VETERANS see also Veterans' Administration

Addresses

Commemoration of the Vietnamese Conflict's Unknown Soldier: President Reagan, 15228 [6JN]

D-Day Invasion: Dwight D. Eisenhower (excerpt), 15077 [6JN]

Battle of the Bulge: Sec. of the Army Marsh (sundry), 15758 [11JN]

Dedication of National Shrine of Jewish War Dead: Omar N. Bradley, 28927 [3OC]

Legislative Priorities of the American Legion: Clarence M. Bacon, 25955 [18SE]

Liberation of Rome Anniversary: Bennet Campbell, for Government of Canada, 15562 [8JN]

———Bettino Craxie, 15562 [8JN]

———John W. Vessey, Jr., 15561 [8JN]

———Senator Dole, 15562, 15563 [8JN]

———Ugo Vetere, 15561 [8JN]

Presentation of Maine Honorable Service Medal: Joseph E. Brennan, Governor of Maine, 7136 [29MR]

U.S.-French Ceremony Commemorating D-Day: A. J. Adams, 16666 [15JN]

———J. Lawton Collins, 16666 [15JN]

———John O. Marsh, Jr., 16665 [15JN]

———President Reagan, 15448 [7JN], 16664 [15JN], 16665 [15JN]

Veteran Advocate of the Year Award: Andrew H. Farris, 17200 [19JN]

VFW Congressional Award: Representative Hammerschmidt, 5102 [8MR]

Vietnam Veterans Monument, Wilmington, DE, Dedication: Edward M. Jentz, 3086-3088 [23FE]

———William L. Slacum, DAV, 3089 [23FE]

Vietnam Vets Have Patriotic Attitude Toward America: Sammy L. Davis, 28186 [1OC]

With Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Men: Craig Truax, 14749 [31MY]

Amendments

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: disapprove recommendation to abolish (S. Res. 139), 29928 [4OC]

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-65: recognize (H.R. 3406), 30139 [4OC]

Dependency and indemnity compensation rates: cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), 30812-30817 [9OC]

———cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), Senate amendments, 30292-30302 [5OC]

Dioxins and radiation exposure: compensation (H.R. 1961), 29941 [4OC]

Disability: increase rates of compensation (H.R. 5688), 30292-30302 [5OC], 30812-30817 [9OC]

———increase rates of compensation (S. 2736), 27950 [1OC]

———increase rates of compensation (S. 2736; H.R. 5688), 28241, 28243 [2OC], 28407 [2OC]

Polish Legion of American Veterans, U.S.A.: grant charter (H.R. 29), 19345 [27JN]

369th Veterans' Association: grant a Federal charter (H.R. 1095), 31154 [10OC], 31255 [10OC], 31406 [10OC]

VA: enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), 22928 [8AU]

VA Health-Care Program Improvements Act: enact (S. 2269), 6727 [27MR]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act: enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), 13155, 13166, 13167, 13171, 13284, 13286 [22MY]

Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5618), 28649-28657 [2OC], 28933-28936 [3OC]

Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier: authorizing use of Capitol rotunda to honor (H. Con. Res. 296), 12434, 12460 [16MY], 12808 [17MY]

Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association: grant Federal charter (H.R. 4966), 29912, 29939 [4OC]

Analyses

Compensation for Veterans Exposed to Dioxins and Radiation (H.R. 1961), 29946-29949 [4OC]

Veterans' Education and Employment Act Amendments (H.R. 5398), 22387 [6AU]

Appointments

Delegation to Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier ceremony in the Capitol rotunda, 12981 [21MY], 14227 [24MY]

———Senate delegation, 14222 [24MY]

Articles and editorials

Agent Orange—View of an Exposed Veteran, 14555 [30MY]

Atomic Veteran Karasti Answers Last Rollcall, 1151 [31JA]

Chemical Weapons, Again, 4838 [7MR]

D-Day, 15786 [11JN]

D-Day—40 Years Later, Vets Vividly Recall Landing, 15072 [6JN]

D-Day—Forty Years Later, 16996 [18JN]

ERA—Women in the Military, 2030 [7FE]

Ex-Embalmer Returning to Normandy, 14549 [30MY]

Fliers' Hall of Fame To Induct Three Veteran Arkansas Pilots, 31760 [10OC]

Fortieth Anniversary of D-Day: Representative Montgomery, 20453-20454 [29JN]

GI Bill Educational Assistance Program (excerpt), 15635 [11JN]

GI Bill—The Act That Changed America, 17733 [21JN]

Glenn's Folly, 23359 [9AU]

Health Costs Skyrocketing as Veterans Grow Old, 30258 [4OC]

Help at Last, 4834 [7MR]

How Much Does Our Flag Cost, 9601 [12AP]

Jumping Into Europe, 19203 [27JN]

Looking for Agent Orange Facts, 9889 [25AP]

Marines' New Foe—Memories, 7446 [3AP]

Massachusetts Study—Vietnam Vets Need Help With Jobs, Health, Housing, 14525 [30MY]

Memorial Day in Maine, 13056 [21MY]

Memorial Day—1984, 14564 [30MY]

New Findings on Agent Orange, 9889 [25AP]

New GI Bill—``Essential,'' Representative Montgomery, 18020 [22JN]

Notes in the Margin—For the 2,500—Fly Your Flag, but, Please, No Commmercialism, 21220 [26JY]

Our Twenty Minutes, 28820 [2OC]

Outstanding Disabled Veteran for 1984, 23181 [8AU]

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 6313 [21MR]

State of Mind, 12605 [16MY]

Suit Filed Against VA in Agent Orange Case, 14033 [23MY]

Training 800 UIC Students This Year—West Side VA Marking Its 30th Year, 3529 [27FE]

Trauma on Hold, 6313 [21MR]

U.S.S. Oklahoma Never Fired a Shot in Anger, 31292 [10OC]

VA Program Needs Clout, 14332 [24MY]

Veteran Advocate of the Year, 22298 [2AU]

Veteran Artist—Don Glisson, 24537 [6SE]

Veteran Artist—John McManus, 341 [24JA]

Veteran Artist—Lou Posner, 24536 [6SE]

Veteran Artist—Richard Olsen, 24536 [6SE]

Veterans' Art, 24726 [10SE]

Veterans' Health Care Programs (excerpt), 9916 [25AP]

Veterans Still Fighting a Different Kind of War, 10838-10840 [3MY]

Veterans—Congressmen Told of VA Health Care Crisis, 28158 [1OC]

Vietnam and Hispanics—Remembered at Last, 26176 [19SE]

Vietnam Vet Helps Others in Recovering From a War, 5570 [14MR]

Vietnam Veterans of America's Bid for Charter Gains, 16794 [15JN]

Vietnam—We Lied to You, 12603 [16MY]

Voodoo Economics Hits Vets, 3302 [23FE]

When a Booming Population of Old Vets Checks in for VA Health Care, Look Out, 15504 [7JN]

When I Came Home, I Needed No Parades, 424 [25JA]

Who Is John Chuchola?, 7337 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions

Alzheimer's disease patients (see S. 2220)

———designate 10% of VA's intermediate-care hospital beds for treatment (see H.R. 5920)

American Armored Force: Arlington, VA, memorial (see S.J. Res. 277; H.J. Res. 582)

American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: Federal charter (see S. 2413)

Atomic warfare: death allowances, disability compensation, or medical care for exposure to ionizing radiation (see H.R. 5840)

———disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation (see S. Res. 372)

Automobile adaptive equipment (see S. 2210; H.R. 4890)

Bataan death march: authorize certain U.S. POW's to bring suits in Court of Claims (see S. 3001)

Bataan-Corregidor Month (see H.J. Res. 527)

Benefits: minimun active-duty service requirements (see H.R. 5079)

Bereavement counseling (see H.R. 4896)

Burial allowance (see S.2247; H.R. 4607)

———contractual agreements (see S. 2552)

Capitol Building: Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier ceremony in the rotunda (see S. Con. Res. 107; H. Con. Res. 296)

Cemeteries: grave markers (see S. 2953)

Chemical-dependency program: non-VA community facilities (see S. 2278)

Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI (see S. 2253)

Comptroller General's report (see H.R. 4625)

Darwin Lee Judge VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA: designate (see H.R. 5080)

Disability: budget waiver for consideration of S. 2736, compensation (see S. Res. 441)

———cost-of-living increase in rates of compensation (see H.R. 5444; H.R. 5688)

———increase rates of compensation (see S. 2736)

———specially adapted housing assistance grants (see S. 2451)

———trial work period for certain service-connected disabilities (see S. 2759)

Education: completion of certain programs or courses after delimiting date of assistance (see S. 3088)

———increase subsistence and assistance allowances for vocational rehabilitation (see S. 2737; H.R. 5461)

———interest payments on amounts contributed to post-Vietnam-era veterans accounts (see H.R. 4768)

———transferability of entitlement assistance to spouse or child (see H.R. 4768)

Educational and training assistance allowances (see H.R. 4648)

Educational assistance: increase rates (see H.R. 5398)

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: Federal charter (see H.R. 6119)

11th Airborne Division Association: District of Columbia memorial (see S. 2992)

Employment: extension of period of time for job training application (see S. 2760)

———increase subsistence and educational assistance allowances for vocational rehabilitation (see H.R. 5461)

———preference for certain civil service positions (see H.R. 5799)

Filipino veterans: naturalization of certain (see H.R. 4895; H.R. 5875)

Gender-based distinctions: eliminate in laws providing benefits (see H.R. 6047)

General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO: designate (see S. 3036; H.R. 5252)

GI bill: rates of educational assistance (see H.R. 5398)

Grafton National Cemetery, WV: additional land (see H.R. 4849)

Health: classification of lupus erythematosus as chronic disease for service-connected benefits (see H.R. 5441)

———enhance management of VA treatment programs (see S. 2514)

———revise and improve VA programs (see H.R. 5618)

———revise requirements for reports on adequacy of per diem rates for payments made to States providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care (see H.R. 5225)

———VA authority to waive certain restrictions on provision of health care in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (see H.R. 5551)

Herbicides: claims for disability compensation for exposure to agent orange (see S. Res. 372)

Hire a Vet Month (see H.J. Res. 570)

Housing: collection of fee with respect to VA guaranteed loans (see S. 2391)

———home loan guarantees (see S. 2265)

———increase assistance for specially adapted facilities for service-connected disabled (see S. 2264)

———increase dollar limitations in certain VA programs (see H.R. 5617)

———mortgages (see H.R. 6183)

———VA loan guaranties (see H.R. 6394; S. 2451)

Housing programs' dollar limitations (see H.R. 4685)

Iowa City, IA: Darwin Lee Judge VA Medical Center (see H.R. 5080)

Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A. National Memorial, Inc.: tax exemption for property (see S. 2373)

Lupus erythematosis: addition to list of chronic diseases (see H.R. 4889)

Medical care: extension of VA authority (see H.R. 5775)

———radiation effects from World War II atomic tests or occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan (see H.R. 5840)

Merced County, CA: national cemetery (see H.R. 6362)

Mexican border period: pension (see S. 2298)

Motor vehicles: increase assistance provided to service-connected disabled (see S. 2267)

Murfreesboro, TN: Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center (see S. 2717; H.R. 5682)

National cemeteries: expansion and improvement program (see H.R. 5988)

———upright grave markers (see H.R. 4686)

National Women Veterans Recognition Week (see S.J. Res. 227; H.J. Res. 499)

Outpatient dental services (see H.R. 4626)

Pensions: benefits for peacetime veterans (see H.R. 6349)

———exclusion of payments received for employment for determination of benefit levels for nonservice-connected disability (see H.R. 5208)

Poplar Bluff, MO: General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center (see H.R. 5252)

Post-traumatic stress disorders: presumption of service-connection (see H.R. 4711)

Post-Vietnam-era educational assistance program: payment of interest on contributed funds (see S. 2245)

POW's: authorize certain Bataan death march survivors to bring suits in Court of Claims (see S. 3001)

———improve benefits (see H.R. 6009)

———World War II and Korean war (see H.R. 6406)

Prescription drugs: benefits (see H.R. 6173)

Pre-World War II enlisted: rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for spouses of certain servicemen who died of service-connected disability (see H.R. 6035)

Public Health Service: Federal employment preference for certain officers (see S. 2697)

Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands: VA authority to waive certain restrictions on provision of health care (see H.R. 5551)

Readjustment appointments program (see H.R. 4649)

———extend authority (see S. 2268)

———revise and extend (see H.R. 5398)

Rehabilitation program: increase benefits (see H.R. 5398)

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see S. 3008; H.R. 6277)

Scruggs, Jan C.: congressional gold medal (see H.R. 6139)

Selective Service System: registration exemption (see H.R. 5574)

Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN: designate (see S. 2717; H.R. 5682)

Servicemen's group life insurance program: increase maximum amount (see H.R. 5443)

Spanish-American War Veterans Day (see H.J. Res. 581; S.J. Res. 293)

Staniszewski, Wladyslaw: posthumous citizenship (see S. 2917)

State home facilities: construction funds (see S. 2715; H.R. 5412)

Taxation: treatment of amounts received by employer under emergency job training program (see H.R. 6382)

Texas: establish VA hospital in southern region (see H.R. 6058)

369th Veterans' Association: Federal charter (see S. 2258)

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: gratuitous wage credits (see H.R. 5171)

VA: health care and readjustment counseling programs (see S. 2269)

———health care recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (see S. Res. 364)

———loan guaranty revolving fund direct appropriations (see H.R. 5705)

Veterans Preference Month (see H.J. Res. 497; S.J. Res. 297)

Vietnamese conflict: Medal of Honor to Unknown U.S. Soldier (see H.R. 5515)

———treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 4833)

———Unknown U.S. Soldier to lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 107)

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: Federal charter (see S. 2266; H.R. 4772)

Vocational rehabilitation: increase subsistence and educational assistance allowances (see H.R. 5461)

Vocational training and counseling (see H.R. 5442)

Wisconsin: authority to use proceeds from veterans' mortgage bonds for certain acquisition or replacement benefits (see H.R. 5907)

Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association: Federal charter (see H.R. 4966; S. 2720)

World War I Aces and Aviators Day (see S.J. Res. 333)

World War I servicemen: pension (see S. 2274, 2298)

World War II: authorize certain Bataan death march survivors to bring suits in Court of Claims (see S. 3001)

———death allowances, disability compensation, or medical care for radiation effects from atomic tests or occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan (see H.R. 5840)

Biographies

James G. Bourie, 22297 [2AU]

Book reviews

``Women Veterans, America's Forgotten Heroines'', June A. Willenz, 16025 [13JN]

Books

``Night Drop,'' S. L. A. Marshall (excerpt), 14980 [6JN]

Comments

Final report of the Massachusetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans: Paul R. Camacho, 7881 [4AP]

Court decisions

VA Regulatory Authority: U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 29953 [4OC]

Documents

Public Law 98-160, Title V—Status and Role of Administrator of VA, 20169 [29JN]

Essays

D-Day—40 Years of Memories: Dan Lambert, 15187 [6JN]

Explanations

Rates of compensation for disabled veterans: compromise agreement (S. 1388), 2582-2585 [9FE]

Senate amendment to S. 2736, and compromise agreement on H.R. 5688, the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act, 30818-30822 [9OC]

Veterans' benefits improvements (S. 2736; H.R. 5688), 30304 [5OC]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (H.R. 1961), 29551 [3OC]

Veterans' Health Care Act, Senate amendment and compromise agreement (H.R. 5618), 28659-28667 [2OC], 28938-28943 [3OC]

Veterans' legislation, 2298 [8FE]

History

American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., 11887 [10MY]

Women's Army Corps Veterans Association, 6304 [21MR]

Inscription

D-Day monument, 16635 [15JN]

Letters

Alzheimer's disease: Donald L. Curtis, 22942 [8AU]

Authorize service pension for World War I veterans (H.R. 1918): Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc., 3297 [23FE]

Citizen-soldier educational assistance program: Senators Cranston and Cohen, 15843 [12JN]

ERA veterans preference statute: National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc., 2030 [7FE]

———VFW, 2031 [7FE]

Estate limitation regulations for mentally incompetent veterans: VA, 27951 [1OC]

Federal charter for Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: Representative Montgomery, 15667 [11JN]

———VFW, 15662, 15665 [11JN]

GI bill educational assistance program: Edward C. Meyer, 16073, 16087 [13JN]

———OMB (sundry), 16085 [13JN]

GI bill of rights: William E. Hawxhurst, 18019 [22JN]

Interagency coordination of veterans' health care programs: Senator Cranston, 28945 [3OC]

New peacetime GI bill for our all-volunteer force: Alan Jean-Pierre Rjmar, 15977 [12JN]

Oregon veterans home loan program (sundry), 14326, 14329-14332 [24MY]

Pay rates for VA psychologists: Senator Cranston, 22940, 22941 [8AU]

———VA, 22940 [8AU]

Project approvals: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 12596 [16MY]

Servicemen's group life insurance program coverage: Sec. of Defense Weinberger, 28243 [2OC]

30th Infantry Division: Jacob L. Devers (excerpt), 15185 [6JN]

———William H. Simpson (excerpt), 15184 [6JN]

VA pay rates for psychologists, 22946 [8AU]

VA aid for disabilities: James P. Meade, Jr., 10791 [2MY]

VA health care program: sundry, 2128 [7FE]

VA treatment of post-traumatic stress disorders: Senator Cranston, 6730, 6731 [27MR]

———VA, 6731 [27MR], 22934 [8AU]

Veteran home-loan guaranties (sundry), 2123 [7FE]

Veterans' disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxins: AMVETS, 9888 [25AP]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 9887 [25AP]

———Defense Nuclear Agency, 9887 [25AP]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 9888 [25AP]

———Senator Cranston, 13153, 13162, 13163 [22MY], 13164 [22MY], 29956 [4OC]

———(sundry), 29956, 29960 [4OC]

———VA, 9887 [25AP], 13154 [22MY], 13162 [22MY]

Veterans' preference in employment: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 18891 [26JN]

Women veterans: Dept. of the Army, 9860 [25AP]

Lists

Bucks County, PA, Vietnam veterans casualties, 14773 [31MY]

House of Representatives delegation to U.S.-French Ceremony Commemorating D-Day, 16666 [15JN]

Vietnam Veteran Outreach Counseling Program Centers, 25421 [13SE]

Mailgrams

ERA veterans preference statute: E. P. Riggins, American Legion, 2030 [7FE]

Memorandums

Statutory Preclusion of Veterans' Claims From Judicial Review Under 38 U.S.C. 211(a): Library of Congress, 29952 [4OC]

Memorials of legislature

California, 20550 [23JY], 20702 [24JY], 21388 [27JY], 23323 [9AU], 27653 [28SE], 29612 [3OC], 29859, 29863 [4OC], 30205 [4OC]

Colorado, 9983 [25AP], 10243 [26AP], 10345 [30AP], 10877 [3MY]

Illinois, 21057 [25JY], 24534 [6SE]

Iowa, 14689 [31MY]

Massachusetts, 20550 [23JY], 24320 [5SE]

Minnesota, 13048 [21MY], 13082 [21MY]

New Mexico, 4530 [5MR], 5736 [15MR]

Oklahoma, 13048 [21MY]

Pennsylvania, 2450 [9FE], 3428 [27FE], 20550 [23JY], 21388 [27JY]

Tennessee, 14118 [24MY]

Virginia, 4530 [5MR], 4764 [7MR], 11119 [7MY], 12440 [16MY]

Motion

AMVETS: amending charter (H.R. 4212), substitute S. 2079, 11086 [7MY]

Petitions

Appeal rights of veterans: Pennsylvania American Legion, 24101 [10AU]

Health care: Duluth, MN, City Council, 14930 [5JN]

Vietnam veterans: citizens of Illinois, 10878 [3MY]

POW/MIA Recognition Day: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, CA, 19642 [28JN]

———Massachussetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans, 7868 [4AP]

Veterans: National Association of State Directors of Veteran's Affairs Inc., 15611 [11JN]

Poems

``Can We Forget?'': Patricia J. Andry and Muriel A. Bargar, 16325 [13JN]

``In Flanders Fields'', 14750 [31MY]

``Memorial Day'': Senator Cohen, 13056 [21MY]

———William Halikman, 13486 [23MY]

``Our Day'': William Halikman, 13486 [23MY]

Remember Me? Clayton S. Glore, 24546 [6SE]

``Tribute to Veterans'': Michael O'Donnell, 23200 [8AU]

``Wall That Brought Us Together,'' Robert Fleetwood, 30219 [4OC]

Polls of opinion

POW/MIA issues: National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, 27605 [27SE]

Press releases

Chicago, IL, salute to U.S. veterans: Representative Annunzio, 14334 [24MY]

Proclamations

Liberation of Rome Anniversary: President Reagan, 15561 [8JN]

National Salute to Hospitalizaed Veterans: Representative Morrison, 2364 [8FE]

Remarks in House

Aged: reduce paperwork required for benefits and services (H.R. 5955), 20374 [29JN]

Agent orange: chemical manufacturers' settlement with Vietnam veterans, 11918 [10MY]

———compensation for illness from exposure (H.R. 1961), 736 [30JA], 746-752 [30JA], 1124-1130 [31JA], 1150, 1160, 1175 [31JA], 1185 [1FE], 1775 [2FE], 2376 [8FE], 12605 [16MY], 14033 [23MY], 29557 [4OC]

Albany, NY: tribute to Linn Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars, 5812 [15MR]

Alzheimer's disease: veterans' care (H.R. 5920), 18473 [22JN]

American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: grant Federal charter (H.R. 3811), 11886 [10MY]

American Legion: observance of 65th anniversary, 5794 [15MR]

AMVETS: amending charter (H.R. 4212), 11085 [7MY]

Army and Navy Union of the U.S.A.: Federal charter (H.R. 2464), 11086 [7MY]

Bascotti, Salvatore: tribute, 15186 [6JN]

Basey, Henry: tribute, 15188 [6JN]

Bath National Cemetery: land acquisition, 6300 [21MR]

Bendix, Richard: tribute, 20455 [29JN]

Benefits: eliminate gender-based destinctions (H.R. 2920), 21744 [31JY]

———funds, 21899 [1AU]

———improve, 389 [25JA]

———spouse dependency and indemnity disability compensation rates for E-3 and below pay rates (H.R. 6035), 21375 [26JY]

Bucks County, PA: commemoration of Vietnam veterans, 14773 [31MY]

Buffalo, NY: relay run to commemorate Hire-a-Veteran Month, 16775 [15JN]

California Veterans' Home: anniversary observance, 24351 [5SE]

Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc.: recognize (H.R. 1199), 22423 [6AU], 22425 [8AU]

———recognize (H.R. 1199), S. 1145 passed in lieu, 22426 [6AU]

Caulder, Addie M.: visit to Vietnam Memorial, 14394 [24MY]

Chicago, IL: banquet honoring veterans, 14334 [24MY]

Civil service: protect veterans' preference (H.R. 5799), 21484 [31JY]

Civil service readjustment appointments program: revise and extend (H.R. 5398), 22383 [6AU]

Congressional MIA Commemorative Medals: award, 26405 [20SE]

Construction projects: appropriations, 26743 [25SE]

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-65: recognize (H.R. 3406), 30138 [4OC]

DAV: relief for GSA from duplicative audit requirements (H.R. 3115), 11086 [7MY]

———relief for GSA from duplicative audit requirements (H.R. 3115), S. 1188 passed in lieu, 11086 [7MY]

———tribute to national commander, 25425 [14SE]

D-Day invasion of Europe: anniversary, 14526, 14549 [30MY], 14862 [4JN], 15077, 15078, 15079, 15080, 15184-15190 [6JN], 15360, 15367, 15447 [7JN], 15493 [7JN], 16996 [18JN]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (H.J. Res. 521), 5955 [20MR]

Dependency and indemnity compensation: increase (S. 1388), 2291-2302 [8FE]

———cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), 16810 [18JN], 16815 [19JN]

———cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), Senate amendments, 30292-30310 [5OC]

Dept. of HUD and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5713), 25692 [17SE]

Des Moines, IA: tribute to VA Regional Office, 10019 [25AP]

Disability benefits: cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), 16810 [18JN], 16815 [19JN]

———cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), Senate amendments, 30292-30310 [5OC]

———increase (S. 1388), 2291-2302 [8FE]

———increase rates (H.R. 4648), 389 [25JA]

Education and employment: funding and program provisions (H.R. 5398), 22389 [8AU]

Educational and training assistance allowances: increase rates (H.R. 4648), 389 [25JA]

Educational assistance: increase rates (H.R. 5398), 22383 [6AU]

———permit collection of interest on post-Vietnam education accounts and authorize transferability of benefits to the family (H.R. 4768), 1979 [7FE]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: enact, 14002-14004 [23MY]

Employment: security for certain civil service position (H.R. 5799), 21481 [30JY]

ERA: effect on various laws and social norms, 2029-2032 [7FE]

Federal agencies: veterans' preference eligibility (H.R. 5799), 15515 [7JN]

Finley, Billy: honor for heroic behavior during World War II (H. Con. Res. 323), 17624 [20JN]

509th Parachute Battalion: tribute, 22302 [2AU]

GI bill of rights: anniversary, 17640-17648 [21JN], 18019, 18020 [22JN], 18454, 18455, 18457, 18459, 18461, 18462, 18469 [22JN], 18618 [25JN], 19001 [26JN], 19016 [27JN], 19989 [28JN]

GI education bill: history, 16339 [14JN]

Hammerschmidt, Representative: VFW award, 4726 [6MR]

Health care benefits: CBO study, 12855 [17MY]

———funding reductions, 9915 [25AP]

Health care, pensions, and compensation: adequate coverage and attention, 1961 [6FE], 24165 [10AU]

Herbicides: compensation for illness resulting from exposure (H.R. 1961), 736 [30JA], 746, 747-748, 749, 750 [31JA], 751 [6FE]-752 [30JA], 1124-1130 [31JA], 1150, 1160, 1175 [31JA], 1185 [1FE], 1775 [2FE], 2376 [8FE], 12605 [16MY], 14033 [23MY], 29557 [4OC]

Hire-A-Vet Month: observance, 16610 [14JN]

Hospitalized veterans: national salute, 1961 [6FE], 2364 [8FE]

Housing benefits: proposed, 12999 [22MY]

Housing programs: increase certain dollar limitations (H.R. 5617), 12996 [21MY], 12999 [23MY]

Huffman, Ronald: commend contributions in placing veterans in jobs-training program, 25822 [18SE]

Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A. National Memorial, Inc.: tax exemption for property (H.R. 4994), 25523 [18SE]

Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc.: anniversary observance, 27610 [27SE]

———recognize (H.R. 3775), 22426 [6AU], 22428 [8AU]

———recognize (H.R. 3775), S. 1806 passed in lieu, 22426 [6AU]

———recognize (S. 1806), 23815 [10AU]

Jobs-training program: commend contributions of Ronald Huffman in placing veterans, 25822 [18SE]

Juliano, Frank: tribute, 15186 [6JN]

Korean war veterans: issuance of commemorative stamp, 26153 [19SE]

Massachusetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans: final report, 7880 [4AP]

McCloskey, Jack: tribute, 6950 [28MR]

Memorial Day: observance, 10916 [10MY], 14002 [23MY], 14375 [24MY], 14552, 14563 [30MY], 15251 [6JN]

Military personnel: education assistance, 13313 [22MY]

National cemetery system: expansion and improvement (H.R. 5988), 20384 [29JN]

National Loyalty Day: observance, 10393 [30AP]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 171), 7521, 7544 [3AP], 7545 [4AP]

———observance, 20758 [24JY]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans: observance, 2364 [8FE]

National Service Life Insurance: premium rates capped, 6958 [29MR]

National Women's Veterans Recognition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 227), 25163 [12SE]

Natrona Heights, PA: anniversary of VFW Post No. 894, 9996 [25AP]

Philadelphia, PA, VA Hospital: construction project, 26743 [25SE]

Polish Legion of American Veterans, U.S.A.: granting of Federal charter, 20691 [24JY]

POW's: compensation to former of World War II and Korean conflict (H.R. 6404), 30245 [4OC]

Readjustment appointments program: revise and extend (H.R. 4649), 389 [25JA]

Reagan, President: response to policies, 1061 [31JA]

Rehabilitation program: rates of subsistence allowances (H.R. 5398), 22383 [6AU]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant a national charter, 26187 [19SE]

SBA: vietnam veterans loan program funds, 5215 [13MR]

Scione, Sam: tribute, 4721 [6MR]

Scruggs, Jan C.: gold medal to President of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (H.R. 6139), 24117 [10AU]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: anniversary of enactment, 17640-17648 [21JN]

Southeast Asia: sense of the Congress regarding MIA's (H. Con. Res. 322), 17199, 17222 [19JN]

Spanish-American War Veterans Day: observance, 14741 [31MY]

Summers, Harrison: tribute, 15189 [6JN]

30th Infantry Division: tribute, 15184, 15185, 15190 [6JN]

369th Veterans' Association: grant a Federal charter (H.R. 1095), 31406 [10OC]

Tomsey, Michael D.: designated VA's Outstanding Handicapped Employee, 30762 [5OC]

United Veterans Council: tribute, 26405 [20SE]

VA: authorize State acquisition and renovation of existing nursing homes (H.R. 5412), 8516 [10AP]

———medical treatment, 19013 [27JN]

———operation, 17214 [19JN]

———tribute to hospitals, 20394 [29JN]

Veteran home loan program: impact of proposed changes-1432, 14325 [24MY]

Veterans' Administration Adjudication Prodedure and Judicial Review Act: enact (H.R. 1959), 635 [26JA]

Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5618), 12989-12994 [21MY]

———enact (H.R. 5618), Senate amendments, 28649-28667 [2OC]

Veterans' mortgage bonds: qualifications, 8841 [11AP]

Veterans' preference: eligibility (H.R. 5799), 19434 [27JN]

Veterans Preference Act: anniversary, 3704 [28FE], 19990 [28JN]

Veterans' Preference Month (S.J. Res. 297), 18890 [26JN]

Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier: authorizing President to award the Medal of Honor (H.R. 5515), 10917 [3MY], 11077 [3MY]

———authorizing use of Capitol rotunda to honor (H. Con. Res. 296), 10915 [3MY], 10916 [9MY]

———authorizing use of Capitol rotunda to honor (H. Con. Res. 296), Senate amendment, 12808 [17MY]

———commemoration, 14397, 14401 [24MY], 14539 [30MY], 14742, 14773 [31MY], 14864 [4JN], 15227 [6JN]

———tribute, 14017 [23MY]

Vietnam Veteran Outreach Counseling Program: expansion, 25421 [13SE]

Vietnam veterans: education benefits, 14463 [30MY]

———post-traumatic stress disorder, 6312 [21MR]

Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act: enact (H.R. 1961), 736 [30JA], 746, 747-748, 749, 750 [31JA], 751 [6FE]-752 [30JA], 1124-1130 [31JA], 1150, 1160, 1175 [31JA], 1185 [1FE], 1775 [2FE], 2376 [8FE], 12605 [16MY], 14033 [23MY], 29557 [4OC]

———enact (H.R. 1961), additional views, 1126 [31JA]

———enact (H.R. 1961), Senate amendment, 29544-29557 [3OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemoration, 28166 [1OC]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant a Federal charter (H.R. 4772), 2041 [7FE], 15659, 15660, 15663-15669 [11JN], 16794 [15JN], 17223 [19JN]

Vietnam Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Compensation Act: enact (H.R. 4711), 1397-1398 [1FE], 14552 [30MY]

Wells, Gilbert: tribute, 15186 [6JN]

Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association: recognize (H.R. 4966), 27318 [26SE]

———recognize (H.R. 4966), Senate amendments, 30336 [5OC]

World War I veterans: authorize service pension (H.R. 1918), 3297 [23FE]

World War II: proposed joint American-Japanese Okinawa memorial, 7260 [30MR]

Remarks in Senate

Advisory Committee on Evironmental Hazards: membership qualifications, 13166 [22MY]

Agent orange: disability compensation for exposure to herbicides containing dioxins, 13147 [22MY], 14144 [24MY]

Alzheimer's disease: treatment by VA (S. 2220), 593 [26JA]

American Armored Force Memorial, Arlington, VA: authorize (S.J. Res. 277), 27178 [26SE]

American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: grant Federal charter (S. 2413), 9856 [25AP]

AMVETS: amend charter (S. 2079), 12428 [16MY]

Arlington National Cemetery, VA: Maine Governor honors dead, 7136 [29MR]

Bacon, Clarence M.: tribute to American Legion national commander, 26508 [21SE]

Benefits: funding, 29715, 29724 [4OC]

Burial: insure dignified (S. 2552), 8753 [11AP]

———payment of certain benefits (S. 2247), 1325 [1FE]

Care for Chemically Dependent Veterans Act: introduction (S. 2278), 2266 [8FE]

Cemeteries: grave markers (S. 2953), 23836 [10AU]

Chuchola, John: tribute, 7337 [2AP]

Colley, Chad: tribute to DAV national commander, 27590 [27SE]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: disapprove recommendation to abolish (S. Res. 139), 29928 [4OC]

———disapprove recommendation to abolish (S. Res. 139), unanimous-consent request, 28840 [3OC]

D-Day invasion of Europe: anniversary, 14980, 14983, 15071, 15075 [6JN], 15530, 15560 [8JN], 16635, 16663 [15JN], 19202 [27JN]

D-Day National Remembrance: designate (H.J. Res. 487), 14194 [24MY]

Dependency and indemnity compensation rates: cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), 30812 [9OC]

———cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), placed on the calendar-30826 [9OC]

Dioxins and radiation exposure: compensation (H.R. 1961), 29941-29965 [4OC]

Disability: automobile assistance allowance (S. 2267), 2126 [7FE]

———compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxins (S. Res. 372), 9884-9887 [25AP]

———cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), placed on the calendar, 30812-30826 [9OC]

———housing assistance grants (S. 2264), 2122 [7FE]

———increase rates of compensation (H.R. 5688), S. 2736 indefinitely postponed, 28263 [2OC]

———increase rates of compensation (S. 2736), 27950-27952 [1OC]

———increase rates of compensation (S. 2736), H.R. 5688 passed in lieu, 28262 [2OC]

———increase rates of compensation (S. 2736; H.R. 5688), 28236-28262 [2OC]

———rates of compensation (S. 1388), House amendments, 2577, 2580-2589 [9FE]

———trial work periods (S. 2759), 16163 [13JN]

Diseases: presumption of service connection for certain veterans, 13284 [22MY]

Education: benefits, 23359 [9AU]

———payment of interest to Vietnam-era veterans on amounts contributed to assistance programs (S. 2245), 1324 [1FE]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: extend (S. 2760), 16165 [13JN]

ERA: impact on veterans' programs, 8439 [9AP]

Executive departments: extend veterans' readjustment appointment authority (S. 2268), 2126 [7FE]

Fulton, Blair F.: selected commander of Military Order of the World Wars, 26706 [25SE]

General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO: designate (H.R. 5252), 31167 [10OC]

———designate (H.R. 5252), placed on calendar, 30709 [5OC]

Geriatrics: advancements made by VA, 26292 [20SE]

GI bill: cost-of-living adjustment, 12909-12911 [18MY]

———educational assistance program, 15630, 15632-15642 [11JN], 15843 [12JN], 16058-16107 [13JN], 17732-17735, 17882 [21JN]

———educational assistance program, point of order, 16095-16105 [13JN]

Health care: compensation for exposure to herbicides or radiation hazards (H.R. 1961), 30546 [5OC]

Japan: permit civil suits by U.S. POW's (S. 3001), 25774 [18SE]

Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A. National Memorial, Inc.: tax exemption for property (H.R. 4994), 28927 [3OC]

McFarland, Ernest W.: tribute, 16557 [14JN]

Memorial Day: observance, 13056 [21MY], 13486 [23MY], 18634 [26JN]

Mentally incompetent: reform estate limitation regulations, 27950 [1OC]

MIA's: full accounting, 16135-16137 [13JN]

Mortgage bonds: waive certain IRS requirements with respect to West Virginia veterans (S. 2945), 23337 [9AU]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 171), 2723 [21FE], 3483 [27FE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 227), 2132 [7FE], 9859 [25AP]

Plowden, William C., Jr.: tributes, 30479 [5OC]

Polish Legion of American Veterans: grant Federal charter (S. 1980), 3473 [27FE]

POW/MIA Awareness Day: observance, 21220 [26JY]

Public Health Service: veterans' preference for officers (S. 2697), 13260 [22MY]

Radiation: disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation, 13147 [22MY], 14144 [24MY]

Refugees: humanitarian assistance, 32082 [11OC]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant national charter (S. 3008), 26035 [19SE]

Rome, Italy: anniversary observance of liberation (S.J. Res. 240), 15560, 15578 [8JN]

Salvato, Anthony V.: tribute, 6862 [28MR]

Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN: designate (S. 2717), 14118 [24MY]

Servicemen's group life insurance program: coverage, 28243 [2OC]

Southeast Asia: secure accounting of captured or missing military personnel (S.J. Res. 246), 10388 [30AP]

Spanish-American War Veteran Day: designate (S.J. Res. 293), 11773 [10MY], 20053 [29JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 293), placed on calendar, 19765 [28JN]

Staniszewski, Wladyslaw: confer citizenship posthumously (H.R. 960), 27764 [28SE]

———confer citizenship posthumously (S. 2917), 22837 [8AU]

369th Veterans' Association: grant charter (S. 2258), 22868, 22870 [8AU]

———grant a Federal charter (H.R. 1095), 30812 [9OC], 31154 [10OC]

———grant Federal charter, 1876 [6FE]

VA: automobile adaptive equipment, 22937 [8AU]

———cabinet status for administrator, 20168 [29JN]

———construction of State home facilities (S. 2715), 14117 [24MY]

———contract care authority in Puerto Rico, 22936 [8AU]

———cost analysis comparison to private sector hospitals, 19637 [28JN]

———enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), 22924-22946 [8AU], 28937 [3OC]

———enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), H.R. 5618 passed in lieu, 22946 [8AU]

———enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), indefinitely postponed, 22951 [8AU]

———establish National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 22942 [8AU]

———establish Special Committee for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 22930, 22933, 22942 [8AU]

———extend authority to contract for alcohol and drug abuse treatment by community-based facilities, 22930 [8AU]

———funding for construction, 29725 [4OC]

———funding for loan guaranty and insurance operations, 29668 [4OC]

———funding for State care facilities, 22939, 22943 [8AU]

———Grace Commission health-care system recommendations, 22939, 22944 [8AU]

———guidelines for treatment of neurological diseases, 22941, 22943, 22945 [8AU]

———health care for civilians who served in Vietnam, 22936 [8AU]

———health care services, 2113 [7FE]

———home-loan guaranties (S. 2265), 2122 [7FE]

———improve recruitment and retention of security services personnel, 22933 [8AU]

———modify starting date of Vietnam era for pension purposes, 22937 [8AU]

———pay rates for psychologists, 22939 [8AU]

———readjustment counseling eligibility requirements, 22935 [8AU]

———reject proposed changes in health care system (S. Res. 364), 8436 [9AP]

———reversionary interest in certain lands in Los Angeles, CA, 22937, 22946 [8AU]

———treatment of income derived by veterans from incentive or work therapy programs, 22937 [8AU]

———utilization of health care facilities in rural areas, 22936, 22943, 22945 [8AU]

VA Health-Care Program Improvements Act: enact (S. 2269), 6727-6730 [27MR], 7446 [3AP]

———introduction (S. 2269), 2127-2131 [7FE]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act: enact (H.R. 1961), appointment of conferees, 13180 [22MY]

———enact (S. 1651), time limitation, 13115 [21MY]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), 13147-13177 [22MY], 14144 [24MY]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), S. 1651 indefinitely postponed, 13180 [22MY]

———enact (S. 1651; H.R. 1961), pass H.R. 1961 in lieu, 13177 [22MY]

Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5618), 28933-28947 [3OC]

Veterans' mortgage bonds: qualifications, 8719 [11AP], 9225 [12AP]

Veterans Preference Month: designate (S.J. Res. 297), 12445 [16MY], 16654 [15JN], 17872 [21JN]

Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier: authorizing President to award the Medal of Honor (H.R. 5515), 12427 [16MY]

———authorizing President to award the Medal of Honor (H.R. 5515), held at desk, 11755 [10MY]

———authorizing use of Capitol rotunda to honor (H. Con. Res. 296), 12433 [16MY]

———authorizing use of Capitol rotunda to honor (S. Con. Res. 107), 9884 [25AP], 10687 [2MY]

———designate Members to represent Senate at ceremony, 14222 [24MY]

Vietnam Veterans National Medal Act: enact (H.R. 1870), 30812 [9OC]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant Federal charter (S. 2266), 8251 [5AP], 10180 [26AP]

Vietnam-era veterans: profile, 10838 [3MY]

———bush vets, 8362 [9AP]

Wilmington, DE: dedication of Vietnam veterans monument, 3086 [23FE]

Women veterans: recognition, 16025 [13JN]

Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association: grant Federal charter (H.R. 4966), 29939 [4OC]

———grant Federal charter (H.R. 4966), held at desk, 28208 [2OC]

———grant Federal charter (S. 2720), 14119 [24MY], 29226 [3OC]

———grant Federal charter (S. 2720), placed on calendar, 28208 [2OC]

World War I Aces and Aviators Day: designate (S.J. Res. 333), 20133 [29JN]

World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act: introduction (S. 2274), 2262 [8FE]

Reports

Amend Charter of AMVETS by Extending Membership Eligibility for Those Qualifying After a Certain Date: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 4212) (H. Rept. 98-682), 9537 [12AP]

Congressional Budget Act Waiver Regarding Disabled Veterans, Disability Rate and Spouse Dependency Compensation Rate Increase: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2736; S. Res. 441), 25617 [17SE]

Cost-of-Living Increase for Service-Connected Disabilities and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Survivors: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5688) (H. Rept. 98-828), 15483 [7JN]

Designation of Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 4734) (H. Rept. 98-777), 12321 [15MY]

Disability Compensation Rates: Committee on the Budget (S. 2736) (S. Res. 441), 26695 [25SE]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2736) (S. Rept. 98-604), 25617 [17SE]

Enhancement of Veterans' Administration Medical Treatment Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2514) (S. Rept. 98-487), 14832 [4JN]

GAO Duplicate Audit Requirements Relief With Respect to Disabled Veterans: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3115) (H. Rept. 98-683), 9537 [12AP]

GI Bill Educational Assistance Program: CBO (excerpt), 16092 [13JN]

———Committee on Armed Services, 15634 [11JN]

Grant Federal Charter to Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 4772) (S. Rept. 98-822), 15194 [6JN]

Improve VA Health Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5618) (H. Rept. 98-779), 12322 [15MY]

Increase of Dollar Limitations Under VA Housing Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5617) (H. Rept. 98-776), 12321 [15MY]

Modification of Procedures for Payment of Military Retired Pay to Spouses and Former Spouses: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 5027) (H. Rept. 98-700), 9982 [25AP]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 227), 9252 [12AP]

Presumption of Service Connection for Certain Diseases Related to Exposure to Herbicides (H. Rept. 98-592), 393 [25JA]

Private Contracts for Collection of Debt Owed the U.S.: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1668) (S. Rept. 98-511), 15846 [12JN]

Recognize the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc.: Committee on the Judiciary (S. Rept. 98-386), 8425 [9AP]

Revise Authority for Collection of Fee With Respect to VA-Guaranteed Housing Loans: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. Rept. 98-366), 6419 [22MR]

Use of Rotunda of Capitol for Unknown Soldier of the Vietnamese Conflict To Lie in State: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Con. Res. 107), 10458 [1MY]

VA Rehabilitation Program for Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities, Educational Assistance, Civil Service Appointments: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5398) (H. Rept. 98-775), 12321 [15MY]

Veterans' Disability Compensation for Exposure to Ionizing Radiation (S. 1388): Senator Cranston (additional views), 13150-13153 [22MY]

Veterans' Preference Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 297), 16559 [14JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. Audit, 14864 [4JN]

Waiving of Mandatory Reductions in Military Retirement Pay for Certain Employees of Dept. of Medicine and Surgery: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 4694) (H. Rept. 98-783), 12598 [16MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Medical construction project approvals: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 12596 [16MY]

Reorganize the Joint Chiefs of Staff: VFW, 30273 [4OC]

Statements

Compensation to Former POW of World War II and Korean Conflict (H.R. 6404) (sundry excerpts), 30245 [4OC]

D-Day Invasion: Charles Eaton, 15079 [6JN]

———Joseph Martin, 15079 [6JN]

———Lisa Zanatta (excerpt), 15448 [7JN]

———Representative Gibbons, 16784-16791 [15JN]

Dept. of HUD and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 5713): Representative Dingell, 25692 [17SE]

ERA Veterans Preference Statute: Dorothy Ridings, 2029 [7FE]

———Gary McDowell, 8439 [9AP]

———Leo Anderson, 2030 [7FE]

———Martha Barnett, ABA, 2030 [7FE]

———Phyllis Schlafly, 2029 [7FE]

———Thomas Emerson, 2029 [7FE]

Exposure of Veterans to Dioxins and Radiation: Hellen Gelband, 29960 [4OC]

———Michael Gough, 29960 [4OC]

GI Bill Educational Assistance Program: American Legion, 16068 [13JN]

———C. G. Cooper, 16067 [13JN]

———Kenneth Peek, 16067 [13JN]

———Maxwell Thurman, 15634-15636 [11JN], 16067, 16071, 16074, 16083, 16086, 16093 [13JN]

———(sundry), 12296 [15MY], 16068, 16077 [13JN]

———VFW, 16068 [13JN]

GI Bill (sundry), 12296 [15MY]

Grace Commission Recommendations on the VA: OMB, 2113 [7FE]

Issues Facing Veterans: Clarence M. Bacon, for the American Legion, 26509 [21SE]

Proposed Abolishment of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Senator Cranston, 29930 [4OC]

Recruitment and Retention of Security Services Personnel: VA (excerpt), 22933 [8AU]

VA Regulatory Authority: Harry N. Walters, 29954 [4OC]

Veterans Bonds for Housing: Representative AuCoin, 14328 [24MY]

Veterans Preference in Federal Employment: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1944), 17872 [21JN]

VFW Legislative Program: Clifford G. Olson, 5175 [12MR]

Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act (H.R. 1961): Committee on Veterans' Affairs Additional Views, 740 [30JA]

———President Reagan, 13177 [22MY]

Studies

Emergency Evacuation Cost Comparison: Denver, CO, VA Medical Center, 19638 [28JN]

GI Bill Educational Assistance Program: Army Research Institute, 15635 [11JN]

Summaries

Final Report of the Massachusetts Special Commission on the Concerns of Vietnam Veterans, 7880 [4AP]

Veterans' Disability Compensation for Exposure to Ionizing Radiation and Herbicides Containing Dioxins (S. Res. 372), 9888 [25AP]

Veterans Disability Compensation Rates: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 28245-28258 [2OC]

Tables

Comparison of differences in veterans' disabilty benefit ratings, 2298 [8FE]

GI bill educational assistance program, 16076, 16098 [13JN]

GI bill funding, 12909, 12910 [18MY]

VA claims for radiation exposure, 13147 [22MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 296, authorizing use of the Capitol rotunda to honor Unknown Soldier from Vietnamese conflict selected for burial at Arlington National Cemetery, 10915 [3MY]

H. Con. Res. 322, sense of the Congress regarding MIA's in Southeast Asia, 17200, 17222 [19JN]

H.R. 29, grant charter to the Polish Legion of American Veterans, U.S.A., 19345 [27JN]

H.R. 1199, Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc., 22423 [6AU]

H.R. 1961, Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act, 736 [30JA], 13177-13180 [22MY]

H.R. 2464, Federal charter for Army and Navy Union of the U.S.A., 11086 [7MY]

H.R. 3115, relief for GSA from duplicative audit requirements with respect to DAV, 11086 [7MY]

H.R. 3406, recognize the organization known as the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-65, 30138 [4OC]

H.R. 3775, Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc., 22426 [6AU]

H.R. 3811, grant Federal charter to American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., 11888 [10MY]

H.R. 4212, amending AMVETS charter, 11085 [7MY]

H.R. 4772, grant Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., a Federal charter, 15659 [11JN]

H.R. 4966, recognize the Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association, 27318 [26SE]

H.R. 5398, Veterans' Education and Employment Act amendments, 22383 [6AU]

H.R. 5515, authorizing President to award the Medal of Honor to the Unknown Soldier from the Vietnamese conflict, 10917 [3MY]

H.R. 5617, increase certain dollar limitations under VA housing programs, 12996 [21MY]

H.R. 5618, Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act, 12989 [21MY], 22925-22951 [8AU]

H.R. 5688, cost-of-living increase in disability benefits and dependency and indemnity compensation rates, 16810 [18JN]

H.R. 5920, care of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 18474 [22JN]

H.R. 5955, reduce paperwork required of the aged for benefits and services, 20375 [29JN]

S. 1145, Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc., 22425 [6AU]

S. 1188, relief for GSA from duplicative audit requirements with respect to DAV, 11086 [7MY]

S. 1388, Veterans' Compensation and Program Improvements Act amendments, 2291-2297 [8FE], 2577-2580 [9FE]

S. 1806, Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc., 22429 [6AU], 23815 [10AU]

S. 2079, amending AMVETS charter, 11086 [7MY]

S. 2258, grant charter to 369th Veterans' Association, 22871 [8AU]

S. 2264, disabled veterans housing assistance grants, 2122 [7FE]

S. 2265, veteran home-loan guaranties, 2123 [7FE]

S. 2267, disabled veterans automobile assistance allowance, 2126 [7FE]

S. 2269, Veterans' Administration Health-Care Program Improvements Act, 2131 [7FE]

S. 2274, World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act, 2263 [8FE]

S. 2514, enhance management of VA medical treatment programs, 22925-22928 [8AU]

S. 2552, insure dignified burial for veterans, 8753 [11AP]

S. 2717, Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN, 14118 [24MY]

S. 2720, grant Federal charter to Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association, 14119 [24MY]

S. 2736, increase rates of disability compensation for veterans, 28236-28241 [2OC]

S. 2759, trial work periods for disabled veterans, 16164 [13JN]

S. 2760, Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act, 16165 [13JN]

S. 2945, waive certain IRS requirements with respect to veteran mortgage bonds program in West Virginia, 23337 [9AU]

S. 3008, granting national charter to Retired Enlisted Association, Inc., 26035 [19SE]

S. Con. Res. 107, Unknown Soldier from Vietnamese conflict to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda, 9884 [25AP], 10687 [2MY]

S. Res. 139, disapprove recommendation to abolish Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 29931 [4OC]

S. Res. 364, reject proposed changes in VA health care system, 8435 [9AP]

S. Res. 372, veterans' disability compensation for exposure to ionizing radiation and herbicides containing dioxins, 9884 [25AP]

S.J. Res. 171, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 3483 [27FE], 7546 [3AP]

S.J. Res. 227, National Women Veterans Recognition Week, 9860 [25AP]

S.J. Res. 240, anniversary observance of liberation of Rome, Italy, 15578 [8JN]

S.J. Res. 277, authorize the American Armored Force Memorial, Arlington, VA, 27178 [26SE]

S.J. Res. 293, Spanish-American War Veteran Day, 11773 [10MY], 20053 [29JN]

S.J. Res. 297, Veterans' Preference Month, 16654 [15JN], 18891 [26JN]