CLAIMS—U.S.

Bills and resolutions

Agent orange: exclusion of settlement payments from countable income and resources under Federal means-tested programs (see S. 263)

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend relative to hearings on certain claims (see H.R. 3606)

Courts: allow jury trials in tort actions against the U.S. involving death or serious injury (see H.R. 3198)

Dept. of Justice: increase authority relative to claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities (see S. 604)

Dept. of Energy: financial liability of nuclear contractors (see H.R. 1102)

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: procedural rights for claims for benefits (see H.R. 3343)

Sec. of the Senate: authorize discharge of certain functions relative to claims (see S. Res. 147)

Vietnam: payment to certain U.S. nationals (see H.R. 2166)

Letters

Budget for Court of Veterans Appeals: Frank Q. Nebeker, 20680, 20681 [18SE]

Resolving Amtrak employee workplace injury claims: American Short Line Railroad Association, 20293 [13SE]

———Association of American Railroads, 20293 [13SE]

———Dept. of Transportation, 20292 [13SE]

———National Association of Railroad Passengers, 20294 [13SE]

———National Industrial Transportation League, 20293 [13SE]

———Railway Progress Institute, 20294 [13SE]

———Regional Railroads of America, 20293 [13SE]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: claims against the U.S. relative to negligent medical care (H.R. 536), 13587-13592 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: increase the authority of the Attorney General relative to certain damage claims (H.R. 972), 29930 [17NO]

Nuclear warfare: Dept. of Energy's financial liability, 2771 [23FE]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability for damages (H.R. 1465), 28268 [16NO]

Remarks in Senate

Amtrak: resolving employee workplace injury claims, 20292-20296 [13SE]

Dept. of Justice: increase authority relative to claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities (S. 604), 4571 [16MR], 26461 [27OC]

———increase the authority of the Attorney General relative to certain damage claims (H.R. 972), 26461 [27OC], 30642 [20NO]

Nuclear warfare: redress for victims of exposure to radiation during weapons testing, 13195 [22JN]

Radiation Victims Fair Treatment Act: enact (S. 547), 3948 [9MR]

Social Security: expedite payment of claims (S. 1562), 18975 [4AU]

Social Security Administration: establish Office of Chief Administrative Law Judge (S. 1571), 31684 [21NO]

Reports filed

Authorize the Sec. of the Senate To Discharge Certain Functions Relative to Claims: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Res. 147), 12249 [16JN]

Claims for Damages Resulting From Law Enforcement Activities: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 604) (S. Rept. 101-163), 24507 [12OC]

Tables

Budget projections for Court of Veterans Appeals, 20681 [18SE]

Testimonies

Administrative Law Judges and Social Security Administration: David T. Hubbard, 31684-31686 [21NO]

Texts of

H.R. 536, claims by members of Armed Services against the U.S. relative to negligent medical care, 13587 [27JN]

S. 274, allow Armed Forces personnel to sue for injuries caused by improper medical care, 1029 [25JA]

S. 547, Radiation Victims Fair Treatment Act, 3948 [9MR]

S. 604, Dept. of Justice authority relative to claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities, 4571 [16MR], 26461 [27OC]

S. 1562, expedite payment of Social Security claims, 18976 [4AU]

S. Res. 67, refer S. 423, relief of land grantors in Henderson, Union, and Webster Counties, KY, and their heirs, to Court of Claims, 2710 [23FE]

S. Res. 147, authorize Sec. of the Senate to discharge certain functions relative to claims, 12255 [16JN], 12590 [20JN]