VETERANS related term(s) Veterans' Administration

Addresses

Funding for Veterans Programs: Senator DeConcini, 3876 [6MR]

Paying Respects to POW/MIA: William J. Crowe, Jr., 29160 [7OC]

Values of the U.S. Soldier: John O. Marsh, Jr. Sec. of the Army, 10711 [14MY]

Veterans Benefits to World War II Merchant Seamen: C.E. DeFries, 12528 [4JN]

Veterans' Issues: Representative Hammerschmidt, 4185-4186 [10MR]

Amendments

Handicapped: increase rates of compensation (S. 2422), 27282 [30SE]

Korean War Memorial: erect (H.R. 2205), 29896 [9OC], 30734 [14OC]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act: enact (H.R. 5299), 29200-29223 [7OC]

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

Women: authorizing memorial honoring veterans (S.J. Res. 156), 8311 [22AP]

———establish a memorial to honor, in Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 36), 32610, 32648 [16OC], 32789 [17OC]

World War II: civil service retirement credit for time spent in the Cadet Nurse Corps (H.R. 2663), 33687 [18OC], 33751, 33752, 33852 [18OC]

Analyses

Federal Hospital System Sharing Act (S. 2627), 15889 [26JN]

Articles and editorials

Agent Orange—Let It Lie, 25375 [22SE]

Agent Orange's Victims Find Sympathy at the Statehouses, 15623 [25JN]

``Breakthrough'' on Agent Orange, 27125 [29SE]

Calling of Charlie Liteky, 29181 [7OC]

Columbia Leader Cantey, 69, Dies, 32565 [16OC]

Dumb Policy, 27314 [30SE]

Father of U.S. Airborne, 10854 [15MY], 11674 [21MY]

Forty Years of Dedication and Progress, 9352 [1MY]

From the Director's Desk, 2206 [18FE]

General From N.C. Immortalized by D-Day Troops, 10855 [15MY], 11674 [21MY]

GI Bill Funding (several excerpts), 5090 [17MR]

He Died in Debt Because the VA Didn't Have a Bed for Him, 11092 [15MY]

High Unemployment Plagues Vietnam Veteran—Disabled Hit Hardest, 10635 [14MY]

Highly Sensitive Test Can Detect Dioxin Years After Exposure, 31235 [14OC]

How a Military Decision Spelled Family Tragedy, 30393 [10OC]

Neighbors Try To Save Park by Blocking VA Land Sale, 27315 [30SE]

Red Tape Stalls Removal of Eyesore, 29450 [8OC]

Researchers Report Finding Telltale Sign of Agent Orange, 27125 [29SE]

Residents, Veterans, Legislators Mobilize To Bar VA Land Sale, 27316 [30SE]

Sale of V.A. Land Is Still Undecided, 27315 [30SE]

Some Veterans Deserve a Day in Court, 25375 [22SE]

VA Denies His Breast Cancer Claim, 17546 [24JY]

VA Didn't Cause Budget Crisis, 2765 [25FE]

Vet Who Lost Both Legs and One Arm in Vietnam Named Handicapped American of the Year, 7066 [9AP]

Veterans Bearing Brunt of Budget Cuts, 4495 [12MR]

VFW Commander Looks Back on a Hectic Year, 22010 [15AU]

Viet Vets Didn't Kill Babies and They Aren't Suicidal, 7061-7062 [9AP]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. Federal Charter, 6960 [9AP]

Willson—Fasting Vets Are Doing Well, 25744 [24SE]

Bills and resolutions

Anderson, Raymond: award of Silver Star (see H.R. 4395)

Armed Forces Reserves: use of commissary stores (see H.R. 4792)

Atomic warfare: civil actions and disability compensation for exposure to certain ionizing radiation (see S. 2898)

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: home loan guaranty commitments (see H.R. 4152)

Benefits: eliminate gender-based language distinctions (see H.R. 5047)

———increase rates of dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 4552, 5299)

Cleveland, OH: establish national cemetery (see H.R. 4345)

Collection of accounts: VA authority (see S. 2422)

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): authorize expenditures (see S. Res. 331)

Congressional Medal of Honor: commemorate recipients on 125th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 501)

———military medical care (see H.R. 4964)

Court of Veterans' Appeals: establish (see H.R. 4661)

Deafness: compensation for service-connected disability (see H.R. 4989)

Dept. of Defense: life insurance for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4966)

———permit certain eligible veterans to purchase up to $20,000 of national service life insurance (see H.R. 4967)

Disability evaluation: liberalize standards for compensation purposes (see H.R. 4995)

Education: 6-month enrollment period for certain individuals for assistance programs (see H.R. 5404)

———benefits to dependents of veterans with service-connected disability (see H.R. 4969)

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 2115)

11th Airborne Division Association, Inc.: memorial (see H.R. 4270)

Employment: extend period for readjustment appointments in civil service (see S. 2304)

———readjustment appointments (see H.R. 4384)

Ex-POWs: benefits (see H.R. 4333)

Fort Snelling, MN: closing of VA Insurance Center (see H. Res. 423)

Handicapped: exempt certain benefits from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act's sequestration orders (see S. 2186, 2187; H.R. 4391)

———exempt disability benefits from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act's sequestration orders (see S. 2423)

———rates of disability compensation (see S. 2422)

Homeless: pension benefits (see H.R. 5138)

Housing: amend home loan guarantee program (see H.R. 4948)

———exempt VA loan program from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act's sequestration orders (see S. 2423; H.R. 4775)

———guaranteed loan limitation amount (see S. 2052; H.R. 4130, 4152)

———raising credit extension authority for VA loan guaranty program (see H.R. 4752)

———user fees or restrictions on accessibility to VA mortgage assistance program (see H. Res. 446)

———VA home loan guarantee authority (see S. 2475)

———VA home loan guaranty program (see S. 2422)

Leyte Landing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 591)

Mariana Islands: Commonwealth treated as a State for purpose of title 38 of U.S. Code (see S. 2889)

Marriage: standardize length of marriage criteria to receive certain dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 4965)

Medical care: designation of certain VA outpatient clinics as centers of geriatric research, education, and clinical activities (see H.R. 5731)

———eliminate means-test for non-service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 5579)

———improve certain VA programs (see S. 2445)

———improve various aspects of VA assistance programs (see S. 2388)

———VA contracts for geographically inaccessible areas (see H.R. 4660)

Medicare: services to VA beneficiaries (see S. 2174)

———veterans' demonstration project (see S. 2482)

Merchant marine: provide benefits to seamen (see H.R. 4889)

Merchant seamen: active military credit for World War II service by certain (see H.R. 4709)

Military cemeteries and funerals: expenses for Purple Heart award veterans (see H.R. 4991)

Military dependents: commissary and exchange privileges for surviving spouses of veterans dying from service connected disability (see H.R. 4963)

———indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children (see S. 2422)

Military disability: benefits due to loss of use or loss of extremities (see H.R. 4994)

———mortgage protection life insurance for certain veterans (see H.R. 4992)

Motor vehicles: parking at medical facilities (see S. 2422)

National China-Burma-India Veterans Association Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 359; H.J. Res. 681)

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 411)

National League of Families POW/MIA flag: display in Capitol rotunda (see H. Con. Res. 413)

National Legion of Valor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625)

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 322; H.J. Res. 524)

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 311; H.J. Res. 584)

Naval Aviation Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 335; H.J. Res. 569)

Ohio: sites for national cemeteries (see H.R. 4594)

Philippine Scouts: establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 685)

Philippines: naturalization of certain veterans (see S. 2656)

———professorship on constitutional democracy at Santo Tomas University (see H.R. 5696)

Pittsburgh, PA: designate Commando Charles E. Kelly VA Medical Center (see S. 2866)

POWs: benefits (see S. 2168)

———reimbursement for emergency medical expenses relative to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4988)

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

Taxation: credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly (see H.R. 4512)

VA: amend home loan guarantee program (see H.R. 4948)

———benefits paid under service-connected disability and death (see S. 2885)

———clothing allowance to certain veterans with skin disorders resulting from service-connected injuries (see H.R. 4968)

———efficiency and economy of health facilities (see H.R. 4839)

———interest on loans secured by National Service Life Insurance policies (see H.R. 5275)

———low interest loans to veterans eligible for housing assistance (see H.R. 4993)

———modification of structure of Office of the Chief Medical Director (see S. 2172)

———Office of Construction/Dept. of Medicine and Surgery consolidation (see H.R. 4193)

———revise and clarify treatment of certain programs under Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (see H.R. 4802)

———transfer of certain functions of Office of Administration (see H.R. 4192)

VA Readjustment Counseling Professional Fellowship Program: establish (see S. 2359)

Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 2101)

Vietnam veterans: readjustment counseling (see H.R. 4623)

Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 628)

West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, FL: contract for medical care until completion (see H.R. 5585)

World War I: pensions (see H.R. 4437)

World War II: plaque honoring servicemen who died during Operation Tiger (see H.R. 5523)

Citation

Medal of Honor Presented to Charles Liteky (excerpt), 26095 [25SE]

Documents

Constitution of the American Legion—Preamble, 5089 [17MR]

Essays

Return to Flanders Field: David M. Abshire, 12511 [4JN]

Explanations

Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act (H.R. 5299), 29451-29461 [8OC], 30128-30138 [9OC]

Veterans compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 5299), 18863 [4AU]

Letters

Appeal to Veterans Fast for Life: Sisters of Mercy of the Union, 33569 [17OC]

Awarding Congressional Gold Medals to certain individuals for efforts to establish the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Vietnam veterans (excerpt), 12973 [9JN]

Cost of living adjustments of military retirees: DAV, 15209 [24JN]

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

GI bill funding: Burlington County, NJ, College, 8993 [29AP]

———Gary K. Miller, 13178 [10JN]

———J. Clay Smith, Jr., 7233 [10AP]

———John B. Conaway, 8049 [17AP]

———John D. Beghtol, 11246 [19MY]

———Roberta Vallantyne, 8429 [22AP]

———Washington Air National Guard, 5977 [21MR]

Minerva, OH, VA Medical Center: Fred VonAlmen, 3994 [6MR]

National Former POW Recognition Day: American Ex-Prisoners of War, 22775 [11SE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, 7499 [15AP]

Proposed Senate budget cuts in veterans programs, 17159 [21JY]

Sale of VA land in Los Angeles: De Witt W. Clinton, 27315 [30SE]

———VA, 27316, 27317 [30SE]

Song to salute Vietnam veterans: J.C. Weaver (excerpt), 32623 [16OC]

Study of health effects in veterans exposed to radiation: Senator Cranston, 392, 393 [23JA]

———VA, 393 [23JA]

VA insurance policy loans: Senators Murkowski and Cranston, and Representatives Montgomery and Hammerschmidt, 10069-10072 [8MY]

VA loans: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1727 [5FE]

VA mortgage loans: Senator Murkowski, 8940 [29AP]

———VA, 8940 [29AP]

VA's Readjustment Counseling Program: Senator Cranston, 29464 [8OC]

Veterans benefits eligibility requirements: Committee on Veterans' Affairs exchange with VA, 18389 [31JY]

Veterans' health care benefits: several members of Congress, 29448 [8OC]

Veterans' health care programs improvements: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 10420 [13MY]

———VA, 10420 [13MY]

Veterans' Job Training Act: several House and Senate Members, 15823 [26JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Jan C. Scruggs (excerpt), 12975 [9JN]

Lists

Cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 140, William C. Lee Day, 11673 [21MY]

Vietnam POW-MIAs from Rhode Island, 16507 [15JY]

Witnesses at hearing on impact of budget cuts on Pennsylvania, 5362 [19MR]

Memorials of legislature

Alabama, 1357 [3FE], 1717 [5FE]

California, 15772 [26JN], 16373 [14JY], 18227 [30JY], 27268 [30SE], 27551 [1OC]

Illinois, 12129 [3JN], 12480 [4JN], 18771 [1AU]

Louisiana, 17236 [22JY], 18011 [29JY]

Massachusetts, 6638 [8AP], 7005 [9AP], 8785 [28AP], 22448 [9SE]

Michigan, 6958 [9AP]

New Hampshire, 10704 [14MY], 11312 [20MY]

Ohio, 4867 [13MR]

Pennsylvania, 9211 [1MY], 9651 [6MY]

Virginia, 4473 [12MR]

Papers

Handicapped Citizens in America: Anthony J. Norman, 6050 [25MR]

Petitions

Diseases contracted by former POWs: Shasta County, CA, Board of Supervisors, 23016 [11SE]

Health care for veterans: Oakland, CA, City Council, 22246 [8SE], 22448 [9SE]

Michigan, 7005 [9AP]

POW/MIAs: McDonald, OH, City Council, 10607 [14MY]

Questions and answers

Nomination of Thomas E. Harvey to be Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs: Senator Cranston, 21899 [15AU]

Remarks in House

Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic: construction contract, 12307 [4JN]

Agent Orange: study to detect evidence of dioxin in veterans, 27124 [29SE]

Agent orange: effects on veterans of Southeast Asia, 30393 [10OC]

———new test for dioxin exposure for Vietnam veterans, 31235 [14OC]

American Legion: anniversary, 5089 [17MR]

Armed Forces: prohibit denial of benefits to veterans who failed to register with the Selective Service System, 22082 [15AU]

Atlantic City, NJ: reunion of World War II veterans, 14854 [20JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: impact, 4580 [12MR]

Because We Care Day: observance, 7242 [10AP]

Benefits: eligibility reform, 18389 [31JY]

———eliminate gender-based language distinctions in U.S. Code (H.R. 5047), 18866-18871 [4AU]

———increase maximum group life insurance, 658 [29JA]

———increase rates of compensation and of dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 5299), 18861-18866 [4AU], 30128 [9OC]

———judicial review of certain claims (H.R. 585), 11443 [20MY], 13900, 13901, 14073 [17JN], 14076 [25JN], 15184 [24JN]

Broadfield, Charles E., Jr.: tribute, 10746 [14MY]

Caro, MI: tribute to VFW Post 4164, 25075 [19SE]

Central America: public demonstration against U.S. policy, 29234, 29336 [7OC]

———public demonstration to protest U.S. policy, 25383 [23SE]

Coral Springs, FL: Paralyzed Veterans Association's Expo for the Handicapped, 23275 [12SE]

DAV: tribute, 204 [21JA]

Dept. of Defense: GI bill funding, 4851 [13MR], 5090 [17MR], 5847 [20MR], 5976 [21MR], 7233 [10AP], 8048 [17AP], 8428 [22AP], 10247 [9MY], 11246 [19MY], 29399 [7OC], 30429 [10OC], 31231 [14OC]

———results of GI bill implementation, 30120 [9OC]

Disability claims: judicial review, 25375 [22SE]

Education: assess or increase fees on credit activities of Federal housing and education agencies (H. Res. 446), 9360 [1MY]

———Federal program eligibility restrictions relative to Selective Service System registration requirements, 21710 [14AU]

———funding for benefits, 18851 [1AU]

Elderly Veterans Care Act: enact (H.R. 4512), 7835 [17AP]

Employment: readjustment appointments (H.R. 4384), 4600 [12MR], 13751 [16JN]

Federal Hospital System Sharing Act: enact, 16305 [26JN]

GI bill: funding, 8992 [29AP], 9355 [1MY], 9705 [6MY], 13178 [10JN]

GI Home Loan Program: increase limitation, 1768 [5FE]

Gladwin County, MI: VFW Post 7303 display of flags, 8224 [21AP]

Health: establish pilot program for improvement of VA medical centers (H.R. 4839), 11107 [15MY]

———medical care funding, 11092 [15MY]

———permit private contract health care services to compensate for inaccessible facilities (H.R. 4660), 8330 [22AP]

———salute to hospitalized veterans, 1803 [5FE]

Housing: assess or increase fees on credit activities of Federal housing and education agencies (H. Res. 446), 9360 [1MY]

———increase mortgage limits for FHA and VA, 7667 [16AP], 8048 [17AP]

———loan amounts (H.R. 4130), 2493 [20FE], 2660 [25FE], 2667 [28FE]-2668 [25FE], 3008 [26FE], 4580 [12MR]

Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.: anniversary, 13184 [10JN]

Korean War Memorial: erect (H.R. 2205), Senate amendments, 30734-30738 [14OC]

———funding, 30843 [14OC]

Kulpmont, PA: VFW post anniversary, 31231 [14OC]

Maryland: tribute to VFW, 13426 [11JN]

Memorial Day: observance, 11942 [22MY], 12024 [22MY]

Merchant marine: grant veterans benefits to World War II (H.R. 4709), 12528 [4JN]

Michigan Veterans' Facility: tribute, 15652 [25JN]

Minerva, OH: tribute to the VA Medical Center, 3994 [6MR]

Morton, PA: anniversary of the AMVETS Harold Paul Saks Post No. 118, 9352 [1MY]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs: programs, 5083 [17MR]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (S.J. Res. 322), 30189 [10OC]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 220), 13247 [11JN]

———observance, 23852 [17SE], 25088, 25090, 25091, 25092 [19SE]

National Veterans Wheelchair Games: tribute, 8089 [18AP]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (H.J. Res. 584), 6832 [9AP], 7060 [9AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 311), 30186 [10OC]

New Jersey: Agent Orange Commission research efforts, 15623 [25JN]

New York, NY: VFW candlelight vigil in Brooklyn to honor POW/MIAs, 16988 [17JY]

Nicaragua: public demonstration against U.S. policy, 29336 [7OC]

———public demonstration by certain veterans, relative to U.S. policy, 23367 [16SE]

———veterans fasting to protest U.S. policy, 26410 [26SE]

Ohio: establish national cemetery sites (H.R. 4594), 7583 [15AP]

Ohio Council of Vietnam Veterans: convention, 22222 [15AU]

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

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

———improve veterans' benefits (H.R. 864), 4867 [13MR]

POWs/MIAs: continued detention, 4009 [6MR]

Queens County, NY: United Veterans Mutual Housing Co. mortgage-burning party, 22314 [8SE]

Schwab, Robert, III: release from imprisonment in Vietnam, 22221 [15AU]

Senate: proposed budget cuts in programs, 17159 [21JY]

Toledo, OH: anniversary of the Catholic War Veterans Logsdon-Walla Post 639, 4380 [11MR]

VA: benefits, 3793, 3801 [6MR]

———budget proposal, 3762 [5MR]

———Home Loan Guaranty Program workload status, 19642 [7AU]

———require to contract with non-VA medical facilities under certain circumstances, 8552 [23AP]

VA home loans: increase maximum amount (H.R. 4752), 9706 [6MY]

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

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

Veterans' Compensation Rate Increase and Job Training Improvements Act: projected effects on veterans, 211 [21JA]

Vietnam: POW-MIAs accounting, 16507 [15JY]

Vietnam era: improve readjustment counseling (H.R. 4623), 8044 [17AP]

Vietnam veterans: improve readjustment counseling (H.R. 4623), 19635 [6AU]

———tribute, 7060 [9AP]

Vietnam Veterans Against Contra Aid: policies, 7096 [10AP]

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

Vietnam-era veterans: improve readjustment counseling (H.R. 4623), 18872-18878 [4AU], 19343 [6AU]

Women: establish a memorial to honor, in Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 36), Senate amendments, 32789 [17OC]

———establish a memorial to honor Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 36), 13413 [11JN]

World War II: civil service retirement credit for time spent in the Cadet Nurse Corps (H.R. 2663), 28768 [6OC], 33687 [18OC]

———reunion of submarine, 21133 [12AU]

Remarks in Senate

Arizona: establish national cemetery, 25054 [19SE]

Armed Forces Day: observance, 10813 [15MY]

Army and Navy Union of the U.S.A.: grant charter (H.R. 897), 33805 [18OC]

Army and Navy Union of the United States of America: grant charter (S. 1456), 25704 [23SE]

Atomic warfare: civil actions and disability compensation for exposure to certain ionizing radiation (S. 2898), 27278 [30SE]

———liability of defense contractors for losses from certain weapons testing (S. 2454), 26184 [25SE], 28019 [2OC]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt certain benefits from sequestration orders (S. 2186), 4482 [12MR]

———exempt certain benefits from sequestration orders (S. 2187), 4483 [12MR]

———reduction in benefits, 4495 [12MR]

Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum: French project in Caen, 29193 [7OC]

Benefits: increase rates of compensation and of dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 5299), S. 2422 language passed in lieu, 27318 [30SE]

Billig, Donald M.: comprehensive credentials monitoring process of VA physicians, 7129 [10AP]

Cantey, J. Willis: tribute, 32565 [16OC]

DeConcini, Senator: National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs award recipient, 3876 [6MR]

Dewane, Claudia: tribute, 32623 [16OC]

Employment: extend period for readjustment appointments in civil service (S. 2304), 7490 [15AP]

———job training, 10635 [14MY]

———training, 12915 [6JN]

Ex-POWs: medical benefits (S. 2422), 29080 [6OC]

Federal Hospital System Sharing Act: enact (S. 2627), 15873-15898 [26JN]

Handicapped: exempt certain benefits from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act's sequestration orders (S. 2187), 15175 [24JN]

Health: findings of report on radiation exposure, 391 [23JA]

Hoover, Richard D.: tribute, 2830 [26FE]

Housing: loan amounts (H.R. 4130), 2700-2705 [25FE]

Korean War: establish memorial, 2205 [18FE]

———memorial, 30306 [10OC]

Korean War Memorial: erect (H.R. 2205), 28905 [6OC], 29896 [9OC]

Lambert, Daniel L.: tribute, 4717 [13MR]

Liteky, Charles: fast to protest U.S. aid to Contras, 25743 [24SE], 26095 [25SE]

Ludwig, Harry P.: tribute, 11654 [21MY]

Mariana Islands: Commonwealth treated as a State for purpose of title 38, U.S. Code (S. 2889), 26954 [29SE]

Medical care: improve various aspects of VA assistance programs (S. 2388), 9072-9076 [30AP]

Medicare: establish demonstration project (S. 2482), 11721 [21MY]

———services to VA beneficiaries (S. 2174), 4314 [11MR]

Mizo, George: fast to protest U.S. aid to Contras, 25743 [24SE], 26095 [25SE]

Murphy, Duncan: fast to protest U.S. aid to Contras, 25743 [24SE], 26095 [25SE]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Association Day: designate (S.J. Res. 359), 13371 [11JN], 29918 [9OC]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 411), 22774 [11SE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (S.J. Res. 322), 7498 [15AP], 20404, 20407 [9AU]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, 24804, 24812, 24951, 25047, 25051, 25052 [19SE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 311), 6556 [27MR]

Naval Aviation Day: designate (S.J. Res. 335), 8945 [29AP]

Nicaragua: veterans' Fast for Life on Capitol Building and Grounds, 29180 [7OC], 29596 [8OC]

Owens, Jacqueline: tribute, 5697 [20MR]

Pennsylvania: impact of budget cuts, 5360 [19MR]

Pensions: exempt certain benefits from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act's sequestration orders (S. 2461) (see S. 2461), 10847 [15MY]

Philippines: naturalization of certain veterans (S. 2656), 17104 [21JY]

Pittsburgh, PA: designate Commando Charles E. Kelly VA Medical Center (S. 2866), 25840 [24SE]

POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, 29160 [7OC], 29406 [8OC]

POWs: improve benefits (S. 2168), 4163 [10MR]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (S. 524), 17779 [25JY]

Southeast Asia: continuation of U.S. efforts to resume technical meetings relative to MIAs (S. Res. 414), 11765 [21MY]

Staum, John S.: tribute, 22010 [15AU]

Student aid: support services, 12068 [2JN]

Taxation: Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program, 7793 [16AP]

VA: amend determination relative to certain radiogenic diseases, 17546 [24JY], 18585 [31JY]

———authorize modification of structure of the Office of the Chief Medical Director (S. 2172), 4313 [11MR]

———correct amount of sequestration of home loan guarantees (S. 2052), 1726 [5FE]

———education funding, 10764 [15MY]

———funding for alcohol and drug abuse treatment, 30703 [14OC]

———funding for health care, 27980 [2OC]

———funding for services, benefits, and facilities, 33200 [17OC]

———need to replace Allen Park, MI, hospital facility, 27979 [2OC]

———need to replace Aspinwall, PA, hospital facility, 27979 [2OC]

———procedures for adjudication of claims (S. 367), 22466 [9SE]

———quality assurance programs, 9978 [8MY]

VA Readjustment Counseling Professional Fellowship Program: establish (S. 2359), 8536 [23AP]

Veterans' Administration: provide for exemption of certain veterans' benefits sequestration under provisions of Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Act (S. 2423), 10066-10072 [8MY]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act: enact (H.R. 5299), 29446-29472 [8OC]

———enact (H.R. 5299): correction of explanatory statement, ***** [10OC]

Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5299), 27318 [30SE]

———enact (S. 2422), 27298-27318 [30SE]

Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act: enact (S. 2422), 9978-9981 [8MY]

Veterans' Health Care Programs Improvements Act: enact (S. 2445), 10416-10418 [13MY]

Veterans' Job Training Act: funds, 15823 [26JN]

Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.: grant charter (S. 2101), 2736 [25FE]

Vietnam Conflict: rate of draftees' suicide, 4347 [11MR]

———song to salute veterans, 32623 [16OC]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant charter (S. 8), 4173 [10MR], 6955-6962 [9AP]

William C. Lee Day: designate (S. Con. Res. 140), 10854 [15MY], 11673 [21MY]

Willson, Brian: fast to protest U.S. aid to Contras, 25743 [24SE], 26095 [25SE]

Women: establish a memorial to honor, in Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 36), 32648 [16OC]

World War II: civil service retirement credit for time spent in the Cadet Nurse Corps (H.R. 2663), 33751 [18OC]

Reports

Caring for the Older Veteran: VA (excerpt), 9073 [30AP]

Interim Report on Caring for the Older Veteran: VA, 9074 [30AP]

Tax Reform: Finance Committee (excerpt), 15070 [24JN]

War Claims—Vietnam Conflict—Prisoners, 5252 [18MR]

Why the Kremlin Loves the Contras: Vietnam Veterans Against Contra Aid, 7096 [10AP]

Women Veterans' Entitlement to Benefits and Information Materials (excerpt), 6556 [27MR]

Reports filed

Correct Amount of Sequestration of VA Home Loan Guarantees: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2052) (S. Rept. 99-238), 2609 [24FE]

Designate National Elks Veterans Remembrance Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 199), 7185 [10AP]

Designate National Women Veterans Recognition Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 311), 13620 [12JN]

Educational Assistance for On the Job Training Under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 3747) (H. Rept. 99-1015), 33698 [18OC]

Elimination of Gender-Based Language Distinctions: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5047) (H. Rept. 99-735), 18669 [1AU]

Erect Korean War Memorial in District of Columbia: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 2205) (S. Rept. 99-459), 24968 [19SE]

Establishment of Memorial in District of Columbia To Honor Women: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.J. Res. 36) (S. Rept. 99-461), 24968 [19SE]

Grant Charter to Army and Navy Union of the U.S.A.: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 897), 27994 [2OC]

Grant of Charter to Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 8) (S. Rept. 99-268), 6317 [26MR]

Improved Benefits for Former POWs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 4333) (H. Rept. 99-728), 18419 [31JY]

Improved Vietnam-era Readjustment Counseling (H.R. 4623) (H. Rept. 99-729), 18419 [31JY]

Increase in Rates of Compensation, Dependency, and Indemnity Compensation Paid by VA: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5299) (H. Rept. 99-730), 18419 [31JY]

VA Housing Loan Limitation: Committee on Veterans Affairs (H.R. 4130) (H. Rept. 99-472), 2495 [20FE]

Veterans' Compensation and Benefit Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2422) (S. Rept. 99-444), 23572 [16SE]

Veterans' Housing Loan Programs Exemption: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 4775) (S. Rept. 99-605), 10989 [15MY]

Veterans' Readjustment Employment Appointment: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 4384) (H. Rept. 99-627), 13266 [11JN]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., Charter: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 512) (H. Rept. 99-591), 10214 [8MY]

Resolutions by organizations

National issues: Military Order of the World Wars (sundry), 23860 [17SE]

Songs

``Salute the Boys of Vietnam,'' J.C. Weaver, 32623 [16OC]

Statements

Honoring Senator DeConcini: National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs (excerpt), 5083 [17MR]

Legion of Honor to Lee H. Tucker (excerpt), 8734 [24AP]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs: John S. Staum (excerpt), 5083 [17MR]

National League of Families for Missing in Action: Representative Dornan, 17518 [23JY]

Nomination of Thomas E. Harvey To Be Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs: Senator Murkowski, 21898 [15AU]

Renunciation of the Medal of Honor: Charles Liteky (excerpt), 26095 [25SE]

VA Home Loan Activity: CBO, 2661 [25FE]

———VA, 2661 [25FE]

Vietnam Conflict: Louise Ransom, 20520 [11AU]

We Risk Death To Save Lives: Vietnam veterans, 29404 [7OC]

Tables

Cost of living adjustments, 30210, 30212, 30213 [10OC]

Testimonies

Priorities of Disabled Veterans: Richard D. Hoover, 2830 [26FE]

Veterans' Home Loans: Representative Kramer, 9952 [7MY]

Texts of

H.R. 512, grant charter to the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 10272 [12MY]

H.R. 2205, Korean War Memorial Act, 29896 [9OC]

H.R. 2663, civil service retirement credit for time spent in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, 28768 [6OC]

H.R. 4130, VA Home Loan Guaranty Program, 2660 [25FE]

H.R. 4333, improve veterans' benefits for former prisoners of war, 18871 [4AU]

H.R. 4384, veterans employment readjustment appointments, 13751 [16JN]

H.R. 4623, improve readjustment counseling for Vietnam-era veterans, 18872 [4AU]

H.R. 4839, establish pilot program for improvement of VA medical centers, 11108 [15MY]

H.R. 5047, eliminate gender-based language distinctions in U.S. Code relative to veterans' benefits, 18866 [4AU]

H.R. 5299, to provide an increase in the rates of compensation and of dependency and indemnity compensation, 18861 [4AU]

S. 8, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., charter, 6649 [8AP], 6963 [9AP]

S. 524, grant charter to Retired Enlisted Association, Inc., 17779 [25JY]

S. 1887, Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act, 22037-22043 [15AU]

S. 2052, correct amount of sequestration of VA home loan guarantees, 1727 [5FE]

S. 2101, grant charter to Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc., 2736 [25FE]

S. 2172, authorize modification of structure of the VA Office of the Chief Medical Director, 4313 [11MR]

S. 2174, medicare services to VA beneficiaries, 4314 [11MR]

S. 2187, exempt certain benefits from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act's sequestration orders, 15175 [24JN]

S. 2187, exempt certain veterans' benefits from Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act's sequestration orders, 4483 [12MR]

S. 2381, raising credit extension authority for VA housing loan guaranty program, 8941 [29AP]

S. 2422, Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvement Act, 27298-27305 [30SE]

S. 2422, Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act, 9979-9981 [8MY]

S. 2423, provide for exemption of certain veterans' benefits from sequestration, 10073 [8MY]

S. 2445, Veterans' Health Care Programs Improvements Act, 10418-10419 [13MY]

S. 2482, medicare demonstration project for veterans, 11722 [21MY]

S. 2627, Federal Hospital System Sharing Act, 15889 [26JN]

S. 2656, naturalization of certain Filipino veterans, 17104 [21JY]

S. 2866, designate Commando Charles E. Kelly VA Medical Center, 25840 [24SE]

S. Con. Res. 140, William C. Lee Day, 10854 [15MY], 11675 [21MY]

S.J. Res. 199, National Elks Veterans Remembrance Month, 7309 [11AP]

S.J. Res. 220, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 13248 [11JN]

S.J. Res. 311, National Women Veterans Recognition Week, 6557 [27MR], 13742 [13JN], 30187 [10OC]

S.J. Res. 322, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 7499 [15AP], 20404 [9AU], 30189 [10OC]

S.J. Res. 359, National China-Burma-India Veterans Association Day, 13371 [11JN], 29918 [9OC]

S.J. Res. 411, National Former POW Recognition Day, 22775 [11SE]