Defence

Defense Production Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977

Defense Production Act Amendments - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit any Federal contracting officer who by virtue of his position is authorized to solicit or select sources of supply, or describe requirements for, enter into, award, modify, terminate, administer, or make determinations or findings with respect to any or contract while so employed, from accepting compensation from any contractor without the written permission of the standards of conduct counselor for his employing agency. Prohibits such contracting officer from owning a controlling interest in any contractor who has been affected by action taken by such officer. Prohibits such contracting officer from accepting employment within two years following his employment with the United States from any contractor who was affected by the action of such officer taken by him or her within three years prior to the termination of his or her employment with such agency, and from accepting employment with such a contractor in a position which was created or subsidized by revenues realized through a Federal contract handled by such officer until five years after the termination of such officer's employment with such agency has been terminated. Prohibits contractors from offering to any such officer of any compensation such officer is prohibited from receiving under this Act. Establishes a Conflict of Interest Review Board to review compliance by contracting officers with this Act. States that the Board shall issue advisory opinions with respect to compensation offered to such contracting officer after notice is published in the Federal Register and interested parties have had an opportunity to present testimony relating to the issuance of such advisory opinion. States that reliance on such advisory opinion shall be a defense to a civil or criminal case brought under this Act. Requires meetings of the Board at which such advisory opinions will be considered to be open to the public. Authorizes the Board to issue rules to implement this Act. Requires the Board to report annually to Congress respecting its activities and recommendations of legislative or regulatory actions to promote high ethical standards for Government employees. Requires the following persons to file specified information with the Board: (1) former Government employees who were employed in any given fiscal year as a representative of a Government contractor in any action in which the United States was a party or in any transaction with the United States; and (2) any Federal employee who was previously employed by a Government contractor at a salary rate equal to or greater than that for positions in grade GS-13. Exempts specified persons from the filing requirements of this Act.

Defense Production Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977

Defense Production Act Amendments - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit any Federal contracting officer who by virtue of his position is authorized to solicit or select sources of supply, or describe requirements for, enter into, award, modify, terminate, administer, or make determinations or findings with respect to any or contract while so employed, from accepting compensation from any contractor without the written permission of the standards of conduct counselor for his employing agency. Prohibits such contracting officer from owning a controlling interest in any contractor who has been affected by action taken by such officer. Prohibits such contracting officer from accepting employment within two years following his employment with the United States from any contractor who was affected by the action of such officer taken by him or her within three years prior to the termination of his or her employment with such agency, and from accepting employment with such a contractor in a position which was created or subsidized by revenues realized through a Federal contract handled by such officer until five years after the termination of such officer's employment with such agency has been terminated. Prohibits contractors from offering to any such officer of any compensation such officer is prohibited from receiving under this Act. Establishes a Conflict of Interest Review Board to review compliance by contracting officers with this Act. States that the Board shall issue advisory opinions with respect to compensation offered to such contracting officer after notice is published in the Federal Register and interested parties have had an opportunity to present testimony relating to the issuance of such advisory opinion. States that reliance on such advisory opinion shall be a defense to a civil or criminal case brought under this Act. Requires meetings of the Board at which such advisory opinions will be considered to be open to the public. Authorizes the Board to issue rules to implement this Act. Requires the Board to report annually to Congress respecting its activities and recommendations of legislative or regulatory actions to promote high ethical standards for Government employees. Requires the following persons to file specified information with the Board: (1) former Government employees who were employed in any given fiscal year as a representative of a Government contractor in any action in which the United States was a party or in any transaction with the United States; and (2) any Federal employee who was previously employed by a Government contractor at a salary rate equal to or greater than that for positions in grade GS-13. Exempts specified persons from the filing requirements of this Act.

Defense Production Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977

Defense Production Act Amendments - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit any Federal contracting officer who by virtue of his position is authorized to solicit or select sources of supply, or describe requirements for, enter into, award, modify, terminate, administer, or make determinations or findings with respect to any or contract while so employed, from accepting compensation from any contractor without the written permission of the standards of conduct counselor for his employing agency. Prohibits such contracting officer from owning a controlling interest in any contractor who has been affected by action taken by such officer. Prohibits such contracting officer from accepting employment within two years following his employment with the United States from any contractor who was affected by the action of such officer taken by him or her within three years prior to the termination of his or her employment with such agency, and from accepting employment with such a contractor in a position which was created or subsidized by revenues realized through a Federal contract handled by such officer until five years after the termination of such officer's employment with such agency has been terminated. Prohibits contractors from offering to any such officer of any compensation such officer is prohibited from receiving under this Act. Establishes a Conflict of Interest Review Board to review compliance by contracting officers with this Act. States that the Board shall issue advisory opinions with respect to compensation offered to such contracting officer after notice is published in the Federal Register and interested parties have had an opportunity to present testimony relating to the issuance of such advisory opinion. States that reliance on such advisory opinion shall be a defense to a civil or criminal case brought under this Act. Requires meetings of the Board at which such advisory opinions will be considered to be open to the public. Authorizes the Board to issue rules to implement this Act. Requires the Board to report annually to Congress respecting its activities and recommendations of legislative or regulatory actions to promote high ethical standards for Government employees. Requires the following persons to file specified information with the Board: (1) former Government employees who were employed in any given fiscal year as a representative of a Government contractor in any action in which the United States was a party or in any transaction with the United States; and (2) any Federal employee who was previously employed by a Government contractor at a salary rate equal to or greater than that for positions in grade GS-13. Exempts specified persons from the filing requirements of this Act.

A bill to provide recognition to the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots for their service to their country during World War II by deeming such service to have been active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977

Designates service as a Member of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots as active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

Concurrent resolution directing the Secretary of Defense to inter a Vietnam Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense shall at the earliest opportunity inter an Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery and make permanent display of representative medals, ribbons, and tributes of the Vietnam War in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater.

A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code relating to Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1977

Allows United States nationals, in addition to citizens, to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

Vietnam Era Veteran Bonus Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1977

Vietnam-era Veteran Bonus Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense to pay a lump-sum of $100 to each qualified Vietnam-era veteran, and an additional lump- sum of $400 to each qualified Vietnam-era combat veteran, or to such veteran's survivor if such veteran is deceased. Directs the Secretary to identify and inform eligible veterans of such bonus program so they may apply. Terminates the period for making application three years after the first appropriation of funds under this Act.

A bill to amend section 6015 of title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe the kind of military duty to which women members of the naval service may be assigned.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1977

Removes the present restrictions which prohibit the assignment of women members of the Navy to naval vessels not expected to be assigned combat missions on other than a temporary basis or the assignment of such individuals to vessels or aircraft engaged in combat missions.

A bill to allow service performed by women as members of telephone operating units of the Army Signal Corps during World War I to be considered active duty in the Army for purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1977

Declares that service during World War I by any female citizen of the United States as a member of a telephone operating unit of the Army Signal Corps shall be considered active duty in the Army for purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

A bill to incorporate the American Ex-Prisoners of War, Incorporated.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1977

Grants a Federal charter to the American Ex-Prisoners of War, Incorporated. Stipulates that the purposes of such organization are to assist the widows and orphans of deceased ex-prisoners of war and to assist ex-prisoners of war who have been injured or handicapped as a result of their service.

Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act of 1977

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977

Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act - Title I: Veterans' and Survivors' Pensions - Increases the rates of pensions for war veterans with a non-service-connected disability, their surviving spouses and children, and increases the annual income limitations governing payment of such pensions. Title II: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the parents of veterans who died in active military service. Title III: Miscellaneous and Effective Date Provisions - Increases the monthly rate of death compensation payable to a widow or dependent parent if the payee is a patient in a nursing home or helpless or blind. States that the effective date of this Act shall be January 1, 1978.

A bill to amend Section 1331 (c) of title 10, United States Code, to allow certain otherwise ineligible reservists to become eligible for retired pay.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977

Entitles members of the Armed Forces Reserves who were on active duty after August 13, 1961, and before May 31, 1963, or after August 4, 1964, and before March 28, 1973, to retired pay.

A bill to provide recognition to the Women's Air Force Service Pilots for their service to their country during World War II by deeming such service to have been active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977

Designates service as a Member of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots as active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to make certain that recipients of supplemental security income benefits, recipients of aid to families with dependent children, recipients of medicaid benefits, and recipients of aid or assistance under the Veterans' benefit programs and certain other Federal and federally assisted programs, will not have the amount of such benefits, aid, or assistance reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977

Amends the Social Security Act to assure that recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (Title IV); Supplemental Security Income (Title XVI); specified programs of assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled (Titles I, X, and XIV); veterans' pensions and compensation; assistance under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 or the United States Housing Act of 1937; and benefits under any Federal retirement or disability program shall not have the amount of such assistance or benefits reduced because of cost-of-living increases in monthly social security benefits.

A bill to require defense contractors to file annual reports with the Secretary of Defense disclosing certain information with respect to their subcontractors.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977

Requires defense contracts for an amount exceeding $5,000 to require the defense contractor to report annually the name of each subcontractor who is under any contract with such contractor involving an amount exceeding $5,000. Requires such report to list by State the portion of the total amount of such subcontract which is performed in each State. Requires the Secretary of Defense to compile such information and submit to Congress the names of defense subcontractors and the total amount of all defense subcontracts which are performed in each State.

A bill to amend section 907 of title 37, United States Code, relating to pay and allowances of enlisted members of the uniform services who are appointed officers.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977

Revises the pay and allowances of enlisted members of the uniformed services who are appointed officers and warrant officers who are appointed as commissioned officers.

A bill to protect the confidentiality of the identities of certain employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1977

Imposes criminal penalties upon any person in authorized possession of classified information identifying any individual or entity as being or having been employed or associated with the Central Intelligence Agency who releases such information to anyone not authorized to receive such information. Bars from prosecution under this Act persons who release such information to specified congressional committees, United States district judges, and Federal law enforcement officers upon application to the Attorney General.

Kritik des Bundeskanzlers an dramatisierenden Äußerungen von Generalen, Politikern und Journalisten über die Unterlegenheit der NATO im Bereich der konventionellen Streitkräfte in Europa (G-SIG: 00041686)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 May 1977

Ausgabenverhältnis zwischen militärischer und ziviler Verteidigung (G-SIG: 00041698)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 May 1977

Beteiligung eines Generals i.R. der Bundeswehr an der von Kommunisten gesteuerten sogenannten "Bonner Friedenswoche 77" (G-SIG: 00041721)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 May 1977

Konsultationen zwischen der EG und den USA über Fragen des Meeresbodenbergbaus sowie Verteidigung der Freiheit der maritimen Grundlagenforschung gegenüber den Ansprüchen der Küstenstaaten auf der UN-Seerechtskonferenz (G-SIG: 00041769)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 May 1977

Übernahme ausgesonderter Fahrzeuge der Bundeswehr durch andere Bundesbehörden (G-SIG: 00041775)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 May 1977

Vermittlung des Textes der deutschen Nationalhymne im Rahmen der Grundausbildung bei der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 00041815)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 May 1977

Formblattaussonderung bei der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 00041812)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 May 1977

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to permit veterans to determine how certain drugs and medicines will be supplied to them.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to permit a veteran, who is being supplied with drugs but who is not a patient in a Veterans' Administration facility, to determine whether the drugs will be supplied directly by the Administrator or from a source approved by the Administrator and whether the Administrator shall pay such source directly or reimburse the veteran who will pay for the drugs.

A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize family separation allowance for members in the pay grade of E-4 and below with dependents.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977

Entitles members of the uniformed services with four years of service or less to family separation allowances.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a 12-year delimiting period for a veteran to complete a program of education.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977

Increases from 10 to 12 years the delimiting period for a veteran to complete a program of education.

A bill to provide for the defense of judges and judicial officers sued in their official capacities.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1977

Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe and are approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States, to pay the defense costs of a judge or Federal court employee who is sued for acts performed or omissions made in his official capacity.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to permit veterans to determine how certain drugs and medicines will be supplied to them.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1977

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to permit a veteran, who is being supplied with drugs but who is not a patient in a Veterans' Administration facility, to determine whether the drugs will be supplied directly by the Administrator or from a source approved by the Administrator and whether the Administrator shall pay such source directly or reimburse the veteran who will pay for the drugs.

A bill to allow service performed by women as members of telephone operating units of the Army Signal Corps during World War I to be considered active duty in the Army for purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1977

Declares that service during World War I by any female citizen of the United States as a member of a telephone operating unit of the Army Signal Corps shall be considered active duty in the Army for purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

Intelligence Authorization Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1978 - Title I: Intelligence Activities Authorizes funds for appropriation for the intelligence activities of the following agencies: (1) Central Intelligence Agency; (2) Defense Intelligence Agency; (3) Office of the Secretary of Defense; (4) National Security Agency; (5) the military service; (6) Department of State; (7) Department of the Treasury; (8) Energy Research and Development Administration; (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation; and (10) Drug Enforcement Administration. Directs the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate to prepare a classified report to reflect the final authorization action of the Congress. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes the appropriation of $8,950,000 for the Intelligence Community Staff. Authorizes an end strength of 170 full-time employees for such Staff. States that the activities of the Staff shall be governed by the Director of Central Intelligence. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes the appropriation of $35,100,000 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.

A bill to amend subsection (a) of section 2737 of title 10, United States Code.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977

Authorizes the appropriate Secretary of a branch of the armed forces to pay claims up to $2,500 previously $1,000 against the United States not cognizable under any other provision of law for property damage, personal injury or death caused by a civilian employee of a military department or the Coast Guard, or a member of the armed forces, incident to the use of a vehicle of the United States on Government installations.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977

Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Applies these amendments to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 415(g), adds 38 U.S.C. 503(d))

A bill to insure that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1977

Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to (1) restore the entitlement of any person who lost their entitlement by reason of certain past increases in monthly social security benefits; and (2) pay in a lump sum to any such person any such compensation or pension that would have been payable to him but to such loss of entitlement.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1977

Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Applies these amendments to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 415(g), adds 38 U.S.C. 503(d))

A bill to provide for legal assistance to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1977

Entitles members of the armed forces and their dependents to legal assistance in connection with their personal affairs under such regulations as the appropriate Secretary may prescribe. Places responsibility for the establishment and supervision of legal assistance programs with the judge advocate generals.

A bill to extend post exchange privileges to veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 50 percent or more.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1977

Directs the Secretary of each military department to extend post exchange privileges to any veteran entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability rated at 50 percent or higher.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the use of health maintenance organizations in providing health care.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1977

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to contract with health maintenance organizations to provide medical care for members of the armed forces and their dependents.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code to allow nationals, as well as citizens, of the United States to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1977

Allows United States nationals, in addition to citizens, to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

A bill to amend section 709 of title 32, United States Code, to provide increased job protection for certain civilian National Guard technicians.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1977

Stipulates that a National Guard technician who: (1) has completed ten years of service in a position in which Guard membership was required; (2) is involuntarily separated from the Guard under honorable technicians; and (3) who continues to meet specified physical fitness standards shall not be required to be a member of the Guard as a condition of employment.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the use of health maintenance organizations in providing health care.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to contract with health maintenance organizations to provide medical care for members of the armed forces and their dependents.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that progressive muscular atrophy developing a 10 percent or more degree of disability within 7 years after separation from active service during a period of war shall be presumed to be service connected.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977

Provides, for purposes of awarding veterans' wartime disability compensation, that progressive muscular atrophy developing a ten percent or more degree of disability within seven years after separation from active service during a period of war shall be presumed to be service connected.

A bill to provide recognition to the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots for their service to their country during World War II by deeming such service to have been active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977

Designates service as a Member of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots as active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should deny diplomatic recognition to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and oppose its membership in the United Nations, until such country makes a full accounting of Americans unaccounted for and missing in action in areas under its control.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977

Declares it the sense of the Congress that the United States should oppose United Nations membership of Vietnam and deny diplomatic recognition to Vietnam until that country cooperates in securing a satisfactory accounting of Americans missing in action and unaccounted for in the territory under Vietnamese control.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to alter the method of computation of certain veterans' non-service-connected disability pensions.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977

Raises the income limitation on disability pensions for veterans with non-service connected disabilities.

A bill to name the Veterans' Administration clinic in the Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Ill., the Roy Lofthouse Memorial Clinic.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977

Designates the Veterans' Administration ambulatory care clinic in the Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois, the Roy Lofthouse Memorial Clinic.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the use of health maintenance organizations in providing health care.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to contract with health maintenance organizations to provide medical care for members of the armed forces and their dependents.

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977

Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in social security benefits. Applies to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1976.

A bill to amend section 1503(b), title 38, United States Code, in order to allow certain individuals wrongfully precluded from taking advantage of chapter 31 vocational rehabilitation benefits to obtain such benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977

Permits a veteran to continue vocational rehabilitation training for up to six years after the date he or she has established eligibility or regained medical feasibility for training, when such veteran has been prevented from entering or completing a training course for specified reasons. (Revises the current extension period of not more than four years beyond the otherwise applicable eligibility period.)

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to crediting certain service of females sworn in as members of telephone operating units, Signal Corps.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977

Credits female members of the armed forces, for purposes of computing years of active service in the armed forces, with service performed during World War I by such individuals as members of telephone operating units of the Army.