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United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Requires that there be at least one regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs in each State.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Nuclear Weapons Health and Safety Enforcement Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) to establish standards for occupational health and safety, public and environmental safety, and for location, design, construction, operation, and decommissioning of Department of Energy (DOE) defense nuclear facilities. Requires the Board to establish licensing standards for new or substantially modified DOE defense nuclear facilities. Prohibits such facilities from commencing operations without such a license. Grants the Board investigatory and oversight powers over the transportation of nuclear materials between facilities. Requires the Board to maintain an onsite staff for investigation, review, and compliance at each DOE defense nuclear facility. Requires the Secretary of Energy to notify the Board and the Congress immediately of any abnormal occurrence at a DOE defense nuclear facility that may result in an unplanned release of radioactive or hazardous materials. Authorizes the Board to issue administrative orders and bring suit in Federal court to compel compliance with its standards (including compliance with State and Federal standards). Authorizes the President, in the interests of national security, to issue the orders the overriding either court orders or administrative orders of the Board. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Provides that, for purposes of veterans' pensions paid during 1990, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consider a one-time bonus paid by a State to be a donation from a public relief organization.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Designates the week of June 10 through June 16, 1990, as State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense should redirect resources currently concentrated on European defenses toward international drug interdiction efforts.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to release all reversionary interests of the United States in two parcels of land at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas County, Oregon. Conditions such release on the requirement that the State of Oregon transfer to the United States Camp Rilea, Clatsop County, Oregon, on a contingent basis.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Designates the week of June 10 through June 16, 1990, as State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to exchange with corporations, associations, societies, or museums books, manuscripts, and other historical material for the purpose of receiving search, salvage, and restoration services which directly benefit the historical collections of the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness and advantages of furnishing care to elderly veterans in nursing homes in order to treat and reactivate or maintain day-to-day living functions in those veterans. Authorizes the Secretary to set a daily rate of reimbursement for such care. Authorizes appropriations for five fiscal years for increased costs of reimbursement of non-Department of Veterans Affairs nursing homes under such program. Requires the Secretary to submit interim and final reports to the Congress concerning the effectiveness of the pilot program.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Uniformed Services Former Spouses Equity Act - Provides that certain former spouses of members of the uniformed services entitled to retired pay shall be paid a pro rata share of such pay, except to the extent that a spousal agreement or court order expressly provides for the payment to the former spouse of amounts of retired pay treated under the agreement or order as property of the member and former spouse. Provides that former spouses of such members shall be eligible to receive a survivor annuity on the same basis as former spouses of retired Federal civilian employees.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Biological Defense Research Reporting Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify each biological defense research facility (BDRF) in writing of the reporting requirements required under this Act. Requires contractual compliance with this Act for each BDRF. Directs each BDRF to notify each police and fire department, and each hospital within closest proximity of such BDRF, of the existence of research efforts conducted with biological agents requiring biosafety levels II, III, or IV. Directs each BDRF to report annually to the Secretary concerning the biological agents, biosafety levels involved, and methods and procedures followed to respond to the release of biological agents into the ecosystem. Requires the Secretary to review and approve each BDRF report and to notify the appropriate police and fire department and hospital of such approval. Requires each BDRF, after receipt of the required approval, to request in writing to meet with representatives of each police and fire department and hospital within closest proximity to such facility. Authorizes the Secretary to cancel or decline the renewal of a contract with a BDRF if he determines that such facility is not in compliance with the requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide that veterans discharged from active military service before October 1, 1949, for a service-connected disease or disability rated as 30 percent or more disabling and who retained the disability for five years are eligible for military commissary and exchange privileges and space-available transportation on military aircraft, to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a period during which veterans who are otherwise eligible for coverage under the Service Disabled Veterans Insurance Program may apply for coverage under such program without regard to the one-year application period.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to accept gifts, devises, and bequests for purposes of enhancing the ability of the Department to provide quality and timely assistance to veterans eligible for benefits from the Department.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Extends to recipients of the Medal of Honor eligibility for medical and dental care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Limits the apportionment to a spouse or child of veterans' benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Provides that the condition of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis developing at least a ten percent degree of disability within seven years from the date of separation from military service shall be presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by such service for purposes of disability compensation benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1989
Deplores the continuing violence in El Salvador and calls for a disengagement of military forces to allow international humanitarian organizations to provide medical attention and supplies to the civilian casualties. Condemns the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) for initiating a military offensive on November 11, 1989. Urges the Government of El Salvador and the FMLN to resume a peaceful dialogue leading to settlement of the conflict. Deplores the murder of six Jesuit priests and two women. Demands that those responsible be brought to justice. Declares that satisfactory resolution of this case will be instrumental in determining continued U.S. support for the Government of El Salvador.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Provides eligibility for burial in national cemeteries for: (1) all members of the Selected Reserve; and (2) all members of the armed forces who were entitled to retired pay for non-regular (reserve) service or who would have been entitled to such retired pay but for the fact that such person was under 60 years of age.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Provides that, for purposes of veterans' pensions paid during 1990, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consider a one-time bonus paid by a State to be a donation from a public relief organization.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1989
Provides that, in evaluating any sealed bid or competitive proposal for a defense contract for the performance of professional services, the head of an agency shall evaluate the bid or proposal as if the hourly labor rates of the professional employees carrying out the professional services are based on a 40-hour work week.
United States · United States Senate · 13 November 1989
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1989
Extends the otherwise applicable ten-year delimiting period for the use of veterans' educational assistance in the case of Vietnam veterans who received special pay while performing active service in Vietnam by one day for each day in which such veteran performed such service.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1989
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 1990 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1990 programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts as passed by the House of Representatives: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (2) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990; (3) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990; (4) the Foreign Operations and Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (6) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; and (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide outpatient medical services to a former prisoner of war for any disability.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989
Makes corrections of technical errors in the enrollment of H.R. 2461 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991).
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Justice (DOJ) should be commended for their efforts to eliminate bid rigging activities at U.S. military facilities in Japan; (2) DOD should conduct a full investigation of all bid rigging allegations at such facilities and seek debarment of all suppliers found to be involved in such activities; (3) DOJ and the Department of State should work with the Japanese Government to ensure that the U.S. Government receives full compensation for overpayments for construction services and goods at Yokosuka Naval base, Japan, that occurred as a result of anticompetitive bidding practices that have been formally documented by the Japanese Government; and (4) DOJ should investigate the U.S. activities of Japanese firms engaged in bid rigging at U.S. military facilities in Japan to determine whether or not these firms are also engaging in anticompetitive activities in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Waives points of order against the conference report on H.R. 2461 (armed forces funding) and against its consideration.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Declares that no person who is a retired regular officer of the U.S. armed forces shall be considered as holding a public office for purposes of provisions that require anyone who destroys public records to forfeit public office and be disqualified from holding office.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Provides that Federal employees who are voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service as a result of the closure or realignment of a military installation under provisions of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act shall be eligible for early retirement under the Civil Service and Federal Employees Retirement Systems unless such employees decline a reasonable offer of another position in their employing agency.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Directs the heads of Federal departments or agencies which hold or receive records and information which have or could possibly have been correlated to U.S. personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts to publicly disclose such records and information, except where such disclosure would compromise national security. Requires the Department of Defense to publicly disclose a complete list of such personnel including those killed in action (body not returned) in such hostilities with each service member's current classification as well as any changes in such classification occurring during or after such hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Camp Pendleton Preservation Act of 1989 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify the Secretary of the Interior upon determining that any real property located at Camp Pendleton, California, is excess property of the Department of Defense (DOD). Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon any such notification, to: (1) review such property to determine the suitability for preserving the natural features of such property; and (2) report to the Congress on necessary legislation for such use. Prohibits any real property at Camp Pendleton determined to be excess DOD property from: (1) being disposed of, or used by, any Federal agency before 270 days following submission of such report; and (2) being developed for residential or commercial use.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Provides that any retired military officer who forfeits public office by reason of being convicted of concealing, removing, damaging, or falsifying Government records shall not forfeit his right to retired pay and other military personnel benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Extends past December 31, 1989 (the current deadline), the provision of educational assistance benefits to those veterans who: (1) are not entitled to benefits under the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance program; and (2) were prevented from completing a program of education before such date because of a physical or mental disability which was not the result of the veteran's own willful misconduct. Terminates such assistance in any case after December 31, 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should allow a Federal department or agency, or a private entity, to use the facilities of the Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environment Test Tank at Earle Naval Weapons Center, Leonardo, New Jersey, for research purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Declares that no person who is a retired regular officer of the U.S. armed forces, is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has served on active duty in Vietnam, and has been awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart shall be considered as holding a public office for purposes of provisions that require anyone who destroys public records to forfeit public office and be disqualified from holding office.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Revises Federal law concerning disciplinary actions for certain health care employees of the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs to: (1) base such actions on performance or conduct during tenure with the Department; (2) expand the Chief Medical Director's authority to appoint disciplinary boards to include appointing chairmen and members of such boards; (3) grant such members the authority to administer oaths; (4) change the purpose of such boards from determining charges of ineptitude, inefficiency, or misconduct to determining the charges in any disciplinary action proposed against such a health care employee; (5) exclude from the disciplinary board process disciplinary actions for suspensions of 14 days or less, reassignments or transfers and reductions in rank without reductions in pay, reprimands, and admonishments; (6) repeal provisions requiring the former Administrator of Veterans Affairs to appoint the chairman and secretary of such boards; (7) provide that when disciplinary boards sustain charges against such employees such boards must recommend within limitations prescribed by the Secretary that the proposed disciplinary action be sustained or modified (currently, such boards recommend suitable disciplinary action when such charges are sustained); and (8) repeal provisions concerning the delegation of authority of the Chief Medical Director to appoint a chairman and secretary to such board and to receive and act upon the recommendations of the board while retaining the existing right of an employee to appeal a disciplinary action to the Secretary. Entitles employees subject to such a disciplinary action to: (1) an advance written notice stating the specific reasons for such action; (2) a reasonable time to answer orally and in writing and to furnish affidavits and other documentary evidence in support of the answer; (3) representation by an attorney or other representative; and (4) a written decision and the specific reasons for the decision at the earliest practicable date. Authorizes the Secretary to review such disciplinary actions under a review procedure which shall include: (1) a right to formal review by an impartial examiner within the Department; (2) a prompt report of the findings and recommendations by the impartial examiner; and (3) a prompt review of the examiner's findings and recommendations by an official of a higher level than the official who issued the disciplinary action.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Authorizes the appointment of Department of Veterans Affairs-trained graduates in certain health-care professions or occupations by the Department without regard to civil service competitive examining procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Requires social workers appointed in the Department of Veterans Affairs: (1) to hold a master's degree in social work from a college or university approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and (2) where their State so requires, to be licensed, certified, or registered as a social worker. Allows the Secretary to waive such requirement for three years after appointment in order to allow for completion of such requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Revises Federal law concerning performance evaluations and disciplinary actions for certain health care employees of the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Allows review boards to review the performance of such employees at any time during the two-year probationary period following their appointment and to recommend appropriate personnel actions to the Chief Medical Director. Permits the Director to accept, reject, or modify such recommendations. Requires the Director to justify any action taken which was not so recommended.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Designates the week of November 5 through November 11, 1989, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Commends Walter Suskind for his courage and heroism in saving hundreds of lives, including the lives of children, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease the naval landing ship dock Hermitage to the Government of Brazil under leasing authority provided in the Arms Export Control Act. Requires lease costs to be charged to the Government of Brazil. Terminates such leasing authority if such lease is not entered into within two years after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) commend Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze for publicly announcing that the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan violated Soviet law and ethics; (2) commend the Soviet Union for the withdrawal of Soviet combat troops on February 15, 1989; (3) urge the Soviet Union to cease its military support of the illegitimate regime in Kabul; and (4) negotiate a political resolution leading to the self-determination of the Afghan people followed by the termination of U.S. military assistance to the Afghan resistance.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1989
Approves the report of the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 with respect to changes in outlay reductions within the defense major functional category of the budget.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1989
Approves the location of a commemorative work to honor women who served in the armed forces of the United States in Vietnam during the Vietnam era on certain Federal land in the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1989
Declares that the Congress acknowledges and appreciates the commitment, devotion, and sacrifices of present and former military families. Designates November 20, 1989, as National Military Families Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1989
Amends Federal provisions relating to the National Guard to add a new chapter concerning the formation of State defense forces. Defines a "State defense force" as a military force organized by a State to become operational when the State National Guard forces are federalized or otherwise unavailable or inadequate for the defense needs of such State. Provides that, as general policy, State defense forces are in the national interest as a reserve force of the States, for specified reasons. Provides that membership in a State defense force shall be determined by the individual States, but that a member of the U.S. armed forces shall not also be a member of a State defense force, unless specifically authorized to do so. Provides further that membership in a State defense force does not exempt a person from any required duty under the Military Selective Service Act, nor does such membership limit a person from enlistment or appointment in an armed force. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to issue or loan military equipment, supplies, or uniforms to a State for use in connection with its State defense force. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe policies and procedures to be followed in the issuing and loaning of such equipment. Authorizes the sale (by the Secretary of the military department concerned) and the wearing of military uniforms by members of a State defense force, as long as such uniforms have been approved by such Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to provide a member of a State defense force and States with defense forces training and training assistance for such forces. Authorizes such training, in the alternative, to be provided by an executive department and an independent agency of the Federal Government in the interest of national security and when not detrimental to the primary operational requirements of the department or agency concerned. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to require reimbursement from a State for the cost of providing training or training assistance to the State defense force of such State. Declares that reimbursement normally should be required in the case of training provided a member of a State defense force for a period exceeding 14 days. Directs that the chief executive officer of a State sponsoring a State defense force is the responsible official for that force. Provides that the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall serve as the means of communication between a State and the Federal Government on matters involving the State defense forces. Provides that a member of a State defense force is not to be considered a member of the U.S. armed forces for any reason, including eligibility for federally-sponsored health care or disability benefits. Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to conduct such background investigations for potential members of State defense forces as considered necessary and appropriate by such Secretary for the granting of appropriate security clearances for such personnel. Encourages a State sponsoring a State defense force to make available to officials of the State defense force all appropriate criminal history information, and to maintain a record of criminal history information pertaining to a member in order that security clearances may be expedited in time of mobilization or national emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Incarcerated Veterans Rehabilitation and Readjustment Act of 1989 - Title I: Incarcerated Veteran Assessment and Assistance - Directs the Attorney General to identify those individuals who may be veterans among those: (1) entering Federal prisons; and (2) who are incarcerated in such prisons and who are to remain incarcerated for more than 30 days. Requires the Attorney General to transmit to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the names and locations of such prisoners. Directs the Secretary to inform such prisoners of their ability to have their veteran status determined and to inform those prisoners determined to be veterans of their rights to veterans' benefits and services as affected by their incarceration. Outlines other information to be provided. Requires the Secretary to suspend all debt collection activities being undertaken against any such prisoner for the entire period of incarceration and six months thereafter. Requires such debt collection suspension for both Federal and State or local inmates. Title II: Incarcerated Veteran Rehabilitation Counseling - Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide readjustment counseling services to those incarcerated veterans suffering from mental and psychological disorders stemming from their military service; (2) safeguard such veterans' possibility of being adjudicated as having service-connected disabilities to the same extent as non-incarcerated veterans; (3) designate an employee from a regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs to act as a liaison between each Federal prison and the Department for such veterans; (4) review physical examinations of such veterans to determine whether they are eligible for benefits under the Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act; and (5) ensure that the designated Department liaison provides liaison services between families of incarcerated veterans and Federal prisons. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct physical examinations, with the incarcerated veterans' consent, for the purpose of aiding in the determination of eligibility for exposure benefits under such Act; (2) transmit such examination results to the Secretary; (3) inform the Secretary of an incarcerated veteran's impending release; and (4) encourage the organization of self-help groups and other similar programs that may contribute to the rehabilitation of incarcerated veterans. Title III: Readjustment Counseling Education - Directs the Secretary to develop a training curriculum, to be available to individuals, organizations, agencies, and health facilities, for assisting relevant professionals employed by the Bureau of Prisons in acquiring the expertise necessary to diagnose and treat psychiatric disabilities peculiar to veterans. Title IV: Post-Incarceration Readjustment Services - Requires the Secretary, upon receiving the names of those veterans about to be released from incarceration, to inform such veterans of readjustment benefits and services available to them. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a disabled veterans' outreach program specialist in each State where a Federal prison is located to serve as liaison between such program and such prison. Directs the Chairman of the United States Parole Commission to: (1) integrate the services available from the readjustment counseling program of the Department into the Federal parole program for released veterans; and (2) encourage Federal parole officers to encourage paroled veterans to make use of vet centers and maintain contact with vet center personnel. Title V: State and Local Outreach Assistance - Directs the Secretary and Assistant Secretary, within six months after enactment of this Act, to implement a program to extend the benefits of this Act to State and local penal institutions with respect to veterans incarcerated in such institutions. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Directs the Attorney General, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, and the Chairman of the U.S. Parole Commission to report annually to the Congress on their activities in implementing this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) settlement of the civil war in El Salvador can only be achieved through negotiations to end hostilities and to incorporate the FMLN into the democratic process; (2) President Cristiani and the FMLN should be urged to continue the negotiating process until a successful conclusion; (3) the United States should encourage all parties, including the Salvadoran armed forces, to support the negotiations; and (4) the United States should stand ready to help implement a negotiated settlement by restructuring its assistance program to increase support for land reform and for the construction of health care and educational facilities to benefit the Salvadoran poor.