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| 96-s-3263 | 96 | s | 3263 | All Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-12-12 | 1980-12-12 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes a program of educational assistance for men and women who enter active duty in the armed forces after June 30, 1981. Defines an eligible veteran for such program as one who: (1) serves on active duty for three or more consecutive years; or (2) serves an obligated period of active duty for three or more consecutive years which began after June 30, 1981. Entitles an eligible veteran to basic educational assistance if such veteran is pursuing a program of education on a full- time basis. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reduce rates of assistance appropriately if such veteran is pursuing a program of education on less than a full-time basis. Entitles an eligible veteran to supplemental educational assistance if such veteran: (1) has served six or more consecutive years in the armed forces; or (2) has served four or more consecutive years and has been accepted for service in a component of the Ready Reserve. Excludes the periods of service for basic educational assistance from being counted for entitlement to supplemental assistance. Allows such veterans to receive both types of assistance concurrently. Allows such veterans who have served 12 or more consecutive years of active duty to transfer all or any part of their entitlement to their dependents in accordance with provisions of this Act. Prohibits any person divorced from an eligible veteran from receiving any educational assistance based on such veteran's service. Declares the use of an eligible veteran's educational assistance expires ten years after such veteran's last discharge or release from active duty. Sets forth exceptions to such ten-year period based on certain circumstances. Excludes certain service for the purpose of earning entitlement, including: (1) assignment to a course of education substantially the same as that offered civilians; (2) service as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies; (3) certain enlistment in the Army or Air Natio… | 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z | |
| 96-hr-8430 | 96 | hr | 8430 | A bill to compensate those persons who served as enlisted members in the Philippine Scouts and the insular force of the United States Navy during World War II for the difference between their actual pay and allowances and the pay and allowances authorized for other enlisted members of the Regular Army and the Regular Navy of corresponding grades and length of Service. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-12-05 | 1980-12-05 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | A000069 | 0 | Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Army to compile a list of all persons who served as Philippine Scouts between December 6, 1941, and December 31, 1946; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy to compile a list of all persons who served in the insular force of the Navy between such dates. Requires the Secretaries to pay to such persons, or their survivors, the difference between the basic pay received by them and the pay such persons would have received but for the limitations of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-sres-549 | 96 | sres | 549 | A resolution honoring the Titan II missile hazard team. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-12-04 | 1980-12-04 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 0 | Extends the tributes of the Senate to the members of the United States Air Force who participated, including Sergeant Davis Livingston who died and those members who were injured, in the voluntary mission at the Titan II missile site near Damascus, Arkansas. | 2021-06-14T19:52:34Z | |
| 96-hr-8380 | 96 | hr | 8380 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain veterans entitled to wartime disability compensation for disabilities and diseases caused by or attributable to exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation during their period of active service. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-11-21 | 1980-11-21 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5] | KY | R | C000201 | 21 | Entitles veterans to wartime disability compensation for disabilities or diseases attributable to exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation during active service at the Nevada Test Site and specified sites in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from June 30, 1945, to December 12, 1962. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8383 | 96 | hr | 8383 | A bill to extend the eligibility of certain persons for educational benefits under the GI Bill. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-11-21 | 1980-11-21 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 0 | Declares that any member of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots (or any other group of similarly situtated Federal civilian employees) shall be considered to have been released from such service on the date such member is issued a discharge under the G.I. Bill Improvement Act or on the date of enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later. Provides that such members' eligibility for veterans' educational assistance shall be available for ten years after their release date. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8373 | 96 | hr | 8373 | A bill to provide authority for additional nominations for consideration for appointment to the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-11-19 | 1980-11-19 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 1 | Authorizes the superintendent of each of the service academies to nominate additional candidates for appointment to their respective institutions. Limits such nominations to not more than 50 each year and prohibits any such appointments from causing the total strength of an academy to exceed authorized limits. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-8360 | 96 | hr | 8360 | A bill to increase the monthly basic pay of a certain officer of the Armed Forces and to make subsequent increases in pay and allowances for such officer reflective of changes in the Consumer Price Index. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-11-18 | 1980-11-18 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 0 | Increases the monthly basic pay of General Omar N. Bradley. Directs the Secretary of the Army to adjust such pay at the same time and by the same percentage as adjustments to retired or retainer pay are made to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-8361 | 96 | hr | 8361 | A bill to provide authority for additional nominations for consideration for appointment to the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-11-18 | 1980-11-18 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 0 | Authorizes the superintendent of each of the service academies to nominate additional candidates for appointment to their respective institutions. Limits such nominations to not more than 50 each year and prohibits any such appointments from causing the total strength of an academy to exceed authorized limits. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-s-3199 | 96 | s | 3199 | A bill to direct the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to review the application of Herman Miller for the Congressional Medal of Honor. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-11-14 | 1980-11-14 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] | CA | R | H000384 | 2 | Directs the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to review the application of Herman Miller for consideration of being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Requires the Board to apply the standards for such award as were in effect on April 16, 1900. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 96-hr-8340 | 96 | hr | 8340 | Veterans Radiation Exposure Compensation Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-11-13 | 1980-11-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Veterans Radiation Exposure Compensation Act - Provides a presumption of service-connected disability to any veteran who, while serving in the armed forces during a period of war, was exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of nuclear testing by the United States, and who has or has had leukemia, thyroid or bone cancer, or any other disease listed by the advisory panel established by this Act. Entitles any such veteran to wartime disability compensation and wartime death compensation (for death which occurred prior to January 1, 1957). Entitles any veteran who was so exposed during active military, naval, or air service, and who later developed such a disease, to hospital care for psychosis and burial benefits. Establishes within the National Cancer Institute an Advisory Panel on the Health Effects of Exposure to Radiation to conduct a study to identify those types of diseases likely to develop in human beings after exposure to low-level radiation. Sets forth the method of procedure for such panel and directs the panel to report to the Congress on the results of its study not later than nine months after the date it convenes. Terminates such panel three months after its report to the Congress. Exempts such panel from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. | 2025-09-02T13:55:06Z | |
| 96-hr-8321 | 96 | hr | 8321 | A bill to provide for a study of the suitability and feasibility of designating the Vietnam Veterans Chapel, Eagle Nest, New Mexico, as a national memorial to the Vietnam veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-11-12 | 1980-11-12 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] | NM | R | L000506 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the feasibility of administering the Vietnam Veterans Chapel located near Eagle Nest, New Mexico, as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on such study, including recommendations for further legislation, not later than one year after funds for such study are made available. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 96-hr-8329 | 96 | hr | 8329 | A bill to allow the obsolete aircraft carrier U.S.S. Intrepid to be transferred to the Intrepid Museum Foundation, Inc., before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-11-12 | 1980-12-02 | Public Law 96-488. | House | Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-20] | NY | D | W000258 | 1 | Allows the obsolete aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Intrepid, to be transferred to the Intrepid Museum Foundation before the expiration of the 60-day congressional review period. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-8278 | 96 | hr | 8278 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain veterans entitled to wartime disability compensation for disabilities and diseases caused by or attributable to exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation during their period of active service. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-10-02 | 1980-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5] | KY | R | C000201 | 0 | Entitles veterans to wartime disability compensation for disabilities or diseases attributable to exposure to atomic or nulcear radiation during active service at the Nevada Test Site and specified sites in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from July 16, 1945, to December 12, 1962. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8286 | 96 | hr | 8286 | A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to allow the Secretaries of the military departments to establish programs to provide educational assistance to individuals enlisting in the Armed Forces. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-10-02 | 1980-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] | OK | R | E000077 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to establish an educational assistance program for persons enlisting in an armed force under such Secretary's jurisdiction. Requires the Department of Defense to bear the costs of any such program. Prohibits requiring that any person participating make any contribution to such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations for such programs taking account of the differences among the several armed forces. Requires that such programs provide that any person initially enlisting in an armed force who meets eligibility requirements established by the Secretary concerned, according to specified guidelines, become entitled to educational assistance at the time of such enlistment, with specified exceptions. Sets the period of educational assistance entitlement at one standard academic year (or the equivalent) for: (1) each year of the initial enlistment, up to four years; and (2) each year of active service, provided the person has completed at least two years active service before discharge or other release from active duty. Denies such entitlement to members discharged or otherwise released from active duty before completing two years of active service or under other than honorable conditions. Provides that such entitlement may not be used until a member has completed two years of active service. Directs the Secretary concerned to limit eligibility to persons who: (1) initially enlist for service on active duty in any armed force after September 30, 1980; (2) are graduates of a secondary school; and (3) meet other requirements the Secretary may consider appropriate for the purposes of this Act and the needs of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary concerned to establish the maximum amount (up to $1,500) of assistance for educational expenses at an accredited institution of postsecondary education which may be provided any person under such program in any academic year. Permits different amounts to be established for different categories of … | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-8289 | 96 | hr | 8289 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from 60 percent to 90 percent the percentage of tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veteran's Administration under the GI bill educational assistance program. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-10-02 | 1980-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Goldwater, Barry, Jr. [R-CA-20] | CA | R | G000268 | 1 | Amends the Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 to increase from 60 to 90 the percentage of tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veterans' Administration under the GI bill education assistance program. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8300 | 96 | hr | 8300 | A bill to amend the Veterans' Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to require the issuance of guidelines for resolving claims for veterans' benefits based on exposure to the phenoxy herbicide known as Agent Orange during service in the Armed Forces of the United States in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-10-02 | 1980-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-11] | FL | D | M000688 | 0 | Amends the Veterans' Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to include in the report to Congress on the Agent Orange Study recommendations for administrative and/or legislative action. Directs the Administrator: (1) not later than 90 days after each such report, to publish in the Federal Register proposed regulations for resolving claims for benefits based on service in the Armed Forces in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict; and (2) on the same day of such publication, to submit to the appropriate congressional committees any recommendations for legislative action pursuant to such guidelines. Requires the Administrator to publish the final regulations for resolving such claims not later than 90 days after completion of the public review and comment process. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8308 | 96 | hr | 8308 | A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Navy for research of a shallow underwater missile (SUM) submarine system. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-10-02 | 1980-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Navy for research of a shallow underwater missile (SUM) submarine system. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hjres-622 | 96 | hjres | 622 | A joint resolution designating February 14 of each year as "National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans' Day". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-10-01 | 1980-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Roberts, Ray [D-TX-4] | TX | D | R000312 | 0 | Designates February 14 of each year as "National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans' Day." | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 96-hr-8252 | 96 | hr | 8252 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from 60 percent to 90 percent the percentage of the tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veteran's Administration under the GI bill educational assistance program. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-10-01 | 1980-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000064 | 8 | Amends the Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 to increase from 60 to 90 the percentage of tuition and fees for an approved program of flight training which is paid by the Veterans' Administration under the GI bill education assistance program. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8270 | 96 | hr | 8270 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize leave carryover in excess of 60 days for members of the Armed Services assigned to certain deployable ships, mobile units and locations. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-10-01 | 1980-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | T000367 | 0 | Authorizes members of the Armed Services assigned to a deployable ship, mobil unit, or other locations in which they are entitled to special pay to accumulate leave in excess of 60 days. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-8238 | 96 | hr | 8238 | Independent Agent Orange Study Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-30 | 1980-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Independent Agent Orange Study Act of 1980 - Amends the Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy shall design a protocol for and conduct an epidemiological study of members of the Armed Forces who served during the Vietnam conflict and were exposed to any of the class of chemicals known as dioxins (including the herbicide known as Agent Orange). Provides that any expenses incurred by the Academy pursuant to this Act shall be paid or reimbursed by the Administrator. | 2025-09-02T13:55:06Z | |
| 96-s-3179 | 96 | s | 3179 | Military Recruiting Information Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-30 | 1980-09-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] | TX | R | T000322 | 0 | Military Recruiting Information Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to collect and compile directory information on students who are at least 17 years of age, or who are in the 11th grade or higher, and who are enrolled in a secondary school in the United States, its territories, possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provides that such information: (1) may be made available to the armed forces only for military recruiting and national security purposes; (2) may not be maintained for more than three years relative to each person; and (3) shall be confidential and not open to disclosure other than for purposes of this Act. Requests each State and local government to make available to the Secretary concerned, upon request, any criminal history information on any person relative to military recruitment and related national security. | 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z | |
| 96-hr-8222 | 96 | hr | 8222 | A bill to amend title 37 of the United States Code to increase for members of the uniformed services incentive pay for aviators, special pay for sea duty, and special pay for enlistments, reenlistments, and extensions of enlistments, and to give enlisted members of the uniformed services basic allowances for subsistence when in travel status. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-29 | 1980-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] | OK | R | E000077 | 0 | Increases for members of the uniformed services: (1) incentive pay for officers in aviation service; (2) special pay for enlisted members for sea duty; and (3) special pay bonuses for enlistments, reenlistments and extensions of enlistments. Entitles enlisted members to a basic allowance for subsistence while such member is in travel status away from his or her permanent duty station under orders. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-8217 | 96 | hr | 8217 | A bill to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery in Withlacoochee State Forest in Sumter County Florida. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-25 | 1980-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-11] | FL | D | M000688 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a national cemetery at Withlacoochee State Forest in Sumter County, Florida, and to acquire additional lands as may be necessary for such cemetery. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8188 | 96 | hr | 8188 | Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-24 | 1980-10-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 5 | (Measure passed House, amended) Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to eliminate the mandatory review by Courts of Military Review and the Court of Military Appeals of sentences affecting general or flag officers. Stipulates that such amendment shall not apply to cases begun before the effective date of this Act. Revises provisions relating to status, jurisdiction, membership, organization, procedure, and administration of the Court of Military Appeals. States, with regard to membership, that: (1) the Court shall consist of five members (presently three); (2) a member must be a member of the bar of a Federal court or the highest court of a State; and (3) not more than three members may be appointed from the same political party. Allows any retired judge of such court to become a senior judge and to temporarily perform the duties of an acting judge on such court because of such judge's illness or any vacancy on the court. States with regard to procedure, that: (1) the rules of practice may be prescribed by the Court; (2) the accused has 60 days from (a) the date of notification of the decision of a Court of Military Review, or (b) the date on which the decision of a Court of Military Review, after being served on appellate counsel for the accused, is deposited with the post office for delivery to the accused, to petition for review. States with regard to administrative procedures, that the Court: (1) shall provide for the publication of its reports for public use; (2) may appoint and fix the pay of necessary employees; and may make necessary expenditures and set fees for the copying of transcripts and other related documents. Sets forth transition provisions regarding: (1) continuation of status; (2) term of office; (3) employees; and (4) financial disclosure. Provides for Supreme Court review by writ of certiorari of: (1) cases reviewed by the Court of Military Appeals in which the sentence extends to death; (2) issues certified to the Court of Military … | 2025-09-02T13:55:08Z | |
| 96-hr-8189 | 96 | hr | 8189 | A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the provision of full dental care benefits to dependents of members of the uniformed services on active duty under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services and in facilities of the Uniformed Services. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-24 | 1980-10-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 6 | (Measure passed House, amended) Directs the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to contract for outpatient dental care for spouses and children of members of the uniformed services under the CHAMPUS program. Limits such contracting authority to the extent and amounts as provided in appropriation Acts. Sets forth the amounts of payments for such services for members according to pay grades. Allows dependents to elect to receive such services in military facilities or contracted facilities. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-s-3147 | 96 | s | 3147 | A bill to rename the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Topeka Kansas, as the "Colmery-O'Neil Veteran's Administration Medical Center." | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-24 | 1980-09-25 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 1 | Redesignates the VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas, as the "Colmery-O'Neil Veterans' Administration Medical Center." | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-sres-529 | 96 | sres | 529 | A resolution to pay tribute to the U.S. Air Force team at the Titan II Missile site near Damascus, Arkansas. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-24 | 1980-09-24 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 12 | Extends the tributes of the Senate to the members of the United States Air Force who participated, including Sergeant Davis Livingston who died and those members who were injured, in the voluntary mission at the Titan II missile site near Damascus, Arkansas. | 2021-06-14T19:52:27Z | |
| 96-hr-8138 | 96 | hr | 8138 | Vietnam ERA Veterans Agent Orange Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-17 | 1980-09-17 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 0 | Vietnam Era Veterans Agent Orange Act - Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for certain diseases arising in Vietnam-era veterans (and for birth defects in their children) exposed to Agent Orange. | 2025-09-02T13:55:00Z | |
| 96-hr-8143 | 96 | hr | 8143 | A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the provision of full dental care benefits to dependents of members of the uniformed services on active duty under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services and in facilities of the Uniformed Services. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-17 | 1980-09-17 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 6 | Directs the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to contract for outpatient dental care for spouses and children of members of the uniformed services under the CHAMPUS program and in facilities of the uniformed services. Sets forth the amounts of payments to be made by members in accordance with such members pay grades. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-s-3122 | 96 | s | 3122 | United States Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-17 | 1980-09-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | United States Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to eliminate the mandatory review by Courts of Military Review and the United States Court of Military Appeals of sentences affecting general or flag officers. Stipulates that such amendment shall not apply to cases begun before the effective date of this Act. Revises provisions relating to status, jurisdiction, membership, organization, procedure, and administration of the Court of Military Appeals. States with regard to membership that: (1) the Court shall consist of five members (presently three); (2) a member must be a member of the bar of a Federal court or the highest court of a State; and (3) not more than three members may be appointed from the same political party. States with regard to organization that: (1) the seal of the Court shall be judicially noticed; (2) a majority of the Court shall constitute a quorum (presently two judges for a quorum); and (3) the principal office of the Court shall be in the District of Columbia, but the Court may sit at any other place it designates. States with regard to procedure that: (1) the rules of practice may be prescribed by the Court; and (2) the accused has 60 days from (a) the date of notification of the decision of a Court of Military Review, or (b) the date on which the decision of a Court of Military Review is deposited with the post office for delivery to the accused, to petition for review. States with regard to administrative procedures that the Court: (1) shall provide for the publication of its reports for public use; (2) may appoint and fix the pay of necessary employees; and (3) may make necessary expenditures and set fees for the copying of transcripts and other related documents. Allows any retired judge of the Court to become a senior judge, and with his or her consent, to be called upon by the chief judge of such Court to perform judicial duties for any period. Sets forth transition provisions regarding: (1) continuation of status; (2) term of o… | 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z | |
| 96-hr-8105 | 96 | hr | 8105 | Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-11 | 1980-12-15 | Public Law 96-527. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 0 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-1528) Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981 - =Title I: Military Personnel= - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1981 to each of the armed forces for pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel, and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations for military personnel on active duty. Appropriates specified amounts to each Reserve and National Guard component of the armed forces for personnel costs. =Title II: Retired Military Personnel= - Appropriates specified sums for retired and retainer pay for retired military personnel. =Title III: Operation and Maintenance= - Appropriates specified sums for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses and the stock fund for each of the armed forces and their reserve components and for the defense agencies; (2) expenses of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice; (3) the payment of claims against the Department of Defense; and (4) salaries and expenses of the Court of Military Appeals. Specifies an amount to be available for Navy shipyard work at the Ship Repair Facilities, Guam. Authorizes subsistence and travel allowances to competitors at national rifle and pistol matches in excess of amounts currently provided under applicable law. =Title IV; Procurement= - Appropriates specified sums to the various military departments and the defense agencies for the procurement of weapons and defense articles. =Title V: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation= - Appropriates specified sums to each of the armed forces and to the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation purposes. =Title VI: Special Foreign Currency Program= - Appropriates a specified sum for payment in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be in excess of the normal requirements of the United States for expenses in carrying out the programs of the Department of Defense. =Title VII: Gen… | 2025-09-02T13:55:07Z | |
| 96-hr-8076 | 96 | hr | 8076 | A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Navy for research, development, test, and evaluation of a shallow underwater missile (SUM) submarine system. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-04 | 1980-09-04 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000064 | 5 | Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Navy for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a shallow underwater missile (SUM) submarine system. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-8079 | 96 | hr | 8079 | A bill to designate the Veterans' Administration medical center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, as the Louis A. Johnson Veterans' Medical Center. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-09-04 | 1980-09-04 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Robert H. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000845 | 3 | Designates the Veterans' Administration medical center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, as the "Louis A. Johnson Veterans' Medical Center." | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8035 | 96 | hr | 8035 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the provisions of such title relating to the construction and alteration of, and acquisition of land for, national cemeteries. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-08-27 | 1980-08-27 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 0 | Revises the procedures of the Veterans' Administration for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of land for cemeteries, and requires congressional oversight of any such project involving a total expenditure of more than $500,000. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-s-3073 | 96 | s | 3073 | A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to improve vision care services under CHAMPUS. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-08-26 | 1980-08-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to contract for eye examination services for spouses and children of members of the uniformed services under the CHAMPUS program. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 96-s-3074 | 96 | s | 3074 | Department of Energy National Defense Programs Authorization Act of 1981 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-08-26 | 1980-12-17 | Public Law 96-540. | Senate | Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] | WA | D | J000013 | 0 | (Senate agreed to House amendments with an amendment) Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1981 - =Title I: National Security Programs= - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1981 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment costs incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, and military applications of nuclear energy, as specified. =Title II: General Provisions= - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of authorized funds for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of such requirement as specified. Imposes specified limits on the costs of general plant projects and construction projects. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for proposed construction projects with amounts authorized for plant engineering and design, and to perform such services using available funds for any Department of Energy defense activity construction project in the event of any national emergency. Prohibits the use of any funds available under this or any other Act from being used: (1) for the licensing of any defense activity or facility of the Department of Energy by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; or (2) to pay any penalty, fine, forfeiture, or settlement resulting from… | 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z | |
| 96-hr-8005 | 96 | hr | 8005 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a minimum pension of $600 for veterans of a period of war who have permanent and total non-service-connected disabilities and who are entitled to receive pension and for the surviving spouses of such veterans who are entitled to receive pension. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-08-22 | 1980-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5] | IN | R | H000624 | 0 | Establishes a minimum pension of $600 for veterans of a period of war who have permanent and total non-service-connected disabilities and who are entitled to receive a pension and for the surviving spouses of such veterans entitled to receive pensions. Amends the Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978 to increase the minimum pension payable under such Act. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8007 | 96 | hr | 8007 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow educational assistance benefits to be provided to adult children of members of the Armed Forces being forcibly interned by foreign governments on the same basis as such benefits are provided to adult children of veterans with service-connected total disabilities which are permanent in nature. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-08-22 | 1980-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] | OH | D | M001044 | 0 | Allows educational assistance benefits to be provided to adult children of members of the Armed Forces being forcibly interned by foreign governments on the same basis as such benefits are provided to adult children of veterans with permanent service-connected total disabilities. Prohibits such benefits to extend beyond such child's 31st birthday. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-8009 | 96 | hr | 8009 | Omnibus Antiterrorism Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-08-22 | 1980-08-22 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] | NY | D | W000680 | 0 | Omnibus Antiterrorism Act of 1980 - Title I: International Terrorism - Directs the President to submit annual reports to Congress concerning: (1) state support of international terrorism, including a list of countries currently supporting international terrorism; and (2) acts of international terrorism which affected U.S. citizens, interests, or property. Specifies the sanctions to be imposed against such countries. Urges the President to seek international agreements to assure cooperation in combating terrorism. Lists provisions which should be given priority in negotiating such agreements. Title II: Aviation Security - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation to assess the effectiveness of security measures maintained at foreign airports and report such assessments to Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to restrict operations at those foreign airports failing to bring their security measures to the specified level of effectiveness. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical aviation security assistance to foreign governments. Extends the provisions requiring weapons detection screening for all passenger operations (currently required for all scheduled passenger operations). Amends provisions of the Federal criminal code that specify prohibited acts regarding the destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities to, among other revisions, set forth penalties for committing violence against a passenger which is likely to endanger an aircraft in service, and for communicating false information which results in endangering the safety of an aircraft in flight. Sets forth penalties for a person found in the United States who has committed against or aboard a foreign aircraft an offense in violation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation. Authorizes civil penalties for carrying an accessible weapon aboard an aircraft and for imparting or conveying information known to be false regarding specified crimes aboard an airc… | 2025-09-02T13:55:00Z | |
| 96-s-3059 | 96 | s | 3059 | Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-08-22 | 1980-09-16 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 7301 passed in lieu. | Senate | Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] | CO | D | H000287 | 0 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 7301 passed in lieu) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 - =Title I: Army= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations by proceeding with construction made necessary by unforeseen security considerations, new weapons development, new and unforeseen research and development requirements, improved production schedules, or revisions in the tasks or functions assigned to a military installation or for environmental considerations if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of such construction for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes appropriations for minor construction projects. =Title II: Navy= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to establish or develop other installations where necessary under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for the construction of the Air Passenger Terminal in Keflavik, Iceland. Stipulates that the United States share of such construction costs shall not exceed $20,000,000. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction of the Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, California, until the Secretary submits a report to specified congressional committees on the selection of a site for such Center, and the committees grant written approval for such site. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire by exchange necessary lands for two established, low-level, high-speed aircra… | 2025-09-02T13:57:00Z | |
| 96-hr-7980 | 96 | hr | 7980 | A bill to provide hospital care facilities operated by the Veterans' Administration within a reasonable distance of veterans with service-connected disabilities who live in the area of Las Vegas, Nevada. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-08-20 | 1980-08-20 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Santini, James D. [D-NV-98] | NV | D | S000058 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the use of a privately or publicly owned facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, to provide hospital care for veterans with service-connected disabilities. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7933 | 96 | hr | 7933 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a new educational assistance program for persons who enlist, reenlist, or otherwise enter the Armed Forces after December 31, 1980, to provide for the cancellation of certain education loans in the case of individuals who perform service in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an Armed Force, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-08-18 | 1980-08-18 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000534 | 0 | Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for a period of two years or more, or are discharged or released from such duty for a service-connected disability. Entitles eligible veterans to 36 months of educational assistance under such program. Makes such veterans eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the ten-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans' educational assistance. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7843 | 96 | hr | 7843 | A bill to amend section 501 of title 37, United States Code, to exempt from a maximum limitation of 60 days certain payments to members of the uniformed services for unused accrued leave. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-28 | 1980-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Coelho, Anthony Lee [D-CA-15] | CA | D | C000581 | 0 | Exempts members of the uniformed services and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and officers of the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service from the 60-day limitation on payments for unused accrued leave if such personnel die after September 1, 1979. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7839 | 96 | hr | 7839 | A bill to amend chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, to modify the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance provided under such chapter. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-25 | 1980-07-25 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] | VA | R | W000406 | 25 | Revises the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance so that such assistance shall terminate on December 31, 1989, or the date five years after the veterans' last discharge or release from active duty, whichever is later. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-s-2977 | 96 | s | 2977 | Veterans and Service Members Education Benefits Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-25 | 1980-07-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | Veterans' and service members Education Benefits Act of 1980 - Establishes a Veterans' and service members Education Benefits Program for veterans who have served on active duty for a period of two years or more after December 31,1980. Entitles eligible veterans to one and one-half months of educational assistance for each month of such veteran's service and makes such veterans eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the ten-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay an educational assistance allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes any person who, after December 31, 1980, performs four years of service as a member of the Selected Reserve eligible for educational assistance limited to a maximum of 36 months, and an educational assistance allowance equal to one-half that of an eligible veteran. Grants to eligible veterans, who have served on active duty for eight years or more, the right to transfer educational assistance entitlements to such veterans' spouses or children in such manner as prescribed by the Administrator and under limitations set forth in this Act. Increases the range of amounts of monthly deductions eligible veterans shall be allowed to contribute to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account and the limitation on the maximum amount of such contributions. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to such fund on behalf of any participant, thereby reducing such participant's deductions, when deemed necessary to encourage such persons to enter or remain in the Armed Forces. Terminates the Veterans' Educational Assistance program after December 31, 1989, or four years after any eligible veteran's discharge or release date, whichever is later. | 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z | |
| 96-s-2960 | 96 | s | 2960 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide the Veterans' Administration revolving supply fund with authority to base its charges for the direct cost of supplies and equipment on recent significant purchase prices and allow for retention and use of such charges in the operations of the revolving supply fund. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-24 | 1980-07-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Allows Veterans' Administration revolving supply fund reimbursements to be based on the cost of recent significant purchases of the items involved. Directs the Administrator to return to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts such amounts determined to be in excess of the requirements necessary for the effective financial management of such fund. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7790 | 96 | hr | 7790 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator to make contributions for construction projects on land adjacent to national cemeteries in order to facilitate safe ingress or egress. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-22 | 1980-07-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Roberts, Ray [D-TX-4] | TX | D | R000312 | 0 | Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make contributions to local authorities for the construction of traffic controls, road improvements, or other devices adjacent to national cemeteries in order to facilitate safe entry or exit. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7795 | 96 | hr | 7795 | Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-22 | 1980-07-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] | VA | R | W000406 | 25 | Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes an Armed Forces Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for three years or more. Sets forth a schedule of educational assistance entitlement for such veterans as follows: (1) for service of 36 consecutive months but less than 48 consecutive months and an agreement to serve three years in the Ready Reserve, 18 months of assistance; (2) for service of 48 consecutive months but less than 72 consecutive months and an agreement to serve four years in the Ready Reserve, 36 months of assistance; and (3) for service of 72 consecutive months, 36 months of assistance. Allows eligible veterans who have served on active duty for 16 years by September 30, 1986, to transfer their educational entitlement to their spouse or children. Makes any veteran entitled to assistance under this Act eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program (PREP) and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the six-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a substantial allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans educational assistance. Grants to eligible veterans, who have served on active duty from three to six years, the right to transfer educational assistance entitlements to such veteran's spouse or children in such manner as prescribed by the Administrator concerned and under limitations set forth in this Act. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to su… | 2025-09-02T13:54:55Z | |
| 96-hr-7767 | 96 | hr | 7767 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow veterans with service-connected disabilities who are eligible for military retired pay for non-regular service to receive compensation for such disabilities from the Veterans' Administration and to receive such retired pay without reduction in either such compensation or such retired pay. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-21 | 1980-07-21 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7726 | 96 | hr | 7726 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce for 60 to 55 the age at which a member of the Armed Forces may retire for non-regular service and to provide that the retired pay of such a member retiring before the age of 60 shall be reduced in a manner determined by the Secretary of Defense. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] | IA | D | B000298 | 0 | Reduces the age at which a member of the Armed Forces may retire from nonregular service from 60 to 55. Requires the Secretary of Defense to reduce by regulation the retired pay of such persons solely to ensure that there is no actuarial cost to the Government because of such retirement. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-s-2929 | 96 | s | 2929 | A bill to establish an intelligence community to promote the national security of the United States, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 8 | Title I: The Intelligence Community - Authorizes the "intelligence community" of the United States to conduct intelligence activities in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Includes the following entities in the intelligence community: (1) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) Central Intelligence Analysis Agency; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) Foreign Intelligence Agency; (5) National Security Agency; (6) National Counterintelligence Office; and (7) intelligence components of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency, military services, Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, Energy, and others as determined by the President. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of the Director of National Intelligence, headed by a Director of National Intelligence appointed by the President. Includes in such Office: (1) a United States Intelligence Board (USIB), consisting of the heads of the entities in the intelligence community, to coordinate U.S. intelligence activities; and (2) a Board of Presidential Estimates, appointed by the Director, to prepare briefings on intelligence for the President and the National Security Council. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including to: (1) inform the President of views and developments within the community; (2) make budgetary recommendations for the community; (3) provide the President and Congress with an annual assessment of the community's effectiveness; (4) promulgate regulations governing the classification of sensitive information; (5) coordinate technical services needed by the community; and (6) perform other duties as the President may prescribe. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence, at the request of the National Security Council, to produce Presidential intelligence estimates. Requires the Director to ensure that diverse points of view within the community are presented. Establishes a nine-member National Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, appointed by the President, to evalu… | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 96-s-2941 | 96 | s | 2941 | Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-02 | 1980-07-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 0 | Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes an Armed Forces Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for three years or more. Sets forth a schedule of educational assistance entitlement for such veterans as follows: (1) for service of 36 consecutive months but less than 48 consecutive months and an agreement to serve three years in the Ready Reserve, 18 months of assistance; (2) for service of 48 consecutive months but less than 72 consecutive months and an agreement to serve four years in the Ready Reserve, 36 months of assistance; and (3) for service of 72 consecutive months, 36 months of assistance. Allows eligible veterans who have served on active duty for 16 years by September 30, 1986, to transfer their educational entitlement to their spouse or children in such manner as prescribed by the Administrator concerned and under limitations set forth in this Act. Makes any veteran entitled to assistance under this Act eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program (PREP) and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the six-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans educational assistance. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit a joint report to the Congress, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on plans for implementing the educational assistance provided in such Act. Directs the S… | 2025-09-02T13:57:07Z | |
| 96-hr-7700 | 96 | hr | 7700 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a new educational assistance program for persons who enlist, reenlist, or otherwise enter the Armed Forces after December 31, 1980, to provide for the cancellation of certain education loans in the case of individuals who perform service in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an Armed Force, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-07-01 | 1980-07-01 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] | FL | D | B000371 | 1 | Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for a period of two years or more. Entitles eligible veterans to 36 months of educational assistance under such program. Makes such veterans eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the ten-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans educational assistance. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7696 | 96 | hr | 7696 | A bill to amend the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 to improve participation. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-30 | 1980-06-30 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] | NC | D | H000448 | 0 | Increases the range of amounts of monthly deductions which persons in military service shall be allowed to contribute to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-s-2898 | 96 | s | 2898 | A bill to amend the post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 to improve participation. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-27 | 1980-06-27 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Increases the range of amounts of monthly deductions which persons in military service shall be allowed to contribute to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7668 | 96 | hr | 7668 | Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-26 | 1980-08-01 | Reported to House from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1153 (Part II). | House | Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2] | MA | D | B000600 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 96-1153 (Part II)) Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to define "special activity" to mean activity conducted abroad to further official United States programs and policies, which is planned and executed so that the role of the Government is not apparent or acknowledged publicly, but excluding diplomatic activity and the collection of intelligence or related support functions. Prohibits the expenditure of funds by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or any other Federal agency for a special activity unless the President: (1) finds that the activity is important to the national security; and (2) reports such activity, before its initiation, to the congressional intelligence committees. (Current law as provided by the Hughes-Ryan Amendment of 1974 requires such reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees). Permits such reporting to be deferred for the shortest practicable period upon certification by the President that such deferral was essential to meet extraordinary circumstances affecting vital national interests or to avoid unreasonable risk to the safety or security of the personnel or methods employed. Stipulates that this notice does not mean prior approval of the committees is required for initiation of intelligence activity. Requires the heads of Federal entities to: (1) keep the intelligence committees fully and currently informed of all intelligence activities carried out by such entities; (2) furnish information requested by the committees; and (3) report in a timely fashion to such committees any illegal intelligence activity. Requires the President and the intelligence committees to establish procedures to carry out these requirements. Directs the House of Representatives and the Senate, in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence, to establish procedures to protect intelligence information from unauthorized disclosure. Amends the Fore… | 2025-09-02T13:54:49Z | |
| 96-hr-7682 | 96 | hr | 7682 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide greater flexibility for the Armed Forces in ordering Reserves to active duty, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-26 | 1980-12-23 | Public Law 96-584. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 8 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to determine the period of time to be allowed, based upon military requirements, between the time a reservist is ordered to active duty and the time such reservist must enter that duty. Increases from 50,000 to 100,000 the number of members of the Selected Reserve who may be ordered to active duty other than during a war or national emergency. Amends the Selective Service Act to remove the requirement that armed forces Reserve officers ordered to active duty for training be so ordered for not less than three months. Sets forth the levels of senior enlisted personnel which may be on active duty in support of reserve components. Excludes such members when computing the authorized daily average of other such personne. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7654 | 96 | hr | 7654 | A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to require the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to establish a program of training in military medicine for individuals enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-25 | 1980-06-25 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B000280 | 8 | Directs the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to establish a program of training in military medicine for reserve commissioned officers enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to relieve participants who complete such training program from the 45-day active duty service requirement during one year of the scholarship program. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7663 | 96 | hr | 7663 | Prisoner of War Benefits Amendments Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-25 | 1980-06-25 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 5 | Prisoner of War Benefits Amendments Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish an advisory committee to assess new medical and other information on former prisoners of war (_POW's). Provides that the membership of such committee shall include former POW's of World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era and individuals who are recognized authorities in certain fields of medicine. Allows officials of other executive agencies to be included on such committee. Directs the committee to submit a report, biennially, to the Administrator on its activities. Makes POW's with the disease of psychosis manifest to a degree of ten percent presumably eligible for wartime disability benefits (presently such psychosis must have occurred within two years of separation from service). Entitles POW's of World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam era eligible for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care benefits. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations and furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis to such POW's. Requires the President to designate an appropriate date for the annual observance of "National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day." | 2025-09-02T13:54:49Z | |
| 96-s-2856 | 96 | s | 2856 | A bill relating to the terms of office of certain members of Boards of Visitors to service academies, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-20 | 1980-06-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] | NY | R | J000064 | 0 | Revises the terms of office of members of Boards of Visitors to United States service academies to provide that such members serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 96-hr-7626 | 96 | hr | 7626 | An act to amend title 37, United States Code, to improve certain special pay and allowance benefits for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-19 | 1980-12-23 | Public Law 96-579. | House | Rep. Nichols, Bill [D-AL-3] | AL | D | N000095 | 14 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Military Pay and Allowances Benefits Act of 1980 - Increases special pay to naval officers for nuclear duty who extend their period of active service for four years, and authorizes the payment of a nuclear career accession bonus for such officers who successfully complete nuclear training. Extends the authority for such pay until September 30, 1987. Increases the annual incentive bonus for naval officers who have successfully completed or received training for nuclear duty. Extends the authority for such bonuses until October 1, 1987. Eliminates requirements for such service to have begun after September 30, 1975. Amends the definition of "nuclear service year" to mean any fiscal year beginning before October 1, 1987. Provides an incentive pay for submarine duty based on years of service in the Navy and under regulations prescribed by the President. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report annually to Congress on the numbers of personnel receiving such pay in specified categories. Increases career sea pay for enlisted members and authorizes such pay for warrant officers and commissioned officers based on years of service. Entitles qualified enlisted members who enter into an agreement with the Secretary concerned to extend their duty at designated locations overseas to periods of rest and recuperation absence at Government expense in lieu of such special pay. Revises entitlement provisions for basic allowances for quarters to allow members above above the pay grade of E-6 (presently commissioned officers above the pay grade D-3) to elect not to cccupy quarters and instead to receive such allowance according to the applicable pay grade. Provides that a member below the pay grade of E-7 is not entitled to such allowance while on sea duty and a member below the pay grade of E-6 is not entitled to such allowance while on sea duty for a period in excess of 90 days. States that parking facilities provided for such homes not owned by the Government shall not be consid… | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-s-2846 | 96 | s | 2846 | A bill to amend chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, to modify the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance provided under such chapter. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-18 | 1980-06-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 0 | Revises the termination date for veterans eligible for educational assistance to provide that such assistance shall terminate on December 31, 1989, or the date five years after a veteran's last discharge or release from active duty, whichever is later. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7592 | 96 | hr | 7592 | Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1981 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-17 | 1980-10-13 | Public Law 96-436. | House | Rep. McKay, K. Gunn [D-UT-1] | UT | D | M000490 | 0 | (House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with amendment) Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1981 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Defense for military construction for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense agencies, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Air Force Reserve, and reserve components generally. Sets forth the amount of funds available to each department to be used for activities related to the conversion of facilities to alternative fuels. Makes appropriations for expenses of family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense agencies, and for the United States' share of costs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds appropriated by this Act, including limitations on funds for the installation of solar energy systems, space transportation system facilities, and the MX missile system. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to transfer or move chemical or gas weapons into MX impacted areas. Prohibits the use of such funds to compensate any alien who has not been lawfully admitted to the United States. Limits expenditures for consulting services through procurement contracts to those contracts which are a matter of public record and available for public inspection. Declares that any funds appropriated to a military department or defense agency for construction of military projects may be obligated at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal year such funds were appropriated, under certain conditions. Limits spending to 30 percent of the total budget, or 15 percent for any month, for the last quarter of fiscal year 1981. Directs the head of each such department and establishment to report to the Congressional committees on Appropriations and to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) not later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, on the obligations incurred during such quarter. Requires the Director of… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 96-hr-7597 | 96 | hr | 7597 | A bill to provide that any disabled individual who on October 18, 1978, was receiving reimbursement under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services for custodial care may continue to receive health benefits under such program, notwithstanding any eligibility of such individual for benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-17 | 1980-06-17 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Brodhead, William [D-MI-17] | MI | D | B000862 | 0 | Allows disabled individuals eligible for custodial care under the CHAMPUS program on October 18, 1978, to continue to receive such care concurrently with hospital insurance benefits provided by Medicare. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-s-2836 | 96 | s | 2836 | A bill to encourage enlistment and service in the military reserve forces of the United States. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-17 | 1980-06-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] | CO | R | A000219 | 0 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to repay and cancel an amount equal to the lesser of the unpaid balance of a guaranteed or insured student loan or $2,000, for each year, up to four years, of satisfactory service a student borrower performs after December 31, 1981, as a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force of the United States. Specifies that this does not authorize refunding any repayment of a loan. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such purpose. Requires that eligible lenders give priority to Selected Reserve members in making federally insured guaranteed student loans. Requires that institutions of higher education give first priority to Selected Reserve members in making direct student loans. Includes among those who are "preference eligible" as veterans, for purposes of Federal employment, individuals who: (1) become Selected Reserve members on or before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) satisfactorily complete at least two years of such service. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 96-hr-7585 | 96 | hr | 7585 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Veterans' Administration to furnish outpatient medical services to any veteran exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-16 | 1980-06-16 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Coelho, Anthony Lee [D-CA-15] | CA | D | C000581 | 0 | Authorizes the Veterans' Administration to furnish outpatient medical services to any veteran exposed while on active duty to ionizing radiation as a result of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. Deems such veteran to have a service-connected disability rating of at least 50 percent. Makes provisions of this Act applicable after September 30, 1980. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7552 | 96 | hr | 7552 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the Armed Forces to conduct safety investigations of accidents involving aircraft of the Armed Forces and to protect from public disclosure certain parts of reports of such investigations. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-11 | 1980-10-01 | Reported to House from the Committee on Armed Services, H. Rept. 96-1445. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary concerned of the Armed Forces to conduct a safety investigation of any aircraft accident under his or her jurisdiction to determine its cause and obtain information for the prevention of similar accidents. Prohibits the public release, or use in discovery or as evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding, of deliberative portions, confidential information, or life science reports of such investigation. Declares that this Act does not limit or alter the authority of the National Transportation Safety Board under other specified Acts. Directs the Secretary concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out provisions of this Act. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7536 | 96 | hr | 7536 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the cost-sharing required of participants in the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) for inpatient medical care provided on an emergency basis. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-10 | 1980-10-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4] | MD | R | H000747 | 8 | Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to change the cost-sharing formula for emergency inpatient medical and dental care for members, certain former members, and dependents. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-s-2806 | 96 | s | 2806 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code , to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make contributions for construction projects on land adjacent to national cemeteries in order to facilitate safe ingress or egress. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-10 | 1980-06-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make contributions to local authorities for the construction of traffic controls, road improvements, or other devices adjacent to national cemeteries in order to facilitate safe entry or exit. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7301 | 96 | hr | 7301 | Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-07 | 1980-10-10 | Public Law 96-418. | House | Rep. Nedzi, Lucien N. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | N000019 | 1 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 96-1399) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1981 - =Title I: Army= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of these locations. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake emergency construction upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense that deferral of such construction until the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with the national security. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1979, to increase the authorization of appropriations for Army acquisition and construction projects. =Title II: Navy= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locations. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each such location. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake emergency construction to meet national security needs as provided under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for the construction of the Air Passenger Terminal Keflavik, Iceland, in accordance with this title and any agreement made with the Government of Iceland. Sets forth prerequisites for such agreement before such contract may be commenced. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction of the Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, California, until the Secretary submits a report to specified Congressional committees on the selection of a site for such Center, and the committees grant written approval for such site. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire by exchange necessary lands for two established, low-level, high-speed aircraft corridors to serve the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake, California. =Title III: Air Force= - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish or develop military installations and facilities at specified locati… | 2025-09-02T13:54:46Z | |
| 96-hr-7511 | 96 | hr | 7511 | An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide cost-of-living increases in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children of veterans, to provide for limited grants for special home adaptations for certain severely disabled veterans, to provide for Veterans' Administration guaranties for loans to refinance certain existing veterans' home loans and to increase the maximum loan guaranties for home loans made to veterans, and to provide for the confidentiality of certain Veterans' Administration medical quality assurance records; and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-06-05 | 1980-10-07 | Public Law 96-385. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 16 | (House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments) Veterans' Disability Compensation and Housing Benefits Amendments of 1980 =Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits= - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. Provides such increases at 14.3 percent for veterans rates 50 percent or more disabled, and 13 percent for veterans rated 10 through 40 percent disabled. =Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits= - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. =Title III: Special Home Adaptation Grants for Certain Severely Disabled Veterans= - Provides specially adapted housing assistance to severely disabled veterans, due to blindness or loss, or loss of use, of both upper extremities (including both hands), limited to a maximum of $5,000. Directs that such assistance be granted to any such veteran not more than once. =Title IV: Veterans' Administration Home-Loan Program Amendments= - Enables veterans who have used their Veterans Administration (VA) loan guaranty entitlement for the purchase of a conventional home, condominium, or mobile home to refinance such loan at a lower interest rate with a VA loan refinancing guaranty. Increases the maximum loan guaranty for such dwellings. Limits the refinancing guaranty to the amount of guaranty on the loan to be refinanced. =Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions= - Extends the authority for the Veterans' Administration regional office in the Republic of the Philippines until September 30, 1985. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish headstones and markers, upon request, for specified relatives of veterans who are buried in a State veterans' cemetery. Removes the prohibition on concurrent receipt of military retired pay and VA need-based pension bene… | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7475 | 96 | hr | 7475 | A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that the Federal tort claims provision of that title are the exclusive remedy in medical malpractice actions and proceedings resulting from federally authorized National Guard training activities, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-30 | 1980-05-30 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 1 | Makes the Federal tort claims procedure the exclusive remedy in medical malpractice actions resulting from federally authorized National Guard training activities (repeals the current provision covering such liability). | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7458 | 96 | hr | 7458 | A bill to amend chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to refinance outstanding loans previously guaranteed under such chapter. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-29 | 1980-07-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] | GA | D | B000839 | 29 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #431 (382-0)) Permits veterans to refinance previously guaranteed mortgage loans which are secured by homes they still own and occupy. Sets forth conditions and requirements pursuant to such loans as follows: (1) the amount of such loan may not exceed the sum of the balance of the loan being refinanced and the amount of closing costs, including discounts; (2) the guaranty amount may not exceed the original guaranty amount being refinanced; and (3) such loans may be made regardless of the outstanding guaranty entitlement for the veteran, with no further charge to such veteran's entitlement. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-sjres-178 | 96 | sjres | 178 | A joint resolution to authorize the President to designate the week of November 9,1980, through November 15,1980, as "World War 1 Overseas Flyers Week". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-28 | 1980-05-28 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 0 | Requests the President to designate the week of November 9 through November 15, 1980, as "World War I Overseas Flyers' Week." | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hr-7435 | 96 | hr | 7435 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the requirement that an individual have two academic years remaining at an educational institution to be eligible for advance training in a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at such institution. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-22 | 1980-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 1 | Excludes the requirement that an individual have two academic years remaining at an educational institution to be eligible for advanced training in a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at such institution. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7441 | 96 | hr | 7441 | National Defense Compensation Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-22 | 1980-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | T000367 | 77 | National Defense Compensation Act of 1980 - Increases the pay and allowances, and certain special and incentive pays, of members of the uniformed services for pay periods beginning after December 31, 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the President, in any year in which an alternative pay plan is transmitted to the Congress, to include in such plan a statement specifying the adjustments which would have been made but for such alternative plan. | 2025-09-02T13:54:46Z | |
| 96-s-2755 | 96 | s | 2755 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator to provide a memorial plaque or marker in appropriate situations to the next of kin of an individual who would otherwise be memorialized in a national, private or local cemetery. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-22 | 1980-05-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, when requested, to provide a memorial plaque or marker for any veteran, whose remains are undetermined or buried at sea, for placement in an appropriate location designated by the next of kin. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-s-2758 | 96 | s | 2758 | A bill to amend chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for specially adapted housing benefits. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-22 | 1980-05-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist in acquiring specially equipped housing for certain veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities due to the loss or loss of use of both upper extremities. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7416 | 96 | hr | 7416 | A bill to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of the Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel near Eagles Nest, New Mexico. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-21 | 1980-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] | NM | R | L000506 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of the Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel near Eagles Nest, New Mexico. Limits such funds to the difference between operational costs and contributions provided by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Incorporated. | 2024-02-07T11:39:48Z | |
| 96-hr-7394 | 96 | hr | 7394 | Veterans Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-20 | 1980-11-24 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate. | House | Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] | NC | D | H000448 | 11 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #403 (383-0)) Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 - =Title I: Revision of Vocational Rehabilitation Program= - Revises veterans' vocational rehabilitation provisions to declare the purpose of this Act to be to provide all services necessary to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to attain maximum independence, to become employable, and to obtain and maintain suitable employment. Redefines "vocational rehabilitation" to include the provision of all services required to achieve the purpose of this Act, including discharge, medical, social, psychological, economic, and vocational services (presently defined in terms of educational and vocational training to restore employability). Defines "employment handicap" as a disability impairing a veteran's ability to prepare for, obtain, or retain employment consistent with his or her abilities, aptitudes, and interests. Revises entitlement provisions to: (1) make eligibility run as of September 16, 1940, (rather than World War II as at present); (2) require a handicap to be an employment handicap as defined by this Act; and (3) provide for follow up vocational services to a rehabilitated veteran in order for such veteran to enter new employment more suitable to his or her current capacity or condition. Eliminates the language extending eligibility for specified veterans to October 15, 1971. Sets forth the scope of services, including: (1) evaluation of rehabilitation potential; (2) educational, vocational and personal counseling; (3) a vocational rehabilitation plan; (4) vocational and related services including tutorial services, tuition, books, and other training materials; (5) treatment for mental and emotional disorders; (6) medical care; (7) prosthetic and other corrective devices; (8) placement and postplacement services; (9) services to a veteran's family; (10) special rehabilitation services, including services for the blind and the deaf; (11) subsistence allowances; (12) e… | 2025-09-02T13:54:45Z | |
| 96-hr-7400 | 96 | hr | 7400 | National Intelligence Strengthening Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-20 | 1980-05-20 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | S000675 | 4 | National Intelligence Strengthening Act of 1980 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to define "special activity" to mean activity conducted abroad to further official United States programs and policies which is planned and executed so that the role of the Government is not apparent or acknowledged publicly, but excluding diplomatic activity and the collection of intelligence or related support functions. Prohibits the expenditure of funds by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for a special activity unless: (1) the President finds that the activity is important to the national security and reports such activity to the congressional select intelligence committees (current law requires such reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees); or (2) the National Security Council (NSC) determines that the activity does not involve substantial resources or risks and falls within a category of special activities which (A) have been found by the President to be important to the national security, and (B) have been reported to the congressional select intelligence committees. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to exempt information in files maintained by an intelligence agency or component of the Government from the provisions of any law requiring publication or disclosure, if such files have been specifically designated by the Director of Central Intelligence to be concerned with: (1) scientific or technical systems for the collection of foreign intelligence; (2) special activities and foreign intelligence operations; (3) investigations to determine the suitability of potential foreign intelligence sources; and (4) intelligence liaison arrangements with foreign governments. Requires requests by U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens for information concerning themselves to be processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to add a new title V, "Protection of Certain National Security Information." Establishes a maximum crimina… | 2025-09-02T13:54:45Z | |
| 96-sjres-175 | 96 | sjres | 175 | A joint resolution to extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-16 | 1980-05-26 | Public Law 96-250. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 0 | Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend the termination date of provisions of such Act relating to contract priorities and allocations for strategic materials and expansion of the national productive capacity and supply regarding such materials until August 27, 1980. | 2022-12-07T18:42:29Z | |
| 96-hr-7352 | 96 | hr | 7352 | Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-14 | 1980-05-14 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Donald J. [R-NY-31] | NY | R | M000808 | 10 | Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for dental officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such pay providing that: (1) dental officers below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $9,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) such officers above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles an officer eligible for special pay to an additional $6,000 to $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service, during which such officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for not less than one year. Authorizes additional special pay from ($2,000 to $4,000 based on years of creditable service) for those dental officers eligible for special pay who are board certified under regulations prescribed under this Act. Includes, in computing years of creditable service for such officers, all periods of internship or residency training during which such officers were not on active duty and all periods of active service in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service. Entitles an optometry officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or the Public Health Service on active duty for a period of not less than one year to variable special pay from $1,000 to $3,000 based on years of creditable service. Entitles such an officer with at least three years of creditable service who is entitled to such special pay to an additional $1,000 for any 12-month period during which the officer is not undergoing optometry residency training, upon the execution of a written agreement to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Computes years of creditable service for such officers by adding all periods the officer spent in optometry residency training while not on active duty together with all… | 2025-09-02T13:54:42Z | |
| 96-hr-7355 | 96 | hr | 7355 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate provision of outpatient dental treatment for service-connected noncompensable dental conditions which are unrelated to service trauma or prisoner-of-war status. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-14 | 1980-05-14 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Roberts, Ray [D-TX-4] | TX | D | R000312 | 0 | Terminates the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide dental services and treatment for service-connected noncompensable dental conditions. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7284 | 96 | hr | 7284 | A bill to deny entitlement to hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act in the case of certain disabled individuals currently entitled to health benefits under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-07 | 1980-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Brodhead, William [D-MI-17] | MI | D | B000862 | 0 | Denies concurrent entitlement to hospital insurance benefits provided by Medicare to disabled individuals eligible as of October 18, 1978, for custodial care under the CHAMPUS program. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-7294 | 96 | hr | 7294 | A bill to amend section 673b of title 10, United States Code, to increase from 50,000 to 100,000 the number of members of the Selected Reserve who may be ordered to active duty other than during a war or national emergency. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-07 | 1980-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 1 | Increases from 50,000 to 100,000 the number of members of the Selected Reserve who may be ordered to active duty other than during a war or national emergency. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7295 | 96 | hr | 7295 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary concerned to determine the period of time to be allowed between the time a Reservist is ordered to active duty and the time the Reservist enters upon active duty. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-07 | 1980-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary concerned to determine, based upon military requirements, the period of time between which a reservist is ordered to active duty and the time such reservist must enter that duty. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7303 | 96 | hr | 7303 | Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-07 | 1980-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 11 | Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to establish an educational assistance program for persons enlisting in an armed force under such Secretary's jurisdiction. Requires the Department of Defense to bear the costs of any such program. Prohibits requiring that any person participating make any contribution to such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations for such programs taking account of the differences among the several armed forces. Requires that such programs provide that any person initially enlisting in an armed force who meets eligibility requirements established by the Secretary concerned, according to specified guidelines, become entitled to educational assistance at the time of such enlistment, with specified exceptions. Sets the period of educational assistance entitlement at one standard academic year (or the equivalent) for: (1) each year of the initial enlistment, up to four years; and (2) each year of active service, provided the person has completed at least two years active service before discharge or other release from active duty. Denies such entitlement to members discharged or otherwise released from active duty before completing two years of active service or under other than honorable conditions. Provides that such entitlement may not be used until a member has completed two years of active service. Directs the Secretary concerned to limit eligibility to persons who: (1) initially enlist for service on active duty as a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps after September 30, 1980; (2) are graduates of a secondary school; and (3) meet other requirements the Secretary may consider appropriate for the purposes of this Act and the needs of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary concerned to establish the maximum amount (up to $1,200) of assistance for educational expenses at an accredited institution of postsecondary education which may be provided any person under such program in an… | 2025-09-02T13:54:42Z | |
| 96-hr-7265 | 96 | hr | 7265 | Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1981 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-06 | 1980-11-20 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 3074 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 1 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #648 (333-39)) Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1981 - =Title I: National Security Programs= - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1981 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment costs incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, and military applications of nuclear energy, as specified. =Title II: General Provisions= - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of authorized funds for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress unless 30 calendar days have elapsed since the Secretary of Energy has presented to all the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed. Allows the written waiver of such requirement as specified. Imposes specified limits on the costs of general plant projects and construction projects. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for proposed construction projects with amounts authorized for plant engineering and design, and to perform such services using available funds for any Department of Energy defense activity construction project in the event of any national emergency. Prohibits the use of any funds available under this or any other Act from being used: (1) for the licensing of any defense activity or facility of the Department of Energy by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; or (2) to pay any penalty, fine, forfeiture, or settlement resulting f… | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7266 | 96 | hr | 7266 | Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-06 | 1980-05-06 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 1 | Armed Forces Educational Assistance Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to establish an educational assistance program for persons enlisting in an armed force under such Secretary's jurisdiction. Requires the Department of Defense to bear the costs of any such program. Prohibits requiring that any person participating make any contribution to such program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations for such programs, taking account of the differences among the several armed forces. Requires that such programs provide that any person initially enlisting in an armed force who meets eligibility requirements established by the Secretary concerned, according to specified guidelines, become entitled to educational assistance at the time of such enlistment, with specified exceptions. Sets the period of educational assistance entitlement at one standard academic year (or the equivalent) for: (1) each year of the initial enlistment, up to four years; or (2) for each year of active service, provided the person has completed at least two years active service before discharge or other release from active duty. Denies such entitlement to members discharged or otherwise released from active duty before completing two years of active service or under other than honorable conditions. Provides that such entitlement may not be used until a member has completed two years of active service. Directs the Secretary concerned to limit eligibility to persons who: (1) initially enlist for service on active duty as a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps after September 30, 1980; (2) are graduates of a secondary school; and (3) meet other requirements the Secretary may consider appropriate for the purposes of this Act and the needs of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary concerned to establish the maximum amount (up to $1,200) of assistance for educational expenses at an accredited institution of postsecondary education which may be provided any person under such program … | 2025-09-02T13:54:42Z | |
| 96-hr-7274 | 96 | hr | 7274 | A bill to designate the building known as the Veterans' Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, as the "Harry W. Colmery Veterans' Administration Hospital". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-06 | 1980-05-06 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Jeffries, Jim [R-KS-2] | KS | R | J000074 | 0 | Designates the Veterans' Administration Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, as the "Harry W. Colmery Veterans' Administration Hospital." | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-s-2649 | 96 | s | 2649 | Veterans' Disability Compensation and Housing Benefits Amendments of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-02 | 1980-08-06 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 7511 passed in lieu. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 10 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 7511 passed in lieu) Veterans' Disability Compensation and Housing Benefits Amendments of 1980 - =Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits= - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. =Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits= - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. =Title III: Special Home Adaptation Grants for Certain Severely Disabled Veterans= - Provides specially adapted housing assistance to severely disabled veterans, due to blindness or loss, or loss of use, of both upper extremities, limited to a maximum of $5,000. Directs that such assistance be granted to any such veteran not more than once. =Title IV: Veterans' Administration Home-Loan Program Amendments= - Enables veterans who have used their Veterans Administration (VA) loan guaranty entitlement for the purchase of a conventional home, condominium, or mobile home to refinance such loan at a lower interest rate with a VA loan refinancing guaranty. Increases the maximum loan guaranty for such dwellings. Directs the VA to make available any appraisal report or certificate of reasonable value in connection with any VA loan program to any person who applies for such certificate. Authorizes the Administrator to release the name, address, or other identifying information of a veteran to any category of eligible persons, described by VA regulation, for the purpose of ascertaining any such veterans' credit worthiness, or verifying other loan information. Stipulates that any such release be promptly recorded in such veterans' records. Exempts consumer reporting agencies and their employees from provisions of the Federal Privacy Act. =Title V: Miscellaneous Amendments= - Prov… | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7247 | 96 | hr | 7247 | A bill to waive the applicability of sections 2382 and 7300 of title 10, United States Code, to contracts for the construction or manufacture of naval vessels or military aircraft with respect to which final payment is made before October 1, 1981. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-01 | 1980-05-01 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 0 | Waives profit limitations on contracts for the construction or manufacture of all or parts of aircraft and naval vessels upon which final payment is made before October, 1981. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-sres-417 | 96 | sres | 417 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate for a fitting tribute to the eight valiant American servicemen who died in an attempt to secure freedom for fellow Americans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-05-01 | 1980-05-06 | Measure passed Senate, amended. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 62 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Expresses the condolences of the Senate to the families of the eight American servicemen who lost their lives during the mission to rescue the hostages in Iran. Declares the sense of the Senate that the President order the American flag to be flown at half-mast on all government grounds from sunset May 6, until sunset May 9, 1980. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hconres-326 | 96 | hconres | 326 | A concurrent resolution to require that certain information be provided before Congress approves any request for withdrawal or use of public lands for deployment of the MX missile system. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-04-30 | 1980-04-30 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Marriott, David Daniel [R-UT-2] | UT | R | M000143 | 6 | Prohibits any Act of Congress to provide for the transfer of public lands to the Department of Defense for use as sites for the deployment of the MX missile system until a complete written plan is provided to Congress which details: (1) the social, economic, and environmental impacts of such system on the proposed Utah-Nevada site; (2) the feasibility of basing such site in more than two States; (3) alternative basing modes for the MX system which would best serve national defense needs through the 1990's if the SALT II Treaty is or is not ratified; (4) the security requirements, including the amount of public lands to be closed to the public; (5) cost-effectiveness and appropriateness of such system; and (6) substantiation of the survivability of such system with respect to national defense strategy. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-s-2629 | 96 | s | 2629 | A bill to increase the pay, allowances, and special and incentive pays of members of the uniformed services. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-04-30 | 1980-04-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] | CO | R | A000219 | 3 | Increases the pay and allowances, and certain special and incentive pays, of members of the uniformed services for pay periods beginning after December 31, 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the President, in any year in which an alternative pay plan is transmitted to the Congress, to include in such plan a statement specifying the adjustment which would have been made but for such alternative plan. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 96-hr-7186 | 96 | hr | 7186 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide legal representation for veterans claiming to be entitled to veterans' reemployment benefits under such title. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-04-29 | 1980-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] | NC | D | H000448 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to provide legal representation for veterans claiming to be entitled to veterans' reemployment benefits and to assign such cases priority over all other civil cases. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 96-hr-7194 | 96 | hr | 7194 | A bill to amend Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to make permanent the special pay provisions for reenlistment and enlistment bonuses, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-04-29 | 1980-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 1 | Makes permanent specified provisions of Federal law providing for the payment of enlistment, reenlistment, or extension of enlistment bonuses to members of the uniformed services who qualify in a critical military skill. Increases the maximum amounts of such bonuses. Extends to not more than 14 years the maximum period a member may serve and still remain eligible for the reenlistment or extension of enlistment bonus. Repeals the requirement that a person must enlist for four years to be eligible for the enlistment bonus. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 96-hr-7199 | 96 | hr | 7199 | National Intelligence Strengthening Act of 1980 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1980-04-29 | 1980-04-29 | Referred to House Select Committee on Intelligence. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | National Intelligence Strengthening Act of 1980 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to define "special activity" to mean activity conducted abroad to further official United States programs and policies which is planned and executed so that the role of the Government is not apparent or acknowledged publicly, but excluding diplomatic activity and the collection of intelligence or related support functions. Prohibits the expenditure of funds by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for a special activity unless: (1) the President finds that the activity is important to the national security and reports such activity to the congressional select intelligence committees (current law requires such reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees); or (2) the National Security Council (NSC) determines that the activity does not involve substantial resources or risks and falls within a category of special activities which (A) have been found by the President to be important to the national security, and (B) have been reported to the congressional select intelligence committees. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to exempt information in files maintained by an intelligence agency or component of the Government from the provisions of any law requiring publication or disclosure, if such files have been specifically designated by the Director of Central Intelligence to be concerned with: (1) scientific or technical systems for the collection of foreign intelligence; (2) special activities and foreign intelligence operations; (3) investigations to determine the suitability of potential foreign intelligence sources; and (4) intelligence liaison arrangements with foreign governments. Requires requests by U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens for information concerning themselves to be processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to add a new title V, "Protection of Certain National Security Information." Establishes a maximum crimina… | 2025-09-02T13:54:38Z |
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