VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION see also Veterans

Addresses

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

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

Amendments

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5713), 14431, 14435, 14437 [30MY], 17815, 17817-17819, 17863 [21JN], 19332 [27JN]

———making (H.R. 5713), amendments in disagreement, 19096 [27JN]

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]

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

General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center: designate (H.R. 5252), 29536 [3OC]

Health: enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), 22860 [8AU]

Housing: revise authority for collection of fees in connection with loans (S. 2391), 7204, 7226 [30MR]

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

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

Veterans: compensation for exposure to dioxins and radiation (H.R. 1961), 29941 [4OC]

———increase rates of disability compensation (S. 2736), 27950 [1OC], 28407 [2OC]

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

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]

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

Conferees: H.R. 5713, making appropriations, 17986 [22JN]

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]

Handicapped Entrepreneurs of the Possible, 1707-1710 [2FE]

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

Help at Last, 4834 [7MR]

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

Our Twenty Minutes, 28820 [2OC]

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 6313 [21MR]

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]

VA Program Needs Clout, 14332 [24MY]

VA Raises Ceiling on Mortgages to 13 Percent, 6508 [26MR]

Veteran Advocate of the Year, 22298 [2AU]

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

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

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions

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

Automobile adaptive equipment (see H.R. 4890)

Bereavement counseling (see H.R. 4896)

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

Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI (see S. 2253; H.R. 4734)

Contractual burial agreements (see S. 2552)

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

Dept. of Medicine and Surgery: pay reduction waiver for retired military employees (see H.R. 4694)

Garage and parking appropriations and fees: authority to administer as revolving fund (see H.R. 5776)

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)

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

Handicapped: specially adapted housing assistance grants (see S. 2451)

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

Health: enhance management of treatment programs (see S. 2514)

———revise and improve 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)

Health care programs (see S. 2269)

———extension of authority (see H.R. 5775)

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

Home loan guarantees (see S. 2265)

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

———dollar limitations (see H.R. 4685)

———guaranteed loans for purchase of residential units held by cooperative projects (see H.R. 6394)

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

———loan guaranties (see S. 2451)

———maximum amount for manufactured homes (see H.R. 5367)

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

Law enforcement officers: clarify scope of authority (see H.R. 4792)

Loan guaranty revolving fund: authorizing direct appropriations (see H.R. 5705)

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

Milwaukee, WI: Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center (see S. 2253; H.R. 4734)

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)

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

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

Readjustment counseling (see S. 2269)

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

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

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

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

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

Vietnam conflict: report on alternative for assistance to certain civilians who served in Southeast Asia (see H.R. 5675)

Vietnam-era veterans: treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 4833)

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

Biographies

James G. Bourie, veteran's advocate, 22297 [2AU]

Communications from

Activities: report, 15340 (EC3333) [7JN], 21056 (EC3790) [25JY], 21166 (EC3593) [26JY]

Administrative control: report, 45 (EC2118) [23JA], 115 (EC2317) [23JA]

Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War: report, 879 (EC2406) [30JA]

Appropriations to loan guaranty revolving fund: legislation, 12089 (EC3346) [14MY], 12158 (EC3213) [15MY]

Authority to conduct certain health care programs: legislation, 11011 (EC3280) [3MY]

Continuation of major programs whose continuity is vital in meeting commitments: legislation, 10875 (EC3174) [3MY]

Deceptive advertising: report, 118 (EC2432) [23JA], 205 (EC2209) [24JA]

Development of medical center staffing guidelines: report, 9756 (EC3205) [24AP]

Equitable relief in reliance on erroneous determination cases: report, 10458 (EC3122) [1MY], 10771 (EC3267) [2MY]

Exchange of medical information program: report, 44 (EC2069) [23JA]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 6997(EC3023), 7074 (EC2918) [29MR], 8422 (EC3018) [9AP], 8521 (EC3128) [10AP]

Garage and parking appropriations and fees as a revolving fund: legislation, 10875 (EC3163) [3MY], 11118 (EC3293) [7MY]

Increased rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans and families: legislation, 10771 (EC3268) [2MY], 11535 (EC3192) [9MY]

Independent living services and assistance programs: report, 32517 (EC3930) [14NO]

Inspector General: report, 115 (EC2309) [23JA], 579 (EC2315) [26JA], 14112 (EC3280) [24MY], 14343 (EC3415) [24MY]

Lease prospectus: copy, 17728 (EC3615) [21JN]

Matching programs, 579 (EC2327) [26JA]

Outpatient facility, Pensacola, FL: lease prospectus, 19983 (EC3655) [28JN]

Prisoners of war: report, 118 (EC2431) [23JA]

Privacy Act: report, 205 (EC2208) [24JA]

Proposed legislation, 9756 (EC3202) [24AP], 9871 (EC3114) [25AP]

Records system: report, 115, 116 (EC2318, EC2349, EC2367) [23JA]

Recruitment and retention of nurse technicians: legislation, 24319 (EC3960) [5SE], 24680 (EC3711) [10SE]

Sharing alcohol and drug abuse treatment resources with Dept. of Defense: legislation, 14929 (EC3488) [5JN], 15610 (EC3356) [11JN]

Sharing of health care resources: guidelines, 5249 (EC2893) [13MR], 5332 (EC2774) [13MR]

Sharing of medical facilities: report, 5119 (EC2871) [12MR]

Status of staffing guidelines effort: report, 9871 (EC3115) [25AP]

Uniform allowances for law enforcement personnel: legislation, 6292 (EC2970) [21MR]

United States Code: amend to increase subsistence allowances, 7074 (EC2920) [29MR], 8422 (EC3022) [9AP]

Veterans Readjustment Act: legislation, 8005 (EC3100) [5AP]

Court decisions

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

Explanations

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

Senate amendment to S. 2514, and compromise agreement on H.R. 5618, the Veterans Health Care and Facilities Improvement Act, 28659-28667 [2OC], 28938-28943 [3OC]

Senate amendment to S. 2736, and compromise agreement on H.R. 5688, the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act, 30304 [5OC], 30818-30822 [9OC]

Justification

VA Funding: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 17831 [21JN]

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]

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

Exposure to herbicides containing dioxins: Harry N. Walters, 13154 [22MY]

———Robert P. Nimmo, 13162 [22MY]

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

———(sundry), 9887 [25AP], 29956, 29960 [4OC]

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

Golden Gate National Recreation Area land transfer: California Coastal Commission, 22625 [7AU]

———sundry conservation organizations, 22625 [7AU]

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

Pay rates for VA psychologists, 22940, 22946 [8AU]

Status of lands conveyed to State of California by the VA (sundry), 22938 [8AU]

Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, 22934 [8AU]

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

VA funding: Senator Simpson and Cranston, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 17831 [21JN]

VA health care program, 2128 [7FE]

VA treatment of post-traumatic stress disorders: Donald L. Custis, 6731 [27MR]

———Senator Cranston, 6730, 6731 [27MR]

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

Lists

VA psychiatric facilities with core staff to patient ratios of less than 1.9: 1, 17832 [21JN]

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

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, 29612 [3OC]

Massachusetts, 20550 [23JY]

New Mexico, 4529 [5MR], 5736 [15MR]

Oklahoma, 13048 [21MY]

Pennsylvania, 3428 [27FE]

Tennessee, 14118 [24MY]

Virginia, 11119 [7MY]

Petitions

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

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

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

Polls of opinion

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

Proclamations

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]

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

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5713), 14412-14443 [30MY], 15473 [7JN], 17799-17817 [21JN], 19100 [27JN]

———making (H.R. 5713), amendments in disagreement, 19096 [27JN]

———making (H.R. 5713), appointment of conferees, 17986 [22JN]

———making (H.R. 5713), conference report, 19088 [27JN]

———making (H.R. 5713), permission to file conference report, 18734 [26JN]

———making (H.R. 5713), waiving certain points of order against consideration (H. Res. 511), 14410 [30MY]

Beck, Ronald J.: disability benefits, 16809 [18JN]

Benefits: CBO study of health care benefits, 12855 [17MY]

———eliminate gender-based distinctions (H.R. 2920), 21744 [31JY]

———housing benefits, 12999 [22MY]

———mortgage bonds qualifications, 8841 [11AP]

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

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

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

Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI: designate (H.R. 4734), 12994 [21MY], 12996 [23MY], 13316 [22MY]

Clougherty, Ray: tribute, 2789 [21FE]

Custis, Donald L.: tribute, 13990 [23MY]

Dependency and indemnity compensation rates: cost-of-living increase (H.R. 5688), 16810 [18JN], 16815 [19JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO: designate (H.R. 5252), 6577 [27MR], 29534 [3OC]

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

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

Health care programs: funding reductions, 9915 [25AP]

Home loan program: funds, 21899 [1AU]

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

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

Insurance program: commend efficiency, 24290 [5SE]

McCloskey, Jack: tribute, 6950 [28MR]

Medical treatment, 19013 [27JN]

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

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

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

Nursing homes: authorize State acquisition and renovation (H.R. 5412), 8516 [10AP]

Operation: routine, 17214 [19JN]

Physicians' military retirement pay waiver (H.R. 4694), 18499, 18500 [25JN]

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

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

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

Veterans' Administration Adjudication Procedure 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' hospitals: tribute, 20394 [29JN]

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

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

Vietnamese conflict's Unknown Soldier: commemoration, 14397, 14401 [24MY], 14539 [30MY], 14742, 14773 [31MY], 14864 [4JN], 15227 [6JN]

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemoration, 28166 [1OC]

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

Vietnam-era veterans: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 6312 [21MR]

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

Remarks in Senate

Administrator: cabinet status, 20168 [29JN]

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

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

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

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5713), 17817-17841 [21JN], 20164 [29JN]

———making (H.R. 5713), conference report, 19329-19334 [27JN]

Automobiles: adaptive equipment, 22937 [8AU]

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

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

———insure dignified burial (S. 2552), 8753 [11AP]

Civilians: health care for individuals who served in Vietnam, 22936 [8AU]

Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI: designate, 22942 [8AU], 23645 [10AU]

———designate (S. 2253), 1688 [2FE]

Construction: funding, 29725 [4OC]

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]

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

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

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

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

———increase rates of disability compensation (S. 2736), H.R. 5688 passed in lieu, 28263 [2OC]

———increase rates of disability 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]

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

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]

———designate (S. 3036), 27684 [28SE]

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

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

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA: land transfer, 22623-22626 [7AU]

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

Health: enhance management of medical treatment programs (S. 2514), 7218 [30MR], 22924-22946 [8AU]

———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]

Health care services, 2113 [7FE]

———enhance management of programs (S. 2514), 28937 [3OC]

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

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

———revise authority for collection of fees in connection with loans (S. 2391), 7203-7206 [30MR]

Incentive or work therapy programs: treatment of veterans' income for pension purposes, 22937 [8AU]

J. L. Simmons Co., Inc., Chicago, IL: relief (S. 2709), 13528 [23MY]

———relief (S. 2709), referral to U.S. Claims Court (S. Res. 391), 13528 [23MY]

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

Los Angeles: reversionary interest in certain lands, 22937 [8AU]

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

Neurological diseases: guidelines for treatment, 22941, 22943, 22945 [8AU]

Private sector hospitals: cost analysis comparison, 19637 [28JN]

Psychologists: pay rates, 22939 [8AU]

Puerto Rico: contract care authority, 22936 [8AU]

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

Randall, Malcom: Presidential Rank Award recipient, 4924 [8MR]

Readjustment counseling: eligibility requirements, 22935 [8AU]

Rural areas: utilization of health care facilities, 22936, 22943, 22945 [8AU]

Security services personnel: improve recruitment and retention, 22933 [8AU]

Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN: designate (S. 2717), 14118 [24MY], 21772 [1AU]

———designate, 21772 [1AU]

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

State home facilities: construction funds (S. 2715), 14117 [24MY], 22939, 22943 [8AU]

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

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Program Improvements Act: enact (S. 2269), 7446 [3AP]

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

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act: enact (H.R. 1961), 29941-29965 [4OC]

———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]

———funding for benefits, 29715, 29724 [4OC]

———presumption of service connection for certain diseases, 13284 [22MY]

———reform estate limitation regulations for mentally incompetent, 27950 [1OC]

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), 17872 [21JN]

Vietnam era: bush vets, 8362 [9AP]

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

———veterans' profile, 10838 [3MY]

Virgin Islands: contract care authority, 22936 [8AU]

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

Reports

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 to Veterans With 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]

Disabled Veterans, Disability Rate and Spouse Dependency Compensation Rate Increase: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2736) (S. Rept. 98-604), 25617 [17SE]

Establish Position of Associate Director for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 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]

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]

Public Health Service Act Amendment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5496) (H. Rept. 98-818), 14826 [4JN]

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

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]

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]

Statements

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

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

VA Facility, Portland, OR, 14423 [30MY]

VA Regulatory Authority, 29954 [4OC]

Vernice Doris Ferguson Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, 28786 [2OC]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act (S. 1651; H.R. 1961): President Reagan, 13177 [22MY]

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

———Michael Gough, 29960 [4OC]

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

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

Studies

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

Summaries

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

Tables

Dept. of HUD and independent agencies budget authority, 14417 [30MY], 19092, 19332 [27JN]

Dept. of HUD and sundry independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 5713): comparison of legislative markups, 17808 [21JN]

Five-year medical facility construction needs assessment, 14423 [30MY]

GI bill funding, 12909, 12910 [18MY]

VA claims for radiation exposure, 13147 [22MY]

VA construction projects, 14423 [30MY]

Texts of

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

H.R. 4694, physicians' military retirement pay waiver, 18499 [25JN]

H.R. 4734, designate the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 12994 [21MY]

H.R. 5252, General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center, 29535 [3OC]

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

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], 22946-22951 [8AU]

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

H.R. 5713, Dept. of HUD and sundry independent agencies appropriations, 17799-17806 [21JN]

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]

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

S. 1388, Veterans' Compensation and Program Improvement Act amendments, 2577-2580 [9FE]

S. 2253, designating the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, 1688 [2FE]

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. 2391, revise authority for collection of fees in connection with VA housing loans, 7206 [30MR]

S. 2514, enhance management of VA medical treatment programs, 7220 [30MR], 22925-22928 [8AU]

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

S. 2709, relief for J. L. Simmons Co., Inc., Chicago, IL, 13528 [23MY]

S. 2717, Sergeant Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN, 14118 [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. Res. 364, reject proposed changes in health care system, 8435 [9AP]