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United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1988
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and 1990 for civil defense programs under the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1988
Department of Defense Amended Budget Authorization Act, 1989 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, and the Air Force for FY 1989 for the following: (1) aircraft; (2) missiles; (3) weapons and tracked combat vehicles; (4) ammunition; (5) shipbuilding and conversion; and (6) other procurement. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for FY 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 to add recognition of a recent Memorandum of Understanding and other follow-on support agreements to the authority provided to the Secretary of Defense in connection with the NATO Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, testing, and evaluation. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for operation and maintenance for the following: (1) the armed forces and the armed forces reserves; (2) the defense agencies; (3) the National Guard; (4) the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice; (5) defense claims; (6) the Court of Military Appeals; and (7) environmental restoration, defense. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for the working capital funds of the armed forces and the defense agencies. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1989. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for the reserve forces for FY 1989. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive such end strengths by a specified percentage and requires such end strengths to be reduced in a specified manner. Authorizes end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves for FY 1989. Increases the number of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Authorizes average military training student loads for the armed forces, the reserves, and the National Guard for FY 1989. Requires the adjustment of such student loads consistent with the end strengths for active and reserve forces. Title V: General Provisions - Repeals the following: (1) the current Federal requirement for a separate budget request for the procurement of reserve equipment; (2) the current Federal requirement directing the Congress to authorize end strengths for civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (DOD) as of the end of each fiscal year; (3) a provision of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 which requires the gradual reduction in non-management headquarters activities and support activities; and (4) specified provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 limiting certain funds to be authorized or appropriated during FY 1989, providing an indefinite limitation on funds for forward area air defense systems, and providing an indefinite limitation on funds for a nuclear warhead for the Army Tactical Missile System. Increases the authorized maximum annual limitation for cross-servicing agreements with allied countries (amounts used for the mutual defense of the United States and NATO countries). Exempts defense contracts estimated to cost $1,000,000 or less from the wage-rate threshold requirements of the Service Contract Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1988
Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 1988 - Title I: Educational Assistance and Vocational Rehabilitation Program Improvements - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to make cooperative training benefits available both to veterans entitled to: (1) educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill active-duty educational assistance program; and (2) educational assistance under the post-Vietnam Era Educational Assistance program. Authorizes payment through the Veterans Administration (VA) for such training at 80 percent of the basic full-time monthly rate otherwise payable, with the member's educational assistance entitlement charged accordingly. Eliminates the reference to a high school equivalency certificate (as a requirement for eligibility for educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill), instead requiring that an individual have certain alternate school credentials accepted by the armed forces, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Defense, which are equivalent to a secondary school diploma. Provides that a person who receives an early discharge from service for a preexisting medical condition which the Administrator of Veterans Affairs determines is not service-connected and, as a result of such discharge or release, does not meet the length-of-service requirements for entitlement to educational assistance, shall be entitled to receive military pay equal to the entire amount of his or her military pay reduction previously taken for participation in such program, less any inservice educational assistance received before such release or discharge. Authorizes an individual who is eligible for educational assistance and who is separated from service prior to the completion of his or her four-year Selected Reserve obligation due to disability, hardship, or the convenience of the Government, to elect whether he or she wants to receive entitlement based on two years of active-duty obligation or to receive such entitlement based on four years of Selected Reserve duty. Authorizes the use of nonpay work training programs for veterans in State or local government agencies (currently, such veterans may only obtain such nonpay work training programs through Federal agencies), supported in whole or in part with Federal funding, to provide appropriate training or work experience for an eligible service-disabled veteran under the veterans' vocational rehabilitation program. Requires the VA to promulgate regulations to monitor and guard against abuse of such free resource by the employing agency and to ensure that such training is in the best interest of the veterans and the Federal Government. Limits the amount of educational assistance payable to a veteran under the post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program when such veterans are incarcerated in a Federal, State, or local penal institution for conviction of a felony. Reduces such amount to the lesser of the amount otherwise payable or the established charges for tuition, fees, and necessary books, supplies, and equipment. Reduces such amount further to the extent tuition and fees are paid under other non-VA governmental programs. Title II: Administrative Provisions - Revises current Federal provisions which provide for the measurement of certain unit courses or subjects pursued by veterans toward a standard college degree to measure such course enrollment by converting the credit hours being pursued to equivalent clock hours, and combining this number with the actual number of clock hours concurrently pursued, if any, to determine appropriate training time to be credited to such veterans. Extends through December 31, 1993, the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education. Amends various veterans' educational assistance provisions to permit eligible veterans to receive payment for the pursuit of remedial, refresher, or deficiency courses, with an appropriate charge to that individual's total educational assistance entitlement. Provides that certain individuals' entitlement to educational assistance will be computed from the date of first entry on active duty. (Currently, the entitlement period begins on the period after the individual's basic pay is reduced for such educational assistance.) Provides for a proportionate reduction in educational assistance entitlement in accordance with the reduction in monthly educational assistance allowance paid when a veteran pursuing an apprenticeship or other on-the-job training program fails to work at least 120 hours in a month. Provides the same proportionate reduction for educational assistance benefits under the post-Vietnam Era Educational Assistance program for failure to complete 120 hours of apprenticeship or other on-the-job training in a month. Requires the Assistant Secretary for Force Management and Personnel to be an ex officio member of the Commission to Assess Veterans' Education Policy.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1988
Veterans Administration Multiyear Contracting Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, subject to certain restrictions, to enter into a multiyear contract for the acquisition of supplies or services when: (1) appropriations are available and adequate for fixed obligations required for total payments under the full term of the contract or for payment for the first fiscal year plus cancellation costs; and (2) the Administrator determines that such a contract will reduce contract costs or achieve economics in administration, performance, and operation, that during the proposed contract period there will be a continuing or recurring and constant need for supplies or services, that the specifications for the supplies or services are stable and the technical risks are not excessive, and that such a contract will not inhibit small business bids. Specifies that a multiyear contract shall include: (1) a provision that the Veterans Administration's (VA) contract obligation during the second or any subsequent fiscal year is contingent on the appropriation of funds, if appropriations are not available to cover total contract payments; and (2) provision for the payment of a cancellation charge to compensate the contractor for any nonrecurring, unrecovered costs if the contract is canceled. Allows performance under the contract to be canceled if the amount of funds appropriated is insufficient to cover programs of the VA and all multiyear contracts. Provides for the payment of cancellation costs from: (1) appropriated funds which were originally available either for contract performance or for cancellation payments; or (2) current year funds available for contracting, if funds are not available from the original account. Allows amounts appropriated to finance cancellation costs to remain available until expended for outyear cancellation or contract costs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1988
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). Declares that the authorized amounts and personnel ceilings for such intelligence activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared by the Committee of Conference to accompany specified legislation. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to employ civilian personnel in excess of the ceiling for such personnel when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1989. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 244 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Provides that such staff shall be administered in the same manner as the CIA. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY 1989. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency Administrative Provisions - Allows the Director of Central Intelligence, during FY 1989, to grant appropriate relief to former CIA employees who unfairly had their CIA careers adversely affected as a result of allegations concerning their loyalty to the United States. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees to permit certain employees who are subject to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement System to elect to become subject to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Title V: Defense Intelligence Commercial Entities - Allows the Secretary of Defense to authorize the establishment and operation of commercial entities to provide cover for DOD foreign intelligence collection activities. Sets forth procedures for the establishment, operation, funding, and oversight of such entities. Title VI: NSA/DIA Personnel Authorities Improvements - States that certain allowances received by National Security Agency (NSA) and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) personnel shall be excluded from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Title VII: FBI Enhanced Counterintelligence Authorities - Permits FBI access to consumer reports and Social Security information when such reports and information are sought in connection with an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation. Title VIII: General Provisions - Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for employee benefits to be increased to meet increases in such benefits authorized by law.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1988
DIC Rate Equity Act of 1988 - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses and children of veterans who have died from service-connected disabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1988
Public Shipyard Mobilization Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to assign projects for the modernization, overhaul, repair, or maintenance of naval vessels to specified public shipyards as necessary to maintain the workforce, skills, facilities, tools, and equipment at such shipyards at the same levels as existed during FY 1988. Designates the following shipyards for projects: (1) Portsmouth, New Hampshire; (2) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (3) Portsmouth, Virginia; (4) Charleston, South Carolina; (5) Long Beach, California; (6) Vallejo, California; (7) Bremerton, Washington; and (8) Honolulu, Hawaii. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to the Congress describing plans for assigning such projects.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1988
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) a negotiated settlement to the conflict in the Persian Gulf is in the best interests of all nations; (2) the President should be commended for his efforts to achieve a negotiated settlement and for his judicious decisions to deploy and utilize U.S. armed forces to secure U.S. interests in the region; (3) the U.S. armed forces personnel involved in that area should be congratulated and medals or other decorations should be awarded; and (4) all Americans should join in saluting these individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1988
Veterans' Administration Health Care Amendments Act of 1988 - Repeals current Federal veterans' provisions which: (1) prohibit the Administrator of Veterans Affairs from furnishing treatment and rehabilitation for alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabilities of veterans after September 30, 1988; and (2) direct the Administrator to monitor the performance of each contract facility performing the above care and services for veterans for quality assurance and cost-effectiveness purposes. Extends through FY 1991 the Veterans Administration's (VA) authority to provide respite care services. Provides that the VA has the authority to pay for emergency medical services for veterans participating in a vocational rehabilitation program when the veteran cannot reasonably obtain medical care through VA or other Government facilities. Extends through FY 1994 the authority of the President to authorize the Administrator to contract with the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in the Republic of the Philippines to provide for payments for care in the VMMC for eligible U.S. veterans. Extends through FY 1994 the authority of the Administrator to make grants of up to $500,000 annually to the VMMC for education and training of health service personnel and for equipment upgrading and replacement. Increases the per diem rates to be paid to States for the care of veterans in State homes. Deletes the specific listing of professions eligible for the VA Health Professional Scholarship program, instead making eligible for such program any person engaged in a field of training or study in direct health-care services. Defines the period of obligated service for those newly included participants in the above scholarship program as starting after these participants have obtained the necessary licensure or credentials for VA employment. Prohibits any period of internship, residency, or advanced clinical training as being counted towards the newly-included participant's period of obligated service. Makes applicable to the newly-included occupations in the VA Health Professional Scholarship program the same requirements for the deferral of obligated service as those which apply to occupations specified currently under the program. Authorizes the Administrator to establish a tuition reimbursement program for VA nurses pursuing professional courses leading to a bachelor or an advanced degree in nursing. Authorizes the Administrator to issue regulations implementing such program. Sets forth the eligibility standards that applicants must meet in order to participate in such program. Provides conditions that a participant must meet in order to be entitled to reimbursement (i.e., remain employed with the VA while in the program, successfully completing the courses, and agreeing to the required period of obligated service). Outlines consequences for participants who fail either to complete the courses successfully or to maintain employment with the VA for the required period of obligated service. Empowers the VA to recover any reimbursements paid when the participant breaches the duty to perform the obligated service. Authorizes the Chief Medical Director of the VA to grant waivers of either the VA's right of recovery or the participant's obligation to perform service with the VA when the participant cannot comply due to circumstances beyond the participant's control, or whenever waiver would be in the best interest of the VA. Extends through FY 1992 the program for grants to States for the construction and acquisition of State home facilities for furnishing domiciliary and nursing home care and for the expansion, remodeling, and alteration of State home facilities used for furnishing hospital, domiciliary, and nursing home care. Extends through FY 1991 the date by which the VA must report to the Congress on its evaluation of the respite care program previously authorized under Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1988
Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to consider the sharing of health-care resources with the Department of Defense as an alternative to a major medical facility project (currently, a project expected to cost over $2,000,000). Revises the definition of a "major medical facility project" requiring congressional approval to increase the required expenditure from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1988
Veterans' Judicial Review Act - Subjects the Veterans Administration's (VA) rulemaking procedures (with regard to any matter relating to loans, grants, or benefits) to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. Provides for the judicial review of actions of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Revises provisions regarding payment of attorneys' fees in connection with a claim for benefits under laws administered by the VA to: (1) direct the Board of Veterans' Appeals (currently the Administrator) to approve reasonable attorneys' fees to be paid by the claimant to attorneys for representation before the VA; and (2) provide dollar limits for services rendered prior to the issuance of a notice of disagreement and for services in connection with a challenge to the validity of VA regulations. Authorizes a U.S. Court of Appeals, in a VA benefits matter resolved favorably to the claimant, to determine and allow a reasonable attorneys' fee to be paid by the claimant. Allows such court to determine the fee (not to exceed $750) in a case resolved unfavorably to the claimant. Authorizes such court to award reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs to the prevailing party. Directs the Administrator, to the extent that past-due benefits are awarded in proceedings before the VA, to direct that payment of attorneys' fees be made out of such past-due benefits. Repeals current Federal law requiring the Board of Veterans' Appeals to be bound in its decisions by regulations of the VA, instructions of the Administrator, and the precedent opinions of the chief law officer. Provides that when an appellant before the Board has challenged the validity of regulations of the VA involved in his or her case, he or she shall be afforded the right to have such challenges adjudicated and resolved by the Board, subject to review by the U.S. Court of Appeals. Allows the Administrator to appeal before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit a Board decision that a regulation of the VA is invalid. Directs the reviewing court to hold unlawful and set aside regulations found to be: (1) contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity; (2) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations; or (3) resting upon a policy judgment, reasoning, or factual premise so unacceptable as to render the regulation arbitrary. Authorizes the Board to review the reasonableness of any arrangement for payment of attorneys' fees by a claimant during proceedings within the VA or before the Board and to reduce fees it finds excessive. Repeals a current Federal provision making the Board directly responsible to the Administrator. Requires the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate for a 15-year term. Provides that regular members of the Board shall be appointed by the Chairman with the approval of the President. (Under current law, the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members are appointed by the Administrator with the President's approval.) Requires the Chairman (currently, the Administrator) to report to the Congress annually on the Board's activities. Prohibits Board members from receiving bonuses in addition to their regular salaries. Requires the Administrator to allocate sufficient resources to enable the Board to carry out its responsibilities.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1988
Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). Places certain restrictions on the use of funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act with respect to: (1) the purchase of Guardrail RC-12K aircraft and sensor suites; and (2) foreign counterintelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Declares that the authorized amounts and personnel ceilings for such intelligence activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to employ civilian personnel in excess of the ceiling for such personnel when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Restricts support for military and paramilitary operations in Nicaragua. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1989. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 244 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Provides that such staff shall be administered in the same manner as the CIA. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY 1989. Title IV: General Provisions - Provides that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for employee benefits to be increased to meet increases in such benefits authorized by law. Title V: Central Intelligence Agency Administrative Provisions - Allows the Director of Central Intelligence to grant appropriate relief to former CIA employees who have unfairly had their CIA careers adversely affected as a result of allegations concerning their loyalty to the United States. Requires the Director to submit reports to specified congressional committees regarding the use of such authority. Title VI: FBI Enhanced Counterintelligence Authorities - Requires the Directors of the FBI and the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a demonstration project on the effect of providing payments to personnel upon directed assignment to the New York Field Division from another geographical location (and to New York Field Division employees who are subject to directed geographical transfer or reassignment) on the recruitment and retention of personnel and on field operations in the New York Field Division of the FBI. Requires the Directors to submit annual reports to the President and the Congress concerning the results of such project. Title VII: Department of Defense - Allows the Secretary of Defense, with certain restrictions, to use funds other than appropriated funds for foreign cryptologic support. Establishes the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, who shall be responsible for the overall supervision of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the DOD.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1988
Amends the Demonstration Cities Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance, under provisions relating to acquisition of certain residential property at or near military bases which have been ordered to be closed, to certain Federal employees or military personnel with respect to Coast Guard bases and installations ordered to be closed, in whole or in part, after January 1, 1987. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to reimburse the Secretary of Defense for expenditures under this Act. Directs both Secretaries to enter into an agreement regarding the reimbursement.
Germany · German Bundestag · 14 April 1988
Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion DIE GRÜNEN, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde
Germany · German Bundestag · 14 April 1988
Unterrichtung des Deutschen Bundestages über alle Angelegenheiten der inneren Sicherheit, vierteljährlicher Bericht an den Innenausschuß des Bundestages über die Tätigkeit der Einrichtungen des Bundes zum Schutz der inneren Sicherheit, der Nachrichtendienste und des Bundeskriminalamtes sowie ihre Zusammenarbeit mit den Ländern
United States · United States Senate · 13 April 1988
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1988
Department of Defense Procurement Stretch-Out Disclosure Act of 1988 - Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to require, as part of an annual report from the Secretary of Defense to the Congress concerning weapons development and procurement schedules, an explanation of why the minimum economic rate of production is or is not being adhered to.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1988
Military Child Abuse Prevention Plan Act of 1988 - Establishes a task force to analyze the quality and sufficiency of, and develop recommendations concerning, Department of Defense (DOD) personnel and agencies responsible for monitoring the welfare of children at military installations. Authorizes funds previously appropriated to DOD to be used for the task force in FY 1988 and authorizes appropriations for FY 1989. Directs the task force to develop recommendations to improve the capability of DOD to prevent, detect, and respond to child abuse and neglect of children of members of the armed forces or civilian DOD employees for whom child care services are provided on military installations, based on an analysis of the quality and sufficiency of DOD personnel and agencies at selected installations. Requires the task force to make additional recommendations concerning whether there should be: (1) better standardized policies and procedures applicable throughout DOD with respect to child abuse and neglect; (2) child abuse and neglect oversight committees on military installations; (3) minimum standards for education, training, and experience for military personnel responsible for the prevention, detection, and treatment of child abuse; (4) improved liaison with other Federal and community agencies; and (5) improved monitoring and evaluation throughout DOD. Directs that the analysis of the quality and sufficiency of DOD personnel and agencies be made at representative military installations, including installations at specified locations. Specifies information to be collected for such analysis, including: (1) a description of DOD military and civilian personnel who direct, coordinate, or oversee child welfare policy at the installation or who might be called upon to respond to allegations of child abuse, and their training; (2) an evaluation of the ability of such personnel to effectively detect and prevent, and respond to allegations of, abuse or neglect; (3) an evaluation of any relationship, agreement, or cooperation between such personnel and State or local officials responsible for investigation, prosecution, and follow-up with respect to reports of abuse or neglect; and (4) an evaluation of the quality of family counseling and support services available for abused or neglected children and their families. Directs that such analysis be carried out principally through interviews at each installation surveyed and that specified persons be interviewed. Requires the task force to report its recommendations to the Secretary of Defense, who shall report on implementation of such recommendations to the Congress. Terminates the task force 90 days after submission of its report.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1988
Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvement Act of 1988 - Title I: Disability Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Requires annual cost-of-living increases in the rates of veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, and in the clothing allowance for disabled veterans. Require the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to publish such new rates in the Federal Register. Authorizes the Administrator to adjust the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who are not in receipt of compensation for service-connected disability or death. Title II: Enlargement of Clothing-Allowance Coverage and Income Exclusion Amendments - Expands coverage under the clothing-allowance to include veterans who use prescribed medication for a service-connected skin condition which medication the Administrator determines stains or otherwise damages such veteran's clothing. Expands the scope of income which may be excluded for purposes of determinations for: (1) dependency and indemnity compensation to parents; and (2) veterans' pensions. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments - Extends benefits under the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors to survivors entitled to benefits as a result of the in-service or service-connected death of a veteran. Authorizes the Administrator to request that the Secretary of a uniformed service collect indebtedness owed to the Veterans Administration from an individual's retired or retainer pay where such indebtedness resulted from the overpayment of veterans' disability compensation or pension benefits. Authorizes the Administrator to collect overpayments of military retired pay and retainer pay by offset of any compensation or benefit payable to any veteran. Requires any person who applies for or is in receipt of any veterans' compensation or pension benefits, as a condition precedent to receipt or continued receipt of such benefits, to provide the Administrator upon request with his or her dependent's or beneficiary's social security number. Extends the Veterans Administration's authority to maintain a regional office in the Philippines through September 30, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1988
Burial Benefits Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends Federal law relating to burial allowances for veterans to authorize plot allowances only to veterans who are either eligible for a burial allowance or who were discharged from active duty due to a service-connected disability. (Currently, a veteran of any war, whether or not disabled, is eligible for such plot allowance.) Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a veteran for the cost of a prepurchased headstone (in lieu of furnishing such a headstone at burial). Extends through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for the making of grants to States for the establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans' cemeteries. Removes the maximum per-State grant limitation available for such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1988
Amends Federal veterans' provisions relating to construction contracts to delete the requirement that settlements of claims in excess of $1,000,000 on a construction contract be provided for specifically in an appropriation law, instead requiring that the Administrator of Veterans Affairs promptly notify the Senate and House Appropriations Committees of settlements in excess of such figure.
Germany · German Bundestag · 8 April 1988
Germany · German Bundestag · 8 April 1988
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
Defense Industry and Technology Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit annually to the Congress a five-year plan that ensures that Department of Defense (DOD) policies regarding defense contract progress payments, the return on contractor investment, and the division of contract risk between DOD and the contractor are structured to meet DOD's needs for industrial resources and technology innovation under its five-year defense program and its mobilization plans. Requires the first such five-year plan to be submitted to the Congress no later than April 1, 1989. Prohibits the head of a defense agency from awarding a firm fixed-price contract in excess of $10,000,000 for the development of a major defense system or subsystem unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition determines in writing that the program risk has been sufficiently reduced and that the use of such contract permits a sensible allocation of program risk between the United States and the contractor. Restricts the ability of the Under Secretary to delegate such authority and directs the Under Secretary to report quarterly to specified congressional committees on such fixed-price contracts awarded. Directs the Secretary to specify the authority and responsibilities of DOD acquisition program managers and contracting officers, requiring such managers and officers to be given decision-making authority commensurate with their responsibilities. Directs the Secretary to issue such regulations no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Under Secretary, no later than February 1, 1989, to report to the Congress on the current programs regarding simplification of procedures governing the acquisition process of DOD and an assessment of the results of those programs. Directs the Under Secretary, no later than February 1, 1989, to report to the Congress the results of the studies regarding the responsibilities of the Under Secretary to prescribe policies for the prevention of duplication of contracting oversight activities by different elements of DOD. Amends Federal provisions relating to allowable defense contractor costs to provide that foreign selling costs shall be allowable to the extent that such costs are allocable, reasonable, and within certain dollar ceilings agreed to by the parties in advance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the evaluation by DOD of professional and technical services contract proposals should be computed on the basis of a 40-hour work week and a 2,080-hour work year standard. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory panel to study and make recommendations to the Secretary on ways to enhance cooperation between DOD and industry regarding matters of mutual interest, including: (1) procedures governing the debarment and suspension of contractors doing business with DOD: (2) appropriate recognition by the Secretary of self-governing oversight programs of defense contractors; and (3) the desirability of establishing a permanent advisory panel on Government-industry relations. Requires the advisory panel to submit its findings to the Secretary no later than 180 days after the date on which the panel is appointed. Directs the Secretary to then submit to the Congress a copy of such report, together with comments and recommendations, within 30 days after receiving the panel's report. Adds a new chapter to Federal defense provisions with regard to defense professional, administrative, and technical employees, expressing as the purpose of such chapter the promotion of better management of the civilian work force in the acquisition and logistics organizations of DOD. Authorizes the Secretary, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to establish and implement an alternative personnel management system (APMS) for the professional, administrative, and technical positions of those components of DOD that perform primarily acquisition and logistics functions. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the aggregate cost of the APMS does not exceed the cost which would have been incurred by DOD had the system not been established. Limits to 300,000 the number of employees authorized to be covered by the APMS. Directs the Secretary, before establishing the APMS, to develop a plan for the operation of such system. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish career paths and pay bands for the APMS; and (2) develop and publish criteria for determining appropriate occupational classifications and career paths for particular positions and for applying pay bands to covered positions. Provides guidelines for the determination of qualification standards for APMS positions. Authorizes the Secretary to develop other career paths, pay bands, classification criteria, and qualification standards as may be appropriate for any military department, defense agency, or other occupation or group of occupations as determined by the Secretary. Provides pay band ranges and initial pay rates for appointments within the APMS. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust upward such pay band ranges and initial pay rates and pay bonuses when necessary for the recruitment or retention of well-qualified employees for positions covered by the APMS in order to be competitive with career opportunities outside the APMS. Authorizes the Secretary to designate not more than 200 scientific and technical positions under the APMS as positions which require specially qualified employees. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe special pay for such employees that is competitive with the rates of pay for similar positions outside the Federal service. Requires the APMS to include a pay-for-performance plan that contains features of performance advancements, incentive and performance awards systems, and procedures for determining the amounts of such awards and pay-band increases. Authorizes the Secretary to pay a performance award to an employee under the above plan. Authorizes the payment of a bonus to an individual entering into a service-continuation agreement with the Secretary. Allows no more than two years of service to be required under a single agreement. Requires an individual receiving such bonus and failing to complete the required period of service to repay the amount of the bonus unless it is due to the death or disability of the individual, or the Secretary determines that such failure to complete the required period is for the convenience of the Government. Provides payment methods and annual pay limitations. Defines the relationship of the APMS provisions to current Federal pay provisions. Provides that the APMS shall be subject to general pay administrative provisions currently applicable under Federal law. Entitles an employee under the APMS whose basic pay is reduced (for reasons other than misconduct or unacceptable performance) to basic pay as provided under the current Federal basic pay structure. Authorizes the payment of a comparability allowance to physicians under the APMS. Outlines other provisions concerning allowances based on certain living conditions, bonuses, and performance appraisals under the APMS. Specifies matters under the APMS which will be considered conditions of employment for purposes of labor-management relations. States that such matters will not be covered by current Federal provisions concerning employee grievance procedures, except in specified instances. Outlines other provisions concerning the applicability (or inapplicability) of current Federal employees provisions to the APMS created under this Act. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations, subject to the approval of OPM, outlining procedures for converting positions and employees covered by other Government personnel management systems to coverage by the APMS. Directs the Secretary to prescribe in regulations procedures for designating components of DOD and civilian employees of such components for conversion to coverage under the APMS. Requires employees affected to be given at least a 30-day notice of conversion to the APMS. Prohibits a person's rate of basic pay from being reduced by reason of such conversion. Provides that the conversion of any position to coverage under the APMS is not subject to appeal or review except as provided by the Secretary. Repeals a specified provision of current Federal law providing for a demonstration project conducted by the National Bureau of Standards and relating to rates of pay under the Federal personnel management system. Provides that the positions and personnel formerly covered by such demonstration project shall be covered by the APMS. Provides that a specified current provision of Federal law (relating to the employment of retired members of the uniformed services) shall not apply to DOD employees who are in a scientific, engineering, or acquisition position designated by the Secretary. Limits to 1,000 the number of employees authorized to be so designated by the Secretary. Disallows such a designation unless necessary to meet special employment needs of the Department which results from a shortage of well-qualified applicants, as determined by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, no later than April 1, 1989, in consultation with the Director of OPM, to submit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a report on the extent to which institutions of higher learning offer and conduct educational programs and courses on Government contracting and acquisition management.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Republic of Panama should waive any restrictions in the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 that prohibit the United States from permitting U.S. citizens employed with the Panama Canal Commission from making purchases in the commissary and exchange stores operated in Panama under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. Requests that such waiver remain in effect until the current crisis in Panama subsides.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1988
Requires the President to: (1) deploy armed forces equipment and personnel to halt aircraft and vessels carrying narcotics across U.S. borders; (2) deploy radar aircraft for continuous aerial radar coverage of the southern U.S. border during darkness; (3) deploy both rotor and fixed wing aircraft for pursuit and seizure purposes; and (4) use National Guard and Reserve members and U.S. Customs Service and Coast Guard personnel and equipment for purposes of these activities. Prohibits such military personnel from making arrests aboard any aircraft or vessel, unless they are in hot pursuit. Requires the President to withhold Federal funding from any National Guard unit whose State does not cooperate in this drug interdiction program. Requires all program expenses to be borne by the Department of Defense. Requires the President to substantially halt border crossings by narcotic-carrying aircraft and vessels within 45 days after enactment of this Act. Requires the President to: (1) report to the Congress within a specified time; (2) request funds from the Congress for FY 1988 and 1989 for purposes of the program; and (3) submit a request in the budget for the Department of Defense for such funds every year beginning in 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1988
Sets standards to assure the safe transportation of school children to, from, or on military installations owned or controlled by the United States and located outside the United States. Directs the Secretary of each military department to provide that the commanding officer of each U.S. military installation which has personnel with school children contract or otherwise provide for the use of motor vehicles as school buses to transport children to and from a Department of Defense Office of Dependent Schools (DODDS) institution. Sets minimum precautions to be taken by DODDS and each military department to protect school children from injury while being transported to and from DODDS institutions. Directs DODDS to develop a training program for all persons who operate school buses and makes successful completion of such program a prerequisite to operating a school bus. Specifies that such program shall include training in areas such as safe boarding and discharging of school children, safe driving techniques, and first-aid. Directs the appropriate Secretary to require each DODDS school to hold drills in leaving school buses under emergency conditions. Sets requirements for school bus equipment, including warning devices, warning signs, and safety belts. Directs that school buses be maintained as required by local law. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to issue and enforce other lawful maintenance regulations which are reasonably likely to make the transportation of school children safer. Sets forth mandatory qualifications for school bus operators, including English language ability and passage of a special examination on the safe operation of a school bus. Prohibits any military department from hiring any person to operate a school bus transporting pupils unless such person meets specified requirements, including passing a physical examination, providing a copy of department of motor vehicle (DMV) records showing that the person had not been convicted of certain driving or criminal offenses, is between the ages of 18 and 70, and successfully completed a first-aid course. Requires that results of the physical examination and DMV records be furnished annually. Prohibits any operator from performing services in excess of eight hours in any 24-hour period or from operating a school bus without wearing a safety lap belt. Sets forth procedures for establishing bus routes, loading and unloading of passengers, seating of passengers, and railroad crossings to maximize safety. Makes a person guilty of reckless driving if he or she fails to stop when approaching from any direction a clearly marked school bus which is taking on or discharging school children on Federal property, unless the bus is stopped on the other side of a divided roadway or on a driveway which is separated by a physical barrier or unpaved area from the roadway on which he is driving. Sets a maximum speed limit of 25 miles per hour on U.S.-owned or controlled property, between "school" or "school crossing" signs. Establishes additional requirements related to signs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1988
Court-Martial Jurisdiction Act of 1988 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to require that, in order for courts-martial to have jurisdiction, an offense: (1) must have been committed in time of war; (2) must have been committed on a U.S. military installation, vessel, or aircraft; (3) must have been committed outside the United States and not be punishable under any other law of the United States; (4) must be punishable without indictment by grand jury or trial by jury under another law of the United States, its territories or possessions, the District of Columbia, or any State; or (5) must be service-connected.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1988
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 right, privilege, or benefit under Federal law for which registration with selective service is required shall be considered, by reason of such application, to have so registered.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1988
Amended Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities, and to improve existing military family housing units (waiving maximum amounts per unit in some locations) in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction projects, unspecified minor construction projects, architectural and engineering services and construction designs, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends the authorization for certain FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 military construction projects. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities, and improve existing military family housing units (waiving maximum amounts per unit in some locations) in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Navy. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities and improve existing military family housing units (waiving maximum amounts per unit in some locations) in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Air Force. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Extends the authorization for certain prior-year military construction projects. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three family housing units at classified locations for a specified amount and to improve existing military family housing units in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to contribute funds to the Government of the Netherlands for the U.S. share of the cost of a certain international education project in Brunssum, Netherlands. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 to authorize the Secretary to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for conforming storage facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years beginning after FY 1988 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program, and authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years after FY 1988 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1988 for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve forces in specified amounts. Title VII: Expiration of Authorizations; Effective Dates - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles I through V of this Act on October 1, 1990, or the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for fiscal year 1991, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Increases from 20 to 32 years the permissible length of long-term facilities contracts authorized to be entered into by the Secretary of the military department concerned. (Such contracts provide for the provision of ancillary services on or near a military installation.) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1984 to allow military rental housing program agreements to include provisions which allow for free utilities, trash collection, and entomological services to be provided for occupants of rental housing on Government land to the same extent that these services are provided to occupants of Government-owned housing. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make grants or provide other appropriate community planning assistance required by a publicly-announced planned major reduction in DOD spending affecting the community, or by the encroachment of surrounding civilian community on an installation, if the Secretary determines that such assistance is necessary. Requires a planned reduction to involve the loss of at least 1,000 or more full-time DOD and contractor employee positions in a community during a five-year peroid in order to qualify for such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide community planning assistance in specified amounts for communities located near newly-established Light Infantry Division Posts and Navy Strategic Dispersal Program homeports. Terminates such authority on September 30, 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1988
Department of Defense Amended Budget Authorization Act, 1989 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, and the Air Force for FY 1989 for the following: (1) aircraft; (2) missiles; (3) weapons and tracked combat vehicles; (4) ammunition; (5) shipbuilding and conversion; and (6) other procurement. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for FY 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 to add recognition of a recent Memorandum of Understanding and other follow-on support agreements to the authority provided to the Secretary of Defense in connection with the NATO Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, testing, and evaluation. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for operation and maintenance for the following: (1) the armed forces and the armed forces reserves; (2) the defense agencies; (3) the National Guard; (4) the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice; (5) defense claims; (6) the Court of Military Appeals; and (7) environmental restoration, defense. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for the working capital funds of the armed forces and the defense agencies. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1989. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for the reserve forces for FY 1989. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive such end strengths in a specified percentage and requires such end strengths to be reduced in a specified manner. Authorizes end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves for FY 1989. Increases the number of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Authorizes average military training student loads for the armed forces, the reserves, and the National Guard for FY 1989. Requires the adjustment of such student loads consistent with the end strengths for active and reserve forces. Title V: General Provisions - Repeals a current Federal provision requiring the Congress to authorize end strengths for civilian personnel of the Department of Defense as of the end of each fiscal year. Increases the authorized maximum annual limitation for cross-servicing agreements with allied countries (amounts used for mutual defense of the United States and NATO countries).
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1988
Authorizes employees of the Panama Canal Commission who are U.S. citizens to purchase food and other goods at any commissary or exchange store in Panama which is operated by any military department of the United States. Directs the President, if he finds that the Panamanian Defense Forces have ceased the harrassment of persons in the public areas of Panama and that food and goods are safely available to such employees so that operation of the Panama Canal is not jeopardized, to certify such finding to the Congress. Authorizes the President to terminate such commissary and exchange privileges 30 days after he has given such certification to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1988
Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to extend through FY 1997 the date by which the existing stockpile of chemical agents and munitions must be destroyed by the Secretary of Defense. Extends until August 31, 1997, the date by which notice of a deferral of such deadline must be given to the Congress by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, no later than March 15, 1989, to transmit to the Congress a revision of the schedule for destruction of such agents and munitions as required under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1988
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide specially-trained simians and dogs to veterans who, by reason of quadriplegia, are entitled to veterans' disability compensation. Authorizes the Administrator to pay travel and incidental expenses of veterans for travel to and from their homes for purposes of becoming adjusted to such simians or dogs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1988
Amends title 10 (Armed Forces) of the U.S. Code to codify defense-related statutes, including provisions relating to: (1) enlistment qualifications for armed forces personnel; (2) the limitation on the number of general officers and flag officers permitted on active duty; (3) commissary and exchange benefit eligibility with respect to dependent survivors of certain Reserve and Guard members and certain unremarried former spouses of military personnel; (4) an exemption of military appropriations funds and contract authorization from the apportionment requirement if deemed by the President to be necessary for the national defense; (5) exceptions from appropriations limitations for costs of airborne alerts and for increased armed forces personnel on active duty under certain circumstances; (6) accounting procedures, rulemaking mandates, and required budget documents with respect to contracted advisory and assistance services; (7) required contents of the Secretary of Defense's annual defense budget in connection with common procurement weapon systems; (8) miscellaneous authorities, prohibitions, limitations, and availability with respect to various funds appropriated to the Department of Defense; (9) defense procurement, both generally and in connection with specific items, such as milk; (10) research and development; (11) cost-free transfers of vessels to and from other military departments or the Department of Transportation; (12) the required annual report of the Secretary to specified congressional committees on the cost of stationing U.S. forces overseas; (13) contracting for performance of civilian commercial- or industrial-type functions; and (14) Buy American requirements in the context of defense procurement. Describes principles of statutory construction to be applied in connection with the codifications effected by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1988
Requires specified reductions in the Navy's authorized manpower level associated with five-inch guns, a reduction to zero dollars of a listed Navy budget request associated with five-inch gunnery, and termination of all current programs relating to the such guns, unless the Navy completes production of the Navy Five-Inch Deadeye guided projectile within the funds authorized for appropriation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1988
Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, when making a determination as to the eligibility of certain veterans and their surviving spouses for veterans' disability pensions, from requiring that some part of the corpus of the estate of the veteran (or the veteran's spouse) be consumed for maintenance of the veteran if: (1) the principal source of income of the veteran derives from agriculture, forestry, or fishing, and (in the case of farming) the veteran resides on a portion of such land; and (2) the total value of the combined estate corpus of the veteran and his or her spouse does not exceed 110 percent of the average market value of detached single-family residences in the nearest standard metropolitan statistical area.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1988
Montgomery GI Bill Amendments of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to make payments to veterans who are entitled to veterans' educational assistance but who have become so physically or mentally handicapped that such individuals are unable to utilize such educational assistance. Directs the Administrator to make such payments to a qualifying veteran's survivors in the event of a veteran's death while on active duty or within six years of such individual's discharge, according to a certain order of priority. Deducts the amount of educational assistance received by the veteran before enactment of this Act from the amount to be paid under this Act. Authorizes entitlement to basic educational assistance for veterans who are discharged or released from active duty for a disability that existed before becoming or entering into active duty as a member of the armed forces. (Currently, such entitlement is limited to those discharged or released for either a service-connected disability or for hardship.) Authorizes the same entitlement for members discharged or released from the Selected Reserve. Authorizes the Administrator to approve the pursuit of flight training by an individual entitled to basic educational assistance if such training meets conditions specified in this Act. Specifies the amount of flight assistance to be provided. Directs the Administrator to pay educational assistance for refresher courses in the individual's area of education, deficiency courses, or other preparatory or special educational assistance necessary to enable the individual to pursue an approved program of education. Limits the length of such payments for refresher courses. Allows an individual currently on active duty who originally chose not to receive basic educational assistance to enroll in such program within 60 days after the enactment of this Act. Outlines provisions relating to the implementation of such enrollment, including "catch-up" payments or deductions from pay in order to receive such educational assistance. Requires a certain minimum payment or pay deduction before an individual becomes so qualified. Directs the Secretary of each military department to inform individuals of the opportunity to enroll for such assistance under this Act. Prohibits the payment of any basic educational assistance to members of the Selected Reserve until such members have completed their initial periods of active duty for training required by the military department concerned. (Currently, such members must complete such training plus serve in the reserves for at least 180 days before being eligible.) Authorizes the Administrator to approve the pursuit of flight training by a member of the Selected Reserve who is entitled to basic educational assistance, if such training meets conditions specified in this Act. Specifies the amount of flight assistance to be provided. Provides that educational assistance may only be provided for an approved program of education for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program. (Currently, such assistance may be provided for a program of education at an institution of higher learning and may not be provided for post-graduate study.) Limits the amount of monthly educational assistance to be provided to an individual pursuing a full-time program of apprenticeship or other on-the-job training. Reduces the amount of assistance provided in any month in which such individual fails to complete at least 120 hours of training. Provides a limited educational assistance payment as determined by the Administrator for individuals participating in a less-than-half-time pursuit of a program of education. Provides that an individual serving in the Selected Reserve may not receive credit for such service under both veterans' educational assistance provisions and the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program, but shall instead elect the program to which such service is to be credited. Revises provisions concerning the time limitation applicable for the use of basic educational assistance by a member of the Selected Reserve who is separated from such service because of a disability incurred on or after the date on which such person became entitled to educational assistance. Directs the Secretary of Defense, at the request of the Administrator, to transmit a notice of entitlement for each such person becoming eligible for educational assistance to the Administrator.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1988
Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1988 - Increases the rates of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and the clothing allowance payable to veterans with service-connected disabilities and their survivors. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to administratively adjust the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who are not in receipt of compensation for service-connected disability or death. Provides for the payment of benefits to the surviving spouse and to the children of a veteran who dies from causes other than the veteran's own willful misconduct, and who was in receipt of, entitled to receive, or but for the receipt of retired or retirement pay would have been entitled to receive, compensation at the time of death for a service-connected disability that was continuously rated totally disabling for: (1) ten years or more immediately preceding death; or (2) not less than five years from the date of such veteran's discharge or other release from active duty. Prohibits the payment of benefits to a surviving spouse under this Act unless: (1) the marriage to the veteran occurred before the expiration of 15 years after the veteran's discharge or other release from active duty; (2) the surviving spouse was married to the veteran for one year or more; or (3) a child was born of the marriage or was born to them before the marriage. Provides for a reduction of benefits to a surviving spouse or child receiving money or property pursuant to an award in a judicial proceeding based upon, or a settlement or compromise of, any cause of action for damages for the death of such veteran. Revises provisions providing for vocational rehabilitation for pension recipients to qualify for an eligibility evaluation any veteran who was awarded a pension before the beginning of the program period, and to remove the limitation on the number of veterans who may be given evaluations each year. Extends the program period through January 31, 1992. Provides for the continued operation of the Veterans Administration's regional office in the Philippines through September 30, 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1988
Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988 to require, as a condition to the appropriation of funds for naval operation and maintenance, that any work under the New Threat Upgrade overhaul program which was assigned by the Navy to be performed by a specified public shipyard as of a specified date shall be contracted for performance by that shipyard.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1988
Determines that the requirements of the War Powers Resolution have become operative. Calls for the removal of U.S. armed forces from Honduras within 60 days after enactment of this Act unless the Congress declares war or extends such 60-day period.
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United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1988
Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to extend through FY 1997 the date by which the existing stockpile of chemical agents and munitions must be destroyed by the Secretary of Defense. Extends until August 31, 1997, the date by which notice of a deferral of such deadline must be given to the Congress by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, no later than March 15, 1989, to transmit to the Congress a revision of the schedule for destruction of such agents and munitions required under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1988
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to each individual who is the surviving spouse of a reserve member of the uniformed services who: (1) died after September 20, 1972, and before October 2, 1978; and (2) at the time of death would have been entitled to military retired pay but for the fact that he or she was under 60 years of age. Provides conditions for the receipt of such annuity. Sets forth procedures for computing such annuity. Provides that if an individual entitled to an annuity under this Act is also entitled to an SBP annuity based upon a subsequent marriage, the individual may not receive both annuities, but must choose one.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1988
Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to extend through FY 1997 the deadline under such Act for the destruction of chemical weapons under the chemical weapons demilitarization program. Extends the date by which notice of a deferral of such deadline must be given to the Congress by the Secretary of Defense. Requires that the destruction of such chemical agents and munitions be carried out on the site where such weapons are stored.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1988
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 less than $100 but not 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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1988
Designates the library building on the Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Michigan as the General Earl T. O'Loughlin Library.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1988
Designates the Armed Forces Recreation Center at Fort DeRussy, Hawaii, as the Dan Daniel Armed Forces Recreation Center.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1988
Authorizes the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor women who served in the armed forces in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. Requires the establishment of such memorial to be in compliance with current Federal standards for commemorative works. Prohibits the United States from paying any expenses for the establishment of such memorial. Expresses the sense of the Congress that it would be appropriate to locate such memorial within the current site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District of Columbia.