MONTGOMERY, G.V. (SONNY) (a Representative from Mississippi)

Addresses

Dedication of William F. Nichols ROTC Center, Auburn University: Representative Nichols, 30911 [14OC]

VFW Mid-Winter Legislative Committee Conference: Representative Hammerschmidt, 4185-4186 [10MR]

Amendments offered by, to

Armed Forces: revise retirement system for new members (H.R. 4420), 8216 [21AP], 8366 [22AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for procurement, research, development, and working capital (H.R. 4428), 19121 [5AU], 20698 [11AU], 21658, 21660, 21664 [14AU]

Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act: enact (S. 1887), 22045 [15AU]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4420, Military Retirement Reform Act, 13188 [11JN]

———S. 2638, National Defense Authorization Act amendments, 24069 [18SE]

Articles and editorials

Agent Orange—Let It Lie, New York (NY) Times, 25375 [22SE]

Dean of the Mississippi Mayors Celebrates 33 Years in Office, Mississippi Municipal Association, 7544 [15AP]

Here's My View, Clyde Walker, Jr., 15589 [25JN]

National Security—Education High on Congressman Bennett's Agenda, Frank Mensel, Community, Technical and Junior College Journal (publication), 12118 [3JN]

Recruiters Exceed Quality, Quantity Goals in Fiscal '86, Larry Carney, Army Times (publication), 33928 [6NO]

Reserves Have Friends in Congress, National Journal, 2421 [19FE]

Some Veterans Deserve a Day in Court, New York (NY) Times, 25375 [22SE]

Awards

Excellence in Education: Marion Park Elementary School, Meridian, MS, 33935 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: eligibility for use of commissary stores by members of Selected Reserve (see H.R. 4792), 10214 [8MY]

———exempt retired assigned to full time duty with American Battle Monuments Commission from grade limitations of officers (see H.R. 5700), 31219 [14OC]

Congressional Medal of Honor: extend eligibility for medical care to recipients (see H.R. 4964), 13073 [10JN]

Court of Veterans' Appeals: establish, prescribe jurisdiction, and functions (see H.R. 4661), 8410 [22AP]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Association Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 681), 17506 [23JY]

POWs: eligible for reimbursement of emergency medical expense (see H.R. 4988), 13267 [11JN]

Selective Service System: registration of persons in health-care occupations (see H.R. 4346), 3853 [6MR]

VA: authorize police officers to enforce State and local traffic laws on property (see H.R. 4509), 6056 [25MR]

———consolidating of Office of Construction and Dept. of Medicine and Surgery (see H.R. 4193), 2292 [19FE]

———establish program for improvement of efficiency and economy of medical centers (see H.R. 4839), 10989 [15MY]

———extend eligibility for clothing allowance to veterans with skin disorders (see H.R. 4968), 13073 [10JN]

———extend period for submission of report on special pay for physicians and dentists (see H.R. 4032), 235 [22JA]

———increase rates for compensation, dependency, and indemnity (see H.R. 5299), 18419 [31JY]

———liberalize standard for preservation of disability evaluations for compensation (see H.R. 4995), 13267 [11JN]

———make direct low-interest loans for specially adapted housing assistance (see H.R. 4993), 13267 [11JN]

———prohibit Administrator from selling hospital land in California (see H.R. 4204), 2495 [20FE]

———waive congressional report and waiting period for reorganization (see H.R. 4192), 2292 [19FE]

Veterans: compensation for service-connected total deafness be rated 100% (see H.R. 4989), 13267 [11JN]

———consideration of benefits for cases of loss or loss of use of paired extremities (see H.R. 4994), 13267 [11JN]

———eliminate gender-based language distinctions and make technical corrections (see H.R. 5047), 14296 [18JN]

———exempt funds available to provide benefits with service connected disabilities (see H.R. 4391), 4577 [12MR]

———extend educational assistance benefits to dependents with service-connected disability of 80% or more (see H.R. 4969), 13073 [10JN]

———extend period to apply with service-connected disabilities for life insurance (see H.R. 4966), 13073 [10JN]

———funeral expenses of recipients of Purple Heart (see H.R. 4991), 13267 [11JN]

———military commissary and exchange privileges to surviving spouses (see H.R. 4963), 13073 [10JN]

———mortgage protection life insurance to those unable to acquire commercial (see H.R. 4992), 13267 [11JN]

———permit certain to purchase up to $20,000 national service life insurance (see H.R. 4967), 13073 [10JN]

———standardize length of marriage criteria for receipt of dependency and idemnity compensation for survivors (see H.R. 4965), 13073 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: loan restructuring (see H. Con. Res. 310), 10282 [12MY]

All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program: assistance for apprenticeship or on-the-job training (see H.R. 3747), 6057 [25MR]

Armed Forces: improve conventional defense capabilities (see H.R. 4477), 9211 [1MY]

———safety requirements relative to transportation of members on chartered aircraft (see H.R. 4014), 3854 [6MR]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4075), 9553 [6MY]

Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 3800), 9146 [30AP]

Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 6931 [9AP]

Bilingual Education Act: make Federal financial assistance available for children of limited English proficiency (see H.R. 4538), 6929 [9AP]

Canada: expansion of furniture trade (see H.R. 3644), 9145 [30AP]

Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see H.J. Res. 439), 48 [21JA]

Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1074 [30JA]

———designate seven moons of Uranus in honor of crew members (see H.J. Res. 508), 1503 [4FE]

Children: protect rights of victims of abuse (see H.R. 5000), 18011 [29JY]

Civil service: cost of living adjustments in annuities payable shall be made in 1987 (see H.R. 4060), 14078 [17JN]

Communications Act: encoding of satellite-transmitted programming (see H.R. 3989), 4703 [13MR]

Congress: issue commemorative stamp for 100th (see H. Con. Res. 225), 1074 [30JA]

Constitution: authorize minting in commemoration of bicentennial (see H.R. 3415), 22737 [10SE]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.R. 3842), 27426 [30SE]

Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 11948 [22MY]

Critical Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 9553 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish national special operations agency (see H.R. 5109), 15769 [26JN]

Disaster Relief Act: establish cost sharing formulas for assistance (see H.R. 4934), 18670 [1AU]

———more effective assistance to emergency victims (see H.R. 4933), 18011 [29JY]

Education: establish drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]

———establish program to strengthen and improve State and local agencies (see H.R. 3263), 9465 [5MY]

Elections: improve law relative to absentee registration and voting for uniformed services and persons who reside overseas (see H.R. 4393), 12364 [4JN]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 7690 [16AP]

Farm Credit Act: competitive interest rates for farmers, ranchers, and cooperative borrowers (see H.R. 5497), 22737 [10SE]

Federal Aviation Act: prohibit discrimination against handicapped (see H.R. 5274), 19117 [5AU]

Federal employees: forfeiture of retirement benefits upon conviction of felony (see H.R. 3388), 10990 [15MY]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 745), 28824 [6OC]

Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]

Greek Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 6057 [25MR]

Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 15605 [25JN]

Inspector General Act: amend (see H.R. 4559), 15287 [24JN]

IRS: regulations on substantiation of deductions for use of business vehicles, 8888 [29AP]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 10991 [15MY]

Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 716), 23670 [17SE]

Leyte Landing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 8888 [29AP]

Libya: express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: allotment of funds under budget authority sequestration order (see H.R. 4556), 11948 [22MY]

Medicare: increase in payment for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 3767), 2594 [24FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 22246 [8SE]

Narcotic traffic: assistance from entertainment industry (see H.J. Res. 712), 21735 [14AU]

Narcotics: mandatory penalties for importation or exportation of controlled substances (see H.R. 1946), 15772 [26JN]

———strengthen efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 700), 25457 [23SE]

National Air and Space Museum: authorize Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct facilities (see H.R. 4183), 19117 [5AU]

National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 26370 [25SE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 25457 [23SE]

National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 21247 [13AU]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 2294 [19FE]

National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 693), 30218 [10OC]

National Birds of Prey Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 9553 [6MY]

National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 620), 18420 [31JY]

National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 21131 [12AU]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 11949 [22MY]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 6932 [9AP]

National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 701), 20743 [11AU]

National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 3107 [27FE]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 24803 [19SE]

National Family Reunion Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 15287 [24JN]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 2294 [19FE]

National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 10990 [15MY]

National Guard: recognize 350 years of service (see H.J. Res. 574), 6932 [9AP]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 653), 22738 [10SE]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 718), 28180 [2OC]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 692), 18670 [1AU]

National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 511), 18420 [31JY]

National Legion of Valor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 9552 [6MY]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 12130 [3JN]

National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 5076 [17MR]

National Outreach to the Rural Disabled Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 733), 27117 [29SE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 22367 [9SE]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 5077 [17MR]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 29387 [7OC]

National Save American Industry and Jobs Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 13526 [12JN]

National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 16504 [15JY]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 655), 18671 [1AU]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 483), 1357 [3FE]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 642), 16327 [14JY]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 584), 12625 [5JN]

Naval Aviation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 569), 9146 [30AP]

NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 27117 [29SE]

Older Americans Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 11449 [20MY]

Postal Service: computing amount of deductions allowed to rural mail carriers for use of automobiles (see H.R. 4715), 15287 [24JN]

Public Health Service Act: establish national vaccine program (see H.R. 5184), 18012 [29JY]

Queens County, NY: designate Joseph P. Addabbo VA Extended Care Center at St. Albans (see H.R. 5472), 22145 [15AU]

Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 13526 [12JN]

Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 9146 [30AP]

Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 9146 [30AP]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 538), 9553 [6MY]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI: designate as Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park (see H.R. 4053), 15287 [24JN]

Soviet Union: atomic power plant accident (see H. Res. 439), 8887 [29AP]

State and local governments: clarification of receipt sharing moneys from National Forest System (see H.R. 5200), 16966 [17JY]

Taxation: deduction for excise and tariff portion of business' cost of goods and services (see H. Res. 404), 7893 [17AP]

———interest on obligations issued by insurer is not exempt (see H.R. 5144), 15771 [26JN]

———reform legislation shall not take effect before January 1, 1987 (see H.R. 4141), 2496 [20FE]

———require retailers to collect sales and use taxes on interstate sales (see H.R. 4365), 28824 [6OC]

———requirement to substantiate deduction for business use of vehicle (see H.R. 4299), 6057 [25MR]

———treatment of interest on obligation to property for use by electric utility (see H.R. 4077), 11625 [21MY]

Tennessee Valley Authority Act: amend (see H.R. 4559), 15287 [24JN]

Textile industry and fabrics: import licensing system (see H.R. 5370), 19951 [8AU]

U.S. Olympic Committee: congratulate new president and secretary general (see H. Con. Res. 292), 2978 [26FE]

United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 22246 [8SE]

VA: exemption for housing loan programs from sequestration of budget authority (see H.R. 4775), 9775 [7MY]

———improve benefits for ex-POWs (see H.R. 4333), 3853 [6MR]

———veterans' readjustment appointments (see H.R. 4384), 4577 [12MR]

Veterans: guaranteed loan mortgage (see H.R. 4130), 1778 [5FE]

———improve readjustment counseling for Vietnam era (see H.R. 4623), 18420 [31JY]

White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 5477), 23473 [16SE]

World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]

World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]

Year of New Sweden: designate (see H.J. Res. 560), 6057 [25MR]

Biographies

Aladino A. Gavazzi, 1810 [5FE]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

New Horizons for America's Youth: Dan Brown, 4556 [12MR]

Explanations

VA compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, 18863 [4AU]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act (H.R. 5299), 30128-30138 [9OC]

Letters

Bradley fighting vehicle: Samuel E. Fleming, Jr., 20710 [11AU]

Cleveland, OH, Regional VA Medical Facility, Rehabilitation Medical Services: Fred VonAlmen, 3994 [6MR]

Dept. of Defense use of military aircraft to transport personnel: Caspar W. Weinberger, 225 [22JA]

GI bill: John B. Conaway, 8049 [17AP]

———John D. Beghtol, 11246 [19MY]

———Mary E. Tinkle, 5977 [21MR]

———Roberta Vallantyne, 8429 [22AP]

GI bill education opportunity: Gary K. Miller, 13178 [10JN]

New GI bill: Alan D. Obermiller, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., 9705 [6MY]

———Bishop M. Johnson, 8993 [29AP]

Sequestration of direct loans to veterans under VA-administered insurance policies: by, 10069 [8MY]

VA health care eligibility reform: by and Representative Hammerschmidt, 18389 [31JY]

VA medical construction projects and leases: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 12106 [3JN]

Veterans benefits: J. Clay Smith, Jr., 7233 [10AP]

Lists

Supporters of National Guard training amendment to Dept. of Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4428), 21633 [14AU]

Remarks by, on

Addabbo, Joseph P.: tribute, 8401 [22AP]

Air Force: resignation of Russell Rourke as Secretary, 6630 [8AP]

Air Reserve and Air National Guard: participation in U.S. military response to Libyan terrorism, 9102 [30AP]

American Armored Force Memorial, Arlington, VA: erect (S.J. Res. 43), 32178 [16OC]

Armed Forces: educational benefits for members, 19695 [7AU]

———GI bill participation, 29399 [7OC], 30120 [9OC]

———recruiting program, 33928 [6NO]

———revise retirement system for new members (H.R. 4420), 8355, 8367-8369, 8371 [22AP]

———revise retirement system for new members (H.R. 4420), appointment of conferees, 13188 [11JN]

———revise retirement system for new members (H.R. 4420), filing conference report, 15182 [24JN]

———revise retirement system for new members (H.R. 4420), unanimous-consent agreement, 15182 [24JN]

Armed Forces Reserve: funding, 21659 [14AU]

———treatment of single parents, 21665 [14AU]

Armed Forces Reserves: funding, 8367-8369, 8371 [22AP]

———recognize role played in national defense (H.J. Res. 220), 7359, 7360 [14AP]

Armed Services YMCA: anniversary, 4197 [11MR]

Arms control: negotiations, 30718 [14OC]

Army: survivors' benefits to families of servicemen killed in military charter airplane crash, 658 [29JA]

Auburn University: William F. Nichols ROTC Center, dedication, 30911 [14OC]

Bradley fighting vehicle: funding, 20710 [11AU]

Budget: changes in spending and revenue provisions (H.R. 3128), 3793 [6MR]

———deficit reduction proposals, 4580 [12MR]

———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1987-89 (S. Con. Res. 120), conference report, concur with Senate amendments, 15761 [26JN]

———setting forth for 1987-89 (H. Con. Res. 296), 4654 [13MR]

Capitol Hill Tennis Club: tribute, 23369 [16SE]

Central America: International Security and Development Cooperation Act (H.J. Res. 540), 5463 [19MR]

Cleveland, OH: establish a national cemetery in or near (H.R. 4345), 13056, 13057 [10JN]

Committee of conference: filing reports, 30719 [14OC]

Committee on Armed Services: meetings during sessions, 13898 [17JN], 15182 [24JN], 17271 [22JY]

———tribute to staff, 22092 [15AU]

Committee of conference: filing reports, 15182 [24JN]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: filing reports, 15586 [25JN]

Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies by standing and select committees (H. Res. 368), 1760 [5FE]

Congress: Stanley A. Frone, tribute, 18856 [1AU]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1987-89 (H. Con. Res. 337), 10949 [15MY]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2668 [25FE], 8329 [22AP], 8850 [29AP], 11369 [20MY], 13751, 13753 [16JN], 29230 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: accord National Guard technicians competitive status for purposes of transferring to competitive service (H.R. 5218), 28763 [6OC]

———authorizing appropriations for procurement, research, development, and working capital (H.R. 4428), 18893 [4AU], 19012, 19055 [5AU], 19900 [8AU], 20698, 20710 [11AU], 21659, 21660, 21662, 21663, 21665, 21678 [14AU]

———authorizing appropriations for procurement, research, development, and working capital (H.R. 4428), unanimous-consent agreement, 20626, 20633 [11AU], 21658 [14AU]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2638), conference report, 31522 [15OC]

———GI bill, 4851 [13MR], 5976 [21MR], 11246 [19MY], 13178 [10JN]

———new GI bill, 8992 [29AP], 9355 [1MY], 9705 [6MY]

———reorganize, 19055 [5AU]

———use of military aircraft to transport personnel, 225 [22JA]

Dept. of Education: Excellence in Education Award to Marion Park Elementary School, Meridian, MS, 33935 [6NO]

Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5313), 23164 [12SE]

Disabled veterans: Gerald E. Albert, tribute, 28701 [3OC]

Discrimination: employment discrimination relative to Armed Forces Reserve or National Guard membership (H.R. 2798), 13750, 13751 [16JN]

District of Columbia: Aladino A. Gavazzi, tribute, 1810 [5FE]

———VFW Mid-Winter conference, 4185 [10MR]

Education: GI bill benefits, 30429 [10OC], 31231 [14OC]

Employment: discrimination relative to Armed Forces Reserve or National Guard membership (H.R. 2798), 13750, 13751 [16JN]

Foreign trade: textile industry, 19378 [6AU]

GI bill: Army participation, 29399 [7OC], 30120 [9OC], 31231 [14OC]

Government spending: reduce, 4580 [12MR]

Health: Cleveland, OH, Regional VA Medical Facility, Rehabilitation Medical Services, 3994 [6MR]

Honduras: invasion by Nicaragua, 6038 [25MR]

House: expenses for investigations and studies by standing and select committees (H. Res. 368), 1760 [5FE]

———legislative program, 7354 [14AP], 22243 [8SE]

Korean War Memorial Act: enact (H.R. 2205), Senate amendments, 30736 [14OC]

Loans: sequestration of new guarantee commitments (S. 2416), 11366, 11368 [20MY]

Lorence, Peter: appointment to U.S. military service academy (H.J. Res. 604), 8328, 8329 [22AP]

Marion Park Elementary School, Meridian, MS: tribute, 33935 [6NO]

Medical personnel: selective service registration, 18893 [4AU]

Mississippi: Dept. of Public Welfare budget reductions, 15589 [25JN]

Mississippi National Guard: tribute, 13899 [17JN]

Mortgage loans: VA home loan guarantee program (H.R. 4130), 1769 [5FE], 2660 [25FE], 4580 [12MR]

Narcotics: national abuse and trafficking prevention policy, 22706 [10SE]

National Guard: accord technicians competitive status for purposes of transferring to competitive service (H.R. 5218), 28763 [6OC]

———correct inequities relative to benefits for certain employees (H.R. 3006), 15207 [24JN]

———funding, 8367-8369, 8371 [22AP], 21659 [14AU]

———recognize role played in national defense (H.J. Res. 220), 7359, 7360 [14AP]

———training outside U.S., 21632, 21660, 21662, 21663 [14AU]

———treatment of single parents, 21665 [14AU]

National Guard and Armed Forces Reserves: recognize role played in national defense (H.J. Res. 220), 8850 [29AP]

———recognize role played in national defense (H.J. Res. 220), unanimous-consent agreement, 8849 [29AP]

Nicaragua: invasion of Honduras, 6038 [25MR]

———military assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 540), 5463 [19MR]

———military assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 601), 7623 [16AP]

Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5484), 22706 [10SE]

Omnibus Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act: enact (H.R. 5299), 29200, 29224-29226, 29229, 29230 [7OC]

Point of order, 21660 [14AU]

POW: Washington, DC, visit of women held during World War II, 25880 [24SE]

POWs: improve veterans' benefits for former (H.R. 4333), 18871 [4AU], 19343 [6AU]

Reagan, President: budget proposal, 4654 [13MR]

Ribas-Berain, Fernando L.: appointment to U.S. military service academy (H.J. Res. 604), 8328, 8329 [22AP]

Rourke, Russell: resignation of Russell Rourke as Sec. of the Air Force, 6630 [8AP]

Soviet Union: arms control negotiations, 30718 [14OC]

Sports: Capitol Hill Tennis Club, tribute, 23369 [16SE]

States: Federal assistance to defense forces, 21678 [14AU]

Statue of Liberty: Fourth of July Liberty Weekend celebration, 16460 [15JY]

Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), veto, 19378 [6AU]

VA: Aladino A. Gavazzi, tribute, 1810 [5FE]

———benefits and services, 4185 [10MR]

———Cleveland, OH, Regional Medical Facility, Rehabilitation Medical Services, 3994 [6MR]

———Clyde C. Cook, tribute, 17336 [22JY]

———establish a national cemetery in or near Cleveland, OH (H.R. 4345), 13056, 13057 [10JN]

———funding, 3793 [6MR], 10949 [15MY]

———GI bill, 4851 [13MR], 5976 [21MR]

———health care eligibility reform, 18389 [31JY]

———health care system, 4580 [12MR]

———home loan guarantee program (H.R. 4130), 1769 [5FE], 2660 [25FE], 4580 [12MR]

———improve benefits for former POWs (H.R. 4333), 18871 [4AU], 19343 [6AU]

———improvement of efficiency and economy of medical centers (H.R. 4839), 11107 [15MY]

———increase rates of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 5299), 18861, 18862 [4AU], 29200, 29224-29226, 29229, 29230 [7OC], 30128 [9OC], 32675 [16OC]

———readjustment appointments (H.R. 4384), 13751, 13752 [16JN]

———Reagan administration budget proposal, 4654 [13MR]

———tribute to John J. Schimpf and Edward J. Chatlos, 2985 [26FE]

VA Home Loan Guaranty Program: exemption from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, 11366, 11368 [20MY]

VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA: Laurance Foye, tribute, 7430 [14AP]

Veterans: benefits, 10247 [9MY]

———educational benefits, 19695 [7AU]

———eliminate gender-based language distinctions (H.R. 5047), 18866, 18870 [4AU]

———GI bill, 7233 [10AP], 8048 [17AP], 8428 [22AP], 11246 [19MY]

———health care benefits, 32675 [16OC]

———improve readjustment counseling for Vietnam-era (H.R. 4623), 18872, 18874, 18876, 18878 [4AU], 19343 [6AU]

———new GI bill, 8992 [29AP], 9705 [6MY]

———survivors' benefits to families of servicemen killed in military charter airplane crash, 658 [29JA]

Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act: enact (S. 1887), 22037, 22045 [15AU]

VFW: Mid-Winter conference, District of Columbia, 4185 [10MR]

Vietnam veterans: judicial review of agent orange exposure, 25375 [22SE]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant charter (H.R. 512), 10272 [12MY]

Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), conference report, 33092 [17OC]

Women: Washington, DC, visit of POWs held during World War II, 25880 [24SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 225 [22JA], 658 [29JA], 1777 [5FE], 2660 [25FE], 2976 [26FE], 3793, 3851 [6MR], 4120 [10MR], 4197 [11MR], 4653, 4700 [13MR], 5463 [19MR], 5897 [21MR], 6038 [25MR], 7365 [14AP], 7623 [16AP], 7889 [17AP], 8211 [21AP], 8355, 8407 [22AP], 8885 [29AP], 9102 [30AP], 9209 [1MY], 9464 [5MY], 9551 [6MY], 10213 [8MY], 10988 [15MY], 11183 [19MY], 13056, 13058, 13072 [10JN], 13750 [16JN], 13899 [17JN], 15207 [24JN], 15761 [26JN], 16460 [15JY], 17053 [21JY], 17315 [22JY], 18668 [1AU], 18862, 18893 [4AU], 19055 [5AU], 19695 [7AU], 19900 [8AU], 20698 [11AU], 21632, 21660 [14AU], 23164 [12SE], 23369 [16SE], 25373 [22SE], 25880 [24SE], 28331 [3OC], 28763, 28822 [6OC], 29832 [8OC], 30115 [9OC], 30160 [10OC], 30718, 30736, 30848, 31217 [14OC], 32154 [15OC], 32178 [16OC]

Special order: granted, 234 [22JA], 4575 [12MR], 6633 [8AP], 7552 [15AP], 12121 [3JN], 15603 [25JN], 18417 [31JY], 31217 [14OC]

Tribute, 2421 [19FE]

Reports

Committee on Armed Services, 9762 [7MY]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 9772 [7MY], 10989 [15MY], 12623 [5JN], 13266 [11JN], 18419 [31JY], 18669 [1AU]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 9762, 9772 [7MY]

Reports by conference committees

Revising retirement system for new members of Armed Forces (H.R. 4420), 15590-15603 [25JN]

Statements

GI Bill: Anthony C. Spadorcia (excerpt), 10247 [9MY]

Navy Homeporting: by, 22211 [15AU]

VA Dept. of Medicine and Surgery Anniversary: by, 2569 [20FE]

Tables

National Guard and Armed Forces Reserves funding requests, 8367 [22AP]

Texts of

H.R. 4839, improvement of efficiency and economy of VA medical centers, 11108 [15MY]

Tributes

Albert, Gerald E., 28701 [3OC]

Bennett, Representative, 12118 [3JN]

Bingham, Jonathan B., 16737 [16JY]

Brown, Daniel D., 4556 [12MR]

Chatlos, Edward J., 2985 [26FE]

Cook, Clyde C., 17336 [22JY]

Flynt, Chastaine, 7544 [15AP]

Foye, Laurance, 7430 [14AP]

Frone, Stanley A., 18856 [1AU]

Fuqua, Representative, 27106 [29SE]

Gavazzi, Aladino A., 1810 [5FE]

Hammerschmidt, Representative, 8239 [21AP]

Hillis, Representative, 27517 [1OC]

Holt, Representative, 30848, 30859 [14OC]

Kindness, Representative, 29339 [7OC]

Loeffler, Representative, 29365 [7OC]

McCain, Representative, 29819 [8OC]

Nichols, Representative, 30911 [14OC]

O'Brien, George M., 18407 [31JY]

O'Neill, Representative, 30160 [10OC]

Rose, Sam, 2985 [26FE]

Rudd, Representative, 29820 [8OC]

Schimpf, John J., 2985 [26FE]

Van Zandt, James E., 230 [22JA]

Whitehurst, Representative, 30872 [14OC]