Defence

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the stretching out of the $1,200 basic-pay reduction of Montgomery GI Bill participants, and to provide for a payment to the survivors of certain participants who die on active duty.

United States · United States Congress · 22 December 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, to adjust certain individuals' reduction in basic pay (reduced for the purpose of the provision of basic educational assistance for members of the armed forces serving on active duty during a specified period) so that such reduction is no more than $100 and no less than $60 for the first 20 months (with a $1,200 total reduction limit) that the individual is entitled to such pay. Makes identical changes to the reduction in such pay for members of the Selected Reserve component of the armed forces. Provides that, in the event of the service-connected death of an individual whose basic pay has been reduced for the provision of basic educational assistance and who had not received such educational assistance, the Administrator shall pay to the living survivors (in a specified order of priority) the amount by which the individual's basic pay had been so reduced exceeds the total amount of educational assistance paid to such individual.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, by expanding the prohibitions on a person convicted of a felony related to a defense contract and by increasing from one year to five years the length of time that the prohibitions are in effect.

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1987

Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to include, as additional prohibitions against a person who is convicted of any felony arising out of a defense contract with the Department of Defense, the following: (1) serving as a consultant to any defense contractor; or (2) being involved in any other way with a defense contract, as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Increases from one to five years the period after conviction during which such prohibitions shall remain in effect.

A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to set aside an appropriate area within Arlington National Cemetery for the unmarked burial of cremated remains.

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1987

Directs the Secretary of the Army to set aside an appropriate area within Arlington National Cemetery for the unmarked burial of cremated remains of persons entitled to burial in such cemetery.

J. Daniel Howard, of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Robert B. Sims, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 19 December 1987

Grant S. Green, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Robert Clifton Duncan.

United States · United States Senate · 18 December 1987

Intelligence Oversight Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Intelligence Oversight Act of 1987 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal provisions prohibiting the use of funds by or on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for covert action ("special activities") in the absence of a presidential finding that such action is important for national security. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to ensure that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ("intelligence committees") are kept fully and currently informed of special activities. (Current law imposes such duties on the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and agency heads but not on the President himself.) Declares that such activities shall ordinarily be conducted pursuant to consultations between the President and the intelligence committees prior to implementation of special activities. Requires the President to ensure that any illegal intelligence activity or significant intelligence failure is reported to the intelligence committees, as well as any corrective action taken or planned in connection with such illegal activity or failure. (Current law imposes this duty only on the DCI and agency heads, subject to certain conditions.) Provides statutory authority for the President to authorize special activities when necessary to support U.S. foreign policy objectives and when important to U.S. national security. (Current law does not provide express statutory authorization for special activities, nor does it require that the activities be necessary to support U.S. foreign policy objectives.) Requires that this determination be set forth in a finding that meets specified conditions: (1) that each finding be in writing, unless immediate action is required and time does not permit a written finding (in which case a written record of the President's decision would have to be contemporaneously made and reduced to a written finding as soon as possible but not later than 48 hours after the decision is made); (2) that each finding specify each U.S. Government entity authorized to fund or otherwise participate in such special activities; and (3) that each finding specify any third party, including any third country, whom it is contemplated will be used to fund or otherwise participate in the special activity. Prohibits a finding from authorizing any action inconsistent with or contrary to any U.S. statute. Requires the President to ensure that any such finding be reported to the intelligence committees as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours after it has been signed. Allows the President to limit access in extraordinary circumstances to the chairmen and ranking minority members of the intelligence committees, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, but requires that he provide a statement of the reasons for limiting access. Requires the President to promptly notify the intelligence committees or, if applicable, the Members of Congress specified, of any significant change in any previously-approved special activities. Prohibits the conduct of special activities intended to influence U.S. political processes, public opinion, policies, or the media. Defines special activities to mean activities conducted in support of national foreign policy objectives abroad which are planned and executed so that the role of the United States is not apparent or acknowledged publicly. Prohibits the use of U.S. funds for any special activity unless and until a presidential finding has been signed or otherwise issued in accordance with this Act.

A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a two-year test program under which female members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force are assigned to combat support units, vessels, and aircraft.

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of each of the military departments, to establish a two-year test program under which female members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force shall be assigned to specified combat support units, vessels, and air-craft. Directs the Secretary: (1) no later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a plan for such program; and (2) no later than 30 days after such plan is submitted, to begin implementation of the plan. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Committees an interim report after the program has been in effect for one year, and a final report after the program is completed. Directs such final report to include a recommendation on whether female members of the armed forces should continue to serve in such combat support positions. Makes inapplicable to the above provisions current general military law which prohibits female members of the armed forces from serving in direct combat support positions.

A resolution requesting the President to furnish a certain document to the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Requests the President, after consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence, to furnish to the House of Representatives the document, file, or report relating to statements made by Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister Phan Hein concerning certain civilians and members of the armed forces held as prisoners of war or considered to be missing in action since the beginning of the Vietnam Conflict.

A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a two-year test program under which female members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force are assigned to combat support units, vessels, and aircraft.

United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1987

Directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of each of the military departments, to establish a two-year test program under which female members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force shall be assigned to specified combat support units, vessels, and air-craft. Directs the Secretary: (1) no later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a plan for such program; and (2) no later than 30 days after such plan is submitted, to begin implementation of the plan. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Committees an interim report after the program has been in effect for one year, and a final report after the program is completed. Directs such final report to include a recommendation on whether female members of the armed forces should continue to serve in such combat support positions. Makes inapplicable to the above provisions current general military law which prohibits female members of the armed forces from serving in direct combat support positions.

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to reduce United States troops in countries that do not reimburse the United States for certain costs of negative currency fluctuations.

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1987

Directs the Secretary of Defense, during each six-month period beginning on July 1, 1988, to reduce U.S. troops in any NATO-member country, Japan, South Korea, or any other country that participates with the United States in a common defense alliance, in order to offset additional Department of Defense costs resulting from negative currency fluctuations during such six-month period, unless such country reimburses the United States for such costs.

To provide for the establishment of a new Veterans's Administration medical facility in south Texas.

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1987

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to construct a Veterans Administration medical facility in south Texas. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the per-bed construction cost to be funded.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize erection of a memorial and museum on federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in World War II and to commemorate United States participation in that conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial and museum on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its immediate area to honor World War II veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Directs the Commission to plan, design, construct, and oversee the operation of the memorial and museum. Establishes the World War II Memorial and Museum Advisory Board to: (1) promote the establishment of the memorial and museum and encourage the donation of private funds for construction and maintenance; and (2) recommend the site and select the design for the memorial and museum, subject to the approval of the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to solicit private contributions for such memorial and museum. Authorizes Federal funding, in addition to such private funds, for preparation, planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance of the memorial and museum. Authorizes assistance from specified Federal departments and agencies. Authorizes Federal property to be transferred to the Commission, or authorizes the Commission to purchase suitable property within the District of Columbia for the establishment of such memorial and museum.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the 2-tier system for calculating the amount of an annuity paid under the Survivor Benefit Plan for the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1987

Amends Federal armed forces provisions relating to annuity payments under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to eliminate the two-tiered system of payment amounts (a certain percentage of the deceased's base salary to those beneficiaries age 62 or over, and a lower amount for those below age 62) in the calculation of annuity payments for eligible beneficiaries of active-duty and reserve members of the armed forces. Implements in its place a level percentage of base salary for beneficiaries of active-duty members (notwithstanding their age), and a level percentage of base salary for beneficiaries of reserve members. Repeals current Federal provisions which: (1) reduce the annuity amount for beneficiaries upon attaining age 62; and (2) base eligibility for such annuity payments on participation in the SBP on or before a specified date.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve pension benefits for World War I veterans and for surviving spouses of such veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to add $1,800 (currently $800) annually in such benefits to veterans of World War I who were not provided with the educational and home-loan benefits that were provided to veterans of later periods. Increases by $600 annually the rate of pension payable to a qualifying surviving spouse of a veteran of World War I.

A bill to prohibit any funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Defense from being used to implement any sale of the AEGIS weapon system to Japan.

United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1987

Prohibits the use of Department of Defense funds to implement any sale of the AEGIS weapon system to Japan.

A bill to amend the Military Selective Service Act to provide additional selective service registration procedures.

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987

Amends the Military Selective Service Act to provide that any person required to register for selective service under such Act who applies for any form of educational assistance benefits under provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall be considered, by reason of such application, to have registered for selective service. Directs the Secretary of Education to promptly notify the Director of the Selective Service of each person who so registers.

A bill to provide for discounted sales to Vietnam era veterans of homes held for an extended time by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish a program for the discounted sale of real property, manufactured homes, and lots to which a manufactured home is affixed which have been acquired by foreclosure and held for an extended time by the Veterans Administration. Limits such sales to Vietnam era veterans who are eligible for housing loan benefits. Allows such property to be sold at: (1) not less than 80 percent of the regular price for property offered for sale for at least three months but less than seven months; (2) not less than 75 percent of the regular price of property offered for sale for at least seven months but less than a year; and (3) not less than 70 percent of the regular price for property offered for sale for at least one year.

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1987

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and the defense agencies, including their respective reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, defense, and for specified humanitarian assistance. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other equipment and materials. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Navy of aircraft, weapons, shipbuilding and conversion, and other equipment and materials. Prohibits the use of funds for naval vessel construction in foreign shipyards. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and other equipment and materials. Appropriates funds for the National Guard, Reserve, and defense agencies procurement, and for Defense Production Act purchases. Makes all such appropriations available through FY 1990, unless otherwise specified. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for research, development, tests, and evaluation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense agencies. Permits the merger of appropriations for advanced research. Earmarks specified research funds for certain specified programs under the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Earmarks specified funds for the Joint Remotely Piloted Vehicles program, as long as certain reporting requirements are carried out by the Secretary of Defense. Places certain limitations on the obligation of funds for the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology program, including specified reporting requirements. Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. Makes all such appropriations available through FY 1989. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Stock Funds. Title VI: Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense - Appropriates funds for the destruction of the U.S. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund and for the Intelligence Community Staff. Title VIII: General Provisions - Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services to contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record. Prohibits the use of appropriations for unauthorized publicity or propaganda. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense and of each military department to procure the services of experts and consultants if advantageous to the national defense. Exempts the Department of Defense (DOD) from the prohibition against employing non-citizens. Directs the Secretary and each purchasing and contracting agency of DOD to assist American small and minority-owned businesses in their participation in defense contracts. Provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided. Prohibits the use of appropriations for specified practices, including: (1) proficiency flying; and (2) excess household goods shipping and storage. Prohibits the obligation of more than 20 percent of funds appropriated by this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year, except as specified. Permits DOD to accept the use of real property and services from foreign countries in accordance with mutual defense agreements or occupational arrangements or as reciprocal international courtesies. Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the Congress on the services received. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of any food, clothing, clothing materials, wool, or speciality metals not grown, produced, or processed within the United States, with specified exceptions. Permits the use of appropriations for uniforms or uniform allowances for civilian employees. Limits the funds available for legislative liaison activities of DOD. Earmarks specified appropriations for the procurement of commercial transportation service from carriers participating in the civil reserve air fleet program. Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer and merge specified working capital funds. Directs the Secretary to notify the Congress of all such transfers. Limits the cash balances which may be maintained in such funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) initiation of a special access program, without prior notification of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees); (2) a request to the Appropriations Committees for reprogramming of funds, with specified exceptions; (3) certain claims for physician or provider reimbursement for medical services provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); (4) public affairs activities over a specified limitation; (5) administering funds credited to DOD under provisions of the Arms Export Control Act; (6) Senior ROTC units which have had classes with insufficient enrollment; (7) programs of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) beyond FY 1989, with specified exceptions; and (8) excessive military personnel costs associated with morale, welfare, and recreation activities. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the payment of anticipatory possession compensation claims to the Federal Republic of Germany, other than claims under the Global Agreement. Permits the Secretary to contract with collection agencies to recover indebtedness owed to the United States. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) certain noncompetitive contracts for studies or consulting services, unless certain unique elements are present; (2) nonreimbursed medical care in the United States to foreign military or diplomatic personnel or their dependents; (3) certain second career training programs; (4) the demilitarization of surplus nonautomatic firearms of less than a specified caliber; (5) certain multiyear contracts utilizing economic order quantity procurement or unfunded contingent liabilities in excess of a specified amount; and (6) excess per diems in lieu of subsistence when an enlisted member is in a travel status. Prohibits the use of appropriations for waivers of certain cost recovery under the Arms Export Control Act, unless the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are given advance notice. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the transfer of manufacturing equipment and data for military equipment to a foreign country, without prior approval of the Secretary concerned; (2) unjustified intelligence activity, unless the Appropriations Committees are notified; (3) more than 39 Executive Schedule positions in DOD; and (4) altering the command structure for military forces in Alaska. Directs the Secretary, not later than April 8, 1988, and annually thereafter, to report to the Appropriations Committees on the full cost of maintaining U.S. troops overseas, and its effect on the U.S. balance of payments. Imposes a DOD civilian workload ceiling for FY 1988. Requires certain surplus-labor provisions to be included in each contract awarded by DOD in FY 1988 for construction or other services. Allows such requirements to be waived in the interests of national security. Limits the amount of appropriations to be used to pay the military variable housing allowance. Rescinds specified funds from certain military procurement and research and development accounts. Extends the authority for such rescissions through FY 1988. Authorizes the transfer of specified amounts from working capital funds to the Operation and Maintenance, Army, Navy, and Air Force appropriations contained in this Act. Specifies limits on amounts transferred to each military branch. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) leasing DOD aircraft or vehicles to non-Federal agencies when commercial alternatives are available; (2) congressional lobbying; (3) certain multiyear leasing or chartering of vessels with termination liabilities in excess of a specified amount; (4) the operation of more than 247 commissaries in the contiguous United States; (5) procuring certain foreign-manufactured aircraft ejection seats; (6) the pay of certain nonmilitary Army technicians; and (7) purchasing dogs or cats to study the medical treatment of wounds. Prohibits the use of funds for the full-scale engineering development of any major acquisition program until the Secretary certifies to the Appropriations Committees that two or more production sources are not necessary, or provides a plan for the development of two or more sources. Earmarks funds for the Civil Air Patrol. Permits the use of funds for removing feral burros and horses. Prohibits the use of funds to compensate certain foreign selling costs. Permits the obligation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incident to authorized operations of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to retain in active status certain officers who need such status in order to maintain employment as a National Guard or Reserve technician. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of weapons systems for side-by-side testing of such systems with NATO countries, without prior notification to the Appropriations Committees. Expresses the sense of the Congress that competition should be increased in providing for our national defense. Limits the amount of operation and maintenance funds authorized to be used in connection with certain demonstration projects relating to the military health and medical care delivery system. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds: (1) to pay a dislocation allowance in excess of one month's basic allowance for quarters; and (2) to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund for certain members of the armed forces. Directs DOD, during FY 1988, to exclude from diagnosis-related group regulations certain specified services and discharges. Prohibits appropriated funds to be used to carry out an electromagnetic impulse program in the Chesapeake Bay Area in connection with the Electromagnetic Pulse Radiation Environment Simulator for Ships, unless the Secretary makes certain certifications to the Congress regarding such program. Directs DOD to conduct a pilot test program for providing home health care to certain military dependents. Authorizes the use of appropriated funds for the payment of not more than 75 percent of postsecondary educational costs of an officer in the Ready Reserve of the Army National Guard or Army Reserve for education or training during off-duty periods, upon certain conditions. Prohibits the funds appropriated by this Act from being available to pay more than 50 percent of the lump-sum reenlistment bonus for any member of the armed forces. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for conversion to contractor performance of an activity or function of DOD that is currently performed by more than ten DOD civilian employees, until a cost analysis is completed and certified to the Appropriations Committees. Authorizes the transfer and merger of funds appropriated for the lease or purchase of automated data processing equipment, provided that any such transfers are reported quarterly to the Appropriations Committees. Makes appropriations available to exchange or furnish mapping, charting, or geodetic data, supplies, or services to a foreign country pursuant to an agreement for the production or exchange of such services. Authorizes operation and maintenance funds to be available to pay claims authorized by law to be paid by DOD. Authorizes the use of such funds for the removal of unsafe or unsightly buildings or debris of DOD. Limits the amount of funds made available under this Act that the military departments may use for the travel and transportation of dependent children of members stationed overseas. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for any nonappropriated fund activity of DOD that procures alcoholic beverages for resale on a military installation in the United States, unless such beverages are procured in the State in which the installation is located. Makes funds available to the Defense Logistics Agency for the agency's productivity-based incentive awards programs for civilian employees. Earmarks additional funds for military and civilian pay raises as authorized by law. Directs the Secretary to award a U.S. firm a contract for overseas fuel procurement that would otherwise be awarded to a foreign firm, if such firm satisfies certain capacity and other conditions. Provides an exception to such provision. Prohibits funds available to DOD to be used to procure a certain class of machine tools if such tools were not manufactured in the United States or Canada, with specified exceptions. Makes DOD funds available for payments to a hospital which obtains more than six percent of its operating funds from contributions and that limits the care it provides to the treatment of lung and heart conditions. Requires the Secretary to take such action as necessary to ensure that at least 50 percent of the polyacrylonitrile carbon required in the United States is acquired from domestic sources (with such percentage to be phased in from FY 1988 through 1992). Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987 prohibiting the use of funds to support morale, welfare, and recreation activities located in large metropolitan areas. Earmarks specified funds appropriated by this Act for such purpose. Limits the amount of funds authorized to be obligated for the payment of civilian personnel salaries and expenses in FY 1988. Increases certain appropriations restrictions to meet increased pay costs authorized by law. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the procurement of electric utility service in a manner inconsistent with applicable State law; or (2) the payment of salaries of any person who authorizes the transfer of unobligated and deobligated funds into the Reserve for Contingencies of the CIA. Authorizes the cumulative reprogramming of research and development funds without prior notification to the defense subcommittees or the Appropriations Committees. Authorizes the Navy to contract for the construction and charter of up to six clean product tankers to replace the SEALIFT-class tankers now is service. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to authorize activities on the part of the armed forces in celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, and in support of Congressional Bicentennial activities. Authorizes funds appropriated in this Act to be used to acquire M939A1 trucks, under specified conditions. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations providing for payment to contractors for production special tooling and production special test equipment acquired or fabricated in the performance of certain defense contracts. Provides that such regulations shall not apply to contracts for such tooling or equipment where the contract price is less than $1,000,000. Outlines requirements to be included in such regulations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use appropriated funds to charter ships to be used as auxiliary mine sweepers, under a specified condition. Prohibits appropriated funds to be made available in connection with the Forward Area Air Defense Line-of-Sight Forward-Heavy system until the Secretary has certified that such system has met full system requirements. Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from obligating funds for the advance procurement of such system until certain specified testing, certifications, and reporting requirements have been met. Prohibits appropriated funds from being used by the Defense Logistics Agency to assign a supervisor's title or grade when the number of people he or she supervises is considered as a basis for this determination. Earmarks specified funds appropriated under the Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1986 for the procurement and installation of Aerostat radars. Authorizes the transfer of specified funds made available under this Act to the Bureau of Land Management for fire management. Authorizes a specified amount of military personnel funds appropriated under this Act to be used for a test program for the reimbursement of adoption expenses incurred by military personnel under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989. Directs the Secretary to take such actions as necessary to implement a specified program to convert current steam-generating plants at defense facilities in the United States to coal-burning facilities, in order to achieve a special coal consumption target by 1994. Outlines certain conditions for such program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) in order to provide for a strong deterrence, SDI should be a long-term and robust research program; (2) a strong SDI program can enhance U.S. leverage in U.S.-Soviet Union arms reduction negotiations; and (3) the primary emphasis of SDI should be the exploration of new technologies which might have the potential to defend against a responsive Soviet offensive nuclear threat. Directs the Secretary to carry out a competitive evaluation for a heavy truck system configured with a palletized loading system. Requires such evaluation to be completed no later than 24 months after the enactment of this Act. Requires such heavy truck system to be manufactured and assembled in the United States. Prohibits the obligation of any funds provided for the procurement of Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks or for the research and development of a palletized loading system truck until the Secretary has made a certification to the Appropriations Committees that such research and development will be conducted through open competition based on performance specifications for nondevelopmental systems.

Defense Industrial Base Preservation Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1987

Defense Industrial Base Preservation Act of 1987 - States various congressional findings regarding the importance of a strong industrial base for the United States. Title I: Defense Industrial Base - Directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (the Under Secretary) to: (1) provide overall policy guidance and direction to the military departments and defense agencies on matters relating to the maintenance, expansion, and readiness of the U.S. industrial base; (2) analyze, on a continuing basis, the capabilities of the U.S. industrial base to meet national security requirements in time of peace, war, or national emergency; and (3) develop plans and programs that promote the ability of the U.S. industrial base to meet such requirements. Directs the Under Secretary to ensure that the program management and acquisition plan for each major defense acquisition program and for any other such program as designated by the Under Secretary for the Department of Defense (DOD) provides for a continuing analysis of all factors that affect the capability of the defense industrial base to manufacture the system required under such program, as well as to maintain such system during its service life. Requires the Under Secretary to be responsible for compiling and analyzing all data obtained in order to ensure that the U.S. industrial defense base capabilities for such major defense acquisition programs have been assessed by the military department or defense agency involved and by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Directs the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency to identify items of supply that are suitable substitutes for standard military supply items and that are readily available commercially, and to plan for the procurement of such substitute supply items. Directs the Under Secretary to monitor any such action taken by either the Secretary of the military department involved or the head of the defense agency involved. Directs the Secretary of the military department involved or the head of each defense agency to prepare and maintain inventory records of all Government-owned industrial plant equipment furnished to a contractor by such military department or defense agency. Directs such Secretary or the head of such agency, in furnishing equipment to contractors, to give preference to each manufacturer or producer who has entered into an agreement with such Secretary or defense agency head to expand production of supplies and equipment in the event of war or other national emergency. Directs the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency to restrict to domestic firms the competition for all or a portion of a contract opportunity to fulfill such department's or agency's requirements for material, components, or supply items that are products of an emerging technology as listed under this Act. Directs the Under Secretary, in consultation with the above officials, to ensure that the procurement authority exercised above is only in connection with a coordinated program that provides for the support and development of emerging technologies by domestic firms. Directs the Under Secretary to publish in a specified Federal publication a list of the emerging technologies that, upon development, will substantially enhance the capabilities of the U.S. industrial base to meet national security requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency to: (1) restrict to domestic firms the competition for contract opportunities to fulfill such department's or agency's requirements for the procurement of critical supply items, under a specified condition; (2) award a contract in any fiscal year for the procurement of a critical supply item to a contractor that manufactures or produces such item in the United States, under a specified condition; and (3) award more than one contract for the procurement of a critical supply item if doing so is necessary to ensure that at least some percentage of the items to be supplied is manufactured in the United States. Outlines specifications to be included in each solicitation issued by a military department or defense agency for the procurement of a weapon system or other item of equipment pursuant to a major defense acquisition program, with regard to critical supply items needed in connection with such program, requiring a minimum percentage, stated on the basis of cost, of such items to be furnished by one or more domestic firms as opposed to awarding the entire contract to a foreign firm. Requires any foreign firm receiving a major defense or weapon system contract to follow provisions in such contract requiring a specified percentage of the supply items to be used in such contract to be produced in the United States. Directs the Under Secretary, for purposes of these provisions, to determine what items of supply are critical items and to publish a list of such items in a specified DOD publication. Authorizes the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency to provide a preference to each domestic firm which is designated by such Secretary or agency head as a planned source of item procurement in time of war or other national emergency, within a specified limitation. Directs the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency, with respect to each major defense acquisition program conducted by such agency or department, and any other acquisition program designated to such department or agency by the Secretary of Defense, to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, the acquisition plan provides for contract solicitations to include provisions which encourage competing offerors to acquire, for utilization in the performance of the contract, modern production equipment that increases the productivity of the offerors. Outlines information to be contained in contract solicitation provisions regarding such acquisition plans. Directs the Secretary of Defense, with the prior approval of the Attorney General, to approve any joint program agreement entered into by two or more domestic firms for the purpose of carrying out a research and development program utilizing emerging technologies or advanced manufacturing technology in ways that enhance the defense industrial base. Directs the Under Secretary to ensure that such program is coordinated with other defense industrial base programs. Sets forth provisions relating to the Defense Products Exporting Assistance program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into a cooperative agreement with any eligible entity whereby the entity shall agree to furnish technical assistance to business entities and the Secretary shall agree to defray not more than one half of the cost of the assistance furnished by such entity. Limits the amount of assistance authorized to be furnished to any one entity in any fiscal year. Outlines provisions relating to the distribution of funds for payment for technical assistance provided on matters related to the export of defense-related products and services for: (1) FY 1989 and 1990; (2) fiscal years after 1990; and (3) the distribution of assistance among administrative regions of DOD in any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this program. Expresses the findings of the Congress that certain acts (unfair trade practices, violations of certain export agreements, or false certifications concerning the foreign content of a supply item), whether committed by a domestic or foreign firm, will indicate a lack of business honesty or integrity on the part of such firm, and will allow for the authorization of trade suspension or debarment procedures, as specified under this Act, against a contractor. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department or the head of a defense agency, in cases of the interests of vital U.S. defense, to waive such provision and award a contract to a subcontractor or contractor who has been suspended or debarred. Directs the Secretary to provide for clauses in licensing agreements between a domestic and a foreign firm relating to the assurance of contract performance, and for the payment of liquidated damages for any breach of the licensing agreement by such foreign firms. Provides for the deposit of liquidated damages paid to the United States. Provides that funds appropriated for procurement for the military departments and defense agencies for FY 1989 through 1991 shall be available to the Secretary to carry out the DOD Manufacturing Technology program during such fiscal years, in specified amounts, and to carry out the DOD Industrial Modernization Incentives program for such fiscal years, in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Defense Products Exporting Assistance program as established by this Act. Prohibits the head of a defense agency from procuring machine tools manufactured in whole or in part outside the United States, with specified exceptions (relating to the ease of acquiring or producing such items within the United States). Title II: Involvement of Military Factories, Arsenals, and Depots in Industrial Readiness - Directs the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to procure supplies from, or have supplies made for, their respective departments by private sector sources that manufacture or produce such supplies in privately-owned facilities within the United States. Specifies exceptions relating to the ease of acquiring such supplies within the United States.

A bill to authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct a statue in honor and recognition of the women of the United States who served in the Vietnam conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1987

Authorizes the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct a statue of a woman Vietnam veteran within the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site in Washington, D.C., to honor and recognize the women of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam conflict. Expresses the sense of the Congress that after the addition of such statue, no further additions to the site should be authorized or undertaken. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select a site for the statue within the Memorial with the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission. Makes the design proposal subject to the approval of the Secretary and such Commissions. Prohibits the United States or the District of Columbia from paying any expense of constructing the statue. Requires that the construction of such statue be commenced within five years of the date of enactment of this Act, and that funds sufficient to insure completion are certified to be available by the Secretary prior to groundbreaking, or the authority provided by this Act shall lapse. Grants the Secretary the responsibility for the statue's maintenance and care.

A joint resolution to provide that the United States shall implement changes in defense policy that will reduce the likelihood of the first use of all nuclear weapons, renounce the first use of all nuclear weapons, and conclude treaties with all nations renouncing the first use of all nuclear weapons.

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1987

Declares that the United States shall: (1) implement specific changes in defense policy, including changes in deployment and modernization of weapon systems, that will reduce the likelihood of the first use of nuclear weapons; (2) formally renounce the first use of all nuclear weapons; and (3) conclude treaties with all nations renouncing the first use of all nuclear weapons.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to redefine the term "former prisoner of war."

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1987

Redefines the term "former prisoner of war" for purposes of veterans' benefits provisions to include any person who, while serving in the active military, naval, or air service, was forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during World War II, under circumstances which the Administrator of Veterans Affairs finds to have been comparable to those under which persons have generally been forcibly detained or interned by enemy governments during periods of war.

Veterans' Administration Child Care Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1987

Veterans' Administration Child Care Act of 1987 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs of the Veterans Administration (VA) to establish on-site child care centers at VA facilities for the care of children of VA employees and, to the extent space is available, other Federal and non-Federal employees. Requires the Administrator to furnish, at no or nominal cost to the centers, space in existing VA facilities, utilities, and other amenities. Allows the Administrator, on a reimbursable basis, to convert space for use as a center and provide other items necessary for the operation of the center. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations which: (1) provide for participation of parents in the center in setting operating and oversight policies of the center; (2) require the development of a process for determining the fitness and suitability of prospective employees; (3) authorize the parents to conduct fundraising activities to help defray the cost of operations; (4) require the establishment of a schedule of charges for services, including a sliding scale based on the income and assets of a child's parents; and (5) require compliance with all State and local laws. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) enter into contracts for the operation of such centers with nonprofit organizations comprised of parents of children who would receive child care services in such centers, or other nonprofit organizations which have a demonstrated expertise in the operation of child care centers and have established a parent advisory committee; and (2) provide for the direct management of such centers by the Veterans' Canteen Service, including provision for a parent advisory committee.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the Civil Defense Program.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1987

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Defense should immediately provide the Congress with a report on a program for the building of nuclear blast and radiation shelters and for the storage of at least one year's supply of food for every individual in the United States.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding the American Civil Defense Program.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1987

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Defense should immediately provide the Congress with a report on a program for the building of nuclear blast and radiation shelters and for the storage of at least one year's supply of food for every individual in the United States.

A resolution waiving certain points of order against the consideration of the conference report on the bill (H.R. 1748) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1988 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for fiscal year 1988 for the Armed Forces, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1989 for certain specified activities of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1987

Waives points of order against the conference report on H.R. 1748 (armed forces funding) and against its consideration.

A joint resolution to authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to establish a memorial to women of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam war.

United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1987

Authorizes the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to establish a statue of a woman Vietnam veteran within the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to honor and recognize the women of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam war. Expresses the sense of the Congress that after the addition of such statue, no further additions to the site should be authorized or undertaken. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select a site for the statue within the Memorial. Makes the design proposal subject to the approval of the Secretary and the National Capital Planning Commission. Prohibits the United States or the District of Columbia from paying any expense of establishing the statue. Provides that authorization for the statue shall lapse unless: (1) the establishment of such statue is commenced within five years of the date of approval of this resolution; and (2) the Secretary certifies that sufficient funds to complete the statue are available prior to groundbreaking. Makes the Secretary responsible for the statue's maintenance and care. Exempts the Secretary from the requirement of seeking the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts in implementing this resolution.

A bill to authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to establish a commemorative statue to recognize and honor the women of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam war.

United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1987

Authorizes the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to establish a commemorative statue within the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to recognize and honor the women of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam war. Expresses the sense of the Congress that after the addition of such statue, no further commemorative works should be added to the Memorial. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select a site for the statue within the Memorial. Makes the design proposal subject to the approval of the Secretary and the National Capital Planning Commission. Prohibits the United States and the District of Columbia from paying any expense of establishing the statue.

Forgotten Widows and Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1987

Forgotten Widows and Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends armed forces annuity payment provisions to provide that $165 a month shall be the minimum benefit payable to a surviving spouse eligible for such annuity. Provides that any amount in excess of $165 of an annuity payment shall be considered income under laws administered by the Veterans Administration. Provides the same monthly annuity to certain widows and widowers of persons who became entitled to retired or retainer pay before their death before a certain date, or who chose not to provide their spouse with an annuity and died before a certain date. Prohibits a monthly annuity from being reduced to less than $165 a month when such annuity is reduced because there is no longer a dependent child or because the widow or widower attains age 62.

A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide commissary and exchange benefits to certain former spouses of members of the uniformed services.

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1987

Amends the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act by directing the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to provide commissary and exchange benefits to certain unremarried former spouses of members or former members of the uniformed services who performed at least 20 years of creditable service, without regard to the date of the final divorce, dissolution, or annulment decree.

Frank C. Carlucci, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Defense.

United States · United States Senate · 5 November 1987

Intelligence Activities Oversight Improvement Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1987

Intelligence Activities Oversight Improvement Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal provisions prohibiting the use of funds by or on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for covert action ("special activities") in the absence of a presidential finding that such action is important for national security. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the initiation of any special activity by any U.S. department, agency, or entity, or any private entity acting on behalf of the United States, unless and until the activity has been approved by the President and the President has made a written finding that: (1) such activity is essential to the national defense or the conduct of U.S. foreign policy; (2) such activity is consistent with, and in support of, the publicly avowed foreign policy of the United States; (3) the anticipated benefits of such activity justify the risks and consequences of its disclosure to a foreign power; (4) overt or less sensitive alternatives would not be likely to achieve the intended objectives; and (5) the circumstances require the use of extraordinary means. Requires such finding to designate the entity which is to carry out the special activity and to specify the authorized duration (not to exceed one year) of the special activity. (Current law does not require a written finding, or that a designated entity be specifically authorized to carry out the special activity.) Requires the President to submit, before a major special activity is commenced, a report to the intelligence committees of Congress containing the written finding and a description of the nature, scope, and specific objectives of the activity. Allows the President, upon a finding that there exist extraordinary circumstances affecting vital U.S. interests and that time is of the essence in initiating such activity, to limit the prior notice required under this Act to the chairmen and ranking minority members of the intelligence committees, the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, but not beyond 48 hours after the written finding. Requires that, in such cases, the President provide a statement of the reasons for not giving prior notice to the intelligence committees. Requires the President to provide any additional information that either intelligence committee might require about special activities reported. Makes the National Security Council responsible for the supervision of each such activity and for ensuring that the activity remains consistent with the nature, scope, and objectives authorized by the President. Allows the President to authorize special activities not involving elements of high risk, major resources, or serious political consequences by category rather than as individual projects where he finds such activities important to U.S. national security, and where he reports, before any action is commenced, to the intelligence committees. Defines special activity to mean any activity conducted in support of national foreign policy objectives abroad which are planned and executed so that the role of the United States is not apparent or acknowledged publicly. Prohibits the National Security Council from engaging in or carrying out special activities.

Foreign Intelligence Congressional Notification Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1987

Foreign Intelligence Congressional Notification Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the use of funds of any U.S. entity for any intelligence activity or significant anticipated activity, unless the Director of Central Intelligence or the head of the entity has: (1) notified the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives of such activity; or (2) notified the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, if the President has made a written determination that it is essential to limit the number of persons given prior notice of the activity to meet extraordinary circumstances affecting vital U.S. interests. Allows the President to waive such prohibition if he determines in writing that an emergency constituting a grave and immediate threat to national security requires such a waiver. Makes such prohibition inapplicable with respect to an intelligence activity for which funds were specifically authorized by the Congress.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the American Civil Defense program.

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1987

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense should immediately provide the Congress with a report on a program for the building of nuclear blast and radiation shelters and for the storage of at least one year's supply of food for every individual in the United States.

Robert B. Costello, of Michigan, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, vice Richard P. Godwin, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 3 November 1987

CIA Accountability Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1987

CIA Accountability Act of 1987 - Directs the Comptroller General to audit the financial transactions and evaluate the programs and activities of the Central Intelligence Agency: (1) on the initiative of the Comptroller General; or (2) when requested by the Chairman or the ranking minority member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence or the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Requires the Comptroller General to provide the results of such audit to the Committees and the Director of Central Intelligence. Authorizes the Comptroller General to inspect and copy any written or recorded information in the possession or control of the Agency. Requires that the Comptroller General be provided access to officers and employees of the Agency unless the President determines, in a written report, that access to certain personnel is not in the national interest. Requires the Comptroller General, in consultation with the congressional committees, to establish procedures to protect all classified and other sensitive information from unauthorized disclosure. Requires all workpapers of the Comptroller General and all records and property of the Agency used during an audit to remain in Agency facilities. Directs the Director of Central Intelligence to expedite security clearance reviews on General Accounting Office personnel who may have access to classified or other sensitive information during an audit or evaluation.

Defense Supplies Security and Control Reform Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1987

Defense Supplies Security and Control Reform Act of 1987 - Title I: Supply Inventory Management Studies, Demonstration Project, and Modernization Plan - Directs the Secretary of Defense: (1) no later than one year after the enactment of this Act, to carry out a study to determine the effectiveness of Department of Defense (DOD) procedures for ensuring the security and control of supplies at DOD depots; and (2) no later than 18 months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) on the results of the study, and to provide the Comptroller General a copy of such report. Directs the Comptroller General to review such report, and to submit his or her findings and recommendations concerning such report to the defense committees. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the practice of selling surplus DOD munitions to the public; (2) develop improved methods for the identification and accounting of individual DOD munitions items; and (3) prepare a plan for the modernization of the supply facilities and distribution procedures of the military departments and defense agencies of DOD. Requires reports by the Secretary to the defense committees. Title II: Supply Security and Control Improvements - Directs the Secretary, not later than February 1 annually, to report to the defense committees on the security and control of supplies. Outlines information to be included in each such report, including inventory program plans, deficiencies discovered, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the current system of supply inventory security and control. Directs the Secretary to require an investigation of each discrepancy in an accounting for supplies of DOD involving an amount to be prescribed by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to require, to the extent feasible, that defense supply ordering and receiving functions be performed by different offices and individuals. Requires the Secretary to ensure that an individual's performance in accounting for defense supplies is taken into account in evaluating job performance, rating efficiency, or determining fitness for retention, promotion, or assignment to a position of command. Requires the Secretary to ensure that DOD employees and armed forces members performing defense supply functions are skilled in such positions, and are not performing such functions merely for disciplinary reasons. Title III: Law Enforcement Enhancement Provisions - Urges the Secretary to continue to utilize undercover investigative techniques to detect and investigate thefts of Government property, including munitions from the DOD supply system. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a centralized computer system for recording and organizing such investigative information. Amends the Federal criminal code to direct the Secretary to report the theft or other loss of any DOD supply to the Secretary of the Treasury within 24 hours after discovery. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, manufacturer, or other person to place a U.S. military model or serial number on any firearm unless such firearm is being imported or manufactured for use by the United States. Revises Federal provisions relating to the offenses of: (1) attempted embezzlement of public money, property, or records; and (2) purchase or receipt of military, naval, or veterans' facilities property. Provides that, upon the conviction of a person for the theft of Government property, any Federal benefits payable to him or her may be reduced, or (if the total value involved in the theft exceeds $500) terminated.

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988

United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1987

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the defense agencies, including their respective reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, claims against the Department of Defense (DOD), the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration (including transfer of funds), and humanitarian aid for Afghan refugees. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Navy of aircraft, weapons, shipbuilding and conversion, and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for the augmentation of U.S. Coast Guard inventories. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the defense agencies, and for Defense Production Act purchases. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the armed forces and defense stock funds. Title VI: Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense - Appropriates funds for the destruction of the U.S. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund and for the intelligence community staff. Title VIII: General Provisions - Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services to contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record. Prohibits the use of appropriations for unauthorized publicity or propaganda. Authorizes the Secretaries of Defense and of the military departments to procure the services of experts and consultants if advantageous to the national defense. Exempts the DOD from the prohibition against employing non-citizens. Directs the Secretary of Defense and each agency of the Department to assist American small and minority-owned businesses in their participation in defense contracts. Provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act may remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided. Prohibits the use of appropriations for specified practices, including: (1) proficiency flying; and (2) excess household goods shipping and storage. Prohibits the obligation of more than 20 percent of funds appropriated by this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year, except as specified. Permits DOD to accept the use of real property and services from foreign countries in accordance with mutual defense agreements or occupational arrangements or as reciprocal international courtesies. Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the properties and services received. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of any food, clothing, specified cloth (including cotton, silk, and wool) or synthetic fabrics, or specified metals not grown, produced, or processed within the United States, with specified exceptions. Permits the use of appropriations for uniforms or uniform allowances for civilian employees. Limits the funds available for legislative liaison activities of DOD. Earmarks appropriations for the procurement of commercial transportation services from carriers participating in the civil reserve air fleet program. Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest and with the approval of OMB, to transfer and merge specified working capital funds. Directs the Secretary to notify the Congress of all transfers. Limits the cash balances which may be maintained in such funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) fuel conversion at defense facilities in Europe; (2) the preparation of a request to the Appropriations Committees for reprogramming of funds, except as specified; (3) certain claims for physician or provider reimbursement for medical services provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); (4) public affairs activities beyond a specified amount; (5) administering funds credited to DOD under provisions of the Arms Export Control Act; (6) Senior ROTC units which have had classes with insufficient enrollment; (7) programs of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) beyond FY 1989, with specified exceptions; and (8) military personnel costs associated with morale, welfare, and recreational activities. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the payment of anticipatory possession compensation claims to the Federal Republic of Germany, other than claims under the Global Agreement. Permits the Secretary to contract with collection agencies to recover indebtedness owed to the United States. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) certain noncompetitive contracts for studies and consulting services, unless certain unique elements are present; (2) nonreimbursed medical care in the United States furnished to foreign military or diplomatic personnel or their dependents; (3) certain second career training programs; (4) the demilitarization of surplus nonautomatic firearms of less than a specified caliber; (5) certain multiyear contracts utilizing economic order quantity procurement or unfunded contingent liabilities in excess of a specified amount; and (6) excessive per diem in lieu of subsistence when an enlisted member is in a travel status. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) waivers of certain cost recovery under the Arms Export Control Act, unless the Appropriations Committees are given advance notice; (2) the transfer of military equipment or data related to the manufacture of such equipment to a foreign country, without approval of such transfer by the Secretary of the military department involved; (3) unjustified intelligence activity, unless the Appropriations Committees are notified; (4) the purchase of foreign coal or coke for U.S. defense facilities in Europe when U.S. coal is available; (5) the procurement of manual typewriters from Warsaw Pact countries; and (6) converting certain military technician positions to nonmilitary positions in support of the reserves and the guards. Eliminates, during FY 1988, the requirement that the Congress must authorize by law the end-strengths for civilian personnel in DOD. Prohibits setting any end-strength limitations for such personnel during FY 1988. Permits the transfer and merger of funds for increased costs for research, development, test, and evaluation. Prohibits the use of CIA, DOD, or any intelligence agency funds for aid to the Nicaraguan democratic resistance, unless in accordance with the Intelligence Authorization Act. Rescinds specified funds from certain military procurement and research and development accounts. Authorizes additional transfers of funds from working capital funds to the Operation and Maintenance appropriations contained in this Act. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) leasing DOD aircraft or vehicles to non-Federal agencies when commercial alternatives are available; (2) congressional lobbying; (3) certain multiyear leasing or chartering of vessels with excessive termination liabilities; (4) the operation of more than 247 commissaries in the contiguous United States; (5) procuring certain foreign-manufactured aircraft ejection seats; (6) the pay of certain nonmilitary Army Reserve technicians; (7) purchasing dogs or cats to study the medical treatment of wounds; (8) full-scale engineering development of any major acquisition program, until the Secretary certifies to the Appropriations Committees that two or more production sources are not necessary, or provides a plan for the development of two or more sources; and (9) the floating storage of petroleum in non-U.S. vessels. Earmarks funds for the Civil Air Patrol. Permits the use of funds for removing feral burros and horses. Permits the use of funds to pay reasonable costs for the promotion of American aerospace exports at domestic and international exhibits. Permits the appropriation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incident to authorized operations of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to retain in active status certain officers who need such status in order to maintain employment as a National Guard or Reserve Technician. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary should award defense contracts in FY 1988 to the extent possible to contractors who agree to carry out such contracts in labor surplus areas; and (2) competition should be increased in providing for our national defense. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay a dislocation allowance in excess of one month's basic allowance for quarters. Prohibits the use of funds for contracting-out activities performed by the Defense Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, unless the Appropriations Committees receive the results of a cost analysis of such action. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act: (1) to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund for educational assistance for a member of the armed services who receives an enlistment bonus; or (2) for integration of a nuclear warhead into the Army Tactical Missile System. Directs DOD to conduct a pilot test project of providing home health care to certain military dependents. Limits the availability of appropriations for educational costs for off-duty training of military personnel to specified percentages of such costs. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act to be available to pay more than 50 percent of a lump-sum reenlistment bonus to any member. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for conversion to contractor performance of an activity or function of DOD that is currently performed by more than ten DOD civilian employees until a cost analysis on such performance is completed and certified to the Appropriations Committees. Permits transfers of funds from one appropriation account to another for the lease or purchase of automatic data processing equipment if the Secretary reports such transfer to the Appropriations Committees within a specified time. Makes appropriations available to exchange or furnish mapping, charting, or geodetic data, supplies, or services to a foreign country pursuant to an agreement for the exchange of such services. Prohibits the use of funds for the procurement of 120mm mortars or ammunition for such mortars if manufactured outside the United States. Permits the use of DOD funds at sites formerly used by DOD for removal of unsafe buildings or debris, under certain conditions. Limits the amount of operation and maintenance funds that may be used for travel and transportation of the dependent children of military personnel stationed overseas. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to carry out a program to paint a naval vessel with a certain type of paint until the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certifies that the paint does not pose an unacceptable hazard to the marine environment. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the support of any DOD activity that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale on a U.S. military installation, with specified exceptions. Makes funds available to the Defense Logistics Agency for the agency's productivity-based incentive awards programs for civilian employees. Permits the transfer of certain unobligated FY 1983 and FY 1984 DOD funds to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account, under specified conditions. Prohibits the use of Army appropriations for depot maintenance of equipment unless the civilian personnel strengths at Army depots performing communications-electronics depot maintenance are greater than the strengths assigned those depots on September 30, 1985, with specified exceptions. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to pay for contract personnel to perform functions currently performed by DOD employees at the Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Crane, Indiana, or the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, Oklahoma, with a specified exception. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to acquire major automated information systems which have not successfully completed specified oversight reviews. Prohibits any DOD vessel homeported in the United States from being overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a foreign shipyard, except for voyage repairs. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds, after FY 1987, for the direct support of revenue-generating recreational activities located in large metropolitan areas of the United States, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Philadelphia Municipal Authority all rights and interest to a certain portion of the Philadelphia Naval Base, Pennsylvania, under specified terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a long-term contract with the Authority for the purchase of steam generated from a facility to be constructed on the land conveyed by the Secretary. Permits the use of appropriated funds for the procurement, improvement, and modification of the Copperhead and five-inch guided projectiles, under specified conditions. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the procurement of electric utility service in a manner inconsistent with applicable State law; (2) any country if the President determines that such country is failing to take adequate measures to prevent the introduction of narcotic drugs or other controlled substances to U.S. personnel within such country, until the President makes certifications to the Congress that such country is taking every possible means of preventive measures; and (3) the payment of salaries of any person who authorizes the transfer of unobligated and deobligated funds into the Reserve for Contingencies of the CIA. Requires funds appropriated under this Act for CIA construction projects to remain available until expended. Prohibits funds made available under this or any other Act from being used to sell or lease any land which is part of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii. Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987, which prohibits the General Services Administration (GSA) from selling or transferring a specified portion of Fort DeRussy. Directs the Secretary to conduct through CHAMPUS a demonstration project on the treatment of alcoholism designed to compare the use of chemical aversion therapy with the use of other treatments. Requires a report from the Secretary to the Appropriations and Armed Services Committees, and specifies other conditions in connection with the demonstration project. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to authorize activities on the part of the armed forces in celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, and in support of congressional Bicentennial activities. Provides for the accounting of funds received as compensation for damages to the USS Stark. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) operation and maintenance of contractor-owned and operated primary care facilities; (2) the implementation of a specified provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988 calling for an Air Force demonstration project on alternative health care delivery systems; (3) awarding a contract for the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative in excess of a specified amount; and (4) use by the Defense Logistics Agency to assign a supervisor's title or grade when the number of people he or she supervises is considered as a basis for such determination. Specifies a final obligation date for appropriations for the Tenth International Pan American Games. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund for the future cost of certain educational assistance programs for veterans and members of the armed forces; and (2) basic pay and allowances for certain members of the armed forces participating as full-time students when such time is credited toward completion of their service commitment. Permits the use of appropriated funds to fully utilize the facilities at the U.S. Army Engineer's Waterways Experiment Station, with a specified exception. Limits the amount of appropriated funds authorized to be made available for certain central design activities with costs of less than a specified amount. Earmarks specified funds appropriated to the Army under this Act for the Reserve Component Automation System, with certain limitations on the expenditures of such earmarked funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the procurement of Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer Systems, unless a certain condition is met; (2) the procurement of mini- and micro-computers for the Army Reserve component until a specified contract is awarded; and (3) the payment of salaries to operate the U.S. Army Information System Selection and Acquisition Agency after a specified date. Requires expeditious completion of the development of the M72E4 weapon, using Army research and development funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for fixed-price contracts for the development of a major system or subsystem, unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and the Secretary take certain action. Provides that monetary limitations on the purchase price of passenger motor vehicles shall not apply to vehicles purchased for certain intelligence activities. Earmarks specified funds for the construction of classified military projects within the continental United States. Makes funds available for Naval Air Rework Facilities to perform manufacturing in order to compete for production contracts of defense articles, under specified conditions. Provides a certain exception in the computation of non-headquarters personnel, for purposes of reductions required in the number of such personnel. Authorizes DOD to waive Federal regulations concerning wage rates for authorized civilian employees hired for certain health-care occupations, with a specified condition. Revises Federal provisions regarding required competition in the awarding of contracts for the short-term overhaul, repair, or maintenance of naval vessels. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the procurement of goods or services from Toshiba Corporation, or from Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik (or any of their subsidiaries), with a specified exception; (2) the deactivation, transfer, or other diminishing of any part of certain fighter wings and squadrons at specified U.S. military bases; (3) the procurement of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chains manufactured outside the United States Canada; and (4) the consolidation or conversion of heating plants at defense facilities in Europe from coal to district heating systems. Requires DOD to exclude from diagnosis-related regulations certain discharges involving children and newborn infants. Places a funding prohibition on certain studies or contracting-out of services in connection with a specified reservoir administration of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to revise provisions concerning the importation into the United States of military firearms of U.S. manufacture. Requires the reinstatement of import permits for the importation of such firearms which had been suspended prior to the enactment of this Act for specified reasons. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit, through FY 1989, the transfer of excess defense articles to certain NATO and eligible non-NATO allies. Prohibits any funds in this Act or any other funds available to military commissaries and exchanges from being used to purchase or sell Toshiba products. Directs the Secretary of the Army to procure the technical data package (TDP) for the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), and to award contracts for the procurement of HEMTT vehicles after procurement of TDP, using full and open competitive procedures. Directs the Secretary to conduct certain tests in relation to the procurement of such vehicles, and to include certain requirements in future HEMTT contracts. Provides a certain structure of deliveries of such vehicles during FY 1989. Directs the Secretary of Defense to make grants to Sematech (a general research private corporation) in order to defray expenses incurred by Sematech in conducting research on and development of semiconductor manufacturing technology, under certain grant conditions. Authorizes the transfer of a specified amount of funds to the Air Force, after a specified congressional notice-and-wait period, to be used for activities related to Space Launch Recovery. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, using certain prior-year funds, to complete the development and qualification program of the next generation trainer engine (F-109), over the next three-year period. Directs the Secretary of Defense, until October 1, 1988, to carry out a moratorium against the testing of antisatellite weapons in space, unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted such a test. Limits the number of deployed launchers for ICBMs carrying multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), for ICBMs carrying MIRVs and submarine ballistic missiles carrying MIRVs, or for certain other MIRV-carrying missiles, unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has deployed strategic forces in excess of the numerical sublimits in the SALT II agreement. Prohibits funds appropriated for FY 1988 from being obligated or expended to carry out a nuclear explosion in excess of a specified yield, unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has taken specified action in relation to such nuclear testing. Waives such limitations if an agreement is reached between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning such nuclear testing. Prohibits DOD funds from being obligated or expended to develop or deploy an antiballistic missile that is sea-based, air-based, space-based, or mobile-land based, unless the President makes certain certifications to the Congress. Authorizes DOD to transfer prior-year unobligated balances to the Operation and Maintenance appropriations of the reserve components to provide military technician pay the same exemption from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as is currently granted to other military personnel accounts, with specified conditions. Authorizes DOD to transfer prior-year unobligated funds to the appropriation for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, for the procurement of six replacement aircraft for the Flight Inspection program. Prohibits funds available in this or any other Act from being used during FY 1988 for planning for and converting the Naval Avionics Center, Indianapolis, and the Naval Air Engineering Center, Lakehurst operation to operation as a direct appropriation financed activity. Prohibits funds available under this Act from being used to carry out development or deployment of the Space-Based Interceptor project under the Strategic Defense Initiative program.

A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Mrs. William J. Casey in honor of the late William J. Casey.

United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1987

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Mrs. William J. Casey in recognition of the dedicated public service of her late husband, William J. Casey, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.

National Security Reform Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1987

National Security Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the approval, conduct, or funding of covert operations (other than those intended solely for obtaining necessary intelligence) by or on behalf of the executive branch, until the President makes a finding that each such covert operation is important to national security. Requires that each finding be immediately reduced to writing and signed by the President, except that the President may make such finding orally in an emergency affecting vital U.S. interests. Requires the oral finding to be reduced to writing within 24 hours. Provides that a finding shall be effective only with respect to operations beginning after the finding was made. Requires the President to contemporaneously, but in no event later than 24 hours after the making of a written finding, inform the intelligence committees of any such finding. Allows the President to limit such notification, under extraordinary circumstances affecting vital U.S. interests, to oral notice to the chairman and ranking minority members of the intelligence committees, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. Makes the knowing deception of the Congress, or of any committee or subcommittee, a crime punishable by imprisonment for one to five years and a fine of up to $10,000. Allows an individual to avoid liability by notifying in writing the committee or subcommittee of any violation and providing the truthful information in its place within five days. Establishes an Office of the Inspector General within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Requires the President to appoint an Inspector General who shall report to and be under the supervision of only the Director of Central Intelligence or the officer next below in rank. Allows the Director to prohibit the Inspector General from conducting any audit or investigation, or from issuing any subpoena, only concerning ongoing operations and only if such action is necessary to protect vital national security interests. Requires the Director to submit a classified statement to the intelligence committees justifying such action within seven days. Permits the Inspector General to be removed from office only by the President, and requires that the President immediately notify both Houses of Congress in writing of the reasons for any such removal. Includes among the duties of the Inspector General: (1) to conduct investigations and audits to assure that CIA operations are conducted efficiently and in accordance with applicable law and regulations; and (2) to keep the Director and the Congress informed concerning violations, abuses, deficiencies, and corrective actions. Directs the Inspector General to submit a classified semiannual report on his activities to the Director, who shall transmit such report to the intelligence committees. Requires the Inspector General to report serious problems, violations of law or regulations, or serious deficiencies relating to the administration of CIA programs and operations, immediately. Requires the Director to transmit any such report to the intelligence committees within seven days.

National Intelligence Reorganization Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1987

National Intelligence Reorganization Act of 1987 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish a Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to serve as the Nation's senior intelligence officer and primary advisor to the President on foreign intelligence matters. Makes the DNI a member of the National Security Council. Frees the DNI from any duties involving the formulation of foreign policy and the implementation of special activities, except as specifically authorized by this Act. Makes the DNI responsible directly to the President and the National Security Council. Specifies the duties of the DNI, including: (1) ensuring that objective, reliable, coordinated, and timely foreign intelligence is provided to the President and officials in the executive and legislative branches; (2) developing strategy, objectives, and guidance for overseeing the intelligence community and its activities; (3) submitting to the Congress, through the President, a foreign intelligence program and budget; (4) directing foreign intelligence collection activities; (5) overseeing special activities on a periodic basis for compliance with laws and regulations; and (6) monitoring foreign intelligence program implementation, and conducting program and performance audits and evaluations. Provides that the positions of Director and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may not be occupied simultaneously by individuals not having previously served in career positions in the intelligence community. Sets the term of service of the Director at seven years. Prohibits the Director from being reappointed and permits his removal by the President only for cause. Revises the duties of the CIA to be performed under the management direction of the Director of the CIA, so as to include: (1) collecting, producing, and disseminating foreign intelligence and counterintelligence, and coordinating the collection of such data inside the United States with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and outside the United States with other agencies; (2) conducting counterintelligence activities; (3) conducting special activities approved by the President (current law does not explicitly authorize special activities); and (4) protecting the security of its installations, activities, property, and employees. Repeals provisions concerning the appointment of a commissioned officer of the armed forces as Director of the Intelligence Community staff.

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments, when transporting rocket fuel or other hazardous substances, to use routes through the least populated areas and to notify local government officials about such transportation.

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1987

Requires the Secretaries of Defense and of the military departments to ensure that: (1) the land transportation of any material (including rocket fuel) which may pose an unreasonable safety or property risk during transportation shall be conducted by the least populated route; (2) the local authorities of the affected jurisdictions are notified of such transportation before it occurs; and (3) regulations are promulgated to implement this Act.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that full democracy should be instituted in the Republic of Korea and that any intervention or other interference by the armed forces of the Republic of Korea in the internal affairs of that country would be inconsistent with and contradictory to the establishment of full democracy.

United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1987

Declares congressional support for the rapid political change being undertaken in the Republic of Korea, and for the upcoming elections. Commends the recent agreement between the Democratic Justice Party and the Democratic Reunification Party on the issue of constitutional reform. Urges the Government of President Chun Doo Hwan to free all political prisoners and to relax restrictions under the Basic Press Law. Calls on the South Korean armed forces not to interfere in the campaign leading up to direct elections in December 1987 or in their aftermath.

A bill to protect certain pensions and other benefits of veterans and survivors of veterans who are entitled to damages in the case of "In re: 'Agent Orange' Product Liability Litigation".

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1987

Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs from taking into consideration any payment to any person pursuant to the settlement in the case of In re: "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation in determining: (1) eligibility to receive a veterans' pension; (2) the amount of any such pension; or (3) the amount of such person's attributable income for purposes of eligibility for certain medical benefits.

Veterans' Home Loan Program Improvements Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987

Veterans' Home Loan Program Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to increase to $36,000 the amount entitled to each qualifying veteran as a loan guaranteed by the Veterans Administration (VA) for the purchase or construction of a home for such veteran. Makes similar changes in the denominator of the ratio to be used in determining the amount of a direct loan to a veteran for the purchase or construction of a home. Exempts such veterans' home loan guaranty provisions from sequestration procedures under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), and repeals a Federal provision requiring the President to make certain reports to congressional committees following a cancellation of such loan guarantee commitments. Removes the requirement that a veteran must own and occupy a dwelling or residence in order to qualify for a VA-guaranteed loan on such dwelling. Allows, instead, such dwelling or residence to qualify if the veteran concerned certifies that he or she has previously so occupied it. Prohibits the amount of any such VA-guaranteed loan from exceeding 90 percent of the appraised value of the dwelling or farm residence which will secure the loan. Makes identical changes to provisions providing VA-guaranteed loans to purchase manufactured homes and lots. Revises provisions relating to the procedures used for ascertaining the monthly income required by the veteran to meet the anticipated loan payment terms. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, within a reasonable time after receiving proper notice, to provide veterans with information and counseling regarding: (1) alternatives to foreclosure of a VA-guaranteed loan; (2) the VA's and the veteran's liabilities with respect to the loan in the event of foreclosure; and (3) the availability of counseling concerning such matters. Requires the Administrator to ensure sufficient personnel to provide such counseling. Revises the definition of "total indebtedness" for purposes of the liquidation of loans in default. Provides that, in any case where there is a substantial delay in the liquidation sale caused by the loan holder's exercising forbearance at the Administrator's request, the date for determining the total indebtedness of the veteran shall be a date specified by the Administrator between the date forbearance is requested and the date of actual liquidation sale (i.e., the veteran, and not the holder of the loan, shall be responsible for any extra charges or interest accrued on the loan because of such delayed liquidation date). Authorizes the Administrator to specify a sale liquidation date only if the Administrator is authorized to accept conveyance of the property on such date. Requires that, in any other case in which there is a delay in such liquidation sale beyond a reasonable period for such sale, the liquidation date (for purposes of determining total indebtedness) shall be the earliest date on which such "reasonable period for sale" expires. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 and other Federal law to extend from October 1, 1987, through FY 1988 provisions which: (1) provide for determining whether the VA may acquire properties at liquidation sales; and (2) determine the proportion of such acquired properties that the VA may sell for cash. Prohibits the amount of a loan made by the Administrator to finance the purchase of real property from the VA (property acquired through default proceedings) from exceeding 90 percent of the purchase price. Authorizes the payment of a 2.5 percent loan fee to the Administrator by those purchasing real property from the Administrator which was acquired by default. Increases the authorized percentage of cash sales of properties acquired by the Administrator through foreclosures. Extends until October 1, 1999, the authorized period for such sales. Provides that, in the event of default of a loan, if the Administrator refuses to accept a voluntary offer by the veteran to accept the property securing the loan, the Administrator may not include in the amount of such veteran's liability in connection with the loan the cost of a foreclosure proceeding. Provides that a veteran's voluntary conveyance of the property securing the loan shall not release the veteran from any other liability to the Administrator. Prohibits any person from assuming a guaranteed, insured, or direct housing loan obtained by a veteran unless, prior to the assumption, the veteran notifies the holder of the loan in writing and the acceptability of the assumption is established under specified procedures. Provides that, if the acceptability of such loan assumption is established, the veteran shall be relieved of all further liability to the Administrator, unless the Administrator determines that such release would not be in the best interest of the solvency of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund and promptly so notifies the veteran. Provides that, in the case of a sale of the property securing a loan, unless the acceptability of an assumed loan is established, payment in full of all appropriate charges under the terms of the loan shall be immediately due from the veteran on the date of transfer of title by the veteran. Directs the Administrator, upon notification by the veteran of a loan assumption, to provide a written explanation of the veteran's rights and liabilities under such proposed assumption. Provides that if a veteran disposes of real property securing a VA-guaranteed loan and fails to notify the loan holder before the property is disposed of, payment in full shall be immediately due and payable to the holder by the veteran at any time beginning on the date of the transfer. Provides that if the holder has knowledge of a transfer of title by the veteran, the holder shall immediately notify the Administrator of such transfer. Provides that a holder with such knowledge who fails to notify the Administrator shall be liable to the Administrator for any damage sustained as a result of such failure. Requires that any legal papers concerning the VA-guaranteed loan shall include, in conspicuous letters, a statement to the effect that such loan is not assumable without the approval of the VA or its authorized agent. Requires (as a safeguard against transfers to non-creditworthy persons) that a VA-guaranteed loan include a provision that the loan is immediately due and payable upon transfer of the property to a transferee unless the acceptability of the assumption is established in accordance with earlier provisions of this Act. Authorizes the payment of a fee of one-half percent of the loan balance to be charged to any person assuming a VA-guaranteed loan. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations concerning maximum amounts a lender may charge for processing applications for creditworthiness determinations and loan assumptions. Limits to 95 percent of the purchase price of the property securing the loan the amount of any loan that is to be paid by the veteran purchasing a manufactured home. Authorizes the Administrator to contract for such supplementary services and equipment as is necessary to ensure the long-term stability of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. Outlines the supplemental services involved, including the use of loan-service companies, accounting firms, real estate brokers, and other contractors. Directs the Administrator to use funds obtained through loan fees and loan assumption fees to procure such supplemental services. Adds additional funds to such available amounts for FY 1988 and 1989. Extends through FY 1989 the authority for the collection of a loan fee. Directs real estate appraisers appraising property for which a VA-guaranteed loan is being considered to forward an appraisal report to the Administrator for review. Directs the Administrator to then determine the reasonable value of the property, and any construction or alterations necessary, and notify the veteran. Authorizes the Administrator to allow a lender authorized to make loans which are automatically guaranteed by the VA to determine the reasonable value of such property. Requires the appraiser, in such a case, to submit the appraisal report directly to the lender for review, and the lender, as soon as practicable thereafter, to furnish a copy of such report to the veteran who is applying for the loan and to the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, prior to exercising such authority, to establish a random appraisal-review system, to be performed by contract personnel paid from the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. Directs the Administrator, in order to effect the most expeditious sale of property acquired as the result of a guaranteed loan default, and at the best possible price, to list such property with real estate brokers.

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1987

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act of 1987 - Creates a non-rebuttable presumption that, for the purposes of wartime disability compensation for Vietnam veterans, the following diseases shall be considered to have been incurred in, or aggravated by, active military, naval, or air service in Vietnam during the Vietnam era: (1) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; (2) lung cancer becoming manifest within 25 years of service; and (3) a disease that, in accordance with this Act, is determined to be reasonably associated with damage to or suppression of the immune system resulting from exposure to dioxin or any other toxic herbicide used in Vietnam and that is listed in regulations prescribed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. Requires the Administrator to enter into an agreement with an appropriate nonprofit private scientific organization to: (1) conduct a survey of all scientific studies of the effects of dioxin and other toxic herbicides used by the United States in Vietnam on humans or animals; and (2) determine what (if any) diseases are reasonably associated with damage to or suppression of the human immune system as a result of exposure to such herbicides. Designates the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) as the appropriate nonprofit organization, unless: (1) the NAS does not enter into such an agreement with the Administrator; (2) the Administrator has notified the veterans' committees of an alternative organization; and (3) 90 days have elapsed since such notification. Requires that the scientific organization report to the Administrator and the veterans' committees on the name of each disease determined to be reasonably associated with human immune system damage or suppression within one year after enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations listing each such disease within 90 days of receipt of such report, unless a disease is specifically excluded by law. Directs the Administrator to periodically (but not less than annually) survey additional completed studies to determine whether any diseases should be added to the list. Requires that the Administrator: (1) compile and analyze, on a continuing basis, all clinical data obtained by the VA in connection with physical examinations and treatment furnished after November 3, 1981, to veterans who were exposed to dioxin or any other such toxic substance; and (2) submit to the Senate and House of Representatives' Committees on Veterans' Affairs a semiannual report containing such compilation and analysis, along with a discussion of the disabilities identified or treated by the VA, the Administrator's explanation for the incidence of such disabilities, and other reasonable explanations for the incidence of such disabilities.

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1987

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act of 1987 - Creates a non-rebuttable presumption that, for the purposes of wartime disability compensation for Vietnam veterans, the following diseases shall be considered to have been incurred in, or aggravated by, active military, naval, or air service in Vietnam during the Vietnam era: (1) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; (2) lung cancer becoming manifest within 25 years of service; and (3) a disease that, in accordance with this Act, is determined to be reasonably associated with damage to or suppression of the immune system resulting from exposure to dioxin or any other toxic herbicide used in Vietnam and that is listed in regulations prescribed by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. Requires the Administrator to enter into an agreement with an appropriate nonprofit private scientific organization to: (1) conduct a survey of all scientific studies of the effects of dioxin and other toxic herbicides used by the United States in Vietnam on humans or animals; and (2) determine what (if any) diseases are reasonably associated with damage to or suppression of the human immune system as a result of exposure to such herbicides. Designates the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) as the appropriate nonprofit organization, unless: (1) the NAS does not enter into such an agreement with the Administrator; (2) the Administrator has notified the veterans' committees of an alternative organization; and (3) 90 days have elapsed since such notification. Requires that the scientific organization report to the Administrator and the veterans' committees on the name of each disease determined to be reasonably associated with human immune system damage or suppression within one year after enactment of this Act. Directs that the Administrator prescribe regulations listing each such disease within 90 days of receipt of such report, unless a disease is specifically excluded by law. Directs the Administrator to periodically (but not less than annually) survey additional completed studies to determine whether any diseases should be added to the list. Requires that the Administrator: (1) compile and analyze, on a continuing basis, all clinical data obtained by the VA in connection with physical examinations and treatment furnished after November 3, 1981, to veterans who were exposed to dioxin or any other such toxic substance; and (2) submit to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs a semiannual report containing such compilation and analysis, along with a discussion of the disabilities identified or treated by the VA, the Administrator's explanation for the incidence of such disabilities, and other reasonable explanations for the incidence of such disabilities.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat individuals who had commenced the third academic year as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies before January 1, 1977, as veterans of the Vietnam era for purposes of eligibility for educational assistance under chapter 34 of such title.

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1987

Redefines "eligible veterans" for purposes of determining eligibility as a Vietnam veteran for educational assistance to include any individual who had commenced the third academic year as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies before January 1, 1977, if the individual: (1) graduated from such academy; (2) served on active duty for more than 180 days after graduation; and (3) was discharged or released from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable. Sets forth provisions governing the transition to such educational assistance program for veterans enrolled in the educational assistance program for post-Vietnam era veterans. Requires an eligible veteran electing to make such transition to file such election with the Veterans Administration before the expiration of the G.I. Bill.

A bill to prohibit for 12 months the closure or relocation of any Veterans' Administration readjustment counseling center or any other change in the mission or organization of Veterans' Administration medical facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1987

Prohibits for 12 months the closure or relocation of any Veterans Administration (VA) readjustment counseling center or any change in the mission or organization of VA medical facilities.

A bill to provide for limitations on testing of Trident II (D-5) ballistic missiles.

United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1987

Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for testing the Trident II (D-5) missile equipped with more than ten simulated warhead releases.