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

Addresses

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

———Representative Solomon, 3607 [9MR]

Tribute Dinner: Representative Wright, 30152 [12OC]

Amendments offered by, to

Veterans: job training and counseling services (S. 999), 9113 [27AP]

Appointments

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

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

———H.R. 4264, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 14077 [10JN]

———H.R. 4352, Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, 28117 [4OC]

———S. 1220, Public Health Service Act amendment relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 25363 [26SE]

———S. 2749, making appropriations for Depts. of Defense and Energy, 27914 [3OC]

Delegation to attend funeral of Dan Daniel, 56 [25JA]

Delegation to attend funeral of Melvin Price, 8567 [25AP]

Articles and editorials

Congressman Jamie L. Whitten, Jesse P. Phillips, Oxford (MS) Eagle, 4216 [17MR]

Dr. David Worthen, Ophthalmologist, Author, Dies, Bart Barnes, Washington (DC) Post, 8405 [21AP]

GI Bill, Forty-Four Years Later, National Vanguard (publication), 15990 [27JN]

Lies About VA and the Cabinet, Earl L. Stock, Jr., VFW (magazine), 1673 [17FE]

Part-Timers or Trainees? Richard J. Feeny, Proceedings (publication), 2758 [1MR]

Potpourri From the Jamie Whitten Dinner, Jesse P. Phillips, Oxford (MS) Eagle, 4218 [17MR]

Stronger Voice for Veterans, Harry N. Walters, American Legion (magazine), 5669 [29MR]

VA Cabinet Position Merits Serious Thought, Sterling (CO) Journal-Advocate, 1458 [16FE]

Whitten Tribute Draws More Than 800, Jesse P. Phillips, Oxford (MS) Eagle, 4217 [17MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: appointment, promotion, and separation of Reserve officers (see H.R. 3856), 61 [25JA]

Brown, Graham N. and Barbara: relief (see H.R. 5549), 32358 [20OC]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 367), 1205 [8FE]

Fort DeRussy, HI: Dan Daniel Armed Forces Recreation Center (see H.R. 4155), 3869 [15MR]

Oktibbeha County, MS: releasing reversionary U.S. interest in certain land (see H.R. 4724), 13185 [1JN]

Petrassevich, Cornel H.: relief (see H.R. 3962), 1656 [17FE]

VA: application of civil service hiring procedures to VA-trained graduates in certain health care occupations (see H.R. 4667), 12194 [24MY]

———construction contract claims settlement (see H.R. 4673), 12194 [24MY]

———health care personnel (see H.R. 5114), 19555 [28JY]

———health care programs (see H.R. 4669), 12194 [24MY]

———minor construction cost limitation (see H.R. 4671), 12194 [24MY]

———multiyear contracts (see H.R. 4670), 12194 [24MY]

———payment of reasonable fees to attorneys (see H.R. 5039), 18087 [13JY]

———review of claims for benefits (see H.R. 5288), 23853 [14SE]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: correcting enrollment of S. 11 (see H. Con. Res. 392), 32357 [20OC]

Veterans: allowance for funeral expenses (see H.R. 4674), 12194 [24MY]

———cost of living adjustments for disability and survivors' benefits (see H.R. 4672), 12194 [24MY]

———guaranteed housing loans and purchases (see H.R. 4668), 12194 [24MY]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.J. Res. 502), 3869 [15MR]

World War II: maintain the Pacific War Memorial and other sites on Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.R. 4948), 16517 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 10369 [10MY]

Afghanistan: Soviet POW (see H. Con. Res. 169), 2526 [25FE]

Agriculture: taxation of animals produced in a farming business (see H.R. 3907), 2769 [1MR]

———tax-free purchase of farm fuels (see H.R. 3844), 1444 [16FE]

Airports: use on a cost-recovery basis (see H.R. 4074), 10369 [10MY]

American Society of Naval Engineers: observe centennial (see H.J. Res. 538), 6785 [13AP]

Appropriations: limit continuing resolutions (see H. Res. 364), 996 [4FE]

Armed Forces: recognize vital contribution in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 283), 7502 [19AP]

Banks and banking: prevent interagency disputes with Federal Financing Bank from disrupting Rural Electrification Administration loan guarantee programs (see H.R. 3723), 9901 [4MY]

Bonefish (U.S.S.): tribute to the officers and crew (see H. Con. Res. 291), 10547 [11MY]

Brick Township, NJ: James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 4535), 9901 [4MY]

Budget: treatment of Postal Service Fund (see H.R. 4150), 9673 [2MY]

Cajun Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 19556 [28JY]

Chemical warfare: sanctions against firms transferring chemical agents to Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Syria (see H.R. 5396), 28243 [4OC]

Coins and coinage: modernize U.S. circulating coin designs (see H.R. 3314), 6786 [13AP]

Constitution: bicentennial observance (see H. Con. Res. 115), 2998 [2MR]

Crime and criminals: child protection and obscenity enforcement (see H.R. 3889), 604 [2FE]

———racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (see H.R. 4923), 21409 [9AU]

Danville, VA: Dan Daniel Post Office Building (see H.R. 4726), 13867 [8JN]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 25597 [26SE], 25828 [27SE]

Department of Commerce Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 447), 2769 [1MR]

Dept. of Defense: inequities in the crediting of National Guard technician service relative to civil service retirement (see H.R. 5075), 18469 [14JY]

Dept. of HUD: fraud and abuse (see H.R. 1028), 16665 [6JY]

Drug abuse: encourage drug-free society (see H.R. 4446), 8305 [21AP]

Drug Free America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 582), 23036 [8SE]

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: $1 coins to commemorate 100th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 3654), 22307 [11AU]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 539), 6786 [13AP]

Employment: extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 11754 [19MY]

English: establish as official language (see H.J. Res. 656), 25023 [22SE]

Federal aid programs: benefits based on population should use the most recent data (see H. Con. Res. 295), 9975 [5MY]

Federal employees: allow creditable service from Federal-State cooperative programs to civil service retirement (see H.R. 3585), 21781 [10AU]

———payment of interest on retirement benefits which are received late (see H.R. 4361), 6381 [12AP]

Firearms: prohibit undetectable (see H.R. 4014), 3547 [8MR]

Foreign trade: export of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4692), 33324 [21OC]

———purchase of domestic products and services (see H.J. Res. 397), 13518 [7JN]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 408), 3276 [3MR]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 16274 [28JN]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to committee reports (see H. Res. 580), 30168 [12OC]

Housing: loan program (see H.R. 5221), 25170 [23SE]

Iraq: condemn use of chemical weapons (see H. Res. 532), 23398 [9SE]

Jackson, TN: designate Ed Jones Federal Building (see H.R. 5186), 22753 [7SE]

Japan: protest unfair trade practices relative to Federal Express service (see H. Con. Res. 316), 17109 [7JY]

Korean War: selling a national medal in honor of veterans who served (see H.R. 4718), 17813 [12JY]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 448), 5063 [23MR]

Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 4373), 6785 [13AP]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 537), 14743 [15JN]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 569), 16518 [29JN]

Manassas National Battlefield Park: increase acreage (see H.R. 4526), 9901 [4MY]

Members of Congress: participation in ceremonies in April, 1989, in New York, NY, marking the implementation of the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 115), 2998 [2MR]

Memorial Day: bell tolling by public buildings for one minute (see H.J. Res. 584), 13369 [3JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 19696 [1AU]

Mining Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 4221 [17MR]

Montford Point Marine Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1645), 8306 [21AP]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 22753 [7SE]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 3870 [15MR]

National Air and Space Museum: expansion of facilities (see H.R. 4198), 12286 [25MY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 449), 26503 [28SE]

National Bipartisan Commission on Central America: reestablish (see H. Con. Res. 266), 4220 [17MR]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 17812 [12JY]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 607), 23854 [14SE]

National Day of Remembrance of the 749 Victims of Operation Tiger: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), 605 [2FE]

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 421), 1974 [23FE]

National Disabled Americans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 570), 21781 [10AU]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 9155 [27AP]

National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 22308 [11AU]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 19227 [27JY]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 522), 20332 [3AU]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 432), 1711 [18FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 289), 2769 [1MR]

National Harness Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378), 9901 [4MY]

National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 22309 [11AU]

National League of Families: display of POW/MIA flag in Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 28), 22754 [7SE]

National Legion of Valor: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 6788 [13AP]

National Library Sign-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 549), 12563 [26MY]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 16274 [28JN]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 7501 [19AP]

National NHS NeighborWorks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 1711 [18FE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 1655 [17FE]

National parks: establish National Park System Review Board (see H.R. 3964), 13867 [8JN]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 676), 31974 [19OC]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 3276 [3MR]

National Purple Heart Museum Committee: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 126), 931 [3FE]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 461), 9792 [3MY]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 11946 [23MY]

National Skiing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 9155 [27AP]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 438), 931 [3FE]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 581), 12562 [26MY]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 16599 [30JN]

National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 62 [25JA]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 6787 [13AP]

Nicaragua: reforms (see H. Res. 290), 198 [27JA]

———tracking reforms necessary for peace, pluralism, and democracy (see H.R. 4285), 13867 [8JN]

———U.S. policy relative to reforms made toward peace, pluralism, and democracy (see H.J. Res. 566), 10546 [11MY]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 6382 [12AP]

Panama Canal: future security (see H. Res. 423), 5948 [30MR]

Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 489), 21781 [10AU]

Pensions: bankruptcy judges and U.S. magistrates (see H.R. 4340), 6009 [31MR]

Persian Gulf: reaffirm U.S. security interests (see H. Con. Res. 359), 22307 [11AU]

Petroleum: tax-free purchase of fuels for farm or off-highway use (see H.R. 3865), 3605 [9MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: require to be rendered in House of Representatives each legislative day (see H. Res. 538), 24108 [15SE]

Pornography: mailing of unsolicited sexually oriented advertisements (see H.R. 4257), 5121 [24MR]

POW/MIA: display of flag in Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 28), 22754 [7SE]

Radio: amateur frequency allocation (see H. Con. Res. 317), 22754 [7SE]

Refuse and refuse disposal: liability insurance for underground storage tanks (see H.R. 4090), 3275 [3MR]

Roads and highways: deny discretionary project funds to States that voluntarily reduced the period of availability of construction funds (see H.R. 4802), 14372 [14JN]

Run to Daylight Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), 2998 [2MR]

Small business: assist and promote the creation, development, and growth of veteran-owned and controlled (see H.R. 5558), 32357 [20OC]

Steel Import Stabilization Act: extend (see H.R. 5422), 26817 [29SE]

Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 9250 [28AP]

Taxation: extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 1444 [16FE]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 11754 [19MY]

———nonelective deferred compensation or basic employee benefits (see H.R. 4221), 16666 [6JY]

———State and local government right to purchase gasoline without payment of Federal excise tax (see H.R. 3892), 1974 [23FE]

———treatment of sales of certain assets by cooperatives (see H.R. 4542), 13867 [8JN]

Telecommunications: participation of U.S. industry in provision of equipment and services (see H. Con. Res. 339), 25023 [22SE]

Thornton, Charles E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 11754 [19MY]

U.S. Marshals Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 647), 25023 [22SE]

Uncle Sam Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 626), 22754 [7SE]

VA: authorizing appropriations for State veterans' cemeteries (see H.R. 4861), 17108 [7JY]

Veterans: compensation rates for those with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4216), 4797 [22MR]

———GI bill (see H.R. 4213), 4797 [22MR]

———increasing dependency and indemnity compensation rates to those with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4741), 13368 [3JN]

———net worth limitation applicable to the receipt of pension (see H.R. 4246), 5062 [23MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 4618), 13185 [1JN]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.R. 3628), 4798 [22MR]

———commemorative statue (see H.R. 4870), 15469 [21JN]

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 2461 [24FE]

World War II: Cadet Nurse Corps training made creditable for Federal retirement purposes (see H.R. 3673), 2462 [24FE]

———recognizing defense of Wake Island against Japan by civilian construction workers (see H. Con. Res. 301), 12563 [26MY]

Comments

When Bob died homeless, John J. Evangelisti, Newsweek, 32372 [20OC]

Documents

OMB Deletions of VA Budget Information for Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 3016 [2MR]

Essays

In Memory, Max Cleland, Guideposts (publication), 11531 [18MY]

Explanations

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

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

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

Letters

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

Army recruiting advertisement award: Allen K. Ono, 21726 [10AU]

Classification of foreign manufactured sweetened condensed filled milk: Michael H. Lane, Dept. of the Treasury, 8953 [27AP]

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

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

Mississippi National Guard: Stephen M. Duncan, 29134 [6OC]

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

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

Upgrading of VA to cabinet-level status: Charles E. Joeckel, Jr., DAV, 562 [1FE]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: by, 32059 [20OC]

VA benefits denial to those convicted of drug felonies: by, 23006 [8SE]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 23006 [8SE]

VA major medical construction projects and leases: by, 16548 [30JN]

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

Veterans health care programs: Arizona delegation, 9132 [27AP]

———by, 24609 [20SE]

———Representative Rostenkowski, 24609 [20SE]

Motions offered by

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4264), discharge Committee on Armed Services, 25719 [27SE]

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

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

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, 23557 [13SE], 24603 [20SE], 30636 [14OC]

Polls of opinion

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

Proclamations

Armed Forces Education Day: Garrey Carruthers, Governor of New Mexico, 11354 [17MY]

Remarks by, on

Alaska: National Guard assistance in saving whales, 32181 [20OC]

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

Armed Forces: GI bill of rights anniversary, 25066 [22SE]

Armed Forces Education Day: observance, 11354 [17MY]

Army: award for recruiting advertisement, 21726 [10AU]

Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial: location (S.J. Res. 216), 3842 [16MR]

Brick Township, NJ: James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (H.R. 4535), 24610, 24611 [20SE]

Central America: appropriations (H.J. Res. 395), consideration (H.J. Res. 444), 786 [3FE]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1989-91 (H. Con. Res. 268), 5013 [23MR]

Courts: improve Federal judiciary (H.R. 4807), 23584 [13SE]

Danville, VA: Dan Daniel Post Office Building (H.R. 4726), 18839 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations (H.R. 4264), 8806 [26AP], 9090 [27AP], 9554, 9571, 9572 [29AP], 9637, 9638, 9639, 9641 [2MY]

———appropriations (H.R. 4781), 15434 [21JN]

———appropriations (S. 2749), conference report, 30041 [12OC]

———closing and realigning of certain military installations (H.R. 4481), 17059, 17078, 17081, 17086 [7JY], 17750, 17753, 17754, 17767, 17769 [12JY]

———closing and realigning of certain military installations (H.R. 4481), conference report corrections, 27888 [3OC]

———commercial activities, 9571, 9572 [29AP]

———military construction in Honduras, 9637, 9638, 9639 [2MY]

———U.S. troops in Honduras, 9641 [2MY]

Dept. of Energy: appropriations for military activities (S. 2749), conference report, 30041 [12OC]

Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: appropriations (H.R. 4800), 15614 [22JN]

———appropriations (H.R. 4800), conference report, 21360 [9AU]

Dept. of the Interior: disposition of certain lands in Arizona (H.R. 4519), 19128 [27JY]

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

Drug abuse: VA benefits denial, 23003, 23006 [8SE]

Drugs: manufacturing, distribution, and use of illegal (H.R. 5210), 23003, 23006 [8SE]

Fort DeRussy, HI: Dan Daniel Armed Forces Recreation Center (H.R. 4155), 6359, 6360, 6361 [12AP]

GI bill: anniversary of new version, 16546 [30JN]

———effectiveness, 9918 [4MY]

Health: artificial limbs, 20004 [2AU]

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

Honduras: deployment of U.S. troops, 4471 [21MR], 4794 [22MR]

House of Representatives: adjournment, 603 [2FE]

———legislative program, 5605 [29MR], 6361 [12AP]

Housing: loan program (H.R. 5221), 25365, 25366, 25369 [26SE]

John H. Sides (U.S.S.): deployment, 3861 [15MR]

Korean War Memorial: location (S.J. Res. 225), 3844 [15MR]

Mississippi National Guard: tribute, 29134 [6OC]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: charter (H.R. 1259), 4475 [21MR]

National Association of State Veterans Homes: 100th anniversary, 1814 [18FE]

National Bible Week: designate, 27982 [3OC]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 453), 18065 [13JY]

National Purple Heart Museum Committee: tribute (H. Con. Res. 126), 12170 [24MY]

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

Navy: name the next Trident ballistic missile submarine the U.S.S. Melvin Price, 9090 [27AP]

Nicaragua: assistance to Contras, 786 [3FE]

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

Oktibbeha County, MS: releasing reversionary interest of the U.S. in certain land (H.R. 4724), 27932 [3OC]

OMB: VA budget process, 3016 [2MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: House proceedings, 23557 [13SE]

Spence, Representative: recovery, 13225 [2JN]

Television: program access for satellite dish owners, 1642 [17FE]

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

———Cabinet status, 319 [27JA], 1458 [16FE], 32884 [21OC]

———Cabinet status (H.R. 3471), conference report, 28996 [6OC]

———Cabinet status (S. 533), 5669 [29MR]

———health care personnel (H.R. 5114), 24605, 24607, 24611 [20SE]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), 5556, 5598 [29MR]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), appointment of conferees, 6356 [12AP]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), conference report, 9131, 9132 [27AP]

———home loan guaranty program (S. 2049), 30026, 30032 [12OC]

———payment of reasonable fees to attorneys (H.R. 5039), 18071 [13JY]

———procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims for benefits (S. 11), 27901 [3OC], 31765, 31770, 31780, 31790 [19OC]

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

———reduction of certain downpayments required for loans (S. 2022), 1579, 1580 [17FE]

———review of claims for benefits (H.R. 5288), 27783, 27787, 27790, 27791 [3OC]

———sale of loan assets, 19210 [27JY]

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

———status of medical center system, 16077 [27JN], 16540 [29JN], 16608 [30JN], 16759 [6JY]

———supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 552), 9140, 9141 [27AP]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: enact (S. 11), correcting enrollment (H. Con. Res. 392), 32179, 32180 [20OC]

Veterans: benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 9625, 9628, 9630 [2MY]

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

———GI bill (H.R. 4213), 23636, 23640, 23643 [13SE]

———GI life insurance, 9703 [3MY]

———increasing dependency and indemnity compensation rates to those with service-connected disabilities (H.R. 4741), 18822, 18824, 18827 [26JY]

———job training and counseling services (S. 999), 9109, 9119, 9129, 9130 [27AP]

———OMB letter on funding of programs, 13362 [3JN]

———rehabilitation for post-traumatic stress disorder, 31985 [19OC]

———winter sports clinic for disabled, 4104 [16MR]

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

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorative statue honoring women veterans (S. 2042), 25138 [23SE]

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

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 50 [25JA], 195 [27JA], 460 [1FE], 603 [2FE], 1442 [16FE], 1653 [17FE], 2994 [2MR], 3604 [9MR], 4132 [16MR], 5648 [29MR], 7499 [19AP], 8089 [20AP], 8568 [25AP], 9900 [4MY], 11336 [17MY], 11417 [18MY], 13305 [2JN], 13512 [7JN], 15993 [27JN], 16516 [29JN], 16664 [6JY], 17810 [12JY], 18085 [13JY], 18921 [26JY], 23034 [8SE], 24712 [20SE], 25020 [22SE], 25167 [23SE], 31222 [18OC], 31972 [19OC]

House of Representatives: congressional catfish dinner, 22362 [11AU]

Special order: granted, 1653 [17FE], 2766 [1MR], 3868 [15MR], 4132 [16MR], 4218 [17MR], 7499 [19AP], 13367 [3JN], 15992 [27JN], 16516 [29JN], 18084 [13JY], 19224 [27JY], 21779 [10AU], 22747 [7SE], 27983 [3OC], 29160 [6OC], 30165 [12OC], 32355 [20OC]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 1243 [9FE], 11936 [23MY], 24327 [16SE]

Reports by conference committees

Depts. of Defense and Energy Appropriations (S. 2749), 29661 [11OC]

VA Health Care Programs (H.R. 2616), 8204-8277, 8305 [21AP]

Reports filed

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

Budget Allocation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H. Rept. 100-745), 16596 [30JN]

Disposition of Certain Lands by the Dept. of the Interior: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4519) (H. Rept. 100-744), 17106 [7JY]

Housing Loan Program: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 5221) (H. Rept. 100-964), 25168 [23SE]

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]

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

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

Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4741) (H. Rept. 100-760), 17106 [7JY]

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

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to David M. Worthen: Committees on Veterans' Affairs (House), 8405 [21AP]

Statements

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

Tribute to Richard E. Moss, 22738 [7SE]

Tables

Dept. of Defense closing and realigning of certain military installations conference report corrections, 27888-27892 [3OC]

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

Testimonies

Committee on House Administration: Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc. Commemorative Statue (H.R. 3628), D419 [21JN]

Texts of

S. 11, VA procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims for benefits, 27901-27905 [3OC]

Tributes

Acree, Marshall, 17843 [12JY]

Adams, Dale, 25276 [23SE]

Boland, Representative, 28640 [5OC]

Castille, Ronald D., 23050 [8SE]

Conrad, Francis E., 7489 [19AP]

Daniel, Dan, 41 [25JA], 1413 [16FE], 18838 [26JY]

Foshee, Jerry, 17843 [12JY]

Gray, Representative Kenneth J., 32349 [20OC]

Gray, Rosanna, 9918 [4MY]

Holt, Cooper, 18495 [14JY]

Howard, James J., 8824 [26AP]

Lizotte, Eugene, 17843 [12JY]

Moss, Richard E., 22738 [7SE]

Price, Melvin, 9778 [3MY]

Principi, Anthony J., 19231 [27JY]

Reaven, Gerald, 8660 [25AP]

Roebuck, Raymon H., 19844 [2AU]

Scott, Steven C., 25066 [22SE]

Scurfield, Raymond M., 31985 [19OC]

Solomon, Representative, 3607 [9MR]

Spence, Representative, 10006 [9MY], 23779 [14SE]

Stennis, Senator, 33562 [10NO]

Stratton, Representative, 29147 [6OC]

Whitten, Representative, 4216 [17MR]

Worthen, David M., 8405 [21AP]

Wright, Representative, 30152 [12OC]