HANDICAPPED see also Health

Addresses

Life Service to Veterans Award: Representative Hammerschmidt, 10994 [4MY]

Amendments

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: revise and extend (S. 1417), 25888-25894 [30SE]

Education: reauthorizing program of assistance to disadvantaged children (S. 373), 33348-33351, 33353, 33354, 33355, 33363, 33366, 33370, 33371, 33516-33534, 33536 [1DE]

Federal programs: establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (S. 514), 7508, 7556 [31MR], 7803 [2AP]

Veterans: disability compensation (S. 240), 1354 [14JA]

Appointments

Commission on Education of the Deaf, 1419 [16JA]

Articles and editorials

Boy and His Dog, 24781 [22SE]

Civil Rights Restoration Act—A Matter of Simple Justice, 23466 [7AU]

Concord, 27950 [14OC]

Disabled Vietnam Vet Continues to Serve, 19276 [9JY]

Dog for Kris, 24782 [22SE]

Doggone Smart—Gunshot Victim, Dog Premiere Graduates of Training Program, 24781 [22SE]

Eunice Shriver and the Power of the Possible—The Special Olympics Founder, Breaking Down the Walls, 22319 [4AU]

Fine Proposal, 32989 [19NO]

Forget Handicap—He's a Champion, 3198 [5FE]

Help of Courts Sought for Learning Disabled, 14699 [4JN]

Helping the Homeless, 8523 [8AP]

Independence, 2459 [2FE]

Kin Mourn Retarded Patient Who Died Fleeing Hospital, 27303 [9OC]

Knockout, 11892 [11MY]

More, 27951 [14OC]

National Institute Helps Deaf Students, 14394 [2JN]

Peering Into the 21st Century, 28975 [22OC]

Responding to the Needs of the Homeless Mentally Ill, 6024-6028 [18MR]

Retarded Adults Work Way Into Community, 21187 [27JY]

School Children in Peril?, 9724 [24AP]

Scout Leader a Silent Hero for 53 Years, 22217 [4AU]

``She Gives a Lot of Herself'', 8050 [6AP]

Shelter for Learning—Homeless Children Struggle To Succeed, 17117-17119 [23JN]

St. Paul Woman Silently Carries Her Crusade for Disabled to Capitol Hill, 20676 [22JY]

Support Domenici's Homeless Bill, 8523 [8AP]

Throwing the Books at Young Offenders, 14699 [4JN]

Triumphs of the Special Olympics, 15419 [11JN]

Woman Who Brought Them Together, 24781 [22SE]

Young—``I'll Never Give Up'' Faith Helps Wrestler, 17, Progress After Paralysis, 2090 [28JA]

Bills and resolutions

Aged: mental health services (see H.R. 2079)

Airports: access to certain courtesy vehicles (see H.R. 3764)

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend block grants for services relative to mental health and substance abuse (see H.R. 3187)

Alzheimer's disease: establish related dementias home and community based services block grant (see S. 81)

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303)

———damages for injuries from improper medical care (see H.R. 1054)

Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244)

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend to prohibit reduction of disability benefits (see H.R. 2481)

Blind: eligibility for disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 1997)

———privileges afforded to individuals with seeing-eye dogs (see H.R. 3607)

Capitol Building and Grounds: Special Olympics torch relay (see H. Con. Res. 91)

Children: denial of health insurance to disabled adopted (see H. Con. Res. 43)

———health insurance coverage for disabled adopted (see S. Con. Res. 95), 37794 [21DE]

———insurance coverage for certain (see S. Con. Res. 6)

———medical assistance to chronically ill and disabled (see S. 1740)

———right to life of handicapped infants (see H. Res. 262)

Civil rights: clarify amended Education Act, Rehabilitation Act, Age Discrimination Act, and Civil Rights Act (see H.R. 1214)

Committees of the Senate: audio loops services for hearing impaired (see S. Res. 153)

Congressional Record: print in Braille (see S. Res. 150)

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (see H.R. 2429)

Crime and criminals: psychiatric examination for offenders with mental illness (see S. 134, 135)

DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial: charter (see H.J. Res. 97)

Deaf: contributions (see H. Con. Res. 231)

Dept. of Defense: transportation on military aircraft for persons with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2283)

Dept. of HHS: determine appropriate regulatory classification of transitional devices of medical device amendments (see S. 1808)

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: reauthorizing programs (see H.R. 1871)

———revise and extend (see S. 1417)

Disability evaluation: improve procedures (see S. 178)

Education: assistive device resource centers (see S. 1586)

———reauthorizing program of assistance to disadvantaged children (see S. 373)

Education of the Handicapped Act: assistive device resource centers (see H.R. 3602)

Elections: enlarged print voting aids and ballots (see H.R. 3619)

Employment: preparation for disadvantaged individuals and families (see H.R. 3359)

———prohibit discrimination (see S. 5; H.R. 192)

Federal aid programs: establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (see S. 514)

Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act: presumption of disability (see H.R. 3831)

Federal employees: disability compensation benefits to survivors (see H.R. 1287)

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulation of medical devices (see S. 1928)

Fire fighters: benefits for disability or death in line of duty (see H.R. 2871)

Food Stamp Act: exclude from income certain funds used for certain schools (see H.R. 2267)

Food Stamp Plan: treatment of income received by handicapped and disabled individuals (see H.R. 971)

Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 245)

Hearing Aid Compatibility Act: enact (see S. 314)

Homecare Quality Assurance Act: enact (see S. 1166)

Homeless: eliminate unnecessary evictions and preserve low-income housing (see H.R. 290)

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to discrimination against handicapped (see H. Res. 119)

———amend rules relative to hiring discrimination (see H. Res. 170), 12727 [18MY]

———pilot program of fellowships for blind and deaf (see H. Res. 51)

Housing: chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2321)

International Special Olympics Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 85; H.J. Res. 248)

International Special Olympics Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 85; H.J. Res. 248)

Law enforcement officers: benefits for disability or death in line of duty (see H.R. 2871)

———disability benefits (see H.R. 2674)

Learning Disabled Youthful Offenders Rehabilitation Act: enact (see S. 1332)

Lotteries: establish national to assist aged and disability insurance programs (see H.R. 330)

Mass transit: prohibit implementation of regulations discriminating against handicapped (see H.R. 2887)

Medicaid: benefits for the chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2322)

Medical care: catastrophic insurance for aged and handicapped (see S. 210)

———tax deduction for contributions to long-term care savings accounts (see H.R. 699)

Medicare: coverage for routine mammograms (see S. 1161)

———coverage of annual pap smears and mammograms (see H.R. 2482)

———coverage of certain physically or mentally impaired individuals at their own expense (see H.R. 1971)

———eliminate discrimination relative to mental illness (see H.R. 1067, 1945)

———payment of psychologists (see H.R. 236)

———requirements for facilities caring for mentally retarded (see H.R. 2270)

———waive late enrollment penalty for certain handicapped (see S. 176)

Mental Illness Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 76)

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144)

Monuments and memorials: accessibility for blind and visually impaired (see H. Con. Res. 188)

Motor vehicles: parking facilities (see H.R. 1442)

———uniform State system for handicapped parking (see H.R. 3840)

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 40)

National Day of the Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 240)

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 84)

National Home Health Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 98)

National Shut-In Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 145)

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 304)

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 417)

NIH: establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (see S. 1727)

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services: budget authority (see H.R. 849, 850)

Older Americans Act: counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (see H.R. 405)

OPM: civil service retirement system (see H.R. 3791)

Parking facilities: uniform system for handicapped (see S. 550)

Phobia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241)

Postal Service: designate as nonmailable matter, solicitations of certain products and services (see H.R. 1550)

———door delivery of mail (see H.R. 221)

POWs: use of commissary stores and post or base exchanges for certain disabled (see S. 61)

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act: amend (see H.R. 1075)

Protection for Institutionalized Disabled Individuals Act: amend (see S. 1540)

Public Health Service Act: allotment formula for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant (see S. 924), 8041 [6AP]

———counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (see H.R. 405)

———revise and extend authority of Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (see H.R. 3187)

Puerto Rico: increase Social Security funds for families with dependent children, blind, aged, and disabled (see H.R. 1402)

Railroads: disability benefits (see H.R. 2823, 2829, 2830)

Rehabilitation Act: amend relative to healthful schools and workplaces (see S. 673)

———drug abuser not considered handicapped individual for purpose of that act (see H.R. 3229)

———eliminate discrimination against handicapped or disabled individuals (see H.R. 55)

———exclude individuals with contagious diseases from definition of handicapped (see H.R. 1396)

Rural Areas Mental Health Services Act: enact (see S. 1311)

Salt Lake County, UT: remove right of reversion on lands owned by the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children (see S. 892)

Senate: audio loop services for hearing impaired (see S. Res. 149, 152)

———ramp for access to gallery (see S. Res. 147)

———sign language interpretation (see S. Res. 148), 3724 [19FE]

Services for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals Act: enact (see S. 763)

Social Security: aged and disabled individuals in congregate housing facilities (see S. 599)

———ambulatory mental health services for those in supplementary medical insurance program (see S. 1209)

———assist severely disabled in attaining or maintaining their maximum potential for independence (see H.R. 3454)

———benefits to disabled widows and widowers (see H.R. 676)

———continue disability benefits during appeal (see S. 1937)

———continued payment of disability insurance benefits during appeal (see H.R. 3725)

———disability benefit (see S. 417; H.R. 643)

———eliminate 5-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 767)

———hearing medicare appeals before administrative law judges (see H.R. 3733)

———management of disability insurance program (see H. Con. Res. 35)

———mental illness discrimination under medicare (see S. 718)

———prohibit certain adversarial representatives in disability hearings (see H.R. 819)

———qualifications for disability benefits (see H.R. 769)

———reimburse necessary costs of vocational rehabilitation under State plans (see H.R. 3657)

———repeal definition of disability applicable to widows and widowers (see S. 170)

———services of psychologist in rural health clinic (see H.R. 3038)

———taxation of in-kind assistance (see H.R. 3505)

———waiting period for disability benefits for terminally ill persons (see H.R. 768, 800)

Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 1291)

———establish as an independent agency, establish a court to review entitlement decisions, and improve procedures for review of disability determinations (see H.R. 1666)

Social Security Disability Waiting Period Elimination Act: enact (see H.R. 2919)

Special Olympics: torch relay through Capitol Grounds (see S. Con. Res. 44), 8475 [8AP]

Taxation: additional deduction for deafness (see H.R. 632)

———additional standard deduction for certain individuals (see H.R. 1395)

———allow additional exemption for certain physically disabled persons (see H.R. 88)

———deduction of certain transportation expenses (see H.R. 226)

———medical expense deduction for service dogs for handicapped (see H.R. 3730)

———medical expenses of handicapped and senior citizens (see H.R. 368)

———property designed for handicapped and elderly individuals (see S. 1806)

———refund for households with disabled aged persons (see H.R. 231)

———treatment of service animal expenses (see S. 1706)

Telephone: hearing aid compatibility (see H.R. 2213)

Traffic Safety for Handicapped Individuals Act: enact (see S. 550)

Transportation: amend Urban Mass Transportation Act relative to visually and mentally handicapped individuals (see H.R. 3265)

U.S. Golf Association: use of carts by handicapped in sanctioned tournaments (see S. Res. 247)

Urban Mass Transportation Act: prohibit implementation of certain provisions as applied to handicapped (see S. 1077)

VA: admission to hospitals for psychiatric evaluation (see H.R. 489)

———extend adult day health care program and authorize contract halfway house care (see S. 1064)

———national recreational activities for rehabilitation of disabled veterans (see S. 1506)

———prohibit sale of certain medical centers in West Los Angeles and Sepulveda, CA (see H.R. 2428)

Veterans: benefits for death or disability from exposure to radiation from nuclear weapons (see S. 1002)

———definition of disabled (see H.R. 3166)

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (see S. 1692)

———disability compensation and survivors' benefits (see H.R. 2011)

———disabled compensation concurrent with retirement pay (see H.R. 1251)

———entitlement of surviving spouse to presumptive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3115)

———extend period during which Hodgkin's disease and leukemia shall be presumed to be service-connected (see H.R. 3117)

———extending adult day health-care program and authorizing contract halfway house (see H.R. 2001)

———improve death and disability pension program (see H.R. 2449)

———increase rates of disability compensation (see S. 240)

———mortgage life insurance for disabled (see H.R. 410)

———preference in Federal civil service for Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 3170)

———presumption of service-connected disability for certain ex-POWs (see H.R. 1183), 3517 [19FE]

———promotion and employment of qualified disabled (see H.R. 3168)

———protection from reduction for disability (see H.R. 3113)

———rate of survivors benefits for certain pre-World War II disabled (see H.R. 803)

Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Reimbursement Act: enact (see S. 1949)

Volunteer workers: foster grandparents services (see H.R. 2959)

Citations

Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Access-Ability Committee: Sec. of the Interior, 26714 [6OC]

Communications from

Freedom of Information Act: report, 1434 (EC343) [20JA]

Decisions

Handicapped: Supreme Court, 10166 [28AP]

Descriptions

Tactile Capitol—Permanent resource and traveling exhibit: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, 11736 [7MY]

Documents

Job Counseling, Training, and Placement Service for Veterans, from U.S. Code, 10252 [28AP]

Essays

Whatever I Can Dream, I Can Achieve: Elizabeth Hughes, 9418 [23AP]

Explanations

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act revision and extension (S. 1417), 27647 [13OC]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): American Printing House for the Blind and National Technical Institute for the Deaf (testimony from Carson Y. Nolan, William E. Castle, Jerry C. Lee, and James E. Cheek), D104 [3MR]

———Blind and other severely handicapped (testimony), D201 [26MR]

———Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and National Council on the Handicapped (testimony), D239 [7AP]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: reauthorization of the development disabilities program (testimony), D263 [21AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: reauthorization of the programs of the Developmental Disabilities Act (testimony), D246 [8AP]

History

Association for Retarded Citizens of Bergen-Passaic Counties, Inc., 32557 [17NO]

Letters

Adult care program participants: Jack Ossofsky, Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, 22867 [6AU]

Counting noncash assistance when calculating public assistance: Representative Wyden and several Representatives, 28532 [20OC]

DAV transportation network: Charles E. Joeckel, Jr., 28210 [16OC]

Eligibility requirement for handicapped events at the Olympic games: Robert J. Salini, 23812 [11SE]

Mental health services to the homeless: American Psychiatric Association, 6028 [18MR]

———American Psychological Association, 6028 [18MR]

———Mental Health Law Project, 6028 [18MR]

———National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 6028 [18MR]

———National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, 6029 [18MR]

———National Council of Community Mental Health Centers, 6029 [18MR]

———National Mental Health Association, 6028 [18MR]

National Home Health Care Week: Val J. Halamandaris, 6117 [18MR]

Response to William F. Buckley's article on blind sailor, Sharon Gold, 25668 [29SE]

Urban Mass Transportation Act: Consortium for Citizens With Developmental Disabilities, 2342 [29JA]

VA adult day health care program and contract halfway house care: Thomas K. Turnage, 9143 [21AP]

Lists

Groups endorsing Social Security Disability Insurance Program reform, 617 [6JA]

Groups having endorsed the Technology To Educate Children With Handicaps Act, 22034 [3AU]

Organizations involved in health problems, 13700 [27MY]

Memorials of legislature

California, 22589 [5AU], 22916 [6AU]

Louisiana, 18806 [7JY], 19055 [8JY]

Texas, 12827 [19MY]

Messages

Rehabilitation Services Administration Report: President Reagan, 24541 [18SE]

Opinions

Social Security Administration representation at disability evaluation hearings, 2323 [29JA]

Poems

``Her Daddy's Prayer,'' David Gimbel, 12743 [18MY]

Press conferences

Expanded mental health benefits: John C. Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, 12586 [15MY]

Press releases

State Department official named director of Special Olympics law enforcement torch run, 7345 [31MR], 8501 [8AP]

Remarks in House

Adopted children: health insurance for disabled, 3234 [9FE]

Albertson, NY: Human Resource Center, 9329 [22AP]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend block grants for services relative to mental health and substance abuse (H.R. 3187), 23430, 23479 [7AU]

Association for Retarded Citizens of Bergen-Passaic Counties, Inc.: anniversary, 32557 [17NO]

Buffalo, NY: Variety Club, 4425 [26FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 91), 7345 [31MR]

———tactile representation for disabled, 11736 [7MY]

Catastrophic diseases: insurance coverage for aged and handicapped (H.R. 1281), 4147 [26FE]

Civil rights: restore scope of coverage and clarify application of antidiscrimination provisions of certain laws (H.R. 1214), 23466 [7AU]

Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act: amend (H.R. 3033), 21290 [28JY]

Commission on Education of the Deaf: appointment of Dennis B. Gjerdingen, 15554 [11JN]

———resignation of Nanette F. MacDougall, 15554 [11JN]

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (H.R. 2429), 12555 [14MY]

Courts: authorize payment of legal costs, 21590-21599 [30JY]

DAV: recognize Vietnam Veterans National Memorial (H.J. Res. 97), 1821 [21JA], 14394 [2JN]

Deaf: standard tax deduction, 2495 [2FE]

Deaf Heritage Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 231), 36650 [19DE]

Dept. of Education: departure of Justin W. Dart, Jr., 36681 [19DE]

———Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, 36488 [18DE]

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1871), 22225-22228 [4AU]

———revise and extend (S. 1417), 22228-22234 [4AU], 27641-27650 [13OC]

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: observance, 7871 [2AP]

Disabled American Veterans: tribute, 22672 [5AU]

Education of the Handicapped Act: assistive device resource centers (H.R. 3602), 31440 [9NO], 34416 [8DE]

Elections: enlarged print voting aids and ballots (H.R. 3619), 31449 [9NO]

Employment: incentives, 16322 [16JN]

———prohibit discrimination, 4105 [25FE]

Friendship Center of the Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults: anniversary, 939 [7JA]

Gerald Ross Memorial Home: dedication, 23493 [7AU]

Hammerschmidt, Representative: Life Service to Veterans Award from Paralyzed Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans Institute, 10994 [4MY]

Housing: services and benefits for the chronically mentally ill, 11729 [7MY]

Indiantown, FL: Angels of the World Christmas ornaments from the T&M Ranch, 34574 [9DE]

International Special Olympics Day: designate (S.J. Res. 85), 19132 [9JY]

International Special Olympics Week: designate (H.J. Res. 248), 19132 [9JY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 85), 19132 [9JY]

Kathadin Friends, Inc.: tribute, 32697 [18NO]

Keystone Service Systems, Inc.: anniversary, 31973 [16NO]

McGhee, Betty: tribute, 6428 [19MR]

Medicaid: retarded children, 32989 [19NO]

———services and benefits for the chronically mentally ill, 11729 [7MY]

Medical care: catastrophic illness insurance for aged and handicapped (H.R. 1280), 4147 [26FE]

———catastrophic insurance for aged and handicapped, 4479 [3MR]

Medical devices: John P. Shock, 28977 [22OC]

Medicare: eliminate discrimination relative to mental illness (H.R. 1067), technical corrections, 8065 [6AP]

Medicare: requirements for facilities caring for mentally retarded (H.R. 2270), 11289, 11299 [5MY]

Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act: enact (H.R. 1067), 3264 [10FE]

———enact (H.R. 1067), technical corrections, 8065 [6AP]

Medicare/medicaid: catastrophic insurance for aged and handicapped, 4932 [5MR]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 144), 3274 [10FE]

Mentally handicapped: role of the disabled in the community, 21187 [27JY]

Motor vehicles: uniform State system for handicapped parking (H.R. 3840), 38291 [22DE]

National Barrier Awareness Day: observance, 11727, 11732, 11741 [7MY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 84), 25701 [30SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 257), 32141 [17NO]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 98), 32140 [17NO]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (H.J. Res. 422), 34986 [10DE]

National Shut-In Day: designate, 1817 [21JA]

National Technical Institute for the Deaf: tribute, 14400 [2JN]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 417), 34655 [9DE]

NIH: establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (H.R. 3361), 25685 [29SE]

Norwalk, CA: Calvary Community Deaf Church anniversary, 36683 [19DE]

Palm Bay, FL: Sertoma Club's promotion of Better Hearing and Speech Month, 10040 [27AP]

Paralyzed Veterans Association of Florida: annual bowl-a-thon, 1549 [20JA]

Pinellas Center for the Visually Impaired: tribute, 27735 [13OC]

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act: amend (H.R. 1075), 3244 [10FE]

Resource Center for the Handicapped: Wheels of Fire race, 23484 [7AU]

Run to Daylight Day: designate (H.J. Res. 415), 34103 [4DE]

Sacramento Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Program: tribute, 27729 [13OC]

San Jose, CA: HOPE Rehabilitation Services anniversary, 21064 [23JY]

San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center: anniversary, 18100 [29JN]

Sea World, San Diego, CA: tribute for employment of handicapped, 9173 [21AP]

Social Security: assist severely disabled in attaining or maintaining their maximum potential for independence (H.R. 3454), 28167 [15OC], 36675 [19DE]

———disability insurance benefits, 2670 [3FE]

———management of disability insurance program (H. Con. Res. 35), 4039 [24FE]

———medicare and medicaid coverage, 4790 [4MR]

———reimburse necessary costs of vocational rehabilitation under State plans (H.R. 3657), 32716 [18NO]

Social Security Administration: court to review entitlement decisions and improve procedures for review of disability determinations (H.R. 1666), 5993 [17MR]

Somerset, MA: award for efforts to promote access to public buildings, 10870 [30AP]

Spartanburg County, SC: Mobile Meal Service anniversary, 27847 [14OC]

SSI: reductions in welfare benefits for aged and disabled citizens, 28531 [20OC]

Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Access-Ability Committee: tribute, 26713 [6OC]

Supreme Court: effects of School Board of Nassau County v. Arline decision, 4788 [4MR]

Taxation: allow credit for dependent home care (H.R. 542), 1084 [8JA]

Tyler, TX: New Medico Rehabilitation Center opening, 29753 [28OC]

United Cerebral Palsy: tribute, 24023 [15SE]

VA: awards program for outstanding accomplishments in vocational rehabilitation and counseling, 24253 [16SE]

Veterans: national salute to hospitalized, 3267 [10FE]

Remarks in Senate

Aged: therapeutic value of pets for elderly and disabled, 32565 [18NO]

American Foundation for the Blind: tribute, 37903 [21DE]

Animals: therapeutic value of pets for elderly and disabled, 32565 [18NO]

Armed Forces: travel on military aircraft (S. 128), 571 [6JA]

Children: health insurance coverage for disabled adopted (S. Con. Res. 95), 37835 [21DE]

———health insurance coverage for disabled (S. Con. Res. 6), 777 [6JA]

———medical assistance to chronically ill and disabled (S. 1740), 26168-26170 [1OC]

Civil rights: Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell, 3852 [19FE]

Civil Rights Restoration Act: clarify antidiscrimination provisions, 6412 [19MR]

Cooke, Jesse: Peter J. Salmon National Blind Worker of the Year, 23579 [9SE]

DAV: recognize Vietnam Veterans National Memorial (H.J. Res. 97), 30324 [30OC]

———recognize Vietnam Veterans National Memorial (S.J. Res. 106), 30789 [4NO]

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: revise and extend (S. 1417), 17313, 17314 [24JN], 20503, 20508-20513 [21JY], 25852-25856 [30SE]

Disability evaluation: terminate Social Security Administration's experimental representation project (S. 417), 2323 [29JA]

District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health: psychiatric nurse practioners and nurses (S. 144), 594 [6JA]

———services of clinical social workers (S. 149), 595 [6JA]

Education: assistive device resource centers (S. 1586), 22032, 22034 [3AU]

———funding, 11371 [6MY]

———reauthorizing program of assistance to disadvantaged children (S. 373), 1647 [21JA], 33337-33465 [1DE], 34221 [4DE]

———reauthorizing program of assistance to disadvantaged children (S. 373), indefinitely postponed, 33481 [1DE]

Employ the Handicapped Week: observance, 26515 [6OC]

Employment: Supreme Court decision on protection of rights, 4656 [3MR]

Federal aid programs: establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (S. 514), 7793-7813 [2AP]

———establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals (S. 514), unanimous-consent agreement, 7508 [31MR]

Hearing Aid Compatibility Act: enact (S. 314), 1324 [14JA]

Homecare Quality Assurance Act: enact (S. 1166), 11622 [7MY]

Housing and Community Development Act: congregate housing service program, 7452 [31MR]

International Special Olympics Day: designate (S.J. Res. 85), 5943 [17MR], 21951 [3AU], 23331 [7AU]

International Special Olympics Week: designate (S.J. Res. 85), 5943 [17MR], 6137 [18MR], 21951 [3AU], 23331 [7AU]

Kentucky: blindness prevention project, 17331 [24JN]

Learning Disabled Youthful Offenders Rehabilitation Act: enact (S. 1332), 14697 [4JN]

Lieber Prize: award to Benjamin S. Bunney, 24203 [16SE]

Medicaid: welfare of spouses of institutionalized persons (S. 776), 6112 [18MR]

Medical care: funding for rehabilitation and handicapped services, 13906 [28MY]

Medicare: coverage for extended care services (S. 775), 6112 [18MR]

———coverage for routine mammograms (S. 1161), 11620 [7MY]

———extended care coverage (S. 283), 750 [6JA]

———long-term care for elderly, 25648 [29SE]

———psychologist services (S. 123), 569 [6JA]

———waive late enrollment penalty for disabled individuals covered under spouses' private employment-related health insurance (S. 176), 611 [6JA]

Mental health: awarding of Lieber Prize for outstanding achievement, 24203 [16SE]

Mental Health Month: observance, 13637 [21MY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 76), 4632 [3MR]

Mentally handicapped: assistance, 2313 [29JA]

National Barrier Awareness Day: observance, 11605 [7MY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 84), 5942 [17MR], 6137 [18MR]

National Employ the Handicapped Week: observance, 26825 [7OC]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 98), 6117 [18MR], 30320 [30OC], 32860 [19NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 98), star print, 9118 [21AP]

National Journalism Contest, 9417 [23AP]

National Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, 27301 [9OC]

National TRIO Day: observance, 4368 [26FE]

New Mexico School for the Deaf: anniversary, 4576 [3MR]

NIH: establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (S. 1727), 25628 [29SE]

———transfer National Institute of Mental Health (S. 164), 607 [6JA]

Olympic games: eligibility requirements for handicapped events, 23811 [11SE]

Parking facilities: uniform system (S. 550), 3733 [19FE]

Protection for Institutionalized Disabled Individuals Act: amend (S. 1540), 21119 [24JY]

Psychologists: medicare coverage of services (S. 131), 572 [6JA]

———medicare coverage of services (S. 140), 581 [6JA]

Public Health Service Act: counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled (H.R. 405), 4573 [3MR]

———reauthorizing and restructuring of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services block grant (S. 924), 8044 [6AP]

Pueblo Diversified Industries: tribute, 10099 [28AP]

Pufang, Beng: visit on behalf of China Fund for the Handicapped, 27210 [9OC]

Rehabilitation Act: amend relative to healthful schools and workplaces (S. 673), 9724 [24AP]

Rural Areas Mental Health Services Act: enact (S. 1311), 14484 [3JN]

Salt Lake County, UT: remove right of reversion on lands owned by the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children (S. 892), 7552 [31MR]

Services for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals Act: enact (S. 763), 6019, 6029 [18MR], 6652 [24MR], 8523 [8AP]

Social Security: ambulatory mental health services for those in supplementary medical insurance program (S. 1209), 12585 [15MY]

———continue disability benefits during appeal (S. 1937), 34562-34565 [9DE]

———disability insurance program (S. Con. Res. 13), 2633 [3FE]

———mental health services from qualified professional psychologists (S. 93), 555 [6JA]

———mental illness discrimination under medicare (S. 718), 5350 [11MR]

———pediatric specialist services (S. 94), 556 [6JA]

———repeal definition of disability applicable to widows and widowers (S. 170), 14348, 14363 [2JN]

Social Security Disability Beneficiary Rehabilitation Act: enact (S. 178), 617-619 [6JA]

South Dakota: Mental Illness Awareness Week, 14705 [4JN]

Special Olympics Torch Relay: authorize to be run through Capitol Grounds (H. Con. Res. 91), 11982 [12MY]

———run through Capitol Grounds (S. Con. Res. 44), 8501 [8AP]

Springfield, MO: Burrell Center, 18965 [8JY]

Supreme Court: effect of School Board of Nassau County v. Arline decision on handicapped antidiscrimination laws, 10166 [28AP]

Taxation: property designed for handicapped and elderly individuals (S. 1806), 28751 [21OC]

———treatment of service animals, 24781 [22SE]

Telephone: hearing aid compatibility (S. 314), 1540 [20JA]

Traffic Safety for Handicapped Individuals Act: enact (S. 550), 3733 [19FE], 3926 [23FE]

Transportation: use of tactile mobility aids in projects, 2795 [4FE]

U.S. Golf Association: use of carts by handicapped in sanctioned tournaments (S. Res. 247), 19427, 19469 [10JY]

Urban Mass Transportation Act: prohibit implementation of certain provisions as applied to handicapped (S. 1077), 9267 [22AP]

VA: extend adult day health care program and authorize contract halfway house care (S. 1064), 9143 [21AP]

———incentive pay for certain psychologists (S. 105), 568 [6JA]

———national recreational activities for rehabilitation of disabled veterans (S. 1506), 20251 [17JY]

Veterans: benefits for death or disability resulting from exposure to radiation from detonation of nuclear weapons (S. 1002), 8813-8816, 8819 [9AP]

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (S. 1692), 24434 [17SE], 24538 [18SE]

———funding of medical benefits (S. Con. Res. 7), 1356 [14JA]

———VA psychiatric treatment, 2305, 2306 [29JA]

Veterans' Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment Act: enact (S. 240), 687 [6JA]

Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Reimbursement Act: enact (S. 1949), 35631 [15DE]

Reports

DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 97), 29882 [29OC]

Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 514), 7804 [2AP]

Medical Devices: OTA, 28975 [22OC]

Reports filed

Capitol Building and Grounds, Special Olympics Torch Relay: Committee on Rules and Administration (H. Con. Res. 91), 11778 [8MY]

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1871) (H. Rept. 100-265), 22312 [4AU]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1417) (S. Rept. 100-113), 20239 [17JY]

FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program: Committee on Appropriations (H.J. Res. 102) (H. Rept. 100-4), 1835 [22JA]

International Special Olympics Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 85), 6357 [19MR]

National Down's Syndrome Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 84), 6357 [19MR]

Reauthorizing Program of Assistance for Special Education of Disadvantaged Children: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 373) (S. Rept. 100-222), 32809 [19NO]

Right of Reversion in Lands Owned by Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children, Salt Lake County, UT: Committee Energy and Natural Resources (S. 892) (S. Rept. 100-242), 34461 [9DE]

Statements

Disabled Children and Youth: Committee on Education and Labor, 22504 [5AU]

Federal Programs for Disabled People: Representative Major R. Owens, 34221 [4DE]

First Annual Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mental Health Research, Senator Domenici, 27303 [9OC]

Hearing Aid Compatible Telephone: Dept. of Commerce, 1324 [14JA]

Rehabilitation Services Administration: Justin W. Dart, Jr., 34446 [9DE]

Technology: President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped, 26516 [6OC]

U.S. Golf Association Rule for Participation of Handicapped in Senior Open: Charlie Owens, 19469 [10JY]

Using Creative Arts in Treating the Mentally and Emotionally Ill: Morris R. Morrison, 32995 [19NO]

Studies

Views of the Elderly: Eagleview Middle School, Colorado Springs, CO, 13020 [19MY]

Tables

Radiation exposures for World War II veterans, 8816 [9AP]

Testimonies

Psychiatric Treatment for Homeless Veterans: Senator Cranston, 2305 [29JA]

Strong State Programs for Developmental Disabilities Assistance: Eileen Cubarney, 22227

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 91, authorize Special Olympics torch relay on Capitol Grounds, 7345 [31MR]

H. Con. Res. 231, designate Deaf Heritage Month, 36650 [19DE]

H.J. Res. 97, recognize DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial, 10967 [4MY]

H.J. Res. 415, Run to Daylight Day, 34104 [4DE]

H.R. 5, reauthorizing program of assistance for disadvantaged children, 1648-1651 [21JA], 33394-33464 [2DE]

H.R. 192, Civil Rights Act amendment, 4105 [25FE]

H.R. 1871, Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Right Act, 22225 [4AU]

S. 93, mental health services from qualified professional psychologists under Social Security, 556 [6JA]

S. 94, pediatric specialist services under Social Security, 556 [6JA]

S. 105, incentive special pay for certain VA psychologists, 568 [6JA]

S. 123, medicare coverage of psychologist services, 569 [6JA]

S. 128, travel on military aircraft for service-connected disabled, 572 [6JA]

S. 131, medicare coverage of psychologist services, 573 [6JA]

S. 134, psychiatric examinations by clinical social workers for criminal offenders with mental disease, 574 [6JA]

S. 135, psychiatric examinations by psychiatric nurse or clinical social workers for criminal offenders with mental disease, 575 [6JA]

S. 140, medicare coverage of psychologist' services, 582 [6JA]

S. 144, psychiatric nurse practitioners and nurses on District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health, 594 [6JA]

S. 149, services of clinical social workers on District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health, 595 [6JA]

S. 164, transfer National Institute of Mental Health to NIH, 607 [6JA]

S. 178, Social Security Disability Beneficiary Rehabilitation Act, 619-622 [6JA]

S. 210, catastrophic health insurance coverage, 638 [6JA]

S. 283, medicare extended care coverage, 750 [6JA]

S. 314, Hearing Aid Compatability Act, 1324 [14JA]

S. 514, establish incentive bonus for placement of certain employable individuals, 7793-7796, 7810-7813 [2AP]

S. 550, Traffic Safety for Handicapped Individuals Act, 3927 [23FE]

S. 673, ensure healthful schools and workplaces, 5028 [6MR]

S. 718, mental illness discrimination under medicare, 5350 [11MR]

S. 763, Services for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals Act, 6021-6023 [18MR]

S. 924, reauthorizing and restructuring of the Public Health Service Act's Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services block grant, 8044 [6AP]

S. 1002, Veterans' Radiation Exposure Disability and Death Benefits Act, 8817-8819 [9AP]

S. 1064, extend VA adult day health care program and authorize contract halfway house care, 9143 [21AP]

S. 1077, Urban Mass Transportation Act amendments, 9267 [22AP]

S. 1311, Rural Areas Mental Health Services Act, 14485 [3JN]

S. 1332, Learning Disabled Youthful Offenders Rehabilitation Act, 14698 [4JN]

S. 1417, revise and extend Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 22228-22234 [4AU], 27641 [13OC]

S. 1506, national recreational activities for rehabilitation of disabled veterans, 20251 [17JY]

S. 1586, Technology To Educate Children With Handicaps Act, 22033 [3AU]

S. 1692, veteran disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 24435 [17SE]

S. 1740, medical assistance to chronically ill and disabled children, 26169 [1OC]

S. 1808, Dept. of HHS determination of appropriate regulatory classification of transitional devices of medical device amendments, 28975 [22OC]

S. 1949, Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Reimbursement Act, 35632 [15DE]

S. Con. Res. 6, health insurance coverage for disabled adopted children, 776 [6JA]

S. Con. Res. 13, Social Security disability insurance program, 2633 [3FE]

S. Con. Res. 95, health insurance coverage for disabled adopted children, 37835 [21DE]

S. Res. 247, U.S. Golf Association use of carts by handicapped in sanctioned tournaments, 19427, 19470 [10JY]

S.J. Res. 76, Mental Illness Awareness Week, 4632 [3MR]

S.J. Res. 84, National Down's Syndrome Month, 5943 [17MR], 6507 [20MR], 25701 [30SE]

S.J. Res. 85, International Special Olympics Day and Week, 5944 [17MR], 6507 [20MR], 19133 [9JY]

S.J. Res. 98, National Home Health Care Week, 6117 [18MR], 32141 [17NO]