DEATH AND DYING

Addresses

Some Matters of Life and Death: Tish Sommers, 35135-35137 [6DE]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: include housing allowance in death gratuity benefits (H.R. 3974), 37622, 37717 [18DE], 38074 [19DE]

———temporary free of charge military quarters for dependents of deceased members of Armed Forces (S. 1956), 37540, 37691 [18DE]

Articles and editorials

Attacking High U.S. Infant Mortality Rate, 13614 [23MY]

Former Senator Pleads for Dignified Death, 34456 [5DE]

Get to the Truth, 13614 [23MY]

Life, Death and Human Dignity, 25535 [1OC]

Matters of Life After Death, 29974 [31OC]

Poor Mother, Poor Baby, 13615 [23MY]

Stopping Child Suicide—Why Would One So Young Want To Die?, 7086 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions

Ambulances: death benefit to survivors of members of rescue squads (see S. 1479)

Asbestos: compensation for occupational exposure (see H.R. 1626)

———prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation for disability or death due to occupational exposure (see S. 1265)

Capital punishment: rational criteria for imposition (see H.R. 2706)

Children: study commission on suicide (see H.R. 1894)

Citizenship: procedure for alien who dies while serving with U.S. Armed Forces during certain period of hostilities (see H.R. 2842)

Courts: criteria for imposition of death penalty (see H.R. 1571)

———rational criteria for imposition of capital punishment (see H.R. 2706)

Death penalty: impose for first degree murders committed by prisoners serving a life sentence (see H.R. 2398)

Dept. of Defense: equivalent of 2 months housing allowance included in death gratuity payable to survivors of a member of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3974)

———temporary free of charge military quarters for dependents of deceased members of Armed Forces (see S. 1954, 1956; H.R. 3960)

Firearms: grants to local governments for purchase of bulletproof vests (see H.R. 1921)

Firefighters: benefits for non-Federal employees (see H.R. 3707)

———lower limitation on defined benefit plans (see H.R. 2073)

———survivors' benefits (see H.R. 1252)

Food stamp plan: excluding from financial resources, certain funds set aside for burial expenses (see H.R. 1196)

Heroin: relief of terminal cancer patients (see H.R. 1597)

Infant mortality: reduction (see H.R. 1382, 1873)

Law enforcement officers: benefits for death from medical conditions sustained in performance of duty (see H.R. 149)

———benefits for non-Federal employees (see H.R. 3707)

———lower limitation on defined benefit plans (see H.R. 2073)

———survivors' benefits (see H.R. 1252)

Life insurance: reject any tax proposal on annual increase in value of policy (see S. Res. 165)

Medicaid: hospice care as optional service (see S. 1648)

Medical care: availability of heroin for relief of terminal cancer patients (see H.R. 1597)

Medicare: allow hospices to subcontract for nursing services (see S. 322)

———coverage for hospice care (see H.R. 3027)

———eliminate sunset for hospice benefits (see H.R. 2973)

———extend hospice benefits (see S. 777)

———extension of hospice benefits (see H.R. 1316)

———hospice benefits (see H.R. 2070)

———hospice care as permanent benefit (see S. 1648)

———increase reimbursement rates for hospice care (see S. 1648)

———revise requirements relative to nursing care provided by certain hospice programs (see H.R. 1742)

National cemeteries: allow use of upright grave markers (see S. 769)

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: establish (see H.R. 3344, 3349, 3353)

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, 183)

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 155; H.J. Res. 288)

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 236; H.J. Res. 450)

National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 35; H.J. Res. 123)

National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322)

Occupational health and safety: compensation for workers disabled as a result of exposure to toxic substances (see H.R. 3090)

———identifying, notifying, and preventing illness and death among workers (see H.R. 1309)

Older Americans Food Stamp Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2778)

Parenteral diacetylmorphine: availability for cancer patients (see S. 70)

Public safety officers: benefits to survivors (see S. 917)

Rescue work: death benefit to survivors of certain public safety officers (see S. 1479)

Romania: inheritance claims of U.S. nationals (see S. 1910)

Servicemen's group life insurance: increase benefits (see S. 577)

Social Security: disability benefits for individuals suffering from terminal illness (see H.R. 580)

———distribution of lump-sum death benefit (see H.R. 1115)

———improve coverage and administration of benefits (see H.R. 3941)

———increases in primary insurance amounts to account for depressed replacement rates (see H.R. 65)

———lump-sum death benefits (see H.R. 58)

———off-budget treatment of programs (see H.R. 3908)

———proportional payment of benefit during month of recipient's death (see H.R. 1115)

———proportional payment of benefits during month of recipient's death (see H.R. 12)

———proportionate payment for month of death (see H.R. 871)

———recovery of overpayments made to surviving beneficiary (see S. 1350; H.R. 2860)

Suicide: distribution of preventive information by National Institute of Mental Health (see H.R. 1243)

Veterans: determination through judicial proceedings of claims for disability or death benefits (see H.R. 1688)

———extend eligibility for burial allowance (see H.R. 1485)

———improve benefits (see H.R. 1503)

———increase burial allowance and extend eligibility (see H.R. 3926)

———increase burial plot allowance (see S. 1477; H.R. 1486)

Water resource projects: include possible prevention of loss of life among factors considered in evaluating benefits (see H.R. 2916)

Youth: study commission on suicide (see H.R. 1894)

———suicide prevention programs (see H.R. 1099)

Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 53; H.J. Res. 193)

Decisions

Survivor benefits for emergency medical technicians: Dept. of Justice, 19907 [22JY]

Eulogies

Memorial Service for Members of 101st Airborne Division Killed in Gander, Newfoundland, Air Disaster (sundry), 37544 [18DE]

Letters

Hospice care: Helen K. Freedenberg, 12221 [15MY]

Lists

Cancer Hopefuls United for Mutual Support board of directors, 10561 [6MY]

Roll call of heroes, 17068-17071 [25JN]

Memorials of legislature

Nevada, 16123 [18JN], 16253 [19JN]

Oklahoma, 14970 [10JN]

Prayer

Roll Call of Heroes, 17071 [25JN]

Proclamations

Youth Suicide Prevention Month: George C. Wallace, Governor of Alabama, 9577 [26AP]

Programs

Kiwanis aid in suicide prevention, 7087 [2AP]

Remarks in House

Aged: right-to-die, 25526, 25535 [1OC]

Death benefits: lump-sum (H.R. 58), 463 [3JA]

Dept. of Defense: include housing allowance in death gratuity benefits (H.R. 3974), 37767-37773 [18DE], 38074 [19DE]

Hospices: nursing care (H.R. 1742), 16162 [18JN]

Medicare: hospice benefit (H.R. 1316), 4709 [6MR]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 155), 26976 [9OC]

101st Airborne Division: servicemen killed in Gander, Newfoundland, air disaster, 36542, 36543 [16DE], 36801, 36806 [16DE], 37862 [18DE]

———sorrow at death of members in plane crash in Newfoundland (H. Res. 304), 36542 [16DE]

Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (S.J. Res. 53), 10638 [7MY]

Remarks in Senate

Air-India: Michigan residents among victims of crash off coast of Ireland, 17707 [27JN]

Cancer Hopefuls United for Mutual Support: tribute, 10561 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: include housing allowance in death gratuity benefits (H.R. 3974), 37622 [18DE]

———temporary free of charge military quarters for dependents of deceased members of Armed Forces (S. 1956), 37535, 37536, 37539-37543 [18DE]

Firefighters: provide certain death benefits (S. 917), 7917 [16AP]

Health: provide survivor benefits to emergency medical technicians (S. 1479), 19906 [22JY]

Infant mortality: prevention program (S. 1873), 33116 [21NO]

Law enforcement officers: provide certain death benefits (S. 917), 7917 [16AP]

———roll call of heroes, 17068 [25JN]

Medicare: hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service (S. 1648), 23848 [16SE]

National Commission on Infant Mortality: establish (S. 1209), 37730 [18DE]

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: establish (S. 1209), 13612 [23MY]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 155), 18016 [8JY]

National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (S.J. Res. 24), 16018 [18JN]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 236), 31330 [12NO]

Occupational health and safety: compensation for asbestos-related death and diseases (S. 1265), 14855 [7JN], 19586 [18JY]

101st Airborne Division: assistance to dependents of servicemen killed in Gander, Newfoundland, air disaster (S. 1954), 36861 [17DE]

———memorial service for servicemen killed in Gander, Newfoundland, air disaster, 37543 [18DE]

———servicemen killed in Gander, Newfoundland, air disaster, 36496 [16DE]

Pell, Senator: symposium on life after death, 29973 [31OC]

Servicemen's group life insurance: increase benefits, 37535 [18DE]

Social Security: recovery of overpayments made to surviving beneficiary (S. 1350), 17041 [25JN]

Terminal care: policy, 34456 [5DE]

Veterans: increase burial plot allowance (S. 1477), 19904 [22JY]

Youth: suicide rate, 7086 [2AP]

Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (S.J. Res. 53), 2744 [20FE], 3827 [27FE], 6678 [28MR], 9577 [26AP]

———designated in Alabama, 9577 [26AP]

———observance, 14841 [7JN]

Sermons

Facing Death: Lynn P. Clayton (excerpt), 1290 [30JA]

Testimonies

Hospice Care: Bill Luckock, 23849 [16SE]

Texts of

H.R. 58, lump-sum Social Security death benefits, 464 [3JA]

H.R. 3974, include housing allowance in death gratuity payments for members of the Armed Forces, 37767 [18DE]

S. 917, death benefits for public safety officers, 7917 [16AP]

S. 1209, establish the National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, 13613 [23MY]

S. 1350, recovery of Social Security overpayments made to surviving beneficiary, 17042 [25JN]

S. 1479, provide survivor benefits to emergency medical technicians, 19907 [22JY]

S. 1648, hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service, 23849 [16SE]

S. 1648, hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service under the Medicaid Program, 23849 [16SE]

S. 1956, temporary free of charge military quarters for dependents of deceased members of Armed Forces, 37543 [18DE]

S.J. Res. 24, National Make-A-Wish Month, 16018 [18JN]

S.J. Res. 53, Youth Suicide Prevention Month, 2744 [20FE], 6679 [28MR], 10639 [7MY]

S.J. Res. 155, designate National Hospice Month, 18017 [8JY]

S.J. Res. 155, National Hospice Month, 26976 [9OC]

S.J. Res. 236, National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 31331 [12NO]