DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS related term(s) Veterans

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5178 [11JY], H5183 [14JY], H5273, H5277, H5297, H5298 [15JY], H5309, H5310, H5318, H5319, H5322, H5336, H5339, H5343, H5345, H5362, H5404 [16JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1034), S7804, S7825, S7826, S7827, S7828, S7830, S7834, S7841, S7843, S7844, S7845, S7870, S7871, S7872 [22JY]

Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program: make permanent (S. 714), S11791 [5NO], S12488 [10NO]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), S5922, S5936 [18JN], S12488 [10NO], H9837 [31OC]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 2367), H9835 [31OC]

Analyses

Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Extension (S. 1027), S7711 [17JY]

Provide for a Staggered Judicial Retirement Option for the Court of Veterans Appeals To Avoid Large Case Backlogs and Rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (S. 988), S6914-S6916 [7JY]

Veterans' Housing Loan Improvements Act (S. 986), S6909 [7JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S7857 [22JY], H6725 [3SE]

Articles and editorials

Civics 101—Making a Difference, E539 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery: designate (see S. 319; H.R. 740), S1300 [12FE], H523 [12FE]

Armed Forces: improve access to treatment facilities, provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1456), H1891 [24AP]

———permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retired members and their dependents (see H.R. 2128), H5021 [9JY]

———treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (see S. 1359; H.R. 2550), S11677 [4NO], H7910 [25SE]

Benefits: extend to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see S. 1018), S7486 [15JY]

Brookhaven, NY: establish Dept. of Veterans Affairs ambulatory care facility (see H.R. 56), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

Cemeteries and funerals: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 2504), H7599 [18SE]

Civil rights: improve procedures for resolving claims of employment discrimination (see S. 801; H.R. 1703), S5108 [23MY], H3201 [22MY]

Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance: eliminate the requirement that members be allocated to separate programs (see H.R. 469), H243 [21JA]

Commission on the Future for America's Veterans: establish (see H.R. 335), H150 [9JA]

Court of Veterans Appeals: provide for a staggered judicial retirement option to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see S. 988), S6907 [7JY]

———rename as Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 1089), H1110 [18MR]

Dept. of HUD: include VA loan recipients under requirement for notification of housing counseling (see H.R. 895), H701 [27FE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1034; H.R. 2158), S7710 [17JY], H5177 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), consideration (see H. Res. 184), H5183 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 261), H8632 [7OC]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs (see H.R. 301), H149 [9JA]

———coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H151 [9JA]

———provide information relative to prostate cancer screening and drug treatments and expand research programs (see S. 902), S5620 [12JN], S5694 [16JN]

Financial institutions: prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal of direct deposited veterans benefits (see H.R. 2457), H7261 [11SE]

Health: determination of service connection for certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see S. 1320), S11192 [24OC]

———develop plan for allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1077), H1018 [13MR]

———funding for medical care programs (see H.R. 1156), H1258 [20MR]

———improve allocation of health care resources (see H.R. 1580), H2589 [13MY]

Health care facilities: authorize medical centers to retain funds collected for the provision of health services (see H.R. 1125), H1186 [19MR]

———authorize medical facility projects and leases (see H.R. 2571), H8160 [29SE]

———prohibit the collection of parking fees at medical facilities shared with the Dept. of Defense (see S. 309), S1300 [12FE]

Homeless: improve veterans programs (see H.R. 2206), H5569 [22JY]

Housing: guarantee loans to provide multifamily transitional housing for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3039), H10953 [13NO]

———offer loan guaranteed by an adjustable rate mortgage (see H.R. 1007), H887 [11MR]

———revise process by which State housing construction grants are administered (see H.R. 1291), H1438 [10AP]

Immigration: exempt certain aliens from the requirement that they work only in areas designated as having a shortage of health care professionals (see S. 970), S6496 [26JN]

Medicaid: equitable treatment of certain benefits received by veterans in State and privately owned nursing homes (see S. 502), S2646 [20MR]

———post-eligibility treatment of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation payments (see H.R. 1269), H1437 [10AP]

Medicare: reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H1703 [17AP]

Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program: extend (see S. 1027), S7710 [17JY]

———make permanent (see S. 714; H.R. 2317), S4106 [7MY], H6703 [31JY]

Parren J. Mitchell Veterans Medical Center, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 3051), H10954 [13NO]

States: assign health care professionals to facilities in States in which they are licensed and follow State death certificate filing requirements (see H.R. 2338), H6704 [31JY]

Taxation: treatment of certain disabled veterans relative to special separation benefits program (see S. 1247), S10293 [1OC]

Veterans: authorize financial assistance for legal representation in Court of Veterans Appeals proceedings (see H.R. 1008), H887 [11MR]

———benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see S. 623; H.R. 836), S3419 [22AP], H668 [26FE]

———computation of retirement pay credit for military reservists who are retained in active service (see H.R. 542), H283 [4FE]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126, 2062), H1186 [19MR], H4646 [25JN]

———eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (see S. 374; H.R. 2397), S1734 [27FE], H6916 [4SE]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see S. 1385), S11863 [6NO]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see S. 917, 923; H.R. 1908, 1955, 1990), S5790 [17JN], H3864 [17JN], H3923 [18JN], H4086 [19JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits (see H.R. 2040), H4645 [25JN]

———expand workstudy opportunities (see H.R. 1877), H3796 [12JN]

———extend benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 2946), H10419 [8NO]

———extend dependency and indemnity compensation benefits to surviving spouses whose subsequent marriages have terminated (see H.R. 2142), H5131 [10JY]

———extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (see H.R. 1092), H1111 [18MR]

———extend the duration of the pilot program providing for interest buy down authority (see H.R. 1064), H1017 [13MR]

———improve housing loan programs (see S. 986), S6907 [7JY]

———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma (see H.R. 2253), H5777 [24JY]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see S. 987; H.R. 2367), S6907 [7JY], H6705 [31JY]

———limit attorneys' fees in awards of past-due benefits (see H.R. 2572), H8160 [29SE]

———minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried (see H.R. 38), H140 [9JA]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H68 [7JA]

———payment of special annuities to surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces who are ineligible for a survivor annuity under transition laws (see S. 350), S1553 [25FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 657; H.R. 44, 65, 303), S3727 [25AP], H68, H69 [7JA], H140, H141, H149 [9JA]

———presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities relative to exposure to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 1540), H2254 [6MY]

———presumption of total disability for certain individuals relative to nonservice-connected disability pension program (see S. 1017), S7486 [15JY]

———priority health care to individuals who served in Israel or Turkey during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 250), H147 [9JA]

———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 2004, 2220), H4132 [20JN], H5569 [22JY]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H144 [9JA]

———restoration of the grave marker allowance (see H.R. 1602), H2679 [14MY]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see S. 464; H.R. 1090), S2416 [18MR], H1110 [18MR]

———treatment of cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 1399, 1426), H1706 [17AP], H1794 [23AP]

Veterans Health Administration: provide that special pay paid to certain physicians and dentists be considered basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1687), H3169 [21MY]

———recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists (see S. 161), S162 [21JA]

Women: specify the frequency of screening mammograms provided to women veterans (see S. 999), S7116 [9JY]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S160 [21JA]

———provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2585), H8265 [30SE]

Conference reports

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2158), H8323-H8361 [6OC]

Letters

Budget adjustments to H.R. 2158, Dept. of HUD, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations: Representative Kasich, Committee on the Budget (House), H8570 [7OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care programs: David W. Gorman, DAV, S7144 [10JY]

———George C. Duggins, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., S7144 [10JY]

———Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, S7144 [10JY]

Extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S7487 [15JY]

Medical Collections Fund: Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, H5311 [16JY]

Presumption of total disability for certain individuals relative to nonservice-connected disability pension program: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S7486 [15JY]

Provide for a Staggered Judicial Retirement Option for the Court of Veterans Appeals To Avoid Large Case Backlogs and Rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Frank Q. Nebeker, Court of Veterans Appeals, S6916 [7JY]

Repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving veterans' spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset, H3572 [6JN]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Benefit Programs Improvement Act: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S6911 [7JY]

Veterans health care programs funding: Michael A. Nelson, Retired Officers Association, H4617 [25JN]

Veterans' Housing Loan Improvements Act: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S6910 [7JY]

Lists

Extraneous items added to emergency supplemental appropriations legislation, S5470 [10JN]

Objectionable programs in S. 1034, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S7810 [22JY]

Objectionable provisions in H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S10749, S10750 [9OC]

Messages

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: President Clinton, S11598 [3NO]

Motions

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5369 [16JY], H6724 [3SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1034), S7841 [22JY]

Remarks in House

Arlington National Cemetery: maintenance funding, H5261 [15JY]

Armed Forces: grant health benefits for life upon retirement, E1308 [24JN]

———treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (H.R. 2550), E1856 [25SE]

Brevard County, FL: veterans health care facility funding, H8684 [8OC]

Brown, Thomas R.: VA Olin E. Teague Award recipient, H8810 [9OC], E1936 [6OC]

Civil rights: improve procedures for resolving claims of employment discrimination (H.R. 1703), H8369-H8373 [6OC], E1028 [22MY], E2011 [9OC]

Colleges and universities: prohibit funding to institutions barring ROTC or military recruiters access to students, H5345 [16JY]

———tribute to internship program for Hispanic Americans at VA health care facilities, E2088 [24OC]

Dept. of HUD: include VA loan recipients under requirement for notification of housing counseling, H2192 [6MY]

———include VA loan recipients under requirement for notification of housing counseling (H.R. 895), E353 [27FE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5096 [10JY], H5181 [14JY], H5251-H5266, H5272-H5290 [15JY], H5309-H5371 [16JY], E1457, E1458 [17JY], E1512 [24JY], E1522 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, H8669-H8686 [8OC], E1996 [9OC], E2037 [21OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), consideration (H. Res. 184), H5247-H5251 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 261), H8666-H8669 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), motion to instruct conferees, H6724, H6725 [3SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), motion to recommit, H5369 [16JY]

Employment: tribute to Chapter 31 Program for vocational rehabilitation in assisting service-disabled veterans find and maintain employment, H3921 [18JN]

Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag at Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers, H4210 [23JN]

Funding, H5607 [23JY], H6336 [30JY]

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS: construction funding, H5363 [16JY]

Government regulations: debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws, H5261 [15JY]

Health: announcement of toll-free telephone number to assist Persian Gulf veterans relative to health care examinations, H931 [12MR]

———Dept. of Defense/Dept. of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Medical Research Program funding, H5939, H5940 [29JY]

———develop plan for allocation of health care resources (H.R. 1077), E483 [17MR]

———improve allocation of health care resources (H.R. 1580), E915 [14MY]

———medical, prosthetic, and Gulf War Syndrome research funding, H5277-H5290 [15JY]

Health care facilities: authorize medical facility projects and leases (H.R. 2571), H8368 [6OC]

Homeless: improve veterans programs (H.R. 2206), H6966 [8SE], H8271 [1OC], H8362-H8368, H8397 [6OC]

Housing: revise process by which State housing construction grants are administered (H.R. 1291), E627 [10AP]

Medicaid: post-eligibility treatment of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation payments (H.R. 1269), H1393 [10AP]

Medical Collections Fund: establish, H5310-H5313 [16JY]

Medicare: reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (H.R. 1362), H8668 [8OC], E697 [17AP]

National cemeteries: construction funding, H5309 [16JY]

Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program: make permanent (H.R. 2317), E2380 [13NO]

Pittsburgh, PA: University Drive VA Medical Center funding, H8683 [8OC]

Sexual harassment: investigation of allegations, H1585 [16AP]

Somerset, MA: anniversary of AMVETS Louis A. Colon Post 72, E1947 [7OC]

Travis AFB, CA: Travis VA Hospital funding, H8683 [8OC]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (H.R. 836), H781 [6MR], H3151 [21MY], H3830 [17JN], H4312 [24JN], E317 [26FE]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits, H4156 [23JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (H.R. 1955), H3894 [18JN], H3931 [19JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), H9837-H9839 [31OC], E1410 [11JY]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits, H4155 [23JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits (H.R. 2040), E1410 [11JY]

———expand workstudy opportunities (H.R. 1877), E1249 [18JN]

———extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System (H.R. 1092), H1568-H1571 [16AP]

———health care programs funding, H4573, H4616 [25JN], H5273-H5277 [15JY], H5366, H5367 [16JY], E1614 [1AU]

———improve health care to individuals who served during the Persian Gulf Conflict, H8365, H8366 [6OC]

———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma (H.R. 2253), E1517 [24JY]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 2367), H9835-H9837 [31OC], E2212 [7NO]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation, H9608 [28OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 303), E1274 [19JN]

———priority health care to individuals who served during the Persian Gulf Conflict, H713 [4MR], H4161-H4166 [23JN], H4894 [8JY]

———priority health care to individuals who served in Israel or Turkey during the Persian Gulf Conflict (H.R. 250), E3 [7JA]

———reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses (H.R. 2220), E1476 [22JY], E1507 [24JY]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (H.R. 165), H79 [9JA], H3571 [6JN]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (H.R. 1090), H1566-H1568 [16AP], E738 [24AP]

———treatment of cold weather injuries received during military operations (H.R. 1399), E701 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery: designate (S. 319), S1316 [12FE]

Armed Forces: grant health benefits for life upon retirement, S6965, S6980 [8JY]

———treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (S. 1359), S11678 [4NO]

Bedford, VA: dedication of National D-Day Memorial, S12660 [13NO]

Benefits: extend to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (S. 1018), S7486 [15JY]

California: funding for VA hospitals and clinics in Northern California, S10747 [9OC]

Court of Veterans Appeals: provide for a staggered judicial retirement option to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (S. 988), S6912 [7JY]

Dept. of Defense: Cooperative Research Program funding, S7273 [11JY]

———transfer of funds to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for veterans' health care programs, S6964 [8JY], S7144-S7145, S7160-S7163, S7182 [10JY]

———uniformed services treatment facilities reform, S6961 [8JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD: administration of EPA State and tribal assistance grant accounts, S3993 [6MY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), S7856, S7857 [22JY], S7970, S7972 [23JY], S8106 [24JY], S10267 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, S10733-S10751 [9OC], S12519 [13NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10733 [9OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2158), insert language of S. 1034 in lieu, S7856 [22JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1034), S7752-S7763, S7765 [21JY], S7803-S7812, S7823-S7857 [22JY]

Diseases: additions to list of radiogenic diseases, S7828-S7830 [22JY]

———provide information relative to prostate cancer screening and drug treatments and expand research programs (S. 902), S5620 [12JN]

Diversified Intergenerational Care, Inc.: tribute, S2218 [12MR]

Donnelly, Michael: testimony before Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) Subcommittee on Human Resources relative to Persian Gulf Conflict, S3758 [28AP]

Funding, S7827 [22JY], S8106 [24JY]

Health: determination of service connection for certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict (S. 1320), S11200-S11205 [24OC]

———establishment of breast cancer detection programs, S12494 [10NO]

Health care facilities: medical facility projects funding, S12494 [10NO]

———prohibit the collection of parking fees at medical facilities shared with the Dept. of Defense (S. 309), S1309 [12FE]

Health care professionals: waiver of home residency requirement for certain VA hospital doctors, S7843 [22JY]

Health Professional Scholarship Program: funding, S12494 [10NO]

Income: prohibit locality pay increases for employees transferred for committing sexual harassment, S7844 [22JY]

Lyons, NJ: VA Medical Center funding, S7846 [22JY]

Medicaid: equitable treatment of certain benefits received by veterans in State and privately owned nursing homes (S. 502), S2674 [20MR]

National cemetery: funding for cemetery at Fort Sill in Lawton, OK, S12519 [13NO]

Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program: extend (S. 1027), S7710 [17JY]

———make permanent (S. 714), S4114 [7MY], S11790 [5NO], S12488-S12495 [10NO]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S11792 [5NO]

Sioux Falls, SD: tribute to VA Medical and Regional Office Center on receiving the DAV Large Employer of the Year Award, S7618 [16JY]

Spina bifida: clarify eligibility for benefits to children of Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, S12494 [10NO]

Taxation: treatment of certain disabled veterans relative to special separation benefits program (S. 1247), S10295 [1OC]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (S. 623), S3424 [22AP]

———eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (S. 374), S1747 [27FE]

———establishment of employment discrimination complaint system, S12494 [10NO]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (S. 1385), S11869 [6NO]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 917), S5792 [17JN]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), S5810 [17JN], S5921-S5924 [18JN], S12488 [10NO]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of burial benefits, S6886 [7JY]

———funding for health care programs, S4993 [22MY]

———improve health care to individuals who served during the Persian Gulf Conflict, S11808 [6NO]

———improve housing loan programs (S. 986), S6908 [7JY]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 2367), S11790 [5NO]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (S. 987), S6910 [7JY]

———participation of mortgage industry in interest rate reduction refinancing loan program, S8737 [3SE]

———payment of special annuities to surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces who are ineligible for a survivor annuity under transition laws (S. 350), S1557 [25FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (S. 657), S3731, S3732 [25AP]

———presumption of total disability for certain individuals relative to nonservice-connected disability pension program (S. 1017), S7486 [15JY]

———priority health care to individuals who served during the Persian Gulf Conflict, S7049, S7050 [9JY], S7253 [11JY], S7447 [15JY]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (H.R. 1090), S12487 [10NO]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (S. 464), S2441 [18MR]

Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System and Veterans Integrated Services Network: allocation of resources, S7834-S7836 [22JY]

Veterans Health Administration: recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists (S. 161), S543 [21JA]

West Haven, CT: tribute to Diversified Intergenerational Care, Inc., S2001 [5MR]

Women: specify the frequency of screening mammograms provided to women veterans (S. 999), S7117 [9JY]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (S. 61), S437 [21JA]

Reports

Impact of the President's Fiscal Year 1998 Budget Request for a $28 Million Cut in VA Research, H5281 [15JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 261) (H. Rept. 105-311), H8632 [7OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Resolution and Adjudication Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1703) (H. Rept. 105-292), H8319 [2OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Entrance Into Enhanced-Use Leases for Certain Property and Renaming of Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1092) (H. Rept. 105-47), H1390 [9AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Projects and Leases Authorizations: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2571) (H. Rept. 105-291), H8319 [2OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2158) (H. Rept. 105-297), H8437 [6OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2158) (H. Rept. 105-175), H5177 [11JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1034) (S. Rept. 105-53), S7708 [17JY]

Expand Range of Criminal Offenses Resulting in Forfeiture of Veterans Benefits: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (S. 923) (H. Rept. 105-319), H8832 [9OC]

Increase Service-Connected Disability Benefits for Veterans and Survivors: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2367) (H. Rept. 105-320), H8832 [9OC]

Make the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Permanent: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 714) (S. Rept. 105-123), S11446 [30OC]

Medicare Reimbursement for Services Provided to Eligible Veterans by Certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs Facilities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1362) (H. Rept. 105-186), H5400 [16JY]

Nomination of Espiridion A. Borrego To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Joseph Thompson To Be Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Benefits: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Richard J. Griffin To Be Dept. of Veterans Affairs Inspector General: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Revision of Veterans Benefits Decisions Based on Clear and Unmistakable Error: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1090) (H. Rept. 105-52), H1456 [14AP]

Revisions of Veterans Benefits Decisions Based on Clear and Unmistakable Error: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 464) (S. Rept. 105-156), S12574 [13NO]

Specify the Frequency of Screening Mammograms Provided To Women Veterans: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 999) (S. Rept. 105-158), S12574 [13NO]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Benefit Programs Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 987) (S. Rept. 105-120), S11446 [30OC]

Veterans' Housing Loan Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 986) (S. Rept. 105-153), S12461 [10NO]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5343, H5347, H5348, H5363 [16JY]

Schedules

National D-Day Memorial dedication, S12661 [13NO]

Statements

Castle Point VA Medical Facility: Joseph R. Farina, Catholic War Veterans (organization), E1672 [5SE]

National D-Day Memorial Dedication: George Allen, Governor of Virginia, S12661 [13NO]

———Robert A. Doughty, S12661 [13NO]

———William A. McIntosh, S12661 [13NO]

Persian Gulf Conflict: Michael Donnelly, S3758 [28AP]

Tables

Adjustments to H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H5182 [14JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S10742 [9OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5253-H5257 [15JY], H8671-H8675 [8OC]

Spending comparisons of S. 1034, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S7855 [22JY]

Testimonies

Forfeiture of Benefits to Veterans Convicted of Capital Crimes: Rick Surratt, DAV, E1410 [11JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 184, consideration of H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H5247 [15JY]

H. Res. 261, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H8666 [8OC]

H.R., 2571, Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facility projects and leases, H8368 [6OC]

H.R. 836, Filipino Veterans Equity Act, E317 [26FE]

H.R. 1077, development of plan for allocation of health care resources, E483 [17MR]

H.R. 1090, revisions of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error, H1566 [16AP]

H.R. 1092, Dept. of Veterans Affairs authority to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain property and rename Court of Veterans Appeals and National Cemetery System, H1568-H1570 [16AP]

H.R. 1580, improve allocation of health care resources for veterans, E916 [14MY]

H.R. 1703, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Resolution and Adjudication Act, H8369 [6OC]

H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S7973-S7983 [23JY]

H.R. 2367, increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors, H9835 [31OC]

S. 161, recruitment and retention of clinical and counseling psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration, S544 [21JA]

S. 319, Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, S1317 [12FE]

S. 374, eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart, S1747 [27FE]

S. 623, Filipino Veterans Equity Act, S3424 [22AP]

S. 657, Military Retirement Equity Act, S3731 [25AP]

S. 714, make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, S4114 [7MY]

S. 902, Prostate Testing Full Information Act, S5621 [12JN]

S. 917, National Cemeteries Sanctity Act, S5792 [17JN]

S. 923, expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of veterans benefits, H9837 [31OC]

S. 923, expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of veterans' benefits, S5924 [18JN]

S. 986, Veterans' Housing Loan Improvements Act, S6908 [7JY]

S. 987, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Benefit Programs Improvement Act, S6910 [7JY]

S. 988, provide for a staggered judicial retirement option for the Court of Veterans Appeals to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, S6912-S6914 [7JY]

S. 1017, presumption of total disability for certain individuals relative to nonservice-connected disability pension program, S7486 [15JY]

S. 1018, extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, S7487 [15JY]

S. 1027, Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program extension, S7711 [17JY]

S. 1320, Persian Gulf War Veterans Act, S11201-S11204 [24OC]

S. 1385, Justice for Atomic Veterans Act, S11871 [6NO]

Tributes

Brown, Jesse, E1580 [1AU]

Gober, Hershel, E2357 [13NO]