[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 99 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 99

 Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the appropriate level of 
funding for Department of Veterans Affairs research programs for fiscal 
                               year 1994.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 1993

   Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Stump, Mr. 
 Gilman, and Mr. Bachus of Alabama) submitted the following concurrent 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the appropriate level of 
funding for Department of Veterans Affairs research programs for fiscal 
                               year 1994.

Whereas medical research carried out by the Department of Veterans Affairs has a 
        direct effect on the quality of medical care provided to veterans, both 
        through advances in medical treatment and technology and through 
        recruitment and retention of qualified physicians;
Whereas more than half of all practicing physicians in the United States have 
        had some part of their training in the Department of Veterans Affairs 
        health care system, even though Department hospitals account for only 10 
        percent of all United States teaching hospitals;
Whereas Department of Veterans Affairs medical research has been at the 
        forefront of medical advances in diagnostics, therapeutics, and 
        prosthetics, benefiting not only veterans but society as a whole; and
Whereas at the fiscal year 1994 budget request level of $206,000,000, the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs medical research program would not be 
        able to fund any new research projects for the second year in a row and 
        would require major reductions in ongoing programs: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the amount appropriated for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research account 
for fiscal year 1994 should be no less than the amount appropriated for 
that account for fiscal year 1993 plus inflation.

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