INTRODUCED LEGISLATION

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3 October 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Introduced Legislation
1. Attached for your information and review is a copy
of S. 1866, which, if enacted, would require the payment of
survivor annuities in certain cases involving missing retired
federal employees, or members of Congress entitled to
receive federal annuities, and other purposes.
2. The Office of Legislative Liaison will follow this
legislation and will report on its progress as appropriate.
Liaison Division
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE
Lion of President Ronald Reagan; ordered to 3. Children and spouses names: Mary and
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
The following reports of committees
were submitted:
By Mr. PERCY, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, without amendment:
S. Res. 223. A resolution to express the ap-
preciation of the American people for the
efforts of the Japanese Government in con-
nection with the Korean Air Lines tragedy.
By Mr. CHAFEE, from the Committee on
Environment and Public Works, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute
and an amendment to the title:
S. 431. A bill to amend the Clean Water
Act, as amended, to authorize funds for
fiscal years 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987,
and for other purposes (with additional and
supplemental views) (Rept. No. 98-233).
EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF
COMMITTEES
The following executive reports of
committees were submitted:
By Mr. McCLURE, from the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources:
William Perry Pendley, of Wyoming, to be
an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
(The above nomination was reported
from the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources with the recom-
mendation that it be confirmed, sub-
ject to the nominee's commitment to
respond to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the
Senate.)
By Mr. PERCY, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations:
Francis Stephen Ruddy, an Assistant Ad-
ministrator of the Agency for International
Development, to be a member of the Board
of Directors of the African Development
Foundation for the term of 2 years;
Charles G. Wells, of Illinois, to be a
member of the Board of Directors of the Af-
rican Development Foundation for a term
of 4 years;
Patsy Baker Blackshear, of Maryland, to
be a member of the Board of Directors of
the African Development Foundation for a
term of 4 years;
Chester A. Crocker, an Assistant Secre-
tary of State, to be a member of the Board
of Directors of the African Development
Foundation for the term of 2 years;
William F. Pickard, of Michigan, to be a
member of the Board of Directors of the Af-
rican Development Foundation for a term
of 6 years:
Henry F. Schickling. of Pennsylvania, to
be a member of the Board of Directors of
the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion for a term expiring December 17, 1985;
Millicent Fenwick, of New Jersey, for the
rank of Ambassador during the tenure of
her service as U.S. Representative to the
Food and Agriculture Organizations in
Rome;
Contributions are to be reported for the
period beginning on the first day of the
fourth calendar year preceding the calendar
year of the nomination and ending on the
date of the nomination.
Nominee: Millicent Fenwick.
Post: Rank of Ambassador, U.S. Repre-
sentative to the Food and Agriculture Orga-
nization.
Contributions; amount: date: donee:
1. Self: $250; 1980 or 1982; Rep. James Jef-
fords. (R-Vt.).
2. Self: $1,000; 198?: dinner for President
Ronald Reagan.
Kenneth Reckford; $900, joint contribution;
1982; Fenwick: for Senate.
4. Leigh and Hugh Fenwick; $400, joint
contribution; 1982; Fenwick for Senate.
5. Leigh Fenwick: $200; 1982; Fenwick for
Senate, Hugh Fenwick: $250; 1982; Fenwick
for Senate.
6. Brothers and spouses names: None.
7. Sisters and spouses names: None.
Peter Jon de. Vos, of Florida, a Career
Member of the Senior Foreign Service,
Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Ex-
traordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America to the People's
Republic of Mozambique;
Contributions are to be reported for the
period beginning on the first day of the
fourth calendar year preceding the calendar
year of the nomination and ending on the
date of the nomination.
Nominee: Peter Jon de Vos..
Post: Mozambique.
Contributions:
1. Self: None.
2. Spouse: None.
3. Children and spouses names: None.
4. Parents names: None.
5. Grandparents names: None.
6. Brothers and spouses names: None.
7. Sisters and spouses names: None.
Clair W. Burgener, of California, to be a
member of the Board for International
Broadcasting for a term expiring April 28,
1985:
Malcolm Forbes, Jr., of New Jersey, to be
a member of the Board for International
Broadcasting for a term expiring April 28,
1986;
Joseph Lane Kirkland, of the District of
Columbia, to be a member of the Board for
International Broadcasting for a term expir-
ing April 28, 1984;
Arch L. Madsen, of Utah, to be a member
of the Board for International Broadcasting
for a term expiring April 28, 1984; and
James Albert Michener, of Pennsylvania.
to be a member of the Board for Interna-
tional Broadcasting for a term expiring.
April 28, 1984.
(The above nominations were report-
ed from the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations with the recommendation that
they be confirmed, subject to the
nominees' commitment to respond to
requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the
Senate.)
By Mr. DOLE, from the Committee on Fi-
nance: .
Katherine D. Ortega, of New Mexico, to
be Treasurer of the United States.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
The following bills and joint resolu-
tions were introduced, read the first
and second time by unanimous con-
sent, and referred as indicated:
By Mr. BENTSEN:
S. 1866. A bill to amend subchapter III of
chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to
provide for the payment of survivor annu-
ities in certain cases involving missing re-
tired Federal employees or Members of Con-
gress entitled to receive annuities under
such subchapter, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. GRASSLEY:
S. 1867. A bill to provide additional au-
thorizations of appropriations for fiscal
years 1983 and 1984 for the surplus com-
-modities program under the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to
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the Committee on Labor and Human Re-
sources.
By Mr. RIEGLE (for himself and Mr.
LEVIN):
S. 1868. A bill to add $17,996,558 to the
budget ceiling for new acquisitions at Sleep-
ing Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources.
By Mr. DODD:
S. 1869. A bill to provide assistance to
local educational agencies and institutions
of higher education to promote computer
literacy among elementary and secondary
school students and their teachers, and for
other purposes; to,the Committee on Labor
and Human Resources.
By Mr. THURMOND (for himself, Mr.
BIDEN, Mr. GARN, Mr. LAXALT, Mrs.
HAWKINS, Mr. DOLE, Mr. ARMSTRONG.
Mr. EAST, Mr. D'AMATO, Mr. GRASS!
LEY, Mr. HATCH, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr.
SIMPSON and Mr. SPECTOR):
S. 1870. A bill to amend title 18 of the
United States Code to provide penalties for
credit and debit card counterfeiting and re-
lated fraud; to the Committee on the Judici-
ary.
By Mr. MELCHER:
S. 1871. A bill to allow all restricted Indian
lands to be leased for 99 years with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of the Interior; to
the Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mr. BAKER (for Mr. STAFFORD (for
himself and Mr. BAKER)):
S. 1872..A bill to increase endowment
funds for eligible individuals under part C
of title III of the Higher Education Act of
1965; read twice and placed on the calendar.
By Mr. HUDDLESTON (for himself,
Mr. BURDICK, Mr. Symms, Mr. RAN-
DOLPH, and Mr. ZORINSKY):
S.J. Res. 167. Joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States with respect to the English
language; to the Committee on the Judici-
ary.
By Mr. CRANSTON (for himself, Mr.
BOSCHWITZ, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr.
CHAFEE, Mr. CHILES, Mr. D'AMATO,
Mr. DECONCINI, Mr. DIXON, Mr.
DODD, Mr. DOLE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr.
EAGLETON, Mr. FORD, Mr. GLENN, Mr.
GORTON, Mrs. HAWKINS, Mr. HEINZ,
Mr. HOLLINas, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr.
KENNEDY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr.
LEAHY, Mr. MATSUNAGA, Mr. MET-
ZENBAUM, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. MoYNI-
HAN, Mr. PERCY, Mr. PROXMIRE, Mr.
RANDOLPH, Mr. RIEGLE, Mr. SASSER,
Mr. SPECTER, Mr. STAFFORD. Mr.
TRIBLE, Mr. TSONGAS, Mr. WARNER.
Mr. WEICKER, Mr. WILSON, Mr.
QUAYLE, and Mr. NUNN):
S.J. Res. 168. Joint resolution to provide
for the designation of a month as "National
Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month": to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED
Bp JOINT RESOLUTIONS
NTSEN:
to amend subchapter
ment of survivor annuities in certain
cases involving missing retired Federal
employees or Members of Congress en-
titled to receive annuities under such
subchapter, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Governmental Af-
fairs.
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PAYMENT OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES
? Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. President,
today I am introducing legislation pro-
viding for the payment of benefits to
survivors of retired "missing" Federal
employees or Members of Congress.
Under current law, the Office of Per-
sonnel Management does not have the
authority to pay a missing retiree's an-
nuity to the surviving spouse. Further,
the OPM cannot begin payment of
survivor benefits in a case where a re-
tiree is presumed missing but not offi-
cially declared dead. My bill is intend-
ed to rectify this situation.
This discrepancy in the law was
brought to my attention by one of my
constituents, the wife of the Federal
retiree missing since October 1980. My
constituent's husband, along with a
U.S. Army officer, vanished on a flight
from Spain to Germany. Upon learn-
ing of the retiree's disappearance, the
OPM suspended his monthly annuity
check. However, in the absence of any
official determination of death, the
OPM did not commence payment of
survivor benefits to his widow. In
short, he was dead enough for the
OPM to terminate his pension, but not
dead enough to allow payment of sur-
vivor benefits to my constituent.
Because a civil service annuity
earned by an individual is for his own
use and is not considered to be a
family benefit, it cannot be claimed by
living dependents. In addition, the
OPM cannot make a determination of
death, and requires a death certificate
in order to commence payment of sur-
vivor benefits. In this particular case,
the required certificate of death was
to be provided by the Spanish Govern-
ment, which concluded that there was
insufficient evidence to presume
death.
By contrast, existing law permits a
Government agency to make an offi-
cial finding of death in the case of a
missing Federal civilian employee or
active duty member of a uniformed
service. The Army officer accompany-
ing my constituent's husband was offi-
cially determined dead by the Depart-
ment of the Army based upon the cir-
cumstances surrounding the officer's
disappearance. Although these facts
were identical to those of the missing
Federal retiree, the information was
insufficient for the OPM.
Upon learning of the incident, I re-
quested the Government Accounting
Office to investigate this discrepancy
which allowed the Department of the
Army greater discretion than the
OPM. The GAO determined that cur-
rently. there is neither statutory nor
regulatory authority for a Govern-
ment agency to make an official find-
ing of death in the case of missing
Federal retirees. The GAO recom-
mended that statutory authority be
givern to the OPM to declare the miss-
ing person dead and extend protection
to the annuitant's dependents.
The OPM concurred with the GAO
that statutory authority is needed to
resolve this problem and to give the
OPM the necessary mandate. There-
fore, I am introducing legislation
which would allow a survivor benefit
to be paid to any individual who would
otherwise be entitled to an annuity in
the event of the death of a retired em-
ployee. If a missing retiree does not
reappear and claim his benefits within
6 months of the date the Office deter-
mined him to be missing, the OPM is
authorized to commence payment of
survivor benefits.
We need a consistent Government
policy to protect the rights of depend-
ents of our civil service retirees. For 3
years, my constituent has been unable
to receive the survivor benefits to
which she is entitled. I hope that the
appropriate committees will act swift-
ly to rectify this situation..
By Mr. DODD:
S. 1869. A bill to provide assistance
to local educational agencies and insti-
tutions of higher education to pro-
mote computer literacy among ele-
mentary and secondary school stu-
dents and their teachers; to the Com-
mittee on Labor and Human Re-
sources.
COMPUTER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
o Mr. DODD. Mr. President, today.I
am introducing legislation to help
equalize computer education opportu-
nities and to upgrade education cur-
ricula to include adequate computer
use in schools throughout the Nation.
This legislation is entitled "The Com-
puter Literacy Act of 1983." Repre-
sentative Tim WIRTH recently intro-
duced identical legislation in the
House of Representatives ~H.R. 3750).
The 1980's has been aptly called
"The Era of the High Tech Revolu-
tion." One critically important, and
rapidly expanding, component of this
revolution is information technology.
John Naisbitt may not have exagger-
ated the importance of information
technology in his book "Megatrends"
when he wrote: "Schools around the
Nation are begining to realize that in
the information society, the two re-
quired languages will be English and
computer."
Although no one can safely predict
the full impact of this technological
-revolution on the Nation's education
systems, some problems are already
clearly identifiable.
For example, many students in the
more affluent schools effectively are
being taught to utilize computers as a
part of routine classwork. On the
other hand, many students in less af-
fluent or less progressive schools are
being frustrated by the lack of com-
puter access and computer-literate
teachers. This division in educational
opportunities may ultimately create a
technological caste system within the
Nation's schools which we can III-
afford.
In addition, many school officials
lack expertise in choosing the hard-
ware and software most suitable for
their schools' needs. _
September 21, 1983
To remedy these emerging problems,
provisions of the Computer Literacy
Act of 1983 allocate funds for the pur-
chase of computer hardware, priority
being given to schools with the great-
est need; establish teacher training in-
stitutes; and ' authorize new appropri-
ations for the National Science Foun-
dation and the National Institute of
Education to research, evaluate, and
disseminate information regarding
available computer hardware and soft-
ware. In addition, this legislation in-
cludes provisions for the development
of "appropriate" computer education
programs for use in the classroom.
Computer education need not, and
must not, be imposed upon existing
curricula at the expense of such basics
as English, writing, science, or math-
ematics. Careful course planning and
proper computer software and pro-
gram development, however, will en-
hance teaching and learning of many
subjects. In addition, through proper
computer use, students have an oppor-
tunity to develop many skills needed
in today's technological era.
The value for students of computer
skills recently has been shown in
many reports and surveys. One survey
regarding the use of computers in the
classroom was conducted by the Na-
tional Education Association (NEA).
The NEA survey showed approximate-
ly 70 percent of responding teachers
favorably reported that students with
a good grasp of computer knowledge
showed more motivation, improved in-
terest in classwork, increased attention
span, and enhanced cognitive learning
skills.
The advantages from the develop-
ment of computer skills are not limit-
ed to the classroom. One estimate is
that by 1990 approximately 30 million
jobs-including such areas as health
care services, publishing, telecommuni-
cations, business, and manufacturing-
will be computer related.
In my opinion, Mr. President, the
Federal Government can make a valu-
able contribution to the Nation's
future by improving access to quality,
computer education. The provisions of
the Computer Literacy Act of 1983
provides an appropriate Federal initia-
tive toward this goal.
I ask the full text of the bill be
printed in the RECORD following my re-
marks.
There being no objection, the bill
was ordered to be printed in the
RECORD, as follows:
S. 1869
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
.America in Congress assembled, That this
Act may be cited as the "Computer Literacy
Act of 1983".
TITLE I-ACQUISITION OF COMPUTER
HARDWARE
PURPOSES
SEC. 101. It is the purpose of this title to
authorize assistance to local educational
agencies for the acquisition of computer
hardware for use in school classrooms in
order to promote student competence in the
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