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51 records in 1988

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Record· Divisionvote_1carried

Vote 38: Defence (Resumed).

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 1988

That a supplementary sum not exceeding £3,700,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1988 for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Defence, including certain services administered by that Office; for the pay and expenses of the Defence Forces; and for the payment of certain grants-in-aid.

Motion· Antrag11/3669rejected

Initiativen zum Verbot der Herstellung und Lagerung chemischer Waffen und der Verhinderung ihrer Weiterverbreitung (G-SIG: 11003370)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 December 1988

Einbeziehung aller Produkte, die zur Herstellung von C-Waffen geeignet sind, in die Regelungen des Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetzes und des Außenwirtschaftsgesetzes, Abzug aller chemischen Waffen vom Territorium der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Einrichtung einer chemiewaffenfreien Zone in Zentraleuropa, weltweite Vernichtung aller Chemiewaffen-Potentiale

Bill· HRH.R. 5573 (100th)referred

A bill to require the President to submit a report to Congress under the War Powers Resolution whenever members of the Armed Forces are paid hostile fire pay in an area declared a hostile fire zone by the Secretary of Defense.

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1988

Requires the President to submit a report to the Congress under the War Powers Resolution whenever members of the armed forces are paid hostile fire pay in an area declared a hostile zone by the Secretary of Defense.

Bill· HRH.R. 5578 (100th)referred

A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that a blind or disabled child otherwise qualified may be eligible for SSI benefits even though not a resident of the United States, if such child is accompanying a parent who is a member of the Armed Forces serving a tour of duty overseas.

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1988

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to make the U.S. residency requirement for SSI eligibility inapplicable to a child accompanying a parent who is a member of the armed forces serving a tour of duty overseas.

Bill· SS. 2899 (100th)referred

A bill to require the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to construct a medical research center for the Veteran's Administration and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1988

Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to construct a medical research center at the Veterans Administration Medical Center and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Provides that such construction may be carried out only if the Administrator, the President of the Medical University, and the Governor of South Carolina enter into a funding agreement to require the Administrator to pay one-half of the cost of constructing and equipping the center and the State of South Carolina and the Medical University to pay the other half of such cost. Authorizes the Administrator to accept payments from the State of South Carolina and the Medical University to defray such costs. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into an agreement with the President of the Medical University that provides for joint ownership, management, and use of the center. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2900 (100th)referred

Defense Acquisition Improvement Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1988

Defense Acquisition Improvement Amendments of 1988 - Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to establish an annual program for review, revision, and implementation of regulations affecting the Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition process. Requires the first annual program to commence by February 1, 1989. Directs the Under Secretary to ensure that final regulations on the following matters are prescribed by June 1, 1989: (1) controls over advisory and assistance services acquired by contract; (2) standards and procedures to ensure that audits of DOD contractors' internal operations are complete and independently-conducted; (3) procedures that eliminate duplicative oversight actions and requirements; (4) revised Defense Acquisition Regulation Council procedures to ensure that primary council actions are assigned to employees of the Office of the Under Secretary, that completion dates are specified for such actions, and that the Under Secretary is informed of delays in actions; (5) appropriate coverage of subcontractors under suspension and debarment procedures; (6) requirements for verification of contractors' assertions of a catalog pricing exemption for contracts in excess of $1,000,000 and authority for a price adjustment in such contracts if such assertions are invalid; (7) implementation of revised work measurement standards to improve productivity and efficiency of contractor operations; (8) implementation of revised cost estimating systems; and (9) guidance to ensure that DOD obtains cost data in connection with split-source procurement contracts and that a defective pricing recovery clause is included in such contracts. Declares that the Under Secretary is the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on the resource allocation implications of all acquisition programs. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations which require each person submitting a bid for a covered contract to certify that no information relating to such bid was obtained from a Federal employee which: (1) was submitted to DOD by an offeror in response to a solicitation for bids for such contract; (2) is marked by the offeror that such information is subject to a privilege against disclosure; (3) is identified by DOD as classified source selection-sensitive or for official use only; or (4) is information the disclosure of which to such person by a Federal employee whould violate a law. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations to require such persons to certify that: (1) the prices in such bid were determined independently without consulting with any competitor on matters relating to prices; (2) no attempts to induce other persons to submit or not to submit an offer for purposes of restricting competition have been made; and (3) an accurate description of the internal review for the certification has been attached to such certification. Directs the Secretary to require covered contracts to contain a clause permitting the Secretary to reduce the contract price by the amount of any anticipated profit if: (1) a person is convicted of violating certain provisions of the Federal criminal code in connection with such contract; or (2) the Secretary determines that the competitive information certification submitted in connection with such contract was false, incomplete, or inaccurate. Requires the Secretary, before reducing a contract price, to notify the contractor of the proposed reduction and give the contractor at least 30 days to submit an argument in opposition to such reduction.

Bill· HRH.R. 5516 (100th)referred

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require that the President award the Legion of Merit to any member of the Armed Forces who has received three or more Purple Hearts.

United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1988

Requires the President to award the Legion of Merit to any member of the armed forces who has received three or more Purple Hearts. Directs the President, within two years of enactment of this Act, to award the Legion of Merit to any person who, between September 8, 1939, and the date of enactment of this Act, has received three or more Purple Hearts. Provides that if any such person dies before the award of the Legion of Merit, such award may be presented to the representative of such person, as designated by the President.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 581 (100th)passed

A resolution waiving all points of order against the conference report on the bill (S. 2749) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1989 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, and against the consideration of such conference report.

United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1988

Waives points of order against the conference report on S. 2749 (armed forces funding) and against its consideration.

Question· Kleine Anfrage11/3082open

Neofaschistische Verbindungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (G-SIG: 11002911)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 October 1988

Evtl. Zusammenarbeit von Mitgliedern demokratischer Jugendorganisationen und Studentenverbänden mit rechtsextremistischen Organisationen im Jahre 1987 und 1988, Zusammenarbeit der Freiheitlichen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (FAP) und der Nationalen Front (NF) mit anderen rechtsextremistischen Gruppen, Rolle des Generalmajors der Wehrmacht Otto-Ernst Remer, Ermittlungsverfahren nach §§ 86 und 86a StGB, als "gemeinnützig" anerkannte "rechtsextremistische" Gruppen, Mitgliedschaft von Offizieren der Bundeswehr in rechtsextremistischen Organisationen, Beurteilung rechtsextremistischer Organisationen durch das BMI, Rolle des Rechtsextremisten Dr. Gerhard Frey, evtl. Kontakte von Mitgliedern der im Bundestag vertretenen Parteien mit ausländischen Parteien (z.B. mit der französischen Front National), Einschätzung der Hiag durch die Bundesregierung, Verbindungen von rechtsextremistischen Gruppierungen zu der Organisation "Stahlhelm-Kampfbund für Europa e.V.", Bewertung der periodischen Veröffentlichungen "Wir selbst", "Elemente" u.a., Arbeit des sog. Norddeutschen Forums und der des "Bundes heimattreuer Jugend e.V." (BJH), Rolle der Partei "Die Republikaner", Verbindungen des Studentenverbandes Ring freiheitlicher Studenten, Verbindungen des Gesamtdeutschen Studentenverbandes (GDS), Rolle des "Hilfskomitees südliches Afrika", Verbindungen der Organisation "Nationalrevolutionärer Koordinationsausschuß" (NRKA) sowie des "Sinus"-Verlages

Bill· HRH.R. 5472 (100th)referred

Department of Defense Contractual Equity Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1988

Department of Defense Contractual Equity Act - Requires any Department of Defense contract for supplies or services, or for the construction or alteration of facilities owned or leased by the United States, to prohibit the contractor from entering into an arrangement with a labor union which requires that: (1) subcontractors who employ nonunion members shall be denied the right to work under such contract; (2) membership in such union is a condition of employment under any subcontract; (3) subcontractors must hire as their exclusive source of labor only persons belonging to such union; or (4) individuals not affiliated with such union shall be required to pay fees.

Bill· HRH.R. 5481 (100th)referred

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to disclose all biological agents used in (or the subject of) research, development, testing, or evaluation which is conducted under the Biological Defense Research Program.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1988

Requires the Secretary of Defense, no later than 60 days after the end of a fiscal year, to publish a list in the Federal Register of all biological agents studied or used in, or the subject of, research under the Biological Defense Research Program during such fiscal year. Exempts from the list agents whose disclosure would involve classified information. Requires the Secretary to prepare a classified list and submit such list to the Congress no later than the publication date of the unclassified list for such fiscal year.

Bill· HRH.R. 5452 (100th)referred

Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense Extension Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1988

Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense Extension Act of 1988 - Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to require the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense to submit to the Congress: (1) legislation necessary to implement the recommendations of the Commission; and (2) a final report. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5456 (100th)referred

A bill to establish a joint congressional committee to be known as the Joint Committee on the Procurement of Services and Property by the Department of Defense.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1988

Establishes the Joint Committee on the Procurement of Services and Property by the Department of Defense. Makes it the duty of such joint committee to: (1) investigate the operation, administration, and effects of the system of procurement of property and services by the Department of Defense (DOD); (2) investigate measures and methods for achieving greater economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in procurement by DOD; (3) review a procurement by DOD, if the joint committee determines that there is reason to suspect illegal activity and all judicial and administrative remedies with regard to the procurement have been exhausted; and (4) make such other investigations as deemed necessary. Requires the joint committee to report biannually to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives and to publish findings and conclusions from time to time for the general public. Sets forth a procedure for the joint committee to initiate certain investigations. Terminates the joint committee ten years after the date of enactment of this Act.

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