VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION see also Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans

Analyses

VA Deletion of a Requirement of Specific Congressional Approval for Settlement of Certain Claims of Construction Contractors (S. 1195), 11920 [15JN]

Articles and editorials

Bay Pines VAMC, Bay Pines, FL, 7054 [19AP]

Dad, VA—Strong Points in Graybeard's Life, 3058 [28FE], 5093 [21MR]

GAO Finds No Evidence VA Medical Official Acted Improperly, 11664 [14JN]

Many Healthy Returns—New State-of-the-Art VA Medical Center Is a Salute to Those Who Served, 7051 [18AP]

Unnamed Sources, 11665 [14JN]

Veteran Performance, 10042 [23MY]

Wounds of War, 18680 [3AU]

Bills and resolutions

Brick Township, NJ: designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 2557)

Burial plots: headstone allowance (see S. 1147; H.R. 685)

Charleston, SC: medical research center (see S. 165)

Construction industries: delete requirement of specific congressional approval for settlement of certain claims (see S. 1195)

Education: medical school scholarship grants with the condition that such recipients will work in VA facilities (see H.R. 343)

Exemplary rehabilitation certificates: issuance for certain individuals discharged from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 42)

Indians: comprehensive study of the psychological problems of Native Americans who are Vietnam veterans (see S. 192)

Jacksonville, FL: VA hospital (see H.R. 78)

Roanoke, VA: convey certain land for use as veterans' nursing home (see S. 284)

Rural areas: reimbursement of expenses for medical care provided at hospitals (see H.R. 2876)

Seattle, WA: designate the Joe Hooper Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Center (see H.R. 769)

Texas: new medical facility in southern region (see H.R. 1575)

West Palm Beach, FL: programs for veterans' inpatient health care (see H.R. 637)

Commentaries

Assessment of the VA methods of analyzing its hospital mortality rates: VA Chief Medical Director, 11665 [14JN]

Communications from

Budget: report, 3499 (EC717) [6MR], 3991 (EC719) [17MR]

Competition for contracts: report, 2066 (EC582) [9FE], 2391 (EC554) [22FE]

Contract care and services: report, 2391 (EC570) [22FE]

Dept. of Medicine and Surgery: activities, 264 (EC299) [19JA]

Extent to which activities of health-care facilities have been performed by contractors under provisions of OMB Circular A-76: report, 1109 (EC393) [25JA]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 5337 (EC873) [3AP], 5561 (EC852) [5AP]

Health care benefits: legislation, 9405 (EC1206) [16MY]

Inspector General: report, 28 (EC118) [3JA], 100 (EC101) [3JA]

Interagency Council on the Homeless: report, 1685 (EC537) [6FE]

Internal control and financial systems: report, 315 (EC266) [20JA]

Leave sharing program: report, 5513 (EC929) [5AP], 5996 (EC921) [11AP]

Loans: report, 6880 (EC1006) [18AP]

Medical resources program of the VA: report, 27 (EC76) [3JA]

Records system: report, 264 (EC285) [19JA]

Relief from administrative error, overpayment, and forfeiture: report, 5378 (EC913) [4AP]

Report, 5394 (EC788) [4AP]

Respite care and outpatient dental care programs: report, 5996 (EC922) [11AP]

Sharing medical resources: report, 101 (EC142) [3JA], 318 (EC370) [20JA], 345 (EC390) [24JA]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: report, 2391 (EC571) [22FE]

Letters

Assessment of the VA methods of analyzing its hospital mortality rates: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 11665 [14JN]

———John Gibbons, 11665 [14JN]

———Senator Cranston, 11665 [14JN]

Lease prospectus: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 14014 [10JY]

National Association of Radiation Survivors' claims: Senator Cranston and Representative Don Edwards, 2075 [9FE]

Nomination of Edward J. Derwinski as Sec. of Veterans Affairs: C. Boyden Gray, 3297 [2MR]

———Senator Specter, 3297, 3298 [2MR]

———Senators Cranston and Murkowski, 3297 [2MR]

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: John A. Gronvall, 531-532 [25JA]

VA health care funding: Jimmy T. Smith, AMVETS, 10042 [23MY]

———Representative Conte, 9640 [18MY]

VA medical center research work: Robert J. Pollet, 29046 [15NO]

VA medical construction projects: Representative Montgomery (sundry), 10150 [24MY]

VA medical research center in Charleston, SC: Albert F. Hyman, Sr., 811 [25JA]

———Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Governor of South Carolina, 811 [25JA]

———Frederick G. Strohm, Jr., 811 [25JA]

———Joyce King, 811 [25JA]

———Mary E. Maddox, 811 [25JA]

———Patrick Hawkins, 811 [25JA]

———Thomas C. Rowland, Jr., 811 [25JA]

VA Requests GAO Study of Key Management Activities press release: Charles A. Bowsher, 14513 [13JY]

———Senator Cranston, 14512 [13JY]

VA satellite outpatient clinic function in Boston, MA: Representative Montgomery, 14014 [10JY]

VA security service: Senator Cranston, 535 [25JA]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 535 [25JA]

Veterans' benefits: Michael F. Dau, 3831 [8MR]

Volunteers crucial to VA hospitals: R.J. Vogel, 13202 [22JN]

Memorandums

Agent Orange Study (sundry), 12293-12321 [19JN]

Federal Health Budget and Health Care for Veterans: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 7514-7517 [26AP]

Medical Care Estimate: CBO, 7514 [26AP]

Memorials of legislature

California, 27670 [7NO]

Maine, 10789 [5JN], 10957 [6JN]

Minnesota, 2071 [9FE], 3142, 3143 [1MR]

Pennsylvania, 10160 [24MY]

Papers

Agent Orange—OTA Review of Columbia University-American Legion Vietnam Veterans Study, 12289-12293 [19JN]

Press releases

VA funding delay prompts service cutbacks, 11574 [13JN]

VA Secretary warns of health care budget crisis, 11574 [13JN]

VA will not appeal agent orange decision, 10619 [1JN]

VFW chief upset with Congress over piecemeal VA funding, 11573 [13JN]

Qualifications

Edward J. Derwinski to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 3287 [2MR]

Questions and answers

VA Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, VA police officer employment, 535 [25JA]

Remarks in House

Allen Park, MI: tribute to VA hospital, 14914 [17JY]

Bay Pines, FL: completion of VA medical center, 7054 [19AP]

Benefits: funding, 3831 [8MR]

Brick Township, NJ: designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (H.R. 2557), 13518 [27JN]

Education: medical school scholarship grants with the condition that such recipients will work in VA facilities (H.R. 343), 2511 [22FE]

Health care: agent orange controversy, 20416 [13SE]

———court decision on agent orange compensation, 9456 [17MY]

———pilot program of contract with public and private health facilities in Florida, 1187 [27JA]

———praise for hospitals, 3058 [28FE]

———recruitment and retention of care personnel (H.R. 901), 13501-13512 [27JN]

Health care facilities: commission to review alignment and mission structure, 16443 [26JY]

Pensions: remove limitation on benefits furnished to persons under long-term hospital care (H.R. 1334), 13521 [27JN]

Seattle, WA: designate the Joe Hooper Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Center (H.R. 769), 1372 [31JA]

Remarks in Senate

Burial: headstone allowance (S. 1147), 11351 [8JN]

Charleston, SC: VA medical research center (S. 165), 810 [25JA]

Construction industries: delete requirement of specific congressional approval for settlement of certain claims (S. 1195), 11919 [15JN]

Derwinski, Edward J.: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 3287-3299 [2MR]

GAO: report on adjudication of veterans' claims, 2075 [9FE]

Health care facilities: recruitment and retention of care personnel (H.R. 901), 26119 [26OC]

Hospital: GAO and OTA survey of mortality rates, 11664 [14JN]

Roanoke, VA: convey certain land for use as veterans' nursing home (S. 284), 1249 [31JA]

Reports

Allegations Concerning VA's Patient Mortality Study: David P. Baine, GAO, 11664, 11665 [14JN]

Assessment of the VA's Method of Analyzing Its Hospital Mortality Rates: OTA (excerpt), 11664 [14JN]

National Association of Radiation Survivors' Claims: GAO, 2076 [9FE]

Reports filed

James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic, Brick Township, NJ: Committee on Veterans Affairs (H.R. 2557) (H. Rept. 101-103), 12933 [22JN]

Recruitment and Retention of Health Care Personnel: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 901) (H. Rept. 101-107), 13279 [23JN]

Remove Limitations on Pensions Furnished to Veterans Under Long-Term Hospital Care: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1334) (H. Rept. 101-105), 12933 [22JN]

Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act: (S. 1153) (S. Rept. 101-82), 15897 [24JY]

Veterans Benefits and Health Care Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 13) (S. Rept. 101-126), 20306 [13SE]

Statements

VA Hospital Funding: Gordon H. Mansfield, 9462 [17MY]

———H.F. Gierke, 9462 [17MY]

———Larry Rivers, 9462 [17MY]

Summaries

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Report: Research Triangle Institute, 534 [25JA]

Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act (S. 1153), 11365 [8JN]

Tables

Federal health care budget, by function, 7514 [26AP]

VA health care facility mortality rates, 11668 [14JN]

VA jurisdictional full-time equivalent employment, 9640 [18MY]

VA percentage of cases reviewed in which ``likely'' quality of care problems identified for 10 primarily psychiatric facilities, 11668 [14JN]

Testimonies

VA Funding: Representative Marlenee, 1873 [7FE]

Texts of

H.R. 1334, remove limitation on pensions to furnished long-term hospital care, 13521 [27JN]

H.R. 2557, designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic, 13518 [27JN]

S. 13, Veterans Benefits and Health Care Act, 536-541 [25JA]

S. 86, improve mental health care for veterans, 699 [25JA]

S. 165, VA medical research center in Charleston, SC, 810 [25JA]

S. 190, permit service-connected disabled veterans to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, 848 [25JA]

S. 191, permit service-connected disabled veterans to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, 848 [25JA]

S. 192, psychological study of Native American Vietnam veterans, 849 [25JA]

S. 563, disability compensation for veterans, 3975 [9MR]

S. 898, Veterans' Housing Act amendment, 7818-7819 [2MY]

S. 900, extend respite care for certain chronically ill veterans, 7825 [2MY]

S. 1147, headstone allowance for veterans, 11351 [8JN]

S. 1153, Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act, 11360-11364 [8JN], 17923-17928 [2AU]

S. 1195, delete requirement of specific congressional approval for settlement of certain claims of VA construction contractors, 11919 [15JN]