VETERANS see also Veterans' Administration

Addresses

American War Dads and Auxiliary Convention: Representative Skelton, 28660 [5OC]

Bronze Star Presentation to Andrew P. Denton: Representative Lindsay Thomas, 33537 [21OC]

GI Bill—Doorway to the American Dream: Frank Mensel, 2895 [2MR]

Honoring the Korean War Veteran Survivors of the Chosin Reservoir Battle: Sun-Sup Chang, 13191 [1JN]

Man of the Year Award: Frank D. Wilkes, 3607 [9MR]

———Representative Solomon, 3607 [9MR]

Memorial Day: Howard Brooks, 20338 [3AU]

———Roscoe Robinson, Jr., 15411 [21JN]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 13567 [7JN]

POW/MIA: President Reagan, 20342 [3AU]

Proud To Be a Veteran: Representative Solomon, 22384 [11AU]

PVA and VVI Life Service to Veterans Award to Senator Dole: J. Eldon Yates, 31636 [19OC]

———John Michaels, 31635 [19OC]

———Senator Byrd, 31636 [19OC]

———Senator Cranston, 31636 [19OC]

———Senator Kassebaum, 31636 [19OC]

———(sundry), 31635-31637 [19OC]

Salute to Hospitalized Veterans: Senator Cranston, 1858 [19FE]

Tribute to Bernard Conklin: Representative Gilman, 20346 [3AU]

VFW Commandership Acceptance: Larry W. Rivers, 22780 [7SE]

VFW Congressional Award Acceptance: Representative Nichols, 4694 [22MR]

Advertisements

Lone Sailor: Veterans of Foreign Wars (magazine), 14418 [14JN]

Agreements

Compromise on division B of S. 11, Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, 32064-32068 [20OC]

Omnibus Drug Initiative Act (H.R. 5210), provisions on public housing and denial of Federal benefits, 33148 [21OC]

VA health beneficiary travel program, 9437 [28AP]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act (compromise agreement on S. 11 and H.R. 5288), 31473-31481 [18OC], 31772-31780, 31783-31787 [19OC], 33569-33575 [10NO]

Veterans' Benefits and Programs Improvement Act (S. 2049), compromise agreement, 32332-32338 [20OC]

Amendments

Appropriations: making (H.J. Res. 552), 9399 [28AP]

Benefits: VA procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims (S. 11), 17461, 17477, 17546, 17547 [11JY], 31481, 31559 [18OC], 31765-31769 [19OC]

———home loan guaranty program (S. 2049), 32036-32042 [20OC]

Diseases: benefits for victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 8580, 8648 [25AP]

Employment: training and counseling services (S. 999), 9113-9119 [27AP]

Handicapped: increase rate of dependency and indemnity compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 4741), 31411, 31413-31418, 31446, 31447 [18OC]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (S.J. Res. 141), 32803 [21OC]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 253), 2608 [26FE]

National Purple Heart Museum Committee: tribute (H. Con. Res. 126), 32806 [21OC]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2011), 26617 [29SE], 30407 [13OC], 31379, 31397, 31555-31559 [18OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorative statue honoring women veterans (S. 2042), 25141 [23SE], 29961 [12OC]

Analyses

Administrative Law Treaties: Kenneth C. Davis, 31471 [18OC]

Burial Benefits (S. 2268), 6305 [11AP]

Conversion of Nonphysician Directors of VA Medical Centers to Senior Executive Service (S. 2583), 16151 [28JN]

Hiring Preference for Certain VA-Trained Individuals (S. 2394), 11026 [13MY]

Payment of Interest in Insurance Settlements (S. 2464), 13024 [27MY]

VA Authority To Settle Construction Contract Claims (S. 2269), 6306 [11AP]

VA Health Care Programs and Benefits, 7157-7159 [18AP]

VA Hospital Mortality Rates: Terry L. Thomas, 32501 [21OC]

VA Medical Facility Projects, 7155 [18AP]

VA Multiyear Contracting Act (S. 2306), 8381 [21AP]

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act (S. 2307), 8384-8385 [21AP]

Veterans' Housing Act Amendments (S. 2419), 11662 [19MY]

Washington Post Article—VA Researchers Ordered To Report Fewer Problem Hospitals: Terry L. Thomas, 32501 [21OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2616, VA health care programs, 5870 [30MR], 6356 [12AP]

Articles and editorials

After 174 Years, 28 MIA's Return, 16732 [6JY]

Agent Orange Exposure and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 21996 [11AU]

Agent Orange Studies May Be Wrong, 6928 [14AP]

Agent Orange's Victims Find Sympathy at the Statehouses, 21997 [11AU]

Attorneys for Vets?, 5664 [29MR]

Charles Dolan, Aviator, Dies—Last of Lafayette Escadrille, 1793 [18FE]

Disabled Veteran Gets Bronze Star 2 Decades Later, 33537 [21OC]

Doctor Urges Vets To Avoid State Agent Orange Study, 31429 [18OC]

Does Congress Hide Behind Science on AO Issue?, 2909 [2MR]

Dusty's Pain—The Nurses Too, Were Scarred by the Waste of Vietnam, 14414 [14JN]

Ethnic Identity and Vietnam—A Japanese-American Vietnam Veteran With PTSD, 14975-14978 [16JN]

Events of February 28, 1961, May Be Put To Vote, 31376 [18OC]

Every Day Is Memorial Day for Local Patriot, 18473 [14JY]

Experimental Drug Use on Veteran Probed, 1671 [17FE]

Finish the Circle, 10474 [11MY]

First Moral Crusade, 18957-18959 [27JY]

47th Infantry Honors World War I Veteran, 7510 [19AP]

GI Bill, Forty-Four Years Later, 15990 [27JN]

Glory and Pain of Fighting for Your Country, 14973 [16JN]

Health Status of Vietnam Veterans (series), 10759-10766 [12MY]

Health Worker Shortage Is Worsening, 9449 [28AP]

Jake Lindsey, World War II Hero Honored by Congress, Dies at 67, 20600 [4AU]

Justice for Merchant Seamen, 944 [3FE]

Korean War Memorial in DC, 17288 [7JY]

Korean War Vet Aims to Correct a Biased History, 5663 [29MR]

Lies About VA and the Cabinet, 1673 [17FE]

Many Served Honorably, Ask Only Understanding, 23687 [13SE]

Mariner Honored Under New Rules, 12202 [24MY]

Method, 17558 [11JY]

Military Women's Memorial? About Time!, 14054 [9JN]

New Doubts Raised on Agent Orange, 6929 [14AP]

New Findings on Agent Orange (1984), 6926 [14AP]

Sharon Lane—First U.S. Woman Killed in Vietnam, 21416 [9AU]

South Carolina Legionnaires Memorialize Vietnam Veterans, 7144 [18AP]

State American Legion Veteran of the Year Wants Post 11 No. 1, 21808 [11AU]

Stereotypes of Vietnam Veterans, 17557 [11JY]

Stronger Voice for Veterans, 5669 [29MR], 17493 [11JY]

Study, Agent Orange May Be Culprit, 6927 [14AP]

Study Disputes Exposure, Agent Orange Death Rates, 31426 [18OC]

Study Says OMB Curbed Research, 31427 [18OC]

Time to Remember . . ., 281 [27JA], 14487 [14JN]

Training a Capuchin (Cebus apella) To Perform as an Aide for Quadriplegic (series), 4924-4930 [23MR]

Treating the Homeless Veteran, 9447-9449 [28AP]

Unacceptable Human Cost, 16002 [27JN]

VA Researchers Ordered To Report Fewer Problem Hospitals, 30189 [13OC]

Veteran Escaped Tiger's Jaws, 8404 [21AP]

Veterans—Can We Do Less?, 935 [3FE]

Vietnam Vet Creates Registry To Find War Buddies, 18524 [14JY]

Vietnam Veterans Involved in Spraying Suffered No Ill Effects, Study Says, 6928 [14AP]

Vietnam Vets Without Hollywood, Without Tears, 23686 [13SE], 27392 [3OC]

Vietnam—My Enemy, My Brother, 5180-5181 [24MR], 5301-5302 [25MR]

Wake Island (1942), 26487 [28SE]

Which Alternative, 19664 [29JY]

Working for Liberty—Cleveland Veteran's Job Is Keeping Spirit Alive, 4709 [22MR]

Zumwalts' Bond—Life After Agent Orange, 12014 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agent orange: settlement payments (see S. 2670)

Alexandria, LA: designate the Gillis Long VA Medical Center (see H.R. 5153)

Appropriations: making (see H.J. Res. 552)

Army: tribute to the 24th Infantry Regiment (see H. Res. 483)

Benefits: extend health care programs (see S. 2294; H.R. 4669)

———extend limitations for eligibility for educational assistance during which an applicant suffers from alcoholism (see S. 2328)

———extend medical assistance to certain former spouses (see H.R. 3967)

———extend respite care to chronically ill (see S. 2446)

———improving the capability of mental health care facilities (see S. 2463)

———prorating of compensation and pension (see H.R. 3852)

———treatment of post-traumatic-stress-disorder (see H.R. 5036)

Brick Township, NJ: designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see S. 2476; H.R. 4535)

Business: authorize certain multiyear contracts (see H.R. 4670)

Cemeteries and funerals: allowance for expenses (see H.R. 4674)

———modify plot allowance requirements, authorize headstone allowance, and extend State Cemetery Grants Program (see S. 2268)

Charleston, SC: construction of a medical research center for the VA and the Medical University of South Carolina (see S. 2899)

Construction contracts: claims settlement (see H.R. 4673)

Cost of living adjustments: disability and survivors' benefits (see H.R. 4672)

———indexing disability compensation and surviving spouses' and children's dependency and indemnity compensation to keep pace (see S. 2267)

Dept. of Defense: procedures for status determination of missing officers and employees of the uniformed services (see H.R. 4632)

Dept. of Labor: problem-resolution processes and job bank (see S. 2491)

Diseases: presumption of service connection for transverse myelitis (see H.R. 4459)

Drum and Bugle Corps Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 271)

Education: assistance programs (see S. 2383; H.R. 4611)

———benefits for with alcohol or drug dependency (see H.R. 5068)

Employment: hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals (see S. 2394)

Families: dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses (see H.R. 4423)

GI bill (see H.R. 4213)

———basic pay reduction of participants (see H.R. 4185)

Handicapped: assistive monkeys to quadriplegics (see S. 2207, 2511; H.R. 5146)

———compensation rates for service-connected disability (see H.R. 4216)

———increase rate for dependency and indemnity compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4741)

Health care facilities: application of civil service hiring procedures to VA-trained graduates in certain occupations (see H.R. 4667)

Hispanic Vietnam Veterans National Memorial, CA: designate (see H.J. Res. 659)

Housing: guaranteed loans and purchases (see S. 2049; H.R. 3895, 4668)

———independent national commission on home loan guaranty program (see H.R. 4515)

———VA discounted sales (see H.R. 4141)

Insurance: payment of interest in settlements and increased discount rates for premiums paid in advance (see S. 2464)

Korean War: selling a national medal in honor of veterans who served (see H.R. 4718)

Legion of Merit: award to any member of Armed Forces who has received three or more Purple Hearts (see H.R. 5516)

Memorial Day: bell tolling by public buildings for one minute (see H.J. Res. 584)

Merchant marine: active service credit for World War II seamen (see H.R. 4682)

National cemeteries: establishment, expansion, and improvement (see S. 2738)

———maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries (see S. 2012)

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 608)

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 253)

National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 627)

National League of Families POW/MIA: display flag at each U.S. diplomatic post (see H.R. 5226)

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 337)

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 393)

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 330; H.J. Res. 453)

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see S.J. Res. 318; H.J. Res. 568)

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 357; H.J. Res. 488)

Pensions: early delivery of retirement pay benefits (see H.R. 4963)

———eligibility for concurrent disability and retirement compensation (see S. 2808)

———elimination of offset between veterans's disability compensation and military retirement pay (see S. 2120)

———limitation of payment to those under VA hospital care on a long-term basis (see H.R. 5235)

———net worth limitation applicable to the receipt of (see H.R. 4246)

———protect benefits of those involved in agent orange product liability litigation (see H.R. 4479)

Philippines: naturalization of natives through active service in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II (see S. 2338)

Pueblo (U.S.S): Prisoner-of-War Medal to crew members (see H.R. 5577)

Reno, NV: Ioannis A. Lougaris VA Medical Center additional facilities (see S. 2126)

Roanoke, VA: convey land to State for use as veterans nursing home (see H.R. 4281)

Rubin, Tibor: waive time limit for award of Congressional Medal of Honor (see S. 2825)

Sault Sainte Marie: American Legion Ira D. MacLachlan Post 3 license (see H.R. 4159)

Small business: assist and promote the creation, development, and growth of veteran-owned and controlled (see H.R. 5558)

Taxation: deductibility of flight training expenses (see S. 2740; H.R. 4142)

Toledo, OH: status of outpatient clinic (see H.R. 4559)

VA: notification to House and Senate Appropriations Committees of construction contract claims settlements of more than $1,000,000 (see S. 2269)

———contracting for drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation services in halfway houses (see S. 2105)

———convert nonphysician directors of medical centers to the senior executive service (see S. 2583)

———disclosure of income information (see S. 2611)

———medical facility projects (see S. 2293)

———payment of reasonable fees to attorneys (see H.R. 5039)

———reduction of certain required downpayments for loans (see S. 2022)

———review of claims for benefits (see H.R. 5288)

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: correcting enrollment of S. 11 (see H. Con. Res. 392)

VA Health Care Personnel and Programs Act: enact (see S. 2462)

VA Multiyear Contracting Act: enact (see S. 2306)

Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 2675)

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (see S. 2011)

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act: enact (see S. 2307)

Veterans' Housing Act: amend (see S. 2419)

Veterans' Judicial Review Act: enact (see S. 2292)

Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.: recognize (see S. 2065)

Veterans' Vocational Training Continuation Act: enact (see S. 2459)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 4618)

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see S. 2042; H.R. 4870, H.J. Res. 502)

Vietnamese Conflict: change the date of the beginning to provide certain benefits to veterans (see S. 2396; H.R. 4131)

———study of psychological problems among Asian-American and Polynesian-American veterans (see S. 2521)

World War II: compensation for days spent avoiding capture by hostile forces (see H.R. 5148)

———District of Columbia memorial honoring veterans (see S. 2734)

———maintain the Pacific War Memorial and other sites on Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.R. 4948)

Youngstown, OH: construction of outpatient clinic (see H. Con. Res. 397)

Chronologies

Treatment of veterans under Reagan administration, 32337, 32338 [20OC]

Comparisons

Radiation Exposed Veterans Compensation Act (S. 9; H.R. 1811), 8585 [25AP]

Court decisions

Demagno v. U.S., 17475 [11JY]

Documents

Veterans Benefits for Dependents of Drug Traffickers (Cranston/DeConcini amendment to H.R. 5210), 30708 [14OC]

Essays

Flag on the Front Porch—For Whom Does It Fly? Joseph Ray, 7509 [19AP]

In Memory, 11531 [18MY]

Explanations

Benefits for Disease Victims of Ionizing Radiation (H.R. 1811), 9626 [2MY]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act (compromise agreement on S. 11 and H.R. 5288), 31473-31481 [18OC], 31772-31780, 31783-31787 [19OC], 33569-33575 [10NO]

Veterans' Benefits and Programs Improvement Act (S. 2049), compromise agreement, 32332-32338 [20OC]

Factsheets

Michael S. Dukakis' voting history on certain veterans issues, 25271 [23SE]

Veterans Rate of Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Under H.R. 4741, 18824 [26JY]

``Who Says We're Enemies?''—Two Centuries of Cooperation Between U.S. and Russia: Elbe Alliance, 75 [25JA]

Letters

Accessibility for handicapped: Paralyzed Veterans of America, 370 [28JA]

Agent orange exposure: Aaron Blair, 31435 [18OC]

———American Legion, 31422 [18OC]

———Christopher Rappe, 31426 [18OC]

———Environmental Defense Fund, 31422 [18OC]

———Jack Spey, 31429 [18OC]

———James R. Clary, 31426 [18OC]

———Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., 31422 [18OC]

———John Halchais, 31430 [18OC]

———Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, 32716 [10NO]

———Maxie M. Tenberg, 31428 [18OC]

———National Vietnam Veterans Coalition, 31422 [18OC]

———Peter C. Kahn, 31424 [18OC]

———Representative Dingell, 31427 [18OC]

———Robert W. Miller, 31432 [18OC]

———Senator Kerry, 11048 [13MY]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 10757 [12MY]

———University of Rochester, 31423 [18OC]

———VFW, 31422 [18OC]

———Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 31422 [18OC]

———William H. Wolfe, 31428, 31430 [18OC]

Assistive animals for certain quadriplegic veterans: Paralyzed Veterans of America, 4933 [23MR]

Auction of VA-acquired homes: Senators Cranston and Murkowski, 9341 [28AP]

Benefits denial to those convicted of drug felonies: Representative Montgomery, 23006 [8SE]

———Senator Cranston, 30708 [14OC]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 23006 [8SE]

Burial benefits: Thomas K. Turnage, 6304 [11AP]

CBS depiction of Vietnam veterans: Thomas K. Turnage, 19578 [28JY]

Congressional Medal of Honor for Tibor Rubin: Carl McClendon, 24822 [22SE]

Conversion of nonphysician directors of VA medical centers: Thomas K. Turnage, 16151 [28JN]

Education benefits: Frank C. Carlucci, Sec. of Defense, 10815 [12MY]

———P.A. Yost, Coast Guard, 10815 [12MY]

———Senator Cranston, 10814 [12MY]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 10817 [12MY]

Education benefits funding: Senator Cranston, 18667 [26JY]

Education benefits for flight training: Sacramento Aero Services, Inc., 31403, 31408 [18OC]

———VA, 31402, 31403 [18OC]

Effects of GI bill: William F. Scaggs, Meridian Community College, 13644 [7JN]

Fire insurance proceeds: VA, 31395 [18OC]

Frequency of certain cancers among Vietnam veterans: James O. Mason, 12965 [27MY]

Funding of programs: James C. Miller III, OMB, 13362 [3JN]

Geriatric training in VA health facilities: VA, 31390 [18OC]

Health care programs: Arizona congressional delegation, 9132 [27AP]

———Rick Jones, 6992 [14AP]

———Senator Cranston (sundry), 28688 [6OC]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 7156 [18AP]

Hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals: VA, 11026 [13MY]

———Linda Spoonster-Schwartz (correction), 32780 [10NO]

Housing loan program: American Legion, 25368 [26SE]

———AMVETS, 25368 [26SE]

———Disabled American Veterans, 25368 [26SE]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 25368 [26SE]

In vitro fertilization: Paralyzed Veterans of America, 9441 [28AP]

Joint VA-Medical University of South Carolina research center: Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Governor of South Carolina, 30884 [14OC]

———Thomas C. Rowland, Jr., 30884 [14OC]

Large VA contract claims settlements: Thomas K. Turnage, 6306 [11AP]

Memorial to women veterans of Vietnamese Conflict: Linda Spoonster-Schwartz, 29940 [12OC]

———Margery V. Barol, 14417 [14JN]

———Senator Bumpers, 1106 [4FE]

———Senators Durenberger and Cranston, 1105 [4FE]

Payment of interest in veterans' insurance settlements and increased discount rates for premiums paid in advance: Thomas K. Turnage, VA, 13024 [27MY]

Radiation-Exposed Veterans Compensation Act: Thomas K. Turnage, 8589, 8593 [25AP]

Relocation of readjustment counseling service centers: VA, 31384 [18OC]

Restoring Memorial Day to original date: Greg Hilbers, 13209 [1JN]

Retrieval of veterans' records: David F. Peterson, National Archives, 16094 [28JN]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 16093 [28JN]

Sanctity of life: Christy A. Collins, 26846 [29SE]

Status of VA Medical Center system, 16608 [30JN]

Survey on appeals process for VA benefits claims: Richard H. Price, 17578 [11JY]

Tennessee State Veterans' Home: American Legion, 31394 [18OC]

———DAV, 31394 [18OC]

———Tennessee Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 31394 [18OC]

———VA, 31394 [18OC]

———VFW, 31395 [18OC]

Tribute to Jack O'Neale: L.J. O'Neale, 18094 [13JY]

Tribute to Tibor Rubin: Carl McClendon, 15035 [16JN]

———James E. Bourgeois, 15035 [16JN]

———Leo A. Cormier, Jr., 15037 [16JN]

———Murray I. Rothman, 15037 [16JN]

———Richard A. Whalen, 15037 [16JN]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: several Members of Congress, 32059, 32061 [20OC]

VA funding: Senator Cranston, 17695-17696 [12JY]

VA medical center system: anonymous, 16759 [6JY]

VA medical facility projects: Thomas K. Turnage, 7155 [18AP]

VA Multiyear Contracting Act: Thomas K. Turnage, 8380 [21AP]

VA patient mortality analysis: Senator Cranston, 30189 [13OC]

Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act: American Legion, 19766 [1AU]

———VFW, 19766 [1AU]

———Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 19766 [1AU]

Veterans' Benefits and Services Act: James L. Blum, CBO, 9450 [28AP]

Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvement Act: Thomas K. Turnage, 6302 [11AP]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Paul W. Egan, 31448 [18OC]

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act: Thomas K. Turnage, 8383 [21AP]

Veterans' Housing Act amendments: Thomas K. Turnage, 11660 [19MY]

Veterans' Judicial Review Act: Earl L. Stock, 7154 [18AP]

———Earl L. Stock, VFW, 17465 [11JY]

———Gene A. Murphy, 7155 [18AP]

———Gene A. Murphy, DAV, 17464 [11JY]

———James E. Macklin, Jr., Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, 17465 [11JY]

Veteran's status for merchant seaman who served during World War II: A. Ralph Strong, 1212 [8FE]

Vietnam vets without Hollywood, William K. Lane, Jr., 21740 [10AU]

Vietnamese Conflict: A. Darryl James, 21741 [10AU]

———Charles L. Cunis, 21741 [10AU]

———Charles S. Cahaskie, 21741 [10AU]

———Ernest T. Fitzgerald, 21741 [10AU]

———Jerry McCleskey, 21741 [10AU]

———John C. Roots, 21741 [10AU]

———Joseph S. Orban, 21741 [10AU]

———Robert L. James, 21741 [10AU]

———Robert L. Rorschach, 21741 [10AU]

———Ronald F. Frazier, 21741 [10AU]

———Ross Jones, 21741 [10AU]

———Stuart G. McLennan, Jr., 21741 [10AU]

Washington Post's VA hospital mortality rates article: John A. Gronvall, 32500 [21OC]

World War II campaigns: James B. Gaffney, 10177 [9MY]

Lists

Berks County, PA, veterans of Vietnamese Conflict honored, 21123 [8AU]

Decorations received by Dennis R. Rankin, 32394 [20OC]

Memorandums

Funding of VA Medical Care Account: Arthur J. Lewis and John A. Gronwall, 28691 [6OC]

Furnishing Simian Aides to Veterans as a Medical Service: VA, 4932 [23MR]

Memorials of legislature

California, 6786 [13AP], 8370 [21AP], 22752 [7SE], 22869 [8SE], 29795 [11OC]

Hawaii, 11946 [23MY], 13866 [8JN], 14024 [9JN], 14372 [14JN], 32122 [20OC]

Illinois, 18759 [26JY], 18925 [26JY]

Indiana, 5654 [29MR], 6443 [12AP]

Michigan, 14207 [13JN], 15365 [21JN], 15994 [27JN], 16137 [28JN]

Nebraska, 2997 [2MR]

Pennsylvania, 8569 [25AP], 9523 [29AP]

Virginia, 5654 [29MR], 8373 [21AP], 9791 [3MY], 15364 [21JN]

Motions

Diseases: establish benefits for victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), suspend rules and concur in Senate amendments, 9625 [2MY]

Papers

Veterans' Benefits: VA, 516 [1FE]

Petitions

Benefits: Port Isabel, TX, City Commission, 1377 [16FE]

Medical records: Joseph A. Williams, Jr., 9157 [27AP]

POW/MIA search in Vietnam: Vietnam Veterans Outreach, Joplin, MO, 22754 [7SE]

Status of merchant marine veterans of World War II: New York, NY, City Council, 2998 [2MR]

Veterans' hospital in Hawaii: DAV, 15287 [20JN]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: National Association of Commissions for Women, 22754 [7SE]

Poems

``The Wall,'' Brian McGrath, 12492 [26MY]

Polls of opinion

Appeals process for VA benefits claims: Cambridge Survey Research, 17578 [11JY]

Press releases

Educational assistance to 100,000 reservists: VA, 21416 [9AU]

Retrieval of veterans' records, 16094 [28JN]

Proclamations

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Governor of South Carolina, 24154 [16SE]

———Garrey E. Carruthers, Governor of New Mexico, 27773 [3OC]

———Gerald L. Baliles, Governor of Virginia, 29820 [11OC]

———James G. Martin, Governor of North Carolina, 18558 [25JY]

———Madeline Kunin, Governor of Vermont, 26673 [29SE]

———Mike Sullivan, Governor of Wyoming, 25980 [28SE]

———Norman H. Bangerter, Governor of Utah, 29703 [11OC]

———Robert D. Orr, Governor of Indiana, 30991 [14OC]

———Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, 30446 [13OC]

———Rudy Perpich, Governor of Minnesota, 27075 [30SE]

———Ted Schwinden, Governor of Montana, 29966 [12OC]

Vietnam Veterans Week: Bolingbrook, IL, 15904 [23JN]

Proposals

Korean War Veterans National Memorial Library: 6147th Tactical Control Group, 11506 [18MY]

Questions

Veterans' education benefits: Senator Cranston, 10815, 10817 [12MY]

Vietnam Veterans of America survey on appeals process for VA benefits claims: Cambridge Survey Research, 17578 [11JY]

Reflection

Vietnam Memorial, Marianne Morrison, Payson, AZ, 13637 [7JN]

Remarks in House

Agent orange: treatment of exposure, 15476 [21JN]

American Legion: anniversary of the General Joseph Haller Post No. 95, 12210 [24MY]

———anniversary of Post No. 235, 22757 [7SE]

———Blaine's American Post 566 twin club with Royal British Legion Club, 25057 [22SE]

———renew license of Sault Sainte Marie's Ira D. MacLachlan Post 3 (H.R. 4159), 10282 [10MY]

Appropriations: making (H.J. Res. 552), 9138-9142 [27AP]

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (H.R. 303), 8431 [21AP], 26825 [29SE]

———GI bill of rights anniversary, 25066 [22SE]

Berks County, PA: tribute to veterans of Vietnamese Conflict, 21123 [8AU]

Blacks: historical account of Korean War contributions, 5663 [29MR]

Blaine, MI: American Post 566 twin club with Royal British Legion Club, 25057 [22SE]

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.: tribute, 19229 [27JY]

Bolingbrook, IL: observance of Vietnam Veterans Week, 15904 [23JN]

Brick Township, NJ: James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (H.R. 4535), 24610-24612 [20SE]

California Employment Development Department: Outstanding Veteran Service Award recipient, 8662 [25AP]

Canada: return of U.S. soldiers from War of 1812, 15746 [22JN]

Colorado Springs, CO: tribute to the 376th Heavy Bomb Group, 24347 [16SE]

Committee on Veteran's Affairs (House): record of enacted legislation, 12484 [25MY]

Delaware County, PA: Delco Company tribute to Vietnam veterans, 29863 [11OC]

Diseases: establish benefits for victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 9625-9632 [2MY], 9981 [5MY], 10335 [10MY]

Elections: support of Vice-Presidential candidate, 33450 [21OC]

Employment: training and counseling services (S. 999), 9109-9131 [27AP]

Europe: D-Day invasion anniversary, 13795 [8JN]

Fonda, Jane: apology to veterans, 17789 [12JY]

GI bill (H.R. 4213), 2925, 2938 [14SE], 23636-23643 [13SE]

———anniversary of new version, 16546 [30JN]

———effectiveness, 9918 [4MY]

GI life insurance, 9703 [3MY]

Handicapped: assistive monkeys for quadriplegic, 21433 [9AU]

———compensation rates for service-connected (H.R. 4216), 4820 [22MR]

———increase rate of dependency and indemnity compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 4741), 18822-18828, 18906 [26JY]

Health care, 6992 [14AP]

———extend benefits for certain former spouses (H.R. 3967), 3571 [9MR]

———rehabilitation of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, 31985 [19OC]

———spinal cord injury research, 13315 [2JN]

———treatment of post-traumatic-stress-disorder (H.R. 5036), 18490 [14JY]

———treatment of transverse myelitis, 8794 [26AP]

Housing: loan guaranty program (S. 2049), 30026-30035 [12OC]

Korean War Memorial, 280 [27JA], 10873 [12MY], 15905 [23JN], 17288 [7JY]

———location (S.J. Res. 225), 3843-3847 [15MR]

———reunion of the Chosin Reservoir Battle survivors, 13191 [1JN]

Loudoun County, VA: memorial to Vietnam veterans, 5096 [23MR]

Louisiana: tribute to 8th District's veterans, 22384 [11AU]

Maywood, IL: Hines VA Hospital's blind rehabilitation center, 24727 [20SE]

Memorial Day: bell tolling by public buildings for one minute (H.J. Res. 584), 13324 [3JN], 13394 [3JN]

———observance, 12760, 12772 [26MY], 13885 [8JN]

———restore to original date (H.R. 2438), 13209 [1JN]

Merchant marine: civil service credit for service during World War II, 944 [3FE], 1212 [8FE]

———civil service credit for service during World War II (H.R. 4682), 12472 [25MY]

Montgomery County, PA: Flourtown/Erdenheim Veterans Memorial project, 12033 [23MY]

Mulliken, MI: dedication of monument, 11361 [17MY]

Narcotics: VA benefits denial, 23000-23011 [8SE]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: charter (H.R. 1259), 4474-4476 [21MR]

National Association of State Veterans Homes: anniversary, 1814 [18FE]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (H.J. Res. 608), 33514 [21OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 141), 32802 [21OC]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 253), 4211 [17MR]

National League of Families: display flag in Capitol rotunda (S. Con. Res. 9), 24298-24301 [16SE]

———display flag at each U.S. diplomatic post (H.R. 5226), 22351 [11AU]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 453), 2424 [23FE], 3679 [10MR], 18064-18066 [13JY]

———observance, 24131 [15SE], 24250, 24258 [16SE], 24351 [16SE], 24721 [20SE]

National Purple Heart Museum Committee: tribute (H. Con. Res. 126), 32805 [21OC]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: observance, 940 [3FE], 1219 [8FE]

National Veterans Golden Age Games: tribute, 33522 [21OC]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (H.J. Res. 568), 10873 [12MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 318), 18068 [13JY]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (H.J. Res. 488), 19838 [2AU]

Noncommissioned Officers Association: charter (S. 1397), 4476, 4477 [21MR]

192d Provisional Tank Battalion: tribute, 11369 [17MY]

100th Congress: accomplishments relative to veterans, 30600 [13OC]

Pensions: early delivery of retirement pay benefits (H.R. 4963), 16621 [30JN]

———limitation of payment of benefit for long-term basis hospitalization (H.R. 5235), 22390 [11AU]

———protect benefits of those involved in agent orange product liability litigation (H.R. 4479), 17290 [7JY]

Philippine Scouts: authorize memorial in the District of Columbia (H.J. Res. 243), 3700 [10MR], 5421 [28MR], 8848 [26AP]

Philippines: anniversary of Bataan Death March, 6495 [12AP]

POW/MIA: efforts for continued search, 19466 [28JY]

Quayle, Senator: military record, 26850 [29SE]

Reagan, President: treatment of veterans, 32336 [20OC]

Reservists: VA education assistance, 21416 [9AU]

Roanoke, VA: convey land to State for use as veterans nursing home (H.R. 4281), 5872 [30MR]

Rosedale, MD: tribute to VFW post, 16756 [6JY]

Roxand Township, MI: dedication of monument, 11361 [17MY]

Second Air Division Association: convention, 15289 [20JN]

776th Tactical Airlift Squadron: commend, 30454 [13OC]

68th Police Company: reunion, 8869 [26AP]

Small business: undertake efforts to assist and promote the creation, development, and growth of veteran owned and controlled (H.R. 5558), 32328 [20OC]

Sports: winter clinic for disabled, 4104 [16MR]

Steubenville, OH: appearance of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall, 8443 [21AP]

24th Infantry Regiment: tribute (H. Res. 483), 32783 [21OC]

U.S. Veterans Association: authorize memorial in the District of Columbia (H.J. Res. 243), 3700 [10MR], 8848 [26AP]

U.S.S. Liberty Memorial Day: observance, 13846 [8JN]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: enact (S. 11), correcting enrollment (H. Con. Res. 392), 32179 [20OC]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2011), 33421 [21OC]

VFW: Reunion '88, Houston, TX, 10403 [10MY]

———views on upgrading VA to Cabinet-level department, 1673 [17FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorative statue honoring women veterans (S. 2042), 25137 [23SE], 25141, 25142 [23SE], 26819, 26826 [29SE]

———commemorative statue honoring women veterans (S. 2042), correction 32778-32780 [10NO]

———commemorative statue honoring women veterans (H.R. 3628), 14054 [9JN], 15487 [21JN]

———commemorative statue honoring women veterans (H.R. 4870), 15479 [21JN]

———defacement of wall, 10285 [10MY]

———tribute to Weston, CT, Middle School for repairing vandalism damage, 12492 [26MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4618), 11361 [17MY]

Vietnam Veterans of America: survey on appeals process for VA benefits claims, 17578 [11JY]

Vietnam Veterans Registry, Inc.: tribute, 18524 [14JY]

Vietnamese Conflict: CBS depiction of veterans, 19578 [28JY], 21740, 21741 [10AU], 23686 [13SE]

Wayne County, OH: dedication of Veterans' Memorial, 13323 [3JN]

World War I: formation of committee to honor surviving veterans, 48 [25JA]

World War II: Elbe Alliance, 75 [25JA]

———489th Battalion reunion, 20359 [3AU]

———maintain the Pacific War Memorial and other sites on Corregidor Island in the Philippines (H.R. 4948), 16515 [29JN], 24612-24614 [20SE]

———Operation Tiger anniversary, 8404 [21AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agent orange: Centers for Disease Control study of effects on Vietnam-era veterans, 22579 [7SE]

———compensation for victims of exposure, 32715 [10NO]

———exposure, 10757, 10758, 10768, 10778, 10782, 10790 [12MY], 11048 [13MY], 12964 [27MY]

———health effects, 6926, 6928 [14AP], 16002 [27JN]

———settlement payments (S. 2670), 19643 [29JY], 20022 [3AU]

American Legion: Robert E. David Vietnam Veterans Children's Scholarship Fund, 7144 [18AP]

Appropriations: making (H.J. Res. 552), 9302, 9339-9347 [28AP]

Black Vietnam Veterans of America: tribute, 13607 [7JN]

Brick Township, NJ: designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (S. 2476), 13588 [7JN]

Canada: return of U.S. soldiers from War of 1812, 16732 [6JY]

Catholic War Veterans of New Jersey: tribute, 441 [28JA]

Cemeteries and funerals: modify plot allowance requirements, authorize headstone allowance, and extend State Cemetery Grants Program (S. 2268), 6304 [11AP]

Charleston, SC: construction of a medical research center for the VA and the Medical University of South Carolina (S. 2899), 30883 [14OC]

Cost of living: indexing disability compensation and surviving spouses' and children's dependency and indemnity compensation (S. 2267), 6301 [11AP]

Death and dying: mortality analysis, 30188, 30190 [13OC]

Dept. of Labor: problem-resolution processes and job bank (S. 2491), 14025 [9JN], 18647 [25JY]

Diseases: benefits for victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 8346 [21AP], 8580-8601 [25AP], 11513 [18MY], 12302 [25MY]

———benefits for victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), placed on calendar, 6922 [14AP]

———benefits for victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), unanimous-consent agreement, 8345 [21AP]

Dole, Senator: recipient of PVA and VVI Life Service to Veterans Award, 31635 [19OC]

Drug abuse: denial of benefits to traffickers and users, 30706 [14OC]

Drugs: provisions of Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act (S. 2852), 32640 [21OC]

Drum and Bugle Corps Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 271), 3939 [15MR]

Education: benefits (S. 2383), 10811 [12MY]

82d Airborne Division: anniversary, 5499 [29MR]

Employment: hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals (S. 2394), 11025 [13MY]

———run to emphasize need for assistance, 10851 [12MY]

———training and counseling services (S. 999), 9453-9467 [28AP], 10846 [12MY]

Fonda, Jane: apology for antiwar activities, 15507 [22JN]

Handicapped: assistive monkeys for quadriplegic (S. 2511), 14461 [14JN]

———assistive monkeys for quadriplegic (S. 2207), 4922-4935 [23MR]

———increase rate for dependency and indemnity compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 4741), 31411-31454 [18OC]

Health care: extend benefits (S. 2294), 7156 [18AP]

———extend benefits for certain former spouses (H.R. 3967), 4317 [17MR]

———extend benefits for certain former spouses (H.R. 3967), placed on the calendar, 4076 [16MR]

———extend respite care to chronically ill (S. 2446), 12985 [27MY]

———extend respite care to chronically ill (S. 2446), correction of statement, 13596 [7JN]

———funding, 28687 [6OC]

———improving the capability of mental health care facilities (S. 2463), 13021 [27MY]

———post-traumatic stress disorder, 14283 [13JN], 17688 [12JY]

Housing: loan guaranty program (S. 2049), 1115-1118 [4FE], 9428-9433 [28AP], 32036-32052 [20OC]

Insurance: payment of interest in settlements and increased discount rates for premiums paid in advance (S. 2464), 13023 [27MY]

Japan: compensation for families of individuals killed at Pearl Harbor, 7620, 7621 [20AP]

Korean Memorial Day: observance, 13607 [7JN]

Korean War: armistice anniversary, 18957, 18959 [27JY]

Korean War Memorial, 11506 [18MY]

———location (S.J. Res. 225), 2599 [26FE]

Korean War Veterans National Memorial Library: tribute to Sidney F. Johnston, Jr., 6956 [14AP]

Murphy, Gene A.: commander of the DAV, 4589 [21MR]

National cemeteries: maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries (S. 2012), 165 [26JA]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (S.J. Res. 141), 18804 [26JY]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 253), 1125, 1126 [4FE], 2609 [26FE]

National Guard: education benefits under GI bill, 2895 [2MR]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 337), 14463 [14JN], 28970 [6OC]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (S.J. Res. 393), 28365 [5OC]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 453), 22912 [8SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 330), 12781 [27MY], 24456 [19SE]

———observance, 12445 [25MY], 24154, 24237 [16SE], 26673 [29SE], 27074 [30SE], 29820 [11OC], 30990 [14OC]

———observance in New Mexico, 27773 [3OC]

———observance in North Carolina, 18558 [25JY]

———observance in Wyoming, 25980 [28SE]

National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: observance, 1857 [19FE]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (S.J. Res. 318), 10820 [12MY], 15834 [23JN]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (H.J. Res. 488), 29505 [7OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 357), 19951 [2AU]

Navy test pilots: tribute, 1390 [16FE]

Nuclear weapons: exposure to radiation, 8750 [26AP]

Pensions: eligibility for concurrent disability and retirement compensation (S. 2808), 24445 [19SE]

———elimination of offset between veterans's disability compensation and military retirement pay (S. 2120), 2871 [2MR]

Philippines: naturalization of natives through active service in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II (S. 2338), 9363 [28AP]

Reno, NV: Ioannis A. Lougaris VA Medical Center additional facilities (S. 2126), 3165 [3MR]

Rubin, Tibor: waive time limit for award of Congressional Medal of Honor (S. 2825), 24822 [22SE]

Taxation: deductibility of flight training expenses (S. 2740), 21924 [11AU]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: enact (S. 11), correcting enrollment (H. Con. Res. 392), 32158 [20OC]

VA Health Care Personnel and Programs Act: enact (S. 2462), 13011 [27MY]

VA Multiyear Contracting Act: enact (S. 2306), 8380 [21AP]

Veterans' Agent Orange Disabilities Act: enact (S. 1787), 2909 [2MR], 12704 [26MY]

Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act: enact (S. 2675), 19762, 19766 [1AU], 21995 [11AU], 24515 [20SE]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2011), 164, 165 [26JA], 18642 [25JY], 24515 [20SE], 31343-31411 [18OC]

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act: enact (S. 2307), 8381 [21AP]

Veterans' Housing Act: amend (S. 2419), 11659 [19MY]

Veterans' Judicial Review Act: enact (S. 2292), 7151-7153 [18AP], 16176 [28JN], 19663 [29JY]

———enact (S. 2292), substitute language in lieu of S. 11, 17462 [11JY]

Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.: charter (S. 2065), 1523 [17FE]

Veterans' Vocational Training Continuation Act: enact (S. 2459), 13009 [27MY]

Vietnam: efforts to find POW/MIA, 20694 [5AU]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorative statue honoring women veterans (S. 2042), 1103-1106 [4FE], 2295 [23FE], 4345 [17MR], 4974 [27AP], 10474 [11MY], 14412-14419, 14425 [14JN], 29938-29941, 29949 [12OC], 32475, 32476 [21OC]

———commemorative statue honoring women veterans (S. 2042), unanimous-consent agreement, 14421 [14JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: expand accepted period (S. 2396), 11168 [16MY]

———public image of veterans, 17556 [11JY]

———study of psychological problems among Asian-American and Polynesian-American veterans (S. 2521), 14972 [16JN]

———tribute to veterans, 27392 [3OC]

Vineland, NJ: dedication of Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 12013 [23MY], 20864 [8AU]

World War II: anniversary of D-Day, 13446 [6JN]

———District of Columbia memorial honoring veterans (S. 2734), 21921 [11AU]

———veteran status for merchant mariners, 18094 [13JY]

Reports

Air Force Personnel Exposure to Herbicide Orange (sundry), 10769-10790 [12MY]

Atomic Veterans Compensation Act Cost Estimate: CBO, 8585 [25AP]

Cost Estimates for Veterans' Educational Assistance for Flight Training: CBO, 31399 [18OC]

GI Bill Benefits for Flight and Correspondence Training Should Be Discontinued: GAO, 31403 [18OC]

James B. Taylor, Jr., Memorial Room and Carrier Aviation Test Pilots Hall of Honor: James R. Greenwood, 1390 [16FE]

Massachusetts Agent Orange Program: Joseph V. Bangert, 21998 [11AU]

National Plan Regarding All Vet Centers in Existence, 31384-31390 [18OC]

Soft Tissue Sarcoma Incidence in Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans: Richard W. Clapp, 21995 [11AU]

Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act, 24515-24537 [20SE]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 14416 [14JN]

Reports filed

Brick Township, NJ, James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (H.R. 4535) (H. Rept. 100-935), 24336 [16SE]

Congressional Budget Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. Rept. 100-562), 26612 [29SE]

Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (H.R. 4741) (H. Rept. 100-760), 17106 [7JY]

Disclosure of Income Information to the VA: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2611) (S. Rept. 100-412), 16725 [6JY]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc. Charter: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 840) (S. Rept. 100-295), 2867 [2MR]

Independent National Commission on the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2049) (S. Rept. 100-323), 8502 [22AP]

Investigation of Disability Compensation Programs of the VA: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-886), 22751 [7SE]

Korean War Memorial: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (S.J. Res. 225) (H. Rept. 100-516), 3709 [14MR]

Maintain the Pacific War Memorial and Other Sites on Corregidor Island in the Philippines: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 4948) (H. Rept. 100-936), 24336 [16SE]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc., Charter: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1259) (H. Rept. 100-520), 4489 [21MR]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 141), 18623 [25JY]

National Former POW Recognition Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 253), 2304 [23FE]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 330), 18624 [25JY]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 357), 28359 [5OC]

Noncommissioned Officers Association Charter: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1397) (H. Rept. 100-522), 4489 [21MR]

Procedures and Judicial Review for Adjudication of Claims for Veterans Benefits (S. 11) (S. Rept. 100-418), 17250 [7JY]

Review Claims for VA Benefits: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5288) (H. Rept. 100-963), 25169 [23SE]

State Veterans' Cemeteries Appropriations: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 4861) (H. Rept. 100-757), 17106 [7JY]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2011) (S. Rept. 100-439), 19758 [1AU]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 2042) (S. Rept. 100-371), 12982 [27MY]

———Committee on House Administration (S. 2042) (S. Rept. 100-948), 25021 [22SE]

World War II Memorial and Museum: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 3742) (H. Rept. 100-755), 17106 [7JY]

Reports to constituents

Porter, John E.: Most Important Special Interest of Them All, 1450 [16FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension: Uniformed Services Disabled Retirees, 26825 [29SE]

Testimonial honoring Chester Koch: Catholic War Veterans, 4709 [22MR]

Statements

Accounting of POWs/MIAs: President Reagan, 24131 [15SE]

Agent Orange: Elmo M. Zumwalt, Jr., 11050 [13MY]

Commemorative Statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Honor of Women (S. 2042): Senator Cranston, 2295 [23FE]

———Senators Durenberger and Warner, 32476 [21OC]

Concerns of the DAV: Gene A. Murphy, 4589-4591 [21MR]

Divisive Pen: Charles E. Joeckel, Jr., DAV, 319 [27JA]

Merchant Marine Seamen Deserve Veterans Benefits: Representative Fields, 944 [3FE]

No Difference in CPI-U and CPI-W Indexes in Cost of Living Formula for Social Security: James C. Miller III, 29727 [11OC]

Philippine Scouts Memorial: Representative Lantos, 5421 [28MR]

Ranch Hand Reality, Senator Daschle (response to Washington Post article), 6927 [14AP]

VA Supplemental Appropriations: James C. Miller III, 9139 [27AP]

Veteran's Employment, Training, and Counseling Amendments: Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 9457-9466 [28AP]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project: Linda S. Schwartz, 15479 [21JN]

Studies

Association Between Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Exposure to Phenoxyacetic Acids—A New Case-Referent Study: Lennart Hardell and Mikael Eriksson, 21996 [11AU], 22580 [7SE]

Soft Tissue Sarcoma Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 1972 to 1983, 19767-19769 [1AU]

Vietnam-Era Veterans Mortality: West Virginia Dept. of Health, 22008 [11AU]

Vietnam-Era Veterans Mortality in Massachusetts: Michael D. Kogan and Richard W. Clapp, 21998-22008 [11AU]

Summaries

Dept. of Labor Problem-Resolution Processes and Job Bank for Veterans (S. 2491), 14026 [9JN]

Major Provisions of Veterans' Health Care Bill, 10846 [12MY], 10848 [12MY]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act (S. 11), 17460 [11JY]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act's Division B (S. 11), 32057-32059 [20OC]

Veterans' Employment, Training and Counseling Services (S. 999), 9120-9129 [27AP]

Veterans' Home Loan Program Emergency Act Amendments (S. 2022), 516 [1FE]

Tables

Auction of VA-acquired homes, 9345 [28AP]

H.R. 2616, Veterans' Benefits and Services Act—conference version, 9450 [28AP]

Major program eliminations or reductions in President's budget, 10432 [11MY]

Mortality ratios for selected causes of death for vietnam veterans, 21998-21999 [11AU]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act's division B (as passed by the House of Representatives), 32064 [20OC]

Veterans' Benefits and Program Improvement Act cost estimate, 30034 [12OC]

Testimonies

Agent Orange: Senator Daschle, 12704-12707 [26MY]

Centers for Disease Control's Agent Orange Study: American Legion, 22579 [7SE]

———DAV, 22579 [7SE]

———Senator Daschle, 22579 [7SE]

Dept. of Veterans' Benefits Workload, 17478 [11JY]

Memorial to the Philippine Scouts and Filipino Veterans Who Served in the U.S. Army During World War II: Representative Gilman, 8848 [26AP]

POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia: Mary Stout, 24721 [20SE]

VA Foreclosed Properties: William A. Whiteside, 9345 [28AP]

Veterans' Employment Services: Robert E. David, 9455 [28AP]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc. Commemorative Statue: Representative Lantos, 15487 [21JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 126, tribute to the National Purple Heart Museum Committee, 32806 [21OC]

H. Con. Res. 392, correcting enrollment of S. 11, VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act, 32179 [20OC]

H. Res. 483, tribute to the 24th Infantry Regiment, 32783 [21OC]

H.J. Res. 453, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 18066 [13JY]

H.J. Res. 488, National Women Veterans Recognition Week, 19838 [2AU]

H.J. Res. 552, supplemental appropriations for the VA, 9138 [27AP]

H.R. 1259, charter for National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc., 4474 [21MR]

H.R. 1811, Radiation-Exposed Veterans Compensation Act, 8600 [25AP]

H.R. 3471, establish VA as executive department, 22023 [11AU]

H.R. 3967, extend medical benefits for certain former spouses of veterans, 3572 [9MR]

H.R. 4213, Montgomery GI Bill Amendments, 23636-23638 [13SE]

H.R. 4479, protect benefits of those involved in agent orange product liability litigation, 17291 [7JY]

H.R. 4535, designate James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic, Brick Township, NJ, 24611 [20SE]

H.R. 4948, maintain the Pacific War Memorial and other sites on Corregidor Island in the Philippines, 24612 [20SE]

H.R. 5226, display National League of Families POW/MIA flag at each U.S. diplomatic post, 22351 [11AU]

H.R. 5288, Veterans' Judicial Review Act, 27783-27787 [3OC]

H.R. 5558, Veterans' Entrepreneurship Promotion Act, 32329-32332 [20OC]

S. 11, establish VA procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims for benefits, 17448-17453, 17479-17483 [11JY], 27901-27905 [3OC], 31454-31458 [18OC]

S. 840, charter for 82d Airborne Division Association, Inc., 3380 [4MR]

S. 999, job training and counseling services for veterans, 9109-9113 [27AP]

S. 1397, charter for Noncommissioned Officers Association, 4476 [21MR]

S. 2011, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, 165 [26JA], 31343-31359 [18OC]

S. 2022, reduction of certain downpayments required for VA loans, 517 [1FE], 1581 [17FE]

S. 2042, commemorative statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in honor of women, 1104 [4FE], 14412, 14424 [14JN], 25141 [23SE]

S. 2049, VA home loan guaranty program, 1117 [4FE], 9428 [28AP], 30026-30031 [12OC]

S. 2065, recognize the Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc., 1524 [17FE]

S. 2207, assistive animals for certain quadriplegic veterans, 4923 [23MR]

S. 2267, index veterans' disability compensation and surviving spouses' and children's dependency and indemnity compensation to cost of living, 6301 [11AP]

S. 2268, modify requirements for veterans' cemetery plot allowance, authorize headstone allowance, and extend State Cemetery Grants Program, 6304 [11AP]

S. 2269, VA Administrator notification to House and Senate Appropriations Committees of construction contract claims settlements of more than $1,000,000, 6306 [11AP]

S. 2292, Veterans' Judicial Review Act, 7153 [18AP]

S. 2293, VA medical facility projects, 7155 [18AP]

S. 2294, extend VA health care programs and benefits, 7156 [18AP]

S. 2306, VA Multiyear Contracting Act, 8380 [21AP]

S. 2307, Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act, 8381 [21AP]

S. 2328, extending limitations for eligibility for educational assistance during which an applicant suffers from alcoholism, 4969 [27AP]

S. 2383, veterans' education benefits, 10813 [12MY]

S. 2394, hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals, 11025 [13MY]

S. 2396, expand period considered Vietnam era, 11168 [16MY]

S. 2419, Veterans' Housing Act amendments, 11659 [19MY]

S. 2446, extending respite care to chronically ill veterans, 12986 [27MY]

S. 2459, Veterans' Vocational Training Continuation Act, 13009 [27MY]

S. 2462, Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel and Programs Act, 13019 [27MY]

S. 2463, improving the capability of VA mental health care facilities, 13022 [27MY]

S. 2464, payment of interest in insurance settlements and increased discount rates for premiums paid in advance, 13023 [27MY]

S. 2476, designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic, Brick Township, NJ, 13588 [7JN]

S. 2491, Dept. of Labor problem-resolution processes and job bank, 14025 [9JN]

S. 2511, assistive monkeys to veterans with certain handicaps, 14463 [14JN]

S. 2521, study of psychological problems among Asian-American and Polynesian-American veterans of the Vietnamese Conflict, 14973 [16JN]

S. 2583, convert nonphysician directors of VA medical centers to the senior executive service, 16151 [28JN]

S. 2675, Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act, 19763 [1AU]

S. 2899, construction of a medical research center in Charleston, SC, for the VA and the Medical University of South Carolina, 30883 [14OC]

S. Con. Res. 9, display National League of Families flag in Capitol rotunda, 24301 [16SE]

S. J. Res. 393, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 28366 [5OC]

S.J. Res. 141, National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day, 32802 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 225, Korean War Memorial location, 2599 [26FE], 3843 [15MR]

S.J. Res. 253, National Former POW Recognition Day, 1126 [4FE], 2608 [26FE], 4212 [17MR]

S.J. Res. 271, Drum and Bugle Corps Recognition Day, 3939 [15MR]

S.J. Res. 318, National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War, 15834 [23JN], 18069 [13JY]

S.J. Res. 330, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 12782 [27MY], 18813 [26JY]

S.J. Res. 337, National Military Families Recognition Day, 29530 [7OC]

S.J. Res. 357, National Women Veterans Recognition Week, 19952 [2AU]

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