Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for procurement by the Navy and Marine Corps of aircraft, weapons, missiles, torpedoes, naval vessels, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for procurement by the Defense agencies.

Authorizes the Secretary to procure secure telephone equipment during FY 1984 to support a national program to provide secure telephone service for the Department and other Government agencies.

Prohibits the obligation of funds for the Pershing II missile program.

Prohibits the obligation of funds for the sea-launched cruise missile program. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from obligating funds for the strategic sealift ready reserve program acquisition of a specific vessel until the appropriate congressional committees have been given 30 days notice. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from obligating funds for the LCAC landing craft air cushion program until the Secretary has submitted specified information concerning the procurement source selection to the appropriate congressional committees.

Prohibits the obligation of funds for the ground-launched cruise missile program, the B-1B Bomber program, or for antisatellite weapons.

Prohibits the procurement of binary chemical weapons.

Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for use of the armed forces and defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation.

Prohibits the obligation of funds for the: (1) Pershing II missile program; (2) ballistic missile defense program; (3) the Army's Military Computer Family System and specified Navy computers until the Secretary of Defense gives the Armed Services Committees a plan for the introduction and integration of advance micro-electronic computers into weapons systems; (4) Trident II missile program or the sea-launched cruise missile program; (5) Navy Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser program; (6) ground-launched cruise missile program; (7) B-1B bomber program; (8) antisatellite weapons; (9) development of fifth-generation artificial intelligence computers until the Secretary reports a comprehensive plan to Congress; and (10) development of binary chemical weapons.

Title III: Land Based Strategic Ballistic Missile Modernization Program - Cancels the MX missile program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 for the Air Force for research, development, test, and evaluation of a small mobile missile system. Directs the President to report to Congress by March 1, 1984 as to whether such system is verifiable for arms control purposes and is in compliance with the pending Salt II treaty.

Title IV: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for the armed forces, including the reserves and national guards, and defense agencies for operation and maintenance.

Authorizes appropriations for pay raises, fuel costs, and inflation adjustments.

Prohibits the use of funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice.

Prohibits the long-term leasing of a naval vessel if the lease includes a substantial termination liability and a vessel with a major component not built in the United States.

Title V: Active Forces - Authorizes end strength levels for active duty personnel for the armed forces for FY 1984.

Title VI: Reserve Forces - Establishes average strength for FY 1984 for: (1) the Army National Guard; (2) the Army Reserve; (3) the Naval Reserve; (4) the Marine Corps Reserve; (5) the Air National Guard; (6) the Air Force Reserve; and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve. Permits the adjustment of average strength levels in the national interest and as specified.

Title VII: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes an end strength for civilian personnel for the Department for FY 1984. Requires the apportionment of such personnel among the various military branches and departments. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such allocation within 60 days. Specifies the types of civilian employees to be included in such end strengths. Permits the Secretary to increase the number of such personnel in the national interest. Directs the Secretary to notify Congress of any such increase. Eliminates any civilian personnel ceilings for FY 1983.

Title VIII: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes average military training student loads for FY 1984.

Title IX: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, including amounts for State personnel and administrative expenses. Prohibits the use of funds for population relocation in times of crisis.

Title X: Military Personnel and Compensation Matters - Part A: Compensation Matters - Increases the pay of the uniformed services by four percent, effective January 1, 1984.

Includes time spent as an enlisted member as well as a warrant officer when computing the basic pay of certain commissioned officers.

Authorizes hazardous duty pay for persons involved in testing aircraft or missile systems during which highly toxic fuels or propellants are used. Revises eligibility criteria for certain members' separation pay.

Freezes the variable housing allowance during FY 1984 at end of FY 1983 levels. Entitles members of reserve component on active duty for 140 days or more to a variable housing allowance. Revises the rules for payment of a per diem for performing travel under orders away from a designated post of duty.

Permits the payment of travel and transportation allowances for travel from overseas for education purposes of dependent children of a member of the uniformed services permanently assigned outside the United States.

Part B: Retired Pay Matters - Makes permanent a six-month delay in cost-of-living adjustments for military pensions. Provides for a reduction by one-half in the cost-of-living adjustment made for military retirees under 62 if a similar reduction is made in the civil service retirement system.

Requires that years of service for computing military pensions be determined by considering any full month of service as one-twelfth of a year, whether or not a member has more or less than six full months (termination of the six-month rounding rule).

Part C: Personnel Management Matters - Permits the President, with the consent of the officer involved, to transfer a commissioned officer from one branch of the uniformed services to another. Credits officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Public Health Service with the number of years in service for retirement purposes and, with regard to the Public Health Service only, for purposes of grade and rank when transferred to an armed force.

Part D: Survivor Benefits - Amends the Survivor Benefit Plan to permit a participant to change coverage under the Plan from a spouse or spouse and child to a former spouse as specified. Extends coverage to include additional, specified widows within the minimum income provisions of the Plan.

Part E: Miscellaneous - Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 to extend through FY 1984 the Department of Defense Educational Assistance Loan Repayment Program.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to require the payment of fees for veterinary care provided pets by armed forces personnel.

Authorizes the Secretary concerned to transport to the place of burial the remains of a military retiree who dies in a military medical facility.

Title XI: General Provisions - Directs the President to report to Congress within 90 days on the impact of current and projected levels of defense spending on the economy.

Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from contracting for the lease of a vessel if the contract is for a long term or the termination liability of the United States is large. Permits a Secretary to enter into such a contract if specifically authorized to do so and the appropriate committees of Congress are given 30 days notice of such contract.

Establishes the Commission on Defense-Related Aspects of the United States Merchant Marine to study the capability of the U.S. Merchant Marine to transport cargo necessary to the national defense during times of war or national emergency.

Prohibits the obligation of funds for the production of binary chemical weapons.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish economic readjustment assistance programs for communities and workers affected by the reductions in weapons and defense programs required under this Act.