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| 98-s-3088 | 98 | s | 3088 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to assist eligible veterans to complete certain programs or courses after the delimiting date for educational assistance relating to such programs or courses. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-11 | 1984-10-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 1 | Extends educational assistance to an eligible veteran for as long as such veteran continues satisfactorily to pursue a program or course in which such veteran was enrolled on October 1, 1984. (Currently, all such assistance ends on December 31, 1984). | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-hr-6432 | 98 | hr | 6432 | A bill to improve and expand benefits for active duty military personnel and their dependents. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-10 | 1984-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Defense to use appropriated but unused Department of Defense funds for: (1) increased mileage reimbursement travel allowances; (2) travel lodging expenses; and (3) moving expenses. Limits the use of such funds for the above purposes to the lesser of 50 percent of such funds or $250,000,000. Increases the variable housing allowance for military personnel by lowering the trigger point for determining such allowance from 80 to 75 percent of the median monthly cost of housing in the United States for members of the uniformed services. Removes restrictions on dental care coverage for spouses and children of military personnel. Establishes in the Department of Defense an Office of Military Family Services to provide counseling and information services. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-6410 | 98 | hr | 6410 | A bill to improve and expand benefits for active duty military personnel and their dependents. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-05 | 1984-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Defense to use appropriated but unused Department of Defense funds for: (1) increased mileage reimbursement travel allowances; (2) travel lodging expenses; and (3) moving expenses. Limits the use of such funds for the above purposes to the lesser of 50 percent of such funds or $250,000,000. Increases the variable housing allowance for military personnel by lowering the trigger point for determining such allowance from 80 to 75 percent of the median monthly cost of housing in the United States for members of the uniformed services. Removes restrictions on dental care coverage for spouses and children of military personnel. Establishes in the Department of Defense an Office of Military Family Services to provide counseling and information services. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-s-3072 | 98 | s | 3072 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the forfeiture of proprietary rights to certain technical data by a debarred or suspended contractor of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-05 | 1984-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 0 | Provides that a defense contractor who contracts to supply a manufactured product and is later barred or suspended from performing the contract by reason of a conviction of any criminal offense committed in connection with a contract with the United States and involving an intent to defraud shall forfeit to the United States all proprietary rights in any technical data relating to the manufacture of such product. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 98-hr-6394 | 98 | hr | 6394 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to guarantee loans made to veterans for the purchase of residential units held by cooperative housing projects. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-04 | 1984-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000022 | 0 | Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to guarantee loans made to veterans for the purchase of residential units held by cooperative housing projects. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-6406 | 98 | hr | 6406 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide compensation to former prisoners of war of World War II and of the Korean conflict. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-04 | 1984-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 0 | Grants for compensation purposes a 60 percent service-connected disability rating for former prisoners of war who were detained 30 or more days in the Asian-Pacific Theater during World War II or in Korea during the Korean conflict, or who evaded capture in such theaters for at least 90 days. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-6381 | 98 | hr | 6381 | Uniformed Services Dental Officers Special Pay Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-03 | 1984-10-03 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4] | MD | R | H000747 | 0 | Uniformed Services Dental Officers Special Pay Act of 1984 - Revises both the amount of special pay to which a dental officer is entitled and the amount of time a dental officer must have served on active duty in a specified category to be entitled to special pay. Sets forth special pay provisions for dental officers undergoing residency training. Requires specified officers receiving additional special pay to agree to remain on active duty for at least one more year. Requires an officer breaking such agreement to refund a prorated amount. Permits the Secretary of the relevant military department to terminate such additional pay at will. | 2025-08-29T17:38:33Z | |
| 98-s-3054 | 98 | s | 3054 | A bill to amend section 2236 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the maximum contribution that may be made by the Federal government toward the cost of construction of an armory by any State. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-03 | 1984-10-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE] | NE | D | Z000013 | 0 | Increases from 75 to 90 percent of construction costs the maximum contribution the Federal Government may make toward the construction of a State's armory. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 98-hr-6362 | 98 | hr | 6362 | A bill to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Merced County, California. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-02 | 1984-10-02 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 1 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Merced County, California, on land which is donated by the Romero Ranch Company. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-s-3044 | 98 | s | 3044 | Department of Defense False Claims Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-02 | 1984-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL] | IL | R | P000222 | 0 | Department of Defense False Claims Act of 1984 - Provides an administrative remedy and increased civil penalties for defrauding or intending to defraud the United States by filing false claims against the Department of Defense. | 2025-08-29T17:38:41Z | |
| 98-hr-6349 | 98 | hr | 6349 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide to peacetime veterans the same pension benefits currently available to wartime veterans because of a nonservice-connected disability or age, and to provide the same burial plot allowances to peacetime veterans that are currently available to wartime veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-10-01 | 1984-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Tallon, Robert M. (Robin) [D-SC-6] | SC | D | T000034 | 0 | Provides peacetime veterans and their survivors the same pension benefits currently available to wartime veterans because of a non-service-connected disability or age. Provides the same burial plot allowances to peacetime veterans that are currently available to wartime veterans. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-s-3036 | 98 | s | 3036 | A bill to redesignate the Regional Veterans' Administration Medical Center located in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, as the "General Black Jack Pershing Regional Veterans' Administration Medical Center". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-09-28 | 1984-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 1 | Designates the Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, as the General Black Jack Pershing Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-hr-6329 | 98 | hr | 6329 | Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1985 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-09-26 | 1984-10-02 | See H.J.Res.648. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-6] | NY | D | A000052 | 0 | Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1985 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 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. Appropriates funds for the Department of Defense Retirement Fund for retired military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, including the reserves. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the defense agencies, including their respective 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, the Court of Military Appeals, and environmental restoration. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates and transfers funds for FY 1985 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other equipment and materials. Appropriates and transfers funds for procurement by the Navy of aircraft, weapons, conversion and shipbuilding of vessels, and other equipment and materials. Prohibits the use of funds for naval vessel construction 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. Includes transfers of funds for aircraft procurement. Appropriates funds for the National Guard, Reserve, and defense agencies' procurement and for Defense Production Act purchases. Makes all such appropriations available through FY 1987 unless otherwise specified. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense agencies. Permits the merger of appropriations for advanced research. Appropriates funds for the exp… | 2026-01-07T12:41:36Z | |
| 98-s-3026 | 98 | s | 3026 | Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-09-26 | 1984-10-02 | See H.J.Res.648. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 0 | Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1985 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 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. Appropriates funds for the Department of Defense Retirement Fund for retired military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, including the reserves. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force,and the Defense agencies, including their respective 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, the Court of Military Appeals, and environmental restoration. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other equipment and materials. Includes transfers of funds for specified procurement to remain available through FY 1986. Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to the appropriate committees 30 days before expending funds for the Division Air Defense system with a certification that after the initial production testing, such system meets or exceeds requirements and is necessary to counter the Soviet threat. Appropriates and transfers funds for procurement by the Navy of aircraft, weapons, conversion and shipbuilding of vessels, and other equipment and materials. Prohibits the use of funds for naval vessel construction 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. Includes transfers of funds for aircraft procurement. Limits MX missile procurement to 21 operational missiles. Permits the procurement of additional missiles only upon: (1) the… | 2026-01-07T12:41:36Z | |
| 98-s-3019 | 98 | s | 3019 | A bill to require that the positions of Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence be filled by career intelligence officers. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-09-25 | 1984-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 1 | Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require that the Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence be appointed from among career civilian or military intelligence officers. | 2025-01-14T19:06:24Z | |
| 98-hr-6243 | 98 | hr | 6243 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit members of the Reserves and National Guard from participating in military or paramilitary activity except as directed or authorized by the United States. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-09-13 | 1984-09-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 27 | Prohibits members of the Reserves and National Guard from participating in military or paramilitary activity outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States unless ordered by the United States to do so. Establishes criminal penalties for violations. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-6246 | 98 | hr | 6246 | A bill to amend section 1408 of title 10, United States Code, to eliminate certain reductions from the amount of retired or retainer pay which a spouse or former spouse of a member of the uniformed services is entitled to receive as a result of any court order. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-09-13 | 1984-09-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 2 | Amends provisions concerning the payment of military pensions in compliance with court orders pursuant to divorce or separation to eliminate certain reductions from those pensions when the amounts available for such compliance are determined. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-s-2992 | 98 | s | 2992 | A bill to authorize the Eleventh Airborne Division Association to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-09-13 | 1984-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 0 | Authorizes the Eleventh Airborne Division Association to establish a memorial on Federal land located in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor the Eleventh Airborne Division, United States Army. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Association, 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. Terminates the authority under this Act five years after enactment unless the site preparation has begun and it has been determined that funds are available to complete the memorial. Provides that the United States shall not be charged with any expenses associated with the establishment of the memorial. Directs the Secretary to maintain the memorial. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 98-hr-6210 | 98 | hr | 6210 | Comprehensive Nuclear Weapons Freeze and Arms Reduction Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-09-10 | 1984-09-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs. | House | Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6] | MA | D | M000264 | 83 | Comprehensive Nuclear Weapons Freeze and Arms Reduction Act of 1984 - Provides for the establishment of a comprehensive freeze by the United States and the Soviet Union on the testing, production, and deployment of any nuclear weapon, delivery system, or any subsystem or component for a nuclear warhead, weapon, or delivery system (the comprehensive freeze). Directs the House and Senate Select Intelligence Committees to begin oversight hearings on verification procedures for the comprehensive freeze. Requires such committees to report to their respective Houses within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the adequacy of U.S. verification procedures. Sets forth information to be included in the report. Requires the Director of the Arms Control Disarmament Agency to begin preparing an operational plan for U.S. implementation of the comprehensive freeze within 120 days of enactment of this Act. Directs the Director to submit the plan to specified congressional committees within 60 days of enactment of this Act. Declares that the President should: (1) invite the Soviet Union to participate in a comprehensive bilateral and verifiable nuclear weapons freeze; and (2) encourage the Soviet Union to write to the United States whether it intends to implement the comprehensive freeze. Requires the President, 120 days after enactment of this Act, to direct the implementation by the United States of the comprehensive freeze which shall continue so long and to the extent that the Soviet Union acts in a reciprocal mannner. Requires the President to certify to the Congress the nature of Soviet noncompliance with the freeze, all relevant evidence, and his recommendations for the U.S. response if the President finds evidence that the Soviet Union is not acting in a reciprocal mannner. Requires the appropriate congressional committees to report a bill setting forth the extent to which the United States should modify its participation in the comprehensive freeze. Declares that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin nu… | 2025-08-29T17:40:50Z | |
| 98-sres-436 | 98 | sres | 436 | A resolution to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-09-06 | 1984-09-21 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 43 | Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 98-hr-6158 | 98 | hr | 6158 | A bill to provide that the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force may authorize certain reserve officers who are employed as military technicians to be retained in an active status until age 60. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-10 | 1984-08-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Hartnett, Thomas F. [R-SC-1] | SC | R | H000302 | 10 | Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to retain in an active status until the age of 60 any reserve officer serving as a technician in a position for which reserve membership is required. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-6173 | 98 | hr | 6173 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend prescription drug benefits to all veterans receiving non-service-connected disability pensions. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-10 | 1984-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000844 | 0 | Extends prescription drug benefits to all veterans receiving non-service-connected disability compensation. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-s-2953 | 98 | s | 2953 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the use of upright grave markers in national Veterans Administration Cemeteries. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-10 | 1984-08-23 | Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 3 | Amends the national cemeteries and memorials provisions of Federal law to require that each grave marker in a national cemetery be upright unless the deceased or the deceased's survivor requests a flat marker. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to designate within each national cemetery a section with flat markers and a section with upright markers. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-s-2957 | 98 | s | 2957 | Arms Race Control Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-10 | 1984-08-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 15 | Arms Race Control Act of 1984 - Directs the President to propose to the Soviet Union that the two sides agree to halt for a limited time: (1) the flight, testing, and deployment of strategic ballistic missiles under development; (2) the testing of antisatellite weapons against objects in space; and (3) the detonation of any nuclear explosive device. Prohibits the obligation or spending of any funds, beginning six months after enactment of this Act, for any such testing, deployment, or detonation unless the President provides a determination and certification to the Congress, together with an unclassified report and a detailed classified report setting forth the basis for the decision stating that: (1) the President has tried in good faith and has failed to achieve a mutual and verifiable agreement with the Soviet Union to impose the constraints on such testing, deployment, and detonation; (2) the President has reliable evidence that the Soviet Union is proceeding with such testing, deployment, or detonation; and (3) failure of the United States to do the same would undermine the national security. Provides for the allocation of personnel as may be appropriate to ensure continued progress toward the goal of a comprehensive halt in the nuclear arms race. Directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, to transmit to the Congress an annual report regarding the status of and prospects for bilateral and multilateral negotiations to accomplish the goal of a comprehensive halt in the nuclear arms race. | 2025-08-29T17:39:23Z | |
| 98-hr-6136 | 98 | hr | 6136 | A bill to require an autopsy of any member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty, to establish a board of medical examination in the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-09 | 1984-08-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide for an autopsy for each service member under such Secretary's jurisdiction who dies while on active duty. Requires such Secretary to deliver to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (the Institute) for retention for at least one year all records created in connection with such autopsy. Directs the Institute to make such records available to the surviving spouse or next of kin upon request. Directs the Institute to review an autopsy at the request of the Secretary concerned and permits review on its own initiative or upon request by the appropriate survivor. Requires certain review results to be reported to such Secretary, such survivor, and such survivor's doctor at the survivor's request. Establishes in the Department of Defense an Independent Board of Medical Examination to advise the Secretary of Defense on the operation of the Institute and recommend to Congress structural improvements. Directs the Institute to make available to the Board upon request all information created in connection with an autopsy. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-6139 | 98 | hr | 6139 | A bill to authorize the President of the United States to award a congressional gold medal to Jan C. Scruggs in recognition of his work on behalf of Vietnam veterans, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of such medal. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-09 | 1984-09-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage. | House | Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2] | NV | R | V000124 | 14 | Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, in recognition of his work on behalf of veterans who served in Vietnam. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 98-hr-6091 | 98 | hr | 6091 | A bill to change the name of the grade of commodore in the United States Navy to commodore admiral. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-08 | 1984-08-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3] | FL | D | B000371 | 0 | Changes the name of the grade of commodore in the U.S. Navy to commodore admiral. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-6100 | 98 | hr | 6100 | A bill to clarify the intent of Congress with respect to the families eligible for a commemorative medal authorized for the families of Americans missing or otherwise unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-08 | 1984-10-30 | Became Public Law No: 98-599. | House | Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6] | MA | D | M000264 | 40 | Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 to limit eligibility for commemorative bronze medals for families of American personnel missing in Southeast Asia to families of those listed as missing or unaccounted for as of the end of U.S. participation in hostilities. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-6103 | 98 | hr | 6103 | A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to provide for the posthumous promotion of Harold L. Goldstein, United States Army. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-08 | 1984-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army to posthumously promote Harold L. Goldstein, who died in the line of duty while serving in France during World War II. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-6058 | 98 | hr | 6058 | A bill to provide for the establishment of a veterans' hospital in south Texas. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-01 | 1984-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 1 | Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to construct a Veterans Administration medical facility in south Texas. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the per bed construction cost. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-6047 | 98 | hr | 6047 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate gender-based distinctions in laws providing benefits to veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-07-31 | 1984-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 3 | Amends veterans' benefits provisions to eliminate gender-based distinctions. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-6035 | 98 | hr | 6035 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that surviving spouses of enlisted members of the Armed Forces who served during a period of war before World War II and who died of a service-connected disability shall be entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) at no less than the rates for the surviving spouses of veterans whose highest pay grade was E-3. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-07-26 | 1984-07-26 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | O000159 | 10 | Establishes a minimum monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain pre-World War II war veterans. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-6009 | 98 | hr | 6009 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve veterans' benefits for former prisoners of wars. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-07-24 | 1984-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 1 | Establishes a presumption of service-connection for disability purposes for former prisoners of war suffering from the following conditions, manifest to a degree of ten percent or more after active service: (1) chronic liver disease; (2) organic residuals of hypothermia; (3) gastro-intestinal disorders; (4) arthritis; (5) cardiovascular conditions; (6) peripheral neuropathy; (7) immunological dysfunctions; or (8) chronic pulmonary disease. Decreases from six months to 30 days the amount of time a former prisoner of war must have been incarcerated to be eligible for outpatient dental services. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-5988 | 98 | hr | 5988 | A bill to provide for the expansion and improvement of the national cemetery system to better meet the needs of veterans. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-29 | 1984-06-29 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. McCain, John [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | M000303 | 5 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress a plan to expand the national cemetery system in at least ten areas with the greatest need. Directs the Administrator to consider acquiring existing State cemeteries to meet such need. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-5996 | 98 | hr | 5996 | Defense Cost Reduction Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-29 | 1984-07-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations. | House | Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2] | OR | R | S000607 | 0 | Defense Cost Reduction Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide for the development, use, and joint use of standard equipment, including systems, components, parts, weapons, and automated data processing systems, throughout the Department of Defense. Requires the Secretary to consider cost, performance, reliability, and field maintainability. Directs the Secretary to review and adjust equipment specifications and to require defense contracts to specify functional or performance characteristics rather than method-of-manufacture or design. Directs the Secretary to simplify procurment procedures by replacing regulations with policy guidelines, simplifying contract language, limiting contractor to subcontractor flow down of terms, training procurement personnel, and centralizing procurement. Directs the Secretary to modernize and standardize existing automated data processing systems used for inventory management and control, including changes which would improve the readiness of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress by December 1 of every year after 1984 on the progress of equipment standardization, procurement simplification, and inventory and management, including information on which equipment has been standardized and training improvements. Revises the commencement dates of military pensions for certain members of the uniformed services. Sets forth a formula for the computation of the military pension of a person who first became a member of a uniformed service after the enactment of this Act, reducing the amount of such pension for a person who has completed fewer than 30 years of service and elects to receive such pension on the first day of entitlement. | 2025-08-29T17:41:02Z | |
| 98-sjres-333 | 98 | sjres | 333 | A joint resolution to designate September 21, 1984 as "World War I Aces and Aviators Day". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-29 | 1984-09-24 | Became Public Law No: 98-415. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 46 | Designates September 21, 1984, as World War I Aces and Aviators Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 98-hr-5920 | 98 | hr | 5920 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to designate 10 percent of the intermediate-care hospital beds of the Veterans' Administration for the care of veterans suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-22 | 1984-06-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 25 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to set aside ten percent of Veterans Administration controlled intermediate-care hospital beds for veterans suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hconres-323 | 98 | hconres | 323 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the late Sergeant Billy Finley of Decatur, Illinois, should be honored for his heroic behavior during World War II and for creating good will between United States soldiers and the citizens of France. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-20 | 1984-06-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL-20] | IL | D | D000563 | 1 | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the late Sergeant Billy Finley, of Decatur, Illinois, should be honored for his service and contributions to this country during World War II; and (2) his surviving sisters should be recognized for representing their brother and their country at ceremonies on June 24, 1984, in Cherbourg, France. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 98-hr-5898 | 98 | hr | 5898 | Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1985 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-20 | 1984-07-26 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1067. | House | Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] | NC | D | H000448 | 0 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Appropriations with amendment, S. Rept. 98-567) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1985 - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for military construction operations by the Department of Defense for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) the Defense agencies; (5) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure; (6) the Army National Guard; (7) the Air National Guard; (8) the Army Reserve; (9) the Naval Reserve; (10) the Air Force Reserve; (11) family housing for the Army; (12) family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps; (13) family housing for the Air Force; and (14) family housing for the Defense agencies. Limits the amount of money which may be available for study, design, and engineer services. Makes previously appropriated funds available to the respective departments through the authorizations enacted by the 98th Congress. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for: (1) payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for work except as specified; (2) starting construction of new bases inside the continental United States for which specific appropriations have not been made; (3) the purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of their value except as specified; (4) the relocation of activity from one base to another without prior notification to the Appropriations Committees; (5) base realignment or closure which is not in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act; (6) the procurement of steel for construction projects for which American steel producers have been denied an opportunity to compete for such steel procurement; (7) dredging in the Indian Ocean by foreign contractors except as specified; (8) construction of any site-specific facilities for the MX missile system until the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act are met; (9) the payment of property taxes to a foreign nation; or (10) the compensation of unlawfully admitted aliens. Permits the use of funds for advances to the Federal Highway Administ… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 98-hr-5889 | 98 | hr | 5889 | A bill to amend section 1086 of title 10, United States Code, to delete the provision which excludes persons entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act from eligibility for health benefits under such section. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-19 | 1984-06-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6] | IN | R | B001149 | 0 | Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services to include otherwise eligible persons who are also entitled to Medicare benefits. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-5840 | 98 | hr | 5840 | Atomic Veterans Relief Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-13 | 1984-06-13 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-22] | IL | D | S000423 | 51 | Atomic Veterans Relief Act - Provides disability benefits to veterans who participated in atomic tests or the occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki after World War II and who, within 40 years, suffer from diseases that may be attributable to ionizing radiation, including: (1) leukemia, (2) polycythemia vera; (3) carcinoma of the thyroid; (4) chromosomal damage; (5) posterior subcapsular cataracts; and (6) other radiogenic cancers. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to promulgate regulations to resolve benefit claims and provide standards for benefit determinations and the inclusion of additional diseases as the basis for benefits. Provides for survivors' benefits. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees of Congress whenever legislative action related to the subject matter of the regulations is needed. Establishes in the Veterans Administration the Advisory Committee on Veterans Exposed to Ionizing Radiation to report annually to the Administrator on the administration of the benefits provided by this Act. Directs the Administrator to submit such report to Congress with appropriate comments. Provides medical care for the treatment of genetic or congenital disorders in the natural children of affected veterans. Entitles such children to educational assistance. Requires the Administrator to carry out an outreach, screening, and counseling program to serve those veterans, dependents, and survivors entitled to benefits under this Act. Directs the Administrator to establish a research and training program for the diagnosis and treatment of disabilities caused by exposure to ionizing radiation, including a centralized registry of claims. Directs the Administrator to make a comprehensive report on these programs in the annual report to Congress under this Act. | 2025-08-29T17:39:37Z | |
| 98-s-2759 | 98 | s | 2759 | A bill to amend chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for periods of trial work (comparable to periods of trial work for Social Security Act disability recipients) for veterans assigned service-connected total disability ratings by reason of unemployability. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-13 | 1984-06-27 | Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1234. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 0 | Amends the veterans' disability compensation provisions to provide periods of trial work for veterans assigned total disability ratings by reason of unemployability. Defines trial work as work performed for gain by such a veteran to determine whether in fact such veteran is able to pursue substantially gainful employment. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-s-2760 | 98 | s | 2760 | Emergency Veterans Job Training Extension Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-13 | 1984-06-27 | Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1234. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 1 | Emergency Veterans' Job Training Extension Act of 1984 - Amends the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983 to extend from 60 to 90 days the viability of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs certificate that a veteran is eligible to participate in the job training program established by such Act. Authorizes appropriations for an additional year, through FY 1987. Extends such program from the end of FY 1984 to May 31, 1985, for applications and from December 31, 1984, to September 1, 1985, for the actual program of job training. | 2025-08-29T17:38:40Z | |
| 98-hr-5799 | 98 | hr | 5799 | A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to establish certain requirements for the procurement by contract of certain services that are reserved for performance by preference eligibles in the competitive service. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-07 | 1984-09-25 | Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from VA. | House | Rep. Albosta, Donald J. [D-MI-10] | MI | D | A000076 | 47 | (Measure passed House, amended) Prohibits a Federal agency from procuring by contract any services performed by Federal employees in the competitive service positions of guards, elevator operators, messengers, and custodians if such procurement would: (1) cause the involuntary separation of a preference eligible from any such position; or (2) preclude the performance of any such service by a qualified preference eligible. Provides that neither an involuntary reassignment within the same agency nor an involuntary separation to another agency shall be considered to be an involuntary separation if such reassignment or transfer is to a vacant position which is the same type of position, at the same or higher pay, and within the same commuting area and for which the preference eligible is qualified. Allows the procurement of such services by contract: (1) when qualified preference eligibles are not available; and (2) for positions held by employees other than preference eligibles. Requires that any such procurement be conducted in accordance with applicable Federal procurement laws, including specified provisions requiring certain procurements of services from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and for other severely handicapped. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 98-hr-5805 | 98 | hr | 5805 | A bill to amend the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees to provide essential benefits to certain former spouses not eligible for any benefits under that Act, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-07 | 1984-09-12 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3] | KY | D | M000291 | 1 | Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees to entitle to an annuity any individual who was a former spouse of a participant or former participant in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System on November 15, 1982, and for whom such participant failed to elect to provide an annuity. Disqualifies any such former spouse who remarries before becoming 60 years of age. Terminates such an annuity on the last day of the month before the former spouse's death or remarriage before attaining age 60. Requires the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to notify such former spouses of their rights under this Act. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to allow an individual who was married to a CIA employee for ten years, at least five years of which were spent outside the United States by the employee and the spouse, and who was covered under a health benefits plan as a member of the employee's family immediately prior to a divorce or annulment of marriage to such employee, to enroll in such health benefits for self alone or for self and family coverage. Requires that such individual arrange to pay the amount payable by an employee plus the employee's agency contributions for the same coverage. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to take all steps practicable to notify eligible former spouses of their rights under this Act. Disqualifies any former spouse who remarries before attaining age 60. | 2024-02-07T11:40:31Z | |
| 98-hr-5806 | 98 | hr | 5806 | A bill to provide a Congressional Medal of Honor to Harrison Summers. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-07 | 1984-06-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000844 | 0 | Authorizes the President to present the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to the family of Harrison Summers for acts performed by him in Normandy, France, on D-Day. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-s-2736 | 98 | s | 2736 | Veterans' Administration Benefit Rate Increase and Program Improvement Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-07 | 1984-10-02 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 12 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 5688 passed in lieu) Veterans' Administration Benefit Rate Increase and Program Improvement Act of 1984 - Title I: Disability Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Part A: Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Sets forth the effective dates for such increases. Makes the effective dates and amounts of increase contingent upon the percent of increase in benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act scheduled to take effect on December 1, 1984. Part B: Compensation Program Amendments - Amends the veterans' disability compensation provisions to provide periods of trial work for veterans assigned total service-connected disability ratings by reason of unemployability. Defines trial work as work performed for gain by such a veteran to determine whether in fact such veteran is able to pursue substantially gainful employment. Entitles all unemployable veterans to counseling and other services. (Currently, such services are extended only to veterans participating in a vocational rehabilitation program). Requires veterans rated as unemployable and therefore totally disabled to submit to an evaluation and possibly to a vocational rehabilitation program if either or both are considered appropriate. Sets forth notice and outreach requirements. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees on the conduct of the trial work program. Title II: Veterans' Administration Rehabilitation and Education Programs - Part A: Rate Increases - Increases the rates of educational and subsistence allowances for eligible veterans and their dependents an… | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-s-2737 | 98 | s | 2737 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of subsistence and educational assistance allowance for veterans pursuing vocational rehabilitation programs under chapter 31 and for veterans and eligible persons pursuing programs of education or training under chapters 34, 35, or 36 and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-07 | 1984-06-27 | Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1234. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 1 | Increases the rates of educational and subsistence allowances for eligible veterans and their dependents and survivors. Increases the amount of reporting fee per participating veteran or other eligible person payable to an educational institution. Increases the amount a veteran or other eligible person may borrow for education in any one regular academic year. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-s-2740 | 98 | s | 2740 | A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit employment in civil service positions in the executive branch of any individual required to register under the Military Selective Service Act who has not so registered. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-07 | 1984-07-09 | Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Office of Personnel Management, Defense Department. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 5 | Disqualifies for appointment to any civil service position in the executive branch any individual who fails to register as required under the Military Selective Service Act. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 98-s-2727 | 98 | s | 2727 | A bill to provide for the presentation of a Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to the family of Harrison Summers. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-06 | 1984-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 0 | Authorizes the President to present the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to the family of Harrison Summers for acts performed by him in Normandy, France, on D-Day. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 98-hr-5775 | 98 | hr | 5775 | Veterans Administration Health Programs Extension Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-05 | 1984-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] | PA | D | E000043 | 0 | Veterans Administration Health Programs Extension Act of 1984 - Extends from FY 1984 to 1987 the authority of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to contract for hospital care or medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands without reference to patient loads or incidence of provision of medical services for veterans treated by the Veterans Administration (VA) in the contiguous 48 States. Extends through FY 1988 the VA's program for the treatment and rehabilitation of veterans suffering from alcohol or drug abuse dependencies or disabilities in halfway houses and other community-based programs. Expands the amount of authorizations available for the research and education activities of VA geriatric centers. Extends from FY 1986 through 1991 the authorization of appropriations for grants to States for veterans' homes. Eliminates the restriction on the percent of appropriations under such grant program which may go to one State. | 2025-08-29T17:39:21Z | |
| 98-hr-5776 | 98 | hr | 5776 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to grant discretion to the Administrator to administer garage and parking appropriations and fees as a revolving fund. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-06-05 | 1984-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] | PA | D | E000043 | 0 | Permits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to administer medical facility garage and parking appropriations and fees as a revolving fund. (Under current law, the Administrator is required to administer such amounts as a revolving fund.) | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hjres-581 | 98 | hjres | 581 | A joint resolution designating July 17, 1984, as "Spanish-American War Veterans Day". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-31 | 1984-05-31 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-42] | CA | R | L000517 | 111 | Designates July 17, 1984, as Spanish-American War Veterans Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 98-hjres-582 | 98 | hjres | 582 | A joint resolution to authorize the Armored Force Monument Committee, the United States Armor Association, the World Wars Tank Corps Association, the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, and the 1st, 4th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, and 16th Armored Division Associations jointly to erect a memorial to the "American Armored Force" on United States Government property in Arlington, Virginia, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-31 | 1984-05-31 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2] | SC | R | S000718 | 6 | Authorizes the Armed Force Monument Committee, the United States Armor Association, the World Wars Tank Corps Association, the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, and the 1st, 4th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, and 16th Armored Division Associations to erect a memorial in or near Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, to honor and commemorate the American Armored Force. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select the site and approve the design and plans. Obligates the United States to expenses of maintenance only. Requires the commencement of the erection of the memorial within five years with a certification of sufficiency of funds necessary before commencement. | 2024-02-07T11:39:48Z | |
| 98-s-2723 | 98 | s | 2723 | Omnibus Defense Authorization Act, 1985 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-31 | 1984-06-21 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] | TX | R | T000322 | 0 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 5167 passed in lieu) Omnibus Defense Authorization Act, 1985 - Title I: Procurement - Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 - Part A: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for the Army for FY 1985 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, and ammunition and for other procurement. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into multiyear contracts for the procurement of the UH-60A aircraft and EH-60A aircraft and for the execution of the CH-47D aircraft modernization program. Permits such contracts to include an unfunded cancellation ceiling. Prohibits the use of funds for the Division Air Defense System until: (1) initial testing is completed; and (2) 30 days elapse after the Secretary of Defense reports the results of such testing and certifies to Congress that continued production is in the national interest. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984, to repeal the prohibition against establishing a second source for producing the M-1 tank engine. Authorizes appropriations for the Navy and Marine Corps for FY 1985 for procurement of aircraft, weapons (including missiles and torpedoes), shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into multiyear contracts for the procurement of the CH-53E aircraft. Permits such contracts to include an unfunded cancellation ceiling. Prohibits the use of funds for the fourth year of the multiyear contract for the procurement of the KS-153 low altitude aerial reconnaissance camera for the Marine RF-4B aircraft. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to test the CA-810 aerial reconnaissance camera's suitability for high speed, low altitude aerial reconnaissance missions by November 1, 1984. Permits the fourth year procurement of the KS-153 if the CA-810 proves unsatisfactory or is not completed in time. Directs the Secretary to conduct competitive procurement for such cameras should they meet or exceed the Navy's requ… | 2025-08-29T17:41:59Z | |
| 98-hr-5744 | 98 | hr | 5744 | Nuclear Arms Stability Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-30 | 1984-06-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems. | House | Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] | WI | D | A000224 | 14 | Nuclear Arms Stability Act - Prohibits the use of FY 1985 appropriations for: (1) the procurement of the anti-satellite weapon system, the Space Defense Program; (2) flight testing any anti-satellite weapon while the Soviet Union observes its existing moratorium against such testing; and (3) the development and testing of an advanced anti-satellite weapon while the Soviet Union observes its existing moratorium against testing rocket-boosted interceptor anti-satellite weapons in space. Limits the amount of appropriations which may be used for programs forming the Strategic Defense Initiative program of the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary of Defense to include a report on the funding of such programs with the annual Department budget request for FY 1986-1990. Prohibits the use of FY 1985 appropriations for the procurement or development of any strategic nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon system, or launcher for such weapon or system if to do so would contravene existing strategic arms policies as declared by the President in his 1982 Memorial Day address. Waives such limitations if the President certifies, with 30 days notice, that it is in the supreme national interest of the United States that such limitations no longer apply. Prohibits the Secretary from deploying a cruise missile designed to carry a nuclear warhead and be launched from a naval vessel until: (1) the President reports to Congress a method to determine whether such a missile is conventionally or nuclear armed and it is possible to verify the number of nuclear armed missiles; and (2) Congress specifically authorizes such deployment. Subjects Department of Energy appropriations for the W80-0 nuclear warhead for the tactical land attack missile-nuclear (TLAM-N) to the same restrictions. Prohibits the use of Department funds for the testing and production of the W81 warhead or for development of other warheads for anti-submarine weapons. Directs the President to report to Congress by January 19, 1985, justifying the continued reliance… | 2025-08-29T17:42:05Z | |
| 98-s-2713 | 98 | s | 2713 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1985 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-24 | 1984-10-11 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ] | AZ | R | G000267 | 0 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 5399 passed in lieu) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1985 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (Agency) and the Department of Defense. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees of any intent to spend funds other than as specifically authorized. Prohibits reprogramming or fund transfers except in restricted circumstances. Authorizes appropriations for the design and construction of a new building at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters compound. Authorizes additional sums for the conduct of counter terrorist activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to employ civilian personnel in excess of the ceiling for such personnel when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notice to the appropriate congressional committees whenever such authority is exercised. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1985. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 232 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Administrative Provisions Relating to Intelligence Agencies - Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1946 to allow the Director to appoint security personnel at agency installations. Title V: Defense Intelligence Agency Personnel Management Improvements - Revises certain management policies regarding civilian personnel within the Defense Intelligence Agency (including hiring and compensation). Exempts the Defense Intelligence Age… | 2025-01-14T19:06:24Z | |
| 98-s-2715 | 98 | s | 2715 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize contributions made by the Veterans' Administration to States for the construction of State home facilities for veterans to be used for acquisition of facilities for such purpose. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-24 | 1984-06-06 | Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 1 | Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide States with funds for the acquisition as well as the construction of State home facilities for veterans. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-s-2717 | 98 | s | 2717 | A bill to name the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the "Sergeant Alvin C. York Veterans' Administration Medical Center". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-24 | 1984-06-06 | Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN] | TN | D | S000068 | 1 | Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the Sergeant Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-hr-5705 | 98 | hr | 5705 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize direct appropriations to the Veterans' Administration Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-22 | 1984-05-22 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | S000320 | 1 | Authorizes direct appropriations to the Veterans Administration Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-s-2693 | 98 | s | 2693 | A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive study of the impact of nuclear winter on United States defense strategy and capabilities and report the results of such study to the appropriate committees of the Congress. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-22 | 1984-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive study of the implications presented to the defense capabilities and strategy of the United States by the atmospheric, climatic, environmental, and biological consequences of nuclear explosions known as "nuclear winter". Requires the Secretary to present both a classified and unclassified report to the Appropriations and Armed Services Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives within one year. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 98-s-2697 | 98 | s | 2697 | A bill to amend section 2108 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain commissioned officers of the Public Health Service are preference eligibles for the purposes of such title. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-22 | 1984-09-17 | Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from VA. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 1 | Revises the definitions of "veteran" and "preference eligible" under specified provisions of Federal law concerning Federal employment to provide veterans' preference to commissioned Public Health Service officers who served during the Vietnam era. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 98-hjres-573 | 98 | hjres | 573 | A joint resolution designating August 4, 1984, as "National Legion of Valor Day". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-21 | 1984-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Rudd, Eldon D. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | R000495 | 70 | Designates August 4, 1984, as National Legion of Valor Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 98-hr-5688 | 98 | hr | 5688 | Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-21 | 1984-10-24 | Became Public Law No: 98-543. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 34 | (House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments) Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1984 - Title I: Disability Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Part A: Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowances for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Part B: Compensation Program Amendments - Amends the veterans' disability compensation provisions to provide periods of trial work for veterans assigned total service-connected disability ratings by reason of unemployability. Defines trial work as work performed for gain by such a veteran to determine whether in fact such veteran is able to pursue substantially gainful employment. Entitles all unemployable veterans to counseling and other services (Currently, such services are extended only to veterans participating in a vocational rehabilitation program.) Requires veterans rated as unemployable and therefore totally disabled to submit to an evaluation and possibly to a vocational rehabilitation program if either or both are considered appropriate. Directs the Administrator to reduce the disability rating to what it would have been but for the determination of unemployability for veterans failing to participate in a required evaluation. Sets forth notice and outreach requirements. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to report annually to the Veterans' Affairs Committees on the conduct of the three-year trial work program. Reduces from 50 to 30 percent the rate of peacetime service-connected disability entitling an affected veteran to additional monthly compensation for dependents. Title II: Veterans' Rehabilitation, Education, and Employment Programs - Part A: Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) rehabilitation subsistence allowances for veterans with se… | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-hr-5675 | 98 | hr | 5675 | A bill to require the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to submit a report on alternatives for providing Federal assistance to certain civilians who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-17 | 1984-05-17 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] | IL | D | E000250 | 34 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress within 180 days on providing Federal benefits, such as health care and monetary compensation for dioxin exposure or other traumas, to eligible civilians serving in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-5682 | 98 | hr | 5682 | A bill to name the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the "Sergeant Alvin C. York Veterans' Administration Medical Center. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-17 | 1984-05-17 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Sundquist, Don [R-TN-7] | TN | R | S001075 | 7 | Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the Sergeant Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-sjres-297 | 98 | sjres | 297 | A joint resolution to designate the month of June 1984 as "Veterans' Preference Month". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-16 | 1984-06-30 | Became Public Law No: 98-330. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 34 | Designates the month of June 1984 as Veterans' Preference Month. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 98-s-2670 | 98 | s | 2670 | A bill to require specific authorization before the introduction of any United States Armed Forces into hostilities in another state, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-15 | 1984-05-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Amends the War Powers Resolution to prohibit the United States from introducing U.S. armed forces into the territory of another state for combat purposes unless Congress has declared war or enacted specific authorization for such use of U.S. armed forces or the President has determined that such use of U.S. armed forces is necessary: (1) to repel, forestall, or retaliate for an attack upon the United States or its territories or possessions; (2) to repel and forestall an attack against the U.S. armed forces located outside the United States, its territories, and possessions; (3) to protect U.S. citizens while evacuating them from any country in which such citizens are being subjected to threats to their lives either sponsored by the country's government or beyond the control of the government, provided that the President makes every effort to end the threats without using U.S. armed forces and provided that the President, where possible, obtains the consent of the country's government before using such armed forces; or (4) to protect vital U.S. security interests in a sudden emergency that requires military intervention in less than five days. Requires the President to describe the grounds for introducing U.S. armed forces into another state in a report to Congress. Provides for expedited consideration of legislation seeking a declaration of war or specific authorization for the introduction of U.S. armed forces in another state for combat purposes. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 98-s-2671 | 98 | s | 2671 | A bill to establish a 10-year term for the position of Director of Central Intelligence and a 5-year term for the position of Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-15 | 1984-05-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish a ten-year term for the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and a five-year term for the Deputy Director. | 2025-01-14T19:06:24Z | |
| 98-sjres-293 | 98 | sjres | 293 | A joint resolution to designate July 17, 1984, as "Spanish American War Veteran Day". | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-10 | 1984-06-29 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | Senate | Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA] | CA | R | W000607 | 26 | Designates July 17, 1984, as Spanish American War Veteran Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 98-hr-5632 | 98 | hr | 5632 | A bill to prohibit the introduction of United States Armed Forces into or over El Salvador or Nicaragua for combat, and to prohibit United States support for military and paramilitary operations against Nicaragua. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-09 | 1984-05-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs. | House | Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17] | NY | D | W000258 | 29 | Prohibits introducing U.S. armed forces into or over El Salvador or Nicaragua for combat purposes and prohibits obligating or spending U.S. funds for such introduction, unless: (1) the Congress has declared war or enacted specific authorization for such use of U.S. armed forces; or (2) such introduction of U.S. armed forces is necessary to meet a clear and present danger of hostile attack upon the United States or to meet a clear and present danger to, and to provide evacuation of, U.S. citizens. Requires the President, if U.S. forces enter El Salvador or Nicaragua under one of the exceptions to the prohibition, to describe the reasons for their actions to Congress. Provides for expedited consideration of legislation seeking a declaration of war or a specific authorization for the introduction of U.S. armed forces into or over Nicaragua or El Salvador. Prohibits U.S. agencies from providing any assistance or funding to support military or paramilitary operations in or against Nicaragua by any nation, group, organization, or individual. | 2025-01-23T13:14:35Z | |
| 98-hr-5611 | 98 | hr | 5611 | A bill to authorize the Eleventh Airborne Divison Association to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-08 | 1984-09-19 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Dyson, Roy [D-MD-1] | MD | D | D000593 | 13 | (Measure passed House, amended) Authorizes the Eleventh Airborne Division Association to establish a memorial on Federal land located in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor the Eleventh Airborne Division, United States Army. Provides that the Association shall be responsible for preparation of the design and plans for the memorial, which shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Planning Commission. Directs the Secretary to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Association, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Provides that the Secretary shall not permit construction of the memorial to begin unless the Secretary determines that sufficient funds are available for the completion of the memorial. Directs the Secretary to maintain the memorial. Provides that the United States shall pay any expenses associated with the establishment of the memorial. Terminates the authority under this Act five years after enactment unless the construction of the memorial begins during such period. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 98-hr-5617 | 98 | hr | 5617 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase certain dollar limitations under Veterans Administration housing programs, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-08 | 1984-05-22 | 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 | 34 | (Measure passed House, amended) Increases the adapted housing benefit ceiling for veterans with specified permanent and total service-connected disabilities. Increases the maximum home loan guaranty available to eligible veterans generally and for the purchase of a manufactured home. Amends the national cemeteries and memorials provisions of Federal law to require that each grave marker in a national cemetery be upright, except as requested or waived. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to designate upright and flat marker sections in each of the national cemeteries. | 2025-04-07T14:20:38Z | |
| 98-hr-5618 | 98 | hr | 5618 | Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-08 | 1984-10-19 | Became Public Law No: 98-528. | House | Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] | MS | D | M000865 | 35 | (House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments) Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984 - Title I: Health Programs - Revises the requirements concerning the special policemen who protect Veterans Administration (VA) property. Increases the maximum fines for violations of regulations governing such property. Empowers and directs VA police officers to enforce all Federal laws as well as VA property regulations. Sets forth requirements concerning police uniform design and cost reimbursement. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees within 180 days after enactment of this Act on the implementation of these provisions and the methodology to be used to determine how the broader Federal law enforcement power will be exercised. Modifies the due date of the Comptroller General's report on the compliance of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with certain statutory requirements relating to funded personnel ceilings for the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery. Extends from FY 1984 to FY 1985 the authority of the Administrator to contract for hospital care or medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands without reference to patient loads or incidence of provision of medical services for veterans treated by the VA in the contiguous 48 States. Expands the amount of authorizations available for the research and education activities of VA geriatric centers. Authorizes the Administrator to provide States with funds for the acquisition as well as the construction of State home facilities for veterans provided the costs of acquisition do not exceed the costs of constructing a new facility. Directs the Administrator to coordinate VA health care services and benefits with appropriate public and private entities at the State and local levels. Includes devices for the hearing-impaired among the medical services the VA will provide to eligible veterans. Authorizes the Administrator to appoint certified clinical or counseling psychologists as necessary for the medical care of v… | 2025-04-07T14:20:38Z | |
| 98-hr-5604 | 98 | hr | 5604 | Military Construction Authorization Act, 1985 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-07 | 1984-08-28 | Became Public Law No: 98-407. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-21] | IL | D | P000522 | 1 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 98-962) Military Construction Authorization Act, 1985 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Permits the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units at specified installations in specified amounts. Sets forth specifications for the construction of family housing units at Fort Hood, Texas. Permits the Secretary to improve existing military family housing units, earmarking certain funds for energy conservation projects only. Directs the Secretary to contract for the design of replacement facilities for the Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. Requires the Secretary to report the initial number of hospital beds to Congress. Limits the use of construction funds for a new hospital at Fort Lewis, Washington, to site preparation construction work. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units at specified locations. Sets forth specifications and funding arrangements for housing units at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Authorizes expenditures to improve existing military family housing units. Exempts units at the Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Washington, from certain per unit cost limitations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a water supply and flood control project for the Santa Margarita River, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. Permits the obligation of funds only if legislation is enacted authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to carry out such project in accordance with Federal reclamation laws and a specified plan. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at sp… | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-5579 | 98 | hr | 5579 | Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-03 | 1984-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems. | House | Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-8] | CA | D | D000222 | 0 | Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 - Sets forth purposes of this Act, including authorizing appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY 1985 at levels consistent with a strong national defense and a sound national economy minimizing the risk of nuclear confrontation, eliminating waste and abuse in the defense budget, and altering certain personnel and management policies. Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for procurement for the armed forces and defense agencies for FY 1985. Prohibits the use of such funds for: (1) the Pershing II missile program; (2) the sea-launched cruise missile program; (3) the MX missile program, the ground-launched cruise missile program, the B-1B bomber program, or antisatellite weapons; and (4) binary chemical weapons. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for research, development, test, and evaluation for the armed forces and the defense agencies for FY 1985. Prohibits the use of such funds for the Trident II missile program and the same weapons programs as are prohibited in Title I. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for the military functions of the Department for operation and maintenance for FY 1985, including funds for increases in civilian employee pay and benefits, unbudgeted increases in fuel costs, and inflation. Prohibits the use of funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Title IV: Personnel - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes strengths for active duty personnel for the armed forces. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes average strengths for the Selected Reserve of the armed forces reserves. Requires the proportional reduction in such strength as specified. Authorizes average strengths for members of the Reserves serving on full-time active duty in support of the reserve components. Part C: Military Training - Authorizes military training student loads for components of the armed forces for FY 1985. Title V: Personnel Management - Wa… | 2025-08-29T17:39:19Z | |
| 98-s-2634 | 98 | s | 2634 | Arms Race Moratorium Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-03 | 1984-06-13 | Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 6 | Arms Race Moratorium Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately communicate to the Soviet Union the willingness of the United States to enter into a mutual United States - Soviet Union moratorium on the flight testing and deployment of new ballistic missiles and anti-satellite weapons and the testing of nuclear warheads. Prohibits spending or obligating any U.S. funds for the flight testing or deployment of new ballistic missiles, the flight testing against objects in space or the deployment of anti-satellite weapons, or the testing of nuclear warheads if, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the President has not made such a communication with the Soviet Union and, within such period, the Soviet Union communicates to the President that at the end of the 90 days the Soviet Union will observe a mutual United States - Soviet Union moratorium on such testing and deployment. Authorizes U.S. funding for such testing and deployment if, after the beginning of the moratorium, the President certifies to Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted a test or deployed a missile or anti-satellite weapon or tested a nuclear warhead inconsistent with the moratorium. Requires the President, as part of such certification, to submit to Congress an unclassified report summarizing the basis for the certification and a classified report describing in detail the basis for the certification. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress: (1) on the progress in negotiating nuclear arms control agreements with the Soviet Union; and (2) on whether the President believes that continuation of the moratorium is in the best national security interests of the United States. Authorizes Congress, if the President states that continuation of the moratorium is not in the best national security interests of the United States, to enact a joint resolution which terminates the moratorium and permits funds, to be used for testing and deployment. | 2025-08-29T17:41:24Z | |
| 98-hr-5571 | 98 | hr | 5571 | Arms Race Moratorium Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-02 | 1984-10-11 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 125 | Arms Race Moratorium Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately communicate to the Soviet Union the willingness of the United States to enter into a mutual United States - Soviet Union moratorium on the flight testing and deployment of new ballistic missiles and anti-satellite weapons and the testing of nuclear warheads. Prohibits spending or obligating any U.S. funds for the flight testing or deployment of new ballistic missiles, the flight testing against objects in space or the deployment of anti-satellite weapons, or the testing of nuclear warheads if, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the President has not made such a communication with the Soviet Union and, within such period, the Soviet Union communicates to the President that at the end of the 90 days the Soviet Union will observe a mutual United States - Soviet Union moratorium on such testing and deployment. Authorizes U.S. funding for such testing and deployment if, after the beginning of the moratorium, the President certifies to Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted a test or deployed a missile or anti-satellite weapon or tested a nuclear warhead inconsistent with the moratorium. Requires the President, as part of such certification, to submit to Congress an unclassified report summarizing the basis for the certification and a classified report describing in detail the basis for the certification. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress: (1) on the progress in negotiating nuclear arms control agreements with the Soviet Union; (2) on whether the President believes that continuation of the moratorium is in the best national security interests of the United States. Authorizes Congress, if the President states that continuation of the moratorium is not in the best national security interests of the United States, to enact a joint resolution which terminates the moratorium and permits funds, to be used for testing and deployment. | 2025-08-29T17:40:49Z | |
| 98-hr-5574 | 98 | hr | 5574 | A bill to exempt certain veterans of the Armed Forces from registering for Military Selective Service. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-02 | 1984-05-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Vander Jagt, Guy [R-MI-9] | MI | R | V000027 | 0 | Amends the Military Selective Service Act to exclude from the registration requirement, honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces who served at least one year. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-5551 | 98 | hr | 5551 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to waive certain restrictions on the provision of health care to veterans in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and to extend the authority for Veterans' Administration geriatric research, education, and clinical activities. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-05-01 | 1984-05-01 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] | PA | D | E000043 | 0 | Extends from FY 1984 to FY 1985 the authority of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to contract for hospital care or medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands without reference to patient loads or incidence of provision of medical services for veterans treated by the Veterans Administration in the contiguous 48 States. Expands the amount of authorizations available for the research and education activities of Veterans Administration geriatric centers. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-5515 | 98 | hr | 5515 | A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era and who has been selected to be buried in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-25 | 1984-05-25 | Became Public Law No: 98-301. | House | Rep. Price, Melvin [D-IL-21] | IL | D | P000522 | 33 | Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown soldier of the Vietnam era buried in Arlington National Cemetery. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-5516 | 98 | hr | 5516 | A bill to require that a three-year supply of coke be acquired for the National Defense Stockpile. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-25 | 1984-05-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4] | WV | D | R000011 | 0 | Directs the President to include coke as a strategic and critical material under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act and to acquire a three-year supply of United States produced coke for the National Defense Stockpile. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-s-2592 | 98 | s | 2592 | A bill to authorize the President to award a Medal of Honor to the unknown American of the Vietnam era. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-25 | 1984-04-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Baker, Howard H., Jr. [R-TN] | TN | R | B000063 | 2 | Directs the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown soldier of the Vietnam era buried in Arlington National Cemetery. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 98-sres-372 | 98 | sres | 372 | Veterans Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Initiative of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-25 | 1984-04-25 | Referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 11 | Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Initiative of 1984 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that it should be the policy of the United States that veterans' disability compensation be provided veterans for all disabilities arising subsequent to military service where a consensus of medical opinion would recognize such disability as having a connection to exposure during such service to ionizing radiation from atmospheric nuclear test or the occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan, or to a herbicide such as Agent orange. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish guidelines for using findings of epidemiological and clinical studies examining the possible relationship between such exposure and the manifestation of adverse health effects to resolve claims for compensation. Requires the addition of cloracne and possibly prorphyria cutanea tarda to the list of chronic diseases presumed to be service-connected for benefit purposes. Requires consideration of estimates of attributable risk when adjudicating claims for compensation based on leukemia or other cancers suffered by veterans exposed during service to ionizing radiation. Restates the function of Congress to authorize compensation to veterans for disabilities connected to exposure to such substances during service. Directs the Director of the Defense Nuclear Agency to specify minimum standards governing the preparation of radiation dose estimates for use in VA disability claims. Requires the Director to report to the Administrator and the Veterans' Affairs Committees of Congress, by December 1, 1984, on a review of the current state of determining previous radiation exposure. | 2025-08-29T17:39:30Z | |
| 98-sjres-277 | 98 | sjres | 277 | A joint resolution to authorize the Armed Force Monument Committee, the United States Armor Association, the World Wars Tank Corps Association, the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, and the 1st, 4th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, and 16th Armored Division Associations jointly to erect a memorial to the "American Armored Force" on United States Government property in Arlington, Virginia, and for other purposes. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-24 | 1984-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 3 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Authorizes the Armored Force Monument Committee, the United States Armor Association, the World Wars Tank Corps Association, the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, and the 1st, 4th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, and 16th Armored Division Associations to erect a memorial in or near Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, to honor and commemorate the American Armored Force. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select the site and approve the design and plans. Obligates the United States to pay expenses of maintenance only. Requires the commencement of the erection of the memorial within five years with a certification of sufficiency of funds necessary before commencement. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 98-hjres-549 | 98 | hjres | 549 | 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 and the allied forces who served in the Korean war. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-04-12 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7] | VA | R | R000337 | 0 | 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 Commission 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 | |
| 98-hr-5441 | 98 | hr | 5441 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to add the disease lupus erythematosis to the list of chronic diseases that are considered to be service connected for purposes of veterans' benefits if occurring within one year from the date of a veteran's separation from service. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-05-17 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 0 | Includes lupus erythematosus systemic among the chronic diseases considered to be service-connected for purposes of veterans' benefits if it manifests itself within one year of separation from service. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-5442 | 98 | hr | 5442 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require vocational training and counseling for any new Veterans' Administration pension recipient who is under age 50. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-05-17 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 3 | Requires a permanently and totally disabled from a non-service-connected disability veteran under age 50 who applies for and receives a military pension to undergo a vocational evaluation. Requires any veteran who the Administrator of Veterans Affairs determines can achieve a vocational goal to undertake vocational training as a condition for receiving such pension. Limits such training to 48 months. Suspends pension payment to any veteran withdrawing from such training without approval. Continues the drugs and medicine entitlement of housebound or regularly attended veterans who participate in vocational training without regard to income limitations. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-5443 | 98 | hr | 5443 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from $35,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount of insurance available under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-05-17 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 3 | Increases the maximum amount of insurance available under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-5444 | 98 | hr | 5444 | Veterans Compensation Amendments for Fiscal Year 1985 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-05-17 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 3 | Veterans' Compensation Amendments for Fiscal Year 1985 - Increases the rates of: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; and (3) dependency and indemnity compensation. | 2025-08-29T17:40:45Z | |
| 98-hr-5445 | 98 | hr | 5445 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a Commandant of the Coast Guard at the same rate as provided for surviving spouses of other uniformed service chiefs. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-05-01 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 0 | Entitles the surviving spouse of a commandant of the Coast Guard who dies a service-connected death to an increased rate of dependency and indemnity compensation. | 2024-02-07T16:12:44Z | |
| 98-hr-5461 | 98 | hr | 5461 | Veterans Readjustment Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-04-12 | Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | House | Rep. Leath, Marvin [D-TX-11] | TX | D | L000180 | 0 | Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1984 - Title I: Education and Training Rate Increases - Increases the rates of educational and subsistence allowances for eligible veterans and their dependents and survivors. Title II: Educational Assistance Program Adjustments - Amends the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program to provide assistance to eligible veterans pursuing a farm cooperative apprenticeship or other on-job training program in the same manner as provided to those pursuing correspondence training. Permits the Administrator to pay accelerated education assistance benefits when an eligible individual is pursuing a short-term, high-cost program. Tolls the ten-year delimiting period for the provision of educational assistance if an otherwise eligible veteran was prevented from completing the chosen program of education because of a physical or mental disability beyond the control of such veteran. Extends eligibility for educational assistance to certain graduates of a service academy who served on active duty within a specified period. Requires the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator of Veterans Affairs for assistance paid or administrative expenses incurred under the veterans' educational assistance program after December 31, 1989. Requires that educational and vocational counseling be required prior to the selection of a program in the case of a veteran rated by the Veterans Administration (VA) as being incompetent. Requires the Administrator to utilize the services of veteran- students pursuing an education under the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Educational Assistance Program. Extends eligibility for receiving educational assistance for a survivor or dependent whose education was delayed because of a delay in determining eligibility. Permits the Administrator to arrange for educational or vocational counseling for eligible survivors and dependents without provisional approval of an application or the provision of an educational plan by a parent or guardian. Permits the Administrato… | 2025-08-29T17:41:42Z | |
| 98-hr-5463 | 98 | hr | 5463 | A bill to direct that the Secretary of the Army let a contract for design of replacement facilities for the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-04-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities. | House | Rep. Loeffler, Tom [R-TX-21] | TX | R | L000396 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of the Army to enter into a contract for the design of replacement facilities for the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress on the number of hospital beds in the replacement facility. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-hr-5480 | 98 | hr | 5480 | Cost-Accounting Standards Board Amendments of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-05-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32] | NY | D | L000556 | 1 | Cost-Accounting Standards Board Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Defense Production Act to 1950 to revise certain functions of the Cost-Accounting Standards Board. Requires members to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate (currently, such members are appointed by the Comptroller General, the Chairman of the Board). Makes the Board's promulgation of accounting standards permissive rather than mandatory. Authorizes the Board to interpret such standards. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to fix the interest rate on defense contractor reimbursement to the United States for overpayments made because of a contractor's failure to comply with such accounting standards (currently, a seven percent ceiling). Authorizes the Board to establish procedures for the waiver of such standards for individual contractors. Extends from 60 to 90 days the effective date of cost-accounting standards after they are promulgated. Requires the Board to report to Congress within the year and annually thereafter. Maintains the effectiveness of previous Board activity until superseded. | 2025-08-29T17:40:48Z | |
| 98-s-2571 | 98 | s | 2571 | Department of Defense Spare Parts Procurement Improvement Act of 1984 | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-05-16 | Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held by the Ad Hoc Task Force on Selected Defense Procurement Matters. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1142. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 2 | Department of Defense Spare Parts Procurement Improvement Act of 1984 - Requires a defense agency procuring property which will need replacing at a future date to purchase unlimited rights to the technical data relating to such property unless it would be economically disadvantageous to the United States. Requires that such data be available and delivered to the agency within a specified time. Directs a contractor to make available or deliver to the agency all subsequent design changes and revisions in such data. Requires the contractor to certify the data's accuracy and to cure any deficiencies. Suspends progress payments under a contract when the contractor fails to comply with such requirements. Limits the proprietary interest of a contractor in technical data generated in connection with the item to be procured to five years from the date of contract award. Requires the competition advocate of the contracting defense agency to review within four years each designation of proprietary interest. Directs the advocate to remove any inappropriate designations. Requires a bidder to state the extent of the proprietary interest expected to be claimed if awarded a procurement contract. Directs the Secretary of Defense to promulgate regulations determining the manner the Department of Defense negotiates prices with nonproducing suppliers. Requires all suppliers to mark the name of the contractor, the stock number, and the original manufacturer of each item, and to include all technical data. Reduces from $500,000 to $100,000 the amount of a negotiated prime contract which requires the contractor to certify the accuracy of the cost data submitted. Directs the head of each defense agency to designate an advocate for competition to promote competition in the procurement of property and services by such agency through review of activities and opportunities to achieve competition. Directs defense agencies to procure supplies in quantities reflective of agency needs and which offer the total and unit cost most advantage… | 2025-08-29T17:37:50Z | |
| 98-s-2572 | 98 | s | 2572 | Defense Spare Parts Procurement Reform Act | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-12 | 1984-05-16 | Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held by the Ad Hoc Task Force on Selected Defense Procurement Matters. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1142. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 1 | Defense Spare Parts Procurement Reform Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish procedures to recognize personnel efforts to increase competition and achieve cost savings in spare parts procurement. Requires each contractor supplying a military department to mark each item with: (1) the contractor's name and stock number for the item; (2) the original manufacturer or producer if not the contractor; and (3) the source of technical data relating to a part delivered under the contract. Prohibits a contractor from entering into agreements with a subcontractor which restrict sales by the subcontractor directly to the United States. Directs a contracting officer to determine the availability of supplies first through the supply system of the Defense Department and then under Federal supply contracts through the General Services Administration. Requires such officer to review the procurement history and description of an item. Directs the Secretary to require a potential contractor to specify whether technical data would be provided and if provided, whether it would be with unlimited or limited rights to the United States. Grants the United States unlimited rights in technical data or computer software required to be delivered under contract if such data or software was developed wholly or in part at Government expense, is an element of performance under the contract, consists of Government supplied or owned information or software, or is in the public domain. Requires a contractor furnishing such data or software to have a Department approved data management system in operation before the United States will accept delivery. Requires a contractor placing unauthorized restrictions on the release of data or software to satisfactorily substantiate such restrictions or the United States may ignore them and assess costs against the contractor for contesting the assertion. Limits the U.S. right to contest restrictions to a three year period. Requires a contractor to warrant the accuracy and conformance of all tec… | 2025-08-29T17:41:53Z | |
| 98-hconres-290 | 98 | hconres | 290 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no appropriated funds shall be used for the purpose of mining the ports or territorial waters of Nicaragua. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-11 | 1984-04-26 | Received in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 810. | House | Rep. Barnes, Michael D. [D-MD-8] | MD | D | B000160 | 24 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that no funds appropriated by the Congress shall be obligated or expended for the mining of Nicaraguan waters or ports. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 98-hr-5417 | 98 | hr | 5417 | A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into agreements with other member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for certain cooperative projects. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-11 | 1984-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Stratton, Samuel S. [D-NY-23] | NY | D | S000997 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to enter into cooperative projects with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members for the research, production, or support of defense equipment to further standardization within NATO. Permits the Secretary to make contracts on behalf of a cooperative project if all participants agree to make funds available for contract costs. Permits another participating government to make contracts on behalf of a project if it is done competitively. Exempts contracts awarded outside the United States from buy American restrictions if necessary and if the project in question involves at least two member nations. Authorizes a cooperative agreement to exempt such projects from U.S. law concerning the disposal of U.S. property. Permits the reciprocal waiver of customs and duties. Requires all Department of Defense project costs to be shared equitably by all participants, permitting offsets. Requires the Secretary to gain agreements from each participant not to release project information or property to non- government officials without prior consent of the Secretary and to maintain security measures comparable to the United States. Permits earlier Department agreements which meet the requirements of this Act as having been made under this Act. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 98-s-2552 | 98 | s | 2552 | A bill to amend section 903(a) of title 38, United States Code, to ensure a dignified burial for veterans buried pursuant to a contract entered into under such section. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-11 | 1984-04-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. | Senate | Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] | FL | R | H000374 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to ensure that a casket furnished for a veteran who dies in a Veterans' Administration facility be of a specified quality and that the body be properly embalmed, appropriately dressed, and a flag be furnished. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z | |
| 98-hconres-289 | 98 | hconres | 289 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress that the President of the United States should award the Presidential Unit Citation to the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit (22nd MAU) for their gallant efforts in Grenada and Lebanon. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-04-10 | 1984-04-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. | House | Rep. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID-1] | ID | R | C000858 | 17 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the 22d Marine Amphibious Unit be awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z |
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