individual's entitlement to educational assistance. Sets forth the conditions under which transferred benefits may be provided. Permits the Secretary of a military branch to enter into preservice educational assistance agreements to encourage enlistment in the active-duty and reserve components. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such assistance. Establishes a ten year delimiting period for educational assistance. Excludes time spent as a prisoner of war subsequent to discharge and time spent physically or mentally disabled. Limits educational assistance to individuals being furnished subsistence to the amount an institution would charge similarly circumstanced nonveterans. Prohibits participation in more than one program of educational assistance. Allocates the administration and costs of such programs to the Veterans' Administration and the Department of Defense. Requires predischarge counseling which includes a discussion of educational benefit entitlements. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator to submit to Congress a biennial report on the operations of such programs. Amends the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 to terminate the right to enroll in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program after December 31, 1981. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, to extend the pilot Department of Defense educational loan repayment program.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1981
Directs the President, for each pay period, beginning after calendar years 1981, 1982, and 1983, to increase by a specified percentage the rates of basic pay, of basic allowances for subsistence, and of basic allowances for quarters for members of the uniformed services in specified pay grades. Directs the President, when transmitting to Congress an alternative plan for adjusting the pay of Federal employees, to include a statement specifying the overall percentage of adjustments in rates of pay of the General Schedule which would have been effective without the alternative plan.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Act - Establishes a program of educational assistance for men and women who enter active duty in the armed forces after June 30, 1981. Defines an eligible veteran for such program as one who: (1) serves on active duty for three or more consecutive years; or (2) serves an obligated period of active duty for three or more consecutive years which began after June 30, 1981; or (3) served on active duty for two or more consecutive years and has been accepted in the Ready Reserve of a component of the armed forces for four or more years. Entitles an eligible veteran to basic educational assistance if such veteran is pursuing a program of education on a full-time basis. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reduce rates of assistance appropriately if such veteran is pursuing a program of education on less than a full-time basis. Entitles an eligible veteran to supplemental educational assistance if such veteran: (1) has served six or more consecutive years in the armed forces; or (2) has served four or more consecutive years and has been accepted for service in a component of the Ready Reserve. Excludes the periods of service for basic educational assistance from being counted for entitlement to supplemental assistance. Allows such veterans to receive both types of assistance concurrently. Permits the Secretary of a component of the armed forces to authorize an eligible veteran who has served ten or more consecutive years of active duty to transfer all or any part of his entitlement to his dependents in accordance with provisions of this Act. Prohibits any person divorced from an eligible veteran from receiving any educational assistance based on such veterans' service. Declares the use of an eligible veterans' educational assistance expires ten years after such veterans' last discharge or release from active duty. Sets forth exceptions to such ten-year period based on certain circumstances. Suspends payments for any eligible veteran who fails to serve satisfactorily in the Ready Reserve if such service is a requirement for eligibility. Excludes certain service for the purpose of earning entitlement, including: (1) assignment to a course of education substantially the same as that offered civilians; (2) service as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies; (3) certain enlistment in the Army or Air National Guard; or (4) service in any of the Reserve components. Extends the period of entitlement when necessary for any person to complete a term of education. Provides that payments for basic educational assistance shall be made from appropriations made to the Veterans Administration and payments for supplemental assistance shall be made from appropriations made to the Department of Defense. Permits a Secretary to increase the amount of basic or supplemental educational assistance if necessary to obtain or retain qualified active duty personnel in specific categories of such personnel. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to each report biennially on the operation of programs provided under this Act, including recommendations for administrative or legislative changes. Makes technical amendments to provisions of the United States Code to conform with this Act. Prohibits a veteran eligible for assistance under this Act from participating in any other veterans educational assistance program. Amends the Veterans Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976 to preclude enrollment in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after December 31, 1981. Establishes a delimiting period of five years when a veteran commences a program of education within two years of discharge, or December 31, 1989, whichever is later.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Increases from $30,000 to $35,000 the maximum amount of specially adapted housing assistance available to disabled veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Veterans' Automobile Assistance and Adaptive Equipment Amendments of 1981 - Increases the amount of maximum assistance the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs must provide to certain severely service-connected disabled veterans for automobile adaptive equipment. Entitles veterans suffering from ankylosis of one or both knees or hips to adaptive equipment sufficient to overcome such disability to meet State licensure requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Stipulates that the payment of retired or retainer pay which would otherwise be made to a member of the armed forces shall be paid by the Secretary concerned to another person to the extent provided for in the terms of any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Designates the Veterans' Administration medical center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, as the "Louis A. Johnson Veterans' Medical Center."
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish a memorial headstone or marker to commemorate any veteran whose remains are unavailable because of a donation to science, a burial at sea, or other causes. Directs the Administrator to set aside suitable areas in national cemeteries to honor such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Directs the Secretary of Defense to authorize veterans with service-connected disabilities and the surviving spouses of such veterans to have commissary and post-exchange privileges.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to count time spent by a National Guard unit on call or order to duty towards the number of required training days for such a unit.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to suspend the prohibition on the disposition of lands and mineral deposits in national monuments upon a finding by the President that: (1) a national defense emergency exists; and (2) because of the scarcity of minerals critical to national defense, such prohibition should be waived.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) survey all Federal personal property under FEMA control (transferred to FEMA from the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency) and currently on loan to a State or local government for civil defense purposes; and (2) certify to Congress a list of such items of such property which are and are not being used for such purposes. Directs the Director to transfer the property which is being used for civil defense to the State or local government and to regard and dispose of the other property as surplus property under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Awards one preference point to qualified National Guard and Armed Forces Reserve veterans applying for employment in the civil service.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt naval nuclear propulsion information from disclosure unless the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy determine that such disclosure would not be inimical to the interests of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1981 - Revises the special pay provisions for dental, optometry, podiatry, and medical officers of the armed forces and the Public Health Service.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for veterans suffering from any disability or disease attributable to exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation during their periods of active service at specified locations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Includes insomnia within the list of chronic diseases compensable for a service-connected disability.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Provides that Parkinson's disease developing a ten percent or more degree of disability within seven years after separation from active wartime service shall be presumed to be service connected for purposes of veterans' disability compensation.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for veterans suffering from any disability or disease attributable to exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation during their periods of active service at specified locations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to recognize representatives of the Polish Legion of American Veterans of the United States of America as claims agents for claims arising under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
Removes the time limitations within which programs of education for veterans must be completed.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981
World War I Veterans Pension Act of 1979 - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150: (1) to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements; (2) to the surviving spouse of each such veteran; or (3) when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981
Intelligence Agents Protection Act of 1981 - Establishes criminal penalties for anyone who knowingly and willingly discloses classified information identifying an individual engaged in foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities for the United States Government. Establishes criminal penalties for anyone who falsely asserts, publishes, or otherwise claims that an individual is engaged in such activities. Directs the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief in a U.S. district court whenever the head of a department or agency determines a person is about to engage in such prohibited conduct. Prohibits the payment of a Federal service annuity, retired pay, or gratuitous veterans' benefits to an individual, or his survivor or beneficiary, convicted of such offenses. Directs the Attorney General to notify the Director of Office of Personnel Management and the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration of the advent and disposition of such criminal proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981
Provides that no veterans shall be denied medical care under CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services) for any service-connected disability solely because care for such disability is available at Veterans' Administration medical facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981
Provides that remarriage of a veteran's surviving spouse after age 60 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1981 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish criminal penalties for any person who knowingly discloses information which identifies a U.S. covert intelligence agent. Establishes a maximum penalty of ten years' imprisonment and/or a $50,000 fine for any person who, having had authorized access to classified information which identifies a covert agent, learns the identity of a covert agent and intentionally discloses such information. Establishes a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment and/or a $25,000 fine for any person who, having had authorized access to classified information, learns the identity of a covert agent and intentionally discloses such information. Establishes a maximum penalty of three years' imprisonment and/or a $15,000 fine for any person who, in the course of a "pattern of activities intended to identify" covert agents and with "reason to believe" that such activities would impair U.S. foreign intelligence activities, discloses information identifying an agent. Directs the President to establish procedures requiring Federal agencies to provide assistance in concealing the identity of U.S. intelligence agents.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Extends the period during which funds appropriated for grants by the Veterans' Administration for the establishment and support of new State medical schools may be expended.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Army to compile a list of all persons who served as Philippine Scouts between December 6, 1941, and December 31, 1946; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy to compile a list of all persons who served in the insular force of the Navy between such dates. Requires the Secretaries to pay to such persons, or their survivors, the difference between the basic pay received by them and the pay such persons would have received but for the limitations of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Designates the Veterans' Administration medical center in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Richard L. Roudebush Veterans' Medical Center."
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Authorizes the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to the eight men who died in the attempt to rescue the Americans held hostage in Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Establishes a minimum pension of $600 for veterans of a period of war who have permanent and total non-service-connected disabilities and who are entitled to receive a pension and for the surviving spouses of such veterans entitled to receive pensions. Amends the Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978 to increase the minimum pension payable under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for veterans suffering from any disability or disease attributable to exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation during their periods of active service at specified locations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
World War I Veterans' Bonus Act - Provides a $10,000 bonus for each veteran of World War I.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish outpatient dental services to veterans with a 60 percent rated service-connected disability.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981
Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retirement pay, without deduction from either.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1981
World War I Pension Act of 1981 - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, or to the surviving spouse of each such veteran, or, when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1981
Amends the program of medical and dental care for members and certain former members of the uniformed services and for their dependents to include former spouses of members of the uniformed services. Establishes length of marriage and other requirements of eligibility.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1981
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a direct loan program to veterans for residential solar energy systems and other energy conservation improvements. Sets forth guidelines for such program. Directs the Administrator to prescribe standards for such solar energy and energy conservation systems. Establishes the Veterans' Administration Solar Energy Revolving Fund in the U.S. Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1981
Veterans Administration Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act - Title I: Adjudication Procedures - Codifies, for Veterans Administration (VA) adjudication purposes, the burden of proof and reasonable doubt standard currently provided for by VA regulation. States that a claimant has the burden of submitting sufficient evidence to justify his or her claim, and that if an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence exists regarding the merits of a claim, the VA is to resolve such doubt in favor of the claimant. Stipulates that VA subpoenas may be served either by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail. Increases the size of the Board of Veterans' Appeals from 50 to 65 members. Requires the chairman of such Board to submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning the Board's current handling of cases and projections for the subsequent fiscal year. Requires the Board to: (1) provide notice to a claimant and an opportunity for a hearing before a decision may be based on "additional official information" received after a Board decision has previously been made; (2) provide the claimant with an opportunity for a hearing; and (3) make its decision exclusively on evidence and material of record in the proceeding. Removes the requirement that new material sufficient to allow the Board to reopen a previously disallowed claim be in the form of official reports. Provides that the Board's discretionary authority to reopen a claim will not be diminished by a judicial decision following an appeal as provided for by this Act. Requires the Board to mail to the claimant notice of its decision and the reasons for such decision. Provides that, upon the request of a claimant, the Board shall provide an independent advisory medical opinion when there exists substantial medical disagreements with respect to a material issue in a veterans' appeal. Sets forth new procedural rules for adjudication hearings regarding: (1) oaths affirmations, and witness examination; (2) admissibility of evidence; (3) procedural rights of claimants; (4) disqualification of a hearing officer; (5) the record of the proceedings and the claimants' right to examine and obtain a copy of such record; and (6) the exclusiveness of veterans' adjudication procedures and rights prescribed by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to provide at each stage of the appeal proceedings written notice to a claimant of procedural rights and procedures. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of two alternate claims resolution methods, one a new intermediate-level adjudication process, the other an enhanced schedule of formal Appeals Board hearings. Title II: Veterans' Administration Rule Making - Includes the VA's rulemaking procedures under the relevant provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Title III: Judicial Review - Provides for judicial review of VA decisions in the Federal court system. States with regard to jurisdiction: (1) that judicial review of a final decision in a claim for benefits may be obtained in a civil action brought within 180 days of the Board's mailing of notice of its decision, and that such action shall be brought in Federal district court; (2) that in cases not directly involving a claim for benefits a civil action otherwise authorized by law shall not be precluded; (3) the definition of final decision; (4) that the judicial review procedures established under this Act shall not apply to insurance and home loans; (5) that the VA shall file the various materials constituting the record in a case together with its answer to the claimant's complaint; and (6) that the court render a decision on the pleadings. States, with regard to the reviewing court's scope of review, that such court: (1) decide questions of law and interpret constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, but that questions of fact (unless unsupported by substantial evidence) will not be subject to a trial de novo; and (2) in reviewing a final decision of the VA which is adverse to a party solely because such party failed to comply with VA procedures, such court may only review questions concerning such procedures. Sets out provisions regarding remand, survival of actions, and appellate review. Title IV: Attorneys' Fees - Authorizes the Administrator to allow attorneys' fees above the present $10 maximum if the appealing party's claim is allowed by the VA after an initial denial. States that such fee shall be the lesser of: (1) the fee agreed upon by the party and attorney; (2) $500, unless the Administrator approves a greater amount; or (3) if the party and attorney have entered into a contingent-fee agreement, not more than 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such party's claim. Provides for the approval of attorneys' fees, in successful veterans' claims brought before a court, as provided for under this Act. Stipulates that such fees shall be determined by such court, and in contingent-fee agreements such fees shall not exceed 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such claim. Authorizes attorneys' fees of up to $750 in certain unsuccessful veterans' claims. Prohibits the VA from authorizing payment to a claimant's attorney based on past-due benefits unless such benefits are owed as of the date of the VA's or a court's award. Establishes procedures for the review of the VA's or a court's approval of attorneys' fees. States that in the case of a benefits claim resolved before the VA, either the claimant or the attorney may challenge the award in the Federal district court in which the claimant resides or has his principal place of business within 30 days after notice of the attorneys' award. Provides that all parties be given notice. Stipulates that such provisions regarding attorneys' fees shall only apply to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the VA and shall not apply in cases in which the VA is the plaintiff or in which other attorneys' fees statutes are otherwise controlling. Title V: Effective Dates - States that this Act shall become effective 180 days after enactment. Permits review of Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions rendered on or after January 1, 1977, and prior to the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Navy to repatriate the remains of five unknown American sailors from Tripoli, Libya. Authorizes the Secretary to inter such remains at the United States Naval Academy or at Arlington National Cemetery.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Military Selective Service Amendments of 1981 - Directs the President to resume the registration of individuals pursuant to the Military Selective Service Act. Removes the restriction that only males may be subject to the selective service. Requires that the President provide for the induction of not more than 200,000 persons into the armed forces in each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1982 for service in the Individual Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve. Stipulates that individuals so inducted shall be required to serve not less than 12 weeks of active duty for training. Provides that a random sequence drawing shall be conducted for induction for all registrants. Provides that, effective upon the enactment of authority to induct persons into the armed forces, no deferment will be granted to persons enlisting in any reserve component of the armed forces or the Ready Reserve of any such reserve component. Requires that the entire Selective System annually participate in training to simulate emergency mobilization procedures. Exempts the Selective Service System from executive reorganization orders.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Increases the maximum amount of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance from $20,000 to $40,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 to extend specified educational loan repayment benefits to officers in the Selected Reserve of the armed forces serving in pay grade 0-1 or 0-2.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Entitles specified members of the selected reserve of the ready reserve of a reserve component (including the National Guard) of a uniformed service to full incentive pay for the performance of hazardous duty. Entitles other members of the reserves to incentive pay based on a specified formula for the performance of hazardous duty.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Entitles specified members of the National Guard, or of a uniformed service on inactive duty training, to the same medical and dental benefits as a member of a uniformed service on active duty.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981
Entitles to specified medical and dental benefits members of the uniformed services or the National Guard who become ill in the line of duty while on active duty for a period of 30 days or less or who become ill while on full-time training duty or inactive-duty training when such illness is incurred or aggravated as an incident of such training.