CLAIMS

Articles and editorials

Broken Promise, E1639 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 1856), H2184 [15MY]

Alaska: conveyance of certain lands (see H.R. 3608), H10965 [20DE]

———conveyance of certain lands to the Huna Totem Corp. (see S. 506), S2117 [9MR]

———resolve claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to the Russian River (see S. 1879), S13943 [20DE] (see H.R. 3048), H6379 [4OC]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide equitable treatment to Alaskan Natives who are Vietnam veterans (see H.R. 3148), H6919 [16OC]

Bankruptcy: establish a priority for the payment of claims for duties paid to the U.S. by licensed customs brokers (see H.R. 2569), H4352 [19JY]

———extend the priority provided to claims for compensation and benefits of all employees (see H.R. 3415), H8948 [5DE]

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: improve administration (see S. 1063), S6448 [19JN]

———temporarily expand membership to facilitate staggered terms for judges and terminate the Notice of Disagreement as jurisdictional requirement for review (see S. 1089), S6664 [22JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure minority farmers are adequately compensated for discrimination claims (see H.R. 2676), H4862 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve the processing of claims for veterans compensation and pensions (see S. 1656), S11611 [8NO]

Employment: prevent involuntary application of arbitration to discrimination claims (see H.R. 1489), H1487 (see H.R. 1489), H1496 [4AP]

Federal employees: index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees who died after separating from the Government and were entitled to a deferred annuity but had not established a claim (see H.R. 3521), H10355 [18DE]

Government regulations: clarify the effect and application of legislation (see S. 36), S98 [22JA]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 308), H110 [30JA]

Health: limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 1639), H1659 [26AP] (see H.R. 2103), H2997 [7JN]

———provide for health care liability reform (see S. 1370), S8911 [3AU]

Insurance: provide for interest penalties on late payments of health care claims by HMOs or health insurance companies (see S. 1616), S11362 [1NO]

———require foreign insurance companies to disclose dealings with Holocaust victims, submit requests on claims by such individuals, and prohibit business dealings with companies failing to comply with requests (see H.R. 3408), H8948 [5DE]

———require that group and individual health insurance plans and Medicare+Choice organizations provide prompt payment of claims (see H.R. 287), H110 [30JA]

Medicare: extend minimum deadlines for filing claims relative to adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status (see H.R. 3540), H10909 [19DE]

———require universal product numbers on claims forms for reimbursement for durable medical equipment and other items (see H.R. 186), H62 [6JA]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 1287), H1343 [29MR]

———revise filing deadline for certain claims (see H.R. 195), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 2056), H2888 [5JN]

Native Americans: ensure that funds will be available to satisfy Federal responsibilities relative to negotiated settlements of disputes over Indian water rights and land claims (see S. 1186), S7805 [17JY]

———extend statute of limitations relative to the negotiated settlement of tribal claims (see S. 1857), S13701 [19DE]

———settle certain land claims of Bay Mills Indian Community and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 1634), H1659 [26AP] (see H.R. 2495), H4009 [12JY]

Office of World Trade Center Attack Claims: establish to pay claims for injury to businesses and property suffered as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center (see S. 1624), S11362 [1NO] (see H.R. 3272), H8034 [9NO]

Oklahoma: compensate the Wyandotte Tribe for the taking of certain rights by the Federal Government (see H.R. 291), H110 [30JA]

———settle certain claims of Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations to the Arkansas Riverbed (see H.R. 3534), H10909 [19DE]

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians: protect certain lands from condemnation until a final decision is made on a pending trust application fee (see H.R. 3476), H10065 [13DE]

———require Dept. of the Interior action on pending trust application fee (see H.R. 3523), H10908 [19DE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: provide compensation to the U.S. Government and individuals who suffered damages as a result of the attack on Kuwait by Iraq (see H.R. 1632), H1659 [26AP]

Quinault Indian Nation: distribution of land claim judgement funds (see S. 1308), S8704 [2AU] (see H.R. 2524), H4111 [17JY]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: provide permanent funding for claims, equalize benefit levels, and reinstate eligibility of certain individuals exposed to radiation working with uranium or nuclear weapons (see S. 898), S5005 [16MY] (see H.R. 1865), H2280 [16MY]

Social Security: provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H8337 [16NO]

Sudan: U.S. Court of Claims consideration of claims for compensation for injury and property damages as a result of the bombing in Khartoum (see H. Res. 81), H649 [6MR]

Taxation: provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see S. 1048), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]

Terrorism: allow victims of terrorist attacks to receive certain compensation regardless of any collateral source compensation they may be eligible to receive (see S. 1812), S13051 [12DE]

Veterans: allow insurance payments to alternate beneficiary, extend Native American Veteran Housing Loan Pilot Program, and eliminate notification requirement relative to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 2359), H3802 [28JN]

———modify and extend authorities on the presumption of service-connection for herbicide-related disabilities of Vietnam-era veterans (see S. 1091), S6664 [22JN]

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see S. 447), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 705), H397 [14FE]

Western Shoshone Tribe: distribution of land claim judgement funds (see S. 958), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 2851), H5454 [6SE]

Letters

Fiscal Integrity of Indian Settlements Protection Act: Ad Hoc Group on Indian Water Rights, S7819 [17JY]

Health care liability and medical malpractice reform: Robert W. Gilmore, AMA, H5278 [2AU]

Veterans claims adjudication funding through reductions in Dept. of HUD Community Development Fund projects funding: Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste (organization), S8663 [2AU]

Lists

Pending veterans claims cases by State, S8663 [2AU]

Remarks in House

African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture (H.R. 1856), E806 [15MY]

Alaska: resolve claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to the Russian River (H.R. 3048), E1805 [5OC]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide equitable treatment to Alaskan Natives who are Vietnam veterans (H.R. 3148), E1894 [16OC]

Cobell, Elouise: tribute to efforts relative to Federal accounting of Native American trust funds, E1639 [13SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure minority farmers are adequately compensated for discrimination claims, H8233 [15NO]

———ensure minority farmers are adequately compensated for discrimination claims (H.R. 2676), H9327 [12DE]

———ensure minority farmers receive equitable treatment and services, E1819 [5OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address backlog of veterans compensation, pension, and education claims, E923 [24MY]

———benefit claims processing funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4691-H4693, H4694 [26JY]

Employment: prevent involuntary application of arbitration to discrimination claims (H.R. 1489), E576 [5AP]

Federal employees: index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees who died after separating from the Government and were entitled to a deferred annuity but had not established a claim (H.R. 3521), E2333 [19DE]

Germany: payment of reparations to Holocaust survivors, H2232, H2235 [16MY], E612 [24AP]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: establish (H.R. 308), H848-H851 [13MR], E49 [30JA], E331 [8MR]

Health: provide for health care liability and medical malpractice reform, H5278, H5285 [2AU]

Medicare: extend minimum deadlines for filing claims relative to adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status (H.R. 3540), E2342 [20DE]

———require universal product numbers on claims forms for reimbursement for durable medical equipment and other items (H.R. 186), E1 [3JA]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (H.R. 1287), E488 [29MR]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: provide permanent funding for claims, equalize benefit levels, and reinstate eligibility of certain individuals exposed to radiation working with uranium or nuclear weapons, H8144, H8157 [14NO]

Social Security: provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (H.R. 3332), E2121, E2122 [16NO]

Taxation: provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (H.R. 1412), E564 [5AP]

Tobacco products: national policy to reduce tobacco use, H4002-H4006 [12JY]

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: anniversary of signing and resolution of certain land claim disputes, H207 [7FE]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: conveyance of certain lands to the Huna Totem Corp. (S. 506), S2128 [9MR], S8998 [3AU]

———resolve claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to the Russian River (S. 1879), S13969 [20DE]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: require a cause of action brought by claimants be governed by the law of the State in which the plaintiff resides, S7156, S7160-S7162 [29JN]

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: temporarily expand membership to facilitate staggered terms for judges and terminate the Notice of Disagreement as jurisdictional requirement for review (S. 1089), S6667 [22JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve the processing of claims for veterans compensation and pensions (S. 1656), S11613 [8NO]

———veterans claims adjudication funding through reductions in Dept. of HUD Community Development Fund projects funding, S8656-S8663 [2AU]

Government regulations: clarify the effect and application of legislation (S. 36), S313 [22JA]

Health: disallow punitive damages in Federal courts relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7163 [29JN]

———limit attorneys' fees in lawsuits relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7017-S7020, S7024-S7027 [28JN], S7155-S7160, S7162 [29JN]

———require claims relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's to be heard in Federal court, S7047-S7055 [28JN]

Health care professionals: immunity from liability for physicians providing free medical care to medically underserved or indigent patients, S7073, S7074 [28JN], S7131, S7135 [29JN], S8199 [25JY]

Insurance: provide for interest penalties on late payments of health care claims by HMOs or health insurance companies (S. 1616), S11369 [1NO]

Native Americans: ensure that funds will be available to satisfy Federal responsibilities relative to negotiated settlements of disputes over Indian water rights and land claims (S. 1186), S7819 [17JY]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: provide permanent funding for claims, equalize benefit levels, and reinstate eligibility of certain individuals exposed to radiation working with uranium or nuclear weapons, S10051 [2OC]

———provide permanent funding for claims, equalize benefit levels, and reinstate eligibility of certain individuals exposed to radiation working with uranium or nuclear weapons (S. 898), S5012-S5015 [16MY], S7412 [10JY]

Taxation: provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (S. 1048), S6328 [14JN]

Terrorism: allow victims of terrorist attacks to receive certain compensation regardless of any collateral source compensation they may be eligible to receive (S. 1812), S13057 [12DE]

Veterans: modify and extend authorities on the presumption of service-connection for herbicide-related disabilities of Vietnam-era veterans (S. 1091), S6668 [22JN], S6860 [25JN]

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (S. 447), S1786 [1MR]

Western Shoshone Tribe: distribution of land claim judgement funds (S. 958), S5635 [24MY]

Reports filed

Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 506) (S. Rept. 107-27), S5830 [5JN]

World Trade Center Attack Claims Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1624) (S. Rept. 107-116), S12681 [7DE]

Texts of

H.R. 308, Guam War Claims Review Commission Act, H848 [13MR]

S. 36, clarify the effect and application of legislation, S313 [22JA]

S. 447, Water Adjudication Fee Fairness Act, S1786 [1MR]

S. 506, Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act, S8998 [3AU]

S. 958, Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act, S5757 [25MY]

S. 1048, provide tax relief for payment of asbestos-related claims, S6328 [14JN]

S. 1089, temporarily expand Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims membership to facilitate staggered terms for judges and terminate the Notice of Disagreement as jurisdictional requirement for review, S6668 [22JN]

S. 1091, modify and extend authorities on the presumption of service-connection for herbicide-related disabilities of Vietnam-era veterans, S6669 [22JN]

S. 1812, September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Fairness Act, S13057 [12DE]

S. 1857, statute of limitations extension relative to the negotiated settlement of Native American tribal claims, S13712 [19DE]