VETERANS related term(s) Veterans' Administration

Addresses

Award Ceremony to Honor Senator Byrd: Paralyzed Veterans of America, 10290 [2MY]

———Senator Byrd, 10291 [2MY]

———several Members of Congress (excerpt), 10291 [2MY]

———Vietnam Veterans Institute, 10290 [2MY]

Dedication of Vietnam Veterans Memorial: John Fitzsimmons, 29402 [29OC]

———Phil Vampatella, 29403 [29OC]

Meaning of Vietnam: George P. Shultz, Sec. of State, 9750 [29AP], 17937-17940 [27JN]

Memorial Day Commemoration: Joy D. Levitt, 13309 [22MY]

National Convention of the Disabled American Veterans: Representative Hammerschmidt, 22063 [31JY]

Pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: Lorin D. Swift, 13938 [3JN]

Remembering Korea—35 Years Later, 17027 [25JN]

Salute to Cadets of Civil Air Patrol: Representative Rahall, 8516 [18AP]

Veterans' Benefits and Services: Representative Hammerschmidt, 11626 [9MY]

Veterans Day Observance: President Reagan, 31641 [13NO]

Veterans Day—Democratic Response to President Reagan's Radio Address: Representative Montgomery, 31543 [12NO]

VFW Award Ceremony: Senator Thurmond, 5156 [14MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Tribute (sundry), 1755-1759 [5FE]

Vietnam Veterans—Dept. of Public Health Overview: James Foster, San Francisco, CA, Health Commission, 17263 [25JN]

Wichita's Congressional Medals Ceremony for POW's/MIA's Families: Senator Dole, 17998 [8JY]

Amendments

Benefits: increase certain (H.R. 1538), 38351 [19DE]

Dependency and indemnity compensation: increase (H.R. 1538), 38351 [19DE]

Disability benefits: increase (H.R. 1538), 38351 [19DE]

National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 216), 16397 [19JN]

Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: grant charter (H.R. 1042), 19585, 19606 [18JY]

VA: improve delivery of services (H.R. 505), 30650, 30652, 30708, 30709 [6NO], 31643 [13NO], 31833 [14NO]

———improve services (S. 876), 19975 [23JY], 21372, 21386, 21459 [30JY]

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Programs Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 505), 29568-29581 [30OC]

Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act: enact (S. 1887), 33642, 33677 [2DE]

Veterans' Compensation Rate Increase and Job Training Act: enact (H.R. 1538), 38494, 38630 [19DE]

Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 128), 10293, 10364 [2MY]

Analyses

Columbia University-American Legion—Vietnam Veterans Study Report No. 1 and Study Questionnaire: OTA, 32300-32302 [19NO]

Older Veterans' Health Care Amendments (H.R. 505), 622 [7JA]

Problem of Vietnam Veterans Readjusment Assistance, 9922-9923 [30AP]

Articles and editorials

Aging Veterans, Uncounted Costs, Unkept Promises, 2515 [19FE]

Al Santoli's Burdens, 7564 [3AP]

Bonding of War, 23922 [17SE]

Bonnie Blanton—Veterans' Angel, 34819 [5DE]

Cabinet-Level Status for the VA, 4647 [6MR]

Cancer Threat Seen for Vietnam Vets in Study for Deaths, 3048 [21FE]

Challenge to the VA Health Care System—Portents of the FY 1986 Medical Care Budget, 13784-13786 [24MY]

Charles ``Commando'' Kelly, 1338 [30JA]

Charles E. Kelly Dies at 64; Winner of Medal of Honor, 1339 [30JA]

Charleston, SC, Vietnam Vet Recalls His Homecoming, 23661 [12SE]

Charleston Vietnam Vet Recalls His Homecoming, 23661 [12SE]

``Chemical Straightjackets'' No Cure for Vets, 32668 [20NO]

Coming Home by Degrees, 34048 [3DE]

Cong Strategy Set Up Killings of Civilians, 11198 [8MY]

Court to Veterans—Drop Dead, 19978 [23JY]

Egos That Are Monumental Enough, 14238 [4JN]

For at Least Two DAVers, the Promise of Normandy Has Been Thrown Out, 3109 [22FE]

Honor Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice, 14791 [6JN]

Hope for America's Missing, 7677 [4AP]

``Invisible Veterans'' Still Struggling for Recognition, 31278 [12NO]

Local Residents Train With Special Forces in Florida Everglades, 12421 [16MY]

Looking for a Korean War Memorial, 29059 [24OC]

Means Test for Veterans, 23262 [10SE]

Military Retirement Tinkering, 12426 [16MY]

N.Y. Honors Vietnam Vets With a Parade, 11210 [8MY]

New Dimension to PTSD Healing Process, 12980 [21MY]

Official Backs VA Decision, 31660 [13NO]

On the Banks of the Elbe, V-E Day Anticlimatic for These Soldiers, 11630 [9MY]

Patriotic Memories Linger of Veterans Day Founder, 10941 [8MY]

Raymond Weeks, 10941 [8MY], 13692 [23MY]

Remember Laos, 13136 [22MY]

Searching for My Father in His Souvenirs, 31738 [13NO]

Speaking of Memorials . . ., 15475 [12JN]

Stanley G. Slusarski, Decorated War Veteran, 5060 [7MR]

Time for Us To Look Beyond Vietnam War—An Opposing View, 1706 [4FE]

Time to Give Thanks to Our Veterans, 29975 [31OC]

Timely Salute to Five American Heroes, 17937 [27JN]

Truman Called Van Fleet America's Greatest General, 19823 [19JY]

Two Delta Force Veterans Led FBI Bust of Assassination/Drug Ring, 22796 [1AU]

VA Official Knows All About the Problems of Former GIs, 34370 [4DE]

Veterans' Advocate Dean Phillips Dies August 22, 23470 [11SE]

Veterans Have Weeks to Thank for Their Day, 10940 [8MY]

Veterans Post Says Thanks to Sportsman, 17261 [25JN]

Veterans Seek Memorial for Korean War Colleagues, 22750 [1AU]

Vets Know What Freedom Means, 11199 [8MY]

Viet Vet Chooses Suicide Over a Life of Suffering, 19263 [16JY]

Vietnam Veteran Rescues Woman and Proves Point, 23118 [9SE]

Vietnam Vets Memorial, 31341 [12NO]

Vietnam War Protesters Deserve the Guilt They Feel Now, 17930 [27JN]

Wake Up, Jimmie D, World War III, 18287 [9JY]

``War Story'' Provides Vietnam-Simsbury Link, 19754 [18JY]

What V-E Day Means—Unfinished Business of 1945, 29552 [29OC]

Bills and resolutions

Abraham Lincoln Brigade: entitlement to benefits (see H.R. 786)

Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN: designate (see S. 437)

Airborne divisions: commemorative stamps (see H. Res. 213)

Aleuts: memorial (see H.R. 3764)

All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program: apprenticeship or other onjob training (see H.R. 3747)

American Armored Force: Arlington, VA, memorial (see S.J. Res. 43; H.J. Res. 167)

American Battle Monuments Commission: memorial to Native Americans (see H.R. 3764)

Arlington National Cemetery: designate burial area for cremated remains (see H.R. 264)

Armed Forces: waive contributions to survivor benefit plan for certain retirees receiving VA compensation (see H.R. 2053)

Army and Navy Union of the U.S.A.: grant charter (see S. 1456; H.R. 897)

Bataan-Corregidor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 199)

Benefit claims: judicial review of VA decisions and fees to attorneys (see H.R. 585)

Benefits: additional compensation for loss or loss of use of lung or kidney (see H.R. 1488)

———dependency and indemnity rates (see H.R. 1538, 1676)

———disability compensation concurrent with military retired pay (see H.R. 1492)

———extension for certain (see H.R. 1282)

———families of wounded or killed in line of duty (see H.R. 590)

———formula for payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses (see S. 85; H.R. 85)

———grants to State programs providing advice and assistance (see H.R. 1967)

———improve compensation programs (see H.R. 2343)

———improve death and disability pension program (see H.R. 1503)

———improve hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care (see H.R. 1504)

———income received for participation in VA incentive work therapy programs (see H.R. 1489)

———prohibit pension and compensation reductions (see H.R. 334)

———rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children (see S. 1788)

———repeal time requirement for manifestation of chronic disease after discharge (see H.R. 1487)

———surviving spouse remarrying after age 60 (see H.R. 183, 480)

Buckner, John: waive time limitations relative to military decorations (see H.R. 1754)

Burial allowance: extend eligibility (see H.R. 1485)

———increase (see H.R. 1486)

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

Burial ceremony: choice of flag (see H.R. 134)

Cadet Nurse Corps: credit for civil service retirement (see H.R. 2663)

Cemeteries and funerals: increase burial plot allowance (see S. 1477)

CHAMPUS Program: amend basic authorization statute (see S. 180)

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

Claims: judicial review of final VA decisions (see S. 367; H.R. 924)

———VA payment of fees to attorneys (see S. 367)

Coast Guard: provide benefits to temporary members in Reserve (see H.R. 341)

Combat glider pilots: erect memorial in, or near Arlington National Cemetery (see S.J. Res. 200)

———erect memorial in or near Arlington National Cemetery (see S.J. Res. 200)

Commissaries and post exchanges: eligibility of certain disabled ex-POW's (see S. 1547)

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: funds for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 58)

Comprehensive Vietnam Veterans' Literature Review and Training Act: enact (see S. 1062)

Cortez, Francisco R.: exemption from time limitation for Congressionnal Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4010)

Courts: VA payment of fees to attorneys for representation in claims cases (see S. 367; H.R. 924)

Crown Point, IN: Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 1361)

Dairy products: CCC transfer authority for use by Armed Forces and VA hospitals (see H.R. 2718)

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-65: grant charter (see S. 987; H.R. 1806)

Dept. of Veterans' Benefits: define term, detailed plan, and justification relative to administrative reorganizations (see S. 1397)

Disability compensation: tax-exempt status (see H. Res. 47)

Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865, 1752; H.R. 2591)

Education: eligibility for GI bill assistance for Vietnam-era veterans with break in service (see H.R. 2175)

———eliminate delimitating period for assistance (see S. 964)

———eliminate time period restriction for certain benefits (see H.R. 178)

———expand assistance eligibility for certain programs (see H.R. 2323)

———extend eligibility of benefits to certain persons (see H.R. 181)

———extend period of eligibility for GI bill benefits for Vietnam-era veterans (see H.R. 1353)

———extension of time for completion of a program (see H.R. 893)

———improve assistance programs (see H.R. 2647)

———improve benefits (see S. 1788)

———orderly transition for new assistance program (see H.R. 752)

———VA assistance to eligible veterans after expiration of 10-year delimiting period (see S. 1646)

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 669)

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (see S. 1033, 1671; H.R. 1408)

———authorize appropriations (see S. 1733)

———extend (see H.R. 1506)

———redesignate and extend (see S. 1788)

Employment: education assistance for apprenticeship or other on-job training (see H.R. 3205)

———educational assistance or on job training for apprenticeship under G.I. bill (see H.R. 3282)

———educational assistance or on job training for apprenticeship under GI bill (see H.R. 3282)

———enhance Government readjustment appointments (see S. 1033)

———job bank program (see S. 1033)

———job training programs (see H.R. 1122)

———preferential treatment in Government procurement by contract of certain services (see H.R. 1802)

———regional representatives (see H.R. 1505)

Eskimos: memorial (see H.R. 3764)

Executive departments: preferential appointment for veterans (see H. Con. Res. 265)

Ex-POW's: improve benefits (see S. 1446)

———improvement of benefits (see H.R. 864)

Fleet Reserve Association: grant charter (see H.R. 2098)

Florida: construct VA hospital in southwest region (see H.R. 2727)

Fort William H. Harrison, MT: convey lands for veterans' cemetery

———conveyance of public land for State veterans' cemetery (see H.R. 2625)

Germany, Federal Republic of: cancel President Reagan's visit to Bitburg (see S. Con. Res. 42; H. Con. Res. 124, 125; H. Res. 135)

GI bill: remove time limitation on educational benefits (see H.R. 400)

———repeal delimiting date for Vietnam-era veterans (see H.R. 1044)

Haines, Kenneth: waive time limitations relative to military decorations (see H.R. 1754)

Handicapped: assistance for specially adapted residences (see S. 965; H.R. 2344)

———exempt compensation from taxes (see H.J. Res. 191)

———increase rates of dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2181)

———rates of disability compensation (see S. 1788)

———tax status of compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. Con. Res. 20; H. Con. Res. 69)

———unrestricted compensation concurrently with retired pay (see H.R. 867)

Hawaiians: memorial (see H.R. 3764)

Health: improve care delivery services by the Veterans' Administration (see H.R. 505)

Health care: extension of certain programs (see H.R. 789)

———improvement of VA programs (see S. 6)

———outpatient dental services and treatment (see S. 82)

———qualifications for clinical psychologists (see S. 151)

———State veterans' nursing homes (see H.R. 182)

———treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related organic brain disorders (see H.R. 1101, 1102, 1103)

———VA tracking system for coordination of community-based care (see H.R. 1104)

Housing: authorize direct appropriations to VA loan guaranty revolving fund (see H.R. 2122)

———authorize guaranty of qualified adjustable rate mortgages (see S. 9)

———home loan origination fee (see H.R. 2344)

———increase certain dollar limitations in VA assistance programs (see H.R. 756)

———maintain 1% fee charged to obtain home loan guaranteed (see H. Con. Res. 109)

———mortgage protection life insurance (see H.R. 185, 1141)

———mortgage protection life insurance for certain disabled (see S. 966)

———purchase of specially adapted residence for handicapped (see S. 1602)

———relief for certain mortgage obligations (see S. 1175)

———repeal certain provisions on setting interest rate on VA guaranteed or insured loans (see H.R. 2122)

———repeal volume cap and certain other restrictions on qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2627)

———repeal volume cap and other restrictions applicable to qualified mortgage bonds (see S. 1270)

———specially adapted residences for handicapped (see H.R. 1516)

———unrestricted mortgage protection life insurance (see H.R. 1493)

———VA guarantee of loans made for purchase of cooperative projects (see H.R. 1700)

———VA home loan guaranty program (see S. 1788)

———VA loans for mortgage assistance (see H.R. 2135)

———waive certain requirements relative to mortgage obligations (see H.R. 902)

Indians: memorial (see H.R. 3764)

Knoxville, TN: establish a national cemetery (see H.R. 1039)

———establish national cemetery (see S. 1337)

Koenig, William: waive time limitations relative to military decorations (see H.R. 1754)

Korean Veterans Commemoration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 378)

Korean War: authorize erection of a memorial (see S.J. Res. 184)

———compensation for POW's (see H.R. 2411)

———honor Airborne Ranger companies (see H. Res. 203)

———memorial (see S. 1223; H.R. 2588)

Law enforcement officers: central data bank of information for hostage situations involving a veteran (see H.R. 1817)

Maricopa County, AZ: establish a national cemetery (see S. 623)

Medical care: conditions for VA acquisition of facilities (see S. 846; H.R. 2035)

———eligibility for dental care (see H.R. 1494)

———eligibility for outpatient care (see H.R. 1501)

———evaluate cost effectiveness of providing chiropractic care (see S. 1052; H.R. 2227)

———extend VA authority to conduct certain programs (see S. 876; H.R. 2123)

———Government collection of costs incurred for treatment of certain non-service-connected disabled (see H.R. 2646)

———implement Grace Commission recommendations (see H.R. 1828)

———lupus erythematosis included as chronic disease presumed to be service connected (see H.R. 1490)

———reimbursement of emergency services provided in non-VA facilities (see H.R. 3754)

———respite care to certain chronically ill disabled (see H.R. 2179)

———revise eligibility for VA programs (see H.R. 2233)

———time period for syringomyelia to be presumed service-connected disease (see H.R. 1502)

———treatment and rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug dependence and abuse disabilities (see S. 1671)

———VA disclosure of statistical information (see H.R. 2769)

———VA pilot program for cost-effective methods of acquiring certain facilities (see S. 1007; H.R. 2270)

———VA temporary and part-time appointments of certain personnel (see S. 1649)

———VA-furnished drugs prescribed by private physicians for treatment of service-connected disability (see S. 845; H.R. 1491)

Medical personnel: protection from suits alleging commission of certain torts in furnishing treatment (see H.R. 2808)

Medicare: service to VA beneficiaries by non-Federal providers of hospital care and services (see H.R. 3191)

Merced County, CA: establish a national cemetery (see H.R. 755)

Merchant marine: authorize awards and decorations for recognition of service in World War II (see S. 1597)

———recognition of certain veterans on National Defense Transportation Day (see H.R. 2004)

———VA-furnished flags to drape caskets of certain veterans (see H.R. 2004)

Military aircraft: extend, on space-available basis, travel privileges to certain disabled (see H.R. 2162)

———extend space-available travel privileges to certain disabled (see S. 190)

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 3024)

National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 945)

National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295)

National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 163)

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

———annual VA report on orderly expansion to Congress (see S. 622; H.R. 1476)

———VA management program (see S. 1788)

National Cemetery System: improvements (see H.R. 2344)

———orderly expansion (see H.R. 757)

National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 160)

National Elks Veterans Remembrance Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 199)

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101)

National Philippine Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 157)

National Polish Legion of American Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 280)

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 87, 220; H.J. Res. 205, 451)

National Remembrance of V-E Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 257)

National service life insurance: waive payment of premiums for certain aged (see H.R. 184)

National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216)

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 47; H.J. Res. 20)

Naughton, Donald: waive time limitations relative to military decorations (see H.R. 1754)

Naval Home: security of personal funds (see H.R. 2832)

New Jersey: VA outpatient clinic in southern region (see H.R. 1424)

Oahu Island, HI: establish national cemetery (see S. 387)

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, Shreveport, LA: designate (see H.R. 1586)

Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: grant charter (see S. 84; H.R. 1042, 1111, 1394)

Perez, Richard G.: exemption from time limitation for Congressionnal Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4010)

Philippines: determine validity of certain claims of World War II service on behalf of U.S. (see S. 183)

———naturalization of certain war veterans (see H.R. 1302)

Phoenix, AZ: Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center (see S. 399)

POW's and MIA's: sense of Congress relative to national priority (see S. Con. Res. 46)

Presidential Advisory Panel for Coordination of Government Debt Collection and Delinquency Prevention Activities: establish (see S. 794)

Prisoner of War Medal: President's awarding authority (see S. 467)

Puerto Rico: extension of VA authority for contract medical services (see H.R. 1654)

———VA contract for hospital care and outpatient services (see S. 1671)

Qualified veteran's mortgage bonds issuance: restore prior law (see H.R. 314)

Railroad Retirement Act: monthly annuity payment eligibility (see H.R. 398)

Reagan, President: alternative to visit to Bitburg (see H. Con. Res. 130)

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 524; H.R. 1436)

Retirement pay for members and former members of uniformed services: recomputation of (see H.R. 328)

Rubin, Tibor: waive time limitations relative to award of Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3221)

Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 768, 865, 1752; H.R. 2591)

———Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 849)

Servicemen's and Veterans' Group Life Insurance Programs: increase maximum amount of coverage (see H.R. 1709)

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

Shaver, Kenneth: waive time limitations relative to military decorations (see H.R. 1754)

Shreveport, LA: Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (see H.R. 1586)

Society of the 3d Infantry Division: memorial (see S. 1107; H.R. 2440)

Soldiers' and Airmen's Home: security of personal funds (see H.R. 2832)

Soldiers' homes: determination of construction grants made on basis of need (see H.R. 2171)

Southeast Asia: sense of Congress over MIA (see H. Con. Res. 248)

Spanish Americans: memorial (see H.R. 3765)

State homes: prohibit use of per diem subsidies to offset payments under medicaid (see S. 1536; H.R. 3142)

Taxation: credit for expenses incurred in care of certain elderly (see S. 1422)

———credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly (see H.R. 3927)

Tax-exempt organizations: activity relative to free distribution of low-cost articles in connection with solicitation of charitable contributions (see H.R. 2492)

———delete word war appearing before veterans in provisions relative to certain contributions (see H.R. 1511)

———free distribution of certain articles relative to solicitation of charitable contributions (see S. 1458)

Telephones: toll free access to VA for crisis counseling and information (see H.R. 1816)

Texas: medical facility in southern region (see S. 261)

Turkish Brigade Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 260)

VA: authorize temporary and part-time appointments of medical personnel (see H.R. 2980)

———budget waiver for consideration of S. 876, extend and improve certain medical programs (see S. Res. 198)

———clarify Chief Medical Director authority over disciplinary actions on certain probationary medical personnel (see S. 1650)

———discounted sales program for soldiers' homes (see H.R. 2801)

———establish as an executive department (see H.R. 513)

———formal advertising for contracts for services or supplies for loan guaranty program (see H.R. 2649)

———modify structure of Office of Chief Medical Director and clarify procedures for removal for cause of certain employees (see H.R. 3763)

———regional office in each State (see H.R. 1568)

———transfer of certain functions within Dept. of Medicine and Surgery (see H.R. 1303)

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: enact (see H.R. 313)

V-E Day: anniversary tribute to veterans (see S. Res. 154)

Vela, Rudolph S.: waive certain time limitations relative to Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3239)

Veterans' Career Development Training and Job Bank Act: enact (see S. 1033)

Veterans' hospital: establish (see H.R. 315)

Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 2093)

Vietnam: availability of photographs for publishing military history (see S. 714)

Vietnam era: posttraumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 362)

Vietnam Veterans' Delayed Reentry, Psychological Readjustment, and Vocational Rehabilitation Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1061)

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 8; H.R. 512)

Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 128; H.J. Res. 276)

Vietnam veterans' resource centers: establish pilot program (see S. 875)

Virgin Islands: extension of VA authority for contract medical services (see H.R. 1654)

———VA contract for hospital care and outpatient services (see S. 1671)

V-J Day Commemoration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340)

Walker, Roy: waive time limitations relative to military decorations (see H.R. 1754)

Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865, 1752; H.R. 2591)

Wisconsin: mortgage financing (see S. 247)

———State use of proceeds from veterans' mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2996)

Women: epidemiological study of gender-specific effect of exposure to herbicide known as agent orange during Vietnam Conflict (see S. 1616; H.R. 3297)

———memorial for veterans (see S.J. Res. 156)

World War I: bonus payment (see H.R. 1413)

———pension (see H.R. 1484)

———service pension (see S. 295, 905; H.R. 1918)

———service pensions (see H.R. 180)

World War II: benefits for certain Philippine Scouts (see H.R. 1179)

———compensation for ionizing radiation effects from certain atomic tests following occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (see S. 707; H.R. 1613)

———compensation for POW's of Asian-Pacific theater (see H.R. 2411)

———compensation for POW's of European theater (see H.R. 2411)

———rights of POW's held after Bataan death march to sue in U.S. Court of Claims (see H.R. 1334)

———tribute to veterans on anniversary of V-E Day (see H. Con. Res. 141; H. Res. 161)

Biographies

Mennella, Joseph, 625 [7JA]

Booklets

Physician's Guide to Disability Evaluation Examinations: VA (excerpt), 10344 [2MY]

Books

``Rumor of War'': Phillip Caputo (excerpt), 10671 [7MY]

Circular

Health care for women veterans: VA, 7838 [15AP]

Decisions

Judicial review of VA decisions: Supreme Court (excerpt), 21400 [30JY]

Veterans' health care budget: West Virginia Board of Review, 16458 [19JN]

Declarations

Purpose of the National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc., 8355 [18AP]

Dedications

Dedication of Dunedin, FL, Memorial Stadium in Honor of POW's/MIA's, 19555 [17JY]

Documents

Legislation Establishing the National Center on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 21380 [30JY]

Proposed Amendments to Sections 610 and 612—Is an ``Entitlement'' Created, 38515 [19DE]

Suggested Language for Waiver of the Waiting Period for DVB Automated Data Processing Administrative Reorganization, 38519 [19DE]

Essays

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 6831 [28MR]

Explanations

House bill (H.R. 505), Senate amendment (S. 876), and compromise agreement on the VA health care amendments of 1985, 31646-31652 [13NO]

Veterans programs health care delivery improvements (S. 876; H.R. 505), 29582-29588 [30OC]

Letters

Access to VA health care: American Legion, 29666 [30OC]

Advisory Committee on Women Veterans report: Senator Cranston, 2210 [7FE]

———VA, 2210 [7FE]

Agent orange studies: John H. Gibbons, 8819 [23AP]

American prisoners of war or missing in action: Representative Courter, 12991 [21MY]

Anniversary of V-E Day (sundry organizations), 10459 [3MY]

Commending U.S. veterans of World War II: Billy R. Cameron, 10932 [8MY]

———David J. Zielinski, 10932 [8MY]

———E. Philip Riggin, 10932 [8MY]

———Samuel Greenberg, 10932 [8MY]

Disabled American Veterans: Representative Florio, 17255 [25JN]

Emergency job training: Senators Murkowski, DeConcini, and Cranston, 33646 [2DE]

Emergency job training program (sundry), 21485 [30JY]

Funding for veterans' services and benefits: Billy R. Cameron, 11352 [9MY]

———Chad Colley, 11352 [9MY]

———E. Philip Riggin, 11352 [9MY]

———Harry N. Walters, 11351 [9MY]

———Senator Cranston, 11350, 11351, 11355 [9MY]

Genocide Treaty: United Veterans of America, 17708 [27JN]

Health care for women veterans: John W. Ditzler, 7838 [15AP]

Health care funding: Albert H. Linden, Jr., 30539 [5NO]

———Douglas K. Vollmer, 30539 [5NO]

———E. Philip Riggin, 30539 [5NO]

———John S. Staum, 30539 [5NO]

———Senator Simpson (Dear Colleague), 30533 [5NO]

Health effects in veterans exposed to nuclear weapons tests: John H. Gibbons, 21376 [30JY]

———Senator Cranston, 21376 [30JY]

Health effects in women veterans exposed to agent orange: Charles D. Baker, 23231 [10SE]

———Dixon Arnett, 23230 [10SE]

———James O. Mason, 23232 [10SE]

———Senator Cranston, 23230, 23231 [10SE]

Health effects of exposure to agent orange: OTA, 981 [24JA]

———VA, 930 [24JA]

Honoring Senator Byrd: President Reagan, 10291 [2MY]

Include women Vietnam veterans in agent orange studies: Centers for Disease Control, 23452 [11SE]

———Margaret M. Heckler, Sec. of HHS, 23452 [11SE]

———sundry Representatives, 23452 [11SE]

Journey for Peace: Senator Simon, 2756 [20FE]

Korean War memorial: Billy R. Cameron, 15475 [12JN]

———Bob Howe, 33149 [21NO]

———Boot Marine Detachment, 33149 [21NO]

———Ethel M. Dick, 33149 [21NO]

———J. Baglama, 33149 [21NO]

———Peter Platamone (excerpt), 15475 [12JN]

———R. Souter, 33149 [21NO]

———Ted Boag, 33149 [21NO]

———Terry L. Wulff, 33149 [21NO]

Korean War Memorial Act (H.R. 2205): Carson Productions, Inc., 19732 [18JY]

———M.B. Ridgway, 19732 [18JY]

———Ted Williams, 19732 [18JY]

Proposal to establish a VA Medical Center in Mobile, AL: Everett Alvarez, Jr., 30653 [6NO]

———Harry N. Walters, 30653 [6NO], 31663 [13NO]

———John S. Staum, 31659 [13NO]

———Senator Cranston, 31662 [13NO]

———Senator Denton (Dear Colleague), 31661 [13NO]

Proposed consolidation of VA regional offices (sundry), 5535 [19MR]

Proposed taxation of certain disability compensation: M.B. Oglesby, Jr., 3108 [22FE]

———Representative Montgomery, 3533 [26FE]

———Senator Cranston, 3108 [22FE]

Proud to be an American: John Hayes, 3699 [27FE]

Recommendations on budget levels for programs for veterans: several Senators, 4749-4754 [7MR]

Reorganization of VA field offices: Harry N. Walters, 33636, 33637 [2DE]

———Senator Cranston, 33638 [2DE]

Statue of Liberty renovation: Lee A. Iacocca, 7552 [3AP]

Tribute to area veterans: Hawthorne, CA, Veterans Council, 22738 [1AU]

Tribute to Clyde A. Soule, 1925 [6FE]

Use of per diem subsidies to veterans' homes to offset payment: Eric Hanushek, 21729 [31JY]

VA administrative reorganization: Harry N. Walters, 17666, 17668 [27JN]

———Senator Cranston, 17666 [27JN]

VA health study on women veterans exposed to agent orange: Dixon Arnett, 33640 [2DE]

VA ionizing radiation registry: Senator Murkowski, 35444 [10DE]

VA medical care appropriations: Senators Murkowski and Cranston (Dear Colleague), 27713 [16OC]

VA modernization of current benefits delivery system: exchange between Harry N. Walters and Senator Cranston, 38533 [19DE]

———Harry N. Walters, 38518 [19DE]

VA third-party reimbursement proposal: Bernard Tresnowski (excerpt), 31959 [14NO]

Veterans' cemetery, Fort William H. Harrison, MT: Michael E. Bolin, 13246 [22MY]

Veterans' commendation for Matty Lee: Army Service Forces, 8326 [17AP]

Veterans' health care budget: Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital, San Antonio, TX, 10391 [2MY]

———Beckley, WV, VA Medical Center, 13694 [23MY], 14818 [6JN]

———Chicago, IL, VA, 12688 [20MY]

———Denver, CO, VA Medical Center, 14217 [4JN]

———East Orange, NJ, VA Medical Center, 12984 [21MY]

———Gainesville, FL, VA Medical Center, 15230 [11JN]

———Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, MO, 12210 [15MY]

———Kansas City, MO: VA, 13308 [22MY]

———Memphis, TN, VA, 13955 [3JN]

———New York, NY, VA, 12692 [20MY]

———Olin E. Teague VA Veterans' Center, Temple, TX, 13331 [22MY]

———Omaha, NE, VA Medical Center, 14535 [5JN]

———Seattle, WA, VA Medical Center, 14788 [6JN]

———Shreveport, LA, VA Medical Center, 13696 [23MY]

———VA Medical Center, Brockton and West Roxbury, MA, 12404 [16MY]

———VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 10589 [6MY]

———VA Medical Center, Fort Wayne, IN, 12407 [16MY]

———VA Medical Center, Fresno, CA, 11691 [13MY]

———VA Medical Center, Salem, VA, 12220 [15MY]

———VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 11613 [9MY]

———VA Medical Center, St. Cloud, MN, 12215 [15MY]

———VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, 10917 [7MY]

———VA Medical Center Durham, NC, 11890 [14MY]

———William R. Best, 11178 [8MY]

———Wood, WI, VA Medical Center, 15037 [10JN]

Veterans' health care funding: Albert H. Linden, Jr., 30539 [5NO]

———Douglas K. Vollmer, 30539 [5NO]

———E. Philip Riggin, 30539 [5NO]

———John S. Staum, 30539 [5NO]

———Senator Simpson (Dear Colleague), 30533 [5NO]

Veteran's spouse benefits (H.R. 480): VA, 1163 [28JA]

Vietnam Memorial: Sybil Hinkle, 26121 [3OC]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. charter: Senator Cranston, 992 [24JA]

Lists

Connecticut DAV National Service Officers, 15746 [13JN]

Cosponsors of National POW/MIA Recognition Day (S.J. Res. 220), 33380 [22NO]

New Jersey MIA's, 18022 [8JY]

Organizations participating in development of job bank for veterans, 12018 [15MY]

Swissvale, PA, war veterans honored in memorial, 24396 [19SE]

Vietnam war heroes of Paterson, NJ, 17534 [26JN]

World War I Service Pension Act (H.R. 1918) cosponsors, 7765 [4AP]

Mailgrams

Funding for veterans' services and benefits: Richard Hoover, 11353 [9MY]

Memorandums

Proposed Consolidation of VA Regional Offices (sundry), 5535 [19MR]

Taxation of Veterans' Disability Compensation: DAV, 3671 [26FE]

VA Administrative Reorganization: Harry N. Walters, 17669 [27JN]

———John A. Gronvall, 17669 [27JN]

———Robert E. Coy, 17667 [27JN]

Veterans' Health Care Budget: Denver, CO, VA Medical Center, 14217 [4JN]

Veterans' health care budget: VA, 10589 [6MY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 3425 [25FE], 18515 [10JY], 21278 [29JY], 25279 [30SE], 26366 [7OC], 29746 [30OC]

Illinois, 9441 [25AP], 19867 [22JY], 24938 [25SE], 32215 [18NO], 32252 [18NO]

Kentucky, 20138 [23JY], 20936 [29JY]

Massachusetts, 23759 [13SE]

Minnesota, 2433 [19FE]

Nebraska, 10023 [1MY], 11499 [9MY]

Papers

Medical Care Appropriations: VA, 27869 [17OC]

Petitions

Catholic War Veterans legislative program: Catholic War Veterans, Washington, DC, 7240 [2AP]

Federal cuts in veterans' programs and retirement benefits: Pennsylvania State Veterans' Commission, 5815 [20MR]

New Bedford, MA, VA outpatient clinic closing: DAV of Massachusetts, 17988 [27JN]

Oppose construction of anti-Vietnam War protestor's monument: Pennsylvania State Veterans' Commission, 23759 [13SE]

Oppose construction of anti-Vietnam war protestor's monument: Pennsylvania State Veterans' Commission, 23759 [13SE]

Stop Vietnam Veterans of America charter bill: citizen of Concord, NH, 13898 [3JN]

Tribute to Area Veterans: Inland Empire Veteran's Recognition Committee of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, CA, 14262 [4JN]

Veterans' services: Silver-Haired Legislature Association, New Bedford, MA, 21633 [30JY]

Poems

``American Veteran'': Cosimo Geppi, Sr., 16770 [20JN]

Bury Me With Soldiers: Charles R. Fink, 1062 [24JA]

``Excavation,'' W.T. Reeves, 23266 [10SE]

Gold Star Mother: Margaret Barron, 13697 [23MY]

``Johnny's Song—The Wall Within,'' Steve Mason, 1335-1337 [30JA]

``Men I Never Knew'': Tom Kelly, 11915 [14MY]

``Tommy'': Rudyard Kipling (excerpt), 31013 [7NO]

``Why Do I Cry?'' W.T. Reeves, 23266 [10SE]

Polls of opinion

Health care for the aging veteran: results, 9453 [25AP]

Press releases

Anniversary of the Veterans' Administration, 19723 [18JY]

Proclamations

Four Chaplains Day: North Haven, CT, 2608 [19FE]

Vietnam Veterans Awareness Day: New Haven, CT, 6874 [28MR]

Remarks in House

Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN: designate (H.R. 1361), 30363 [4NO], 32401, 32448 [19NO]

Agent orange: long-range effects on Vietnam veterans, 19263 [16JY]

Alzheimer's disease: VA treatment of veterans (H.R. 1101), 3952 [27FE]

———VA treatment of veterans (H.R. 1102), 3952 [27FE]

———VA treatment of veterans (H.R. 1103), 3952 [27FE]

———VA treatment of veterans (H.R. 1104), 3952 [27FE]

Anti-epilectic durgs: VA research, 23689 [12SE]

Antiepileptic drugs: VA research, 23689 [12SE]

Army and Navy Union of the U.S.A.: grant charter, 1642 [31JA]

———grant charter (H.R. 897), 11673 [13MY]

Benefits: cost-of-living adjustments, 11654 [13MY], 13008 [22MY], 18392 [10JY]

———impact of balanced budget legislation, 26405, 26407 [7OC]

———impact of certain budget reform programs, 31828 [14NO]

———improve, 6351-6358 [26MR]

———improve (H.R. 2343), 12533 [20MY]

———increase certain (H.R. 1538), 35243 [9DE], 38351 [19DE]

———proposed reduction, 6488 [27MR]

———provide toll free telephone access for crisis counseling and information about services (H.R. 1816), 6882 [28MR]

Bergen and Rockland Counties, NJ: Veterans for America Vietnam vigil, 7720 [4AP]

Budget: proposed, 1655 [4FE]

Burgess, Ernest M.: tribute, 14242 [4JN]

California Veterans Coalition: tribute, 11167, 11223 [8MY]

``Cease Fire'': movie about Vietnam veterans, 22055 [31JY]

Central America: Vietnam veterans' factfinding trip, 24585 [20SE]

Cleland, Max: tribute, 13869 [24MY]

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865: grant charter (H.R. 1806), 11676 [13MY]

DAV: anniversary, 15745 [13JN]

———membership goal, 13951 [3JN]

Dependency and indemnity compensation: increase (H.R. 1538), 35243 [9DE], 38351 [19DE]

Disability benefits: increase (H.R. 1538), 35243 [9DE], 38351 [19DE]

———proposed taxation, 3533 [26FE]

———retention of tax-exempt status (H. Res. 47), 2040 [6FE]

———tax treatment, 12533 [20MY]

———taxation exemption (H.J. Res. 191), 4955 [7MR]

———taxation exemption (H.R. 867), 4958 [7MR]

Disabled: provided assistance for specially adapted residences (H.R. 2344), 12538 [20MY], 12543 [21MY]

Education: extend benefits (H.R. 893), 1644 [31JA]

———orderly transition for new assistance program (H.R. 752), 6030 [25MR], 6485 [27MR]

———provide assistance for apprenticeship and other on-the-job training programs (H.R. 3282), 23534 [12SE]

Education programs: rectify inequities and reestablish, 9345 [24AP]

Educational assistance: provide for on the job training (H.R. 3747), 31815 [13NO]

Elderly Veterans Care Act: enact (H.R. 3927), 38824 [20DE]

Emergency Veterans Job Training Act: programs, 6997 [1AP], 7242 [2AP]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1408), 12544 [20MY], 12546 [21MY], 38827 [20DE]

———extension, 13843 [24MY]

Employment: funding certain programs, 25700 [2OC]

———improve programs (H.R. 1408), 12544 [20MY], 38827 [20DE]

———preferential treatment in Government procurement by contract of certain services (H.R. 1802), 6871, 6894 [28MR], 19836 [22JY], 19839 [23JY]-19840 [22JY]

———veterans' preference contracting requirements for certain services (H.R. 1132), 2828 [20FE]

Federal employees: employment preference, ***** [28MR]

Florida: establish a veterans' hospital in southwestern, 15244 [11JN]

Four Chaplains Day: observance, 2608 [19FE]

Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (H.R. 1666), 5953 [21MR]

Hawthorne, CA: tribute to area veterans, 22738 [1AU]

Health: budget, 11612 [9MY]

———care of elderly (H.R. 505), 622 [7JA]

———efforts to avoid spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 33695, 33696 [3DE]

Health care: budget, 11691 [13MY], 16457 [19JN]

———improve for older veterans (H.R. 505), 17263 [25JN]

———means test, 23262 [10SE]

Hicksville, NY: anniversary of the William M. Gouse, Jr., VFW Post 3211, 2851 [20FE]

Hollywood, CA: American Legion Post 43 celebration for World War II veterans, 16166 [18JN]

Hotline for Help Act: enact (H.R. 1816), 6882 [28MR]

Housing: establish a discounted sales program for resale of certain VA foreclosed homes (H.R. 2801), 16054 [18JN]

———home loan origination fee (H.R. 2344), 12538 [20MY], 12543 [21MY]

Insurance: increase maximum, 12533 [20MY]

Iwo Jima: memorial service, 2606 [19FE]

Korean War: tribute, 11655 [13MY]

Korean War Memorial: erect (H.R. 2205), 11655 [13MY], 14229 [4JN], 18287 [9JY], 22750 [1AU], 29059 [24OC], 30369 [4NO], 30372, 30373 [6NO]

Korean War Memorial Act: enact (H.R. 2205), 19732 [18JY]

Leopoldville (S.S.) (vessel): tribute to victims of sinking in World War II, 3094 [21FE]

Maricopa County, AZ: establish a national veterans' cemetery, 543 [3JA]

Memorial Day: observance, 13425 [23MY]

———restore observance to May 30, 13967 [4JN]

Mennella, Joseph: new national commander of the Italian American War Veterans of the U.S., Inc., 625 [7JA]

Merced County, CA: establish a national veterans' cemetery, 12538 [20MY], 12543 [21MY]

Merchant marine: honoring those who served during World War II (H.R. 2004), 7739 [4AP]

Miami, FL, Veterans Hospital: review of Cardiac Surgical Care Program, 1377 [31JA]

MIA's: cooperation to achieve full accounting in Southeast Asia (H. Con. Res. 73), 1154 [28JA]

Mothers: tribute, 13697 [23MY]

National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (H.J. Res. 295), 18703 [11JY]

National Cemetery System: improvements (H.R. 2344), 12538 [20MY], 12543 [21MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 451), 31518 [12NO]

———observance, 19554 [17JY], 19618 [18JY], 22805 [1AU]

National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 216), 6496 [27MR], 16397 [19JN]

National Veterans Service Office Program: establish (H.R. 1967), 7692 [4AP]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 47), 30886 [6NO]

National Women Veterans Week: designate, 30965 [6NO]

New Bedford, MA: proposed VA outpatient clinic closing, 17988 [27JN]

New York, NY: anniversary of Crown Heights Jewish War Veterans Post, 21649 [30JY]

———Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission opening of memorial, 11177 [8MY]

Older veterans' health care: improve (H.R. 505), 12712-12717 [21MY], 13853 [24MY]

Operation Young America: joint flag-raising ceremony to coincide with Presidential wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 32444 [19NO]

Paterson, NJ: congressional salute to Vietnam veterans, 17533 [26JN]

Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: grant charter (H.R. 1042), 11674 [13MY], 11676 [14MY]

———grant charter (H.R. 1042), Senate amendments, 24531 [20SE]

Philippine veterans: benefits (H.R. 1179), 2630 [20FE]

———naturalization (H.R. 1302), 3965 [27FE]

Phillips, Dean K.: tribute, 23470 [11SE]

POW: provide automatic compensation to former from World War II or Korean War, 11169 [8MY]

POW's: cooperation to achieve full accounting in Southeast Asia (H. Con. Res. 73), 1154 [28JA]

POW's/MIA's: sense of the Congress regarding efforts to account for (H. Con. Res. 46), 19619-19623 [18JY]

Programs: concern, 11937 [14MY]

Puerto Rico: extend VA authority for contract medical services (H.R. 1654), 6012 [21MR]

Queens County, NY: memorial service for Vietnam veterans, 19273 [16JY]

Reagan, President: proposed funding, 6082 [25MR]

Reidsville, NC: dedication of World War I and World War II memorials, 14270 [5JN]

Rubin, Tibor: tribute, 22803 [1AU]

Salvation Army: anniversary, 15263 [11JN]

San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, CA: tribute to area veterans, 14262 [4JN]

Satellite outpatient clinic: establish (H.R. 1424), 5666 [19MR]

South Dakota: tribute to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, 32203 [14NO]

Soviet Union: anniversary of diplomatic relations begun in World War II, 9558 [25AP]

Spouse benefits: remarriage of surviving over 60 shall not result in termination (H.R. 480), 1162 [28JA]

State veterans' homes: VA payments shall not be treated as liability payments for medicaid purposes (H.R. 3142), 22055 [31JY]

Stockman, David A.: response to remarks relative to retirees, military retirees, and veterans, 1850 [6FE]

Swissvale, PA: dedication of memorial to war veterans, 24396 [19SE]

Syracuse, NY: Polish Army Veterans and Polish Legion of American Veterans Memorial Day observance, 14219 [4JN]

Texas: establish veterans' hospital in southern region, 478 [3JA]

Tribute, 33832 [3DE]

Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.: commend achievements, 5540 [19MR]

VA: allow veterans access to courts for review of decisions, 468 [3JA]

———anniversary, 19723 [18JY]

———health care funding, 14216 [4JN]

———improve delivery of services (H.R. 505), 31833 [14NO], 35813 [10DE]

———interim extension of authority to operate office in the Philippines (S. 1671), 24967 [26SE], 25206 [26SE]

———satellite outpatient clinics (H.R. 1424), 4329 [5MR]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: enact, 858 [22JA], 880 [24JA]

Vanguard Award: presentation to Representative Price, 15147 [11JN]

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Programs Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 505), 29568-29591 [30OC], 30115 [31OC]

Veterans' benefits and services: budget, 13289 [22MY]

Veterans' Burial Benefits Act: enact (H.R. 3926), 38823 [20DE]

Veterans' Compensation Benefits Amendments: enact (H.R. 2343), 12537 [21MY]

Veterans Day: observance, 30887 [6NO], 30990, 30991 [7NO], 31238 [8NO], 31259 [8NO], 31541, 31542, 31552, 31554 [12NO], 31815, 31822 [13NO], 32444 [19NO]

Veterans Health Programs Extension Act: enact (H.R. 789), 1333 [30JA]

Veterans' housing: approval of grants for State, 7718 [4AP]

Veterans Housing Assistance Program: eligibility, 476 [3JA]

Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.: enact (H.R. 2093), 8332 [17AP]

Veterans' Readjustment Appointment Program: improve (H.R. 1408), 12544 [20MY], 38827 [20DE]

Vietnam: memory of conflict, 1706 [4FE]

Vietnam Conflict: anniversary of end, 10670-10679 [7MY]

Vietnam veterans: repeal delimiting date for GI bill (H.R. 1044), 2342 [7FE]

Vietnam Veterans Awareness Day: New Haven, CT observance, 6873 [28MR]

Vietnam Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Compensation Act: enact (H.R. 362), 4305 [4MR]

Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 128), 10633 [7MY]

———observance, 10634 [8MY]

Virgin Islands: extend VA authority for contract medical services (H.R. 1654), 6012 [21MR]

———health care, 29799 [31OC]

V-J Day Commemoration Day: designate (H.J. Res. 340), 19247 [16JY]

Washington, DC: authorize memorial to honor Korean War veterans (H.R. 2588), 13312 [22MY], 15475 [12JN], 17224 [25JN]

Wides, Stanley: tribute, 12410 [16MY]

Women: establish a memorial to honor, in armed forces (H.J. Res. 36), 30366 [4NO], 30368, 30965 [6NO]

———include in agent orange studies, 23451 [11SE]

World War I: award bonus, 4565 [5MR]

World War I Service Pension Act: enact (H.R. 1918), 7765 [4AP], 9352 [24AP]

World War II: proposed monument in memory of the 3d Infantry Division (H.R. 2440), 12420 [16MY]

———proposed monument in memory of the Third Infantry Division (H.R. 2440), 28662 [23OC]

———tribute on the anniversary of V-E Day to those who served and sacrificed (H. Res. 161), 11064 [8MY]

———tribute to 73d Bomb Wing on Saipan, 10602 [6MY]

Wyoming Valley, PA: tribute to Ex-POW's, 30354 [1NO]

Yountville, CA: tribute to California Veterans Home, 22906 [4SE]

Remarks in Senate

Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN: designate (S. 437), 2175 [7FE]

Arkansas: fundraising campaign for expansion of national cemeteries, 36449 [13DE]

Army and Navy Union of the United States of America: grant charter (S. 1456), 19351 [17JY]

Atomic warfare: medical care for former servicemen for radiation exposure during World War II (S. 707), 36454, 36456 [13DE]

Augusta, ME: dedication of Vietnam memorial, 29401 [29OC]

Benefits: improve VA programs, 7067 [2AP]

———rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children (S. 1788), 29008, 29014 [24OC]

Brown, Edward I.: tribute, 7284 [3AP]

Budget: funding for programs, 4749 [7MR]

———level of funding for VA, 2514 [19FE]

Byrd, Senator: Paralyzed Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans Institute award recipient, 10485 [3MY]

———portrait presentation by Vietnam veterans organizations, 10026 [1MY], 10290 [2MY]

Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, AZ: designate, 33642-33647 [2DE]

Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ: designate (S. 399), 1945 [6FE]

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

Columbia University: results of study, 32300 [19NO]

Combat glider pilots: erect memorial in, or near Arlington National Cemetery (S.J. Res. 200), 23850 [16SE]

———erect memorial in or near Arlington National Cemetery (S.J. Res. 200), 23850 [16SE]

Commissaries and post exchanges: eligibility of certain disabled ex-POW's (S. 1547), 21747 [31JY]

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-65: grant charter (H.R. 1806), 32651 [20NO]

DAV: tribute, 16736 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: educational benefits for members of the Selected Reserve (S. 1700), 24771 [24SE]

———eliminate certain restrictions on types of health care (S. 180), 278 [3JA]

———establish professional qualifications for clinical psychologists serving in health care programs (S. 151), 254 [3JA]

Disability compensation: tax treatment, 3108 [22FE]

———tax treatment (S. Con. Res. 20), 3623-3625 [26FE], 4499, 4506 [5MR]

Disabled: permit travel on military aircraft for certain (S. 190), 286 [3JA]

Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 865), 7360 [3AP], 32157 [14NO]

———Congressional Gold Medal (S. 865), 15974 [17JN]

Education: assistance for on-the-job training (S. 962), 8571 [22AP]

———extension of eligibility for assistance for certain veterans (S. 1646), 23771 [13SE]

———home study benefits (S. 1509), 20781 [26JY]

———improve benefits (S. 1788), 29008, 29014 [24OC]

———repeal 10-year delimiting period for assistance (S. 964), 8572 [22AP]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: authorize appropriations (S. 1733), 25852-25856 [3OC]

———redesignate and extend (S. 1788), 29008, 29014 [24OC]

Employment: development, training, and placement program (S. 1033), 9920 [30AP]

———development of job bank, 12018 [15MY]

———emergency job training, 33642-33647 [2DE]

———emergency job training program, 21484 [30JY]

Fort William H. Harrison, MT: convey lands for veterans' cemetery (S. 1193), 13245 [22MY]

Handicapped: assistance in obtaining specially adapted residences (S. 1602), 22400 [1AU]

———assistance in obtaining specially adapted residences (S. 965), 8573 [22AP]

———cost-of-living adjustments:, 27246 [10OC]

Hayes, John: tribute, 3698 [27FE]

``Healing From the War'': research study on Vietnam Conflict by Arthur Engendorf, 32400 [19NO]

Health: exposure to nuclear tests, 19068-19070 [16JY]

———feasibility plan for purchase of existing facility for hospital and nursing home care, 31643-31663 [13NO]

Health care: benefits, 38514-38536 [19DE]

Housing: home loan guaranty program (S. 1788), 29008, 29014 [24OC]

———repeal volume cap and other restrictions applicable to qualified mortgage bonds (S. 1270), 15024 [10JN]

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

———waive certain requirements with respect to mortgage obligations (S. 1175), 12940 [21MY]

Insurance: provide for mortgage coverage (S. 966), 8573 [22AP]

Johnson, Peter L.: relief (S. 246), 759 [22JA]

Korean War: authorize construction of memorial (S. 1223), 13802 [24MY], 17027 [25JN], 17622 [27JN], 33148 [21NO]

———authorize erection of a memorial (S.J. Res. 184), 21750 [31JY]

Loyalty Day: observance, 7955 [16AP]

Maine Vietnam Veterans Memorial: dedication, 31340 [12NO]

Massachusetts: study of effects of exposure to agent orange, 3048 [21FE]

Medical care: improve VA programs (S. 6), 6959 [1AP]

———VA temporary and part-time appointments of certain personnel (S. 1649), 23991 [17SE]

MIA's: accelerate accounting (S. Con. Res. 46), 9928 [30AP]

Monuments and memorials: impact of Vietnam Veterans Memorial on visitors, 6831 [28MR]

National Archives: improve management of military records, 13524 [23MY]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (S. 945), 8354 [18AP]

National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (S.J. Res. 163), 19025 [15JY], 19107 [16JY]

National cemeteries: allow use of upright grave markers (S. 769), 6700 [28MR]

———improve management program (S. 1788), 29008, 29014 [24OC]

National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (S.J. Res. 160), 18873 [11JY], 19777 [19JY]

———observance, 31203 [7NO], 31896 [14NO]

National Elks Veterans Remembrance Month: designate (S.J. Res. 199), 23775 [13SE]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 87), 10466 [3MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 220), 28199 [21OC], 28444 [22OC], 33380 [22NO], 35122 [6DE]

———observance, 19036 [15JY], 19757, 19821, 19824, 19825 [19JY], 20784 [26JY]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 47), 2205 [7FE], 5880 [20MR], 7837 [15AP]

Nazi Germany: anniversary of defeat, 2755 [20FE]

New York, NY: activities to honor Vietnam veterans, 10879 [7MY]

Oahu Island, HI: establish national cemetery (S. 387), 1778 [5FE]

Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: grant charter (H.R. 1042), 19585 [18JY]

Pensions: cost-of-living adjustment in civilian and military programs, 10315-10321 [2MY], 10993 [8MY]

Phillips, Dean K.: tribute, 23289 [11SE], 23922 [17SE]

POW's: accelerate accounting (S. Con. Res. 46), 9928 [30AP]

———authorize President to award medals (S. 467), 2484 [19FE]

———improve benefits (S. 1446), 19323 [17JY]

POW`s: improve benefits (S. 1446), 26919 [9OC]

POW's/MIA's: congressional medals ceremony in Wichita, KS, 17997 [8JY]

———sense of Congress relative to national priority (S. Con. Res. 46), 18022 [8JY]

Reed, Paul W., III: recipient of Melvin T. Dixon award, 29283 [28OC]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (S. 524), 3773 [27FE]

Salzarulo, Raymond, Jr.: tribute, 16978 [24JN]

Salzarulo, Raymond, Sr.: tribute, 16978 [24JN]

SBA: establish Veterans Business Resource Councils, 19095 [16JY]

Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 768), 6699 [28MR]

———award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 865), 7360 [3AP], 32157 [14NO]

———Congressional Gold Medal (S. 865), 15974 [17JN]

Senate: reception to honor World War II veterans, 11006 [8MY]

Servicemen's and veterans' group life insurance: increase amount of optional life insurance (S. 876), 22083 [1AU]

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

Society of the 3d Infantry Division: authorize construction of memorial (S. 1107), 11027 [8MY]

Soule, Clyde A.: tribute to Vietnam hero, 1925 [6FE]

State homes: prohibit use of per diem subsidies to offset payments under medicaid (S. 1536), 21728-21730 [31JY]

Taxation: credit for home care (S. 1422), 18861 [11JY]

Texas: medical facility in southern region (S. 261), 998 [24JA]

Thurmond, Senator: VFW Congressional Award recipient, 5155 [14MR]

Tribute, 29975 [31OC]

VA: benefits, 14469 [5JN]

———budget, 4749 [7MR]

———cabinet-level status, 4647 [6MR]

———cabinet-level status (S. 657), 5186 [14MR], 5331 [18MR], 10561 [6MY], 13656 [23MY]

———chiropractic services demonstration project (S. 1052), 10337 [2MY]

———clarify authority of Chief Medical Director over disciplinary actions on certain probationary medical personnel (S. 1650), 23992 [17SE]

———conduct health study on women veterans exposed to agent orange (S. 1616), 23229 [10SE]

———cost-effective methods for acquisition of medical facilities (S. 1007), 9452-9456 [25AP]

———development of program for acquisition of medical facilities (S. 1007), 22230 [1AU]

———equity in education benefits (S. 1207), 13610 [23MY]

———establish national cemetery in Knoxville, TN (S. 1337), 16718 [20JN]

———establishment of an ionizing radiation registry, 35443 [10DE]

———evaluate professional literature on potential health care detriments to Vietnam veterans (S. 1062), 10345 [2MY]

———exempt disability compensation from reductions in cost-of-living adjustments, 30528-30541 [5NO]

———feasibility plan for purchase of existing facility for hospital and nursing home care, 30650-30656, 30677-30679 [6NO]

———funding for benefits and services, 11342-11363 [9MY]

———funding for site acquisition and preparation for medical center in Detroit, MI, 27956 [17OC]

———funding needs of health care system, 13783 [24MY]

———improve delivery of services (H.R. 505), 30644-30656, 30677-30679 [6NO], 31643-31663 [13NO]

———improve psychological services to Vietnam veterans (S. 1061), 10344 [2MY]

———improve services for elderly veterans (H.R. 505), 13577 [23MY]

———improve services (H.R. 505), S. 876 language passed in lieu, 21387 [30JY]

———improve services (S. 876), ***** [26JY], 21365-21387 [30JY], 21669 [31JY]

———improve services (S. 876), indefinitely posponed, 21387 [30JY]

———improve services to veterans (S. 876), 7372-7373 [3AP]

———improve services to Vietnam veterans (S. 875), 7371 [3AP]

———incentives for employees obtaining advanced health care degrees (S. 26), 84 [3JA]

———interim extension of authority to operate office in the Philippines (S. 1671), 24464 [20SE]

———maintain level of medical care appropriations, 28037-28042 [18OC]

———medical services, 31956-31960 [14NO]

———modify qualifications required for appointment to certain positions (S. 28), 90 [3JA]

———outpatient dental services eligibility (S. 82), 186 [3JA]

———procedures for adjudication of claims (S. 367), 19978 [23JY], 21397-21402 [30JY]

———protect prior year's outlay level for medical care, 30528-30541 [5NO]

———provide equity in distribution of funds for services (S. 846), 7343 [3AP]

———provide medication to service-connected disabled (S. 845), 7342 [3AP]

———reform dependency and indemnity compensation program (S. 85), 5336 [18MR]

———restore medical care appropriations, 27713 [16OC], 27867-27874 [17OC]

VA Administration Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: enact (S. 367), 1558-1564 [31JA], 1750 [5FE]

VA health-care amendments: enact (S. 6), 977 [24JA]

VA housing program amendments: enact (S. 9), 992 [24JA]

VA Reorganization Act: enact (S. 1397), 17665 [27JN]

Van Fleet, James A.: tribute, 19822 [19JY]

V-E Day: anniversary tribute to veterans (S. Res. 154), 10459 [3MY], 10931-10935 [8MY]

Veterans: results of study, 32300 [19NO]

Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvement Act: enact (S. 1788), 29008, 29014 [24OC]

Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act: enact (S. 1887), 33633, 33655, 33656 [2DE]

Veterans' Compensation Rate Increase and Job Training Act: enact (H.R. 1538), 38494-38500 [19DE]

Veterans Day: observance, 30712 [6NO], 31011, 31013 [7NO], 31276, 31280 [12NO], 31641, 31738 [13NO]

Veteran's Health Care Awareness Week: observance, 16307 [19JN]

Vietnam: anniversary of U.S. withdrawal, 7944 [16AP], 10026, 10027 [1MY], 10484 [3MY], 13135 [22MY]

———effects of exposure to agent orange, 8819 [23AP]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant charter (S. 8), 990 [24JA], 5245 [14MR], 29043 [24OC]

Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 128), 9915 [30AP], 10090 [1MY], 10291 [2MY]

War: post-combat stress, 32668 [20NO]

Weeks, Raymond: tribute to founder of Veterans Day, 10940 [8MY]

Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 865), 7360 [3AP], 32157 [14NO]

———Congressional Gold Medal (S. 865), 15974 [17JN]

Wisconsin: mortgage financing (S. 247), 760 [22JA]

Women: authorizing memorial honoring veterans (S.J. Res. 156), 18379 [10JY], 28416 [22OC], 31278 [12NO]

World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act: enact (S. 295), 1044 [24JA]

World War II: ascertain military service claims of Filipinos (S. 183), 280 [3JA]

Reports

Armed Forces Educational Assistance Program: Committee on the Budget (H.R. 752; S. Res. 192), 19904 [22JY]

Caring for the Older Veteran (excerpt), 984, 985 [24JA]

Congressional Budget Act: Committee on Veteran's Affairs (H. Rept. 99-26), 6086 [25MR]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H. Rept. 99-374), 31887 [14NO]

Designate Adam Benjamin, Jr., Veteran's Administration Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN: Committee on Veteran's Affairs (H.R. 1361) (H. Rept. 99-329), 28864 [24OC]

Designate National Disabled Veterans Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 160), 19598 [18JY]

Disabled Veterans: Committee on Employment of the Handicapped (excerpt), 31896 [14NO]

Disabled Veterans' Disability Compensation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 1887) (S. Rept. 99-200), 33672 [2DE]

Entitlement Programs for Women Veterans: VA (excerpt), 7838 [15AP]

Establish VA Procedures Relating to Attorney Fees, Benefit Claims, and Judicial Review: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 367) (S. Rept. 99-100), 18015 [8JY]

Federal Charter Grant to Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1042) (S. Rept. 99-103), 19010 [15JY]

Grant Charter to Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1042) (H. Rept. 99-71), 11145 [8MY]

Improve Services: Committee on the Budget (S. 876; S. Res. 198), 19904 [22JY]

Improve VA Health Care Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 876; S. Res. 198) (S. Rept. 99-101), 18015 [8JY]

Improve VA Medical Services (S. 876): Committee on Veterans' Affairs (excerpt), 30654 [6NO]

Improve Veterans' Services: Committee on the Budget (S. 876; S. Res. 198), 19904 [22JY]

Improvement of Health Care Services Delivery by VA: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 505) (H. Rept. 99-114), 12008 [15MY]

Judicial Review of VA Decisions: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (excerpt), 21398 [30JY]

Korean War Memorial: Committee on House Administration (H.R. 2205) (H. Rept. 99-341), 29374 [29OC]

Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 8820 [23AP]

National Cemetary System: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2344) (H. Rept. 99-109), 12008 [15MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 87), 10336 [2MY]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 47), 7340 [3AP]

Operation Crossroads—Personnel Radiation Exposure Estimates Should Be Improved (summary), 36455 [13DE]

Orderly Transition for New Educational Assistance Program: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 752; S. Res. 192) (S. Rept. 99-96), 17631 [27JN]

Orderly Transition to New Educational Assistance Program: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 752) (S. Rept. 99-124), 22264 [1AU]

Preferential Treatment in Government Procurement by Contract of Certain Services: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 1802) (H. Rept. 99-204), 19228 [16JY]

Project Ranch Hand II, Mortality Update, 1984 and Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 1972-83: OTA, 8819 [23AP]

Proposed Cuts in Veterans' Health Care Budget: Atlanta, GA, VA Medical Center, 10177 [1MY]

Provide Automatic Compensation to Former POW's From World War II or Korean War: Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War (excerpts), 11169 [8MY]

Statue of Liberty Renovation: Richard Bernard, 7552 [3AP]

VA Home Loan Guaranty Program: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 1887) (S. Rept. 99-200), 33672 [2DE]

VA Home Loan Origination Fee Relative to Sense of Congress: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2344) (H. Rept. 99-109), 12008 [15MY]

VA Program Relative to Specially Adapted Residences for Disabled Veterans: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2344) (H. Rept. 99-109), 12008 [15MY]

VA Reorganization: McManis Associates, Inc. (excerpts), 38534 [19DE]

Veterans' Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1538) (H. Rept. 99-337), 29374 [29OC]

Veterans' Compensation Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2344) (H. Rept. 99-110), 12008 [15MY]

Veterans' Employment Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1408) (H. Rept. 99-105), 12008 [15MY]

Women Veteran Population, VA: Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, 2205-2209 [7FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Genocide Treaty: United Veterans of America, 17708 [27JN]

Honor Japanese-American fighting unit of World War II: VFW, 507 [3JA]

Korean War memorial: VFW, 15475 [12JN]

3d Infantry Division memorial: Society of the 3d Infantry Division, 28662 [23OC]

Tribute to Francis W. Stover: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 7517 [3AP]

Statements

Allow Veterans' Disability Benefits To Retain Tax-Exempt Status (H. Res. 47) (sundry excerpts), 2040 [6FE]

Emergency Job Training Program (sundry excerpts), 21484, 21485 [30JY]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act Extension: Hudson B. Drake (excerpt), 13844 [24MY]

Emergency Veterans Job Training Act Programs: Representative Florio, 7242 [2AP]

———Representative Montgomery, 6997 [1AP]

End of World War II Celebration: Representative Levine, 12401 [16MY]

Fair Play for Veterans: Allard K. Lowenstein (1970), 6506 [27MR]

Health Care Funding: Senator Gramm, 30529 [5NO]

Judicial Review of VA Decisions: Harry N. Walters, 21399 [30JY]

Philippine Scouts Deserve Equal Pay: Douglas MacArthur, 2631 [20FE]

Sale of Property: VA, 11362 [9MY]

Tax-Exempt Status of Disability Payments to Veterans: Senator Cranston, 3623 [26FE]

VA Budget: Harry N. Walters, 11356 [9MY]

VA Health-Care Programs, 984 [24JA]

Veterans' Programs: committee of conference, 38519-38524 [19DE]

Vietnam Veterans' Factfinding Trip to Central America: Asa Baber, 24585 [20SE]

———Charles Liteky, 24585 [20SE]

———David Harrington, 24586 [20SE]

———Dennis Koehler, 24586 [20SE]

———Harold Bryant, 24585 [20SE]

———Leslie Feldstein, 24586 [20SE]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: Charles E. Yonts, Jr., 5245 [14MR]

Summaries

Cost of Living Adjustments To Be Restored to Full Value in Line With Full Social Security, 10319 [2MY]

Cost-Savings Provisions From Subtitles A and B, 38536 [19DE]

Emergency Job Training Amendment to the Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act (S. 1887), 33647 [2DE]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act Authorization (S. 1733), 25855 [3OC]

Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans, 1972-83, 3049 [21FE]

Veterans' Career Development and Training and Job Bank Act (S. 1033), 9923 [30AP]

Tables

Comparison of VA educational benefits, 13610 [23MY]

Cranston amendment—function 700, veterans' benefits and services, 11343 [9MY]

Impact of sequester reductions under Gramm-Rudmann on VA medical care, 30531 [5NO]

Members of Congress who served in Vietnam Conflict, 10933 [8MY]

Members of Congress who served in World War II, 10932 [8MY]

New VA activation listing, 11344 [9MY]

VA dependency and indemnity compensation formula proposal, 5336 [18MR]

Telegrams

Proposal to establish a VA Medical Center in Mobile, AL: Ben R. Hatfield, 31660 [13NO]

———Melvin D. Buerckley, 31660 [13NO]

———Pete B. Ganey, 31660 [13NO]

———Terry Gautier, 31660 [13NO]

———William Stoudenmire, 31660 [13NO]

Request for President's cancellation of visit to Bitburg cemetery, Federal Republic of Germany: Representative Biaggi, 9715 [29AP]

Testimonies

Veteran's Spouse Benefits (H.R. 480): Max Beilke, 1163 [28JA]

Texts of

Approval of grants for State veterans' housing, 7718 [4AP]

Establish a national veterans' cemetery in Maricopa County, AZ, 543 [3JA]

H. Con. Res. 46, sense of the Congress regarding efforts to account for POW's/MIA's, 19619 [18JY]

H. Res. 161, paying tribute on anniversary of V-E Day to those who served and sacrificed to end war in Europe, 11066 [8MY]

H.J. Res. 36, establish a memorial to honor women of the Armed Forces, 30366 [4NO]

H.J. Res. 216, National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week, 16397 [19JN]

H.J. Res. 295, National Atomic Veterans Day, 18703 [11JY]

H.J. Res. 340, designate V-J Day Commemoration Day, 19247 [16JY]

H.R. 505, improve delivery of health care services, 12712-12714 [21MY]

H.R. 505, improve VA medical services, 30644-30650 [6NO]

H.R. 505, Older Veterans' Health Care Amendments, 623 [7JA]

H.R. 752, educational assistance program for the Armed Forces and veterans, 6030 [25MR]

H.R. 897, grant charter to the Army and Navy Union of the U.S.A., 11673 [13MY]

H.R. 1042, grant charter to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, 11674 [13MY]

H.R. 1101, VA treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 3953 [27FE]

H.R. 1102, VA hospital intermediate-care for treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 3953 [27FE]

H.R. 1103, VA report to Congress on treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 3953 [27FE]

H.R. 1104, VA enrollment and tracking system for coordination of treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 3953 [27FE]

H.R. 1361, designate the Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic, 32402 [19NO]

H.R. 1408, Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act amendments, 12544 [20MY]

H.R. 1538, increase rates of compensation and of dependency and indemnity compensation, 35243 [9DE]

H.R. 1568, proposed maintenance of a regional VA office in each State, 5536 [19MR]

H.R. 1802, preferential treatment in Government procurement by contract of certain services, 19836 [22JY]

H.R. 1802, to establish certain requirements for the procurement by contract of certain services, 6872 [28MR]

H.R. 1806, grant charter to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865, 11676 [13MY]

H.R. 1967, establish a National Veterans Service Office Program, 7693 [4AP]

H.R. 2205, erect a Korean War Memorial, 30369 [4NO]

H.R. 2343, improve compensation programs, 12533 [20MY]

H.R. 2344, improve the national cemetery system and enhance the VA specially adapted housing program, 12538 [20MY]

H.R. 3282, educational assistance for apprenticeship or other on-the-job training programs, 23535 [12SE]

H.R. 3926, Veterans' Burial Benefits Act, 38824 [20DE]

H.R. 3927, Elderly Veterans Care Act, 38825 [20DE]

Include women Vietnam veterans in agent orange studies, 23452 [11SE]

S. 6, VA health-care amendments, 985-987 [24JA]

S. 8, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. charter, 992 [24JA]

S. 9, VA housing program amendments, 994 [24JA]

S. 26, incentives for employees of Veterans' Administration obtaining advanced health care degrees, 84 [3JA]

S. 28, modify qualifications required for appointment to certain positions in the VA, 90 [3JA]

S. 82, VA outpatient dental services eligibility, 187 [3JA]

S. 151, establish professional qualifications for clinical psycholgists serving in Dept. of Defense health care programs, 254 [3JA]

S. 180, eliminate restrictions on certain types of health care provided by Dept. of Defense, 279 [3JA]

S. 183, ascertain World War II military service claims of Filipinos, 280 [3JA]

S. 190, permit travel on military aircraft for certain disabled veterans, 287 [3JA]

S. 246, relief of Peter L. Johnson, 760 [22JA]

S. 295, World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act, 1044 [24JA]

S. 367, procedures for adjudication of claims against the VA, 1558-1562 [31JA]

S. 367, Veterans' Administration Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act, 21402-21406 [30JY]

S. 387, establish national cemetery on Oahu Island, HI, 1778 [5FE]

S. 524, grant charter to the Retired Enlisted Association, Inc., 3773 [27FE]

S. 962, assistance to veterans for on-the-job training, 8572 [22AP]

S. 964, repeal 10-year delimiting period for veterans' educational assistance program, 8573 [22AP]

S. 965, assistance in obtaining specially adapted residences for disabled veterans, 8573 [22AP]

S. 966, provide mortgage insurance for veterans, 8573 [22AP]

S. 1007, Veterans Health Care Promotion Act, 9453 [25AP]

S. 1175, waive certain requirements with respect to mortgage obligations of veterans, 12940 [21MY]

S. 1193, convey lands in Montana for veterans' cemetery, 13245 [22MY]

S. 1397, VA Reorganization Act, 17671 [27JN]

S. 1422, Elderly Veterans Care Act, 18862 [11JY]

S. 1456, grant charter to Army and Navy Union of the United States of America, 19351 [17JY]

S. 1509, home study benefits for veterans, 20781 [26JY]

S. 1536, prohibit use of per diem subsidies to veterans' homes to offset payments under medicaid, 21729 [31JY]

S. 1616, require VA to conduct health study on women veterans exposed to agent orange, 23230 [10SE]

S. 1646, Veterans Educational Assistance Act, 23772 [13SE]

S. 1649, VA temporary and part-time appointments of medical personnel, 23991 [17SE]

S. 1650, clarify authority of Chief Medical Director over disciplinary actions on certain probationary medical personnel, 23992 [17SE]

S. 1671, interim extension of authority to operate VA hospital in the Philippines, 24465 [20SE], 24968 [26SE]

S. 1733, Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act authorization, 25855 [3OC]

S. 1788, Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvement Act, 29010-29014 [24OC]

S. 1887, Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act, 33648-33655 [2DE]

S. Con. Res. 42, cancel President Reagan's visit to Bitburg, 8377 [18AP]

S. Con. Res. 46, call on Government of Vietnam to accelerate accounting of POW's/MIA's, 9928 [30AP]

S. Res. 154, tribute to veterans on anniversary of V-E Day (S. Res. 154), 10935 [8MY]

S. Res. 154, tribute to World War II veterans on anniversary of V-E Day, 10459 [3MY]

S. Res. 198, budget waiver for consideration of S. 876, VA medical programs, 18019 [8JY]

S.J. Res. 47, National Women Veterans Recognition Week, 7839 [15AP], 30886 [6NO]

S.J. Res. 87, designate National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 10467 [3MY]

S.J. Res. 128, Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day, 9915 [30AP], 10293 [2MY], 10634 [7MY]

S.J. Res. 160, National Disabled Veterans Week, 19777 [19JY]

S.J. Res. 163, National Atomic Veterans' Day, 19026 [15JY], 19107 [16JY]

S.J. Res. 199, National Elks Veterans Remembrance Month, 23775 [13SE]

S.J. Res. 220, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 35123 [6DE]

Waive congressional requirements for administrative reorganization by VA, 17669 [27JN]

Tributes

551st Parachute Battalion: Dan Morgan, 10933 [8MY]