Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Department of Defense Appropriation Act - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1979 to each of the armed forces for pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel, and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations for military personnel on active duty. Appropriates specified amounts to each Reserve component of the armed forces for personnel costs. Title II: Retired Military Personnel - Appropriates specified sums for retired and retainer pay for retired military personnel. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates specified sums for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses for each of the armed forces and their reserve components and for the defense agencies; (2) expenses of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practics; (3) the payment of claims against the Department of Defense; (4) emergency and extraordinary expenses arising in the Department; (5) salaries and expenses of the Court of Military Appeals; and (6) maintenance of budgeted levels of military personnel, operation or maintenance expenses disrupted by fluctuations in foreign currency …