VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION see also Veterans

Amendments

Disabled veterans: compensation benefits (S. 1388), 18036 [29JN]

———rates of compensation (S. 1388), 34379-34382, 34572 [18NO]

Articles and editorials

Cost Control Survey Decides to Spare VA, 8227 [12AP]

Cost Task Force Urging Elimination of VA, 7129 [24MR], 7326 [24MR], 8226 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions

Abraham Lincoln Brigade: entitlement to benefits (see H.R. 4338)

Administration decisions: judicial review (see S. 636, 1651; H.R. 1019, 3300)

———medical department (see H.R. 2786)

Administrator: role (see S. Con. Res. 2; H. Con. Res. 47)

Advisory Committee on Women Veterans: establish (see S. 11; H.R. 1137, 2903)

Agent orange exposure: compensation (see H.R. 462)

———guidelines for resolving claims (see H.R. 1135, 1382)

———settle claims (see S. 991)

———waive time limitation on claims (see H.R. 331)

Altoona, Pa.: name medical center for James E. Van Zandt (see H.R. 2596)

Alzheimer's disease: treatment (see H.R. 4273)

Appropriations (see H.R. 3133)

———supplemental (see H.R. 3069, 3959)

Blind Rehabilitation Center, Hines VA Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.: name for John D. Malamazian (see S. 1923; H.R. 4081)

Board of Veterans' Appeals: increase members (see H.R. 2936)

———increase membership (see S. 887; H.R. 1312, 2194)

Brecksville, Ohio, hospital: establish post-traumatic stress disorder program (see H.R. 3586)

Canadian Armed Forces: hospital and medical care for former members (see H.R. 1383)

Canandaigua, N.Y.: release reverter interest in certain real property (see H.R. 3518)

Carl Vinson VA Medical Center: designate (see H.R. 3012, 4294)

Cemeteries: construct safe entrances (see H.R. 2220)

Claims: adjudication (see H.R. 1959)

———settle certain (see S. 991)

Clothing allowance: relative to certain skin disorders (see H.R. 465)

Community residential care program (see H.R. 106)

———administer (see S. 578)

Danville, Ill.: rename hospital Joseph G. Cannon VA Medical Center (see H.R. 4374)

Dental services: outpatient (see S. 153)

Dentists: incentive pay (see S. 154)

Dept. of Labor: transfer functions (see H.R. 830)

Dept. of Medicine and Surgery: amend laws relative to residents and interns (see H.R. 3951)

———incentive pay for certain dentists (see S. 154)

———personnel system (see S. 11; H.R. 2903)

Diagnostic clinic: establish in Maine (see S. 523)

Disability compensation: claims (see S. 1651)

Disabled veterans: treatment for nonservice-connected disability (see S. 153)

Drugs and medicines: furnish to disabled veterans (see S. 1833; H.R. 3876)

Education: advance payments (see H.R. 1656)

———benefits (see H.R. 1326)

———prohibit advance payments (see S. 665)

———spousal eligibility (see H.R. 1654)

Estates: commission for fiduciary services (see S. 1401)

Executive department: establish as (see S. 107; H.R. 648, 792, 1477, 2613)

Fiduciary: authority to deduct commission from estate (see H.R. 2758)

Florida: authorize hospital (see H.R. 57, 1348)

Hospitals: psychiatric care (see H.R. 2535, 3123)

Housing: increase amount for specially adapted (see H.R. 1821)

———loans for manufactured homes (see H.R. 2664)

James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center: designate (see H.R. 3720, 4294)

Loans: guarantee or insurance authority (see S. 1318)

Medical and prosthetic research information (see S. 2007; H.R. 4215)

Medical center, Leavenworth, Kans.: name for Dwight D. Eisenhower (see S. 924, H.R. 2549)

Medical schools: conditions for scholarships (see H.R. 330)

Memorial markers: provide upright (see H. Res. 382)

Mortgage assistance: provide (see S. 1922; H.R. 2618, 2948)

Nuclear testing: study effects of radiation exposure (see S. 11)

Nurses: retirement benefits (see H.R. 1553)

Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, Ind.: designate as the Adam Benjamin VA Outpatient Clinic (see S. 1572; H.R. 3599)

———designate as the Adam Benjamin, Jr. VA Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 3455)

Pensions and compensations: concurrent entitlement in addition to retirement (see H.R. 1576, 3080)

Police officers and special investigators: clarify authority (see S. 1215)

———fix rates of pay (see S. 1215)

Post-traumatic stress disorders: treatment (see H. Res. 360)

POW: funeral expenses (see H.R. 1820, 2426)

Prisoners of war: vocational training for former (see H.R. 832)

Psychologists: incentive pay (see S. 155)

Puerto Rico: contract medical services (see S. 1850)

———hospital care and medical services (see S. 664)

Purple Heart recipients: funeral expenses (see H.R. 2426)

Radiation exposure: epidemiological study (see S. 11; H.R. 2903)

———settle claims (see S. 991)

Records: release of certain information (see H.R. 651)

Rehabilitation program: increase allowances (see S. 9)

Residents and interns: exclude from certain labor laws (see S. 2008)

Santa Fe, N. Mex., National Cemetery: purchase parcel adjacent to (see H.R. 2020)

Service-connected disabled: benefits for surviving spouses (see H.R. 4341)

Special medical advisory group: membership (see H.R. 3531)

Springfield, Mo., Confederate Cemetery: remove restrictions on use (see S. 1470)

State directors of veterans' employment: hire from outside State (see H.R. 793)

State nursing homes: payments for care provided to veterans (see H.R. 1645)

Subsistence allowances: prohibit advance payments (see S. 665)

T. Overton Brooks Memorial VA Medical Center: designate (see H.R. 2703)

Territories of the U.S.: contract medical services (see H.R. 1774)

University of California: modify reversionary interest of lands conveyed by the VA (see H.R. 2629)

University of Florida College of Medicine: achieve cooperation (see H.R. 57)

Vietnam-era veterans: study readjustment problems (see H.R. 1443, 2213, 2323)

Virgin Islands: contract medical services (see S. 1850)

———hospital care and medical services (see S. 664)

Biographies

Joseph J. Baker, 24744 [19SE]

Communications from

Advertising: report on deceptive, 2209 (EC222) [15FE]

Annual report: transmittal, 19173 (EC1542) [14JY], 19538 (EC1458) [16JY]

Board of Veterans' Affairs: expand, 5249 (EC630) [15MR], 5958 (EC607) [17MR]

Budget request, 7603 (EC793) [5AP], 7776 (EC755) [7AP]

Commission for fiduciary estate: deduct from beneficiary's estate, 8959 (EC954) [19AP]

Commissions for services rendered: deduct from beneficiaries' estate, 9709 (EC919) [26AP]

Committee on Former Prisoners of War (Advisory): report, 23547 (EC1713) [12SE], 23736 (EC1802) [12SE]

Community residential care program: proposed legislation, 2849 (EC411) [23FE], 3485 (EC380) [2MR]

Compensation for service-disabled veterans and survivors: increase rates of compensation, 9709 (EC920) [26AP]

Contract hospital care for certain territories: proposed legislation, 2193 (EC356) [15FE]

Department of Medicine and Surgery: appointments, 9286 (EC964) [20AP], 9709 (EC918) [26AP]

Education payments: proposal to terminate authority, 2589 (EC399) [22FE], 3112 (EC327) [28FE]

Educational assistance programs: modify and improve, 17192 (EC1422) [23JN], 18630 (EC1411) [12JY]

Educational correspondence programs: proposal to repeal, 3112 (EC328) [28FE]

Equitable relief for veterans: report, 8721 (EC848) [15AP]

Exchange of medical information program: report, 150 (EC29) [6JA], 962 (EC126) [27JA]

Federal labor-management relations statute: exclusion of residents and interns, 14881 (EC1332) [8JN], 16182 (EC1295) [16JN]

Fraudulent practices: annual report, 252 (EC185) [25JA]

Freedom of Information Act: annual report, 6963 (EC623) [23MR]

Health-care resources: guideline for sharing, 4157 (EC502) [7MR]

Hospital services for U.S. territories: authority to provide, 2920 (EC278) [24FE]

Inspector General: report, 14689 (EC1306) [7JN], 15931 (EC1245) [15JN]

Matching program: report, 24905 (EC1770) [20SE]

Medical research information: confidential treatment status, 23547 (EC1694) [12SE], 23737 (EC1816) [12SE]

Medical resources program: annual report, 252 (EC186) [25JA]

National cemeteries: access, 5958 (EC606) [17MR]

National cemetery construction projects: land contributions, 5249 (EC629) [15MR]

New records system: proposed, 24818 (EC1881) [20SE]

Relief from administrative error: report, 8217 (EC899) [12AP]

Report, 19173 (EC1542) [14JY]

Sharing of medical resources: report, 1387 (EC157) [2FE]

Special medical advisory group: expand membership, 17270 (EC1434) [27JN], 18630 (EC1412) [12JY]

Veterans and spouses: repeal authority to pursue correspondence training, 2146 (EC348) [14FE]

Veterans' housing loan entitlement: proposal, 7603 (EC792) [5AP], 7776 (EC754) [7AP]

Veterans' survivors: increase rates of compensation, 8959 (EC955) [19AP]

Letters

Funding for veterans programs, David A. Stockman, 27333 [5OC]

Project approvals, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 12515 [17MY]

Transfer of personnel, 5367 [15MR], 5907 [17MR]

Tribute to VA hospital: Eleanor Schultz, 32516 [14NO]

Use of cardboard caskets in national cemeteries, Senator Pryor, 28479 [19OC]

VA Rehabilitation Engineering Center: Donald L. Custis, 15975 [15JN]

Lists

Awards presented to VA researchers, 25540 [22SE]

Consultant group on nuclear device testing and radiation effects, 7667 [6AP]

Members of VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, 21032 [26JY]

VA medical facilities, 13846 [25MY]

Memorials of legislature

VA outpatient clinic in Lake County: Indiana, 9402 [21AP]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: Oregon, 13114 [19MY]

Remarks in House

Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic: designate (H.R. 3455), 18364 [30JN]

Administrative decisions: provide judicial review (H.R. 1020), 1088 [27JA]

Administrator: inclusion in President's Cabinet (H. Con. Res. 47), 1795 [7FE]

Advisory Committee on Women Veterans: establish (H.R. 1137), 21032 [26JY]

Alzheimer's disease: provide for assistance and economic relief (H.R. 4272-4274), 30325 [1NO]

Appropriations: making supplemental, 27332 [5OC]

Board of Veterans' Appeals: increase members (H.R. 2936), 12479 [17MY]

Carl Vinson VA Medical Center, Dublin, Ga.: designate (H.R. 4292), 31448-31451 [8NO]

Chiropractic services: reimbursement (H.R. 3016), 12177 [12MY]

Claims: adjudication (H.R. 3300), 15719 [14JN]

Coker, Jack: tribute, 32788 [15NO]

Disability Compensation for POW's (excerpt), 10488 [28AP]

Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kans.: designate (H.R. 2549), 8374, 8449 [13AP]

Elimination reports: response, 7403 [24MR]

Florida: veterans' hospital (H.R. 1348), 1864 [8FE]

Functions: proposed transfer, 7312 [24MR], 7467, 7492, 7500 [24MR], 8226 [12AP]

Health care programs: revise and extend certain (H.R. 2920), 13337-13344 [23MY], 13647, 13654 [24MY]

James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center, Altoona, Pa.: designate (H.R. 4292), 31448-31451 [8NO]

John Malamazian Blind Rehabilitation Center, Chicago, Ill.: designate (H.R. 4081), 27393 [5OC]

Kastin, Abba J.: congratulations for receiving William S. Middleton Award for medical research, 10815 [3MY]

Lebanon: priority consideration for claims for benefits by survivors of U.S. Marines killed, 29188 [25OC]

Maricopa County, Ariz.: establish a national cemetery (H.R. 1906), 3968 [3MR]

Medical centers: annual salute to hospitalized veterans, 2015 [10FE]

Mikulic, Mary Ann: Olin Teague Award recipient, 9395 [21AP], 11920 [11MY]

Mortgages: relief for payments (H.R. 2618), 9396 [21AP]

Nurses: appreciation of contributions, 10566 [2MY]

Operation Outreach program: readjustment counseling, 30476 [2NO]

Puerto Rico: contract medical services (S. 1850), 25442 [22SE]

———health care, 922 [27JA]

———study concerning recommendations for health care, 922 [27JA]

Schultz, Claude: successful heart surgery at VA hospital, 32516 [14NO]

Surplus property: revise procedures relative to disposal (H.R. 1975), 4224 [8MR]

Turner, O'Niel: tribute, 10510 [28AP]

University of California: modify reversionary interest in certain conveyed lands (H.R. 2629), 31451 [8NO]

———use of federally deeded property, 9309 [20AP]

Virgin Islands: health care, 922 [27JA]

———study concerning recommendations for health care, 922 [27JA]

William S. Middleton Award: congratulations to recipient Abba J. Kastin, 10815 [3MY]

Remarks in Senate

Adam Benjamin VA Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, Ind.: designate (S. 1572), 18000 [29JN]

Administrator of Veterans' Affairs: Cabinet status (S. Con. Res. 2), 740 [26JA]

Altoona, Pa.: James E. Van Zandt Veterans' Administration Medical Center (H.R. 4294), 34301 [18NO]

Army Nurse Corps: promotion of Chief (S. 1417), 14737 [7JN]

Dublin, Ga.: Carl Vinson VA Medical Center (H.R. 4294), 34301 [18NO]

Executive department: establish as (S. 107), 746 [26JA]

Health: contract medical services to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (S. 1850), 24832 [20SE]

John Malamazian Blind Rehabilitation Center, Chicago, Ill.: designate (S. 1923), 27250 [5OC]

Leavenworth, Kans.: designate Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, 7169 [24MR]

Military retirees: transportation of remains for burial (S. 496), 2313 [16FE]

Personnel: transfer of certain, 5906 [17MR]

Police officers and special investigators: clarify authority (S. 1215), 11280 [5MY]

Puerto Rico: contract medical services (S. 1850), 24488 [15SE]

Reagan, President: task force recommendation to dismantle, 7254 [24MR]

VA Administrator: Cabinet status (S. Con. Res. 2), 1065 [27JA]

VA Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review Act: introduction (S. 636), 3347-3349 [1MR]

Veterans' affairs: commission for fiduciary services (S. 1401), 14126 [26MY]

Veterans' agent orange and radiation claims: adjudication (S. 991), 7663 [6AP]

Veterans compensation and program improvements: amendments (S. 1388)-34390 [18NO]

Veterans' Housing Foreclosure Assistance Act: introduction (S. 1922), 27249 [5OC]

Veterans medical facilities: distribution of funds (S. 426), 1648 [3FE]

Reports

Definitions of Special Areas of Dental Practice As Approved by the Council on Dental Education: American Dental Association, 839 [26JA]

Sources of Educational Assistance for Veterans and Their Dependents, 8251-8263 [13AP]

Statements

Program for Premedical Students at the VA Hospital, Martinez, Calif., 14380 [2JN]

Reports of Elimination of VA, Harry N. Walters, 7403 [24MR]

VA Medical Care, John F. Sommer, 8053 [12AP]

Tables

Categories of compensation for POW's, 10488 [28AP]

Supplemental appropriations, 27332 [5OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 382, provide upright gravemarkers for veterans, 34772 [18NO]

H.R. 52, establish Interagency Committee on Spinal Cord Injury, 2540 [17FE]

H.R. 1135, waive one-year limitation on agent orange disability claims, 1353 [1FE]

H.R. 2936, increase members of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, 12479 [17MY]

H.R. 2948, provide mortgage assistance, 13344 [23MY]

H.R. 4273, VA treatment of Alzheimer's disease victims, 30326 [1NO]

S. 107, establish as an executive department, 746 [26JA]

S. 426, distribution of funds for veterans medical facilities, 1648 [3FE]

S. 496, transportation of remains of military retirees for burial, 2313 [16FE]

S. 636, procedure for claims for benefits, 15959-15965 [15JN]

S. 924, designate Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, Kans., 7170 [24MR]

S. 991, adjudication of veterans' agent orange and radiation claims, 7665 [6AP]

S. 995, adjustment in compensation of certain hospitalized veterans, 7778 [7AP]

S. 1149, correct inequities in the survivor benefit plan, 10013 [27AP]

S. 1416, furnishing of certain clinical psychologists to members and former members of the uniformed services, 14737 [7JN]

S. 1417, promotion of Chief of Army Nurse Corps, 14737 [7JN]

S. 1805, burial provisions on military bases, 22972 [4AU]

S. 1922, Veterans' Housing Foreclosure Assistance Act, 27250 [5OC]

S. 1923, designation of John Malamazian Blind Rehabilitation Center, Chicago, Ill., 27251 [5OC]

S. Con. Res. 2, Cabinet status for Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, 739 [26JA]

S.J. Res. 68, National Atomic Veterans' Day, 10969 [4MY]

S.J. Res. 155, National Disabled Veterans Week, 27024 [4OC]