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United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1978
Directs the Secretary of Defense to make veterans with service-connected disabilities and their surviving spouses eligible for commissary and post-exchange privileges.
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1978
Requires that members of the National Guard be trained in providing essential police and fire services.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council. Establishes an Office of Economic Adjustment to provide necessary staff support for the Council. Directs the Council to assist communities, industries, and individuals who are adversely affected by changes in defense spending. Title II: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment, at every defense facility employing at least 100 persons, of alternative use committees representing management and labor to undertake economic conversion planning and preparation for the employment of the personnel and utilization of the facilities in the event of a reduction or elimination of any defense facility or the curtailment, conclusion, or disapproval of any defense contract. Stipulates that defense contractors which fail to submit an alternative use plan to the Council or which refuse or fail to carry out the provisions of a plan approved by the Council shall lose eligibility for future contracts for a period of three years as well as losing contract termination payments and eligibility for tax credits. Requires alternative use committees to periodically review plans for the conversion of the facility to civilian-oriented production and to send periodic reports to the Council regarding the progress of such plans. Directs the committees to provide occupational retraining and reemployment counseling services for employees who are displaced by the implementation of a conversion plan or the closing of a defense facility. Specifies provisions which are to be included in each alternative use plan. Title III: Economic Adjustment Fund - Establishes within the Treasury a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contracts to contain a provision under which the defense contractor is to pay into such fund an amount equal to one and one quarter percent per year of the value of the contractor's gross revenues on sales under such contract. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit ten percent of the projected savings from defense cutbacks into the fund. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to such fund to enable the Secretary to make payments and disbursements authorized by this Act. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Entitles workers who are displaced because of defense cutbacks to specified benefits for a two-year period, including: (1) compensation sufficient to maintain the employee's income at a level equal to 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000 of that worker's regular annual wage; (2) vested pension credit under any applicable pension plan; (3) maintenance of any medical, disability, or life insurance coverage which such an individual had by reason of employment by the defense contractor;and (4) retraining, job search, and relocation expenses. Stipulates that in order to be eligible for benefits under this Act a displaced worker must agree to maintain an active registration with the Secretary of Labor or an appropriate State employment agency and to accept any employment determined by the Secretary or the agency to be of the same skill or work of a similar nature at the same pay as such worker was receiving before being displaced. Stipulates that adjustment benefits under this Act shall not be taken into account in determining an individual's eligibility for unemployment compensation. Stipulates that adjustment benefits shall terminate when a displaced worker obtains employment providing 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000 of the worker's previous wage or two years after displacement, whichever occurs sooner. Title V: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Entitles communities which are substantially and seriously affected by the reduction or elimination of military facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts to Federal assistance for economic adjustment to avoid substantial dislocations and for economic adjustment assistance should such dislocation occur. Directs the Council to develop guidelines by which the criteria for eligibility for planning assistance are to be applied. Authorizes the sale of excess defense capital property or facilities where such a facility is reduced or closed to the affected community at a public benefit discount. Title VI: Industrial Economic Adjustment - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make or guarantee low-interest, long-term loans to assist contractors in carrying out an approved alternative use plan to convert a plant or facility to civilian purposes. Title VII: Use of Certain Research Fund - Authorizes the use of Department of Defense research and development funds for work which has a potential relationship to an urgent national requirement in a designated non-defense sector of the economy. Directs the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to define urgent national requirements for non-defense sectors of the economy. Title VIII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Credits members of the National Guard with the time spent in specified full-time training for purposes of laws providing benefits for members of the National Guard.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1978
Authorizes the enlistment of citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands into the Armed Forces of the United States if such an individual indicates in writing an intention to become a citizen, and not a national, of the United States upon full implementation of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1978
Amends the National Housing Act to make officers in the Public Health Service eligible for mortgage insurance currently available to servicemen in the armed forces, Coast Guard, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1978
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.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that, in selecting a site to be used as a launching base for the MX intercontinental missile, the Secretary of Defense should exempt from consideration areas where the siting of such a missile would result in the destruction or idling of productive farmland and the displacing of farmers and ranchers from their homes and land.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1978
Declares that time spent by civilian citizens and permanent residents of the United States in prisoner-of-war camps, internment centers, or similar places, on or after D December 7, 1941, shall be considered; (1) service in the active military or naval service for purposes of certain veterans' benefits; (2) military service during war for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937; (3) military service for purposes of Civil Service retirement; and (4) active service for purposes of Armed Forces retirement pay.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1978
Declares that time spent by civilian citizens and permanent residents of the United States in prisoner-of-war camps, internment centers, or similar places, on or after D December 7, 1941, shall be considered; (1) service in the active military or naval service for purposes of certain veterans' benefits; (2) military service during war for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937; (3) military service for purposes of Civil Service retirement; and (4) active service for purposes of Armed Forces retirement pay.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that, in selecting a site to be used as a launching base for the MX intercontinental missile, the Secretary of Defense should exempt from consideration areas where the siting of such a missile would result in the destruction or idling of productive farmland and the displacing of farmers and ranchers from their homes and land.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1978
Vietnam Veterans Act - Title I: Employment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to create a tax credit program for employers hiring eligible Vietnam-era veterans. Defines eligible Vietnam-era veteran for purposes of this Act to include a food stamp requirement. Provides that Vietnam veterans eligible for specified veterans' educational benefits may use up to 12 months of such benefits for employment assistance payments to non-Federal Government employers hiring such veterans. Establishes eligibility requirements and guidelines for participating veterans and employers. Title II: Health and Psychological Care - Authorizes the Veterans' Administration to provide outpatient mental health services to Vietnam veterans with emotional or psychological civilian readjustment problems. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a program of treatment for Vietnam-era veterans or members of their immediate families with alcohol or drug abuse problems. Provides that any individual eligible for treatment in either of such readjustment or alcohol or drug abuse programs may elect to have such treatment at any community health center providing such services under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Directs the Administrator to reimburse such centers for such treatment. Authorizes any employee of the General Accounting Office assigned to duty in a Veterans' Administration health facility to act as ombudsman for the patients of such facility. Title III: GI Bill Education Assistance - Extends the ten year delimiting period for veterans' educational assistance eligibility to January 1, 1984, for veterans discharged before December 31, 1970. Revises the educational supplemental assistance allowance from a flat rate to one in which an eligible veteran pays the first $400 and the Veterans' Administration pays 50 percent of the next $1,200 in tuition and related fees for each school year. Removes the requirement of State matching funds for veterans' accelerated payment of educational assistance allowances. Title IV: Administrative Costs for State Home Loan Programs - Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants to States for start-up costs of veterans' home loan programs. Title V: Commission to Study Veterans' Benefits - Establishes the Commission on Veterans' Benefits to make a comprehensive study of United States laws providing benefits to veterans and their dependents, with particular attention to the needs of Vietnam veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1978
Requires recomputation at a specified rate of the retired pay of any person who completed service as a sergeant major of the Marine Corps before December 16, 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1978
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 14042 (Armed Forces authorizations).
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1978
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - States the purpose of this Act to be to provide advance planning for effective conversion of defense-related industries to productive civilian activity and to provide economic adjustment assistance to affected communities, industries, and workers which may be substantially and seriously affected by reductions in defense expenditures. Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes a Defense Economic Adjustment Council in the Executive Office of the President, membership to include Cabinet officers, representatives of the business-management community, and representatives of labor union organizations. Defines the duties of the Council, including: (1) encouraging preparation of plans for civilian-oriented public projects; (2) supervising the establishment of a Job Information Bank in the Department of Labor to coordinate State, local and Federal employment services; (3) preparing lists of organizations and consultants engaged in civilian-oriented activity for use by local conversion committees; and (4) preparing and distributing a Conversion Guidelines Handbook. Title II: Alternative Use Committees - Establishes local Alternative Use Committees to undertake economic conversion planning and preparation in the event of reductions in defense spending resulting in substantial and serious unemployment. Provides a fund for performing these duties to be derived from the military contract or base operating costs. Title III: Economic Adjustment Fund - Provides for establishment in the Treasury of a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contractors to pay to the Fund an amount equal to one and a quarter percent per year of their gross revenue. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Requires that all displacements in defense related facilities affecting more than five percent of the workers be reported to the State employment office or agency acting as agent for administration of employees' benefits programs. Provides eligible workers with two year entitlement to the following applicable benefits: (1) compensation on a weekly basis to maintain an income equal to 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000; (2) vested pension credit; (3) maintenance of hospital, surgical, medical, disability, and life insurance coverage; (4) retraining for civilian work; and (5) necessary relocation expenses. Requires all managerial and technical employees who have spent more than 50 percent of the ten years preceding implementation of the plan to participate in a professional retraining program in order to be eligible for benefits. Authorizes the Council to reimburse a State or administering agency (acting as agent of the Council) for all benefits paid. Title V: Use of Certain Research Funds - Amends the Defense Authorization Act of 1970 to expand kinds of independent research and development which can be funded in a defense contract to include projects which the Council believes have a potential relationship to an urgent national requirement in a designated non-defense sector. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes the appropriation of sums which may be necessary to carry out provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1978
Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1979 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 to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation purposes. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act for the development of the Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) communication system unless the President certifies to Congress that the use of funds for such purpose is in the national interest, and that a site for the deployment of ELF has been selected and has been approved by the President. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Committees on Armed Services by September 30, 1978, on the decision of the executive branch regarding full-scale development of a survivable land-based intercontinental ballistic missile system or if no decision is reached by such date to periodically report the status of such decision to the Committees. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978, to remove the condition that at least one NATO country contract to purchase Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft before funds may be expended to develop such aircraft. Title III: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strength for active duty personnel for each component of the armed forces for fiscal year 1979. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Establishes minimum average strength levels for each reserve component of the armed forces for fiscal year 1979. Extends the period of enlistment a member of the reserves must serve to be eligible for educational assistance. Extends such assistance program for two years. Extends reenlistment bonuses for members of the Selected Reserve for an additional two years. Establishes an enlistment bonus program for enlistment in the reserves. Establishes restrictions on the transfer of individuals from the Ready Reserve to the Standby Reserve. Requires members of the Ready Reserve who are not members of the Standby Reserve to notify the Secretary concerned regarding any change in such member's address, marital status, number of dependents, or civilian employment and of any change in physical condition which would prevent such member from meeting the required physical and mental standards for service. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Defense send annual reserve training reports to Congress. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Sets forth the authorized end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1979. Sets forth the method for computing the number of such personnel. Title VI: Military Training Student Loads - Sets forth the authorized average military training student load for each of the armed forces and their reserve components for fiscal year 1979. Requires that the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives be notified of any proposed reduction or realignment of military training bases. Title VII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for programs of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Requires that a specified portion of such funds be used to study the special defense needs of areas of the United States which contain significant elements of the United States strategic nuclear retaliatory forces or significant defense-related research laboratories or facilities. Requires that such study be completed and filed with the Committees of Armed Services before April 1, 1979. Title VIII: General Provisons - Extends for two years: (1) special pay for health professionals; (2) enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for special skills; and (3) subsistence pay for Marine Corps platoon leader classes. Entitles enlisted members of the uniformed services who are in pay grade E-4 or above and who have served more than three years of sea duty to special career sea pay. Sets forth the rates of such pay. Establishes the position of Chief of the Dental Corps within the Army. Establishes the position of Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services in the Air Force. Establishes a ceiling for payments to physicians under the Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Makes the Commandant of the Marine Corps a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Authorizes the temporary duty assignment of women on Navy vessels which are not hospital ships or transports. Directs the Secretary of Defense to require military colleges to allow qualified female undergraduate students to participate in military training. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring such colleges to make military training for female students mandatory. Directs the Navy to develop plans and programs for the construction and deployment of weapon systems, including naval aviation platforms that are more survivable, less costly, and more effective than those at present. Requires the President to include in all reports to Congress for the authorization of any ship for the combatant forces; (1) conclusions with respect to the survivability, cost effectiveness, and combat effectiveness of such ship; (2) a recommendation whether such ship should be nuclear or conventionally powered; and (3) the reasons for such conclusions and recommendations. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from taking any action with respect to the use of either public or private shipyards for conversion, overhaul, or repair work under the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) or under the program for the modernization of DDG-2 class guided missile destroyers, or for the employment or transfer of additional personnel to public shipyards to carry out such programs until the Secretary has submitted a least-cost approach study comparing public and private shipyards to the Committees on Armed Services and a period of 60 days of continuous session of Congress has expired following the submission of such report. Prohibits the use of Department of Defense funds for the purpose of paying contract claims or making equitable contract modifications in excess of $100,000 unless a senior company official in charge at the plant or location involved has certified that the claim or request is made in good faith and that supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of such official's knowledge and belief. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Committees on Armed Services any proposed change in policy or regulations regarding the determination of whether commercial or industrial type functions at Department of Defense installations located in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Guam should be performed by Department personnel or by private contractors. Prohibits the sale of defense articles classified as Prepositioned Material Configured to Unit Sets, as decrement stock, or as Prepositioned War Reserve Stocks for United States Forces. Authorizes the President to make such sales during an international crisis. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide logistical support and personnel services to the XIII Olympic winter games and to lend and provide equipment and services to the Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the realignment of Canal Zone military installations unless such use is consistent with the defense of the Canal or with legislation implementing the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1978
Removes Naval chaplains from the control of the Chief of Naval Personnel. Establishes a separate Chaplain Corps to be headed by a Chief of Chaplains appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes the position of Deputy Chief of Chaplains.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1978
Disapproves the obligation of the United States proposed to be made by the Secretary of the Navy in modifications to contracts numbered N00024-71-C-0268 and N00024-78-C-0206 between the United States and the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1978
Disapproves the obligation of the United States proposed to be made by the Secretary of the Navy in modifications to contracts numbered N00024-69-C-0283 and N00024-70-C-0275 between the United States and the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Systems, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1978
Provides for an official memorial flag to honor war veterans to be displayed in all national cemeteries on Memorial Day in lieu of small flags at individual gravesites. Describes such memorial flag.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President establish a commission on defensive weapons systems for the purpose of comparing the Multiple Aim Point System (MAP) with alternative defensive weapons systems.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 1978
Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1979 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 to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Agencies for research development, test, and evaluation purposes. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act for the development of the Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) communication system unless the President certifies to Congress that the use of funds for such purpose is in the national interest, and that a site for the deployment of ELF has been selected and has been approved by the President. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Committees on Armed Services by September 30, 1978, on the decision of the executive branch regarding full-scale development of a survivable land-based intercontinental ballistic missile system or if no decision is reached by such date to periodically report the status of such decision to the Committees. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978, to remove the condition that at least one NATO country contract to purchase Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft before funds may be expended to develop such aircraft. Title III: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strength for active duty personnel for each component of the armed forces for fiscal year 1979. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Establishes minimum average strength levels for each Reserve component of the armed forces for fiscal year 1979. Extends the period of enlistment a member of the reserves must serve to be eligible for educational assistance. Extends such assistance program for two years. Extends reenlistment bonuses for members of the Selected Reserve for an additional two years. Establishes an enlistment bonus program for enlistment in the reserves. Establishes restrictions on the transfer of individuals from the Ready Reserve to the Standby Reserve. Requires members of the Ready Reserve who are not members of the Standby Reserve to notify the Secretary concerned regarding any change in such member's address, marital status, number of dependents, or civilian employment and of any change in physical condition which would prevent such member from meeting the required physical and mental standards for service. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Defense send annual reserve training reports to Congress. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Sets forth the authorized end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1979. Sets forth the method for computing the number of such personnel. Title VI: Military Training Student Loads - Sets forth the authorized average military training student load for each of the armed forces and their reserve components, for fiscal year 1979. Requires that the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives be notified of any proposed reduction or realignment of military training bases. Title VII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for programs of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Requires that a specified portion of such funds be used to study the special defense needs of areas of the United States which contain significant elements of the United States strategic nuclear retaliatory forces or significant defense-related research laboratories or facilities. Requires that such study be completed and filed with the Committees on Armed Services before April 1, 1979. Title VIII: General Provisions - Extends for two years: (1) special pay for health professionals; (2) enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for special skills; and (3) subsistence pay for Marine Corps platoon leader classes. Entitles enlisted members of the uniformed services who are in pay grade E-4 or above and who have served more than three years of sea duty to special career sea pay. Sets forth the rates of such pay. Establishes the position of Chief of the Dental Corps within the Army. Establishes the position of Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services in the Air Force. Establishes a ceiling for payments to physicians under the Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Makes the Commandant of the Marine Corps a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Authorizes the temporary duty assignment of women on Navy vessels which are not hospital ships or transports. Directs the Secretary of Defense to require military colleges to allow qualified female undergraduate students to participate in military training. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring such colleges to make military training for female students mandatory. Directs the Navy to develop plans and programs for the construction and deployment of weapon systems, including naval aviation platforms, that are more survivable, less costly, and more effective than those at present. Requires the President to include in all reports to Congress for the authorization of any ship for the combatant forces: (1) conclusions with respect to the survivability, cost effectiveness, and combat effectiveness of such ship; (2) a recommendation whether such ship should be nuclear or conventionally powered; and (3) the reasons for such conclusions and recommendations. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from taking any action with respect to the use of either public or private shipyards for conversion, overhaul, or repair work under the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) or under the program for the modernization of DDG-2 class guided missile destroyers, or for the employment or transfer of additional personnel to public shipyards to carry out such programs until the Secretary has submitted a least-cost approach study comparing public and private shipyards to the Committees on Armed Services and a period of 60 days of continuous session of Congress has expired following the submission of such report. Prohibits the use of Department of Defense funds for the purpose of paying contract claims or making equitable contract modifications in excess of $100,000 unless a senior company official in charge at the plant or location involved has certified that the claim or request is made in good faith and that supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of such official's knowledge and belief. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Committees on Armed Services any proposed change in policy or regulations regarding the determination of whether commercial or industrial type functions at Department of Defense installations located in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Guam should be performed by Department personnel or by private contractors. Prohibits the sale of defense articles classified as Prepositioned Material Configured to Unit Sets, as decrement stock, or as Prepositioned War Reserve Stocks for United States Forces. Authorizes the President to make such sales during international crises. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide logistical support and personnel services to the XIII Olympic winter games and to lend and provide equipment and services to the Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the realignment of Canal Zone military installations unless such use is consistent with the defense of the Canal or with legislation implementing the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977. Excludes from the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, individuals performing bagger or carryout service at military commissaries if the sole compensation received by such individual is derived from tips.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1978
Revises the method of computing retired pay for regular enlisted members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps in order to include in such computation the number of years of such individual's non-regular service and certain other years of service.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1978
Stipulates that general (previously commissioned) officers of the Army and Air Force who are assigned to the executive departments of such components of the armed forces (the Army Staff and Air Staff) may serve on such duty for not more than four years. Stipulates that individuals promoted to the grade of brigadier general while on such assignment shall be limited to a four-year tour of duty computed from the date of such promotion.
United States · United States Congress · 23 August 1978
Authorizes, through fiscal year 1979, an increase in the authorization for the number of colonels and lieutenant colonels serving on active duty in the Air Force. Authorizes the President during such fiscal year to suspend specified provisions of law if the needs of the armed forces so require which: (1) prescribe requirements for sea or foreign service duty for certain officers of the Regular Navy; (2) limit the zone selection of Navy and Marine Corps permanent regular officers; and (3) establish service and grade eligibility requirements for consideration of selection boards for the promotion of certain Navy and Marine Corps officers. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned for such fiscal year to retire and grant retired pay to disabled members of the armed forces whose disability was incurred in the line of duty from September 15, 1978 through September 30, 1979 if the President issues an Executive Order to such effect. Authorizes the temporary promotion of unrestricted Naval line officers in the grade of lieutenant who possess skills in critical shortage, and are serving in lieutenant commander billets, to the grade of lieutenant commander. Stipulates that such spot promotions shall be made by the President alone and the authority to make such appointments shall expire on September 30, 1979. Authorizes temporary major generals in the Marine Corps to sit on selection boards convened to select brigadier generals to the grade of major general. Authorizes the temporary promotion of Navy and Marine Corps officers designated for limited duty. Terminates such authority after September 30, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1978
Revises the special pay for medical officers, dental officers, veterinary officers, and optometry officers in the uniformed services on active duty.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Total Force Act - Title I: Amendments to Title 10, United States Code - Revises the structure and purpose of the Reserve components of the armed forces. Declares that it is the intent of Congress that the Reserves shall be an equal element in a partnership with the active components of the armed forces. Requires the Chiefs of Reserve, and Chief, National Guard Bureau to establish a career program for personnel whom they designate as being essential to properly support their component's mission. Stipulates that the paid drill strength of the Selected Reserves shall be authorized annually by Congress. Sets forth minimum authorized strength levels for each of the Reserves. Sets forth mandatory minimum training and active duty requirements for members of the Ready Reserve. Reduces the minimum enlistment period for reservists from six to three years. Requires that the Chiefs of Reserve and the Chief, National Guard Bureau be consulted and have input regarding procedures, policies, or actions which may affect their components. Increases the number of Selected Reserves which may be on active duty at any one time from 50,000 to 100,000. Requires the Secretaries of each of the military departments to make available to their reserve components, equipment, services, supplies, and facilities that are necessary to develop and maintain those components at a level comparable to their active component counterparts. Stipulates that exceptions to this requirement by the Secretary concerned may only be made with the prior approval of Congress. Prohibits the withdrawal of serviceable equipment from the Reserves or National Guard forces for transfer to the active forces for a period of more than 60 days without prior notification to Congress. Requires that such a withdrawal be accompanied by an impact statement from the Chief of Reserves or the Chief, National Guard Bureau. Abolishes the position of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Establishes the positions of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Mobilization and Reserve Readiness who shall be responsible for supervising the Reserve and National Guard affairs of the Army and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower who shall have overall supervision of the manpower of the Army. Stipulates that the National Guard Bureau shall be the principal supervisory and general staff operating agency for National Guard affairs and shall be responsible for preserving the integrity of the unit and command structure of the Army and Air National Guards as separate and distinct parts of the structure of the Army and the Air Force. Stipulates that the Office of Army Reserve shall be the supervisory and operating agency for the Army Reserve and shall be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Army Reserve as a separate and distinct part of the structure of the Army. Stipulates that Army reservists may be detailed to Army National Guard positions and that members of the Army National Guard may be assigned to Army Reserve positions. Increases the minimum size of the Marine Corps from three to four combat divisions and from three to four air wings. Stipulates that one combat division and one air wing shall be Reserve. Abolishes the position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Establishes the positions of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Mobilization and Reserve Readiness to supervise the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve and Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower to supervise manpower within the Navy. Establishes an Office of Naval Reserve within the executive part of the Department of the Navy which shall be the principal supervisory and operating agency for the Naval Reserve and which shall be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Naval Reserve as a separate and distinct part of the Navy. Establishes an Office of Marine Corps Reserve within the Navy which shall be the principal supervisory and operating agency for the Marine Corps Reserve and which shall be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Marine Corps Reserve as a separate and distinct part of the Marine Corps. Abolishes the Naval Reserve Policy Board and the Marine Corps Reserve Policy Board and establishes the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Forces Policy Committee which shall review and comment on major policy matters directly affecting the reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps. Establishes a Subcommittee on Naval Reserve Policy and a Subcommittee on Marine Corps Reserve Policy. Stipulates that where a matter solely affects either the Marine Corps Reserve or the Naval Reserve only the appropriate subcommittee may consider the matter. Abolishes the position of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and establishes the positions of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Mobilization and Reserve Readiness who shall supervise the Reserve and National Guard affairs of the department. Stipulates that the Office of Air Force Reserve shall be the principal supervisory and operating agency for the Air Force Reserve and shall be responsible for preserving the integrity of the Air Force Reserve as a separate and distinct part of the Air Force. Stipulates that the Chiefs of the Reserves shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall hold office for four years. Title II: Amendments to Title 14, United States Code - Establishes within the Department of Transportation an Office of Coast Guard Reserve which shall be the principal supervisory and operating agency for the Coast Guard Reserve and which shall be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Coast Guard Reserve as a separate and distinct part of the Coast Guard. Stipulates that the Chief, Coast Guard Reserve shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall hold office for four years. Establishes a Coast Guard Reserve Forces Policy Committee which shall review and comment upon major policy matters directly affecting the reserve components of the Coast Guard. Title III: Amendments to Title 32, United States Code - Requires that, before federal benefits may be denied a State's National Guard for failing to comply with or enforce regulations or requirements contained in title 32, USC (National Guard), the Secretary concerned shall report such proposed action to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives. Stipulates that such proposed action shall take effect unless either committee reports a resolution rejecting such proposed action within 30 days of continuous session. Stipulates that such proposed action shall take effect unless such resolution is adopted by the House of Representatives or the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Veterans' Geriatrics and Gerontological Health Services Act - Establishes the Office of Assistant Chief Medical Director for Geriatrics, Gerontology, and Extended Care within the Office of the Chief Medical Director in the Veterans' Administration. Directs the Administration of Veterans' Affairs to designate 20 Veterans' Administration hospitals as geriatrics centers. Establishes a Geriatrics, Gerontology, and Extended Care Task Force within the Veterans' Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Provides for an official memorial flag to honor war veterans to be displayed in all national cemeteries on Memorial Day in lieu of small flags at individual gravesites. Describes such memorial flag.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Provides that civilian air traffic controllers of the Department of Defense shall be treated the same as air traffic controllers of the Department of Transportation for purposes of retirement.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1979 through 1985 to carry out the provisions of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Exempts veterans applying for federally guaranteed loans or mortgages for homes, condominiums, or mobile homes from the application of State usury laws.
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Stipulates that a member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences whose term of office has expired shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed.
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Prohibits willful disclosure of information identifying or leading to the identification of any individual as a present or former associate with a United States agency engaged in foreign intelligence activities if: (1) the person acquires such information pursuant to the authority of a Federal statute or Executive order and it has been designated as requiring a specific degree of protection; or (2) the person acquires such information knowing or having reason to believe that it has been specifically designated pursuant to a Federal statute or Executive order as requiring a specific degree of protection, and that such disclosure may prejudice the life or physical safety of the individual identified. Excuses disclosure of such information in specified circumstances to Congress, district court judges, and Federal law enforcement officers. Punishes violations of this Act by a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or imprisonment for not more than ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Directs the Secretary of Defense to rescind that portion of the Department of Defense directive which permits deserters from military service to receive in absentia discharges.
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1978
Entitles certain unremarried former spouses of members of the uniformed services to medical and dental benefits under the Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS).
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1978
Entitles individuals serving as cadets or midshipmen at one of the service academies on December 31, 1976, who (1) graduated from such academy; (2) served for more than 180 days on active duty; and (3) were discharged from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, to post-Vietnam era veterans' educational benefits. Provides that any such individual who enrolled in such educational benefits program before enactment of this Act shall be deemed disenrolled from such program. Provides for the refund of any funds contributed by such individual or the Secretary of Defense to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1978
Imposes criminal penalties upon any person in authorized possession of classified information identifying an individual or entity as being or having been employed or associated with the Central Intelligence Agency who releases such information to anyone not authorized to receive such information. Bars from prosecution under this Act persons who release such information to specified congressional committees, United States district court judges, and Federal law enforcement officers upon application to the Attorney General.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that spouses of United States citizen members of the Armed Forces need not reside in a State for at least six months in order to petition for naturalization.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1978
Provides that persons who died while on active military duty are to be considered veterans for the purpose of providing certain medical benefits to their widows or surviving children.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1978
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) with respect to medical and dental benefits for surviving spouses of members and former members of the uniformed services who are not remarried.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1978
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to prepare and submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing recommendations and proposals for means of improving the delivery of health care and related services to senior veterans not later than December 31, 1979. Defines senior veteran for purposes of theis Act as a veteran 60 years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1978
Disapproves the obligation of the United States proposed to be made by the Secretary of the Navy in modification to contracts numbered N00024-69-C-0283 and N00024-70-C-0275 between the United States and the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Systems, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1978
Disapproves the obligation of the United States proposed to be made by the Secretary of the Navy in modifications to contracts numbered N00024-71-C-0268 and N00024-78-C-0206 between the United States and the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Entitles certain unremarried former spouses of members of the uniformed services to medical and dental benefits under the Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS).
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Provides for an official memorial flag to honor war veterans to be displayed in all national cemeteries on Memorial Day in lieu of small flags at individual gravesites. Describes such memorial flag.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1978
Entitles certain unremarried former spouses of members of the uniformed services to medical and dental benefits under the Civilian Health and Medical Plan of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS).
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1978
Authorizes the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to head the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment Service in place of the existing Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1978
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide transportation to the Girl Scouts of the United States to international world friendship events or troops on foreign soil meetings which occur outside the United States. Requires the Girl Scouts to reimburse the Government for the actual cost of such transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1978
Increases the stipend for individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Amends the Public Health Service Act to make former members of such program who have completed all obligated service in one of the military departments eligible for special grants under such Act to engage in private practice in a health manpower shortage area.