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| 97-hconres-437 | 97 | hconres | 437 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning the completion of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-20 | 1982-12-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Bailey, Donald A. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | B000037 | 1 | Expresses the sense of Congress that all pertinent parties should approve the inclusion in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia of the flag, inscription, and statue as agreed upon in October 1982 by certain organizations and interested parties. | 2025-01-14T17:21:40Z | |
| 97-hjres-636 | 97 | hjres | 636 | A joint resolution directing the completion of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-20 | 1982-12-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Bailey, Donald A. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | B000037 | 1 | Directs all pertinent parties to approve the inclusion in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia of the flag, inscription, and statue as agreed upon in October 1982 by certain organizations and interested parties. | 2025-01-14T17:21:40Z | |
| 97-hr-7446 | 97 | hr | 7446 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for improved control of excess profits on negotiated defense contracts. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-17 | 1982-12-17 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Requires that profits on negotiated contracts of the Department of Defense be reasonable. Uses the same factors set forth in the Renegotiation Act of 1951 to determine when profits are excessive. Directs the Comptroller General to examine each such contract in excess of $10,000,000 and to certify to Congress whether the amount of profit allowed is reasonable. Requires the Comptroller General to examine the contract again upon its completion and to certify to Congress whether the amount of profit actually paid was reasonable. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress annually on the reasonableness of profits paid on such contracts during the preceding fiscal year. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-7414 | 97 | hr | 7414 | A bill to transfer management of the National Defense Stockpile to the Secretary of Defense. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-14 | 1982-12-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials. | House | Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] | FL | D | B000371 | 0 | Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to transfer the functions, duties, and responsibilities of the President under such Act to the Secretary of Defense. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-sconres-133 | 97 | sconres | 133 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the national security policy of the United States should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-10 | 1982-12-10 | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] | NV | R | L000148 | 54 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the national security policy should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. Sets forth the principles and goals of such a policy. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 97-hr-7391 | 97 | hr | 7391 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary concerned to transport to the place of burial the remains of a member of the uniformed services entitled to retired or retainer pay who dies in a military medical facility. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-08 | 1982-12-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | W000686 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to transport to the decedent's place of burial the remains of a member of the uniformed services entitled to retired or retainer pay who dies in a military medical facility. | 2023-05-11T13:12:19Z | |
| 97-hres-619 | 97 | hres | 619 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the validity of the current Selective Service registration system. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-03 | 1982-12-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | S000675 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Presidential Proclamation 4771, dated July 2, 1980 is valid and remains in effect and that therefore it remains the duty of young men to register with the Selective Service System in accordance with the Military Selective Service Act. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-sconres-131 | 97 | sconres | 131 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Americans missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-03 | 1982-12-17 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] | CA | R | H000384 | 41 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Reaffirms the commitment of Congress to locating and repatriating Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. Expresses congressional appreciation to the Lao Government for its expressed willingness to help. Supports the President's actions to locate and return missing Americans. Urges both Governments to cooperate in this effort. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hr-7355 | 97 | hr | 7355 | Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1983 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-02 | 1982-12-08 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 985. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #425 (346-68)) Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1983 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Retired Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for retired military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, including the reserves. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense agencies, including their respective stock funds, reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, claims against the Department of Defense, and the Court of Military Appeals. Title IV: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other equipment and materials. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Navy of aircraft and weapons, for conversion and ship building of vessels, and for other equipment and materials. Prohibits the use of funds for the construction or conversion of naval vessels in foreign shipyards. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and other equipment and materials. Eliminates production funds for the MX missile. Appropriates funds for procurement by defense agencies. Title V: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for research, development, tests, and evaluation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense agencies. Reduces the funds available for research and development for the MX missile. Prohibits the expenditure of specified funds until April 30, 1983. Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Director of Defense Test a… | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 97-hr-7342 | 97 | hr | 7342 | A bill to authorize the President to award the medal of honor posthumously to the family of Armando G. Leal, Jr. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-01 | 1982-12-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Authorizes the President to present a medal of honor posthumously to the family of Armando G. Leal, Jr., in recognition of his acts of valor as a Navy hospital corpsman on September 4, 1967, in Vietnam. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-s-3040 | 97 | s | 3040 | A bill establishing a new G.I. Education Program. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-10-02 | 1982-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] | CO | R | A000219 | 13 | Establishes a peacetime veterans' educational assistance program for persons who served on active duty or in the Selected Reserve after August 31, 1983. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for such assistance based on period and type of service. Creates a basic entitlement of 24 months of assistance for the first 24 months of service with an additional month of assistance for each additional month of service, up to a total of 36 months. Establishes a delimiting period for the use of such assistance of ten years after discharge. Excepts those suffering from a physical or mental disability which prevented their completing their education and persons held as prisoners of war. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in specified amounts. Permits educational benefits to be transferred by the eligible person to a spouse or child. States that appropriations for this program be considered as made for the functions of the Department of Defense rather than for the functions of the Veterans Administration. Prohibits persons eligible for this program from participating in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on whether the program should be expanded to attract and retain certain qualified persons. Permits the Secretary concerned to grant educational leave for up to 12 months if the person concerned agrees to serve two months for each month off. Sets forth other conditions of such leave, including pay and eligibility for retired pay. Permits such Secretary to cancel this leave in time of war or national emergency or if he determines the member is not pursuing his education satisfactorily. States that there shall be no increase in pay for members in pay grade E-1 in FY 1983 and 1984 unless an increase becomes unavoidable through the general pay increase requirements. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 97-hconres-424 | 97 | hconres | 424 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning bilateral negotiations on chemical weapons. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-10-01 | 1982-11-08 | Executive Comment Requested from Arms Control & Disarm Agcy, State, DOD. | House | Rep. Bethune, Ed [R-AR-2] | AR | R | B000422 | 4 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately notify the Soviet Union that the United States is willing to reconvene bilateral negotiations on a treaty to prohibit the further development, production, and stockpiling of chemical weapons and to provide for the destruction of existing chemical weapons. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hconres-425 | 97 | hconres | 425 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Americans missing in action in Laos. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-10-01 | 1982-12-14 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended). | House | Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1] | PA | D | F000235 | 61 | Reaffirms the commitment of Congress to locating and repatriating Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. Expresses congressional appreciation to the Lao Government for its expressed willingness to help. Supports the President's actions to locate and return missing Americans. Urges the President to respond to the indicated willingness of the Lao Government to cooperate in this effort. | 2025-01-23T13:18:47Z | |
| 97-hr-7285 | 97 | hr | 7285 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for service-connected compensation to be paid to veterans and their families who were exposed to nuclear radiation or to toxic chemicals and who are suffering from radiological or chemical disabilities, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Creates a presumption of service-connected disability for compensation purposes for any veteran who was exposed to radiation or toxic chemicals while actively serving in the armed forces and who is now suffering from a disability or disorder symptomatic of such exposure. Maintains such presumption even in the absence of records. Entitles to disability or death compensation and to dependency and indemnity compensation any children of such a veteran with a disability or defect which may reasonably be determined to have been caused by genetic damage in the veteran. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out a comprehensive program to screen veterans who may have been exposed to radiation or toxic chemicals during their active service to determine whether they incurred a disease or disability from such exposure. Requires the Administrator to provide outreach and counseling services. Directs the Administrator to establish a research and training program in the diagnosis and treatment of disabilities caused by exposure to radiation. Requires the establishment of a centralized registry of claims before the Veterans Administration or other agencies arising out of actual or possible exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals. Requires the Administrator to include in the annual report to Congress a comprehensive report on the administration and implementation of such screening and research activities. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-hr-7289 | 97 | hr | 7289 | A bill to provide for the awarding of gold medals to the families of Lieutenant Commander John C. Waldron, United States Navy, Lieutenant Commander Eugene E. Lindsey, United States Navy, and Lieutenant Commander Lance E. Massey, United States Navy, in recognition of the heroic actions taken by these men during the Battle of Midway. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 0 | Authorizes the President to present gold medals to the families of Lieutenant Commander John C. Waldron, United States Navy, Lieutenant Commander Eugene E. Lindsey, United States Navy, and Lieutenant Commander Lance E. Massey, United States Navy, in recognition of heroic actions taken by these persons during the Battle of Midway. Authorizes appropriations after October 1, 1983, to carry out this provision. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the gold medals. Provides for the reimbursement of authorized appropriations from the sale of such duplicates. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-s-3001 | 97 | s | 3001 | Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000556 | 2 | Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1982 - Establishes the position of Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation of the Department of Defense to be the principal adviser to the Secretary on such matters. Requires the Director to report directly to the Secretary and to have access to all records of the Department. Authorizes the Director to require designated observers during the testing part of any operational testing and evaluation. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to report all results of all operational testing and evaluation to the Director. Prohibits the expenditure of test funds without the Secretary's prior approval. Denies funding for any testing and evaluation that violates specified scope and conditions. Requires the President to include in each budget a separate budget authority for the Director. Grants the Comptroller General access to all records in the Department. | 2025-08-29T19:51:51Z | |
| 97-sjres-259 | 97 | sjres | 259 | A joint resolution renewing chemical warfare negotiations. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-30 | 1982-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] | CO | D | H000287 | 9 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately notify the Soviet Union that the United States is willing to reconvene bilateral negotiations on a treaty to prohibit the further development, production, and stockpiling of chemical weapons and to provide for the destruction of existing chemical weapons. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-s-2975 | 97 | s | 2975 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize an alternative to the conventional construction of military family housing within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-29 | 1982-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 1 | Permits the Secretary of Defense to lease rather than construct specifically authorized family housing projects within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Requires that the Armed Services Committees be given 30 days notice of any lease in excess of $250,000 annual rental. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 97-sres-486 | 97 | sres | 486 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Reserve Officers Association of the United States deserves public recognition upon the sixtieth anniversary of its founding for its dedication to the development of a strong national defense. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-29 | 1982-09-29 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 4 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Reserve Officers Association is deserving of public recognition and commendation on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. | 2023-05-11T13:13:11Z | |
| 97-hconres-413 | 97 | hconres | 413 | A concurrent resolution urging the President to provide as expeditiously as possible for the burial of an unknown soldier from the Vietnam era at Arlington National Cemetery as directed by the National Cemeteries Act of 1973. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-28 | 1982-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 44 | Urges the President and the Secretary of Defense to comply with the National Cemeteries Act of 1973 and arrange for the burial of an unknown soldier from the Vietnam era at Arlington National Cemetery. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-hjres-610 | 97 | hjres | 610 | A joint resolution to extend the Defense Production Act of 1950. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-28 | 1982-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. | House | Rep. Blanchard, James [D-MI-18] | MI | D | B000538 | 0 | Extends from September 30, 1982, to December 15, 1982, the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-s-2965 | 97 | s | 2965 | An original bill to authorize the transfer of certain naval vessels to foreign countries. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-28 | 1982-12-02 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] | ME | R | C000598 | 0 | Authorizes the sale of a U.S. naval vessel, an auxiliary drydock, to Ecuador. Authorizes the leasing of U.S. naval vessels as follows: (1) two patrol combatants to Colombia; (2) three fast patrol boats to the Dominican Republic; (3) one oceanographic research ship to Mexico; (4) one destroyer tender to Pakistan; and (5) one destroyer tender to Turkey. Excludes such leases from certain requirements of the Arms Export Control Act. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-s-2961 | 97 | s | 2961 | Defense Production Act Amendments of 1982 (Defense Preparedness) | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-27 | 1982-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 2 | Title I: Extension of Defense Production Act of 1950 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend it through FY 1983. Title II: Contracts for Improved Defense Preparedness - Defense Production Act Amendments of 1982 (Defense Preparedness) - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to permit the President to make contracts for purchases or to encourage the mining of critical and strategic minerals, metals, and materials. Limits such a contract to a $500,000,000 maximum unless the Armed Services Committees are given 30 days notice and neither House adopts a resolution of disapproval. Requires such contracts to give the President the right to refuse delivery and to pay only the amount by which the contract price exceeds the market price at time of delivery. Directs the President to report to Congress at least once a year on the gross amounts of each such transaction. Makes funds available from specified appropriations for such contracts. Directs the President to minimize the financial risk and commitment to the Federal Government when making loan guarantees, loans to private enterprises, and development contracts. Requires the President to report to Congress not later than January 31 of each year concerning the operation of these provisions. | 2025-08-29T19:51:51Z | |
| 97-hr-7188 | 97 | hr | 7188 | Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-24 | 1982-09-24 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-42] | CA | R | H000981 | 66 | Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act - Directs the head of a designated agency to make monthly payments to the surviving spouse of a veteran in the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the head of a designated agency to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to certain children between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning. Limits eligibility for such payments to children of veterans who died on active duty before August 13, 1981, or from a service-connected disability. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the designated agency head with information necessary to carry out this Act. Sets forth provisions determining time and percentage of increases in benefits, including a requirement that all payments be rounded down to the next lower multiple of $1. Directs the Secretary of Defense during FY 1983 to transfer funds from the Retired Pay, Defense account to whomever is chosen to administer this program. Requires such head to establish an account in his or her agency to receive such payments. Permits such head and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to combine specified payments into a single monthly payment. | 2025-08-29T19:50:13Z | |
| 97-s-2943 | 97 | s | 2943 | Strategic and Critical Minerals Inventory Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-23 | 1982-09-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] | CO | D | H000287 | 0 | Strategic and Critical Minerals Inventory Act of 1982 - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to report to Congress within 180 days on the National Defense Stockpile. Requires such report to include: (1) an inventory of minerals contained; (2) a list of minerals and where they come from or are produced; (3) the location of reserves of each mineral necessary during a national emergency; and (4) an analysis of the consequences to the United States if the foreign supply of any strategic mineral were cut off. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T19:51:51Z | |
| 97-s-2951 | 97 | s | 2951 | Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1983 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-23 | 1982-09-23 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 849. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 0 | Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1983 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Retired Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for retired military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, including the reserves. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense agencies, including their respective stock funds, reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, claims against the Department of Defense, and the Court of Military Appeals. Title IV: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other equipment and materials. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Navy of aircraft and weapons, for conversion and shipbuilding of vessels (including SSN-688 submarines), and for other equipment and materials. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and other equipment and materials. Appropriates funds for procurement by the reserve components and the National Guard. Appropriates funds for procurement by defense agencies. Title V: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for research, development, tests, and evaluation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Director of Defense Test and Evaluation. Title VI: Special Foreign Currency Program - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for excess payments in foreign currencies for expenses in carrying out the programs of the Department of Defense. Title VII: General Provisions -… | 2025-08-29T19:51:51Z | |
| 97-hconres-411 | 97 | hconres | 411 | A concurrent resolution urging the President to declassify certain intelligence information in order to bring to the attention of the American people the extent of the military capabilities of the Soviet Union. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-22 | 1982-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems. | House | Rep. Badham, Robert E. [R-CA-40] | CA | R | B000024 | 41 | Urges the President to declassify and publicize to the American people existing intelligence information on the military threat to the United States and its allies posed by the Soviet Union. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-7166 | 97 | hr | 7166 | Uniformed Services Pay Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-22 | 1982-09-29 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 928. | House | Rep. Nichols, Bill [D-AL-3] | AL | D | N000095 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Uniformed Services Pay Act of 1982 - Title I: Compensation Issues - States that the required adjustment in military pay, commensurate with adjustments made for Federal civilian employees, shall not be made. Increases the pay of the uniformed services by four percent in FY 1983. Includes time spent as an enlisted member as well as a warrant officer in computing the basic pay of certain commissioned officers. Extends through FY 1987 enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for the armed forces. Freezes certain travel allowances for dependents and for transportation of baggage and household effects during FY 1983. Authorizes hazardous duty pay for persons involved in testing aircraft or missile systems during which highly toxic fuels or propellants are used. Revises eligibility criteria for certain members' separation pay. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to permit members or former members who would have been eligible to participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan but for the fact that they were under 60 years of age to do so. Extends eligibility for a minimum income to widows who were widowed as of a specified date. Modifies the Reserve Officer Training Corps' Scholarship Program to extend eligibility to students whose approved program includes a fifth academic year. Extends eligibility for a subsistence allowance to members of precommissioning programs from 20 to 30 months. Requires as a condition of assistance for specially selected members as cadets or midshipmen that the Secretary concerned have the option of requiring reimbursement should the member fail to complete the educational requirements. Requires such members to accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer of one of the uniformed services and to serve in a reserve component for a specified period. Title II: Computation of Retired Pay - Requires that years of service for computing retired pay be determined by considering any full month of service as one-twelfth of a year, whether or not a mem… | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-7146 | 97 | hr | 7146 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for the disease of chloracne manifesting in veterans who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-21 | 1982-09-21 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000064 | 1 | Establishes a presumption of service-connection for wartime disability compensation purposes for the disease of chloracne manifest to a degree of at least ten percent in veterans serving in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-s-2936 | 97 | s | 2936 | Uniformed Services Pay Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-21 | 1982-09-21 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 830. | Senate | Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA] | IA | R | J000101 | 0 | Uniformed Services Pay Act of 1982 - Title I: Compensation Matters - Increases the pay of uniformed services by four percent for FY 1983. Extends through FY 1984 the authority for enlistment and reenlistment bonuses. Extends through FY 1984 special pay for aviation career officers extending their period of active duty. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report to Congress by July 1, 1983 on the payment of such special pay. Permits the payment of travel and transportation allowances for travel from overseas for education purposeds of dependent children of a member of the uniformed services permanently assigned outside the United States. Permits the advance payment of such allowances for escorts and attendants of dependents. Establishes a limit for FY 1983 for the reimbursement for accommodations in place of quarters for members on sea duty. Freezes specified allowances relating to transportation of dependents and household effects at FY 1981 levels. Places restrictions on the allowance for transportation of a motor vehicle from an old to a new duty station. Title II: Retired Pay Matters - Requires retired pay and survivor annuities to be rounded to the next lower dollar. Limits the applicability of the one year look-back provision for adjusting pensions to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Title III: Personnel Management Matters - Increases temporarily the number of general and flag officers on active duty during FY 1984. Transfers Public Health Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officers to the uniformed services. Extends the period during which certain accumulated leave may be used. Permits the Secretary concerned to waive the age requirements for original appointment as a commissioned officer. Increases from seven to ten the number of Assistant Secretaries of Defense. Makes one the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence. Title IV: Reserve Matters - Authorizes the Secretary concerned to extend the period of enlistment in the … | 2025-08-29T19:51:45Z | |
| 97-hres-592 | 97 | hres | 592 | A resolution for the purpose of urging the Secretary of the Department of Defense and the Administrator of the Veterans Administration to consider designating the Naval Regional Medical Center in Guam as a Joint-Military Facility both for active duty-retired military personnel and their dependents and for veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-16 | 1982-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities. | House | Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | W000686 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs should consider designating the Naval Regional Medical Center on Guam as a joint-medical facility for military personnel, dependents, and veterans. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-s-2913 | 97 | s | 2913 | Veterans Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-16 | 1982-09-24 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 10 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 6782 passed in lieu) Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases and Program Improvements - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Entitles veterans with service-connected total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but because of error did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Supersedes specified provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1982 concerning compensation. Title II: Amendments of Veterans' Education and Rehabilitation Programs - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans benefits counselor's at locations other than Veterans' Administration offices including schools. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Increases from $75 to $100 the maximum monthly deduction from a persons military pay for contribution to a matching fund for educational assistance. Provides for the transfer of funds from the Secretary of a military department to the Administrator for the administration of an educational assistance program. Repeals the ten year delimiting period for the use of educational assistance for veterans who are dishcarged or released from duty after December 31, 1979. Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator for educational assistance paid out after December … | 2025-08-29T19:51:51Z | |
| 97-hr-7109 | 97 | hr | 7109 | A bill to amend the Military Selective Service Act to provide that retired members of the Armed Forces may serve as members of local boards of the Selective Service System. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-15 | 1982-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Amends the Military Selective Service Act to permit a retired member of the armed forces to serve on a local board of the Selective Service System. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-7110 | 97 | hr | 7110 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for the disease of soft-tissue sarcoma manifesting in veterans who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-15 | 1982-09-24 | Executive Comment Requested from VA. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000064 | 2 | Establishes a presumption of service-connection for the disease of soft-tissue sarcoma manifest to a degree of ten percent or more in veterans who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. Renders such veterans and their dependents eligible for disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-hr-7115 | 97 | hr | 7115 | A bill to authorize the transfer of nine naval vessels to certain foreign governments. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-15 | 1982-10-15 | Became Public Law No: 97-342. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-23] | IL | D | P000522 | 3 | (Measure passed House, amended) Authorizes the sale of a U.S. naval vessel, an auxiliary drydock, to Ecuador. Authorizes the leasing of U.S. naval vessels as follows: (1) two patrol combatants to Colombia; (2) three fast patrol boats to the Dominican Republic; (3) one oceanographic research ship to Mexico; (4) one destroyer tender to Pakistan; and (5) one destroyer tender to Turkey. Excludes such leases from certain requirements of the Arms Export Control Act. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-s-2910 | 97 | s | 2910 | Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-15 | 1982-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 1 | Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1982 - Establishes a new educational assistance program for the all-volunteer force. Entitles veterans who are graduates of a secondary school and who have served in the armed forces on continuous active duty for at least three years to basic educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve who are graduates of secondary school and who have served at least two years of continuous active duty in the armed forces and at least four years of continuous duty in the Selected Reserve to basic educational assistance. Sets forth the formula for determining the length of such assistance based on the length of time served. Entitles such veterans to a monthly assistance allowance of $300 for a full-time approved program of education. Permits the Secretary concerned to establish a higher rate of assistance for individuals possessing a skill or specialty designated as being in critical shortage. Permits enrollment, if eligible, in a program of education while an individual continues to perform his duties. Permits a member of the armed forces who is eligible for such assistance and who reenlists or, if an officer, agrees to remain on active duty for a specified period to elect to receive a lump-sum amount in lieu of such assistance. Limits such amount to not more than 25 percent of the value of the educational assistance to which the member would otherwise be entitled. Entitles veterans who have served three or more consecutive years of active duty in addition to those required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve who have served two or more consecutive years of active duty and four or more consecutive years of duty in the reserves in addition to that required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles such veterans to a monthly supplemental assistance allowance of $300 a month. Permits the provision of assistance at a higher rate an individual entitle… | 2025-08-29T19:51:45Z | |
| 97-hr-7097 | 97 | hr | 7097 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to include chiropractic care in the health care that may be provided to members and certain former members of the uniformed services and their dependents and to authorize chiropractors to be appointed as commissioned officers in the Armed Forces to provide such chiropractic care. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-14 | 1982-09-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] | WI | D | A000224 | 32 | Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services to entitle members, former members, and dependents of members of the uniformed services to chiropractic care. Permits the appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers in the Medical Service Corps. Entitles such officers to the same special pay received by dental officers. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-s-2906 | 97 | s | 2906 | National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund Reorganization Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-14 | 1982-09-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] | NH | R | H000951 | 0 | National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund Reorganization Act of 1982 - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to exclude budget authority and revenues of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund from the Federal budget. Eliminates the requirement that the Armed Services Committees be given 30 days notice of any changes in the quantity of any material to be stockpiled. Eliminates the requirement that certain expenditures for and disposals from the stockpile must be specifically authorized. Permits the President to dispose of materials as he determines necessary. Permits the President to waive the requirement that dispositions be made by competitive procedures without giving the Armed Services Committees 30 days notice of such intent. Eliminates the requirement that the President report to the Armed Services Committees whenever he exercises his disposal authority. Eliminates the President's biannual and annual reports to Congress concerning the operation of the stockpile. | 2025-08-29T19:51:45Z | |
| 97-s-2897 | 97 | s | 2897 | Unemployed Veterans Job Search Training Experimental Program Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-10 | 1982-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 0 | Unemployed Veterans' Job Search Training Experimental Program Act of 1982 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to establish an experimental program of job search training to improve the job search abilities of unemployed veterans. States that such program shall consist of training seminars at Veterans Administration facilities in various regions of the United States. Requires the seminars to identify the job qualifications of veterans, identify potential employers, prepare resumes and provide individual counseling sessions with each veteran. Directs the Assistant Secretary to contract with professional employment counselors to conduct such seminars. Requires a representative of the Veterans Administration to participate in their administration and presentation. Directs the Assistant Secretary to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees within a specified period on the effectiveness of such program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T19:51:51Z | |
| 97-s-2898 | 97 | s | 2898 | Critical Materials Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-10 | 1982-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] | NV | D | C000120 | 0 | Critical Materials Act of 1982 - Establishes a Council on Critical Materials under the Executive Office of the President to: (1) advise the President on national policy concerning critical materials; (2) coordinate Federal policies and activities concerning such materials; (3) evaluate Government activities according to the policy and directions provided under the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980; and (4) oversee and coordinate materials research and development programs of Federal entities. Sets forth duties of the Council's executive director which include: (1) cataloging materials research and development activities of public and private institutions; (2) evaluating the critical materials needs of basic industry and the Government; (3) initiating studies to resolve national critical materials problems; (4) issuing a biennial report providing a domestic inventory of critical resources with projections on the needs for such resources; and (5) recommending necessary changes in policies, regulations, and legislation to Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T19:51:46Z | |
| 97-hr-7084 | 97 | hr | 7084 | National Strategic Materials and Minerals Assessment Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Mines and Mining. | House | Rep. Kogovsek, Ray [D-CO-3] | CO | D | K000304 | 0 | National Strategic Materials and Minerals Assessment Act of 1982 - Transfers the uranium resource assessment program from the Department of Energy to the Department of the Interior. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a national strategic minerals and materials assessment program within the Department, utilizing the framework and personnel of the uranium program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) coordinate and evaluate the activities of the Federal Government; (2) classify the areas of potential strategic material and mineral deposits on public lands; (3) periodically review strategic materials and minerals issues; and (4) establish an early warning system to monitor supply and demand for such materials and minerals. Directs the Secretary to continually assess the materials and minerals on public lands in a manner not injurious to the habitat. States that nothing in this Act preempts any provision of the Wilderness Act or the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act except that the Secretary may initiate strategic materials and minerals assessments on public lands withdrawn from mineral entry to the extent such assessments can be accomplished with minimal surface disturbance. | 2025-08-29T19:50:06Z | |
| 97-s-2875 | 97 | s | 2875 | Air Force Family Housing Build-Lease Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-20 | 1982-08-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 1 | Air Force Family Housing Build - Lease Act of 1982 - Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to lease housing facilities for assignment without charge to specified members of the armed forces. Limits such leases as to length, number, number of locations, and per unit monthly cost. Requires the Secretary to give the Armed Services Committee 21 days notice of any such contract. | 2025-08-29T19:51:45Z | |
| 97-sres-456 | 97 | sres | 456 | A resolution opposing plans for nuclear war fighting. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-20 | 1982-08-20 | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should not wage a nuclear war. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 97-hr-7049 | 97 | hr | 7049 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into certain contracts for the lease of family housing facilities for assignment to members of the Armed Forces. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-19 | 1982-09-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 1 | Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to lease housing facilities for assignment without charge to specified members of the armed forces. Limits such leases as to length, number, number of locations, and per unit monthly cost. Requires the Secretary to give the Armed Services Committees 21 days notice of any such contract. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hres-577 | 97 | hres | 577 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should request levels of funding for national defense in his budget requests for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 that are not in excess of the target levels for defense spending for those fiscal years adopted by Congress in the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1983. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-19 | 1982-09-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 14 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should request funding levels for national defense for FY 1984 and 1985 not in excess of the levels targeted in the first concurrent budget resolution for FY 1983, S. Con. Res. 92. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-7010 | 97 | hr | 7010 | Foreign Surveillance Prevention Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-18 | 1982-08-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. LeBoutillier, John [R-NY-6] | NY | R | L000547 | 9 | Foreign Surveillance Prevention Act of 1982 - Directs the President, whenever the President has reason to believe that any individual covered by diplomatic immunity is willfully engaging in electronic surveillance on behalf of a foreign power in the United States, to inform specified congressional committees and, unless it would seriously compromise U.S. intelligence gathering sources, to: (1) inform those persons reasonably believed to be targets of such surveillance; (2) inform the foreign power and demand that such surveillance cease; and (3) declare the individual persona non grata in the United States if the surveillance does not cease within 30 days and demand that that person leave the United States. | 2025-08-29T19:50:06Z | |
| 97-hr-6997 | 97 | hr | 6997 | A bill to transfer control of Pershing Hall to the Pershing Hall Memorial Building Foundation. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-17 | 1982-09-10 | Executive Comment Requested from State. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 0 | Transfers the administration of Pershing Hall, Paris, France, from the American Legion to the Pershing Hall Memorial Building Foundation, a nonprofit foundation. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-hr-6991 | 97 | hr | 6991 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize an alternative to the conventional construction of military family housing within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-13 | 1982-10-01 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD. | House | Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | S000762 | 0 | Permits the Secretary of Defense to lease rather than construct specifically authorized family housing projects within the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Requires that the Armed Services Committees be given 30 days notice of any lease in excess of $250,000 annual rental. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-s-2834 | 97 | s | 2834 | To amend Title 10 of the United States Code to allow the Secretary concerned to take into consideration various factors in determining the amount of space in military medical facilities programmed for retired members, their dependents and dependents of deceased members of the uniformed services. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-12 | 1982-08-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] | FL | D | C000356 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to consider cost effectiveness when programming space for inpatient and outpatient care in medical facilities to cover the needs of retired members, their dependents, and the dependents of deceased members of the uniformed services. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 97-hr-6968 | 97 | hr | 6968 | Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1983 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-11 | 1982-10-15 | Became Public Law No: 97-323. | House | Rep. Ginn, Bo [D-GA-1] | GA | D | G000226 | 0 | (House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with an amendment) Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for military construction for FY 1983 for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) defense agencies; (5) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure; (6) the Army and Air National Guards; (7) the Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves; (8) family housing for all branches and defense agencies; and (9) the Homeowners Assistance Fund. Makes prior year construction appropriations available for construction projects currently authorized. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts for work without prior approval by the Secretary of Defense. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the construction or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or drycleaning facility without prior certification by the Secretary. Permits the use of appropriations for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. Permits the advancement of appropriations to the Federal Highway Administration for the construction of access roads to projects certified by the Secretary as important to the national defense. Prohibits the expenditure of appropriations for: (1) new bases not specifically indicated; (2) the purchase of land or land interests in excess of their determined value; and (3) military family housing not otherwise provided for. Authorizes the Navy to: (1) construct and operate a refuse derived fuel-fired electric power generating plant; and (2) contract for fuel supplies at the Norfolk Naval Ship Yard. Prohibits the use of funds for the sale, lease, or rental of any portion of Fort De Russy, Honolulu, Hawaii. Prohibits the use of minor construction funds to transfer or relocate any activity from one base to another without prior notification of the House Committee on Appropriations. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 97-hr-6954 | 97 | hr | 6954 | Joint Chiefs of Staff Reorganization Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-10 | 1982-08-17 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 7 | Joint Chiefs of Staff Reorganization Act of 1982 - Permits a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to submit dissenting military opinions to the Secretary of Defense and then to the President. Permits the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide the Secretary and, when appropriate, the President with military advice in his own right. Establishes the position of Deputy Chairman to be appointed by the President and to be a member of a different armed force from the Chairman's. Requires the Deputy Chairman to perform the duties of the Chairman when absent but prohibits the Deputy from exercising military command over the Joint Chiefs or any of the armed forces. Directs the Chairman to select the Joint Staff from a list of officers submitted by each armed force. Fixes the period of assignment to the Joint Staff at three years during peacetime, unlimited during time of war. States that such members serve at the discretion of the Secretary rather than that of the Chairman and that their tenure may be extended for an additional term. Permits up to 100 selected officers to be recalled to Joint Staff duty in less than three years. Provides each officer serving as a chief of service or as a commander of a unified or specified command with an opportunity to provide formal comments on any report or recommendation from the Joint Staff to the Joint Chiefs. Makes the Secretary responsible for the operation of the Joint Staff so as to provide unified strategic direction of the combatant forces. Establishes in the Department of Defense a Senior Strategy Advisory Board to provide the President, the Secretary, and the Joint Chiefs with advice on matters of military strategy and tactics. | 2025-08-29T19:50:06Z | |
| 97-hr-6963 | 97 | hr | 6963 | A bill to redesignate the building known as the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the "T. Overton Brooks Memorial Veterans' Administration Medical Center". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-10 | 1982-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Roemer, Buddy [D-LA-4] | LA | D | R000384 | 7 | Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the T. Overton Brooks Memorial Veterans Administration Medical Center. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-sres-444 | 97 | sres | 444 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that President Reagan should submit to the United States Senate a clear and comprehensive report on the Administration's policy for minimizing the risk of nuclear war. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-09 | 1982-08-09 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 24 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should submit a comprehensive review of the nation's nuclear weapons policies to Congress at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 1, 1982. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-s-2812 | 97 | s | 2812 | National Security Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-05 | 1982-08-05 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 741. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 0 | National Security Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983 - Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 to the Department of Energy for operating expenses incurred in carrying out national security programs, including scientific research and development, strategic and critical materials necessary for common defense, military applications of nuclear energy, and additional authorizations for specific projects. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act, without notice to Congress, 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 funds authorized by this Act, without notice to Congress, for programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, Congress. Allows the use of such funds after 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 where such waiver is approved in writing by each appropriate committee of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to start any general plant project only if the maximum estimated cost of such project does not exceed $1,000,000. Sets forth procedures for approval of construction projects that exceed their authorization or their estimated cost by over 25 percent, and exempts from such procedures any project which has an estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Allows the transfer of funds from specified projects to other Government agencies for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made. Authorizes the Secretary to perform construction design services for construction projects in support of national security programs as appropriated under this Act. Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriate committees of Congress in writing of specific cost overruns. Limits th… | 2025-08-29T19:51:45Z | |
| 97-hr-6922 | 97 | hr | 6922 | A bill to amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation to increase the term of service in the armed forces under their jurisdiction and to pay bonuses for enlistment and reenlistment in the reserve components. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-04 | 1982-08-04 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] | FL | D | B000371 | 0 | Authorizes the extension of the term of service in both the reserves and the armed forces from six to eight years. Permits the payment of enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6915 | 97 | hr | 6915 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to clarify the time limitations for the completion by veterans of a program of education, and to include alcohol and drug dependence or abuse as medical conditions for purposes of determining the eligibility of veterans for readjustment and related benefits. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-08-03 | 1982-08-03 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | B000619 | 5 | Requires the extension of the delimiting period for educational assistance to veterans for on-job training or for a course with an approved vocational objective unless the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs determines that the veteran is not in need of such a program to obtain a reasonably stable employment situation. Extends the availability of such assistance through December 31, 1984. Extends the delimiting period for veterans prevented from initiating or completing a program of education because of an alcohol or drug dependence from which such veteran has recovered. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-s-2778 | 97 | s | 2778 | Veterans Diagnostic Services Experiment Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-27 | 1982-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 0 | Veterans' Diagnostic Services Experiment Act of 1982 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish an experimental program to determine the economic and functional feasibility of furnishing diagnostic health-care services to eligible veterans in a remote area. States that such program shall run from January 1, 1983, through January 1, 1986. Requires the Administrator to enter into a contract with a health-care facility in Aroostook County, Maine, to serve as a diagnostic clinic. Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to advise him on operating procedures and requirements. Directs such committee to report to the Administrator annually. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees by July 1, 1985, on the operation of the program. | 2025-08-29T19:51:45Z | |
| 97-sjres-220 | 97 | sjres | 220 | A joint resolution to authorize the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia to honor and commemorate members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in the Korean War. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-27 | 1982-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000556 | 41 | Authorizes the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor and commemoration of members of the armed forces who served in the Korean War. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commisson of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial. | 2025-01-14T17:21:40Z | |
| 97-hr-6853 | 97 | hr | 6853 | A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to codify certain offenses regarding military service, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-23 | 1982-08-16 | Executive Comment Requested from Selective Service Comm, Justice, DOD. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 0 | Amends the Federal criminal code to establish the offense of "avoidance of or fraud with respect to military service." Makes it a criminal offense to fail to: (1) register; (2) report for and submit to induction; (3) report for alternative service; or (4) report for a physical examination. Establishes fines ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 and imprisonment from 30 days to five years, depending on whether the country is in a state of war or persons are being inducted into military service. Provides as a defense to a prosecution for violation of this Act (except its fraud provisions) that such violation was the result of a bona fide religious belief. Establishes penalties for anyone who knowingly uses fraud with intent to interfere with the military or alternative service obligation of another. Provides for extraterritorial jurisdiction. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 97-hr-6828 | 97 | hr | 6828 | Joint Chiefs of Staff Reorganization Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-21 | 1982-08-10 | Clean Bill H.R.6954 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu. | House | Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16] | TX | D | W000390 | 0 | Joint Chiefs of Staff Reorganization Act of 1982 - Permits a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to submit dissenting military opinions to the Secretary of Defense and then to the President. Permits the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide the Secretary and, when appropriate, the President with military advice in his own right. Establishes the position of Deputy Chairman to be appointed by the President and to be a member of a different armed force from the Chairman's. Requires the Deputy Chairman to perform the duties of the Chairman when absent but prohibits the Deputy from exercising military command over the Joint Chiefs or any of the armed forces. Fixes the period of assignment to the Joint Staff at three years peacetime, and unlimited during time of war. States that such members serve at the discretion of the Secretary rather than that of the Chairman. Increases from 30 to 100 the number of officers that may be recalled to Joint Staff duty in less than three years. Provides each officer serving as a chief of service or as a commander of a unified or specified command with an opportunity to provide formal comments on any report or recommendation from the Joint Staff to the Joint Chiefs. Makes the Secretary responsible for the operation of the Joint Staff so as to provide unified strategic direction of the combatant forces. | 2025-08-29T19:50:01Z | |
| 97-s-2760 | 97 | s | 2760 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide payments in lieu of certain social security benefits eliminated by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 in the case of survivors of veterans dying of any service-connected disability incurred before September 1, 1981. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-21 | 1982-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 1 | Increases the monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to the surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected or compensable disability by the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the Administrator to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to children of such deceased veterans between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 97-hr-6794 | 97 | hr | 6794 | Veterans' Employment and Education Assistance Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-20 | 1982-09-24 | Provisions of this Measure Incorporated into H.R.6782. | House | Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] | PA | D | E000043 | 34 | (Measure passed House, amended) Veterans' Employment and Education Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Employment Assistance - Extends eligibility for the unemployment and training of disabled and Vietnam-era veterans' programs to include a veteran rated at any level of disability, rather than only those rated 30 percent or more disabled. Continues the 30 percent or more disabled requirement for purposes of giving preference in employment as veterans' benefits counselors and veterans' claims examiners. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to promulgate regulations to administer such program. Requires that eligible veterans and persons be given priority in the provision of employment and training services. Makes officials within the Department of Labor who help administer this program responsible to the Assistant Secretary. Changes the position of State veterans' employment representative to that of State director for Veterans' Employment Assigns to each regional office of the Assistant Secretary a regional director for veterans' employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other specified duties. Requires that funds used to assist States in administering the disabled veterans' outreach program be specifically set forth in appropriation Acts. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veteran… | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-hr-6782 | 97 | hr | 6782 | Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-19 | 1982-10-14 | Became Public Law No: 97-306. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 35 | (House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments) Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases and Program Improvements - Part A: Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 to repeal an earlier rate adjustment. Part B: Program Improvements - Entitles veterans with service-connected, total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly disability compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Entitles to an increased rate of monthly compensation veterans with service-connected anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or a foot. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Includes within the term "active duty for training" annual training duty performed by a member of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program as ordered for field training or a practice cruise. Title II: Educational Assistance - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans benefits counselors at locations other than Veterans' Administration offices. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment. Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training. Permits enrollment of veterans in a farm cooperative training course. Limits the educational assistance a… | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-hr-6788 | 97 | hr | 6788 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the period for which an employer is required to grant an employee who is a member of the National Guard or Reserve a leave of absence in order to allow the employee to perform required active duty for training. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-19 | 1982-09-15 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 30 | States that an employer of a member of a Reserve or National Guard component is not required to grant a leave of absence to such employee to perform active duty for training or inactive duty training in the armed forces for a total of more than 365 days within any 36 month period. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 97-s-2747 | 97 | s | 2747 | Veterans Education and Employment Amendments of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-16 | 1982-08-19 | Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 2913 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 1 | Veterans' Education and Employment Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Veterans Rehabilitation and Education - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account, a matching fund, to receive and disburse funds for the education assistance program sponsored by each of the military departments. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans' benefits counselors at locations other than Veterans Administration offices. Repeals the veterans' representatives program. Reduces from ten years to six years the delimiting period for the use of educational assistance for veterans who are discharged or released from duty after December 31, 1979. Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator for educational assistance paid out after December 31, 1989. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment. Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training. Prohibits the payment of anything but a books and supplies allowance for non-tuition courses taken by veterans in a penal institution. Lessens the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Title II: Veterans Employment - Requires that priority in jobs training programs be given to disabled, Vietnam era, and recently separated veterans. Changes the position of State Veterans' Employment Representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, an… | 2025-08-29T19:51:45Z | |
| 97-sconres-112 | 97 | sconres | 112 | A concurrent resolution relating to a meeting of the Interallied Confederation of Rescue Officers. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-16 | 1982-07-16 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Welcomes the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers to the United States for its 35th Congress. Commends the joint effort of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States and the Department of Defense in hosting such Congress. Urges all Government agencies to cooperate with and assist the Confederation in carrying out its activities. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6770 | 97 | hr | 6770 | A bill to confer posthumously upon Colonel Charles E. Young the commission of brigadier general in the United States Army. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-15 | 1982-07-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-8] | CA | D | D000222 | 0 | Authorizes the President to issue a posthumous commission of brigadier general to Colonel Charles E. Young, U.S. Army. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6757 | 97 | hr | 6757 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Department of Defense from entering into contracts for the design of naval vessels in foreign countries. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-14 | 1982-07-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 0 | Requires that the design work on naval vessels be carried out in the United States. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hconres-371 | 97 | hconres | 371 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a Government contractor that has been convicted of illegally failing to disclose payments of commissions to overseas agents should not be awarded any Department of Defense contracts for a period of one year. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-13 | 1982-07-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations. | House | Rep. Badham, Robert E. [R-CA-40] | CA | R | B000024 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that corporations convicted during calendar year 1982 of failing to disclose payments of commissions to overseas agents should be debarred from any defense contracts for one year. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hconres-374 | 97 | hconres | 374 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should make no further awards of implementation of contracts pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 until October 1, 1983. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-13 | 1982-07-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Readiness. | House | Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] | NJ | D | H000840 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense, for the remainder of FY 1983, should not award contracts or conduct cost studies pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for the performance by contractors of commercial and industrial-type functions of the Department. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-s-2709 | 97 | s | 2709 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to correct a technical error with respect to entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-07-01 | 1982-08-19 | Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 2913 ordered to be reported. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 0 | Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but did not receive service-connected disability compensation and who should have been but were not rated totally disabled. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 97-sjres-207 | 97 | sjres | 207 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate the week of August 1, 1982, through August 7, 1982 as "National Purple Heart Week". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-29 | 1982-07-28 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 51 | Requests the President to designate the week of August 1, through 7, 1982, as National Purple Heart Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6696 | 97 | hr | 6696 | Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-24 | 1982-06-24 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-8] | CA | D | D000222 | 14 | Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for the military functions of the Department of Defense for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, other weapons, ammunition, and other procurement. Earmarks a portion of the Air Force funds for the United States FY 1983 share of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations's (NATO) cost of acquiring the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Permits the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ministeries of Defense concerning the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Program, to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by other than AWACS personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges during FY 1983. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) the MX missile program; (2) the B-1B bomber program; (3) the CVN nuclear aircraft carrier program; (4) the Pershing II missile program; (5) the Tomahawk sea-launched cruise missile program; or (6) the ground-launched cruise missile program. Prohibits the use of appropriations to purchase binary chemical weapons. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the construction or conversion of naval vessels in foreign shipyards. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the 9-millimeter handgun. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for the military functions of the Department for research, development, test, and evaluation. Authorizes additional appropriations as necessary for increases in salary and benefits for civilian employees. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) the MX missile program; (2) the B-1B bomber program; (3) the Trident II missile program; (4) the Pershing II missile program; or (5) the ballistic missile defense program. Prohibits the use of appropriations for research, devel… | 2025-08-29T19:49:57Z | |
| 97-hjres-518 | 97 | hjres | 518 | A joint resolution to designate the week commencing with the fourth Monday in June 1982 as "National NCO/Petty Officer Week". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-23 | 1982-06-30 | Became Public Law No: 97-210. | House | Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2] | SC | R | S000718 | 225 | (Measure passed House) Designates the week commencing the fourth Monday in June 1982 as National NCO/Petty Officer Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-523 | 97 | hjres | 523 | A joint resolution to authorize the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in the Korean war. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-23 | 1982-06-23 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 59 | Authorizes the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of members of the armed forces who served in the Korean war. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commisson of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial. | 2024-02-07T11:39:48Z | |
| 97-hjres-526 | 97 | hjres | 526 | A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the week of August 1, 1982 through August 7, 1982 as "National Purple Heart Week". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-23 | 1982-08-02 | Became Public Law No: 97-228. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | S000675 | 230 | Requests the President to designate the week of August 1 through August 7, 1982, as National Purple Heart Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-s-2667 | 97 | s | 2667 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the quality of care for veterans in medical facilities operated by the Veterans' Administration by insuring the provision of such care and necessary related services by Federal employees. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-23 | 1982-06-29 | Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Requires that all activities carried out at a medical facility under the direct jurisdiction of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs be performed by Federal employees, except as specified. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 97-hr-6649 | 97 | hr | 6649 | A bill to provide for the disposal of silver from the National Defense Stockpile through the issuance of silver coins. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-22 | 1982-07-12 | Executive Comment Requested from FEMA, Interior. | House | Rep. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID-1] | ID | R | C000858 | 3 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins of the United States in two specified series in quantities necessary to meet public demand. Directs the Secretary to sell such coins directly to the public and to numismatic coin dealers and retailers for resale to the public at not less than the fair market value of their silver content on the day before the sale, plus the costs of minting, distributing, promoting, and marketing the coins. Requires deposit of the net proceeds of such sales in the National Defense Stockpile transaction fund after the deduction of costs incurred by the Secretary. Limits the aggregate amount of silver in the National Defense Stockpile which may be used to mint the two specified coin series. Declares that disposals of silver from the National Defense Stockpile shall be conducted during calendar years 1983, 1984, and 1985. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6652 | 97 | hr | 6652 | A bill to adjust the rates of pay for certain Army Corps of Engineers power employees to insure comparability with rates of pay for certain other Federal employees in the region performing similar work. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-22 | 1982-07-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits. | House | Rep. Morrison, Sid [R-WA-4] | WA | R | M000999 | 3 | Requires that prevailing wage rate employees, paid under the Army Corps of Engineers special power rate schedule, be paid during FY 1982 the greater of either: (1) the wages resulting from the wage survey for FY 1982 as restricted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981; or (2) the highest regular wages paid on June 1, 1982, to prevailing wage rate employees of the Bureau of Reclamation who perform similar work on hydroelectric plants in the same area as specified under this Act. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hres-512 | 97 | hres | 512 | A resolution directing the Secretary of Defense to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to procurement of the C-5B aircraft. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-22 | 1982-08-03 | Laid on Table in House by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] | WA | D | D000327 | 10 | Directs the Secretary of Defense to furnish the House of Representatives, within ten days of this resolution's adoption, with full and complete information and records in any way relating to the procurement of the C-5B aircraft. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-s-2656 | 97 | s | 2656 | A bill to direct the President to provide for the award of the Purple Heart to prisoners of war held during World War I, World War II, and the Korean conflict under the same criteria applicable to prisoners of war held during the Vietnam era. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-22 | 1982-06-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 0 | Directs the President to award the Purple Heart to any individual wounded or killed while held as a prisoner of war during World War I, World War II, or the Korean conflict. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 97-hjres-515 | 97 | hjres | 515 | A joint resolution designating July 1, 1982, as "Camp Smith Centennial Day". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-21 | 1982-06-21 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | F000141 | 0 | Designates July 1, 1982, as Camp Smith Centennial Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-s-2645 | 97 | s | 2645 | Military Construction Codification Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-17 | 1982-06-30 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Military Construction Codification Act - Codifies provisions concerning military construction and military family housing. Permits the expenditure of funds for planning and administration within the authority to construct or convert any Reserve facility. Permits the advance of public moneys for such purpose. Permits permanent or temporary improvements on lands to which title is not yet approved and on lands which are held temporarily. Increases from $175,000 to $200,000 the ceiling on Reserve facilities requiring notification of the appropriate congressional committees. Reduces the period of notification from 30 to 21 days. Expands the exemption from such requirements to include projects whose location, purpose, scope, and cost remain the same or within prescribed limits as when authorized. Requires annual authorization of appropriations for military construction of Reserve facilities, architectural and engineering services and construction design for all military constuction projects, and advances for the construction of defense access roads. Expands the authority to acquire real property to include authority to make surveys and acquire interests through gift, purchase, or exchange. Limits the amount of increase in cost for land acquisition for unusual, unanticipated variations in cost or reduction in scope of the project. Permits an exemption with the approval of the congressional committees after 21 days notice or upon receipt of approval. Codifies other permanent provisions of law concerning the use and development of energy resources on military lands. | 2025-08-29T19:51:39Z | |
| 97-hr-6593 | 97 | hr | 6593 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to restore veterans burial benefits terminated by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-15 | 1982-06-15 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | D000592 | 39 | Extends burial benefits to specified veterans with service-connected disabilities (formerly provided through October 1, 1981). | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-hjres-508 | 97 | hjres | 508 | A joint resolution to provide for the complete, orderly withdrawal of American military forces, and our nuclear protection, from Europe and Japan. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-09 | 1982-06-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22] | TX | R | P000583 | 0 | Directs the President to begin immediately a phased withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Europe and Japan. Requires such military withdrawal to be completed within four years. Provides that eight years after enactment of this resolution American nuclear forces will not be extended to protect Western Europe, Japan, or any other foreign country. | 2025-01-23T13:18:47Z | |
| 97-hr-6547 | 97 | hr | 6547 | A bill to prohibit the transfer of the Naval Reserve training vessel U.S.S. Cone to another nation. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-09 | 1982-08-04 | Tabled by Committee. | House | Rep. Hartnett, Thomas F. [R-SC-1] | SC | R | H000302 | 0 | Prohibits the transfer of the naval vessel United States ship Cone (DD 866) to another nation. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6557 | 97 | hr | 6557 | A bill to provide for a Veterans' Administration hospital in the West Palm Beach area of Palm Beach County, Florida. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-09 | 1982-06-09 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-11] | FL | D | M000688 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to construct a Veterans Administration hospital in the West Palm Beach area of Palm Beach County, Florida. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-s-2609 | 97 | s | 2609 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of direct loans to eligible veterans for the purchase of residential property on which the Administrator of Veterans Affairs has foreclosed after default on loans guaranteed by the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-08 | 1982-06-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] | MT | D | M000635 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make loans to eligible veterans for the purchase of residential property on which the Administrator has foreclosed after default on loans guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 97-hr-6540 | 97 | hr | 6540 | A bill authorizing veterans' benefits for persons who served in the Local Security Patrol Force of Guam during World War II. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-07 | 1982-06-07 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | W000686 | 0 | Entitles persons who served in the Local Security Patrol Force of Guam during World War II to veterans' benefits. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-hr-6527 | 97 | hr | 6527 | Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-06-02 | 1982-06-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 87 | Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act -- Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to certain children between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning. Limits eligibility for such payments to children of veterans who died on active duty or from a service-connected disability. Directs the Secretary to make a lump-sum payment to persons who would have been entitled to such payments one month before the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to make monthly payments to the surviving spouse of such a veteran in the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the Secretary to make a lump-sum payment to persons who would have been entitled to such payments one month before the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary concerned to notify each member of the armed forces that their dependents will be ineligible for such benefits should the member die after the applicable date, in no case later than August 13, 1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the Secretary concerned with information necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:49:57Z | |
| 97-hr-6507 | 97 | hr | 6507 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the applicability with respect to State governments of the section providing for veterans' employment emphasis under Federal contracts. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-27 | 1982-09-17 | Executive Comment Requested from Labor. | House | Rep. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Specifies which State officials should be considered the contracting party responsible for taking affirmative action to hire disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era under certain Federal procurement contracts. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-s-2585 | 97 | s | 2585 | Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-27 | 1982-05-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 52 | Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to certain children between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning. Limits eligibility for such payments to children of veterans who died on active duty or from a service-connected disability. Directs the Secretary to make a lump-sum payment to persons who would have been entitled to such payments one month before the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to make monthly payments to the surviving spouse of such veteran in the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the Secretary to make a lump-sum payment to persons who would have been entitled to such payments one month before the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary concerned to notify each member of the armed forces that his or her dependents will be ineligible for such benefits should the member die after the applicable date, in no case later than August 13, 1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the Secretary concerned with information necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:51:39Z | |
| 97-s-2586 | 97 | s | 2586 | Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-27 | 1982-10-15 | Became Public Law No: 97-321. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 97-880) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1983 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified locations in specified amounts. Permits construction of certain projects only out of savings accrued from other projects. Requires the Secretary of the Army to report to Congress on the source of funds for such projects before he may advertise for bids or negotiate a contract. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency construction. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing quarters, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1976 to increase the authorization level for housing at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982, to increase the authorization for the leasing of housing in foreign countries. Requires that the United States and West Germany come to a formal agreement concerning cost sharing arrangements for the master restationing plan before funds authorized for such plan may be obligated or expended. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects at specified locations in specified amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain projects only under the same conditions as those relating to the Secretary of the Army under title I of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accomplish minor construction projects in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land to construct family housing units at specified bases. Authorizes the Secretary to improve existing military family housing, subject to the conditions set forth in title I. Permits the Secretary to use seven housing units acquired from the U.S. Publ… | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 97-s-2598 | 97 | s | 2598 | A bill to provide for the disposal of silver from the National Defense Stockpile through the issuance of silver coins. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-27 | 1982-07-02 | Committee on Banking requested executive comment from Treasury Department; GSA. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 9 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins of the United States in two specified series in quantities necessary to meet public demand. Directs the Secretary to sell such coins directly to the public and to numismatic coin dealers and retailers for resale to the public at not less than the fair market value of their silver content on the day before the sale, plus the costs of minting, distributing, promoting, and marketing the coins. Requires deposit of the net proceeds of such sales in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund after the deduction of costs incurred by the Secretary. Limits the aggregate amount of silver in the National Defense Stockpile which may be used to mint the two specified coin series. Declares that disposals of silver from the National Defense Stockpile shall be conducted during calendar years 1983, 1984 and 1985. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 97-hr-6440 | 97 | hr | 6440 | Veterans Employment Assistance Act of 1982 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-20 | 1982-07-21 | Clean Bill H.R.6794 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu. | House | Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] | PA | D | E000043 | 0 | Veterans' Employment Assistance Act of 1982 - Extends eligibility for the employment and training of disabled and Vietnam-era veterans' programs to include a veteran rated at any level of disability, rather than only those rated 30 percent or more disabled. Continues the 30 percent or more disabled requirement for purposes of giving preference in employment as veterans' benefits counselors and veterans' claims examiners. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to promulgate regulations to administer such program. Requires that eligible veterans and persons be given priority in the provision of employment and training services. Makes officials within the Department of Labor who help administer this program responsible to the Assistant Secretary. Changes the position of State veterans' employment representative to that of State veterans' employment director. Assigns to each regional office of the Assistant Secretary a regional director for veterans' employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other specified duties. Requires that funds used to assist States in administering the disabled veterans' outreach program be specifically set forth in appropriation Acts. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists programs. Requires the Secretary's annual report to… | 2025-08-29T19:49:52Z | |
| 97-hr-6441 | 97 | hr | 6441 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend until December 31, 1984, the special provisions allowing Vietnam era veterans whose G.I. Bill educational assistance eligibility has otherwise expired to pursue programs of vocational or on-job training or a program of secondary education. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-20 | 1982-05-20 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] | PA | D | E000043 | 4 | Extends through December 31, 1984, the program allowing Vietnam-era veterans whose educational assistance eligibility has otherwise expired to pursue an apprenticeship, vocational training, or a program of secondary education. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-hr-6451 | 97 | hr | 6451 | Military Construction Codification Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-20 | 1982-07-12 | Became Public Law No: 97-214. | House | Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] | GA | D | B000839 | 13 | (Measure passed House, amended) Military Construction Codification Act - Codifies provisions concerning military construction and military family housing. Permits the expenditure of funds for planning and administration within the authority to construct or convert any Reserve facility. Permits the advance of public moneys for such purpose. Permits permanent or temporary improvements on lands to which title is not yet approved and on lands which are held temporarily. Increases from $175,000 to $200,000 the ceiling on Reserve facilities requiring notification of the appropriate congressional committees. Reduces the period of notification from 30 to 21 days. Expands the exemption from such requirements to include projects whose location, purpose, scope, and cost remain the same or within prescribed limits as when authorized. Requires annual authorization of appropriations for military construction of Reserve facilities, architectural and engineering services and construction design for all military constuction projects, and advances for the construction of defense access roads. Expands the authority to acquire real property to include authority to make surveys and acquire interests through gift, purchase, or exchange. Limits the amount of increase in cost for land acquisition for unusual, unanticipated variations in cost or reduction in scope of the project. Permits an exemption with the approval of the congressional committees after 21 days notice or upon receipt of approval. Codifies other permanent provisions of law concerning the use and development of energy resources on military lands. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6401 | 97 | hr | 6401 | A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to require the Administrator of Veterans' Administration to consider the number of veterans residing in each State, and the projected changes in the number of veterans residing in each State, in acquiring and operating medical facilities. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-18 | 1982-05-18 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-11] | FL | D | M000688 | 0 | Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to consider the current and projected number of veterans residing in each State when deciding where medical facilities should be constructed or acquired. Directs the Chief Medical Director at the end of each fiscal year to determine the current and projected number of veterans residing in each State. Requires the Director to report such information to the appropriate committees and to consider it when making recommendations for the apportionment of funds. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 97-s-2537 | 97 | s | 2537 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to consider the number of veterans residing in each State and projected changes in the number of veterans residing in each State in acquiring and operating medical facilities, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-18 | 1982-05-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] | FL | D | C000356 | 0 | Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to consider the current and projected number of veterans residing in each State when deciding where medical facilities should be constructed or acquired. Directs the Chief Medical Director at the end of each fiscal year to determine the current and projected number of veterans residing in each State. Requires the Director to report such information to the appropriate committees and to consider it when making recommendations for the apportionment of funds. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 97-hr-6368 | 97 | hr | 6368 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the delimiting period within which a Vietnam-era veteran may use educational assistance under chapter 34 of that title upon discharge or release from active duty from the present ten years to twenty years, but not later than December 31, 1999. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-05-13 | 1982-05-13 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 0 | Extends from 10 to 20 years the delimiting period within which a Vietnam-era veteran may use educational assistance. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z |
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