Department of Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980

Summary

Department of Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for use by the armed forces for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons. Earmarks a specified portion of such authorization for the procurement of avionics and cruise missile integration for the B-52 modification program. Stipulates that such funding shall only be available on the condition that the Secretary of Defense report to Congress regarding the uncertainties of the effectiveness of the B-52 as a cruise missile carrier during the next decade and the requirements for maintaining the defense penetration capability of the B-52. Authorizes appropriations for the United States' share of the cost of NATO's Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS). Authorizes the reappropriation of unobligated funds previously appropriated for the DDG-2 destroyer modernization program for an additional SSN-68 nuclear attack submarine. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for military research, development, test, and evaluation. Declares it the sense of the Congress that the development of the MX missile should proceed so as to achieve Initial Operational Capability for such missile and its basing mode (Multiple Protective Structures). Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the ability of such basing mode to survive foreseeable attempts by the Soviet Union to neutralize such system. Title III: Active Forces - Establishes the authorized end strength for active duty personnel for fiscal year 1980 for each of the armed forces. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Prescribes the average strengths for the reserve components of the armed forces for such fiscal year. Increases from 50 percent to 100 percent the Federal share of the educational expenses incurred by reservists in the Selected Reserve Educational Assistance Program. Revises the repayment obligation of individuals participating in such program who do not participate satisfactorily in training in their reserve unit. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to retain officers of the Veterinary Corps on active status until age 60 with the officer's consent. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Sets forth the authorized end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1980. Allows the Secretary of Defense to apportion such personnel among the various military departments. Title VI: Military Training Student Loads - Prescribes the average military training student loads for each of the armed forces for fiscal year 1980. Title VII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Stipulates that no funds may be appropriated for carrying out the provisions of such Act unless such funds have been authorized for such purpose after July 14, 1976. Title VIII: General Provisions - Stipulates that the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not control the expenditure of military research and development funds which are required to be specifically authorized by law. Directs the Secretary of Defense to institute actions to ensure that maximum first-year enrollment at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is attained consistent with the academic capacity of the University and the needs of the uniformed services for medical personnel. Authorizes the enlistment of individuals over the age of 26 in the reserve components of the armed forces. Places limitations on the conversion of commercial or industrial functions being performed by Department of Defense personnel to performance by a private contractor. Revises the stipend payable to individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program to make it equivalent to the stipend payable under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program. Stipulates that medical officers while serving an active duty obligation resulting from a military medical education program shall be paid $9,000 for each year of such service. Authorizes the advance payment of station housing allowances for members of the uniformed services assigned overseas. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to specified Congressional committees assessing the readiness status of NATO military forces. Specifies findings which are to be included in such report. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976, to direct the Secretary to submit quarterly acquisition reports to Congress for those major defense systems which are estimated to require financing above a specified level. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 to the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance for the 1980 Olympic winter games, as authorized by the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1979. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act to reduce the total number of Army ground combat troops stationed in the Republic of Korea below the number stationed there on May 1, 1979. Directs the President to commence registration of 18 year old males pursuant to the Military Selective Service Act. Directs the President to submit a plan to Congress for reforming the existing law providing for the registration and induction of persons into the armed forces. Specifies the recommendations to be included in such plan including: (1) the desirability of registering individuals through a centralized automated system using school records and other existing records; (2) the desirability of granting the President the authority to induct registrants into the armed forces during periods where such authority is required in the interests of national defense as determined by the President; and (3) whether women should be subject to registration and induction. Amends the Military Selective Service Act to require the Selective Service System to participate in periodic training exercises to simulate emergency mobilization procedures. Declares it the sense of the Congress that the Selective Service System should remain independent of any other agency. Stipulates that the System shall not be subject to any executive reorganization plan.

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 14 September 1979

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 10 May 1979

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