HANDICAPPED see also Health

Acknowledgments

Dept. of Veterans' Affairs' program for treatment of homeless, chronically mentally ill veterans (S. 405), 2098 [9FE]

Addresses

Congressional Initiatives Award: Senator Simon, 10881 [6JN]

Congressional Initiatives Award to Senator Simon: Douglas Airhart, 10880 [6JN]

———Lawrence Scovotto, 10880 [6JN]

Expand Participation of Disabled Persons: James S. Brady, 14258 [12JY]

Amendments

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 933), 17524 [1AU], 19623 [6SE], 19833, 19834, 19850, 19855, 19873, 19875, 19877, 19879, 19883, 19884, 19886, 19887, 19932-19934 [7SE]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 140), 30316 [20NO]

Special Olympics: authorizing the 1989 torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds (H. Con. Res. 71), 7733 [2MY]

Veterans: increase disability and dependency and indemnity compensations and certain other benefits (S. 13), 10683 [1JN], 15935 [24JY], 19624 [6SE], 23031, 23033, 23066 [3OC]

Analyses

Veterans Disability Compensation (H.R. 1335), 22659-22662 [2OC]

Articles and editorials

America's ``Underused'' Citizens, 11436 [9JN]

Beatrice Center Serves Need, 10360 [31MY]

Chinese Region Uses New Law To Sterilize Mentally Retarded, 31252 [21NO]

Cruel and Unjust—Executing Children and the Retarded Is an Excessive Penalty, and No Deterrent, 14487 [12JY]

CTA Faces Dial-a-Ride Predicament, 19901 [7SE]

Disability Is Society's Problem, Not Larson's, 14201 [11JY]

Eden Express, a Restaurant With a Mission as Well as a Menu, Teaches the Disabled To Fend for Themselves, 357 [24JA]

ENCOR Lashed Out, Then Proposed Changes, 10360 [31MY]

Familiar Face Is Back To Lead Special Olympics, 8455 [8MY]

Group Homes Mean Brighter Lives for the Retarded, 1972 [8FE]

I Know How To Ask for What I Want, 8803 [10MY]

In Washington, It's the Can-Do Arts Festival, 11540 [13JN]

Institutions Are Needed, 10361 [31MY]

Judge Me By What I Can Do, 31830 [11DE]

Lobby Extends a Hand to Children in Trouble, 2134 [9FE]

Mental Illness Deserves More Attention, 25934 [25OC]

Not All Retarded People Thrive Out of Institutions, 10360 [31MY]

Opposition to Disabilities Act OK, 21741 [26SE]

Prosthetist Sees Needs in Vietnam, 12629 [21JN]

Public Transportation, 8713 [9MY]

Safety Net, 3189 [1MR]

Save Money—Help the Disabled, 19890 [7SE]

Spending Limits Imperil Service Program, 14489 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions

Aeronautics: prohibit discrimination against blind (see S. 341; H.R. 563)

Aged: mental health (see H.R. 111)

American Printing House for the Blind: acquisition of educational materials (see H.R. 1627)

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 933)

Armed Forces: eligibility for military commissary, exchange, and aircraft privileges for certain former enlisted members (see H.R. 3769)

Blind: rights and privileges of individuals dependent on service dogs or animals (see H.R. 1729)

Children: right to life of handicapped infants (see H. Res. 50)

Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 1454)

Communications: availability of services (see S. 1452)

Community Mental Health Services Act: enact (see S. 1591)

Courts: extend time for presenting tort claims of certain disabled persons (see H.R. 3261)

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 227; H.J. Res. 140)

Discrimination: prohibition (see H.R. 2273)

Education: demonstration projects for students with dyslexia (see H.R. 1614)

———Federal funding for special education (see H. Con. Res. 85)

———permit action against a State relative to denial of free public education (see S. 1431)

Education of the Handicapped Act: awarding of damages in certain actions as procedural safeguards (see H.R. 3466)

———extension of services through 1992 (see H.R. 1013)

———reauthorize (see S. 1824)

Elections: enlarged print voting aids and ballots available to visually impaired voters (see H.R. 180)

Employment: grants for programs for physically and mentally impaired individuals (see H.R. 2789)

———prohibit employment discrimination against disabled (see H.R. 291)

Federal employees: prohibit discrimination in the legislative and judicial branches (see H.R. 3276)

Firefighters: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870)

Guardianship procedings: equal protection of persons (see S. 235)

House of Representatives: fellowship program for blind and deaf persons (see H. Res. 81)

Housing: elderly and handicapped (see H.R. 2376)

———grants for certain charitable, local, and Indian organizations for home repairs for the elderly and disabled (see H.R. 3497)

———security features for elderly and handicapped families (see H.R. 3494)

Law enforcement officers: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870)

Libraries: services to handicapped and economically disadvantaged (see S. 1257; H.R. 3170)

Medicare: allow certain individuals to refuse benefits and payment of premiums (see H.R. 1809)

———incentives for handicapped individuals to work (see S. 320)

———seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2276)

Mentally handicapped: improve services (see H.R. 1635)

———special housing program (see H.R. 1634)

Miners: eligibility for disability benefits (see H.R. 588)

National Disability Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 134; H.J. Res. 269, 395)

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research: conduct research relative to prosthetic and orthotic devices (see H.R. 758)

National Siblings of Disabled Persons Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 176; H.J. Res. 386)

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see S.J. Res. 105; H.J. Res. 146)

OPM: disability retirement vocational rehabilitation services (see H. Con. Res. 18)

Pensions: continuation of certain health insurance to individuals disabled at time of employment termination (see H.R. 2308, 2309, 2310)

Postal Service: door delivery to physically handicapped (see H.R. 314)

Prosthetic and orthotic devices: development of advanced technology (see H.R. 2919)

Public Access to Captioned Television Act: enact (see H.R. 2968)

Rehabilitation Act: classification of drug abusers as handicapped (see H.R. 3815)

Senate: implement closed caption broadcasting of floor proceedings for hearing-impaired individuals (see S. Res. 13)

Small business: tax credit for handicap accessibility (see H.R. 3652)

Small Business Rehabilitation Relief Act: enact (see S. 1876)

Social Security: annual report to reflect future income and disbursements from old age and disability trust funds (see H.R. 1747)

———assure individualized assessments of disabled or blind children (see H.R. 868)

———benefits to severely disabled children (see S. 1070)

———child insurance benefits of a disabled individual relative to marriage to an individual receiving SSI benefits (see H.R. 2080)

———eliminate certain waiting periods for disability benefits (see H.R. 886)

———eliminate waiting period for benefit eligibility based on disability (see H.R. 476)

———exchange of credits between the old age, survivors, and disability insurance system and the civil service retirement system (see H.R. 351)

———extend disability benefits during administrative appeal of termination (see H.R. 892)

———home health services eligibility and occupational therapy (see S. 997)

———improve procedures for disability determinations and review (see S. 200)

———improve quality of services to individuals with mental retardation (see H.R. 854)

———improve services to individuals with mental retardation or related conditions (see S. 1088)

———income requirements for benefits relative to severely disabled children (see H.R. 1525)

———lessen the amount of certain benefit reductions (see H.R. 1252)

———promote rehabilitation of blind beneficiaries (see H.R. 855)

———qualifications for certain blind or disabled children eligible for SSI benefits (see H.R. 874)

———revise methods of financing the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and medicare (see H.R. 349)

———trust fund benefits (see S. 1674)

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8)

Social Security Disabled Widow's and Widower's Equity Act: enact (see S. 1872)

Social Security Solvency Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3505)

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (see S. 1358)

Special Olympics: authorizing the 1989 torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds (see H. Con. Res. 71)

SSI: benefit eligibility requirements for disabled children (see S. 1718, 1721)

———receipt of certain contributions relative to benefit eligibility (see H.R. 71)

States: grants for dependent care programs (see H.R. 2220)

Tariff: certain garments for the handicapped (see H.R. 1898)

Taxation: additional standard deduction for deafness (see H.R. 454)

———credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500)

———deductibility of medical expenses for aged and handicapped (see H.R. 257)

———deduction for the adoption of a special needs child (see H.R. 3379)

———deduction for the amount of the premiums paid on a life insurance contract the beneficiary of which is a trust established for the benefit of a disabled individual (see H.R. 3488)

———deduction of certain children's clothing and costs associated with seing eye dogs and hearing dogs (see H.R. 3542)

———deduction of certain transportation expenses (see H.R. 321)

———deduction for making homes accessible to the handicapped (see H.R. 152)

———exemption of trusts established to provide for a disabled dependent (see S. 1905)

———increase standard deduction for certain physically disabled individuals (see H.R. 1395)

———interception of tax refunds relative to delinquent child support for disabled and dependent adults (see H.R. 1040)

———refundable tax credit for households with elderly disabled (see H.R. 323)

Telephone: system for hearing- and speech-impaired individuals to access 911 emergency service (see H.R. 1690)

Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 2088)

Veterans: amend definition of disabled veteran (see H.R. 2822)

———application period for coverage under the Service Disabled Veterans Insurance Program (see H.R. 3749)

———assistance animals to quadriplegic and hearing-impaired (see H.R. 2044)

———authorizing additional medical services for persons with service-connected disabilities (see S. 336)

———disability benefit eligibility for victims of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 3750)

———disability compensation (see H.R. 1335)

———eligibility requirements relative to care for nonservice-connected disability at a Dept. of Veterans' Affairs hospital (see S. 328)

———furnish prescription drugs prescribed by private physicians for treatment of service-connected disability (see H.R. 474)

———improve death and disability pension programs (see H.R. 2011)

———improve mental health care (see S. 86)

———increase Dept. of Defense procurement action opportunities for those with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 553)

———increase disability and dependency and indemnity compensations and certain other benefits (see S. 13)

———index disability compensation cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 1397)

———low-interest loans for specially adapted housing assistance (see H.R. 2831)

———mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for disability and death benefits (see H.R. 2644)

———mortgage protection life insurance relative to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 339)

———protection from reduction for the disability ratings (see H.R. 2821)

———revise formula for payment of dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2817)

———third party reimbursement for disabled health care (see S. 573)

———transportation on military aircraft for certain totally disabled (see H.R. 2814)

Wilderness areas: prohibit entrance discrimination (H.R. 3485) (see H.R. 3485)

Books

``Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,'' American Psychiatric Association (excerpt), 20572 [14SE]

Decisions

Alexander v. Choate: Supreme Court, 19808 [7SE]

Descriptions

Medicare reimbursement of seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (H.R. 2276), 8740 [9MY]

Documents

Rehabilitation Act (excerpt), 868 [25JA]

Letters

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Americans With Disabilities Act (sundry excerpts), 22733 [2OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: Competitive Telecommunications Association, 19809 [7SE]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, 8513 [9MY], 19869 [7SE]

———National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 19867 [7SE]

———National Organizations Responding to AIDS, 19870 [7SE]

———several religious organizations, 8514 [9MY], 19868 [7SE]

———sundry organizations, 19798 [7SE]

———U.S. Catholic Conference, 19800 [7SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care system retention of third party reimbursements: American Legion, 23086 [3OC]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 23086 [3OC]

———Senator Cranston, 23085 [3OC]

———Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 23086 [3OC]

Disqualifying illegal drug users as being defined as handicapped: Lauro F. Cavazos, Sec. of Education, 19874 [7SE]

Institutional care of mentally handicapped: Bernice McCord, 10362 [31MY]

———Doris Brown, 10362 [31MY]

———James W. Wengert, 10362 [31MY]

———Robert M. Hepburn, 10361 [31MY]

Military disabled dependent benefits, 7450 [25AP]

Rate of veterans' disability compensation: Thomas E. Harvey, 4581 [16MR]

Small Business Rehabilitation Relief Act: National Federation of Independent Business, 28709 [14NO]

———National Small Business United, 28709 [14NO]

———Small Business Legislative Council, 28709 [14NO]

———Wisconsin Grocers Association, Inc., 28709 [14NO]

———Wisconsin Independent Businesses, Inc., 28709 [14NO]

———Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, 28709 [14NO]

———Wisconsin Restaurant Association, 28709 [14NO]

Social Security income restrictions on handicapped: Rita Jolly, 15286 [19JY]

Tax credits for small businesses complying with requirements for public accommodations for the disabled: National Federation of Independent Business, 19841 [7SE]

Lists

Classifications from ``Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'', 20572 [14SE]

Major amendments to H.R. 7, pertaining to students with handicaps, 8623 [9MY]

Organizations supporting the Americans With Disabilities Act, 19799 [7SE]

Organizations supporting Social Security Disability Insurance Program reform, 866 [25JA]

Organizations supporting the inclusion of acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients into the Americans With Disabilities Act, 19867 [7SE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 23739 [6OC]

Illinois, 11818 [14JN], 11894 [15JN]

Maine, 5379 [4AP]

Pennsylvania, 268 [19JA], 14813, 14814 [17JY]

Vermont, 9526 [17MY]

Petitions

Lakewood, OH, 25616 [24OC]

National Association of the Physically Handicapped, 26645 [31OC]

Toledo, OH, City Council, 19783 [7SE], 19927 [7SE]

Remarks in House

American Printing House for the Blind: acquisition of educational materials for blind (H.R. 1627), 5326 [23MR]

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact, 28974 [15NO]

———enact (H.R. 2273), 8601 [9MY]

———enact (S. 933), 20096 [12SE], 22731-22734 [2OC]

Better Speech and Hearing Month: observance, 8103 [3MY]

Blind: rights and privileges of individuals dependent on service dogs or animals (H.R. 1729), 5800 [6AP]

Center for Computer Assistance to the Disabled: tribute, 2034 [9FE], 6064 [11AP]

Central Michigan University: awareness of handicapped individuals, 5297 [23MR]

Children: denial of SSI benefits to handicapped, 30061 [17NO]

Council Bluffs, IA: tribute to Children's Square, USA, 20409 [13SE]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 140), 2170 [9FE], 30315 [20NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: awards program for vocational rehabilitation efforts, 19682 [6SE]

Discrimination: prohibition (H.R. 2273), 8712, 8745 [9MY], 13271 [23JN], 15410 [20JY], 18221 [3AU], 18647 [3AU], 26893 [1NO], 29306 [16NO]

Eden Express Restaurant: employment of handicapped, 357 [24JA]

Education: Federal funding for special education (H. Con. Res. 85), 5488 [5AP], 5637 [5AP]

Education of the Handicapped Act: extension of services through 1992 (H.R. 1013), 2194 [9FE]

Elections: enlarged print voting aids and ballots available to visually impaired voters (H.R. 180), 131 [3JA]

Firefighters: lump-sum disability payment (H.R. 2870), 14374 [12JY], 14500 [12JY]

Georgia Childhood Autism Diagnostic and Educational Foundation: tribute, 6351 [12AP]

H. Gayle Shaffer Endowment Fund: established, 19453 [4AU]

Handicapped Adults Association: tribute, 24162 [11OC]

Housing: grants for certain charitable, local, and Indian organizations for home repairs for the elderly and disabled (H.R. 3497), 25304, 25326 [19OC]

———improved services for elderly and handicapped individuals (H.R. 2376), 9397 [16MY]

Houston, TX: tribute to special olympians, 7552 [26AP]

Insurance: coverage at group rates (H.R. 2308-2310), 8865 [10MY]

Kansas: observance of Poppy Month, 4017 [9MR]

Law enforcement officers: lump-sum disability payment (H.R. 2870), 14374, 14500 [12JY]

Libraries: services to handicapped and economically disadvantaged (H.R. 3170), 19468 [4AU]

March of Dimes: tribute, 5352 [3AP]

Marion County, IN: tribute to DAV Chapter 52, 11839 [14JN]

Medicaid: adopt and enforce adult guardianship laws (H.R. 372), 138 [3JA]

———freestanding day habilitation programs, 12621 [20JN]

Medicare: provisions for disabled individuals, 31109 [21NO]

———seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (H.R. 2276), 8740 [9MY]

Mental Health and Aging Act: enact (H.R. 46), 142 [3JA]

Mentally handicapped: improve services (H.R. 1635), 5306 [23MR]

———special housing program (H.R. 1634), 5306 [23MR]

Mildred and Claude Pepper Scholarship Program: establish, 12193 [15JN]

Mon-Yough Community Mental Health, Mental Retardation Service System: tribute, 19968 [11SE]

National Commission to Aid Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals: establish (H.R. 3236), 19689 [7SE], 19957 [7SE]

National Disability Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 269), 9443 [16MY]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (H.J. Res. 146), 24546 [13OC]

New York, NY: anniversary of the Pride of Judea Mental Health Center, 31804 [21NO]

OMB: hiring practices relative to disabled veterans, 7592 [27AP]

Pericle, Donald R.: Postal Service's Handicap Employee Award, 9596 [17MY]

Public Access to Captioned Television Act: enact (H.R. 2968), 15779 [21JY]

Recreation areas: prohibit entrance discrimination (H.R. 3485), 25159 [18OC]

Rochester Foundation for Persons With Brain/Head Injury, NY: tribute, 24659 [13OC]

Service organizations: funding, 14489 [12JY]

Small business: tax credit for handicap accessibility (H.R. 3652), 28944 [14NO]

Social Security: annual report to reflect future income and disbursements from old age and disability trust funds (H.R. 1747), 5906 [10AP]

———assure individualized assessments of disabled or blind children (H.R. 868), 2208 [9FE], 2574 [22FE]

———child insurance benefits of a disabled individual relative to marriage to an individual receiving SSI benefits (H.R. 2080), 7403 [25AP]

———income requirements for benefits relative to severely disabled children (H.R. 1525), 5091 [21MR]

———work incentives relative to disability benefits, 21554 [26SE]

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (H.R. 8), 123 [3JA], 24748 [16OC]

Special Olympics: authorizing the 1989 torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds (H. Con. Res. 71), 7732 [2MY]

SSI: receipt of certain contributions relative to benefit eligibility (H.R. 71), 164 [3JA]

Taxation: deductions for making homes accessible to the handicapped (H.R. 152), 167 [3JA]

Telecommunications: system for hearing- and speech-impaired individuals to access 911 emergency service (H.R. 1690), 5652 [5AP]

Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2088), 14058-14060 [11JY], 24034-24037 [11OC]

T&M Ranch, FL: tribute to Angels of the World Program, 30059 [17NO]

Transportation: court ruling on bus facilities, 2228 [21FE]

Union County, NJ: anniversary of the Association for Retarded Citizens, 7088 [19AP], 7584 [26AP]

Veterans: assistive animals to quadriplegic and hearing-impaired (H.R. 2044), 7083 [19AP]

———disability compensation (H.R. 1335), 22656-22663 [2OC], 23118 [3OC]

———health care, 2822 [28FE]

———OMB hiring practices relative to disabled, 7592 [27AP]

———revise disabled dependent benefits, 7450 [25AP]

WalkAmerica: tribute to March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 5289 [23MR]

Woonsocket, RI: tribute to officers of St. Germain Manor, 27815 [7NO]

Wyoming Valley Children's Association: tribute, 7631 [27AP]

Remarks in Senate

Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act: enact (S. 341), 1545 [2FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: clarification of drug abuse amendments to S. 933, 20636 [15SE]

———enact (S. 933), 8505-8520 [9MY], 8998 [11MY], 17525, 17559 [1AU], 19576 [6SE], 19791-19813, 19823, 19863-19903 [7SE], 20088 [12SE], 20571-20574 [14SE], 21741 [26SE], 22445 [28SE], 29822 [17NO]

———enact (S. 933), order to print, 24707 [16OC]

———executive departments to educate public about requirements of the legislation, 19877-19879 [7SE]

———inclusion of acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients, 19866-19871 [7SE]

Children: tribute to service organizations benefiting disabled, 11742 [14JN]

Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1454), 17501 [1AU], 21742 [26SE]

Coalition for Children With Special Needs: tribute, 2134 [9FE]

Communications: availability of services (S. 1452), 17497 [1AU]

Congress: include as a beneficiary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, 19879-19881 [7SE]

Courts: judicial determination of alleged discrimination on the basis of disability, 19850 [7SE]

Deaf: interpreters for hearing-impaired staff of Senate, 19630 [6SE]

———treatment in society, 8803 [10MY]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 227), 29412 [16NO]

District of Columbia: International Very Special Arts Festival, 11539 [13JN]

Drug abuse: exclude individuals who are users of illegal drugs from being qualified as disabled, 19873-19877, 19883 [7SE]

Education: permit action against a State relative to denial of free public education (S. 1431), 16916 [31JY]

———assistance to students with special needs, 21344 [21SE]

Education of the Handicapped Act: reauthorize (S. 1824), 26670-26672 [31OC], 29439, 29448 [16NO], 29833 [17NO]

Housing: funding for elderly and handicapped, 20862 [19SE]

Library Services Improvement Act: enact (S. 1257), 13407 [23JN]

Medicare: incentives for handicapped individuals to work (S. 320), 1300 [31JA]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, 23042 [3OC], 25932 [25OC]

Minneapolis, MN: tribute to Society for the Blind, 3990 [9MR]

National Disability Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 134), 9280 [16MY]

———observance, 23937 [7OC]

National Siblings of Disabled Persons Day: designate (S.J. Res. 176), 14203 [11JY]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (S.J. Res. 105), 7009 [18AP]

New York: anniversary of workers compensation law, 22173 [27SE]

Prosthetic and orthotic devices: develop advanced technology (S. 1419), 16676 [27JY]

Rochester Institute of Technology: tribute to National Technical Institute for the Deaf, 1333 [31JA]

Senate: closed caption broadcasting of floor proceedings, 1858 [7FE]

———closed caption broadcasting of floor proceedings (S. Res. 13), 1076 [25JA], 11741 [14JN], 12730 [21JN], 13330, 13464, 13472 [23JN]

Sexual and psychological disorders: exclude certain from the definition of the term disability, 19884 [7SE]

Small business: private investment in businesses owned by disadvantaged persons (S. 1525), 18425 [3AU]

———tax credit for complying with requirements for public accommodations for the disabled, 19835-19848, 19886 [7SE]

Small Business Rehabilitation Relief Act: enact (S. 1876), 28707 [14NO]

Social Security: benefits to severely disabled children (S. 1070), 9894 [18MY]

———home health services eligibility and occupational therapy (S. 997), 9249 [16MY]

Social Security Disabled Widow's and Widower's Equity Act: enact (S. 1872), 28398 [13NO]

Special Olympics: authorizing the 1989 torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds (H. Con. Res. 71), 8805 [10MY]

SSI: benefit eligibility requirements for disabled children (S. 1718), 22989 [3OC]

———benefit eligibility requirements for disabled children (S. 1721), 22990 [3OC]

St. Paul, MN: specialized schools funding, 21344 [21SE]

Taxation: exemption of trusts established to provide for a disabled dependent (S. 1905), 29757 [17NO]

Transportation: accessibility of over-the-road buses, 19855-19857 [7SE]

———court decision in Adapt v. Dept. of Transportation, 6054 [11AP]

Veterans: authorizing additional medical services for persons with service-connected disabilities (S. 336), 1535 [2FE]

———disability compensation (H.R. 1335), legislation cleared by Democratic side, 28173 [9NO]

———disability compensation (S. 563), 3975 [9MR]

———eligibility requirements relative to care for a nonservice-connected disability at a Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospital (S. 328), 1518 [2FE]

———improve mental health care (S. 86), 698 [25JA]

———increase disability and dependency and indemnity compensations and certain other benefits (S. 13), 386, 518-531 [25JA], 15935 [24JY], 23044, 23067, 23087-23091 [3OC]

———third party reimbursement for disabled health care (S. 573), 4330 [15MR]

Vietnam Veterans Outreach Centers: tribute, 31729 [11DE]

Wilderness areas: discrimination on the basis of disability, 19833 [7SE]

Zaslavski, Ilya: visit to U.S., 19798 [7SE]

Reports

Americans With Disabilities Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (excerpt), 20572 [14SE]

Improvements Needed in Processing Veterans Disability Claims: GAO, 15936 [24JY]

Special Education: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 5637 [5AP]

Reports filed

Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 341) (S. Rept. 101-45), 11507 [13JN]

Americans With Disabilities Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 933) (S. Rept. 101-116), 19612 [6SE]

Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1454), 20626 [15SE]

Closed Caption Broadcasting of Floor Proceedings for Hearing-Impaired Individuals: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Res. 13) (S. Rept. 101-54), 12249 [16JN]

Drug Abuse Classification as Impairments: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3311) (H. Rept. 101-375), 30032 [17NO]

Education of the Handicapped Act Reauthorization: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1824) (S. Rept. 101-204), 29189 [15NO]

National Disability Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 134), 13058 [22JN]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 105), 11350 [8JN]

Revise and Extend the Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2088) (H. Rept. 101-114), 13621 [27JN]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (H.R. 2088), 20626 [15SE]

Veterans Disability Compensation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1335) (H. Rept. 101-262), 22068 [27SE]

Statements

Americans With Disabilities Act: I. King Jordan, 19802 [7SE]

———President Bush, 19802 [7SE]

———Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, 19802 [7SE]

———Senator Hatch, 19056, 19576 [6SE]

———Sylvia Piper, 19803 [7SE]

Special Education: Harrison A. Williams, Jr., 5637 [5AP]

Telecommunications Services for Hearing and Speech Impaired Individuals: Senator McCain, 17498 [1AU]

Summaries

SSI Disabled and Blind Children Act (H.R. 868), 2811 [27FE]

Work Incentives Relative to Social Security Disability Benefits (H.R. 8), 21555 [26SE]

Surveys

Americans With Disabilities Act: National Council on Disabilities, 19801 [7SE]

Tables

Funding for development and reform of mental health services, 145 [3JA]

Testimonies

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

Americans With Disabilities Act: Judith Heumann, 19808 [7SE]

———Perry Tillman, 19804 [7SE]

———Robert Burgdorf, Jr., 19802 [7SE]

———Timothy Cook, 19802 [7SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 71, authorizing the Special Olympics torch relay to run through the Capitol Grounds, 7733 [2MY]

H. Con. Res. 85, Federal funding for special education, 5637 [5AP]

H.J. Res. 140, Deaf Awareness Week, 2170 [9FE], 30316 [20NO]

H.R. 372, Guardianship Rights and Responsibilities Act, 139, 140 [3JA]

H.R. 1013, Education of the Handicapped Act extension of services through 1992, 2195 [9FE]

H.R. 1335, veterans disability compensation, 22657, 22658 [2OC]

H.R. 2088, revise and extend programs of Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act, 14058 [11JY], 24035 [11OC]

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. 200, improve Social Security disability determination reviews, 869-871 [25JA]

S. 320, incentives for handicapped individuals to work, 1301 [31JA]

S. 328, eligibility requirements relative to care for a nonservice-connected disability at a Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospital, 1518 [2FE]

S. 336, authorizing additional medical services for veterans with service-connected disabilities, 1536 [2FE]

S. 341, Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act, 1546 [2FE]

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

S. 573, third party reimbursement for disabled veterans' health care, 4331 [15MR]

S. 655, SSI Reform Act, 4866 [17MR]

S. 933, Americans With Disabilities Act, 8509-8513 [9MY], 19791-19797 [7SE], 19823-19831 [12SE]

S. 997, Social Security home health services eligibility and occupational therapy, 9249 [16MY]

S. 1070, Social Security benefits to severely disabled children, 9895 [18MY]

S. 1257, Library Services Improvement Act, 13407-13409 [23JN]

S. 1358, Social Security Work Incentives Act, 15282-15284 [19JY]

S. 1452, availability of communications services, 17498 [1AU]

S. 1454, Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act, 17501 [1AU]

S. 1525, private investment in businesses owned by disadvantaged persons, 18425 [3AU]

S. 1824, reauthorizing Education of the Handicapped Act, 29439-29448 [16NO]

S. 1876, Small Business Rehabilitation Relief Act, 28708 [14NO]

S. Res. 13, implement closed caption broadcasting of Senate floor proceedings for hearing-impaired individuals, 1076 [25JA], 12730 [21JN]

S.J. Res. 105, National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled, 7010 [18AP], 11440 [9JN]

S.J. Res. 134, National Disability Awareness Week, 9280 [16MY], 13029 [22JN]

S.J. Res. 227, Deaf Awareness Week, 29412 [16NO]