MONTGOMERY, G.V. (SONNY) (a Representative from Mississippi)
Addresses
Commitment to Our Nation's Veterans: Representative Hammerschmidt, 11626
Amendments offered by, to
Armed Forces: death gratuity payable to survivors of those who die on active duty (H.R. 3974), 37772 [18DE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 15883 [17JN], 16818, 16856 [21JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3629), 29397 [29OC], 29610, 29625 [30OC]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3036), 20810 [26JY]
Military installations: authorize certain construction (H.R. 1409), 27605 [16OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1409, authorizing certain military construction, 27628 [16OC]
———H.R. 3128, changes in spending and revenue provisions in budget, 34512 [5DE]
———S. 1160, National Defense Authorization Act, 18552 [11JY]
Articles and editorials
GI Bill Can Boost Enrollment, U.S. Productivity Too, Frank Mensel, Advisor (publication), 36787
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: assistance for program of education (see H.R. 3115), 21631 [30JY]
———discrimination in employment as a member of reserve component or National Guard (see H.R. 2798), 16122 [18JN]
———extend medical and dental care and commissary privileges to surviving dependents of Reserve members (see H.R. 1496), 5045 [7MR]
———incentives for recruitment and retention of health professionals (see H.R. 1498), 5045 [7MR]
———military commissary and exchange privileges to certain reserve members (see H.R. 1577), 5582 [19MR]
———prohibit refusal to hire because of membership in National Guard or Reserve (see H.R. 1495), 5045 [7MR]
———transportation on military aircraft for former members who are totally disabled from service-connected causes (see H.R. 2162), 8761 [22AP]
Civil service: correct inequities in credit for retirement purposes (see H.R. 3006), 19228 [16JY]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: expenses of investigations and studies (see H. Res. 58), 2292 [7FE]
Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations: increase maximum number (see H.R. 1441), 4702 [6MR]
Education: orderly transition to new assistance program (see H.R. 886), 1385 [31JA]
———orderly transition to new programs (see H.R. 752), 1147 [28JA]
Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: extend (see H.R. 1506), 5045 [7MR]
Executive branch: prohibit employment in civil service positions to any person not registered under Military Selective Service Act (see H.R. 1499), 5045 [7MR]
Housing: repeal provisions relative to interest rates on guaranteed insured loans to veterans (see H.R. 2122), 8471 [18AP]
Individual Ready Reserve: authorize bonus (see H.R. 1578), 5582 [19MR]
Military Selective Service Act: require registration and classification for induction of not more than 200,000 in Army Reserve (see H.R. 1500), 5045 [7MR]
National Guard: recognize role played in national defense (see H.J. Res. 220), 6609 [28MR]
Sec. of the Treasury: disclose mailing address of members of Reserve (see H.R. 1497), 5045 [7MR]
Smith, John C.: relief (see H.R. 1011), 1877 [6FE]
Taxation: credit to employers who employ members of the National Guard (see H.R. 3241), 22978 [5SE]
Uithoven, Guice and Felix: relief (see H.R. 1451), 4703 [6MR]
VA: additional compensation for veterans who suffered loss of lung or kidney (see H.R. 1488), 5045 [7MR]
———administration of garage and parking appropriations and fees as revolving fund (see H.R. 3193), 22683 [1AU]
———authorize modification of the structure of Office of the Chief Director (see H.R. 3763), 31887 [14NO]
———conduct health care programs (see H.R. 2123), 8471 [18AP]
———establish as executive department (see H.R. 513), 611 [7JA]
———establish regional employment representatives (see H.R. 1505), 5045 [7MR]
———exclusion of residents and interns from coverage under Federal Labor-Management Relations Statute (see H.R. 3877), 34885 [6DE]
———exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 3569 [26FE]
———extend protection to health care personnel against certain torts (see H.R. 2808), 16413 [19JN]
———furnish prescription drugs prescribed by private physicians (see H.R. 1491), 5045 [7MR]
———hospital care and services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3191), 22683 [1AU]
———improve death and disability pension program (see H.R. 1503), 5045 [7MR]
———improvements in National Cemetery System and adapted residence assistance to disabled veterans (see H.R. 2344), 10261 [2MY]
———include lupus erythematosis chronic disease to be service connected (see H.R. 1490), 5045 [7MR]
———income for participation in incentive work therapy programs shall not be counted toward pension payments (see H.R. 1489), 5045 [7MR]
———increase amount of life insurance coverage (see H.R. 1709), 6087 [25MR]
———increase compensation for disabled, dependency, and idemnity for surviving spouses and children (see H.R. 2181), 9104 [23AP]
———increase from $60 to $75 pension furnished hospital, nursing home or domiciliary care (see H.R. 1504), 5045 [7MR]
———make improvements in educational assistance programs and repeal loan program (see H.R. 2647), 13889 [3JN]
———make temporary and part-time appointments for health care personnel (see H.R. 2980), 18729 [11JY]
———modify special pay to physicians and dentists (see H.R. 1899), 7236 [2AP]
———mortgage protection life insurance to veterans beyond age 70 (see H.R. 1493), 5045 [7MR]
———period certain disease is to be service connected in case of syringomyelia (see H.R. 1502), 5045 [7MR]
———permit veterans eligible for military retirement pay to receive compensation for service-connected disability (see H.R. 1492), 5045 [7MR]
———reduce disability requirement for eligibility for outpatient care (see H.R. 1501), 5045 [7MR]
———reduce from 100% to 50% service-connected disability in order to receive dental care (see H.R. 1494), 5045 [7MR]
———repeal congressional report and waiting requirements relative to administrative reorganizations (see H.R. 2648), 13889 [3JN]
———repeal requirement that chronic disease must be 10% disabling (see H.R. 1487), 5045 [7MR]
———require formal advertising for contracts for services or supplies over $25,000 (see H.R. 2649), 13889 [3JN]
———respite care to chronically ill service-connected disabled veterans (see H.R. 2179), 9104 [23AP]
———revise eligibility for health care (see H.R. 2233), 9422 [25AP]
———right of U.S. to collect costs of hospital, nursing home, or outpatient medical care (see H.R. 2646), 13889 [3JN]
V-E Day: day of tribute to those who served and sacrificed (see H. Res. 161), 10695 [7MY]
Veterans: clarify authority of Chief Medical Director relative to disciplinary actions on certain probationary health care employees (see H.R. 3192), 22683 [1AU]
———extend eligibility for burial allowances (see H.R. 1485), 5045 [7MR]
———improvements in compensation programs (see H.R. 2343), 10261 [2MY]
———increase burial plot allowances from $150 to $250 (see H.R. 1486), 5045 [7MR]
———revision of formula for payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses (see H.R. 85), 446 [3JA]
———special pension for World War I (see H.R. 1484), 5045 [7MR]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 512), 611 [7JA]
Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), 10261 [2MY]
V-J Day Commemoration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 19229 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: assist distressed and protect land values (see H.R. 466), 21937 [31JY]
———assist export of commodities and improve farm income (see H.R. 1517), 7239 [2AP]
———establish task force to address long-range concerns (see H. Con. Res. 131), 9422 [25AP]
———study use of unleaded fuel in machinery (see H.R. 2795), 20138 [23JY]
Agriculture and Food Act: protection for purchasers of farm products (see H.R. 1591), 12010 [15MY]
Airborne Ranger companies: honor members who served in Korean War (see H. Res. 203), 21938 [31JY]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 2292 [7FE]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Armed Forces: assist civilian law enforcement agencies in drug-interdiction operations (see H.R. 2553), 12820 [21MY]
———death gratuity payable to survivors of those who die on active duty (see H.R. 3974), 37487 [17DE]
———retain military technicians on active status until age 60 (see H.R. 1164), 2680 [20FE]
Bankruptcy: proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers (see H.R. 2211), 11292 [9MY]
Banks and banking: authorize interstate among certain States (see H.R. 52), 11686 [13MY]
———provide for the safe and sound operation of depository institutions (see H.R. 428), 1878 [6FE]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 25051 [26SE]
Berlin, Germany: rename Checkpoint Charlie for Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr. (see H. Res. 180), 17913 [27JN]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 12822 [21MY]
Blue Angels: authorize Postmaster General to issue commemorative stamp to honor (see H.J. Res. 245), 11148 [8MY]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 3378 [25FE]
Cajun Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), 38372 [19DE]
Canada: impose quantitative limitations on softwood and investigate National Forest Systems (see H.R. 1088), 5585 [19MR]
Census: modify application to family farmers (see H.R. 1399), 4400 [5MR]
———prevent distortions in reapportionment of House figures which include illegal aliens (see H.R. 3710), 37855 [18DE]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 27828 [17OC]
Coastal Zone Management Act: amend (see H.R. 641), 18138 [9JY]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 7), 5585 [19MR]
Communications Act: establish procedures for renewal, assignment, and transfer of broadcast licenses (see H.R. 1977), 7496 [3AP]
Congressional Budget Act: 2-year biennial cycle (see H.R. 748), 3570 [26FE]
———provide for 2-year budgeting cycle (see H.R. 382), 15215 [11JN]
Constitution: establishing English as the official language (see H.J. Res. 96), 19230 [16JY]
Contracts: establish requirements for procurement in the competitive service (see H.R. 1802), 6607 [28MR]
Copyright: conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 33842 [3DE]
Crime and criminals: more severe penalties for espionage (see H.R. 2697), 15216 [11JN]
Dept. of Defense: limit payment of costs to contractors (see H.R. 2397), 11762 [14MY]
District of Columbia: erect memorial to honor Korean War veterans (see H.R. 2205), 9296 [24AP]
Education: establish program for high school graduates by Armed Forces in return for enlistment (see H.R. 40), 445 [3JA]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 6610 [28MR]
Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend relative to certain employment programs (see H.R. 1408), 4401 [5MR]
Employment: amend Davis-Bacon Act to provide new job opportunities (see H.R. 472), 2941 [21FE]
Executive departments: requirements for procurement by contract of services in competitive service (see H.R. 1132), 2432 [19FE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: employer to pay youth employment opportunity wage to persons under 20 years of age (see H.R. 1811), 12559 [20MY]
———exempt from overtime coverage employees in fire protection or law enforcement activities (see H.R. 2936), 20138 [23JY]
———permit employees to take compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation (see H.R. 2866), 18730 [11JY]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 7613 [4AP]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 1387 [31JA]
Federal Power Act: provide protection to consumers of electric power (see H.R. 44), 3950 [27FE]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 3570 [26FE]
Fleet Reserve Association: recognize (see H.R. 2098), 8762 [22AP]
Footwear: orderly trade in nonrubber to reduce unemployment (see H.R. 1973), 17520 [26JN]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
George S. Patton Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), 28702 [23OC]
Government regulation: make more cost effective and ensure review of rules (see H.R. 1339), 4228 [28FE]
GPO: provide administration of pay for employees under prevailing rate system and General Schedule (see H.R. 1810), 6608 [28MR]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11686 [13MY]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 14655 [6JN]
Highway funds: provide for administrative release (see H.R. 1059), 20138 [23JY]
International Terrorism Control Treaty: enact (see H. Res. 208), 17913 [27JN]
Japan: impose surcharge on imported products (see H.R. 1944), 18138 [9JY]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 7240 [2AP]
Judges: prohibit attorney's fees against action growing out of injunctive relief (see H.R. 877), 18729 [11JY]
Keogh plan: reporting requirements (see H.R. 3292), 24581 [20SE]
Labor: extortion prohibition application of (see H.R. 1719), 12276 [16MY]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), 21938 [31JY]
Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 22979 [5SE]
Leyte Landing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 10696 [7MY]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 18516 [10JY]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 11763 [14MY]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 12276 [16MY]
Merchant marine: authorize awards, decorations, insignia, and other (see H.R. 679), 20138 [23JY]
Mihailovich, Draza: establish monument in honor by National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich (see H.R. 77), 2292 [7FE]
Monopolies: prohibit hostile corporate takeovers of domestic petroleum corporations (see H.R. 998), 4703 [6MR]
Monuments and memorials: erect to American Armored Force, Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 3378 [25FE]
Morocco: erection of gift monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2887), 32642 [20NO]
Mule Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 76), 1387 [31JA]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 33843 [3DE]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 2291 [7FE]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 27420 [11OC]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 2434 [19FE]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3024), 19525 [17JY]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, 427), 8763 [22AP], 28701 [23OC]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 17520 [26JN]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), 20264 [24JY]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 5048 [7MR]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 25497 [1OC]
National DECA Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 86), 828 [22JA]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 17520 [26JN]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 22686 [1AU]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 1876 [6FE]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 2940 [21FE]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), 6367 [26MR]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 14655 [6JN]
National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 25051 [26SE]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288), 21632 [30JY]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 25497 [1OC]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 827 [22JA]
National Legion of Valor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 41), 1315 [30JA]
National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 22686 [1AU]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 26110 [3OC]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 312), 21938 [31JY]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 23444 [11SE]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 31515 [12NO]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 5048 [7MR]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 18060 [8JY]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 6087 [25MR]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 10262 [2MY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, 451), 8058 [16AP], 32643 [20NO]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 29251 [28OC]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 11148 [8MY]
National security policy: reflect strategy of peace through strength (see H. Con. Res. 150), 18139 [9JY]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 222), 10521 [6MY]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 2293 [7FE]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 6368 [26MR]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 18060 [8JY]
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola: authorize humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 3472), 30493 [5NO]
———authorize the furnishing of military assistance (see H.R. 3609), 30199 [1NO]
National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 15500 [12JN]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 30914 [6NO]
Nicaragua: prohibit importation of beef, bananas, and sugar (see H.R. 2158), 9105 [23AP]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 18730 [11JY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: recognize the pause as part of National Flag Day activities (see H.J. Res. 211), 11148 [8MY]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for appointment of electors from insular areas (see H.J. Res. 23), 24288 [19SE]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Rural mail carriers: computing deductions for use of their automobiles (see H.R. 1884), 16582 [20JN]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 31516 [12NO]
Scott Air Force Base, IL: rename as Mel Price Air Force Base and Airport (see H.R. 2458), 11291 [9MY]
Selective Service System: support of Congress for peacetime registration (see H. Con. Res. 115), 7612 [4AP]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 3951 [27FE]
Social Security: adopted child of an individual shall be treated the same as natural (see H.R. 367), 17232 [25JN]
———improve quality control standards under AFDC (see H.R. 1279), 6367 [26MR]
———restore, protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 9829 [30AP]
———waiting period for terminal illness shall not be applicable (see H.R. 580), 5584 [19MR]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]
Society of the Third Infantry Division: erect memorial in District of Columbia (see H.R. 2440), 22899 [4SE]
Soil Conservation Service: commending (see H. Res. 188), 18139 [9JY]
Southeast interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact: sense of Congress (see H.R. 1267), 9745 [29AP]
Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 9423 [25AP]
Soviet Union: deploring the continued production and deployment of nuclear forces (see H. Con. Res. 126), 27019 [9OC]
Sport Fish Restoration Fund: administration as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 11147 [8MY]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 15879 [17JN]
Stinson Creek Recreation Area, Loundes County, MS: designate as Lloyd D., Hayes Recreation Area (see H.R. 3356), 24178 [18SE]
Stinson Creek Recreation Area, Lowndes County, MS: designate as Lloyd D. Hayes Recreation Area (see H.R. 3356), 24178 [18SE]
Tax Reform Act: repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 242), 1387 [31JA]
Taxation: charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 6470 [27MR]
———deductions for certain expenses incurred by a member of the uniformed services (see H.R. 385), 18138 [9JY]
———exclude interest earned on savings accounts (see H.R. 3050), 21938 [31JY]
———extend and phase out credit for investments in conservation and renewable energy property (see H.R. 2001), 32627 [20NO]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 3950 [27FE]
———repeal certain substantiation and compliance provisions (see H.R. 531), 1148 [28JA]
———repeal maintenance of contemporaneous records (see H.R. 600), 826 [22JA]
———require retailers to collect sales and use taxes on interstate sales (see H.R. 3549), 34885 [6DE]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 25497 [1OC]
———treat use of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 7239 [2AP]
———treatment of qualified dividend reinvestment plans (see H.R. 654), 10695 [7MY]
Territories (U.S.): accepting, ratifying, and confirming the cessions of islands of Samoan group (see H.R. 3555), 34885 [6DE]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 5582 [19MR]
Trade Act: expansion of international trade in wood products (see H.R. 1648), 11292 [9MY]
U.S. Post Office Building, Flushing, NY.: designate as Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office building (see H.R. 633), 899 [24JA]
United Support of Artists for Africa: commend (see H. Con. Res. 99), 9297 [24AP]
VA: conduct demonstration projects for chiropractic care (see H.R. 2227), 9422 [25AP]
———establish national cemetery in Merced County, CA (see H.R. 755), 1147 [28JA]
———improve delivery of health care services (see H.R. 505), 11762 [14MY]
Veterans: increase rates of compensation and of dependency and indemnity (see H.R. 1538), 5581 [19MR]
Veterans' Educational Assistance Act: expand eligibility for assistance under GI bill (see H.R. 2323), 10261 [2MY]
Walkway crossing Potomac River at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park: designate as Goodloe E. Byron Memorial Pedestrian Walkway (see H.R. 3735), 31515 [12NO]
Walt Disney Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 32631 [20NO]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 26691 [8OC]
Broadcasts
Democratic response to Veterans Day radio address: by, 31543 [12NO]
Documents
Flag Banner Adoption: Continental Congress (1777), 15801
Elected to
Committee on Armed Services, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Explanations
Veterans' Health Care Act amendments (H.R. 505), 29582-29588 [30OC]
Letters
Grant charter to Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: by, 991 [24JA]
Means test for veterans: by, Washington (DC) Post, 23262 [10SE]
New GI bill: Claude A. Holland, 37497
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3500), Title X: Albert H. Linden, Jr., 28731
———Charles C. Wilson, 28732
———E. Randall, 28733
———Harvey S. Friedman, 28733
———John S. Staum, 28731
———Richard D. Hoover, 28732
———Richard J. Gallant, 28733
———Robert A. Medairos, 28732
———Robert O. Muller, 28732
———Robert Routh, Jr., 28732
———Robert W. Nolan, 28733
———Walter Drahan, 28733
Proposed reductions in VA personnel in Dept. of Medicine and Surgery: David A. Stockman, Director of OMB (sundry), 978 [24JA]
———by, 978 [24JA]
Reorganization of Dept. of Veterans Benefits: exchange with Harry N. Walters, 5535 [19MR]
Taxation of veterans' disability compensation: by, to President Reagan, 3533
VA hospital budgets: James M. Schless, 13696
VA medical center in Mobile, AL, area: Harry Walters (excerpt), 31835 [14NO]
Veterans' health care: Howard H. Green, 13308
Veterans' health care at VA Medical Center, Atlanta, GA: A. Wendell Musser, 10177
Memorandums
Surgical Scheduling at VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH: Scovell M. Hopkins, 10589
Veterans' Surgical Waiting List: Lawrence W. Norton, 14217
Press releases
VA the past 55 years: VA, 19723
Remarks by, on
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: health concerns, 33696 [3DE]
Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN: designate (H.R. 1361), 32402
Allin, John M.: House prayer, 35554 [10DE]
Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (H.R. 1460), 14289
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (H.R. 10), 22857
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 465), conference report, 36750
———making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 15174 [11JN], 15396 [12JN]
Armed Forces: death gratuity payable to survivors of those who die on active duty (H.R. 3974), 37772, 37773 [18DE]
———educational benefits eligibility, 6030, 6034 [25MR]
———Individual Ready Reserve, 2239 [7FE]
———life insurance program (H.R. 1709), 6026 [25MR]
———report on ceremonies for soldiers killed in Newfoundland, Canada, air crash, 38732 [20DE]
Armed Forces Reservists: flying units, 16818
Army: National Guard and Reserve funding, 29625 [30OC], 32432 [19NO]
Atlanta, GA: VA Medical Center, 10176
Budget: changes in spending and revenue provisions (H.R. 3128), concur with Senate amendments, 38363 [19DE]
———deficit, 1142 [28JA], 22646 [1AU], 26405 [7OC]
———deficit reduction proposals, 30156 [1NO]
———Dept. of Defense funding levels, 29611 [30OC]
———impact on veterans, 6351
———National Guard and Reserve forces, 14955 [10JN]
———proposals, 11654 [13MY]
———revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13022 [22MY], 13386 [23MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), conference report, 22646 [1AU]
Camp McCain, MS: expand Army National Guard training site, 27605 [16OC]
Chemical weapons: funding, 16377 [19JN]
Chile: restore democracy (H. Con. Res. 52), 8640 [22AP]
Committee on Armed Services: filing reports, 5506, 5513 [19MR], 20974 [29JY]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 6034 [25MR], 11290 [9MY], 12272 [16MY], 12538 [20MY], 12717 [21MY], 29591 [30OC], 31835 [14NO]
Cosponsorship: withdrawal from H.R. 512, 13965 [4JN]
Defense procurement: reform, 17147 [25JN]
Dept. of Defense: Armed Forces education benefits, 36787
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 11973 [15MY], 16377 [19JN], 16473, 16506 [20JN], 16818
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), conference report, 27574 [16OC]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 1160), conference report, 29343
———making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 3327), 27798 [17OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3629), 29611, 29625 [30OC]
———military life insurance program, 6026 [25MR]
———military service, 32628, 32629 [20NO]
———National Guard and Selected Reserve, new GI bill, 37497
———personnel recruitment and retention, 17098 [25JN]
———treatment of members of National Guard and Reserve Forces, 7103 [2AP]
Dept. of Defense Conflict of Interest Act: enact (H.R. 2356), 17147 [25JN]
Dept. of Education: supplemental appropriations, 15174 [11JN]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 20217
———making appropriations (H.R. 3038), conference report, 31577 [13NO]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3036), 20810 [26JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3424), 25701 [2OC]
Disasters: hurricane damage in Mississippi, 22839 [4SE]
Education: Armed Forces benefits, 36787
———KELWYNN Group educational program development, 26672
———National Guard and Selected Reserve, new GI bill, 37497
Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (S. 1671), 24967 [26SE]
Employment: veterans' preference in Federal (H.R. 1802), 19837 [22JY]
———youth opportunity wage, 29238
Espionage: counterintelligence polygraph program, 17487 [26JN]
Executive departments: personnel actions, 18035
Field Office Closing Justification Act: enact (H.R. 2401), 18035
Flag Day: observance, 15801
Foreign trade: textile industry, 27111 [10OC]
GI bill: veterans' education benefits, 1283
GI Bill Act: amend (H.R. 752), 6030, 6034 [25MR]
H.R. 512: withdrawal from cosponsorship, 13965 [4JN]
Harrison, AR: John Paul Hammerschmidt Appreciation Day, 12980
House: legislative program, 18985 [15JY], 25032 [26SE], 30993 [7NO]
———prayer by John M. Allin, 35554 [10DE]
Individual Ready Reserve: benefits, 2239 [7FE]
KELWYNN Group, Jackson, MS: educational program development, 26672
Kemper County, MS: ceremony honoring Senator Stennis, 21199
Korean War Memorial Act: enact (H.R. 2205), 30369, 30372 [4NO]
Mahon, George H., 34355
MIA's: return of remains from Southeast Asia, 18081 [9JY]
MIA's in Southeast Asia: sense of the Congress (S. Con. Res. 46), 19622 [18JY]
Military bases: wildlife management practices (H.R. 1202), 20995 [29JY]
Military Construction Authorization Act: enact (S. 1042), conference report, 32432 [19NO]
Military hospitals: computer demonstration project, 16857 [21JN]
Military installations: authorize certain construction (H.R. 1409), 27583, 27605 [16OC]
Military personnel: pay adjustment, 17806 [27JN]
———recruitment and retention, 17098 [25JN]
———retirement program funding, 17787 [27JN]
Mississippi: hurricane damage, 22839 [4SE]
———NASA acceptance of title to Mississippi Technology Transfer Center (H.R. 3235), 29231
MX missile: authorizing release of funds for procurement (H.J. Res. 180), 6059, 6060 [25MR], 6301 [26MR]
———funding, 4294 [4MR]
———making appropriations (H.J. Res. 181), 6533 [28MR]
NASA: accept title to Mississippi Technology Transfer Center (H.R. 3235), 29231
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), appointment of conferees, 18552 [11JY]
National Development Investment Act: enact (H.R. 10), 22857
National Guard and Reserve: equipment, 11946 [15MY]
National Guard and Reserve Forces: survivor benefits, 4325 [5MR]
National Guard and Reserve forces: budget proposal, 14955 [10JN]
National Guard and Reserves: funding, 1142 [28JA], 1274 [30JA]
———life insurance program, 6026 [25MR]
———training, 2887 [21FE]
National security: military service, 32628, 32629 [20NO]
Nicaragua: humanitarian assistance for Contras, 15396 [12JN]
———making appropriations for military and paramilitary operations (H.J. Res. 239), 8988, 9026, 9027 [23AP]
Nicholson, Arthur D., Jr.: assassination, 8637 [22AP]
Nuclear weapons: MX missile, 4294 [4MR]
OMB: restrictions on use of funds, 20810 [26JY]
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (H.R. 3500), 28626, 28629 [23OC]
———enact (H.R. 3500), Title X, 28731
101st Air Assault Division: death benefits to families of members killed in airplane crash, 37772, 37773 [18DE]
———sentiment of Congress relative to deaths of members in airplane crash (H. Res. 345), 37763 [18DE]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), conference report, 30156 [1NO], 36076 [11DE]
———increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), instructions to conferees, 27373 [11OC]
———limitation, 26405 [7OC]
Railroad Safety Improvement Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2372), 22965 [5SE]
REA: anniversary, 10663
Reserve Forces: commissary and exchange privileges, 4325 [5MR]
South Africa: economic sanctions, 14289
Southeast Asia: return of remains of missing U.S. servicemen, 18081 [9JY]
Soviet Union: condemning for murder of Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr. (H. Res. 125), 8637 [22AP]
Stinson Creek Area, AL: designate as DeWayne Hayes Recreation Area, 30747 [6NO]
Strategic defense initiative: research and development, 16506 [20JN], 17440 [26JN]
Taxation: incentive to employ National Guard and Reserve Forces members, 7103 [2AP]
———treatment of veterans' disability compensation, 3533
———vehicle mileage documentation (H.R. 1869), 7717
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 27111 [10OC]
VA: acquired immune deficiency syndrome treatment costs, 33696 [3DE]
———anniversary, 19723
———budget proposals, 13308
———funding, 20217
———health care system, 10391
———operate regional office in Philippines (S. 1671), 24967 [26SE]
———programs funding, 38363 [19DE]
V-E Day: anniversary (H. Res. 161), 11064 [8MY]
Veterans: benefits, 6351
———compensation and pensions, 11654 [13MY]
———disability compensation, 3533
———education benefits, 1283
———funding for certain programs, 25701 [2OC]
———health care, 11177
———increase rates of certain compensation (H.R. 1538), 35245
———increase rates of certain compensation (H.R. 1538), unanimous-consent agreement, 38351 [19DE]
———leadership role of Representative O'Neill, 11937
———medical care, 26405 [7OC]
———Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3500), Title X, 28731
———reaffirm Veterans' Preference Act of 1944 (H.R. 1802), 19837 [22JY]
———third-party health care cost recovery, 28626 [23OC]
Veterans' Compensation Benefits Act: amend (H.R. 2343), 12533-12535, 12537 [20MY]
Veterans Day: observance, 30990 [7NO]
Veterans' Employment Act: amend (H.R. 1408), 12543, 12544, 12546 [20MY]
Veterans' Health Care Act: amend (H.R. 505), 12712, 12714, 12716 [21MY], 29568, 29581, 29588 [30OC], 31833, 31835 [14NO]
Veterans' Housing and Memorial Affairs Act: amend (H.R. 2344), 12538, 12543 [20MY]
Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 128), 10633
Vietnam War: anniversary, 10672 [7MY]
V-J Day Commemoration Day: designate (H.J. Res. 340), 19247
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30747 [6NO]
Weapons: funding for conventional, 17444 [26JN]
Wildlife: management practices on military land (H.R. 1202), 20995 [29JY]
World War II: anniversary, 10612 [7MY]
———termination of hostilities in Europe, 11064 [8MY]
Wright State University: Dennis R. Wyant, tribute, 36794
Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act: enact (H.R. 1811), 29238
Remarks in House relative to
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: designating membership (H. Res. 27), 587 [7JA]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 898 [24JA], 1142 [28JA], 1274 [30JA], 2239 [7FE], 2671 [20FE], 2887 [21FE], 4325 [5MR], 6026, 6059, 6085 [25MR], 6301 [26MR], 6533 [28MR], 7103, 7234 [2AP], 9027 [23AP], 10021 [1MY], 10260 [2MY], 10511 [6MY], 10612, 10672, 10692 [7MY], 11143 [8MY], 11654, 11684 [13MY], 11759 [14MY], 11946, 11973, 12007 [15MY], 12558 [20MY], 12819 [21MY], 13126 [22MY], 13434 [23MY], 13887 [3JN], 14056 [4JN], 14335 [5JN], 14653 [6JN], 14955, 14967 [10JN], 15174, 15213 [11JN], 15396 [12JN], 15591 [13JN], 16377 [19JN], 16506 [20JN], 17098 [25JN], 18081 [9JY], 19227 [16JY], 19622, 19699 [18JY], 19837, 19865 [22JY], 20677 [25JY], 20810 [26JY], 20995 [29JY], 22839 [4SE], 22965 [5SE], 23862 [17SE], 25278 [30SE], 25701 [2OC], 26405 [7OC], 27373 [11OC], 27574, 27583 [16OC], 27798 [17OC], 28626, 28700 [23OC], 29250 [28OC], 29343 [29OC], 29625 [30OC], 30156 [1NO], 30369 [4NO], 30990 [7NO], 32432 [19NO], 32630 [20NO], 33696 [3DE], 36076 [11DE], 36750, 36762 [16DE], 37486 [17DE], 37772 [18DE], 38363 [19DE], 38732 [20DE]
L. Mendel Rivers Legislative Action Award, recipient, 22051 [31JY]
Mendel Rivers' Award of Excellence: recipient, 23357 [11SE]
Special order: granted, 1310 [30JA], 2678 [20FE], 3567 [26FE], 6085 [25MR], 7493 [3AP], 7609 [4AP], 21278 [29JY], 25278 [30SE], 26689 [8OC], 29250 [28OC], 34265 [4DE]
Tributes, 22051 [31JY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tributes, 23562 [12SE]
Reports
Committee on Armed Services, 23429 [11SE]
Committee on Veteran's Affairs, 23436 [11SE]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 597 [7JA], 2413 [19FE], 5043 [7MR], 6086 [25MR], 12008 [15MY], 13876 [3JN], 28864 [24OC], 30999 [7NO], 31887 [14NO]
Committee on Ways and Means, 2413 [19FE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 597 [7JA], 2413 [19FE], 23429, 23436 [11SE], 30999 [7NO]
Health Care at VA Medical Center, San Antonio, TX: Thomas R. Newcomb, 10391
Veterans Health Care: Ernest M. Barsamian, 12404
———John B. Thompson, 11691
———Mark W. Wolcott, 11613
———P.S. Fogg, 12220
———R.W. Postlethwait, 11890
———Robert D. Lindeman, 10917
———Robert F. Green, 12407
———Scovell M. Hopkins, 10588
———Terry S. Hoyt, 12210
———VA Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, 10177
———William R. Best, 11178
Veterans' Health Care at VA Medical Centers: A.S. Townes, 13955
———J.J. Matoole, 14535
———John H. Ayvazian, 12691
———Larry G. Seidi, 14217
———Oscar Serlin, 12984
———Richard M. Whittington, 15230
———Wm. C. Matousek, 15037
Veterans Health Care at VA Medical Centers: Roy J. Korn, 12688
Veterans' Health Care at VA Medical Centers: Stanley J. Geyer, 14788
Resolutions by organizations
Francis W. Stover: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 7517
Rules
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 2671
Statements
Chile: by (excerpt), 8639 [22AP]
Dennis R. Wyant: James Dock, 36794
VA Budget Reduction Proposals: by, 6997 [1AP]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: by, 991 [24JA]
Texts of
H.J. Res. 340, V-J Day Commemoration Day, 19247
Tributes
Akin, Susan, 23862 [17SE]
Burgess, Ernest M., 14242
Byrd, Senator: by, and several Members of Congress (sundry excerpts), 10291 [2MY]
Cook, Clyde C., 6109
Driver, William J. (Bill), 19924
Hall, Representative Sam B., Jr., 13429
Hammerschmidt, Representative, 12980
Long, Gillis W., 1300
O'Neill, Representative, 11937
Rush, Leslie, Sr., 7741
Russell, Donna, 25278
Selden, Armistead I., Jr., 32630 [20NO]
Starbuck, Dorothy L., 1116
Stennis, Senator, 21199
Stover, Francis W., 7517
Uyeda, Kosaku, 11689
Wall, Maurice, 13851
Wyant, Dennis R., 36794
Vignettes
Dept. of Defense computer acquisition policy, 16857 [21JN]