DISABLED related term(s) Americans With Disabilities Act

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (H.R. 4850), S10483, S10516 [12OC], H9911 [17OC]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (S. 311), S6352, S6397, S6398 [10JY]

Immigration: waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants (S. 2812), S10843 [19OC]

Articles and editorials

Cost Squeeze in Child Care—Families Wonder Where the Aid Is, S6652 [13JY]

Employers With Labor Shortages Should Look to Vocational Rehabilitation, E1432, E1434, E1435 [7SE]

Foster-Child Advocates Gain Allies in Injury Lawyers—States Face the Dual Threat of Class Actions and Huge Individual Damage Awards, S11301 [28OC]

Stroke Therapy's New Push—Aggressive Doctors Go Deep Into the Brain, E1900 [25OC]

Bills and resolutions

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H253 [8FE]

———require that before filing a civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility, an opportunity is allowed for alleged violations to be corrected (see S. 3122), S9381 [27SE]

Armed Forces: authorize the use of military recreational facilities by any veteran with a compensable service-connected disability (see H.R. 5351), H8617 [2OC]

———permit certain retired members who were awarded a Purple Heart and have a service-connected disability to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and preserve benefits for surviving spouses (see H.R. 4909), H6717 [20JY]

Burgess, Ernest M.: tribute (see S. Res. 278), S1815 [28MR] (see S. Res. 363), S9466 [28SE]

Business and industry: include expansion of business development by disabled individuals among the public policy goals of State and local development companies (see H.R. 4983), H7128 [26JY]

———require employers to notify parents or guardians of employees under 18 or handicapped that an individual with a criminal record of violence is working at the same facility (see H.R. 4305), H2338 [13AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (see H. Con. Res. 280), H997 [14MR]

Crime: facilitate the gathering of criminal background information on employees and volunteers for providers of care to children, the elderly, and disabled individuals (see S. 3220), S10801 [19OC] (see S. 3252), S11252 [27OC]

Dept. of Defense: eligibility for special compensation benefits for certain severely disabled military retirees (see H.R. 4832), H5955 [12JY]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to develop technologies to eliminate functional barriers to full independence for disabled individuals (see S. 3211), S10619 [17OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H631 [1MR]

———establish presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities of veterans who were exposed to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 3651), H373 [14FE] (see H.R. 4522), H3649 [23MY]

———establish presumption of service connection for cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 4760), H5169 [26JN]

———protect ratings of service-connection for certain presumptive disabilities of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans participating in health studies (see H.R. 5167), H7577 [13SE]

———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (see H.R. 4850), H6051 [13JY]

———revise effective date for award of disability compensation for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation (see H.R. 5474), H10036 [17OC]

———revise system for payment of accrued benefits in cases involving the death of a veteran with a pending claim for an increase in service-connected disability rating (see H.R. 4785), H5654 [29JN]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 135), S8501 [13SE] (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4035 [7JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see S. 2031), S328 [3FE] (see H.R. 3540), H49 [27JA]

Federal employees: disability annuities for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and the Capitol Police (see H.R. 5590), H11445 [27OC]

Health: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (see H.R. 4920), H6776 [24JY]

———improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (S. 1809), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 133), S7841 [27JY]

Housing: establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (see H.R. 4664), H4484 [14JN]

———preserve assisted housing for low-income elderly persons, disabled persons, and certain families (see S. 2733), S5240 [15JN]

Immigration: waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants (see S. 2812), S6120 [29JN] (see H.R. 4838), H5955 [12JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior (see S. 2517), S3612 [8MY] (see H.R. 4127), H1588 [29MR]

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 2341), S2106 (see S. 2355), S2107 [4AP] (see H.R. 3545), H49 [27JA] (see H.R. 4055), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4090), H1405 [23MR] (see H.R. 4240), H2122 [11AP] (see H.R. 5180), H7651 [14SE]

———use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 5096), H7209 [27JY]

Medicaid: implement regulations clarifying allowable costs for school-based health services provided to children with disabilities (see S. 3088), S8941 [21SE] (see H.R. 5248), H7990 [21SE]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S1596 [22MR] (see H.R. 4825), H5954 [12JY]

Medicare: coverage of augmentative communication devices (see H.R. 4479), H3308 [17MY]

———coverage of Lyme disease vaccinations (see H.R. 5050), H7208 [27JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and enhanced preventative benefits (see S. 2541), S3832 [10MY] (see S. 2753), S5360 [19JN]

———establish standards for payment of certain orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic devices (see H.R. 5156), H7502 [12SE]

———improve health of senior citizens and disabled individuals (see S. 2727), S5106 [14JN]

———reduce waiting period for benefits for disabled individuals (see H.R. 5556), H11194 [25OC]

———waive waiting period for coverage of individuals disabled with AIDS and provide coverage of drugs used for treatment (see H.R. 4557), H3867 [25MY]

National Amputee Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 330), S6121 [29JN]

Social Security: disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 4817), H5736 [10JY]

———eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program (see H.R. 5412), H9504 [6OC]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 2930), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5373), H8735 [3OC]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 2477), S3023 [27AP] (see H.R. 4651), H4336 [13JN]

———provide for personal Social Security accounts and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 5659), H12094 [14DE]

———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 5577), H11206 [26OC]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see S. 2774), S5663 [22JN]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 5578), H11206 [26OC]

———use earnings level currently applicable solely to blind individuals as uniform level in determining disabilities (see H.R. 5553), H11194 [25OC]

Taxation: prohibit treatment of workmen's compensation benefits as Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3857), H756 [8MR]

———provide credits for modifications to inter-city buses required under the Americans With Disabilities Act (see H.R. 3836), H647 [6MR]

———treat State developmental disabilities endowment programs as tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 4074), H1405 [23MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses relative to special needs children (see S. 2456), S2865 [25AP]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 4134), H1628 [30MR]

———authorize compensation to surviving spouses and children of certain veterans with a service-connected disability that was continuously rated totally disabling for certain period immediately preceding death (see H.R. 5435), H9634 [10OC]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see H.R. 4921), H6776 [24JY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 3011), S8105 [6SE] (see H.R. 4131), H1628 [30MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2357), S2233 [5AP]

———require certain employment centers use measurable performance outcomes to improve employment and training services provided to veterans and disabled veterans (see H.R. 4765), H5240 [27JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: revise definition of ``Vietnam era'' to provide eligibility for certain veterans benefits without regard to whether service was performed in Vietnam (see H.R. 4833), H5955 [12JY]

Factsheets

Medicare Health Improvement Act (S. 2727), S5112 [14JN]

Letters

Armed Forces Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payment Act: Lupo A. Quitoriano, Nevada Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S2234 [5AP]

———Ron Gutzman, American Legion, Dept. of Nevada, S2234 [5AP]

———William D. Brzezinski, DAV, Dept. of Nevada, S2234 [5AP]

Dept of Justice Civil Rights Division funding: Laura W. Murphy, ACLU, Karen Narasaki, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, and Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H4986 [22JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding: National Governors' Association, S905 [29FE]

———Senator Voinovich, S1372 [9MR]

Medicare coverage of augmentative communication devices: Kirsten A. Nyrop, United Cerebral Palsy Association, E753 [17MY]

———Steven A. Jaye, Sunrise Medical (business), E753 [17MY]

Montgomery GI Bill benefits improvement by improving and expanding educational assistance programs: C. Donald Sweeney, National Association of State Approving Agencies, Inc., H4629 [19JN]

———Dennis M. Cullinan, VFW, H4628 [19JN]

———Larry D. Rhea, Non Commissioned Officers Association, H4628 [19JN]

———Thomas H. Miller, Blinded Veterans Association, H4629 [19JN]

National Family Caregiver Support Program: Barbara Boyd, S11055 [26OC]

Permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Carter D. Ward, Missouri Education Roundtable (organization), S3312 [3MY]

Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act: David Andrews, Minnesota State Services for the Blind, S8211 [7SE]

Relief of Marina Khalina: Senator Wyden, S5358 [19JN]

Lists

Americans With Disabilities Act success stories, S7638-S7640 [26JY]

Paralympics athletics team, S6255 [30JN]

Memorandums

Budget Treatment of Social Security Trust Funds: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S11050 [26OC]

Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program: Dept. of Education, H4289-H4291 [13JN]

Montgomery GI Bill Benefits Improvement by Improving and Expanding Educational Assistance Programs: David E. Woodbury, AMVETS, H4629 [19JN]

Motions

Immigration: waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants (S. 2812), H9548 [10OC]

Remarks in House

American Association of People With Disabilities: tribute, H6757 [24JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, H6756 [24JY], H6995-H6999 [25JY], H7065, H7066 [26JY], E998 [14JN], E1218 [13JY], E1331, E1344, E1371 [27JY], E1434 [7SE]

Barrett, Jennifer: tribute for participation in Paralympic games, E2111 [4DE]

Berger Health System (business): Circle of Caring Program recipient of American Hospital Association Hospital Award for Volunteer Excellence, E688 [10MY]

Butcher, Jennifer: tribute for participation in Paralympic games, E2149 [7DE]

California: anniversary of DAV Suisun-Fairfield Chapter 81, E560 [13AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 280), H1962, H1963 [10AP]

Cedartown, GA: tribute to Pre-Peachtree Wheelchair Athlete Training Camp, E1082 [22JN]

Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E2131 [6DE]

Cornucopia, Inc.: anniversary, E1012 [14JN]

Crime: ensure that older or disabled persons are protected from institutional, community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, H9035 [6OC]

Cromwell, CT: anniversary of Cromwell Children's Home, E1314 [25JY]

Deafness Research Foundation: tribute to efforts to raise awareness through the National Campaign for Hearing Health, E2178 [13DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorize comparison study of coverage of physical, speech, and occupational therapies under TRICARE, CHAMPUS, Medicare, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, H3278 [17MY]

Dept. of Education: rulemaking relative to the placement of blind or visually-impaired persons in sheltered work environments by vocational rehabilitation agencies, H4284 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS: filing of discrimination complaints by limited-English-speaking and hearing-impaired persons relative to benefits, H4243 [13JN]

Dept. of HUD: establish a pilot program to provide homeownership assistance to disabled families, E1910 [25OC]

———improve the quality of housing for the elderly and disabled, E1225 [13JY]

Dept. of Justice: Civil Rights Division funding, H4985-H4989 [22JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training, H6785 [25JY]

———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (H.R. 3816), H9944 [17OC]

———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (H.R. 4850), H6783-H6786 [25JY], H9911, H9912, H9945 [17OC]

———revise effective date for award of disability compensation for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation (H.R. 5474), E1817 [17OC]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (H.R. 1509), H2362-H2364 [2MY]

Dreyer, Don: New York's Fourth Congressional District Citizen of the Month honoree, E1333 [27JY]

Eden Institute: anniversary, E935 [9JN]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 399), H8000-H8005 [25SE], E1474 [13SE], E1595 [26SE]

Employment: encourage employer vocational rehabilitation for disabled workers, E1432, E1435 [7SE]

Executive Office of the President: tribute to Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities, H6757 [24JY]

Families and domestic relations: demonstration projects to support State and local efforts to provide partial or full wage replacement for childbirth, adoption, or other caregiving needs (H.R. 2500), H7974 [21SE]

Federal employees: disability annuities for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and the Capitol Police (H.R. 5590), E1996 [28OC]

Goncz, Arpad (President, Hungary): Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award recipient, E850 [25MY]

Health: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (H.R. 4920), H6973, H6980-H6999 [25JY], E1386 [27JY], E1423 [7SE]

———improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (H.R. 4920), corrections in engrossment, H7177 [27JY]

———improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (S. 1809), H330 [10FE], H9769-H9787 [11OC], E110 [10FE]

———improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (S. 1809), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 133), H9787 [11OC]

———stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation efforts, E1900 [25OC]

Heilveil, Jacob: tribute for participation in Paralympic games, E2149 [7DE]

Housing: establish demonstration program to modernize and increase access to health services in public housing for elderly and disabled persons (H.R. 4664), E1005 [14JN]

Immigration: prohibit refusal of visas based on sex, race, sexual orientation, or disability, H9544 [10OC]

———waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants (H.R. 4838), H9545-H9548 [10OC], E1833 [19OC]

———waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants (S. 2812), H9548 [10OC]

———waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants (S. 2812), insert H.R. 4838 language in lieu, H9548 [10OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3545), E22 [27JA]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2349 [2MY], H2414, H2449-H2457 [3MY], H2555 [4MY], H7702 [18SE], H8002-H8004 [25SE], E386 [22MR], E609 [2MY], E624 [3MY], E634, E638, E639 [4MY], E678 [9MY], E1595 [26SE]

———funding, H1066 [15MR], H3903-H3906 [6JN], H4062, H4088-H4090 [8JN], H4254-H4258 [13JN], H9810-H9816 [11OC], H11750 [1NO], H11800, H11801 [2NO]

———funding through reductions in Comprehensive School Reform Program, H4288-H4291 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), H4258-H4260 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in Job Corps, H4275, H4276 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in Ready-to-Learn television program, H4267-H4269 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in the Office of Education Research and Improvement, H4270, H4271, H4310 [13JN]

———funding through reductions in 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, H4265-H4267 [13JN], E995 [14JN]

———funding through reductions in various education programs, H4244-H4246 [13JN]

———reauthorize, H6757 [24JY]

International Guide Dog Day: observance, E599 [2MY]

Mayerson, Manuel D.: Circle of Life Award recipient, E1679 [4OC]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (H.R. 4825), H11787 [2NO]

———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and certain disabled individuals, H12489 [15DE]

Medicare: coverage of augmentative communication devices (H.R. 4479), E752, E755 [17MY]

Montgomery County, MD: tribute to The ARC of Montgomery County Fashion Show Benefit, E1446 [13SE]

Muscular Dystrophy Association: anniversary of Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, E1439 [11SE]

National Arthritis Awareness Month: observance, E781 [19MY]

National Assisted Living Week: observance, E1449 [13SE]

National Center for Learning Disabilities: tribute to ``Get Ready To Read Program'', E1808 [17OC]

National College of Probate Judges: tribute, E469 [30MR]

National Learning Disabilities Month: observance, E1808 [17OC]

National Research Council: require study on accessibility to information technologies by the elderly and disabled, H404 [15FE]

Palo Alto, CA: tribute to the VA Western Blind Rehabilitation Center Orientation and Mobility Section for receipt of the Olin E. Teague Award, E1654 [3OC]

———VA Palo Alto Health Care Facility's Western Blind Rehabilitation Center recipient of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) Olin E. Teague Award, E2155 [8DE]

People First of the South Bay (organization): anniversary, E185 [29FE]

Pitney Bowes, Inc.: Blinded American Veterans Foundation Corporate Award recipient, E1358, E1361 [27JY]

Radio Vision (organization): anniversary, E458 [30MR]

Rochester, NY: tribute to Paralympics participants, E1509 [18SE]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Disabled (organization) Enchanted Hills Camp, E1056 [20JN]

Santa Maria Organization of Transportation Helpers, Inc.: wheelchair-lift equipped minibuses funding, H3425 [19MY]

Social Security: ensure solvency, H5732-H5734 [10JY], H7220, H7221 [6SE], H8894 [5OC], H9512 [10OC], H10233-H10238 [18OC], H10528-H10532 [23OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC], H11835 [3NO], H11871-H11873 [13NO]

———ensure solvency, survivor benefits, and disability coverage, H2641 [8MY]

Social Vocational Services Inc.: tribute, E185 [29FE]

South Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc.: observance of Patient Recognition and Empowerment Day, E29 [31JA]

Taxation: disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (H.R. 1264), H6380-H6382 [18JY]

Tuttle, Dean: American Foundation for the Blind Migel Professional Award recipient, E1945 [26OC]

Veterans: expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (H.R. 4921), H6758 [24JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H6789 [25JY], H9655, H9659 [11OC]

Volpentest, Tony: tribute for participation in Paralympic games, E2149 [7DE]

Waukegan, IL: anniversary of Ann M. Kiley Center, E315 [15MR]

Remarks in Senate

American Association on Mental Retardation: tribute to Illinois chapter's Direct Service Professional Award recipients, S9938 [5OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, S6492 [12JY], S7085 [18JY], S7637-S7641, S7645, S7646 [26JY]

Burgess, Ernest M.: tribute (S. Res. 278), S1828 [28MR]

———tribute (S. Res. 363), S9555 [28SE]

Capital punishment: Supreme Court reconsideration of execution of Johnny Paul Penry relative to mental retardation, S11810 [15DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 280), S4499 [25MY]

Correctional institutions: exclude prisoners from requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act (S. 33), S121 [31JA]

Crime: facilitate the gathering of criminal background information on employees and volunteers for providers of care to children, the elderly, and disabled individuals (S. 3220), S10801 [19OC]

———facilitate the gathering of criminal background information on employees and volunteers for providers of care to children, the elderly, and disabled individuals (S. 3252), S11252 [27OC]

Cromwell, CT: anniversary of Cromwell Children's Home, S7224 [19JY]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to develop technologies to eliminate functional barriers to full independence for disabled individuals (S. 3211), S10627 [17OC]

———technology and media services funding, S6195, S6196 [30JN]

Dept. of HHS: Centers for Independent Living funding, S6210 [30JN]

Dept. of Labor: Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants Program funding, S6210 [30JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (H.R. 4850), S10515, S10516 [12OC]

———Rehabilitation Research Office programs and demonstration projects funding, S10310, S10311 [12OC]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (H.R. 1509), S10004 [5OC]

———establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (S. 311), S6397-S6400 [10JY]

Dobmeier, Michael: tribute to election as DAV National Commander, S2343 [6AP], S2437 [7AP]

Easter Seals (organization): anniversary of Southeastern Michigan chapter, S7999 [5SE]

———Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4235 [22MY]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 399), S9867 [4OC]

———anniversary (S. Con. Res. 135), S8507 [13SE]

Health: fetal alcohol syndrome treatment and prevention programs funding, S5942-S5944 [28JN]

———improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (S. 1809), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 133), S7803 [27JY]

Hope Network, S.E. (organization): anniversary, S1880 [29MR]

Housing: preserve assisted housing for low-income elderly persons, disabled persons, and certain families (S. 2733), S5241-S5251 [15JN]

Immigration: waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants (S. 2812), S6121, S6122 [29JN], S7456 [21JY], S10843 [19OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, S3572-S3574 [8MY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2341), S9259 [26SE]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2355), S2116 [4AP]

———funding, S714, S720 [23FE], S899-S919 [29FE], S1371 [9MR], S2329, S2331 [6AP], S2396-S2400 [7AP], S5984-S5986, S5990-S5994, S6002 [28JN], S6099-S6101 [29JN], S6187 [30JN], S7084, S7085 [18JY]

———permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies, S3311 [3MY], S3474 [4MY]

Iowa Disability Mentoring Day: observance, S10996 [25OC]

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation: tribute to Campaign for Healthier Babies Month, S10151 [10OC]

Medicaid: implement regulations clarifying allowable costs for school-based health services provided to children with disabilities (S. 3088), S8952 [21SE]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 2274), S1607, S1608 [22MR], S5305 [16JN], S6819 [14JY], S10748 [19OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and enhanced preventative benefits (S. 2541), S3839-S3850 [10MY]

———improve health of senior citizens and disabled individuals (S. 2727), S5109 [14JN]

Mental Retardation Awareness Month: observance, S1976 [30MR]

National Amputee Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 330), S6145 [29JN]

National Assisted Living Week: observance, S8340 [11SE], S8411 [12SE]

Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (S. 1536), S9689 [3OC]

———National Family Caregiver Support Program funding, S6002 [28JN], S11028-S11041, S11055, S11056, S11089-S11095 [26OC]

Pan American Games for the Blind: selection of Spartanburg, SC, and the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind as hosts for the 2001 games, S9695 [3OC]

Social Security: ensure solvency of trust funds, S6656-S6659 [13JY]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (S. 2477), S3024 [27AP]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (S. 1383), S2660 [13AP]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (S. 2774), S5668 [22JN]

Special Olympics: anniversary, S7386 [20JY]

Sports: tribute to Paralympic Trials participants, S6254 [30JN]

Supreme Court: decision on application of the Americans With Disabilities Act to States, S121 [31JA]

Taxation: disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (H.R. 1264), S7952 [27JY]

———increase, expand, and simplify child and dependent care deductions, expand adoption credit for special needs children, and provide incentives for employer-provided child care, S6652-S6655 [13JY]

———provide tax credit for families who adopt special needs children, S2608, S2609 [12AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses relative to special needs children, S10977 [25OC], S11070 [26OC], S11204 [27OC], S11300-S11303 [28OC]

Telephone Pioneers of America (organization): tribute, S5024 [13JN]

Veterans: health care funding, S2317 [6AP]

———increase health and disability benefits, S1807, S1809 [28MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S4634, S4635 [7JN], S8814 [20SE], S10313, S10381 [12OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (S. 2357), S2234 [5AP]

Reports filed

Dept. of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Management Practices: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 106-1024), H11954 [4DE]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation Memorial in the District of Columbia To Honor Veterans Who Became Disabled Serving in the Armed Forces: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 311) (S. Rept. 106-273), S2726 [13AP]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1509) (H. Rept. 106-583), H2336 [13AP]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act Anniversary: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 135), S8941 [21SE]

Increase Rates of Disability Compensation for Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities and for Survivors of Certain Disabled Veterans: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3011) (S. Rept. 106-398), S8103 [6SE]

Older Americans Act, National Family Caregiver Support Program, Aging Programs and Services, and Need To Engage in Life Course Planning: Committee on Health, Education, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1536) (S. Rept. 106-399), S8290 [8SE]

Relief of Marina Khalina and Albert Miftakhov: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 150), S5240 [15JN]

Use of Capitol Grounds for Special Olympics Torch Relay: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 280) (H. Rept. 106-543), H1404 [23MR]

Veterans Benefits Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs' (House) (H.R. 4850) (H. Rept. 106-783), H6776 [24JY]

Waive Naturalization Requirement To Take Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance for Certain Disabled or Impaired Applicants: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2812), S7392 [20JY]

Statements

Augmentative Communication Devices: Stephen Hawking, E753 [17MY]

Summaries

Medicare Health Improvement Act (S. 2727), S5112 [14JN]

Tables

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding, H11731 [1NO]

Special education expenditures as reported by selected States, S906 [29FE]

Special education grants to States, S909 [29FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 280, use of Capitol Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay, H1962 [10AP]

H. Con. Res. 399, Education for All Handicapped Children Act anniversary, H8000 [25SE]

H.R. 1264, Right-To-Know National Payroll Act, H6380 [18JY]

H.R. 1509, establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces, H2362 [2MY]

H.R. 4055, IDEA Full Funding Act, H2449 [3MY]

H.R. 4838, waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants, H9545 [10OC]

H.R. 4850, Veterans Benefits Act, H6783 [25JY]

H.R. 4850, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H9911 [17OC]

H.R. 4920, Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, H6980-H6995 [25JY]

S. 311, Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation establishment of a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces, S6399 [10JY]

S. 1809, Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, H9769-H9786 [11OC]

S. 2357, Armed Forces Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payment Act, S2234 [5AP]

S. 2517, School Safety Act, S3614 [8MY]

S. 2541, Medicare Expansion for Needed Drugs (MEND) Act, S3840-S3848 [10MY]

S. 2727, Medicare Health Improvement Act, S5109-S5112 [14JN]

S. 2733, Affordable Housing for Seniors and Families Act, S5242-S5250 [15JN]

S. 2774, Bipartisan Social Security Reform Act, S5669-S5676 [22JN]

S. 2812, waive immigration naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants, S6122 [29JN]

S. 2812, waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants, S7456 [21JY], S10843 [19OC], H9548 [10OC]

S. 3122, ADA Notification Act, S9389 [27SE]

S. 3252, National Child Protection Improvement Act, S11253 [27OC]

S. Con. Res. 133, corrections in enrollment of S. 1809, Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, S7803, S7923 [27JY], H9788 [11OC]

S. Con. Res. 135, Education for All Handicapped Children Act anniversary, S8506 [13SE]

S. Res. 278, tribute to Ernest M. Burgess, S1828 [28MR]

S. Res. 330, National Amputee Awareness Week, S6145 [29JN]

S. Res. 363, tribute to Ernest M. Burgess, S9480, S9555 [28SE]