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106-hres-673 106 hres 673 Honoring the four members of the United States Marine Corps who died on December 11, 2000, and extending the condolences of the House of Representatives on their deaths. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-12-13 2000-12-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-27] NY R R000569 9 Expresses the sorrow of the House of Representatives at the deaths of four named members of the U.S. Marine Corps in a helicopter crash in North Carolina on December 11, 2000. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5639 106 hr 5639 To authorize the payment of a gratuity to certain members of the Armed Forces who served at Bataan and Corregidor during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-12-04 2000-12-04 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2] MN D M000795 0 Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a gratuity of $20,000 to veterans (or their surviving spouse) who: (1) served at Bataan or Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II; (2) were captured and held as prisoners of war by Japan during such service; and (3) were required by Japan to perform slave labor in Japan during such War. 2025-01-02T17:15:40Z  
106-hr-5630 106 hr 5630 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-11-13 2000-12-27 Became Public Law No: 106-567. House Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] FL R G000336 2 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense (DOD); (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); (6) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA); (7) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; and (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).(Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2001, for such activities are those specified in the Classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President.(Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to authorize the employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2001 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees when such authority is exercised.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2001. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2001. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer or employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff.Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Requires a transfer of funds from the DCI to the Attorney General to operate the Center.(Sec. 105) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to provide that, with respect to DOD, the authority to object to a transfer of funds or personnel within the National Foreign Intel… 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z  
106-hr-5607 106 hr 5607 To prohibit an insurer from treating a veteran differently in the terms or conditions of motor vehicle insurance because a motor vehicle operated by the veteran, during a period of military service by the veteran, was insured or owned by the United States. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-31 2000-10-31 Referred to the House Committee on Commerce. House Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] NJ D A000210 0 Prohibits an insurer from denying a veteran a policy of motor vehicle insurance, or from issuing a policy that treats a veteran differently in its terms and conditions, because a motor vehicle operated by the veteran during a period of active duty was insured or owned by the United States.Provides a civil action to enforce such prohibition. 2025-01-02T17:15:37Z  
106-hr-5552 106 hr 5552 Surviving Spouses and Dependents Outreach Enhancement and Veterans Casework Improvement Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-25 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] PA D D000482 25 Surviving Spouses and Dependents Outreach Enhancement and Veterans Casework Improvement Act - Encourages all elements within the Department of Veterans Affairs, public and private sector entities, and veterans' widows and surviving spouses and their organizations to work cooperatively to fully inform veterans' surviving spouses and dependents regarding their eligibility for veterans' benefits and health care services.Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign appropriate Department employees to conduct outreach programs and provide outreach services for eligible spouses and dependents. 2025-08-20T14:18:23Z  
106-hr-5536 106 hr 5536 Security Against Nuclear Enemies Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-24 2000-10-24 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1] LA R V000127 8 Security Against Nuclear Enemies Act of 2000 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to direct the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, as soon as technologically possible, to design and deploy a land- and sea-based national missile defense system capable of defending the national territory of the United States against ballistic missile attack. 2025-08-20T14:20:32Z  
106-hr-5502 106 hr 5502 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of a home loan guarantee available to a veteran. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-19 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50] CA D F000116 1 Increases from $50,750 to $63,175 the maximum amount of a home loan guarantee available to a veteran from the Department of Veterans Affairs. 2025-01-02T17:15:29Z  
106-hr-5503 106 hr 5503 To direct the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Staten Island, New York, metropolitian area. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-19 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] NY R F000440 0 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in the Staten Island, New York, metropolitan area, and to report to Congress on such establishment. 2025-01-02T17:15:29Z  
106-hr-5517 106 hr 5517 Military Decoration Preservation Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-19 2000-10-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. House Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-24] CA D S000344 16 Military Decoration Preservation Act - Requires that, if any unclaimed military decoration is escheated to a State, the person having custody shall deliver the decoration to the Secretary of the military department concerned, instead of to an official of such State. Requires such Secretary to maintain such custody, and authorizes such Secretary to provide for the display of such decoration in any museum or exhibition, including State and military museums.Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide an exemption in the case of a State which has in effect: (1) a requirement that an appropriate State official maintain beneficial ownership of such property; and (2) a prohibition on the sale of such decoration.Allows persons claiming an interest in such a decoration to file a claim with the Secretary concerned.Excludes such decorations from estates for purposes of the bankruptcy laws. 2025-08-20T14:20:07Z  
106-hr-5490 106 hr 5490 Air Force Science and Technology for the 21st Century Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-18 2000-10-18 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/19/2000 E1830) House Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] OH D H000074 10 Air Force Science and Technology for the 21st Century Act - Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force an Office of Air Force Research (Office), headed by a Director. Requires the Director to advise the Secretary and the Air Force Chief of Staff, and to act as the principal Air Force representative, on all Air Force research matters. Establishes a Deputy Director of Air Force Research to be responsible for: (1) execution of the Air Force Laboratory technical program; and (2) operational aspects of such Laboratory. Requires Air Force research programs to foster the transition of science and technology to higher levels of research, development, test, and evaluation.Establishes within the Air Force a Science and Technology Policy Council to perform advisory and oversight responsibilities with respect to Air Force policy and budget relating to its science and technology program.Authorizes the Secretary to appoint an Air Force Scientific Advisory Board to consult with and advise the Chief of Staff and the Director. 2025-08-20T14:18:34Z  
106-hr-5474 106 hr 5474 To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the effective date for an award of disability compensation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 1151 of such title for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-17 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Removes the requirement that, in order to receive veterans' disability compensation for being disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation received through the Department of Veterans Affairs, an individual must apply within one year of such injury or disability. 2025-01-02T17:15:28Z  
106-hres-629 106 hres 629 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the basic allowance for housing for members of the Armed Forces stationed in San Diego and Orange Counties, California, should be increased to compensate for increased energy costs there. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-12 2000-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-49] CA R B000461 3 Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the basic allowance for housing for military personnel stationed in San Diego and Orange Counties, California, should be adjusted promptly to provide immediate relief from an electricity crisis in such areas. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5438 106 hr 5438 To amend title 38, United States Code, to add Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) to the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected for veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-11 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] IL D E000250 4 Includes diabetes mellitus (type 2) among the diseases presumed to be service-connected, and therefore compensable under veterans' disability compensation, for veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict. 2025-01-02T17:15:17Z  
106-hr-5442 106 hr 5442 Military Recruiting Enhancement Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-11 2000-10-11 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] CO R H000444 1 Military Recruiting Enhancement Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out during FY 2002 and 2003 a pilot program to determine the effectiveness of using as military recruiters recently retired Air Force enlisted personnel who volunteer to be recalled to active duty to serve in such capacity. Prohibits more than 200 retired members from being recalled for such purpose at any time, and prohibits the recall period from exceeding two years or extending beyond September 30, 2004.Requires a program report from the Secretary to the congressional defense committees. 2025-08-20T14:18:35Z  
106-hr-5443 106 hr 5443 To waive the time limitation specified by law for the award of certain military decorations in order to allow the posthumous award of the congressional medal of honor to Doris Miller for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-11 2000-10-11 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] TX D J000126 3 Waives certain time limitations with respect to the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for acts of heroism during World War II as a member of the United States Navy. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hconres-421 106 hconres 421 Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the accomplishments of the U.S.S. Tennessee (BB-43) during World War II. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-10 2000-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Bryant, Ed [R-TN-7] TN R B000996 8 Commends those who served on the U.S.S. TENNESSEE for their service to the Nation and their role in the ship's 13 major operations during World War II. Urges the Secretary of the Navy to reconsider the decision whether to recommend to the President the award of the Presidential Unit Citation to the World War II crew of such ship. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5435 106 hr 5435 Veterans' Families Protection Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-10 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 1 Veterans' Families Protection Act of 2000 - Authorizes the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses and children of veterans with a service-connected disability that was continuously rated totally disabling for a period of one or more (currently ten or more) years immediately preceding death. 2025-08-20T14:17:46Z  
106-hr-5408 106 hr 5408 Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-06 2000-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. House Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2] SC R S000718 0 Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) defense-wide procurement (earmarking a specified amount for the National Missile Defense (NMD) program); (2) the Defense Inspector General; and (3) the Defense Health Program.Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes the use of multiyear procurement contracts for the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the UH/60-CH/60 utility helicopters.(Sec. 112) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to increase from 6,000 to 8,500 the number of bunker defeat munitions authorized to be acquired by the Army.(Sec. 113) Requires a report from the Secretary of the Army to the defense and appropriations committees on the process for developing the objective force in the transformation of the Army. Requires the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to report to such committees on such process. Directs the Secretary of the Army to develop a plan comparing the costs and operational effectiveness of medium armored vehicles selected for infantry battalions and medium armored vehicles currently used for such battalions. Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense (DOD) to approve the plan developed by the Secretary of the Army. Prohibits more than 80 percent of the amount appropriated for FY 2001 for new medium armored vehicles from being obligated until 30 days after the Secretary of the Army's report is submitted. Places funding limits with respect to future-year obligations for the acquisition of medium armored combat vehicles until certain comparisons and a certification have been completed.Subtitle C: Navy Programs - … 2025-08-20T14:21:29Z  
106-s-3153 106 s 3153 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to convey certain excess personal property of the Air Force to Roosevelt General Hospital, Portales, New Mexico. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-03 2000-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9746) Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, New Mexico, certain Air Force excess personal property determined appropriate for use in the operation of the Hospital. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
106-hr-5351 106 hr 5351 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize military recreational facilities to be used by any veteran with a compensable service-connected disability. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-02 2000-10-02 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50] CA D F000116 0 Permits a veteran with a compensable service-connected disability and his or her dependents to use military morale, welfare, and recreational facilities on the same basis as members (and their dependents) entitled to retired pay. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5346 106 hr 5346 To provide for demolition, environmental cleanup, and reversion of the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Allen Park, Michigan. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-29 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] MI D D000355 0 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a multiyear contract with the Ford Motor Land Development Corporation to: (1) demolish the buildings and auxiliary structures comprising the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Allen Park, Michigan; and (2) remediate the site of all hazardous material and environmental contaminants. Limits the contract period to seven years, and prohibits the Secretary from expending more than $14 million under such contract (requiring the Corporation to bear all costs in excess of such amount). Provides annual payment requirements under the contract.Requires the Corporation to erect and maintain on such property a flagpole and suitable memorial identifying the property as the location of the former Medical Center. 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z  
106-hr-5342 106 hr 5342 Fairness for National Guard Technicians Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-28 2000-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] MN D P000258 31 Fairness for National Guard Technicians Act - Requires National Guard military technicians (dual status) who are eligible, at the time dual status is lost, to an unreduced retirement annuity and are age 60 or older to be separated no later than 30 days after such status is lost. Requires such technicians who are not eligible to an unreduced annuity or who are not under age 60 at such time to be offered the opportunity to either reapply for a dual status position or apply for a civil service position that is not a technician position. States that a technician shall be considered to lose dual status upon: (1) being separated from the Selected Reserve; or (2) ceasing to hold the military grade specified for the technician position held. 2025-08-20T14:18:57Z  
106-hr-5311 106 hr 5311 Heather French Homeless Veterans Assistance Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-27 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] IL D E000250 16 Heather French Homeless Veterans Assistance Act of 2000 - Declares as a national goal to end homelessness among veterans within a decade. Encourages all Federal, State, and local departments and agencies, quasi-governmental organizations, private and public sector entities, and individuals to work cooperatively toward such goal.(Sec. 4) Establishes within the Department of Veterans Affairs the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans to: (1) assemble and review information relating to homeless veterans; (2) provide an ongoing assessment of Department effectiveness in assisting such veterans; and (3) provide ongoing advice on the most appropriate means of providing such assistance. Requires the Committee to take into special account the needs of veterans who have served in a theater of combat operations. Requires annual reports from the Committee to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees, on Department programs and activities relating to homeless veterans.(Sec. 5) Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to require the Interagency Council on the Homeless to meet no less often than annually (currently, at the discretion of the Council Chairperson).(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to support the continuation within the Department of at least one center for evaluation to monitor the structure, process, and outcome of Department programs that address homeless veterans. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress.(Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to designate specified care provided in, or sponsored or coordinated by, the Department as being within the "complex care" category within the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) system. Requires the Secretary to ensure that funds for any new program for homeless veterans carried out through a Department facility are designated, for the first three years of that program, as a special purpose program for which funds are not allocated through the VERA system.(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary… 2025-08-20T14:18:44Z  
106-hr-5314 106 hr 5314 To require the immediate termination of the Department of Defense practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their useful working life and to facilitate the adoption of retired military working dogs by law enforcement agencies, former handlers of these dogs, and other persons capable of caring for these dogs. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-27 2000-11-06 Became Public Law No: 106-446. House Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] MD R B000208 38 Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make a military working dog available for adoption by law enforcement agencies, former handlers, and other persons capable of humanely caring for such dogs at the end of such dog's useful working life or when the dog is otherwise excess to the needs of the Department of Defense. Requires the commander of the last unit to which the dog is assigned to make the decision whether a particular dog is suitable or unsuitable for adoption. Holds harmless the United States from: (1) any damages or injury caused by a dog after such transfer; or (2) any veterinary expense associated with a medical condition of a working dog before the transfer, whether or not such condition is known at the time.Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress concerning dogs adopted, waiting for adoption, or euthanized during the preceding year (with an explanation in the case of euthanization). 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5271 106 hr 5271 Veterans' Family Farm Preservation Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-25 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] IL D E000250 16 Veterans' Family Farm Preservation Act - Excludes from the estate of a veteran and his or her spouse, for purposes of eligibility for pensions for veterans who are permanently and totally disabled from a non-service-connected disability, the value of any real property used for farming, ranching, or similar agricultural purposes. 2025-08-20T14:18:42Z  
106-hconres-402 106 hconres 402 Recognizing the importance of the Selective Service System on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the United States' first peacetime military registration effort and the continued need for American men to register for possible service in the Armed Forces. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-14 2000-09-14 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Kuykendall, Steven T. [R-CA-36] CA R K000357 18 Recognizes, on the 60th anniversary of the first U.S. peacetime military registration: (1) that the United States must continue to be prepared to defend its people and interests during conflict; and (2) the continued need for U.S. males of 18 years of age to register for possible military service as required by the Military Selective Service Act. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5174 106 hr 5174 To amend titles 10 and 18, United States Code, and the Revised Statutes to remove the uncertainty regarding the authority of the Department of Defense to permit buildings located on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places in Federal, State, and local elections for public office. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-14 2000-10-13 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] CA R T000188 12 Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to make a building located on a military installation available for use as a polling place in any Federal, State, or local election for public office. Requires such building to continue to be made available for such use unless the Secretary provides advance notification to Congress of the reasons for discontinuing such availability. Authorizes a State to make a facility of the reserves available for such purpose, with the same continuation or notification requirement.Amends the Revised Statutes to authorize the use of military installations or reserve facilities for such purposes. Requires an installation or facility that was made available for a Federal election during 1998 to be made available for the general election for Federal office in November 2000. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5167 106 hr 5167 Veterans Healthcare Fairness Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-13 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-22] CA D C001036 0 Veterans Healthcare Fairness Act - Preserves veterans' disability compensation payments, as well as survivors' dependency and indemnity compensation, in the case of service-connected disabled Persian Gulf War veterans who voluntarily participate in a health study sponsored by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and who, as a result of such participation, are diagnosed as having a motor neuron disease for which a presumption of service-connection is no longer warranted. Requires the Secretary to restore benefits for any such veterans (or their survivors) whose benefits were terminated before the enactment of this Act. 2025-08-20T14:20:31Z  
106-hr-5132 106 hr 5132 Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-07 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] NJ R F000372 52 Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during the first year after the enactment of this Act, to provide a blood test for the Hepatitis C virus to: (1) each veteran who served on active military duty during the Vietnam era, is enrolled to receive veterans' medical care, and requests such care or is otherwise receiving a physical examination or any other care or treatment from the Secretary; and (2) any other veteran who so requests. Requires the Secretary, after such period, to provide such test to any veteran who presents one or more risk factors for such virus and who requests the test. Requires the Secretary to provide appropriate treatment protocol for any veteran who tests positive, without regard to whether the virus is determined to be service-connected and without regard to the veteran's priority group categorization. Prohibits a copayment from being charged for such treatment. Requires the Secretary to: (1) perform a liver biopsy test on a positive-testing veteran as a follow- up test; (2) upon request, provide a Hepatitis C genotype test before beginning virus treatment; (3) employ at each Department of Veterans Affairs medical center at least one full-time gastroenterologist or hepatologist to conduct such tests; and (4) ensure that each center has at least one staff member assigned to coordinate treatment options and provide information to positive-testing patients.Provides funding for Department Hepatitis C detection and treatment programs, beginning with FY 2001.Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a standardized Department policy with respect to such virus; and (2) annually take appropriate outreach actions to notify untested veterans.Directs the Secretary to establish at least one and no more than three Hepatitis C centers of excellence within the Department health care network. Provides centers' funding. 2025-08-20T14:19:42Z  
106-hr-5139 106 hr 5139 To provide for the conveyance of certain real property at the Carl Vinson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dublin, Georgia. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-07 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-10] GA R N000159 0 See summary of: H.R. 5075 2025-01-02T17:15:05Z  
106-hr-5109 106 hr 5109 Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-06 2000-09-22 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] FL R S000822 46 Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000 - Title I: Personnel Matters - Revises pay adjustment authority for nurses employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to require the director of such Department health-care facility to use third-party industry wage surveys in making such adjustments. Prohibits any adjustment from reducing the rate of basic pay applicable to any nurse grade. Prohibits a director, in determining whether to carry out an adjustment, from considering the absence of a current recruitment or retention problem for personnel in that position. Requires a director to make such determination based on whether there is a significant pay-related staffing problem for such position at that facility. Authorizes the Department's Under Secretary for Health to modify any adjustment determination made by a facility director. Requires each director to report annually to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on staffing for covered positions at that facility. Requires the Secretary to report annually on such staffing to the congressional veterans' committees. Makes annual (currently terminated in 1993) a reporting requirement from the Secretary to the veterans' committees regarding pay adjustments.Requires the Under Secretary to ensure that: (1) the director of a geographic service area, in formulating policy for the provision of patient care, consult regularly with a senior nurse executive(s); and (2) the director of a health-care facility include a registered nurse on any committee providing recommendations or decisions on medical center operations or policies affecting clinical services, clinical outcomes, budget, or resources.(Sec. 102) Increases the special pay for dentists for: (1) full-time status; (2) completing a post-graduate year of accredited hospital-based training; (3) length-of-service pay; (4) scarce specialty pay; (5) service in a geographic location in which there exists extraordinary difficulties in the recruitment and retention of qualified dentists; and (6) service in … 2025-04-07T13:46:46Z  
106-s-3010 106 s 3010 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-06 2000-09-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8111-8112) Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 0 States that, for purposes of the determination of a veteran's inability to defray the expenses of necessary medical care, neither a veteran's attributable income nor the estate of a veteran's spouse shall include the value of any real property of the veteran, his or her spouse, or any dependent children. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use a prior year to determine attributable income when circumstances warrant. Authorizes the Secretary, in lieu of obtaining income information directly from the veteran, to utilize information obtained from the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of the Treasury in determining attributable income. Makes permanent (currently expires at the end of FY 2003) the authority of the Secretary to obtain such information. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z  
106-s-3011 106 s 3011 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-06 2000-09-06 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 788. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2000, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children.Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date, and to be published at the same time the latter increases are published. 2025-08-20T14:18:28Z  
106-sjres-51 106 sjres 51 A joint resolution authorizing special awards to veterans of service as United States Navy Armed Guards during World War I or World War II. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-09-06 2000-09-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] WA D M001111 0 Authorizes and urges the President to make appropriate awards to recognize members of the United States Navy Armed Guard Special Force who served during World War I or II protecting American ships transporting equipment and supplies. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
106-hconres-385 106 hconres 385 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the House of Heroes project in Columbus, Georgia, should serve as a model for public service support for the Nation's veterans. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-27 2000-07-27 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3] GA R C000640 0 Expresses the sense of Congress that the House of Heroes project of Columbus, Georgia, should serve as a public service model for communities across the United States to provide needed assistance and support for veterans. 2025-01-02T17:07:50Z  
106-hr-5066 106 hr 5066 National Missile Defense Deployment Criteria Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-27 2000-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] MA D M000133 5 National Missile Defense Deployment Criteria Act of 2000 - Amends the National Missile Defense Act of 1999 to allow deployment of a national missile defense system (system) only if: (1) the system is technologically feasible; (2) system cost in relation to other Department of Defense (DOD) priorities will not lead to an overall reduction in national security by reducing resources available for other defense priorities; (3) the system will not diminish overall U.S. national security; (4) the system will not threaten to disrupt relations with U.S. nuclear allies, U.S. European allies, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and other nations; and (5) the threat of a long-range ballistic missile attack from a nation of concern is clearly demonstrated.Prohibits the President from directing DOD to deploy a system unless and until: (1) the President certifies to Congress that the above deployment conditions have been met; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted concurring in the President's certification.(Sec. 4) Prohibits DOD procurement funds from being obligated for a system unless: (1) the President certifies to Congress that adequate system tests have been undertaken to meet identified threats against countermeasures; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted concurring in the President's certification. Outlines procedures for the consideration of each joint resolution.(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of Defense to direct the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization to: (1) include specified system countermeasures in system ground and flight testing conducted before the system becomes operational; and (2) determine the extent to which the exoatmospheric kill vehicle and the system can reliably discriminate between warheads and such countermeasures. Directs the Secretary to determine the funding required for fiscal years after 2001 for such countermeasures testing, and to submit such determination to the congressional defense committees. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on DOD's efforts to establish … 2025-08-20T14:19:35Z  
106-hr-5075 106 hr 5075 To provide for the conveyance of certain real property at the Carl Vinson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dublin, Georgia. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-27 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-10] GA R N000159 0 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey specified tracts of property at the Carl Vinson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dublin, Georgia, to: (1) the Board of Regents of the State of Georgia to be used solely for education purposes; and (2) the Community Service Board of Middle Georgia to be used solely for education and health care purposes. 2025-01-02T17:14:52Z  
106-s-2953 106 s 2953 Veterans' Right to Know Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-27 2000-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] NJ D T000317 2 Veterans' Right to Know Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) provide information concerning eligibility for Department benefits and health care services and application requirements when a veteran or his or her dependent first applies for any such benefit; and (2) prepare an annual plan for the conduct of outreach activities to provide such veterans and dependents with such information. 2025-08-20T14:19:42Z  
106-hr-4921 106 hr 4921 To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-24 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 2 Includes within the definition of a "radiation-risk activity" for purposes of eligibility criteria for veterans' disability compensation the exposure to ionizing radiation due to residual contamination resulting from participation in a nuclear detonation, without regard to whether any particular level of radiation exposure was measured for that individual. 2025-01-02T17:14:39Z  
106-hr-4933 106 hr 4933 Veterans Readjustment Appointments Reauthorization Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-24 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] PA D K000270 1 Veterans Readjustment Appointments Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Allows certain veterans to receive veterans readjustment appointments within the Federal Government only within the ten- year period following the later of: (1) the date of their last discharge or release from active duty; or (2) the enactment date of this Act (currently, December 31, 1995). 2025-08-20T14:18:29Z  
106-hr-4935 106 hr 4935 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the size of the estate an incompetent veteran being furnished institutional care by the Department of Veterans Affairs may have without being subject to suspension of benefits. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-24 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2] MN D M000795 23 Increases from $1,500 to $6,000 the threshold estate size of an incompetent veteran being furnished institutional care by the Department of Veterans Affairs may have before being subject to the suspension of pension, compensation, or retirement pay.Directs the Secretary to increase such threshold amount by the same percentage as any increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. 2025-01-02T17:14:52Z  
106-hr-4909 106 hr 4909 Veterans Compensation Equity Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-20 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5] AL D C000868 0 Veterans Compensation Equity Act of 2000 - Authorizes the concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and military retired pay, without deduction from either, for individuals who retired from the armed forces with at least 20 years of service, were awarded the Purple Heart, and have a service-connected disability.Makes the rate of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) for the surviving spouse of a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart the same as the rate of compensation for service-connected disability or death that would be paid to a veteran if the veteran were not deceased (thereby continuing the DIC payment beyond the veteran's death).Makes annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan 100 percent of the base amount. (Currently, such annuities are specified percentages of such base amount based on age.) Repeals: (1) the requirement for annuity reduction at age 62; and (2) an alternative computation of such annuity for certain beneficiaries. Requires the recomputation of existing annuities due to amendments made by this Act. 2025-08-20T14:19:32Z  
106-hr-4912 106 hr 4912 To require the conveyance of certain real property under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in Miles City, Montana. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-20 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Hill, Rick [R-MT-At Large] MT R H000605 0 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to Custer County, Montana, the parcels of real property consisting of the Miles City Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Complex. Requires that the County: (1) use the parcels conveyed, directly or through an agreement with a public or private entity, for veterans activities, community and economic development, or other public purposes; or (2) convey the parcels to an appropriate public or private entity for such use. Requires the Secretary to make a grant to the County for activities to convert and redevelop the property for such use.Authorizes appropriations. 2025-01-02T17:14:39Z  
106-hconres-374 106 hconres 374 Expressing the sense of the Congress that Harriet Tubman should have been paid a pension for her service as a nurse and scout in the United States Army during the Civil War. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-18 2000-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1282) House Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] NY D T000326 0 Expresses the sense of Congress that Harriet Tubman should have been paid a pension at the rate of $25 each month for her service as a nurse and scout in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-4864 106 hr 4864 Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-17 2000-11-09 Became Public Law No: 106-475. House Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] AZ R S001044 111 Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take specified steps to assist claimants. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify a claimant whose application is incomplete of the information necessary to complete the application (existing law), including medical or lay evidence necessary to substantiate the claim and, as part of such notice, to indicate which portion of such evidence is to be provided by the claimant and which portion the Secretary will attempt to obtain on behalf of the claimant; (2) make reasonable efforts to assist in obtaining evidence necessary to substantiate a claimant's eligibility for a benefit (but allows the Secretary to decide a claim without providing such assistance when no reasonable possibility exists that such assistance will aid in the establishment of eligibility) and to obtain relevant records that the claimant adequately identifies to the Secretary and authorizes the Secretary to obtain; and (3) inform the claimant whenever the Secretary is unable to obtain such records.Requires, in the case of a veteran's claim for disability compensation, the Secretary to: (1) obtain the claimant's service medical records and, if the claimant has furnished sufficient information, other relevant service records, existing records of relevant medical treatment or examination at Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities or at the expense of the Department, and any other relevant records held by a Federal department or agency; and (2) provide a medical examination or obtain a medical opinion when the evidence indicates that the claimant has a current disability, or persistent or recurrent symptoms of disability, which may be associated with active military service, but does not contain sufficient medical evidence for the Secretary to make a decision on the claim.(Sec. 4) Places on the claimant the burden of proving entitlement to benefits (currently, of submitting evidence to justify a belief by a fa… 2025-04-07T13:46:34Z  
106-hr-4850 106 hr 4850 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-13 2000-11-01 Became Public Law No: 106-413. House Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] AZ R S001044 24 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2000, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date. 2025-04-07T13:46:34Z  
106-hr-4832 106 hr 4832 To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the eligibility criteria for the Department of Defense special compensation benefit for certain severely disabled military retirees. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-12 2000-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] FL R M000350 0 Removes the requirement that a veteran's severe service-connected disability must have been rated at least 70 percent disabling by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as of the date of such veteran's retirement or within four years thereafter in order for such veteran to receive special compensation for such disability. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-4833 106 hr 4833 To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the definition of the term "Vietnam era" to provide eligibility for certain veterans benefits that are based on service during the Vietnam era, without regard to whether such service was in the Republic of Vietnam. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-07-12 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] FL R M000350 0 Revises the definition of "Vietnam era," for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits, to remove the requirement that such service must have been performed in the Republic of Vietnam. 2025-01-02T17:14:39Z  
106-hr-4785 106 hr 4785 Michael Colombo Veterans' Claims Correction Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-29 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] NY R K000078 0 Michael Colombo Veterans' Claims Correction Act of 2000 - Provides that, for purposes of determining eligible recipients of accrued veterans' benefits, the term "children" shall be applied without regard to age or dependency in the case of a veteran who dies with a pending claim for increased compensation (or an increased disability rating) which is later granted.Makes this Act effective retroactively to veterans dying on or after May 1, 1998, but prohibits such amounts from being paid before October 1, 2000. 2025-08-20T14:20:10Z  
106-hr-4791 106 hr 4791 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for the occurrence of hepatitis C in certain veterans. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-29 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6] AZ R H000413 11 Considers hepatitis C becoming manifest in a veteran to be service-connected, and therefore compensable under veterans' disability provisions, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such illness during the period of such service, as long as it is shown that during such service the veteran experienced: (1) a blood transfusion before December 31, 1992; or (2) hemodialysis. 2025-01-02T17:14:39Z  
106-s-2827 106 s 2827 A bill to provide for the conveyance of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Ft. Lyon, Colorado, to the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-29 2000-07-20 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Senate Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] CO R A000109 0 Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey a specified parcel of real property, including improvements other than Kit Carson Chapel, comprising the location of Ft. Lyon Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Colorado, to the State of Colorado to utilize for purposes of a correctional facility.Prohibits the Secretary from making the conveyance unless the State agrees to provide public access to the Chapel and the cemetery located on such property. Permits the State to satisfy such condition respecting the chapel by relocating it to Ft. Lyon National Cemetery, Colorado, or another appropriate location jointly selected by the Secretary and the State.Prohibits the Secretary from making the conveyance until: (1) the date on which the Secretary opens not less than three health care facilities, and a nursing home care facility, in Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19, which shall serve as replacement facilities for the Medical Center; and (2) the Secretary completes required environmental restoration activities.Authorizes the Secretary to pay the State or any private nursing home care facility for costs incurred in providing nursing home care to any veteran who is relocated from the Medical Center as a result of the Medical Center's closure.States that the authority to pay voluntary separation incentive payments under the Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Reduction Assistance Act of 1999 to employees of the Medical Center shall apply to eligible employees whose separation occurs before June 30, 2001.Requires the Under Secretary for Health of the Department, acting through the Director of VISN 19, not later than one year after the conveyance, to submit to congressional veterans affairs committees a report on the status of the health care system for veterans under VISN in southern Colorado describing any improvements to such system in southern Colorado that have been put into effect since the date of such conveyance. 2025-04-07T13:42:24Z  
106-hr-4765 106 hr 4765 21st Century Veterans Employment and Training Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-27 2000-07-13 Subcommittee Hearings Held. House Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-30] NY R Q000016 6 21st Century Veterans Employment and Training Act - Entitles the following persons to priority under any Federal employment and training program if the person otherwise meets eligibility requirements for program participation: (1) a veteran who has a service-connected disability, or who served on active duty during a war or campaign for which a campaign badge has been authorized; (2) the spouse of any person who died of a service-connected disability; (3) the spouse of any member serving on active duty who is listed as missing in action, captured in the line of duty by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government or power; and (4) the spouse of any veteran who has a permanent total disability resulting from a service-connected disability, or who died while a disability so evaluated was in existence. Requires State and local entities that administer such programs to provide program information and referral assistance to such covered persons. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report annually to the congressional veterans' committees as to whether covered persons are receiving a priority under such programs.Requires any contract of $25,000 or more entered into by a Federal department or agency for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services to contain a provision requiring the party contracting with the United States to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified covered veterans. Includes as qualified covered veterans disabled veterans, veterans who served on active duty during a war or campaign for which a campaign badge has been authorized, and veterans who, while serving on active duty, participated in a military operation for which a service medal was awarded.Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to any person or entity with respect to veterans' employment emphasis under Federal contracts and federally-funded work force programs. Provides complaint procedures, through the Secretary, the Attorney General, or privat… 2025-08-20T14:18:20Z  
106-hres-534 106 hres 534 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the recent nuclear weapons security failures at Los Alamos National Laboratory demonstrate that security policy and security procedures within the National Nuclear Security Administration remain inadequate, that the individuals responsible for such policy and procedures must be held accountable for their performance, and that immediate action must be taken to correct security deficiencies. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-27 2000-07-17 On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 5, 2 Present (Roll no. 401). (text: CR H6072-6073) House Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2] SC R S000718 6 Expresses the sense of the House that: (1) certain security failures at Los Alamos National Laboratory demonstrate continued inadequacy of nuclear weapons security policy and procedures within the National Nuclear Security Administration and its facilities; (2) individuals responsible for the implementation, oversight, and management of nuclear weapons security policy and procedures within the Administration and its facilities must be held accountable for their performance; and (3) the Administrator for Nuclear Security must take immediate action to improve safeguard procedures for classified nuclear weapons information and correct all identified nuclear weapons security deficiencies within the Administration. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-4759 106 hr 4759 Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-26 2000-06-26 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] FL R S000822 30 Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000 - Title I: Personnel Matters - Revises pay adjustment authority for nurses employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to require the director of such Department health-care facility to use third-party industry wage surveys in making such adjustments. Prohibits any adjustment from reducing the rate of basic pay applicable to any nurse grade. Prohibits a director, in determining whether to carry out an adjustment, from considering the absence of a current recruitment or retention problem for personnel in that position. Authorizes the Department's Under Secretary for Health to modify any adjustment determination made by a facility director. Makes annual (currently terminated in 1993) a reporting requirement from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the congressional veterans' committees regarding such pay adjustments.Requires the Under Secretary to ensure that: (1) the director of a geographic service area, in formulating policy for the provision of patient care, consult regularly with a senior nurse executive(s); and (2) the director of a health-care facility include a registered nurse on any committee providing recommendations or decisions on medical center operations or policies affecting clinical services, clinical outcomes, budget, or resources.(Sec. 102) Increases the special pay for dentists for: (1) full-time status; (2) completing a post-graduate year of accredited hospital-based training; (3) length-of-service pay; (4) scarce specialty pay; (5) service in a geographic location in which there exists extraordinary difficulties in the recruitment and retention of qualified dentists; and (6) service in certain executive positions. Credits toward civil service retirement calculations 25 percent of the special pay for length-of-service pay for each two years that the dentist completes as a dentist in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).(Sec. 103) Exempts VHA pharmacists from a required ceiling on special salary rates for certain VHA health… 2025-08-20T14:17:10Z  
106-hr-4760 106 hr 4760 Veterans Cold Weather Injury Compensation Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-26 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] MI D S001045 15 Veterans Cold Weather Injury Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a registry of veterans who, while in active military service, were exposed for a significant period of time to sustained periods of extremely cold weather (seven days or more of average temperatures of 32 degrees or lower). Requires such registry to be used to determine the association, if any, between the disabilities of such veterans and the exposure to such weather.Presumes cold-weather injuries in such veterans to be service-connected and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation.Directs the Secretary, within 90 days, to prescribe initial regulations on injuries determined to have a positive association with sustained exposure to cold weather. 2025-08-20T14:18:36Z  
106-hr-4734 106 hr 4734 Military Deployment Health Research Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-23 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] WI D B001230 5 Military Deployment Health Research Act of 2000 - Title I: National Center for Military Deployment Health Research - Establishes the National Center for Military Deployment Health Research to coordinate and conduct private and public research on deployment-related health issues of members of the armed forces, veterans, and their families. Requires the Center to report to the Military and Veterans Health Coordinating Board, established by prior presidential directive. Requires the Research Working Group of such Board to be disestablished, and their functions assumed by the Center. Establishes a Center Governing Board. Requires the Center's research activities to include Federal research programs as well as Center-initiated research. Requires an annual Center activities report from the Governing Board to Congress.Title II: Centers for Research on Post-Deployment Illnesses in Department of Veterans Affairs - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and operate centers for research, education, and clinical activities related to post-deployment illnesses, designating such centers as National Centers for Military Post-Deployment Illness Research. Defines a "post-deployment illness" as one having an association or relation to a military mission, including a peacekeeping mission. Allows the designation of no more than 25 centers, and requires geographical diversity of such centers. Requires the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a peer review panel to assess the scientific and clinical merit of proposals submitted for center designation.Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:21:34Z  
106-hr-4737 106 hr 4737 Nuclear Secrets Safety Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-23 2000-12-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 597. House Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] CA R H000981 7 Nuclear Secrets Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to specified congressional committees an inventory of each document or device at each national security laboratory that contains Restricted Data.Amends the National Nuclear Security Administration Act, with respect to procedures for ensuring that any individual is not permitted access to any classified area of a laboratory vault containing Restricted Data, to require such procedures, at a minimum, to provide that an individual shall not have access to any such vault unless, before each access, the individual's identity is verified by an attendant through direct visual observation.Requires the counterintelligence program at each such laboratory to include a polygraph program for individuals with access to any vault containing Restricted Data. Requires each such individual to undergo a polygraph examination within one year after having access to any such vault, in particular within 30 days after first access (or within 120 days after enactment of this Act, if first access occurred on or before enactment).Requires the Administrator for Nuclear Security to ensure that the combination of each lock to each laboratory vault containing Restricted Data is changed not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-s-2782 106 s 2782 A bill to establish a commission to examine the efficacy of the organization of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the appropriate organization to manage the nuclear weapons programs of the United States. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-23 2000-06-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5737) Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 1 Establishes the National Commission on Nuclear Security to review the efficacy of the organization of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and the organization and management of the nuclear weapons programs of the United States, under the current Presidential Administration and the Presidential Administration commencing in 2001, including: (1) whether the requirements and objectives of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act are being fully implemented by the Secretary of Energy and NNSA Administrator; (2) the feasibility and advisability of various means of improving the security and counterintelligence posture of NNSA programs; (3) the feasibility and advisability of various modifications of existing management and operating contracts for the laboratories under NNSA's jurisdiction; and (4) whether the national security functions of the Department of Energy, including NNSA, should be transferred to the Department of Defense, established as a semiautonomous agency within the Defense Department, established as an independent agency, or remain as a semiautonomous agency within the Energy Department.Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to Congress and the Secretaries of Energy and Defense, including any recommendations for legislation and administrative action.Restricts the amount of certain previously authorized appropriations that shall be available for activities of the Commission. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
106-hr-4720 106 hr 4720 Combat Merchant Mariners Veterans Benefits Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-22 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Forbes, Michael P. [D-NY-1] NY D F000257 0 Combat Merchant Mariners Veterans Benefits Act of 2000 - Provides that: (1) service in the U.S. merchant marine during a period of war for a total period equal to at least 12 months shall be considered active duty in determining eligibility for veterans' benefits; and (2) such service may be verified by entries in a continuous discharge book, a certificate of discharge to merchant seamen, a certificate of substantially continuous service, or other documentation available from the Secretary of Transportation or the head of any other Federal agency.Limits eligibility.Specifies that: (1) the minimum active-duty service requirement of any law administered by the Department of Veterans shall apply in determining eligibility for veterans' benefits under this Act; (2) the 12-month requirement under this Act shall not apply to an individual who is permanently disabled in the performance of such service while the vessel is subjected to hostile action; and (3) such service may have been rendered before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, with a limitation. 2025-08-20T14:18:51Z  
106-hr-4722 106 hr 4722 Department of Defense Privatization and Outsourcing Moratorium Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-22 2000-06-29 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] NJ R S000097 6 Department of Defense Privatization and Outsourcing Moratorium Act - Prohibits any commercial or industrial type function currently being performed by Department of Defense (DOD) civilian employees from being converted to performance by the private sector until five years after the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that all actions necessary to carry out the 1995 round of military base closures and realignments under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 have been completed. Makes an exception for such a function being converted, or being considered for conversion, to private performance under a DOD strategic sourcing or business process and re-engineering plan.Requires the Secretary to report to Congress evaluating: (1) each conversion that was carried out since October 1, 1996; and (2) each function that was considered for conversion since such date, but not converted.Directs the Secretary, on account of such moratorium, to provide for an adjustment in the operating budgets of the armed forces and military installations to compensate for the fact that such budgets were previously reduced to reflect savings anticipated from the conversion of such functions to private sector performance. 2025-08-20T14:17:44Z  
106-hr-4709 106 hr 4709 Gold Star Parents Annuity Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-21 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] NY R G000212 5 Gold Star Parents Annuity Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a special pension to each person who has received a Gold Star lapel pin as a parent of a member of the armed forces who died while serving. 2025-08-20T14:18:08Z  
106-hr-4716 106 hr 4716 Veterans Travel Fairness Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-21 2000-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] MI D S001045 27 Veterans Travel Fairness Act - Makes the rate of reimbursement for private vehicle travel under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs equal to the rate for private vehicle reimbursement for Federal employees. 2025-08-20T14:18:59Z  
106-hr-4660 106 hr 4660 Military Recruiter Secondary Schools Access Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-14 2000-08-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] CO R H000444 16 Military Recruiter Secondary Schools Access Act of 2000 - Amends Federal armed forces provisions to deny Federal educational assistance funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) denying access of military recruiters to secondary school students, or to student directory information, for military recruiting purposes. Requires the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to maintain a list of LEAs denying such access. Provides that, if an LEA denies such access, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall provide for an officer to meet with representatives of such LEA to attempt to arrange such access. Provides that, if such LEA continues to deny such access, then the Secretary shall transmit to the Chief Executive of such State a notification of the denial of recruiting access and a request for assistance in obtaining such access.Provides that if, after the above process, an LEA continues to deny such access, the Secretary shall: (1) determine whether such LEA denies such access to at least two of the armed forces; and (2) upon an affirmative determination, include such LEA on the maintained list.Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 to repeal an exception for student financial assistance from a ban on Federal grants and contracts to institutions of higher education denying access to Reserve Officers' Training Corps or other military recruiters. 2025-08-20T14:17:53Z  
106-s-2702 106 s 2702 A bill to require reports on the progress of the Federal Government in implementing Presidential Decision Directive No. 63 (PDD-63). Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-08 2000-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4846) Senate Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] UT R B000382 1 Requires the President to submit to Congress a comprehensive report detailing the specific steps taken by the Federal Government to develop infrastructure assurance strategies and the timetable for operationalizing and fully implementing critical information systems defense by May 2003.Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a detailed report, in both classified and unclassified formats, on Department of Defense plans and programs to organize a coordinated defense against attacks on critical infrastructure and information-based systems, including: (1) a description of the current role of the Department in implementing Presidential Decision Directive No 63 (PDD-63); (2) a description of the manner in which the Department is integrating its various capabilities and assets, including the National Communications System, into an indications and warning architecture; (3) a description of Department work with the intelligence community to counter the threat of information warfare programs by potentially hostile foreign national governments and sub-national groups; and (4) an identification of the elements of a defense against an information warfare attack, including the integration of the Computer Network Attack Capability of the U.S. Space Command into the overall cyber-defense of the United States. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
106-s-2669 106 s 2669 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to extend to persons over age 64 eligibility for medical care under CHAMPUS and TRICARE; to extend the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program in conjunction with the extension of eligibility under CHAMPUS and TRICARE to such persons, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-06 2000-06-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4566) Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 9 Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to remove the prohibition against CHAMPUS coverage eligibility for persons who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A of Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in the case of a person who: (1) is enrolled in the supplementary medical insurance program of Medicare part B; and (2) if under 65 years of age, is entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare part A.Extends through December 31, 2002, the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program (a program under which Medicare-eligible military retirees and their dependents receive Medicare health services in military treatment facilities).Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to repeal a program which permits certain individuals to obtain prescription pharmaceuticals by mail in connection with medical care furnished under CHAMPUS.Makes provisions of this Act other than the extension of the TRICARE program effective on October 1, 2001. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
106-hr-4576 106 hr 4576 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-06-01 2000-08-09 Became Public Law No: 106-259. House Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-40] CA R L000274 0 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force.Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (including a transfer of funds in each case), the Marine Corps, the defense agencies (including a transfer of funds), the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund (including a transfer of funds); (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, and Air Force and defense-wide (including a transfer of funds in each case); (4) environmental restoration at formerly used defense sites (including a transfer of funds); (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (6) former Soviet Union threat reduction; and (7) quality of life enhancements, defense.Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for procurement by the armed forces and reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) certain procurements under the Defense Production Act of 1950; and (3) National Guard and reserve equipment.Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) by the armed forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Defense Working Capital funds and programs under the National Defense Sealift and Airlift Funds (including a transfer of funds for the latter).Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1… 2025-04-07T13:47:09Z  
106-hr-4575 106 hr 4575 Veterans Service Improvement Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-25 2000-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] FL R W000267 5 Veterans Service Improvement Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program in not more than four geographically dispersed areas of the United States to improve access to and coordination of inpatient care of eligible veterans. Allows the Secretary, under the program, to pay reasonable costs of hospital care and services furnished to a program participant in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs hospital. Requires the amount paid to be reduced by any copayment that the veteran would have been required to pay in a Department hospital for such care and services. Makes eligible for the program a veteran who: (1) is enrolled to receive medical services from a Department outpatient clinic; (2) requires such care and services for a non-service-connected condition and could not receive such services from a Department clinic; and (3) elects to receive such care under a health plan to which such individual is entitled.Requires at least 60 percent of the veterans residing in a designated area to reside at least two hours driving distance from the closest Department medical center that provides appropriate care.Directs the Secretary to submit to the congressional veterans' committees two reports on the implementation and operation of the program. 2025-08-20T14:17:28Z  
106-s-2631 106 s 2631 A bill to authorize a project for the renovation of the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Bronx, New York. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-25 2000-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4462) Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 1 Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility renovation project for the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Bronx, New York.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 and specifically limits other funding from the Construction, Major Projects, account. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z  
106-s-2636 106 s 2636 Department of Veterans Affairs Dentists Appreciation Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-25 2000-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4466) Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 0 Department of Veterans Affairs Dentists Appreciation Act - Increases the authorized pay levels for full-time dentists and certain dental executive positions within the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 2025-08-20T14:19:49Z  
106-s-2637 106 s 2637 A bill to require a land conveyance, Miles City Veterans Administration Medical Complex, Miles City, Montana. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-25 2000-07-20 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Senate Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MT D B000243 1 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey the parcels of real property consisting of the Miles City Veterans Administration Medical Center complex to Custer County, Montana, for use for veterans activities and community and economic development.Requires the Secretary to make a grant to the County for activities to convert and redevelop the real property and any improvements, equipment, fixtures, and other personal property conveyed for the prescribed use.Authorizes appropriations. 2025-04-07T13:42:24Z  
106-s-2640 106 s 2640 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to permit Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacies to dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-25 2000-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Senate Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] CA D B000711 1 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to authorize Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacies to dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners. 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z  
106-hr-4522 106 hr 4522 Veterans Carbon Tetrachloride Benefits Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-23 2000-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] MN D P000258 0 Veterans Carbon Tetrachloride Benefits Act - Provides that any of certain listed diseases or disabilities becoming manifest in any veteran who served 90 days or more of active military duty during which such veteran was exposed to carbon tetrachloride shall be considered to be service-connected, and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation, notwithstanding evidence of such disease during such service. 2025-08-20T14:18:55Z  
106-hr-4488 106 hr 4488 Women Vietnam Veterans' Children's Birth Defects Benefits Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-18 2000-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] IL D E000250 24 Women Vietnam Veterans' Children's Birth Defects Benefits Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a child of a woman Vietnam veteran who is suffering from a covered birth defect (birth defects other than spina bifida and those resulting from a familial disorder, birth-related injury, or fetal or neonatal infirmity with well-established causes) with necessary health care to address the defect and any associated disability. Authorizes the Secretary to provide vocational training to such a child if the achievement of a vocational goal is reasonably feasible.Directs the Secretary to pay a monthly allowance, based on the degree of disability, to any child of a woman Vietnam veteran who suffers from a disability resulting from a covered birth defect which results in permanent impairment of a physical or mental function. Prohibits such allowance from affecting the right to receive other veterans' benefits or compensation. 2025-08-20T14:19:33Z  
106-s-2593 106 s 2593 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-18 2000-06-14 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5154) Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 0 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force.Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (including a transfer of funds in each case), the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) overseas contingency operations (including a transfer of funds); (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense-wide (including a transfer of funds in each case); (4) environmental restoration at former defense sites (including a transfer of funds); (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; and (6) nuclear threat reduction programs with respect to republics of the former Soviet Union.Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for procurement by the armed forces and its reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for defense-wide procurement (including a transfer of funds) and for National Guard and reserve equipment.Title IV: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the armed forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for: (1) the defense working capital funds; and (2) programs under the National Defense Sealift and Airlift Funds.Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Department of Defense (DOD) medical and health care programs; (2) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (3) drug i… 2026-01-07T12:41:36Z  
106-s-2597 106 s 2597 A bill to clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the Administration. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-18 2000-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] WA R G000333 6 Amends the National Nuclear Security Administration Act to direct the Administrator for Nuclear Security to ensure that the operations and activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration are executed in full compliance with Federal and State environmental, safety, and health laws and regulations (including any directives issued thereunder, and waivers of Federal sovereign immunity).States that all environmental protection, safety, and health requirements applicable to Department of Energy functions or facilities immediately before the effective date of this Act shall continue to apply to corresponding functions or facilities of the Administration. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
106-s-2573 106 s 2573 Direct Energy Coordination and Consolidation Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-17 2000-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4104-4105) Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 0 Directed Energy Coordination and Consolidation Act of 2000 - Establishes within the Department of Defense (DOD) the Joint Technology Office, to be part of the National Directed Energy Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Places the Office under the authority of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology.Requires the Office to: (1) develop and oversee the management of a DOD-wide program of science and technology relating to directed energy (such as high-energy laser) technologies, systems, and weapons; (2) coordinate initiatives for such science and technology; (3) develop and manage the National Directed Energy Technology Alliance, a program to foster the exchange of directed energy information between DOD, other Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, and the private sector; and (4) carry out related activities as considered appropriate by the Under Secretary. Establishes the Technology Council to review and recommend priorities among proposed directed energy programs, projects, and activities.Establishes the Technology Board of Directors, to whom the Council shall make recommendations regarding funding for directed energy programs, projects, and activities.Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) implement the portion of the High Energy Laser Master Plan relating to technology area working groups; and (2) require the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide technology area working groups for various laser research and technology development.Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and undertake initiatives for enhancing the defense industrial base for directed energy technologies and systems; (2) evaluate and implement proposals for modernizing the High Energy Laser Test Facility at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; (3) evaluate the feasibility and advisability of entering into cooperative programs or activities with other Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, and the private sector for enhancing programs, projects, and activities… 2025-08-20T14:16:52Z  
106-s-2549 106 s 2549 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-12 2000-07-13 See also S. 2550, S. 2551, S. 2552. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 0 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the chemical demilitarization program; and (4) the Defense Health Program.Subtitle B: Army Programs - Requires a report from the Secretary of the Army to the defense and appropriations committees on the process for developing the objective force in the transformation of the Army. Directs such Secretary to develop and carry out, and report to such committees on, a plan comparing the costs and operational effectiveness of the medium armored combat vehicles selected for the infantry battalions of the interim brigade combat teams with the costs and effectiveness of such vehicles currently in the Army inventory for use by infantry battalions. Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense (DOD) to review such plan and report results to such Secretary. Prohibits more than 60 percent of the amount authorized for the procurement of such vehicles for FY 2001 and FY 2002 from being obligated until 30 days after such Secretary's reports are submitted.Subtitle C: Navy Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to procure the aircraft carrier designated CVNX-1, and authorizes such Secretary to enter into contracts for advanced procurement and construction of components for such carrier (earmarking funds authorized under this section for such purpose).(Sec. 122) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the number of Arleigh Burke class destroyers that may be procured by the Navy and to extend through FY 2005 the authority for such multiyear p… 2025-08-20T14:20:37Z  
106-s-2550 106 s 2550 Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-12 2000-07-18 Held at the desk. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 0 Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the chemical demilitarization program; and (4) the Defense Health Program.Subtitle B: Army Programs - Requires a report from the Secretary of the Army to the defense and appropriations committees on the process for developing the objective force in the transformation of the Army. Directs such Secretary to develop and carry out, and report to such committees on, a plan comparing the costs and operational effectiveness of the medium armored combat vehicles selected for the infantry battalions of the interim brigade combat teams with the costs and effectiveness of such vehicles currently in the Army inventory for use by infantry battalions. Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense (DOD) to review such plan and report results to such Secretary. Prohibits more than 60 percent of the amount authorized for the procurement of such vehicles for FY 2001 and FY 2002 from being obligated until 30 days after such Secretary's reports are submitted.(Sec. 113) Increases procurement funds (with an equivalent offset) for the procurement of rapid intravenous infusion pumps.Subtitle C: Navy Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to procure the aircraft carrier designated CVNX-1, and authorizes such Secretary to enter into contracts for advanced procurement and construction of components for such carrier (earmarking funds authorized under this section for such purpose).(Sec. 122) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 to increase the number of Arleigh Burke class destroyers that may be procured… 2025-04-07T13:47:21Z  
106-s-2551 106 s 2551 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-12 2000-07-18 Held at the desk. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 0 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title XXI(sic): Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2000 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title.(Sec. 2105) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 to: (1) decrease the amount authorized for a construction project at Fort Stewart, Georgia; (2) cancel a construction project at Fort Riley, Kansas; and (3) increase the amount authorized for unspecified minor construction projects.(Sec. 2106) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to increase amounts authorized for construction projects at Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Riley, Kansas.(Sec. 2107) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to increase the amount authorized for a construction project at Fort Stewart, Georgia.(Sec. 2108) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to accept funds from the Federal Highway Administration or the State of Kentucky for a military construction project involving a rail connector at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title.(Sec. 2205) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to carry out a military construction project at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia, using funds authorized under a prior-year military construction authorization Act for a sanitary landfill at such facility.Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to t… 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
106-s-2552 106 s 2552 Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-12 2000-07-18 Held at the desk. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 0 Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title XXXI(sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2001 for operating expenses, capital equipment, and plant projects necessary in carrying out for national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear nonproliferation; (3) naval reactors activities; (4) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (5) other defense activities; (6) defense environmental management privatization activities; and (7) an energy employees compensation initiative.Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 110 percent of the program authorization or $1 million more than the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress until the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) transmits to the defense and appropriations committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have since expired.(Sec. 3122) Places certain funding limits for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Requires congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits.(Sec. 3124) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOE-authorized funds: (1) to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which such funds were authorized; or (2) between authorizations within DOE, to be merged with and available for the same purposes. Requires congressional notification to the defense committees of any such transfer.(Sec. 3125) Directs the Secretary, before submitting a funding request for a construction project in support of a DOE national security program, to complete a conceptual design for such project. Requires a separate funding requests for designs for which the estimated cost exceeds $3 million. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out construction design services in connection with any pro… 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
106-hr-4425 106 hr 4425 Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-11 2000-07-13 Became Public Law No: 106-246. House Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7] OH R H000666 0 Division A: Fiscal Year 2001 Military Construction Appropriations - Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2001 - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (2) military construction, DOD (including a transfer of funds); (3) military construction for the Army and Air National Guards; (4) military construction for the Army, Naval, and Air Force Reserves (with a rescission of prior-year funds in the case of the Naval Reserve); (5) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (6) family housing for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force; (7) family housing, DOD; and (8) the Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part IV.(Sec. 101) Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts.(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.(Sec. 118) Provides for the transfer of military construction and family housing funds for which appropriations have expired into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense account.(Sec. 119) Directs the Secretary to report annually to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and U.S. allies in the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.(Sec. 121) Prohibits an entity from expending funds appropriated by this Act unless such entity agrees to comply with the Buy American Act. Prohibits this Act's funds from being made available to any person or entity convicted of violating such Act.(Sec. 122) Expresse… 2025-04-07T13:47:14Z  
106-hr-4438 106 hr 4438 Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-11 2000-06-27 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD. House Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] FL R M000689 7 Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay certain compensation to individuals (or their survivors) who, as members of the armed forces during World War II: (1) were captured on the peninsula of Bataan or the island of Corregidor in the Philippines by Japanese forces; and (2) participated in and survived the Bataan Death March. 2025-08-20T14:20:24Z  
106-s-2544 106 s 2544 Children of Women Vietnam Veterans' Benefits Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-11 2000-07-20 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 3 See summary of: S. 2494 2025-08-20T14:18:01Z  
106-hr-4418 106 hr 4418 TRICARE Enhancement Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-10 2000-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] NC R J000255 3 TRICARE Enhancement Act of 2000 - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, in the case of a covered beneficiary entitled to medical and dental care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) who is enrolled in TRICARE Standard (a DOD managed health care program), from requiring with respect to authorized health care (other than mental health services) under any new health care contract that the beneficiary obtain: (1) a nonavailability statement or preauthorization from a military medical facility in order to receive services from a civilian provider; or (2) a nonavailability statement for care in specialized treatment facilities outside the 200-mile radius of a military medical facility. Provides exceptions.(Sec. 3) Requires the Secretary to direct that: (1) the Composite Health Care System (CHS) be used in lieu of the Customer Satisfaction Survey to measure the performance of the Department of Defense in scheduling appointments in military medical facilities for covered beneficiaries under TRICARE Prime; (2) any necessary modifications be made to the CHS to standardize appropriate access throughout the military health care system; and (3) compliance with appointment timeliness standards under TRICARE Prime in military medical facilities be reported at the facility level, the service level, the system level, and by various beneficiary categories. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress.(Sec. 4) Authorizes covered beneficiary access under CHAMPUS to certified mental health counselors. Requires the Secretary to recognize such counselors as qualified to: (1) prescribe levels and courses of treatment for substance abuse disorders; and (2) conduct mental health evaluations.(Sec. 5) Requires new contracts under TRICARE to require a covered beneficiary under TRICARE Prime who is referred to a provider or facility more than 100 miles away due to the unavailability of a local provider to be reimbursed by the referring provider or facility for appropriate mileage costs or air tra… 2025-08-20T14:19:16Z  
106-s-2537 106 s 2537 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the time for use by members of the Selected Reserve of entitlement to certain educational assistance. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-10 2000-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3834) Senate Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] VT R J000072 5 Terminates the entitlement to educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve on the date the member is separated from the Reserve. (Currently, such termination is the earlier of two conditional dates). Provides a conditional date of such entitlement for Selected Reserve members who cease to be such a member during a ten-year period beginning on October 1, 1991, due to Reserve unit deactivation or the involuntary cessation of such Reserve member designation. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
106-s-2521 106 s 2521 An original bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-09 2000-05-18 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. Senate Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] MT R B001126 0 Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2001 - Division 1 - Appropriates funds for FY 2001 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (2) military construction, DOD (including a transfer of funds); (3) military construction for the Army and Air National Guards; (4) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves; (5) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (6) family housing for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force; (7) family housing, DOD; and (8) the Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part IV.(Sec. 101) Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts.(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.(Sec. 118) Provides for the transfer of military construction and family housing funds for which appropriations have expired into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense account.(Sec. 119) Directs the Secretary to report annually to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and U.S. allies in the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.(Sec. 125) Rescinds specified amounts of unobligated funds provided in previous military construction appropriations Acts from the following accounts: (1) Army, Navy, Air Force, and DOD military construction; and (2) Army, Navy, and Air Force family housing.Division 2 - 2000 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Counternarcotics Activities, Peacekeeping Operations, and Other National Se… 2025-04-07T13:47:09Z  
106-hr-4392 106 hr 4392 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-08 2000-11-13 On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] FL R G000336 0 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense (DOD); (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); (6) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA); (7) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; and (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).(Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2001, for such activities are those specified in the Classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President.(Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to authorize the employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2001 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees when such authority is exercised.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2001. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2001. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer or employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff.Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Requires a transfer of funds from the DCI to the Attorney General to operate the Center.(Sec. 105) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to provide that, with respect to DOD, the authority to object to a transfer of funds or personnel within the National Foreign Intel… 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z  
106-hr-4376 106 hr 4376 To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve to participate in the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-04 2000-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] AZ R S001044 3 Authorizes participation in the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program for individuals who volunteer for assignment to a mobilization category in the Individual Ready Reserve. 2025-04-07T13:44:16Z  
106-hr-4388 106 hr 4388 Military Retention Benefits Training Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-04 2000-05-31 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46] CA D S000030 4 Military Retention Benefits Training Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to make available a program of education and training to inform eligible military personnel of the benefits to which such personnel and their dependents are or may become entitled upon remaining in the armed forces until becoming eligible for retired or retainer pay. Requires such benefits training to include all benefits provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.Makes eligible for such training: (1) all members on active duty or in an active status in a reserve component; and (2) retired members, on a space-available basis.Directs the Secretary of Defense to develop and maintain a database of information on servicemembers attending benefits training who volunteer to perform military funeral honors. 2025-08-20T14:18:01Z  
106-s-2507 106 s 2507 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-04 2000-10-02 Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 654. Senate Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] AL R S000320 0 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense (DOD); (3) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); (6) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA); (7) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; and (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 through 2005 for the CIA, DIA, NSA, and NRO.(Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2001, for such activities are those specified in the Classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President.(Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize the employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2001 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees when such authority is exercised.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2001. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2001. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer or employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff.Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Requires a transfer of funds from the DCI to the Attorney General to operate the Center.Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2… 2025-04-07T13:43:42Z  
106-s-2514 106 s 2514 Fairness for the Military Reserve Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-04 2000-05-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3538) Senate Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] MN R G000367 4 Fairness for the Military Reserve Act of 2000 - Authorizes armed forces reserve and National Guard personnel traveling to perform annual training duty outside the continental United States to travel on a space-required basis between the member's home and place of duty if there is no available road or rail transportation.Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to provide the following persons with transportation on Department of Defense (DOD) aircraft on a space-available basis under the same terms and conditions that apply to members of the armed forces entitled to retired pay: (1) members of the Selected Reserve in good standing; (2) a former reserve member under 60 years of age who would be eligible for retired pay except for being under such age; and (3) dependents of the above. Limits the required identification for such travel.Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing a reserve member traveling to inactive duty training at least 50 miles from home to be eligible for billeting (housing) in DOD facilities on the same basis as active-duty personnel traveling under orders away from such member's duty station. Requires proof of the reason for such travel.Increases the maximum number of reserve retirement points that may be credited in a year for reserve service from 75 to 90 for years during and subsequent to the date of enactment of the Reserve Component Equity Act of 1999.Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide civil legal services to reserve personnel (and their dependents) not otherwise entitled to such services following a release from active duty under a call or order to such duty for more than 30 days under a mobilization authority, but only for a period that is not in excess of twice the length of the duty period served. 2025-08-20T14:17:18Z  
106-hr-4367 106 hr 4367 To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the ability of States and local governments to participate in projects conducted under the alternative authority of the Department of Defense to acquire and improve military housing. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-03 2000-06-19 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] NJ D A000210 0 Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, whenever electing to carry out a project using alternative authority for the acquisition or construction of military family or unaccompanied housing for a military installation, to give the affected State and local governments a right of first refusal to participate in such project. Provides such right for 30 days, after which the Secretary concerned may extend the solicitation to other eligible entities. Requires interested governmental entities to be given a 120-day period to submit project proposals to the Secretary concerned, which shall be used as the basis for selecting project participants. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-4369 106 hr 4369 Veterans' Health Care Improvement and Prescription Drug Cost Relief Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-03 2000-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Lucas, Ken [D-KY-4] KY D L000558 0 Veterans' Health Care Improvement and Prescription Drug Cost Relief Act of 2000 - Title I: Senior Health Care - Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to extend through December 31, 2005, the TRICARE Senior Supplement Program (a demonstration program under which certain Medicare-eligible senior citizens are given medical care and services under TRICARE (a Department of Defense (DOD) managed health care program) for which DOD is reimbursed through the Medicare program). Amends the Social Security Act to extend through the same date a similar demonstration program known as TRICARE Senior Prime. Authorizes the latter program to be offered at major medical centers of DOD (currently limited to six military treatment facilities).(Sec. 103) Amends a demonstration program offering health care coverage to certain military personnel, spouses, and dependents through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to allow eligible beneficiaries who will be at least 65 years of age on December 31, 2002, to enroll, or extend a previous enrollment, during a three-year period of open enrollment for the year 2003. Extends such demonstration program through December 31, 2005. Repeals the ten-site limit for the program.(Sec. 104) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to charge an enrollment fee for participation in the TRICARE pharmacy system (a program for providing reduced-cost pharmaceuticals to TRICARE-eligible beneficiaries). Authorizes the Secretary to impose one or more cost-sharing requirements upon such participants. Allows participants to pay required premiums on a monthly or annual basis.Title II: TRICARE Program - Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) relating to medical and dental care provided to certain members and former members of the armed forces to: (1) make eligible for such services members and former members of the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and… 2025-08-20T14:18:51Z  
106-hr-4360 106 hr 4360 To amend title 32, United States Code, to end the prohibition against overtime pay for National Guard technicians. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-02 2000-05-31 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] MN D P000258 5 Repeals Federal law that prohibits National Guard technicians from receiving compensation for irregular or overtime work. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to: (1) grant an equal amount of compensatory time off for such work; or (2) pay the technician for such work at a rate of one and one-half times their basic rate of pay. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-4361 106 hr 4361 To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend to National Guard military technicians the applicability of certain provisions concerning separation and retirement of Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve military technicians. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-02 2000-05-31 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. House Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] MN D P000258 17 Requires National Guard military technicians (dual status) who are: (1) eligible at the time dual status is lost to an unreduced retirement annuity to be separated no later than 30 days after such status is lost; and (2) not eligible to an unreduced annuity at such time to be offered the opportunity to either reapply for a dual status position or apply for a civil service position that is not a technician position. Provides mandatory retirement for such technicians who continue employment as a non-dual status technician. States that a technician shall be considered to lose dual status upon: (1) being separated from the Selected Reserve; or (2) ceasing to hold the military grade specified for the technician position held. Provides separation and retirement requirements identical to those above for non-dual status National Guard technicians. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-4363 106 hr 4363 Military Thrift Savings Plan Implementation Act Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-02 2000-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. House Rep. Scarborough, Joe [R-FL-1] FL R S000106 0 Military Thrift Savings Plan Implementation Act - Provides for the implementation of certain provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 for purposes of allowing military personnel to participate in the Federal Thrift Savings Plan. 2025-08-20T14:20:12Z  
106-s-2494 106 s 2494 Children of Female Vietnam Veterans' Benefits Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-02 2000-05-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3261-3262) Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 1 Children of Female Vietnam Veterans' Benefits Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify birth defects of children of female Vietnam veterans that: (1) are associated with service during the Vietnam era; and (2) result in the permanent physical or mental disability of such children. Excludes spina bifida from such defects, along with familial or birth-related defects or injuries. Directs the Secretary to provide to such children necessary health care to address the defect and any associated disability. Authorizes the Secretary to provide vocational training to such a child if the achievement of a vocational goal is reasonably feasible.Directs the Secretary to pay a monthly allowance to such a child, the amount to be determined through a schedule rating the various covered defects and disabilities and their degree. Prohibits individuals receiving benefits or assistance under these provisions from receiving benefits or assistance under provisions authorizing benefits for children of Vietnam veterans who are born with spina bifida. Prohibits the provision of any assistance or benefits where affirmative evidence shows the birth defect to be the result of something other than service in Vietnam. 2025-08-20T14:20:43Z  
106-s-2486 106 s 2486 Military Health Care Improvements Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-01 2000-05-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 28 Military Health Care Improvements Act of 2000 - Title I: Senior Health Care - Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to extend through December 31, 2005, the TRICARE Senior Supplement Program (a demonstration program under which certain Medicare-eligible senior citizens are given medical care and services under TRICARE (a Department of Defense (DOD) managed health care program) for which DOD is reimbursed through the Medicare program). Amends the Social Security Act to extend through the same date a similar demonstration program known as TRICARE Senior Prime. Authorizes the latter program to be offered at major medical centers of DOD (currently limited to six military treatment facilities).(Sec. 103) Amends a demonstration program offering health care coverage to certain military personnel, spouses, and dependents through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to allow eligible beneficiaries who will be at least 65 years of age on December 31, 2002, to enroll, or extend a previous enrollment, during a three-year period of open enrollment for the year 2003. Extends such demonstration program through December 31, 2005. Repeals the ten-site limit for the program.(Sec. 104) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to charge an enrollment fee for participation in the TRICARE pharmacy system (a program for providing reduced-cost pharmaceuticals to TRICARE-eligible beneficiaries). Authorizes the Secretary to impose one or more cost-sharing requirements upon such participants. Allows participants to pay required premiums on a monthly or annual basis.Title II: TRICARE Program - Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) relating to medical and dental care provided to certain members and former members of the armed forces to: (1) make eligible for such services members and former members of the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Public Health Service; (2) re… 2025-08-20T14:21:01Z  
106-s-2492 106 s 2492 Nuclear Weapons Complex Conversion Act of 2000 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-05-01 2000-05-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 2 Nuclear Weapons Complex Conversion Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to expand and enhance the activities under the Nuclear Cities Initiative (Initiative) so as to: (1) assist the Russian Federation in the downsizing of its nuclear complex; and (2) coordinate such downsizing with other U.S. nuclear nonproliferation programs. Requires the Secretary, in carrying out such actions, to: (1) facilitate the enhanced use of the technology, research and development services of the Russia Ministry of Atomic Energy; and (2) accelerate the Initiative by implementing programs at specified Russian cities in which nuclear weapons facilities exist in order to convert significant portions of activities from military to civilian activities.Urges the President to enter into negotiations with the Russian Federation for the Federation's development of a plan to restructure its nuclear complex in order to meet changes in Russian nuclear security requirements by 2010. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to encourage students in the United States and the Russian Federation to pursue careers in nonproliferation.Authorizes appropriations. Expresses the sense of Congress that availability of Initiative funds after FY 2001 should be contingent upon: (1) demonstrable progress in enhancing and accelerating Initiative activities; and (2) the development and implementation of Russia's nuclear restructuring plan.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) there should be a National Coordinator for Nonproliferation Matters to coordinate various Federal nonproliferation programs, including the Initiative; and (2) such Coordinator position should be similar to the Coordinator position filled by the President under the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996. 2025-08-20T14:21:15Z  
106-s-2481 106 s 2481 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-04-27 2000-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 1 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the Defense Health Program; and (4) the chemical demilitarization program.Subtitle B: Multi-Year Contract Authorizations - Authorizes the Secretary of the: (1) Army to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the UH/60-CH/60 helicopter; and (2) Navy to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for the DDG-51 (destroyer).Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the armed forces.Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (DOD).(Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) working capital and revolving funds; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.(Sec. 304) Authorizes the transfer of up to $150 million from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to specified military O&M accounts for FY 2001.Subtitle B: Environmental Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to use specified O&M funds to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for certain costs incurred in connection with the former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site in Suffolk, Virginia.(Sec. 312) Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay from any available funds certain fines or penalties imposed by the EPA or a State in connection with environmental violations at specified sites.Subtit… 2025-08-20T14:21:14Z  

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