VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION see also Veterans

Agreements

Procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims for benefits (Senate-House compromise on S. 11), 33569-33575 [10NO]

VA health beneficiary travel program, 9437 [28AP]

Amendments

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

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

Executive department: status (S. 533), 17503, 17504, 17515, 17548 [11JY]

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

Analyses

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

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

Conversion of Nonphysician Directors of 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 Hospital Mortality Rates: Terry L. Thomas, 32501 [21OC]

VA Medical Facility Projects, 7155 [18AP]

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

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

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]

———H.R. 3471, establish VA as an executive department, 21722 [10AU]

Articles and editorials

Department for Veterans, 2470 [24FE]

Dr. David Worthen, Ophthalmologist, Author, Dies, 8405 [21AP]

Elevate the Vets, 1859 [19FE]

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

First-Time Buyers Face Complexities in Hot Home Market, 3958 [15MR]

It's Time for a Cabinet-Level VA, 6973 [14AP]

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

New Cabinet Post?, 1859 [19FE]

Reassuring Veterans, 1858 [19FE]

Recognizing an Unfulfilled Role, 17500 [11JY]

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

VA Cabinet Position Merits Serious Thought, 1458 [16FE]

VA Medical Chief Blasts Post Story, 32499 [21OC]

VA Plan Acceptable, 1858 [19FE]

VA Question, 15475 [21JN]

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

VA Will Take Its Rightful Place, 1860 [19FE]

Veterans Department Needed, 1860 [19FE]

Veterans Deserve Voice in Cabinet, 1859 [19FE]

Veterans Need Representation, 1859 [19FE]

Veterans—Can We Do Less?, 935 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions

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

Appropriations (see H.J. Res. 552)

Asian and Polynesian Americans: study of psychological problems (see S. 2521)

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

———protection in agent orange liability litigation (see H.R. 4479)

———review of claims (see H.R. 5288)

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

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

Construction: minor construction cost limitation (see H.R. 4671)

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

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

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

health care personnel (see H.R. 5114)

Housing: discounted sales to veterans (see H.R. 4141)

———loan guaranty program (see S. 2049; H.R. 3895)

Income: disclosure of information (see S. 2611)

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

Lawyers: payment of reasonable fees (see H.R. 5039)

Loans: reduction of certain required downpayments (see S. 2022)

Medical centers: convert nonphysician directors to the senior executive service (see S. 2583)

Medical facility projects: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2293)

Pensions: limitat payment for hospitalization in VA facility care on a long-term basis (see H.R. 5235)

———net worth limitation applicable (see H.R. 4246)

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

Retirement Check Delivery Assurance Act: enact (see S. 2277)

Rutherford County, TN: transfer certain property from VA to State (see H.R. 5301)

State veterans' cemeteries: appropriations (see S. 2012; H.R. 4766, 4861)

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

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 Home Loan Guaranty Program: establishing an independent national commission (see H.R. 4515)

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

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

Communications from

Activities: report, 17106 (EC3954) [7JY]

Advisory Committee on Former POW: report, 23 (EC2402) [25JA], 59 (EC2738) [25JA]

Altered Privacy Act records system: report, 758 (EC2484) [3FE]

Appointment of VA-trained graduates in certain health care professions without regard to civil service hiring procedures: transmittal, 13582 (EC3344) [7JN]

Authority for the payment of interest on insurance settlements: legislation, 14582 (EC3404) [15JN]

Cases recommended for equitable relief: report, 6785 (EC3411) [13AP], 8502 (EC3095) [22AP]

Competition for contracts: report, 995 (EC2843) [4FE], 1376 (EC2560) [16FE]

Compliance with requirements of internal accounting and administrative control system: report, 59 (EC2711) [25JA]

Computer matching program: notification, 18923 (EC4063) [26JY]

———report, 5652 (EC3259) [29MR], 14263 (EC3384) [13JN], 19063 (EC3639) [27JY]

Computer matching program relative to benefits department: report, 6443 (EC2934) [12AP]

Construction contract claims: report, 6342 (EC3359) [11AP], 8502 (EC3096) [22AP]

Construction cost limits: report, 8751 (EC3137) [26AP]

Contractor performance of activities at VA health-care facilities: report, 59 (EC2737) [25JA]

Convert nonphysician directors to Senior Executive Service career appointees: legislation, 17364 (EC3551) [8JY]

Educational assistance programs: report, 7501 (EC3461) [19AP], 8502 (EC3094) [22AP]

Extent to which health care facilities have been performed by contractors: report, 23 (EC2401) [25JA]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 3161 (EC2717) [3MR]

Headstone allowance for prepurchased grave markers: report, 6342 (EC3358) [11AP], 7645 (EC3006) [20AP]

Health care programs, benefits, and personnel: report, 8502 (EC3097) [22AP]

Inspector General: overobligation report, 2995 (EC3010) [2MR]

———report, 13864 (EC3766) [8JN]

Interest on housing loans: legislation, 10017 (EC3584) [9MY]

Major health care programs: legislation, 6381 (EC3391) [12AP]

Minor construction cost limitation: legislation, 6381 (EC3390) [12AP]

Multiyear contracts: legislation, 8090 (EC3473) [20AP], 10150 (EC3180) [9MY]

Records system: notice, 13582 (EC3332) [7JN], 18923 (EC4064) [26JY]

———report, 197 (EC2773) [27JA], 15286 (EC3834) [20JN], 16048 (EC3448) [27JN], 19063 (EC3637) [27JY]

Repeal of provisions to settling interest rate on guaranteed housing loans: transmittal, 13582 (EC3345) [7JN]

Report, 24 (EC2433, EC2434) [25JA], 2995 (EC3032) [2MR], 18237 (EC3590) [13JY]

Senior Executive Service: report, 16273 (EC3894) [28JN]

Sharing of medical resources with Dept. of Defense: report, 3674 (EC3127) [10MR], 4568 (EC2844) [21MR]

Use of certain VA-trained graduates in certain health care professions: legislation, 10367 (EC3603) [10MY]

Veteran's disability compensation: report, 6342 (EC3357) [11AP]

Violation of Antideficiency Act: report, 3159 (EC2651) [3MR]

Comparisons

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

Court decisions

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

Explanations

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act (compromise agreement on S. 11 and H.R. 5288), 31473-31481 [18OC], 31772-31780, 31783-31787 [19OC]

VA home loan guaranty program, 32046-32051 [20OC]

Letters

Arizona-Florida Land Exchange Act: Thomas K. Turnage, 19129 [27JY]

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

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

———Thomas K. Turnage, 23006 [8SE]

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

Death of Francis E. Conrad: Senator Heinz, 6926 [14AP]

Executive department status: American Bar Association, 17519 [11JY]

———American Legion, 17492 [11JY]

———American Optometric Association, 17493 [11JY]

———Amvets, 17492 [11JY]

———Blinded Veterans Association, 17493 [11JY]

———Charles E. Joeckel, Jr., DAV, 562 [1FE]

———DAV, 17492, 17520 [11JY]

———Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc., 17493 [11JY]

———Max Cleland, 17493 [11JY]

———Military Order of the Purple Heart, 17493 [11JY]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 17493 [11JY]

———VFW, 17492 [11JY]

Fire insurance proceeds, 31395 [18OC]

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

Health care programs and benefits: Thomas K. Turnage, 7156 [18AP]

Hiring preference for certain VA-trained individuals: Thomas K. Turnage, 11026 [13MY]

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]

Major medical construction projects and leases: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), 16548 [30JN]

Patient mortality analysis: Senator Cranston, 30189 [13OC]

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

———Thomas K. Turnage, VA, 13024 [27MY]

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

Retrieval of veterans' records, 16093 [28JN]

———David F. Peterson, National Archives, 16094 [28JN]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 16093 [28JN]

Status of medical center system, 16608 [30JN]

Tennessee State Veterans' Home, 31394 [18OC]

———American Legion, 31394 [18OC]

———DAV, 31394 [18OC]

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

———VFW, 31395 [18OC]

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

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

VA health care programs support: Arizona congressional delegation, 9132 [27AP]

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]

Veterans' burial benefits: Thomas K. Turnage, 6304 [11AP]

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

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, 4932 [23MR]

Memorials of legislature

Guam, 1893 [22FE], 3163 [3MR]

Hawaii, 11946 [23MY], 13866 [8JN], 14024 [9JN], 14372 [14JN], 16137 [28JN]

Michigan, 15365 [21JN], 15994 [27JN]

Virginia, 8373 [21AP]

Motions

Benefits: procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims (S. 11), insert provisions of H.R. 5288, 27906 [3OC]

Opinions

National Association of Radiation Survivors v. Thomas K. Turnage, 21898-21908 [11AU]

Petitions

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

Press releases

Retrieval of veterans' records, 16094 [28JN]

Provisions

Omnibus Drug Initiative Act's funding benefits, 30782 [14OC]

Remarks in House

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

Benefits: procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims (S. 11), 16527 [29JN], 27901 [3OC], 31765-31790 [19OC]

———procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims (S. 11), Senate amendment, 33569 [10NO]

———review of claims (H.R. 5288), 27783-27792, 27900 [3OC], 27906 [7OC], 28276 [4OC], 29631 [7OC]

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

Cabinet-level department status, 319 [27JA], 935 [3FE], 1458 [16FE], 32884 [21OC]

———(H.R. 3465), 1184 [4FE]

———(H.R. 3471), 10581 [12MY], 28989 [6OC]

———(H.R. 3471), appointment of conferees, 21722 [10AU]

———(H.R. 3471), conference report, 28994-29003 [6OC]

———(S. 533), 2470 [24FE], 5659, 5664, 5669 [29MR]

Desmet, John L.: GEICO public service award, 7529 [19AP]

Employment: health care personnel (H.R. 5114), 24251 [16SE], 24605-24610 [20SE]

Health care programs (H.R. 2616), 5556, 5598-5605 [29MR]

———(H.R. 2616), conference report, 9131-9135 [27AP], 9922 [4MY]

———salute to hospitalized veterans, 696 [2FE]

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

Lawyers: payment of reasonable fees (H.R. 5039), 18071 [13JY]

Loans: reduction of certain required downpayments (S. 2022), 1579-1581 [17FE], 1952 [22FE]

Loans assets: sale, 19210 [27JY]

Marion, IN: tribute to VA Medical Center employees, 14176 [10JN]

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

Medical center system: status, 16077 [27JN], 16540 [29JN], 16608 [30JN], 16759 [6JY]

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

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

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

OMB: budget process, 3016 [2MR]

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

Rutherford County, TN: transfer certain property from VA to State (H.R. 5301), 23821 [14SE]

State veterans' cemeteries: appropriations (H.R. 4861), 17396 [11JY], 17397 [14JY], 17398 [11JY]

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

Pensions: limit payment for hospitalization in VA facility on a long-term basis (H.R. 5235), 22390 [11AU]

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

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

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

West Haven, CT: Nursing Assistants Awareness Day at VA hospital, 3317 [3MR]

Remarks in Senate

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

Benefits: procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims (S. 11), 16176 [28JN], 17453-17483 [11JY], 31454-31483 [18OC]

———procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims (S. 11), concurring in House amendment, 32056-32070 [20OC]

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

Budget: funding, 17691-17697 [12JY]

Cabinet-level status (H.R. 3471), 17586-17588 [12JY], 22023 [11AU], 31759 [19OC]

———(H.R. 3471), conference report, 31483-31491 [18OC]

———(H.R. 3471), unanimous-consent agreement, 17561 [11JY]

———(S. 533), 1858 [19FE], 4075 [16MR], 16176 [28JN], 17483-17535, 17563 [11JY]

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

Contracts: notification to House and Senate Appropriations Committees of claims settlements of more than $1,000,000 (S. 2269), 6306 [11AP]

Death and dying: rate analysis, 30188, 30190 [13OC], 32499 [21OC]

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

Funding, 20540-20544 [4AU]

Health care: contracting for drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation services in halfway houses (S. 2105), 2670 [29FE]

———extend programs and benefits (S. 2294), 7156 [18AP]

———funding, 28687 [6OC]

———funding (H.R. 2616), 5870 [30MR], 10846 [12MY]

———funding (H.R. 2616), conference report, 9433 [28AP], 9519 [29AP]

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

Hickman, J. Gary: appointment, 21898 [11AU]

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

Income: disclosure of information (S. 2611), 17273 [7JY]

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

Loans: reduction of certain required downpayments (S. 2022), 515-517 [1FE]

Medical centers: convert nonphysician directors to the senior executive service (S. 2583), 16151 [28JN]

Medical facilities: funding, 32084 [20OC]

Medical facility projects: appropriations (S. 2293), 7155 [18AP]

Minneapolis, MN: VA medical center's services for the mentally ill, 23549 [13SE]

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

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

Retirement Check Delivery Assurance Act: enact (S. 2277), 6585 [13AP]

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

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

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

Vanderbilt University: VA Medical Center Internship in Professional Psychology anniversary, 20160 [3AU]

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

Wilkes-Barre, PA: nursing home care facility, 17700 [12JY]

Reports

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]

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

Reports by conference committees

Cabinet-Level Status (H.R. 3471), 27893-27983 [3OC]

Establishment of a Office of Inspector General (S. 908), 27276-27285 [30SE]

Reports filed

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

Cabinet-Level Status (H.R. 3471) (H. Rept. 100-1036), 27984 [3OC]

———Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 533) (S. Rept. 100-342), 10797 [12MY]

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

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

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

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

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

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to David M. Worthen, 8405 [21AP]

———Committees on Veterans' Affairs, 8405 [21AP]

Statements

Cabinet-Level Status: Senator Cranston, 17498 [11JY]

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

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

Summaries

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

Tables

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

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

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

Testimonies

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

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

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

Texts of

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

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

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

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

H.R. 5114, VA health care personnel, 24605-24607 [20SE]

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

S. 11, VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act, 17448-17453, 17479-17483 [11JY], 27901-27905 [3OC], 31454-31458 [18OC]

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

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

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

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

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

S. 2462, VA Health Care Personnel and Programs Act, 13019 [27MY]

S. 2463, improving the capability of 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. 2521, study of psychological problems among Asian-American and Polynesian-American veterans of the Vietnamese Conflict, 14973 [16JN]

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

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