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96-s-3263 96 s 3263 All Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-12-12 1980-12-12 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes a program of educational assistance for men and women who enter active duty in the armed forces after June 30, 1981. Defines an eligible veteran for such program as one who: (1) serves on active duty for three or more consecutive years; or (2) serves an obligated period of active duty for three or more consecutive years which began after June 30, 1981. Entitles an eligible veteran to basic educational assistance if such veteran is pursuing a program of education on a full- time basis. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reduce rates of assistance appropriately if such veteran is pursuing a program of education on less than a full-time basis. Entitles an eligible veteran to supplemental educational assistance if such veteran: (1) has served six or more consecutive years in the armed forces; or (2) has served four or more consecutive years and has been accepted for service in a component of the Ready Reserve. Excludes the periods of service for basic educational assistance from being counted for entitlement to supplemental assistance. Allows such veterans to receive both types of assistance concurrently. Allows such veterans who have served 12 or more consecutive years of active duty to transfer all or any part of their entitlement to their dependents in accordance with provisions of this Act. Prohibits any person divorced from an eligible veteran from receiving any educational assistance based on such veteran's service. Declares the use of an eligible veteran's educational assistance expires ten years after such veteran's last discharge or release from active duty. Sets forth exceptions to such ten-year period based on certain circumstances. Excludes certain service for the purpose of earning entitlement, including: (1) assignment to a course of education substantially the same as that offered civilians; (2) service as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies; (3) certain enlistment in the Army or Air Natio… 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3263
96-s-3199 96 s 3199 A bill to direct the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to review the application of Herman Miller for the Congressional Medal of Honor. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-11-14 1980-11-14 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] CA R H000384 2 Directs the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to review the application of Herman Miller for consideration of being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Requires the Board to apply the standards for such award as were in effect on April 16, 1900. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3199
96-s-3179 96 s 3179 Military Recruiting Information Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-09-30 1980-09-30 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] TX R T000322 0 Military Recruiting Information Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to collect and compile directory information on students who are at least 17 years of age, or who are in the 11th grade or higher, and who are enrolled in a secondary school in the United States, its territories, possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provides that such information: (1) may be made available to the armed forces only for military recruiting and national security purposes; (2) may not be maintained for more than three years relative to each person; and (3) shall be confidential and not open to disclosure other than for purposes of this Act. Requests each State and local government to make available to the Secretary concerned, upon request, any criminal history information on any person relative to military recruitment and related national security. 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3179
96-s-3147 96 s 3147 A bill to rename the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Topeka Kansas, as the "Colmery-O'Neil Veteran's Administration Medical Center." Armed Forces and National Security 1980-09-24 1980-09-25 Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 1 Redesignates the VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas, as the "Colmery-O'Neil Veterans' Administration Medical Center." 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3147
96-s-3122 96 s 3122 United States Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-09-17 1980-09-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 1 United States Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to eliminate the mandatory review by Courts of Military Review and the United States Court of Military Appeals of sentences affecting general or flag officers. Stipulates that such amendment shall not apply to cases begun before the effective date of this Act. Revises provisions relating to status, jurisdiction, membership, organization, procedure, and administration of the Court of Military Appeals. States with regard to membership that: (1) the Court shall consist of five members (presently three); (2) a member must be a member of the bar of a Federal court or the highest court of a State; and (3) not more than three members may be appointed from the same political party. States with regard to organization that: (1) the seal of the Court shall be judicially noticed; (2) a majority of the Court shall constitute a quorum (presently two judges for a quorum); and (3) the principal office of the Court shall be in the District of Columbia, but the Court may sit at any other place it designates. States with regard to procedure that: (1) the rules of practice may be prescribed by the Court; and (2) the accused has 60 days from (a) the date of notification of the decision of a Court of Military Review, or (b) the date on which the decision of a Court of Military Review is deposited with the post office for delivery to the accused, to petition for review. States with regard to administrative procedures that the Court: (1) shall provide for the publication of its reports for public use; (2) may appoint and fix the pay of necessary employees; and (3) may make necessary expenditures and set fees for the copying of transcripts and other related documents. Allows any retired judge of the Court to become a senior judge, and with his or her consent, to be called upon by the chief judge of such Court to perform judicial duties for any period. Sets forth transition provisions regarding: (1) continuation of status; (2) term of o… 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3122
96-s-3073 96 s 3073 A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to improve vision care services under CHAMPUS. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-08-26 1980-08-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to contract for eye examination services for spouses and children of members of the uniformed services under the CHAMPUS program. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3073
96-s-3074 96 s 3074 Department of Energy National Defense Programs Authorization Act of 1981 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-08-26 1980-12-17 Public Law 96-540. Senate Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] WA D J000013 0 (Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment) Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1981 - =Title I: National Security Programs= - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1981 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment costs incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, and military applications of nuclear energy, as specified. =Title II: General Provisions= - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of authorized funds for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of such requirement as specified. Imposes specified limits on the costs of general plant projects and construction projects. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for proposed construction projects with amounts authorized for plant engineering and design, and to perform such services using available funds for any Department of Energy defense activity construction project in the event of any national emergency. Prohibits the use of any funds available under this or any other Act from being used: (1) for the licensing of any defense activity or facility of the Department of Energy by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; or (2) to pay any penalty, fine, forfeiture, or settlement resulting from… 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3074
96-s-3059 96 s 3059 Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-08-22 1980-09-16 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 7301 passed in lieu. Senate Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] CO D H000287 0 (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 7301 passed in lieu) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 - =Title I: Army= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules, or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes appropriations for minor construction projects. =Title II: Navy= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for the construction of the Air Passenger Terminal in Keflavik, Iceland. Stipulates that the United States share of such construction costs shall not exceed $20,000,000. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction of the Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, California, until the Secretary submits a report to specified congressional committees on the selection of a site for such Center, and the committees grant written approval for such site. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire by exchange necessary lands for two established, low-level, high-speed aircra… 2025-09-02T13:57:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/3059
96-s-2977 96 s 2977 Veterans and Service Members Education Benefits Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-07-25 1980-07-25 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 1 Veterans' and service members Education Benefits Act of 1980 - Establishes a Veterans' and service members Education Benefits Program for veterans who have served on active duty for a period of two years or more after December 31,1980. Entitles eligible veterans to one and one-half months of educational assistance for each month of such veteran's service and makes such veterans eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the ten-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay an educational assistance allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes any person who, after December 31, 1980, performs four years of service as a member of the Selected Reserve eligible for educational assistance limited to a maximum of 36 months, and an educational assistance allowance equal to one-half that of an eligible veteran. Grants to eligible veterans, who have served on active duty for eight years or more, the right to transfer educational assistance entitlements to such veterans' spouses or children in such manner as prescribed by the Administrator and under limitations set forth in this Act. Increases the range of amounts of monthly deductions eligible veterans shall be allowed to contribute to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account and the limitation on the maximum amount of such contributions. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to such fund on behalf of any participant, thereby reducing such participant's deductions, when deemed necessary to encourage such persons to enter or remain in the Armed Forces. Terminates the Veterans' Educational Assistance program after December 31, 1989, or four years after any eligible veteran's discharge or release date, whichever is later. 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2977
96-s-2960 96 s 2960 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide the Veterans' Administration revolving supply fund with authority to base its charges for the direct cost of supplies and equipment on recent significant purchase prices and allow for retention and use of such charges in the operations of the revolving supply fund. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-07-24 1980-07-24 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 Allows Veterans' Administration revolving supply fund reimbursements to be based on the cost of recent significant purchases of the items involved. Directs the Administrator to return to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts such amounts determined to be in excess of the requirements necessary for the effective financial management of such fund. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2960
96-s-2929 96 s 2929 A bill to establish an intelligence community to promote the national security of the United States, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-07-02 1980-07-02 Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] WY R W000092 8 Title I: The Intelligence Community - Authorizes the "intelligence community" of the United States to conduct intelligence activities in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Includes the following entities in the intelligence community: (1) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) Central Intelligence Analysis Agency; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) Foreign Intelligence Agency; (5) National Security Agency; (6) National Counterintelligence Office; and (7) intelligence components of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency, military services, Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, Energy, and others as determined by the President. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of the Director of National Intelligence, headed by a Director of National Intelligence appointed by the President. Includes in such Office: (1) a United States Intelligence Board (USIB), consisting of the heads of the entities in the intelligence community, to coordinate U.S. intelligence activities; and (2) a Board of Presidential Estimates, appointed by the Director, to prepare briefings on intelligence for the President and the National Security Council. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including to: (1) inform the President of views and developments within the community; (2) make budgetary recommendations for the community; (3) provide the President and Congress with an annual assessment of the community's effectiveness; (4) promulgate regulations governing the classification of sensitive information; (5) coordinate technical services needed by the community; and (6) perform other duties as the President may prescribe. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence, at the request of the National Security Council, to produce Presidential intelligence estimates. Requires the Director to ensure that diverse points of view within the community are presented. Establishes a nine-member National Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, appointed by the President, to evalu… 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2929
96-s-2941 96 s 2941 Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-07-02 1980-07-02 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 0 Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes an Armed Forces Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for three years or more. Sets forth a schedule of educational assistance entitlement for such veterans as follows: (1) for service of 36 consecutive months but less than 48 consecutive months and an agreement to serve three years in the Ready Reserve, 18 months of assistance; (2) for service of 48 consecutive months but less than 72 consecutive months and an agreement to serve four years in the Ready Reserve, 36 months of assistance; and (3) for service of 72 consecutive months, 36 months of assistance. Allows eligible veterans who have served on active duty for 16 years by September 30, 1986, to transfer their educational entitlement to their spouse or children in such manner as prescribed by the Administrator concerned and under limitations set forth in this Act. Makes any veteran entitled to assistance under this Act eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program (PREP) and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the six-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans educational assistance. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit a joint report to the Congress, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on plans for implementing the educational assistance provided in such Act. Directs the S… 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2941
96-s-2898 96 s 2898 A bill to amend the post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 to improve participation. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-06-27 1980-06-27 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 Increases the range of amounts of monthly deductions which persons in military service shall be allowed to contribute to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2898
96-s-2856 96 s 2856 A bill relating to the terms of office of certain members of Boards of Visitors to service academies, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-06-20 1980-06-20 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] NY R J000064 0 Revises the terms of office of members of Boards of Visitors to United States service academies to provide that such members serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2856
96-s-2846 96 s 2846 A bill to amend chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, to modify the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance provided under such chapter. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-06-18 1980-06-18 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 0 Revises the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance to provide that such assistance shall terminate on December 31, 1989, or the date five years after a veteran's last discharge or release from active duty, whichever is later. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2846
96-s-2836 96 s 2836 A bill to encourage enlistment and service in the military reserve forces of the United States. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-06-17 1980-06-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] CO R A000219 0 Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to repay and cancel an amount equal to the lesser of the unpaid balance of a guaranteed or insured student loan or $2,000, for each year, up to four years, of satisfactory service a student borrower performs after December 31, 1981, as a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force of the United States. Specifies that this does not authorize refunding any repayment of a loan. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such purpose. Requires that eligible lenders give priority to Selected Reserve members in making federally insured guaranteed student loans. Requires that institutions of higher education give first priority to Selected Reserve members in making direct student loans. Includes among those who are "preference eligible" as veterans, for purposes of Federal employment, individuals who: (1) become Selected Reserve members on or before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) satisfactorily complete at least two years of such service. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2836
96-s-2806 96 s 2806 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code , to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make contributions for construction projects on land adjacent to national cemeteries in order to facilitate safe ingress or egress. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-06-10 1980-06-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make contributions to local authorities for the construction of traffic controls, road improvements, or other devices adjacent to national cemeteries in order to facilitate safe entry or exit. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2806
96-s-2755 96 s 2755 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator to provide a memorial plaque or marker in appropriate situations to the next of kin of an individual who would otherwise be memorialized in a national, private or local cemetery. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-05-22 1980-05-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, when requested, to provide a memorial plaque or marker for any veteran, whose remains are undetermined or buried at sea, for placement in an appropriate location designated by the next of kin. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2755
96-s-2758 96 s 2758 A bill to amend chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for specially adapted housing benefits. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-05-22 1980-05-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist in acquiring specially equipped housing for certain veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities due to the loss or loss of use of both upper extremities. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2758
96-s-2649 96 s 2649 Veterans' Disability Compensation and Housing Benefits Amendments of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-05-02 1980-08-06 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 7511 passed in lieu. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 10 (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 7511 passed in lieu) Veterans' Disability Compensation and Housing Benefits Amendments of 1980 - =Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits= - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. =Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits= - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. =Title III: Special Home Adaptation Grants for Certain Severely Disabled Veterans= - Provides specially adapted housing assistance to severely disabled veterans, due to blindness or loss, or loss of use, of both upper extremities, limited to a maximum of $5,000. Directs that such assistance be granted to any such veteran not more than once. =Title IV: Veterans' Administration Home-Loan Program Amendments= - Enables veterans who have used their Veterans Administration (VA) loan guaranty entitlement for the purchase of a conventional home, condominium, or mobile home to refinance such loan at a lower interest rate with a VA loan refinancing guaranty. Increases the maximum loan guaranty for such dwellings. Directs the VA to make available any appraisal report or certificate of reasonable value in connection with any VA loan program to any person who applies for such certificate. Authorizes the Administrator to release the name, address, or other identifying information of a veteran to any category of eligible persons, described by VA regulation, for the purpose of ascertaining any such veterans' credit worthiness, or verifying other loan information. Stipulates that any such release be promptly recorded in such veterans' records. Exempts consumer reporting agencies and their employees from provisions of the Federal Privacy Act. =Title V: Miscellaneous Amendments= - Prov… 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2649
96-s-2629 96 s 2629 A bill to increase the pay, allowances, and special and incentive pays of members of the uniformed services. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-04-30 1980-04-30 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] CO R A000219 3 Increases the pay and allowances, and certain special and incentive pays, of members of the uniformed services for pay periods beginning after December 31, 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the President, in any year in which an alternative pay plan is transmitted to the Congress, to include in such plan a statement specifying the adjustment which would have been made but for such alternative plan. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2629
96-s-2597 96 s 2597 An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, for the Intelligence Community Staff, and for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-04-23 1980-10-14 Public Law 96-450. Senate Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] IN D B000254 0 (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-1350) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1981 - =Title I: Intelligence Activities= - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the United States Government. Authorizes the appropriation of a specified sum for fiscal year 1981 for activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to counter terrorism in the United States. =Title II: Intelligence Community Staff= - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1981. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 245 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. =Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System= - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. =Title IV: General Provisions= - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use intelligence and communications funds for arrangements with foreign countries for cryptologic support. Amends the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (as entitled by this Act) to authorize funds of the National Security Agency, with respect to a special limited class of its civilian and military personnel assigned outside the United States, to provide allowances and other benefits comparable to those authorized for officers and employees of the Foreign Service. Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency to: (1) rent or lease, for periods not to exceed ten years, buildings and grounds outside the United States for the use of the Agency; and (2) use such buildings and grounds to furnish personnel of such Agency with living quarters, heat, light, and household equipment, without cost to such personnel. Authorizes the Director of the Agency to provide travel, transportation, and subsistence allowances and other benefits to personnel assigned to training overseas for one year or longer. Relieves employees of liability… 2025-01-14T19:06:24Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2597
96-s-2592 96 s 2592 G I Bill Amendments Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-04-22 1980-04-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 GI Bill Amendments Act of 1980 - Increases the allowances for programs for eligible veterans and survivors and dependents as follows: (1) veteran-trainees in vocational rehabilitation programs; (2) educational assistance; (3) special training; and (4) apprenticeship or other on-job training. Precludes tutorial assistance to eligible veterans by immediate family members. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish Veterans Benefits Counselors at educational institutions. Terminates the authority for the veterans' representatives program. Makes those persons who served in the military prior to January 1, 1977, and who reentered after such date, eligible for the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans educational assistance program. Establishes a plan for the distribution of the unused contributions of a serviceman to the educational assistance fund, in the event of the death of such participant. Makes this Act effective October 1, 1980. 2025-09-02T13:56:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2592
96-s-2596 96 s 2596 Veterans Education Assistance Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-04-22 1980-04-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] CO R A000219 12 Veterans' Education Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for a period of two years or more, or are discharged or released from such duty for a service-connected disability. Entitles eligible veterans to 36 months of educational assistance under such program. Makes such veterans eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the ten-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans educational assistance. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982. 2025-09-02T13:56:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2596
96-s-2562 96 s 2562 A bill to provide hospital care facilities operated by the Veterans' Administration within a reasonable distance of veterans with service-connected disabilities who live in the area of Las Vegas, Nevada. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-04-16 1980-04-16 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] NV D C000120 1 Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the use of a privately or publicly owned facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, to provide hospital care for veterans with service-connected disabilities. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2562
96-s-2463 96 s 2463 A bill to amend the Survivor Benefit Plan provided for in chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, to permit a person who has elected to participate in such plan to suspend that election when such person has been rated as totally disabled for a specified period of time, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-03-21 1980-03-21 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] NH R H000951 4 Amends the military retiree Survivor Benefit Plan to permit an individual suffering from a service-connected disability rated by the Veterans' Administration (VA) as totally disabling for a specified period of time, to suspend election in such Plan by submitting written notice to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary, upon receipt of a request for such a suspension, to discontinue the reduction being made in such person's retired or retainer pay on account of participation in the Plan. Requires the individual electing to suspend participation in the Plan to obtain the written consent of the beneficiary or beneficiaries involved. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish to each person who requests suspension of participation in the Plan a written statement of the advantages of participating in the Plan and the disadvantages of suspending participation. Allows a specified time for withdrawal of the suspension request. Permits reenrollment in the Plan if at any time subsequent to such suspension the VA reduces such person's service-connected disability rating to less than total and the individual makes application to the Secretary within the prescribed period. Authorizes the Secretary to resume reductions in such person's retired or retainer pay upon receipt of such application. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2463
96-s-2464 96 s 2464 A bill to amend section 562 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of a special pension to the surviving spouses of persons awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-03-21 1980-03-21 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] WY R S000429 0 Authorizes payment of a special pension of $100 a month to the surviving spouse of any person who has served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, and who has been awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously. Provides for continued payment of such pension until the surviving spouse dies or remarries. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2464
96-s-2440 96 s 2440 A bill to amend the Military Selective Service Act to allow the registration of both men and women. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-03-19 1980-03-19 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] GA D N000171 0 Amends the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration for military service of all persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, rather than men. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2440
96-s-2410 96 s 2410 A bill to amend Public Law 95-520, to extend the deadline for reporting on hospital care and medical services furnished by the Veteran's Administration in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-03-12 1980-03-12 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 Extends until February 1, 1981, the deadline for reporting on hospital care and medical services furnished by the Veterans' Administration in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2410
96-s-2413 96 s 2413 A bill to rename the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, as the "Harry W. Colmery Veteran's Administration Hospital". Armed Forces and National Security 1980-03-12 1980-03-12 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 1 Renames the Veterans' Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, as the "Harry W. Colmery Veterans' Administration Hospital." 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2413
96-s-2381 96 s 2381 A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to modify the system of accountability and responsibility for property of the United States issued to the National Guard. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-03-05 1980-03-05 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] ME R C000598 1 Directs the Secretary of the Army, with respect to the Army National Guard, and the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to the Air National Guard, to prescribe regulations for the accounting of property issued to the Guard and the fixing of responsibility for that property. Provides that individual members of the Guard may be held liable for lost, damaged, or destroyed property if under similar circumstances active service personnel would be so liable. Stipulates that such liability shall be taken out of pay unless cancelled by the respective Secretary. Provides that a State, or territory (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone) may be held liable for property lost, damaged, or destroyed incident to such jurisdictions' authorized use. Stipulates that such liability shall be paid from non-Federal funds. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2381
96-s-2361 96 s 2361 Vietnam Veterans Career Development, Advancement and Training Assistance Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-28 1980-02-28 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] SD R P000513 0 Vietnam Veterans Career Development, Advancement, and Training Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes a program of career development, advancement, training, and related services for Vietnam-era veterans. Defines, for purposes of this Act: (1) eligible veteran; (2) active duty; (3) eligible employer; (4) dependent; (5) career development and advancement program; and (6) career development and training program. Sets forth provisions regarding entitlement to and eligibility of a veteran for a career development and advancement or training allowance. Sets the duration of such eligibility for an eligible veteran. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide occupational and vocational counseling. Permits an eligible veteran to select a program of career development and advancement or a program of career development and training with an eligible employer in a chosen career field if the employer hires such veteran into its regular workforce with the expectation of permanent employment of the veteran after the training and career development assistance ends. Disallows approval of enrollment of a veteran for: (1) seasonal, intermittent or temporary jobs; (2) jobs paying less than $4.00 an hour, unless the Administrator determines in a particular case that the clause does not apply; (3) jobs outside the United States or its territories or possessions; (4) jobs under which commissions are the primary source of income; (5) employment which involves political or religious activities; (6) employment in an industry which a substantial number of experienced and able workers are unemployed; (7) jobs that are above entry level, except when applicable personnel procedures and collective bargaining procedures regarding the advancement of currently employed workers are complied with; (8) employment which would result in the displacement of any currently employed worker; and (9) jobs which if filled would replace any worker who is on lay off, or on strike. Requires the Administrator to discontinue the career development … 2025-09-02T13:56:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2361
96-s-2330 96 s 2330 Veterans Administration Medical Quality Assurance Records Confidentiality Act Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-26 1980-02-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] GA D T000035 1 Veterans' Administration Medical Quality Assurance Records Confidentiality Act - Provides for the confidentiality of all records and documents which are part of any Veterans' Administration medical quality assurance program. Stipulates that disclosure of such material may be made only under specified circumstances (unlawful disclosure to be punishable by fine and/or imprisonment), including: (1) congressional oversight functions; (2) Government or private licensing and accreditation functions; (3) statutory functions; and (4) public health or safety, or emergency, functions. Defines "medical quality assurance programs" for purposes of this Act. 2025-09-02T13:56:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2330
96-s-2331 96 s 2331 Vinson-Trammell Act Amendments of 1979 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-26 1980-02-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Morgan, Robert B. [D-NC] NC D M000956 0 Vinson-Trammell Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Vinson-Trammell Act to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from making a noncompetitive national defense contract unless the contractor agrees to: (1) pay any excess profit to the United States; (2) make no subcontract in order to evade any provisions of this Act; and (3) make no first tier subcontract unless the subcontractor also agrees to such provisions (present section sets forth aircraft contract requirements). Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) collect any profits owed by a contractor by setoff against any amounts due such contractor; or (2) waive the requirements of this Act with regard to any contract or subcontract. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress concerning actions taken under this Act. Repeals provisions setting forth naval vessel contract requirements. 2025-09-02T13:56:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2331
96-s-2333 96 s 2333 Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-26 1980-02-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] CO D H000287 1 Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for the construction of the Air Passenger Terminal in Keflavik, Iceland. Stipulates that the United States share of such construction costs shall not exceed $20,000,000. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in title I of this Act. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop military installations at specified locations and authorizes appropriations in specified am… 2025-09-02T13:56:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2333
96-s-2341 96 s 2341 Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1981 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-26 1980-02-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] WA D J000013 1 Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1981 - Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1981 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment costs incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, and military applications of nuclear energy, as specified. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of authorized funds for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of such requirement as specified. Imposes specified limits on the costs of general plant projects and construction projects. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for proposed construction projects with amounts authorized for plant engineering and design, and to perform such services using available funds for any Department of Energy defense activity construction project in the event of any national emergency. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982 - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1982 to the Department of Energy for programs set forth in this Act. 2025-09-02T13:56:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2341
96-s-2308 96 s 2308 A bill the amend section 2003 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for the assignment of clerical or secretarial employees to assist veterans' employment representatives assigned to the States under such section. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-20 1980-02-20 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 10 Provides for the assignment of clerical or secretarial employees to assist the representatives of the Veterans' Employment Service. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2308
96-s-2303 96 s 2303 A bill to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery in the State of Vermont. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-19 1980-02-19 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] VT R S000776 0 Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to acquire the necessary land, and establish a national cemetery in Vermont. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2303
96-s-2294 96 s 2294 Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-18 1980-02-18 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Stennis, John C. [D-MS] MS D S000852 1 Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for use by the armed forces for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons. Authorizes appropriations for the United States' share of the cost of NATO's Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS). Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1980, to make permanent the authority for the Secretary of Defense to: (1) waive reimbursement for certain administrative expenses and surcharges in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the Ministers of Defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on the NATO E-3A Cooperative Program; and (2) assume contingent liability for other specified expenses incurred in connection with such program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for military research, development, test and evaluation. Title III: Active Forces - Establishes the authorized end strength for active duty personnel for fiscal year 1981 for each of the armed forces. Title IV: Reserve Forces - Prescribes the average strengths for the reserve components of the armed forces for fiscal year 1981. Title V: Civilian Personnel - Sets forth the authorized end strength for civilian personnel within the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1981. 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 1981. Title VII: General Provisions - Raises from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000, and from $250,000 to $500,000, the dollar amounts at which certain requirements regarding companies doing independent research and development for the Department of Defense shall come into effect. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to review and adjust such amounts once … 2025-09-02T13:56:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2294
96-s-2284 96 s 2284 Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-08 1980-06-28 See S. 2597 as passed Senate for similar provisions. Senate Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] KY D H000905 6 (Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #172 (89-1)) Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the reporting requirement of the Hughes-Ryan Amendment of 1974, which conditions expenditures for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covert operations on the timely reporting by the President to the appropriate congressional committees. Retains the current requirement with respect to Presidential findings. Deems each covert operation a "significant anticipated intelligence activity" for the purposes of the new congressional oversight provisions established by this Act. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to add a new title V, "Accountability for Intelligence Activities." Requires the Director of Central Intelligence and the heads of all Federal entities involved in intelligence activities to keep the congressional intelligence committees fully and currently informed of all intelligence activities, including any significant anticipated intelligence activity. Stipulates that this notice does not mean prior approval of such committees is required for initiation of intelligence activity. Permits such notice to be limited to designated Members if the President determines it is essential to meet extraordinary circumstances affecting vital U.S. interests. Requires the Director and heads of Federal entities to: (1) furnish information requested by the Select Committees on Intelligence; and (2) report in a timely fashion to such committees any illegal intelligence activity or significant intelligence failures. Directs the President to fully inform the Select Committees in a timely fashion of intelligence operation in foreign countries, other than those intended solely for obtaining intelligence, for which prior notice was not given . Requires the President and the Select Committees to establish procedures for carrying out these requirements. Directs the House of Representatives and the Senate, in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence, to esta… 2025-01-14T19:06:24Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2284
96-s-2281 96 s 2281 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to designate the medal of honor award for military heroism as the "congressional medal of honor", and to amend subchapter IV of chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, relating to the Medal of Honor Roll. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-02-07 1980-02-07 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 0 Renames the Medal of Honor the Congressional Medal of Honor, and the Medal of Honor Roll the Congressional Medal of Honor Roll. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2281
96-s-2232 96 s 2232 A bill to amend section 2382 of title 10, United States Code, to exempt contracts of $1,000,000 or less. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-01-29 1980-01-29 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] RI D P000193 2 Exempts military aircraft contracts (or subcontracts) of $1,000,000 or less from certain procurement requirements (presently applies to contracts of up to $10,000). 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2232
96-s-2235 96 s 2235 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Michigan Job Development Authority the lands and improvements comprising the Michigan Army Missile Plant in Sterling Heights, Macomb County, Michigan. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-01-29 1980-04-22 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (Provisions inserted in H. R. 6464 as passed in Senate). Senate Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] MI D L000261 1 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Armed Services with amendment, S. Rept. 96-649) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Michigan Job Development Authority (a Michigan public corporation) the lands and improvements comprising the Michigan Army Missile Plant in Sterling Heights, Macomb County, Michigan. States that such Authority shall: (1) construct two buildings for the United States at the Detroit Arsenal, Warren, Michigan; (2) pay to the United States relocation costs; and (3) pay to the United States any difference between the value of the property conveyed by the United States to the Authority, and the buildings constructed by the Authority for the United States. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on such conveyance, and on the agreement entered into, before the completion of the conveyance. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2235
96-s-2216 96 s 2216 Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1980-01-24 1980-09-24 Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 96-990. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 13 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 96-990) Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1980 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 by adding a new title V: Protection of Certain National Security Information. Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of ten years' imprisonment and/or a $50,000 fine for anyone who, having had authorized access to classified information, intentionally discloses to any individual not authorized to receive classified information any information that identifies a covert agent, knowing that the information so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual's intelligence relationship to the United States. Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of five years' imprisonment and/or a $25,000 fine for anyone who, having had authorized access to classified information, learns the identity of a covert agent and intentionally discloses any information identifying such agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information so identifies such agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such agent's relationship to the United States. Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of three year's imprisonment and/or a $15,000 fine for anyone who, in the course of a pattern of activities undertaken for the purpose of uncovering and exposing the identities of covert agents and with reason to believe that such activities would impair or impede the foreign intelligence activities of the United States, discloses such information knowing that the information so identifies such agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such agent's relationship to the United States. Makes it a defense to such crimes that before the commission of the offense the United States had publicly acknowledged or revealed the intelligence relationship of the individual to the United States. Provides that no pe… 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2216
96-s-2190 96 s 2190 A bill to increase the rates of basic pay and allowances for certain pay grades of the uniformed services, to authorize under certain circumstances the payment of a station housing allowance to members of the uniformed services assigned to duty stations in certain areas of the United States, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1980-01-22 1980-01-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 1 Increases the basic pay and allowance rate in effect as of January 1, 1980, to the amount that would have been granted Federal employees if the President had not submitted an alternate pay plan for pay grades E-4 through E-9, W-1 through W-4, and 0-3 through 0-5. Authorizes additional station housing allowances to be paid to military personnel stationed in the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) where the actual housing costs exceed by more than 15 percent the housing allowance provided. Replaces fixed travel reimbursement schedules with ones to be determined by the Secretaries of the military departments. Eliminates "first-class transportation, including sleeping accommodations" as a factor in determining such reimbursement rates. Includes "common carrier transportation" and "high cost areas" as factors in determining such rates. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2190
96-s-2182 96 s 2182 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to deny eligibility for benefits available under such title to certain former members of the armed services who fail to complete at least 18 months of their initial period of obligated service. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-12-20 1979-12-20 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Morgan, Robert B. [D-NC] NC D M000956 2 Redefines "veteran" for veterans' benefits purposes to mean an individual who: (1) served in, and was not dishonorably discharged from, the active armed services prior to January 1, 1981; or (2) entered active military service on or after January 1, 1981, and (a) completed at least 18 months of service and was not dishonorably discharged, (b) was granted a hardship discharge, or (c) was granted a disability discharge. Redefines "eligible veteran" for post-Vietnam era educational assistance to include individuals who: (1) entered military service on or after January 1, 1977, but before January 1, 1981, having previously served 180 days or less, subsequently served at least 180 days of active service, and was not dishonorably discharged; (2) entered military service on or after January 1 1981, served at least 18 months of active service, and was not dishonorably discharged; (3) entered military service on or after January 1, 1981, having previously served either less than 180 days prior to 1981 or less than 18 months after such date, subsequently served at least 18 months, and was not dishonorably discharged; or (4) entered military service on or after January 1, 1977, having previously served 180 days or less, and was granted a disability discharged. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2182
96-s-2127 96 s 2127 A bill to amend section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, to reduce the minimum number of students that must be in a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-12-13 1979-12-13 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] CO D H000287 0 Revises Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps minimum enrollment provisions to require: (1) at least 50 enrollees at an institution of 1000 or more; or (2) at least five percent enrollees at smaller institution. Provides that such enrollees may be United States nationals (presently must be citizens). Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to temporarily waive such requirements if an institution falls below the minimum enrollment requirements. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2127
96-s-2084 96 s 2084 A bill to deny eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits to certain members of the armed forces who are discharged from active duty before completion of at least five-sixths of their initial enlistment obligations. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-12-05 1979-12-05 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] WY R S000429 6 Denies Federal unemployment compensation benefits to certain individuals discharged from the armed forces before completion of at least five-sixths of their initial active-duty enlistments. 2021-06-14T20:04:50Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2084
96-s-2020 96 s 2020 Armed Forces Earned Educational Assistance Act Armed Forces and National Security 1979-11-16 1979-11-16 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] ME R C000598 3 Armed Forces Earned Educational Assistance Act - Entitles any individual who enlists or reenlists for the first time in the armed forces for a period of two or more years and who possesses a critical military skill, as determined by the Secretary concerned, to specified educational benefits. Stipulates that such assistance may be for a period of up to 36 months of full time educational assistance. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a joint report containing their respective plans for implementing such program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress semiannually on the operation of such program. 2025-09-02T13:56:35Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/2020
96-s-1995 96 s 1995 A bill to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery on the Delmarva Peninsula. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-11-09 1979-11-09 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] DE R R000460 0 Provides for the establishment of a national cemetery on the Delmarva Peninsula, and authorizes the acquisition of such lands in Delaware, Maryland, or Virginia. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1995
96-s-1989 96 s 1989 Military Manpower Study Act of 1979 Armed Forces and National Security 1979-11-08 1979-11-08 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Schmitt, Harrison H. [R-NM] NM R S000132 6 Military Manpower Study Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive study of the immediate and long-term military manpower needs. Establishes the National Commission on Military Manpower Needs to conduct a similar study. 2025-09-02T13:56:35Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1989
96-s-1950 96 s 1950 A bill to waive the time limitation on the award of certain military decorations to members of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon of the 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division, for acts of valor performed during the Battle of the Bulge. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-10-29 1979-10-29 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] NY R J000064 6 Waives the time limitation on the award of certain military decorations to members of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon of the 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division, for acts of valor performed during the Battle of the Bulge. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1950
96-s-1918 96 s 1918 An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and standardize the provisions of law relating to appointment, promotion, separation, and mandatory retirement of regular commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to establish the permanent grade of commodore admiral in the Navy, to equalize the treatment of female commissioned officers with that of male commissioned officers, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-10-22 1980-12-12 Public Law 96-513. Senate Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] GA D N000171 0 (Measure passed House, amended) Defense Officer Personnel Management Act - =Title I: Amendments to Subtitle A of Title 10, United States Code-General Military Law= - Defines: (1) "active-duty list" as a single list for the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps containing the names of all officers of that armed force (other than those excluded by this Act); (2) "medical officer" as an officer of the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, or an officer designated as such in in the Air Force; (3) "dental officer" as an officer of the Dental Corps of the Army or Navy, or an officer of the Dental Corps of the Army or Navy, or an officer designated as such in the Air Force; (4) "general officer" as an officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps serving in or having the grade of general, lieutenant general, or brigadier general, and (5) "flag officer" as an officer of the Navy serving in or having the grade of admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral, or commodore admiral. Excludes specified members of the reserve and National Guard from such authorized strengths. Revises information to be included in the annual report of the Secretary of Defense to Congress recommending active-duty end strengths. Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the fiscal year end strengths in active-duty commissioned officers (excluding certain warrant officers) for each military service. Provides that the officer strength of the Navy is increased by the authorized officer strength of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating as part of the Navy. Authorizes ceilings for the number of Regular officers in each service. Provides for: (1) the authorized strengths for commissioned and reserve officers on active duty in grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel and Navy grades if lieutenant commander, commander, and captain; and (2) the distribution of commissioned officers on active duty in general and flag officer grades. Authorizes the President to temporarily suspend any of such provisions in time of war or… 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1918
96-s-1907 96 s 1907 A bill to amend section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, to permit certain service-connected disabled veterans who are retired members of the Armed Forces to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-10-18 1979-10-18 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] MS R C000567 0 Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1907
96-s-1902 96 s 1902 A bill to provide for the establishment within the National Cemetery System of a new national cemetery to be located in Russell County, Alabama, and to be known as the "Fort Mitchell Regional Veterans' Cemetery." Armed Forces and National Security 1979-10-17 1979-10-17 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Stewart, Donald [D-AL] AL D S000907 1 Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish within the National Cemetery System a national cemetery in Russell County, Alabama, to be known as the Fort Mitchell Regional Veterans' Cemetery. Stipulates that such proposed cemetery is to be established on a site donated to the United States by the Russell County Commission, Russell County, Alabama, and that such cemetery may not be established unless such Commission conveys to the United States, without consideration, all right and title to real property consisting of approximately 450 acres in the area of Fort Mitchell in Russell County, Alabama. Authorizes appropriations of $3,385,000 for fiscal year 1980 for the purposes of this Act. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1902
96-s-1872 96 s 1872 Vietnam Veterans Act Armed Forces and National Security 1979-10-10 1979-10-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] PA R H000456 3 Vietnam Veterans Act - Title I: Employment - Provides for a program of career development, training, and related services for Vietnam-era veterans. Establishes the Office of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment in place of the existing office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment. Title II: Health and Psychological Care - Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for certain diseases arising in Vietnam-era veterans (and for birth defects in their children) exposed to agent orange. Authorizes specified mental health care for eligible Vietnam-era veterans at community mental health centers. Title III: GI Bill Assistance - Extends the educational assistance delimiting period for certain Vietnam-era veterans. Eliminates the requirement of matching State funds for accelerated educational loan payments. Increases such maximum payment amounts. Title IV: Administrative Costs for State Home Loan Programs - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the initial administrative expenses for a qualifying State or local veterans' home loan program. Title V: Commission to Study Veterans' Benefits - Establishes the Commission on Veterans' Benefits to perform a comprehensive study of the structure and administration of the laws relating to veterans' benefits. States that such Commission shall report its findings within 18 months to the President and Congress, and cease to exist 30 days after such submission. 2025-09-02T13:56:30Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1872
96-s-1858 96 s 1858 A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that the Federal tort claims provisions of that title are the exclusive remedy in medical malpractice actions and proceedings resulting from federally authorized National Guard training activities, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-10-04 1980-06-03 Referred jointly to House Committees on the Judiciary; and Armed Services. Senate Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] IN D B000254 35 Makes the Federal tort claims procedure the exclusive remedy in medical malpractice actions resulting from federally authorized National Guard training activities (repeals the current provision covering such liability). 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1858
96-s-1809 96 s 1809 A bill to amend sections 3686 and 8686 of title 10, United States Code, to credit certain full-time training duty of members of the National Guard. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-09-25 1979-09-25 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Morgan, Robert B. [D-NC] NC D M000956 0 Stipulates that certain full-time training or duty performed by a member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard shall be creditable as active duty for training in Federal service as a Reserve of the Army or Air Force for benefit purposes. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1809
96-s-1810 96 s 1810 A bill to amend subsection (f) of section 2024 of title 38, United States Code, to credit certain National Guard full-time training or duty as active duty for training. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-09-25 1979-09-25 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Morgan, Robert B. [D-NC] NC D M000956 0 Includes required drills and field exercises within the category of National Guard activities which are considered active duty for training for purposes of veterans' reemployment rights. 2021-06-14T20:03:35Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1810
96-s-1793 96 s 1793 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to establish an Army Reserve career interest program for persons between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-09-21 1979-09-21 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] MS R C000567 6 Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish an Army Reserve career interest program for persons between the ages of 14 and 18. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1793
96-s-1777 96 s 1777 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize reserve enlisted members of the Army and the Air Force to retire with twenty years of service. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-09-19 1979-09-19 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 0 Allows reserve enlisted members of the Army and the Air Force to retire with 20 years of service. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1777
96-s-1687 96 s 1687 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate certain limitations imposed on excess profits arising from any contract with any military department of the United States for the construction or manufacture of all or part of any complete aircraft or any contract with the Secretary of the Navy for the construction or manufacture of all or part of any complete naval vessel, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-08-03 1979-08-03 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 1 Repeals specified defense contract requirements regarding the purchase of aircraft or naval vessels including: (1) auditing requirements; (2) return of excess profits; and (3) subcontracting prohibitions. Repeals the requirement that at least ten percent of naval aircraft and aircraft engines be manufactured in plants owned and operated by the United States. Removes the President's power to manufacture naval aircraft or aircraft parts in United States owned plants. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1687
96-s-1660 96 s 1660 A bill to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to provide for an enhanced civil defense program for fiscal years 1980 through 1986, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-08-02 1979-08-02 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Schmitt, Harrison H. [R-NM] NM R S000132 10 Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to implement a new civil defense program for the 1980's designed to: (1) enhance the survivability of the American people and its leadership; (2) enhance strategic nuclear deterrence and stability; (3) continue and strengthen the Nation's policy of relying on superior nuclear forces and conventional tactical forces; (4) include planning and population relocation during times of international and domestic crisis; and (5) utilize the structure and capabilities of the National Guard to the maximum extent practicable. Directs the President to carry out such program and specifies elements to be included in such program. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for each of the fiscal years 1980 through 1986. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to study the feasibility of using the National Guard as the principal organizing and training unit for local civil defense activities and to study the feasibility of using organizations composed of veterans, and other appropriate groups and individuals, to help in developing, staffing, and carrying out civil defense plans during periods of emergency. Requires the Director to submit the results of such studies to Congress within one year. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1660
96-s-1518 96 s 1518 A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to permit disclosure of names and addresses and other information maintained by the Veterans' Administration to a consumer reporting agency for certain debt collection purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-07-16 1980-11-24 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 96-555) Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to disclose to a consumer reporting agency the name and address of an individual indebted to the Veterans' Administration (VA) for the purpose of obtaining consumer reports in order to assess such individual's ability to repay the debt and to give notice of the outstanding obligation. Prohibits: (1) the VA from disclosing other information that would create a substantial risk of implying an individual's indebtedness to the United States or otherwise affect his/her credit standing; and (2) the credit reporting agency from indicating in its reports or files that such VA inquiry indicates any indebtedness by such individual (willful violation punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 for the first offense and up to $20,000 for a subsequent offense). Authorizes the disclosure of an individual's name, address, and other identifying information necessary to locate an individual in order to carry out specified VA evaluation studies. Requires the Administrator to make a pre-disclosure determination that the inclusion of a particular individual in such study is clearly warranted, and would not create a substantial risk to such individual's credit rating. Establishes other disclosure requirements similar to those for indebtedness disclosures. Authorizes the disclosure of information affecting an individual's credit rating (name, address, indebtedness) if such individual has failed to respond to administrative debt-collection efforts. Requires the VA, before making such indebtedness disclosures, to: (1) notify an individual of the information to be disclosed, and to which credit agencies such information was disclosed, at least 60 days prior to such disclosure; (2) inform the individual of his/her right to dispute the debt claim and provide an opportunity to do so; and (3) make a determination regarding any such disputed debt. Requires the VA to notify any credit agencies to w… 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1518
96-s-1523 96 s 1523 Veteran Senior Citizen Health Care Act of 1979 Armed Forces and National Security 1979-07-16 1979-07-16 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 28 Veteran Senior Citizen Health Care Act of 1979 - States the purposes of this Act to be: (1) to provide for the increasing demand for geriatric and extended health care and medical services being placed on the Veterans' Administration (VA) hospital system; and (2) to make the VA hospital system foremost in the area of geriatric health care and the repository of gerontology medical knowledge. Directs that within the Office of the Chief Medical Director of the VA one Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be doctor of geriatrics, and shall be responsible for the VA's geriatric services. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to designate 15 VA hospitals as demonstration centers of geriatric research, education, and clinical operations. Stipulates that such centers shall operate until September 30, 1983. Directs the Administrator to provide that: (1) each hospital operating as a geriatric center on the date of enactment of this Act be designated as the location for a demonstration center; and (2) such designated hospitals be geographically dispersed across the United States. Directs the Administrator to establish a Geriatrics and Extended Care Task Force within the VA's Special Medical Advisory Group. Stipulates that such Task Force shall assess: (1) the VA's capability to provide geriatric services on a sustained and growing basis to eligible veterans; and (2) the current and projected needs for geriatric and extended health services among eligible veterans. Requires such Task Force to submit a report to the Administrator and the Special Medical Advisory Group within 18 months after the effective date of this Act. Directs the Administrator to transmit such report, (within 90 days of receipt) along with any comments, to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees. Requires a final report to be submitted by such Task Force within four years of the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of: (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1980; (2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1981; (3) $25,000,000… 2025-09-02T13:56:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1523
96-s-1501 96 s 1501 A bill to prohibit the pretrial release of any person charged with an act of aggravated terrorism. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-07-12 1979-07-12 Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] TX D B000401 0 Prohibits the pretrial release of any person charged with an act of terrorism, as defined by this Act, if the judicial officer determines that such release would pose a danger to any person or to the community. Amends the District of Columbia Code to provide that there is a rebuttable presumption that the release of a person charged with an act of terrorism will not reasonably assure the safety of any other person or the community. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1501
96-s-1482 96 s 1482 Classified Information Procedures Act Armed Forces and National Security 1979-07-11 1980-10-15 Public Law 96-456. Senate Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] DE D B000444 3 (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-1436) Classified Information Procedures Act - Sets forth pretrial, trial, and appellate procedures for criminal cases involving classified information ("graymail" cases.) Requires a court, on its own motion or on the motion of any party, to hold a pretrial conference to establish a schedule for discovery requests, provision of notice and initiation of procedures provided by this Act, and to consider other matters which may promote a fair and expeditious trial. Provides that admissions made by the defense at such a conference may only be used against the defendant when reduced to writing and signed by the defendant and defense counsel. Directs the court, upon motion of the Government, to issue a protective order with respect to classified information disclosed by the United States to a defendant in any criminal case in Federal court. Permits the court, upon motion by the Government, to: (1) delete specified items of information from documents made available to the defendant through discovery; (2) substitute a summary of the information for such documents; or (3) substitute a statement admitting relevant facts the information would tend to prove. Requires, if such an order is made following an ex parte showing by the Government, that the Government's statement be sealed and preserved in the event of appeal. Requires a defendant who reasonably expects to disclose classified material in any trial or pretrial proceeding to notify the Government attorney and the court in writing. Prohibits the defendant from disclosing such information until the Government has a reasonable opportunity to seek a determination under the procedures of this Act and appeal of such determination. Requires the court to conduct a pretrial, in camera proceeding to determine the admissibility of classified information, upon request of the Government and certification by the Attorney General that a public proceeding may result in the disclosure of classified information. Requires the… 2025-09-02T13:56:19Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1482
96-s-1431 96 s 1431 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a war memorial in honor of the men and women who dedicated their strength and efforts to the service of their country during the Vietnam conflict. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-27 1979-06-27 Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 3 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the property comprising the Vietnam Veterans Chapel near Eagle Nest, New Mexico, and to establish such property as a war memorial to the veterans of the Vietnam war. Directs that such memorial shall be administered by the Secretary as a unit of the National Park System. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1431
96-s-1409 96 s 1409 Defense Production Act Amendments of 1979 Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-26 1979-06-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] MI D R000249 1 Defense Production Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President to allow the Department of Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority to guarantee loans for the purpose of expediting deliveries or services with respect to national defense contracts. Increases the maximum loan which any Federal agency may guarantee under such Act without the approval of Congress from $20,000,000 to $38,000,000. Requires notification to specified Congressional committees of any proposed obligation above such limit. Authorizes the agency involved to guarantee such a loan if neither House of Congress disapproves of such action within a specified time. Authorizes the President to provide loans to private business enterprises for the production of energy. Increases the ceiling for loans made to private enterprises pursuant to such Act from $25,000,000 to $48,000,000. Extends the President's power under such Act to purchase raw materials for the national defense through fiscal year 1995. Directs the President to attempt to achieve a national production goal of at least 500,000 barrels per day crude oil equivalent of synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks within five years. Authorizes and directs the President to require fuel and chemical feedstock suppliers to provide synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks in any case where the President deems it practicable and necessary to meet national defense needs. Authorizes the President, in carrying out these objectives, to: (1) contract for purchases or commitments to purchase synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks which may be for Government use or resale; and (2) encourage the development and production of such synthetic fuels and feedstocks for national defense preparedness. Terminates the President's authority to enter into such contracts at the end of fiscal year 1995. Sets forth procedures for the awarding and performance of such contracts. Authorizes the President to organize corporations to meet the prod… 2025-09-02T13:56:16Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1409
96-s-1397 96 s 1397 A bill to authorize the disposal of three materials from the national and supplemental stockpiles. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-25 1979-06-25 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] CO D H000287 0 Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to dispose of 10,000 long tons of tin, 15,000,000 tray ounces of silver, and 1,500,000 carats of industrial diamond stones presently held in the national and strategic stockpiles. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1397
96-s-1381 96 s 1381 A bill to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery in the State of Florida. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-20 1979-06-20 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Stone, Richard (Dick) [D-FL] FL D S000962 1 Authorizes and directs the Veterans' Administration to acquire the necessary land and establish a national cemetery in Florida. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1381
96-s-1354 96 s 1354 A bill to require the President to submit a report on the manpower needs of the Armed Forces. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-18 1979-06-18 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 7 Directs the President to conduct a comprehensive study of the military manpower needs of the armed forces and to submit the results of such study to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives no later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1354
96-s-1359 96 s 1359 A bill to permit the surviving spouse and unmarried children of a person interred in a cemetery located on a military installation to be interred in such cemetery. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-18 1979-06-18 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 0 Permits the surviving spouse and unmarried children of a person interred in a cemetery located on a military installation to be interred in such cemetery. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1359
96-s-1319 96 s 1319 An act to authorize certain construction at military installations for fiscal year 1980, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-12 1979-11-26 Public Law 96-125. Senate Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] CO D H000287 0 (Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 96-409) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1980 - =Title I: Army= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. =Title II: Navy= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under Title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to expend excess foreign exchange funds of $580,000 for the construction of a multipurpose marine biological laboratory at the Al Ghardaqa Marine Laboratory, Hurgada, Arab Republic of Egypt. =Title III: Air Force= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop additional facilities where necessitated by those factors enumerated in Title I of this Act pertaining to the Secretary of the Army. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Acts of 1978, to d… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1319
96-s-1296 96 s 1296 Reserve Forces Benefits Act Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-07 1979-06-07 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] WA D J000013 1 Reserve Forces Benefits Act - Entitles specified reserve members of the uniformed services and members of the National Guard to the same medical and dental benefits enjoyed by members of the uniformed services on active duty. Entitles the dependents of such individuals to the same medical and dental benefits presently available to the dependents of members on active duty under specified circumstances. 2025-09-02T13:56:10Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1296
96-s-1272 96 s 1272 A bill to correct certain inequities in entitlement to subsistence allowances by officers and by enlisted personnel of the uniformed services. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-05 1979-06-05 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] CO R A000219 1 Stipulates that enlisted members of the armed forces are entitled to a basic allowance for subsistence when on authorized leave of absence, while confined in a hospital, or while performing travel under orders from their designated post of duty, but not while being subsisted in-kind at the expense of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish rates for meals provided at mess halls sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating expenses and food costs to the appropriations concerned, except that members of the uniformed services and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at a rate of not less than $2.50 per day. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1272
96-s-1277 96 s 1277 A bill to clarify the military status of persons who fraudulently enlist in the armed forces of the United States. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-06-05 1979-06-05 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] OH D M000678 0 Stipulates that any person who fraudulently enlists in the armed forces, who has the mental capacity to understand the consequences of such enlistment, shall after taking the oath of enlistment become subject to the provisions of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1277
96-s-1248 96 s 1248 Comprehensive Counterterrorism Act of 1979 Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-24 1979-05-24 Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL] IL D S000890 1 Comprehensive Counterterrorism Act of 1979 - Title I: Presidential Coordination of Counterterrorism Programs; Emergency Measures; LEAA State Plans - Directs the President to perform specified functions to assure coordinated and effective use of Federal, State, and local programs relating to terrorism, including: (1) insuring adequate collection of information; (2) directing research efforts; and (3) preparing annual reports with respect to terrorist groups and the capabilities of Federal, State, and local governments and the private sector to counter terrorist threats. Authorizes the President to declare by proclamation that a state of terrorist emergency exists upon a determination that a terrorist incident, a series of terrorist incidents, or the threat or the consequences of a terrorist incident: (1) so hinders the execution of Federal or State law that any person in a State is deprived of a constitutional right which the authorities of such State are unable to protect; (2) obstructs the execution of Federal law or impedes the course of justice under those laws; or (3) impedes or obstructs interstate or foreign commerce. Directs the President to take necessary measures during any such period to resolve the terrorist incident and vindicate the constitutional rights. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require State plans to include contingency plans for dealing with terrorist activities and meeting the standards provided for in this Act. Title II: Interception of Wire or Oral Communications Relating to Terrorist Activities - Authorizes a Federal judge to grant an order approving the interception by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of wire or oral communications which provide information which is necessary to protect against terrorist activities. Requires the Attorney General to inform the congressional committees on the judiciary concerning each such interception. Stipulates that the procedure for such interception shall generally be the same as is required under title III … 2025-09-02T13:56:13Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1248
96-s-1221 96 s 1221 A bill to permit the Secretary of Defense to authorize officers and employees of the Department of Defense who provide police or security functions, including individuals employed pursuant to contract with the Department of Defense, to have the power of arrest on military facilities and installations, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-23 1979-05-23 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] NJ D W000502 0 Allows the Secretary of Defense to authorize officers and employees of the Department of Defense which provide police or security functions, including individuals employed pursuant to a contract, to have the power of arrest on military facilities and installations. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1221
96-s-1235 96 s 1235 A bill to authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to reimburse nonappropriated fund instrumentalities located in the Ryukyu Islands and Daito Islands, Japan, for increased costs in severance pay entitlements of their Japanese employees incurred as a result of the reversion of those islands to Japan. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-23 1979-05-23 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] NJ D W000502 0 Authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments to reimburse nonappropriated fund instrumentalities located in the Ryukyu Islands and Daito Islands, Japan, for increased costs in severance pay entitlements of their Japanese employees incurred as a result of the reversion of those islands of Japan. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1235
96-s-1207 96 s 1207 A bill to amend section 1662 (a) of title 38, United States Code, to authorize an additional two years for educationally disadvantaged veterans of the Vietnam era or complete a technical or vocational training program or a program of apprenticeship or other on-job training under chapter 34 of such title. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-22 1979-05-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Durkin, John A. [D-NH] NH D D000574 0 Extends the delimiting period for educationally disadvantaged Vietnam-era veterans discharged after August 4, 1964, to complete programs of technical, vocational, or apprenticeship or on-the-job training from ten to 12 years (or to two years after this Act's enactment, whichever is later.) 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1207
96-s-1212 96 s 1212 A bill to amend section 312 (a) of title 38, United States Code, to provide that certain veterans who suffer syringomyelia will be presumed to have incurred or aggravated such disease in military service if such disease is developed within seven years after the veteran's discharge or release from the armed forces, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-22 1979-05-22 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] CO D H000287 0 Provides that syringomyelia developing an 18 percent or more degree of disability within seven years after separation from active wartime service shall be presumed to be service connected for purposes of veterans' disability compensation. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1212
96-s-1186 96 s 1186 Defense Officer Personnel Management Act Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-21 1979-05-21 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] GA D N000171 0 Defense Officer Personnel Management Act - Revises the standards and procedures relating to the appointment, promotion, separation and retirement of officers in the armed forces. Sets forth the authorized number of commissioned officers in each armed force below the rank of brigadier general or commodore. Establishes basic qualifications for commissioned officers. Authorizes the President to appoint temporary commissioned officers in time of war or national emergency. Sets forth procedures for the establishment and membership of promotion boards and factors in determining eligibility for promotion. Authorizes the President or the Senate to remove the name of any officer from the list of selectees for promotion. Sets forth formulae for computing separation pay for involuntary discharge or release from active duty. Sets forth procedures for the establishment of boards of officers to review the record of any commissioned officer to determine whether such individual should be required to show cause for retention on active duty because of substandard performance, dereliction of duty, or misconduct. Sets forth the rights of the officer involved and procedures to be followed during such inquiry. Abolishes the present rank of rear admiral (lower half) within the Navy and creates the rank of commodore. Establishes procedures and time in service requirements for promotions and retirement for individuals holding such rank. 2025-09-02T13:56:04Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1186
96-s-1188 96 s 1188 Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation Act of 1980 Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-21 1980-09-04 Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #389 (86-0). Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 7 (Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #389 (86-0)) Disabled Veterans Rehabilitation Act of 1980 - =Title I: Rehabilitation Amendments= - Revises existing veterans' vocational rehabilitation provisions in order to provide all services necessary to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to attain maximum independence, to become employable, and to obtain and maintain suitable employment. Defines "serious employment handicap" as a significant impairment of a veteran's ability to prepare for, obtain, or retain employment consistent with such veteran's abilities, aptitudes, and interests. Defines "vocational rehabilitation program" to include all services required to achieve the purposes of this Act, including counseling, diagnostic, medical, social, psychological, independent living, economic, educational, vocational, and employment services. Extends basic entitlement for veterans' benefits to all veterans who have a service-connected disability, regardless of their participation in vocational rehabilitation programs designed to restore employability. Extends the basic period of eligibility from nine to ten years following the veterans' discharge from active duty. Provides for a tolling of the ten year period under specified circumstances. Sets forth the types of services which the Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA) may provide, pursuant to regulations governing vocational rehabilitation programs, including: (1) the evaluation of rehabilitation potential; (2) educational, vocational, psychological, employment, and personal adjustment counseling; (3) subsistence allowances; (4) work-study allowances; (5) placement and postplacement services; (6) personal adjustment and work adjustment training; (7) vocational and related services, including tutorial services, tuition, books, and other training materials; (8) educational loans; (9) prosthetic and other corrective devices; (10) services to a veteran's family ; (11) essential employment equipment and supplies for severely disab… 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1188
96-s-1165 96 s 1165 A bill to amend chapter 105 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for increases in the amount of the monthly stipend paid to participants in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-16 1979-05-16 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] OK R B000351 3 Increases the stipend for individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in rates of pay under the General Schedule. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1165
96-s-1128 96 s 1128 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan State and local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-14 1979-05-14 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] CO R A000219 0 Directs any organization or agency within the Department of Defense to make any excess property available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before making such property available to any other organization outside the Department. Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Director of the FEMA to loan any property obtained from any Federal agency to State and local governments for civil defense purposes. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1128
96-s-1130 96 s 1130 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for legal assistance to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-14 1979-05-14 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] IN D B000254 5 Entitles members of the armed forces and their dependents who cannot afford the costs of legal representation 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 advocates general. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1130
96-s-1114 96 s 1114 A bill to amend section 1902 of title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for automobile adaptive equipment to certain additional veterans. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-10 1979-05-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 0 Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide automobile adaptive equipment to any veteran receiving compensation for ankylosis of one or both knees, or one or both hips, which resulted from any injury incurred or disease contracted in or aggravated by active military, naval, or air service during World War II or thereafter. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1114
96-s-1115 96 s 1115 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional compensation for dependents of certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-10 1979-05-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 0 Revises certain provisions providing additional compensation for a dependent spouse and children of a veteran receiving wartime disability compensation. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1115
96-s-1116 96 s 1116 A bill to extend section 3012 of title 38, United States Code, to extend to one hundred and twenty days the period between notice of, and the effective date for, the reduction or discontinuance of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-10 1979-05-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 0 Extends from 60 to 120 days the period between notice of, and the effective date for, the reduction or discontinuance of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pensions paid by the Veterans Administration. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1116
96-s-1117 96 s 1117 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide special housing assistance to certain veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-10 1979-05-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 0 Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide special housing assistance of up to $5,000 to certain veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities due to the loss or loss of use of both upper extremities. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1117
96-s-1118 96 s 1118 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional compensation for dependent parents of certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-10 1979-05-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 0 Provides additional compensation for dependent parents, who are helpless or blind, or in a nursing home, of a veteran receiving wartime disability compensation. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1118
96-s-1099 96 s 1099 A bill to amend chapter 105 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for increases in the amount of the monthly stipend paid to participants in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-09 1979-05-09 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 1 Increases the stipend for individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in rates of pay under the General Schedule. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1099
96-s-1100 96 s 1100 Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1979 Armed Forces and National Security 1979-05-09 1979-05-09 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 1 Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1979 - Revises the special pay for medical officers, dental officers, veterinary officers, and optometry officers in the uniformed services on active duty. 2025-09-02T13:56:04Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1100
96-s-1035 96 s 1035 A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide service pensions to certain veterans of World War I and pension to the widows of such veterans. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-04-30 1979-04-30 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] SD D M000452 0 Provides pension, medical, and hospital benefits, and reimbursement for non-Veterans' Administration medical costs to certain World War I veterans and pension benefits to certain surviving widows of such veterans. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1035
96-s-1039 96 s 1039 Veterans Administration Health Resources and Programs Extension Act of 1979 Armed Forces and National Security 1979-04-30 1979-06-18 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 3892 passed in lieu. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate H. R. 3892 passed in lieu) Veterans' Administration Health Resources and Programs Extension Act of 1979 - =Title I: Extension and Improvement of Certain Veterans' Administration Health Programs= - Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for grants to States for the construction, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of State homes furnishing domiciliary, nursing home, or hospital care to veterans. Stipulates that no State may receive more than one-third of the amount appropriated during any fiscal year or $3,000,000, whichever is greater. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to enter into agreements with public or nonprofit private institutions in order to participate in cooperative health-care personnel education programs in areas remote from major academic health centers. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for the Exchange of Medical Information program. Increases the per diem payments to States for providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care to veterans in State home facilities. =Title II: Realignment of Veterans Health Care and Related Benefits= - Provides that no payment for travel expenses incurred going to and from a Veterans Administration (VA) facility may be made except: (1) for travel by special vehicular mode of transportation that is required for medical reasons or in a medical emergency, and (2) when the person claiming reimbursement is receiving or eligible to receive a non-service-connected disability pension. Limits the amount of payment to such persons in any fiscal year to $100. Specifies that such payment shall be limited to the excess over four dollars of the cost of such travel. Authorizes the Administrator to reimburse certain eligible veterans for the payment of reasonable charges for chiropractic services. Limits the amount of such reimbursement to $200 in any 12 month period. Limits total expenditures for chiropractic services to $4,000,000 annually and provides that no such reim… 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1039
96-s-1041 96 s 1041 A bill to eliminate a discharge from an armed force under conditions other than honorable on the basis of a continuous absence without authority for one hundred and eighty days or more as a bar to receipt of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-04-30 1979-04-30 Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 Eliminates a discharge from an armed force under conditions other than honorable on the basis of a continuous absence without authority for 180 days or more as a bar to receipt of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1041
96-s-1031 96 s 1031 Defense Economic Adjustment Act Armed Forces and National Security 1979-04-26 1979-04-26 Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD] SD D M000452 4 Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council. Establishes an Office of Economic Adjustment to provide necessary staff support for the Council. Sets forth the duties of the Council which include: (1) disseminating information to Federal, State, and local agencies and authorities concerning changes in defense spending affecting employment in defense industries; (2) oversight of programs providing assistance to areas adversely affected by such changes; (3) reviewing local alternative use plans; and (4) preparing and distributing a Conversion Guidelines Handbook. Title II: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment, at every defense facility employing at least 100 persons, of Alternative Use Committees representing management and labor to undertake economic conversion planning and preparation for the employment of the personnel and utilization of the facilities in the event of a reduction or elimination of any defense facility or the curtailment, conclusion, or disapproval of any defense contract. Stipulates that defense contractors which fail to submit an alternative use plan to the Council or which refuse or fail to carry out the provisions of a plan approved by the Council shall lose eligibility for future contracts for a period of three years as well as losing contract termination payments and eligibility for tax credits. Requires Alternative Use Committees to periodically review plans for the conversion of the facility to civilian-oriented production and to send periodic reports to the Council regarding the progress of such plans. Directs the committees to provide occupational retraining and reemployment counseling services for employees who are displaced by the implementation of a conversion plan or the closing of a defense facility. Specifies provisions which are to be included in each alternative use plan. Title III: Economic Adjustment Fund - Establishes withi… 2025-09-02T13:56:05Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/1031
96-s-975 96 s 975 An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, for the Intelligence Community Staff, and for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-04-18 1979-11-02 Public Law 96-100. Senate Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] IN D B000254 0 (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-512) Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal year 1980 - =Title I: Intelligence Activities= - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities in certain departments, agencies, and other elements of the United States Government. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the conduct of activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to counter terrorism in the United States. =Title II: Intelligence Community Staff= - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1980. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 245 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. =Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System= - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. =Title IV: Supplemental Authorization, Fiscal year 1979= - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States for fiscal year 1979. =Title V: Technical Provisions= - Provides that appropriations authorized by this Act for Federal employee benefits may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such benefits authorized by law. Extends annual dependents' educational travel benefits to employees of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. 2025-01-14T19:06:24Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/975
96-s-954 96 s 954 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize additional Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for cadets at military junior colleges, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide that cadets awarded such scholarships may serve their obligated period of service in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard of the United States, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1979-04-10 1979-04-10 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 2 Authorizes Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for cadets at military junior colleges under specified conditions. Sets forth the rights and obligations of a cadet appointed under such a financial assistance program. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/954

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