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Bill· SS. 3263 (96th)referred

All Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1980

All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - 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. 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. Allows such veterans who have served 12 or more consecutive years of active duty to transfer all or any part of their entitlement to their dependents in accordance with provisions of this Act. Prohibits any person divorced from an eligible veteran from receiving any educational assistance based on such veteran's service. Declares the use of an eligible veteran's educational assistance expires ten years after such veteran's last discharge or release from active duty. Sets forth exceptions to such ten-year period based on certain circumstances. 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. 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. 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 8431 (96th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1980

Provides for the issuance of immigrant visas to aliens who are natives of the Philippines (and their families) who served with and were honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces in World War II when such visas are not immediately available under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Exempts such aliens from certain visa fees. Provides that such aliens in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa after enactment of this Act may have their status adjusted to that of an immigrant, and that such status adjustment shall be made without regard to certain foreign residency requirements under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8430 (96th)referred

A bill to compensate those persons who served as enlisted members in the Philippine Scouts and the insular force of the United States Navy during World War II for the difference between their actual pay and allowances and the pay and allowances authorized for other enlisted members of the Regular Army and the Regular Navy of corresponding grades and length of Service.

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1980

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.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 549 (96th)passed

A resolution honoring the Titan II missile hazard team.

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1980

Extends the tributes of the Senate to the members of the United States Air Force who participated, including Sergeant Davis Livingston who died and those members who were injured, in the voluntary mission at the Titan II missile site near Damascus, Arkansas.

Bill· HRH.R. 8383 (96th)referred

A bill to extend the eligibility of certain persons for educational benefits under the GI Bill.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1980

Declares that any member of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots (or any other group of similarly situtated Federal civilian employees) shall be considered to have been released from such service on the date such member is issued a discharge under the G.I. Bill Improvement Act or on the date of enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later. Provides that such members' eligibility for veterans' educational assistance shall be available for ten years after their release date.

Bill· HRH.R. 8380 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain veterans entitled to wartime disability compensation for disabilities and diseases caused by or attributable to exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation during their period of active service.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1980

Entitles veterans to wartime disability compensation for disabilities or diseases attributable to exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation during active service at the Nevada Test Site and specified sites in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from June 30, 1945, to December 12, 1962.

Bill· HRH.R. 8373 (96th)referred

A bill to provide authority for additional nominations for consideration for appointment to the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies.

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1980

Authorizes the superintendent of each of the service academies to nominate additional candidates for appointment to their respective institutions. Limits such nominations to not more than 50 each year and prohibits any such appointments from causing the total strength of an academy to exceed authorized limits.

Bill· HRH.R. 8361 (96th)referred

A bill to provide authority for additional nominations for consideration for appointment to the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1980

Authorizes the superintendent of each of the service academies to nominate additional candidates for appointment to their respective institutions. Limits such nominations to not more than 50 each year and prohibits any such appointments from causing the total strength of an academy to exceed authorized limits.

Bill· HRH.R. 8360 (96th)referred

A bill to increase the monthly basic pay of a certain officer of the Armed Forces and to make subsequent increases in pay and allowances for such officer reflective of changes in the Consumer Price Index.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1980

Increases the monthly basic pay of General Omar N. Bradley. Directs the Secretary of the Army to adjust such pay at the same time and by the same percentage as adjustments to retired or retainer pay are made to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index.

Bill· HRH.R. 8340 (96th)referred

Veterans Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1980

Veterans Radiation Exposure Compensation Act - Provides a presumption of service-connected disability to any veteran who, while serving in the armed forces during a period of war, was exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of nuclear testing by the United States, and who has or has had leukemia, thyroid or bone cancer, or any other disease listed by the advisory panel established by this Act. Entitles any such veteran to wartime disability compensation and wartime death compensation (for death which occurred prior to January 1, 1957). Entitles any veteran who was so exposed during active military, naval, or air service, and who later developed such a disease, to hospital care for psychosis and burial benefits. Establishes within the National Cancer Institute an Advisory Panel on the Health Effects of Exposure to Radiation to conduct a study to identify those types of diseases likely to develop in human beings after exposure to low-level radiation. Sets forth the method of procedure for such panel and directs the panel to report to the Congress on the results of its study not later than nine months after the date it convenes. Terminates such panel three months after its report to the Congress. Exempts such panel from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8321 (96th)referred

A bill to provide for a study of the suitability and feasibility of designating the Vietnam Veterans Chapel, Eagle Nest, New Mexico, as a national memorial to the Vietnam veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1980

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the feasibility of administering the Vietnam Veterans Chapel located near Eagle Nest, New Mexico, as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on such study, including recommendations for further legislation, not later than one year after funds for such study are made available.

Bill· HRH.R. 8289 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from 60 percent to 90 percent the percentage of tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veteran's Administration under the GI bill educational assistance program.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1980

Amends the Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 to increase from 60 to 90 the percentage of tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veterans' Administration under the GI bill education assistance program.

Bill· HRH.R. 8300 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Veterans' Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to require the issuance of guidelines for resolving claims for veterans' benefits based on exposure to the phenoxy herbicide known as Agent Orange during service in the Armed Forces of the United States in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1980

Amends the Veterans' Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to include in the report to Congress on the Agent Orange Study recommendations for administrative and/or legislative action. Directs the Administrator: (1) not later than 90 days after each such report, to publish in the Federal Register proposed regulations for resolving claims for benefits based on service in the Armed Forces in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict; and (2) on the same day of such publication, to submit to the appropriate congressional committees any recommendations for legislative action pursuant to such guidelines. Requires the Administrator to publish the final regulations for resolving such claims not later than 90 days after completion of the public review and comment process.

Bill· HRH.R. 8286 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to allow the Secretaries of the military departments to establish programs to provide educational assistance to individuals enlisting in the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1980

Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to establish an educational assistance program for persons enlisting in an armed force under such Secretary's jurisdiction. Requires the Department of Defense to bear the costs of any such program. Prohibits requiring that any person participating make any contribution to such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations for such programs taking account of the differences among the several armed forces. Requires that such programs provide that any person initially enlisting in an armed force who meets eligibility requirements established by the Secretary concerned, according to specified guidelines, become entitled to educational assistance at the time of such enlistment, with specified exceptions. Sets the period of educational assistance entitlement at one standard academic year (or the equivalent) for: (1) each year of the initial enlistment, up to four years; and (2) each year of active service, provided the person has completed at least two years active service before discharge or other release from active duty. Denies such entitlement to members discharged or otherwise released from active duty before completing two years of active service or under other than honorable conditions. Provides that such entitlement may not be used until a member has completed two years of active service. Directs the Secretary concerned to limit eligibility to persons who: (1) initially enlist for service on active duty in any armed force after September 30, 1980; (2) are graduates of a secondary school; and (3) meet other requirements the Secretary may consider appropriate for the purposes of this Act and the needs of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary concerned to establish the maximum amount (up to $1,500) of assistance for educational expenses at an accredited institution of postsecondary education which may be provided any person under such program in any academic year. Permits different amounts to be established for different categories of persons enlisting. Entitles program participants to subsistence allowances of $400 per month during a nine-month academic year for full-time students (one-half of such amount for less than full-time). Directs the Secretary of Defense to increase the maximum amounts of yearly educational assistance and the subsistence allowance, once each year in a manner consistent with the increase over the preceding 12-month period in the average actual cost of attendance at public institutions of higher education. Allows persons upon reenlistment at the end of their initial enlistment to transfer such entitlement to their spouses or dependent children. Provides that any unused entitlement of a person who dies before electing to transfer such entitlement, but has never elected not to make such a transfer, be automatically transferred to such person's surviving spouse or (if there is no surviving spouse or if the surviving spouse so elects) to such person's children. Sets a ten-year duration for such entitlement beginning on the date of retirement or discharge or other separation from active duty or, in the case of a member who dies on active duty and whose entitlement was thereby automatically transferred, beginning on the date of death. Requires persons entitled to such assistance to submit applications to the Secretary concerned to receive such benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 8278 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain veterans entitled to wartime disability compensation for disabilities and diseases caused by or attributable to exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation during their period of active service.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1980

Entitles veterans to wartime disability compensation for disabilities or diseases attributable to exposure to atomic or nulcear radiation during active service at the Nevada Test Site and specified sites in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from July 16, 1945, to December 12, 1962.

Bill· HRH.R. 8252 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from 60 percent to 90 percent the percentage of the tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veteran's Administration under the GI bill educational assistance program.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1980

Amends the Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 to increase from 60 to 90 the percentage of tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veterans' Administration under the GI bill education assistance program.

Bill· SS. 3179 (96th)referred

Military Recruiting Information Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1980

Military Recruiting Information Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to collect and compile directory information on students who are at least 17 years of age, or who are in the 11th grade or higher, and who are enrolled in a secondary school in the United States, its territories, possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provides that such information: (1) may be made available to the armed forces only for military recruiting and national security purposes; (2) may not be maintained for more than three years relative to each person; and (3) shall be confidential and not open to disclosure other than for purposes of this Act. Requests each State and local government to make available to the Secretary concerned, upon request, any criminal history information on any person relative to military recruitment and related national security.

Bill· HRH.R. 8238 (96th)referred

Independent Agent Orange Study Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1980

Independent Agent Orange Study Act of 1980 - Amends the Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy shall design a protocol for and conduct an epidemiological study of members of the Armed Forces who served during the Vietnam conflict and were exposed to any of the class of chemicals known as dioxins (including the herbicide known as Agent Orange). Provides that any expenses incurred by the Academy pursuant to this Act shall be paid or reimbursed by the Administrator.

Bill· HRH.R. 8222 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 37 of the United States Code to increase for members of the uniformed services incentive pay for aviators, special pay for sea duty, and special pay for enlistments, reenlistments, and extensions of enlistments, and to give enlisted members of the uniformed services basic allowances for subsistence when in travel status.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1980

Increases for members of the uniformed services: (1) incentive pay for officers in aviation service; (2) special pay for enlisted members for sea duty; and (3) special pay bonuses for enlistments, reenlistments and extensions of enlistments. Entitles enlisted members to a basic allowance for subsistence while such member is in travel status away from his or her permanent duty station under orders.

Bill· HRH.R. 8212 (96th)referred

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study whether there is a relationship between the exposure of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to nuclear radiation in connection with the atomic detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki during 1945 and various symptoms currently exhibited by such members.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1980

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress and the Veterans Administration on the relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation following the atomic detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki or in the testing preceding such detonations and any health problems they may presently have.

Bill· HRH.R. 8189 (96th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the provision of full dental care benefits to dependents of members of the uniformed services on active duty under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services and in facilities of the Uniformed Services.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980

Directs the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to contract for outpatient dental care for spouses and children of members of the uniformed services under the CHAMPUS program. Sets forth the amounts of payments for such services for members according to pay grades. Allows dependents to elect to receive such services in military facilities or contracted facilities.

Bill· HRH.R. 8188 (96th)referred

Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980

Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to eliminate the mandatory review by Courts of Military Review and the Court of Military Appeals of sentences affecting general or flag officers. Stipulates that such amendment shall not apply to cases begun before the effective date of this Act. Revises provisions relating to status, jurisdiction, membership, organization, procedure, and administration of the Court of Military Appeals. States, with regard to membership, that: (1) the Court shall consist of five members (presently three); (2) a member must be a member of the bar of a Federal court or the highest court of a State; and (3) not more than three members may be appointed from the same political party. Allows any retired judge of such court to become a senior judge and to temporarily perform the duties of an acting judge on such court because of such judge's illness or any vacancy on the court. States with regard to procedure, that: (1) the rules of practice may be prescribed by the Court; (2) the accused has 60 days from (a) the date of notification of the decision of a Court of Military Review, or (b) the date on which the decision of a Court of Military Review, after being served on appellate counsel for the accused, is deposited with the post office for delivery to the accused, to petition for review. States with regard to administrative procedures, that the Court: (1) shall provide for the publication of its reports for public use; (2) may appoint and fix the pay of necessary employees; and may make necessary expenditures and set fees for the copying of transcripts and other related documents. Sets forth transition provisions regarding: (1) continuation of status; (2) term of office; (3) employees; and (4) financial disclosure. Provides for Supreme Court review by writ of certiorari of: (1) cases reviewed by the Court of Military Appeals in which the sentence extends to death; (2) issues certified to the Court of Military Appeals by the Judge Advocate General; (3) issues reviewed by the Court of Military Appeals upon petition of the accused; and (4) other issues for which the Court of Military Appeals granted relief. States that Appellate Government counsel may represent the United States before the Supreme Court if so requested by the Attorney General in cases arising under the Military Code. Provides for appellate defense counsel representation in such cases.

Bill· SS. 3122 (96th)referred

United States Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980

United States Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to eliminate the mandatory review by Courts of Military Review and the United States Court of Military Appeals of sentences affecting general or flag officers. Stipulates that such amendment shall not apply to cases begun before the effective date of this Act. Revises provisions relating to status, jurisdiction, membership, organization, procedure, and administration of the Court of Military Appeals. States with regard to membership that: (1) the Court shall consist of five members (presently three); (2) a member must be a member of the bar of a Federal court or the highest court of a State; and (3) not more than three members may be appointed from the same political party. States with regard to organization that: (1) the seal of the Court shall be judicially noticed; (2) a majority of the Court shall constitute a quorum (presently two judges for a quorum); and (3) the principal office of the Court shall be in the District of Columbia, but the Court may sit at any other place it designates. States with regard to procedure that: (1) the rules of practice may be prescribed by the Court; and (2) the accused has 60 days from (a) the date of notification of the decision of a Court of Military Review, or (b) the date on which the decision of a Court of Military Review is deposited with the post office for delivery to the accused, to petition for review. States with regard to administrative procedures that the Court: (1) shall provide for the publication of its reports for public use; (2) may appoint and fix the pay of necessary employees; and (3) may make necessary expenditures and set fees for the copying of transcripts and other related documents. Allows any retired judge of the Court to become a senior judge, and with his or her consent, to be called upon by the chief judge of such Court to perform judicial duties for any period. Sets forth transition provisions regarding: (1) continuation of status; (2) term of office; and (3) employees. Provides for Supreme Court review by writ of certiorari of: (1) cases reviewed by the United States Court of Military Appeals in which the sentence extends to death; (2) issues certified to the Court of Military Appeals by the Judge Advocate General; (3) issues reviewed by the Court of Military Appeals upon petition of the accused; and (4) other issues for which the Court of Military Appeals granted relief. States that Appellate Government counsel may represent the United States before the Supreme Court if so requested by the Attorney General in cases arising under the Military Code. Provides for Appellate defense counsel representation in such cases. Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to make the financial disclosure requirements of such Act applicable to the judicial officers and certain employees of the United States Court of Military Appeals.

Bill· HRH.R. 8133 (96th)referred

Department of Defense-Veterans Administration Health Care Planning and Improvements Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980

Department of Defense-Veterans' Administration Health Care Planning and Improvements Act - Title I: Use of Veterans' Administration Medical Resources in Treating Members of the Armed Forces Injured During a Period of War or Other Armed Conflict - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish hospital care to any member of the Armed Forces for a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated during a period of war or other armed conflict. Requires the Secretary of Defense to certify to the Administrator that the Armed Forces lacks the capacity to furnish such care because of the number of casualties sustained during such conflict. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations, not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, to ensure that such members are given priority for hospital care over all other persons except veterans in need of such care for service-connected disabilities. Title II: Interagency Sharing of Medical Resources - Establishes the Federal Interagency Health Resources Committee to be composed of the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Directs the Committee: (1) to evaluate the opportunities for the interagency sharing of health resources between the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration; (2) to prescribe policies and procedures for such interagency sharing; and (3) within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to prescribe guidelines for such interagency sharing to the directors of health care facilities of the Department and the Administration. Requires such guidelines to provide that: (1) the director of each facility shall enter into cooperative arrangements for providing health care to beneficiaries of other facilities; (2) the availability of medical care to beneficiaries of an agency other than the providing agency shall be on a referral basis; (3) an agency shall be reimbursed for a medical service provided to a beneficiary of another agency; and (4) sharing agreements shall be operative upon agreement by medical facility directors unless disapproved by an agency involved. Directs the Administration and the Department to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report regarding interagency medical resource sharing activities.

Bill· HRH.R. 8143 (96th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the provision of full dental care benefits to dependents of members of the uniformed services on active duty under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services and in facilities of the Uniformed Services.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980

Directs the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to contract for outpatient dental care for spouses and children of members of the uniformed services under the CHAMPUS program and in facilities of the uniformed services. Sets forth the amounts of payments to be made by members in accordance with such members pay grades.

Bill· HRH.R. 8138 (96th)referred

Vietnam ERA Veterans Agent Orange Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980

Vietnam Era Veterans Agent Orange Act - Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for certain diseases arising in Vietnam-era veterans (and for birth defects in their children) exposed to Agent Orange.

Bill· SS. 3115 (96th)referred

A bill to provide a special defense to the liability of political subdivisions of States under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) relating to civil actions for the deprivation of rights.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1980

Amends current law creating a Federal cause of action for the violation of a person's civil rights under color of State law to exempt from liability a local government which acted in good faith with a reasonable belief that its actions were not in violation of constitutional rights or laws providing for equal rights of citizens or persons.

Law· HRH.R. 8105 (96th)open

Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1980

Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1981 to each of the armed forces for pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel, and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations for military personnel on active duty. Appropriates specified amounts to each Reserve and National Guard component of the armed forces for personnel costs. Title II: Retired Military Personnel - Appropriates specified sums for retired and retainer pay for retired military personnel. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates specified sums for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses and the stock fund for each of the armed forces and their reserve components and for the defense agencies; (2) expenses of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice; (3) the payment of claims against the Department of Defense; and (4) salaries and expenses of the Court of Military Appeals. Title IV: Procurement - Appropriates specified sums to the various military departments and the defense agencies for the procurement of weapons and defense articles. Title V: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates specified sums to each of the armed forces and to the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation purposes. Title VI: Special Foreign Currency Program - Appropriates a specified sum for payment in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be in excess of the normal requirements of the United States for expenses in carrying out the programs of the Department of Defense. Title VII: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of appropriations under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assist small and minority owned businesses to participate equitably in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this Act. Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act for the purchase of specified goods in amounts over $10,000 unless such goods are produced in the United States. Includes services and supplies deemed to be medically or psychologically necessary by optometrists, certified psychiatric nurses, and other nurse practitioners within the CHAMPUS program's coverage. Prohibits the use of funds used under this Act for: (1) the consolidation or realignment of advanced or undergraduate pilot training squadrons of the Navy as proposed by the DOD; (2) the support of ROTC units which have not maintained the minimum enrollment standard for the four preceding years; and (3) abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or for victims of rape or incest when reported promptly to law enforcement or public health officials. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to recover a portion of the care and handling costs of surplus property (as authorized under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act). Directs that funds appropriated under this Act be made available to provide support in accordance with certain provisions of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 for certain DOD cryptologic personnel serving overseas. Permits certain supplies to be sold to contractors to be used in DOD contracts. Prohibits: (1) the payment of two disability retired pays (military and civil) to any person for the same disability; and (2) the use of funds for elective surgery for minor dermatological blemishes or marks. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the purchase of insignia for resale unless the sales price is adjusted to recover the cost of purchase and related expenses; (2) the payment of anticipatory possession compensation claims to the Federal Republic of Germany other than the claims listed in the Global Agreement of 1973; (3) certain unsolicited, noncompetitive contract proposals for studies, analyses, or consulting services; (4) the provision of medical care in the United States to foreign military and diplomatic personnel or their dependents, unless the DOD is reimbursed; (5) the payment of overtime to nonexempt personnel; (6) decommissioning, transferring, or otherwise disposing of specified Naval Reserve Force destroyers; and (7) salaries and expenses for the purpose of demilitarization of small firearms. Title VIII: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff and for expenses of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund in order to maintain a proper funding level for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.

Bill· HRH.R. 8035 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the provisions of such title relating to the construction and alteration of, and acquisition of land for, national cemeteries.

United States · United States Congress · 27 August 1980

Revises the procedures of the Veterans' Administration for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of land for cemeteries, and requires congressional oversight of any such project involving a total expenditure of more than $500,000.

Law· SS. 3074 (96th)open

Department of Energy National Defense Programs Authorization Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1980

Department of Energy National Defense Programs Authorization Act of 1981 - Title I: National Defense Programs - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for fiscal year 1981 for operating expenses incurred in carrying out specified national defense programs. Authorizes appropriations to the DOE for fiscal year 1981 for plant and capital equipment necessary for the following national defense program activities: (1) inertial confinement fusion; (2) naval reactors development; (3) weapons activities; (4) materials production; (5) defense nuclear waste management; and (6) capital equipment not related to construction. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits unless Congress after receiving notice does not object: (1) sums for any program from exceeding stated limits of the program's authorization; (2) funds being used for any program not presented to Congress; and (3) obligations for construction projects which exceed the authorized or estimated amount. Permits the Secretary of Energy to carry out: (1) any general plant construction project if the total estimated cost of construction is below $1,000,000; and (2) advance planning and construction designs in connection with any proposed construction project, if the total estimated cost does not exceed $2,000,000. Permits funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects to be used, when necessary, in connection with all national security programs of the DOE. Requires the Secretary to: (1) produce and stockpile the nuclear materials and the warhead components necessary to enable the rapid conversion of certain warheads to an enhanced radiation capability; and (2) develop a plan for a cooperative program to provide assistance in the stabilization and management of certain uranium mill tailings.

Bill· SS. 3059 (96th)passed

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1980

Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules, or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes appropriations for minor construction projects. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for the construction of the Air Passenger Terminal in Keflavik, Iceland. Stipulates that the United States share of such construction costs shall not exceed $20,000,000. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction of the Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, California, until the Secretary submits a report to specified congressional committees on the selection of a site for such Center, and the committees grant written approval for such site. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire by exchange necessary lands for two established, low-level, high-speed aircraft corridors to serve the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake, California. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in title I of this Act. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities which are determined to be vital to the security of the United States. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to participate in the five-year slice group plan for 1980 through 1984 to implement the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure program. Limits the United States' share of such plan to 27.3 percent of the total amount of commitments made by all other member nations. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to incur NATO facilities construction costs of up to $300,000,000. Requires the Secretary to report to the Senate and the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees concerning such costs. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of contingency facilities in the Middle East and Indian Ocean areas. Prohibits the expenditure of such funds until: (1) the United States and the country exercising sovereignty over lands for such construction have entered into a formal agreement guaranteeing the United States access to and use of the facility; and (2) a copy of the agreement has been transmitted to the Congress. Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a written report to the appropriate congressional committees before the expenditure of any such funds and sets forth areas to be addressed in such report. Requires construction materials (except cement products) to be products of the United States and transported on United States flagships. Sets forth prerequisites for the expenditure of appropriated funds for the construction of a Defense Intelligence Agency facility at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. Title V: Military Family Housing - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct or acquire military family housing. Authorizes appropriations for such housing at specified locations in the U.S. and overseas. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) improve existing quarters; and (2) provide for advance planning and construction design, including architectural and engineering services. Limits the amounts that may be expended for such purposes. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1968, to increase the cost limitation on certain home repairs from $10,000 to $20,000. Increases the average monthly expenditures for the rental of military facilities in the United States (other than Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam), Puerto Rico, and foreign countries. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt not more than one percent of rental units from such cost limitations. Makes occupants liable for damage to military family housing. Allows contractor claims (relating to such housing) to proceed even though settlement of such claims would exceed spending limitations, after reporting such claims to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes the Secretary to complete housing construction in Oahu, Hawaii, notwithstanding specified cost limitations. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, to increase the funding limit for the Naval Facility, Centerville Beach, California, from $1,509,000 to $2,030,000. Repeals provisions of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1978, relating to energy consumption metering devices and excess energy consumption charges. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations and Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretaries of the various military departments to develop installations under this Act without regard to provisions of law which prohibit the advancement of public moneys and which require the submission of detailed cost estimates to Congress. Establishes expenditure ceilings for each title of this Act. Authorizes limited increases in the amounts authorized pursuant to this Act if the Secretary of the military department or the Director of the defense agency concerned determines that such an increase is required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual and unanticipated variations in costs. Directs the Secretary of Defense to encourage the use of solar energy for projects authorized by this Act and authorizes the Secretary to increase the cost limitations or floor area limitations for a project in order to equip it with solar energy heating or cooling equipment. Establishes measures and responsibility for supervising the construction work authorized under this Act. Repeals prior Military Construction Authorization Acts. Specifies exceptions to such repealer. Sets forth unit cost limitations based on square footage for projects authorized pursuant to this Act. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, to increase certain appropriated amounts. Title VII: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces of various military departments. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such entity. Title VIII: General Provisions - Declares that solar energy systems shall be considered cost effective if the original investment cost differential can be recovered over the expected life of the facility using accepted life cycle costing procedures. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1977, regarding a land conveyance to South Charleston, West Virginia, to: (1) increase the acreage involved in such conveyance; and (2) include the Department of the Navy in the administration of the land conveyed to the U.S. by South Charleston. Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the amount at which: (1) military real property transactions must be preceded by a report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees; and (2) a military department may acquire any interest in land for national defense purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to amend the declaration of taking certain lands in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, signed by the Secretary on December 26, 1979, by substituting such taking with a leasehold estate for a term of 75 years. Directs the Secretary to convey to the city of San Diego all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all or any part of the real property of the Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, California, in consideration for the acquisition of the Balboa Park area. Authorizes the Secretary to construct a Navy hospital or medical center on such leased lands in the Balboa Park area. Directs the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, to furnish to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for the conversion to an alternate fuel for use in Department of Defense oil or gas fired plants. Prohibits the Department of Defense from constructing new boiler plants which use oil or gas and which require heat input rates in excess of 50,000,000 British thermal units. Directs the Secretary of Defense to remove all chemical munitions from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado and to report to the congressional committees on Armed Services on the methods to be used to carry out such removal. Directs the Secretary of the Navy, within six months of enactment of this Act, to begin a decontamination study to determine the feasibility and cost of clearing the island of Kahoolawe, Hawaii, and adjacent waters of ordnance and other debris resulting from the use of such island as a target range by the Navy.

Bill· HRH.R. 8009 (96th)referred

Omnibus Antiterrorism Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1980

Omnibus Antiterrorism Act of 1980 - Title I: International Terrorism - Directs the President to submit annual reports to Congress concerning: (1) state support of international terrorism, including a list of countries currently supporting international terrorism; and (2) acts of international terrorism which affected U.S. citizens, interests, or property. Specifies the sanctions to be imposed against such countries. Urges the President to seek international agreements to assure cooperation in combating terrorism. Lists provisions which should be given priority in negotiating such agreements. Title II: Aviation Security - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation to assess the effectiveness of security measures maintained at foreign airports and report such assessments to Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to restrict operations at those foreign airports failing to bring their security measures to the specified level of effectiveness. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical aviation security assistance to foreign governments. Extends the provisions requiring weapons detection screening for all passenger operations (currently required for all scheduled passenger operations). Amends provisions of the Federal criminal code that specify prohibited acts regarding the destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities to, among other revisions, set forth penalties for committing violence against a passenger which is likely to endanger an aircraft in service, and for communicating false information which results in endangering the safety of an aircraft in flight. Sets forth penalties for a person found in the United States who has committed against or aboard a foreign aircraft an offense in violation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation. Authorizes civil penalties for carrying an accessible weapon aboard an aircraft and for imparting or conveying information known to be false regarding specified crimes aboard an aircraft. Specifies criminal penalties for threatening to commit air piracy or any other of certain crimes aboard an aircraft or for placing or attempting to place a loaded firearm aboard an aircraft in baggage which is not accessible to in-flight passengers. Title III: Explosive Taggants - Amends provisions relating to the manufacture of explosive materials to require such manufacturers to add an identification taggant and a detection taggant to the explosive materials. Prohibits the distribution, importation, or sale of explosive materials without such taggants. Exempts explosives used by Federal agencies for national defense or security purposes and black, smokeless propellant powders from such tagging requirements. Title IV: Assistance for Victims of Terrorism - Directs the Secretary of State to recommend ways in which the United States can assist in making services available to survivors of terrorist incidents and their families. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a task force for U.S. victims of terrorism to establish guidelines for meeting the needs of such victims. Title V: Federal Preparedness to Reduce the Effects of Terrorist Acts - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) coordinate Federal planning to reduce the consequences of terrorist acts that would result in major disruptions in the United States; and (2) recommend to the President ways to reduce the effects of terrorist acts.

Bill· HRH.R. 8005 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish 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 pension and for the surviving spouses of such veterans who are entitled to receive pension.

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1980

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 8007 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow educational assistance benefits to be provided to adult children of members of the Armed Forces being forcibly interned by foreign governments on the same basis as such benefits are provided to adult children of veterans with service-connected total disabilities which are permanent in nature.

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1980

Allows educational assistance benefits to be provided to adult children of members of the Armed Forces being forcibly interned by foreign governments on the same basis as such benefits are provided to adult children of veterans with permanent service-connected total disabilities. Prohibits such benefits to extend beyond such child's 31st birthday.

Bill· HRH.R. 7980 (96th)referred

A bill to provide hospital care facilities operated by the Veterans' Administration within a reasonable distance of veterans with service-connected disabilities who live in the area of Las Vegas, Nevada.

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1980

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the use of a privately or publicly owned facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, to provide hospital care for veterans with service-connected disabilities.

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