DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Amendments

Courts: authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon (H.R. 3936), S10997 [9OC]

Health care professionals: simplify and improve pay provisions for physicians and dentists and authorize alternate work schedules and executive pay for nurses (S. 2484), S10454, S10461 [5OC]

Real estate: improve and enhance authorities relative to the management and disposal of real property and facilities (S. 2485), S10992, S10997, S11007 [9OC]

Veterans: improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (S. 2486), S10869, S10880 [8OC]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4175), H9027 [8OC]

Articles and editorials

Lasting Wounds of War; Roadside Bombs Have Devastated Troops and Doctors Who Treat Them, S6886 [16JN]

Survivor Benefit Plan Needs Reform, S2587 [10MR], S7091 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions

Advisory Committee on Former POW: extend reporting requirement, H6703 [22JY]

Appropriations: making (see H.R. 4423), H3437 (see H.R. 4423), H3537 [20MY]

———making (H.R. 4423), consideration (see H. Res. 788), H7442 [22SE]

Armed Forces: improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring (see S. 2427), S5535 [17MY]

Athens, GA: establish a Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) for veterans on the grounds of the Navy Supply Corps School (see H.R. 5303), H9047 [8OC]

Benefits: carry out a program of outreach to veterans of World War II and the Korean War on the nature and availability of benefits for veterans (see S. 2776), S8861 [7SE]

———treat injury or death sustained from participation in a medical research program in same manner as an injury incurred from military service (see H.R. 4621), H4580 [18JN]

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (see S. 2596), S7435 [24JN] (see H.R. 4608), H4391 (see H.R. 4608), H4506 [17JN]

Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission: establish certain conditions before implementing any recommendation that reduces veterans medical services (see H.R. 4399), H3391 [19MY]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (see H.R. 4317), H2727 [6MY]

Clark County, NV: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain land from the Dept. of the Interior to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see S. 2848), S9722 [27SE] (see H.R. 5151), H7735 [28SE]

Columbus, OH: transfer administrative jurisdiction of a parcel of real property comprising a portion of the Defense Supply Center (see S. 2037), S320 [28JA]

Courts: authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon (see H.R. 3936), H1070 [11MR]

Denton, TX: authorize a Dept. of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic (see H.R. 4326), H2815 [11MY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2825), S9441 [21SE] (see H.R. 5041), H6996 [9SE]

Employment: contract for a report on employment placement, retention, and advancement of recently separated servicemembers (see H.R. 4173), H2198 [20AP]

Federal aid programs: provide additional safeguards for benefit recipients who have fiduciaries for receipt and management of benefit payments (see H.R. 4032), H1592 [25MR]

———require an annual plan on outreach activities (see S. 2638), S7938 [12JY]

Health: carry out a demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care (see S. 2063), S792 [10FE] (see H.R. 3812), H515 [11FE]

———establish presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities of veterans who were exposed to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 4179), H2199 [20AP]

———furnish care for newborn children of women veterans receiving maternity care (see S. 2417), S5472 [13MY]

Health care professionals: restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see S. 2743), S8688 [22JY]

———simplify and improve pay provisions for physicians and dentists and authorize alternate work schedules and executive pay for nurses (see S. 2484), S6274 [1JN]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see S. 2829), S9525 [22SE] (see H.R. 4057), H1739 [30MR]

———extend authority to make grants to expand or modify existing service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 4248), H2488 [29AP]

Housing: extend authority to guarantee hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for construction or purchase of homes by veterans (see H.R. 4616), H4579 [18JN]

James J. Peters Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY: designate (see S. 2133), S1683 [26FE]

Louisville VA Medical Center: give Kentucky the first option upon conveyance, lease, or other disposal (see S. 2296), S3919 [7AP]

Mental health: provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment program for veterans who experienced sexual trauma or harassment while in military service (see H.R. 3849), H698 [26FE]

Montrose, NY: establish limitations on utilization and disposal of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Hudson Valley Health Care System (see H.R. 5353), H9184 [9OC]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 401), S7828 [8JY]

Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program: extend (see H.R. 5153), H7735 [28SE]

Nurses: establish a pilot program to improve recruitment and retention of nurses (see H.R. 4231), H2482 [28AP]

———establish a program to assist States in hiring and retaining nurses at State veterans homes (see H.R. 4020), H1483 [24MR]

Pensions: exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3947), H1071 [11MR]

———extend eligibility for pension benefits to veterans who received an expeditionary medal during a period of military service other than a period of war (see H.R. 4764), H5195 [6JY]

———extend eligibility for pension benefits to veterans who served during certain periods of time in specified locations (see H.R. 4763), H5195 [6JY]

Puerto Rico: authorize construction of a Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center at a site that would best serve the needs of both veterans and Dept. of Defense medical beneficiaries (see H.R. 3898), H871 [4MR]

Real estate: authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations (see H.R. 4768), H5330 [7JY]

———improve and enhance authorities relative to the management and disposal of real property and facilities (see S. 2485), S6274 [1JN]

Rural areas: enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H392 [4FE]

States: clarify that per diem payments for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset Medicaid payments (see S. 2196), S2717 [11MR] (see S. 2327), S4225 [21AP]

Taxation: suspend periods of limitation for credit or refund of overpayment of Federal income taxes by veterans pending service-connected compensation determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4582), H4171 [15JN]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (see H.R. 4836), H5907 [15JY]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see S. 2177), S2440 [9MR]

———codify certain additional diseases as establishing a presumption of service-connection when occurring in veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during active duty (see H.R. 4172), H2198 [20AP]

———improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (see S. 2486), S6274 [1JN]

———improve provision of health care, rehabilitation, and related services to veterans suffering from trauma relating to a blast injury (see S. 2524), S6881 [16JN]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 2483), S6274 [1JN] (see H.R. 4175), H2198 [20AP]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (H.R. 548), consideration (see H. Res. 584), H1740 [30MR]

———make improvements to certain life insurance programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4229), H2482 [28AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 3730), H127 [27JA] (see H.R. 3738), H243 [28JA]

———permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care (see H.R. 4051), H1643 [29MR]

———revise effective date for payment of lump sums to certain persons awarded the Medal of Honor who are in receipt of special pensions (see H.R. 4870), H6127 [20JY]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 5137), H7574 [23SE]

Descriptions

Monthly Cost and Amount of Survivor Annuity: Dept. of Defense, S7090 [21JN]

Explanations

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Real Property and Facilities Management Improvement Act (S. 2485), S11003-S11007 [9OC]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act (S. 2486), S10884-S10891 [8OC]

Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act (H.R. 3936): Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H9781-H9785 [17NO]

Letters

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act: Anthony J. Principi, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S6282-S6285 [1JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act, H7799 [29SE]

Gulf War Illness research funding: H. Ross Perot, H4700 [22JN]

———James H. Binns, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses, H4700 [22JN]

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims at any location in Washington, DC, area and provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon: Representative Christopher H. Smith, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, H6077 [20JY]

———Representative Duncan, Committee on Armed Services (House), H6077 [20JY]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act: Al Mansell, National Association of Realtors, E1992 [16NO]

———Representative Christopher H. Smith, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H9766 [17NO]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H9766 [17NO]

Lists

Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases, E1315 [8JY]

Presidential Rank Award recipients, S4831 [4MY]

Remarks in House

AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (H. Con. Res. 308), H6081, H6082 [20JY]

Armed Forces: improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring, H4701 [22JN]

Aurora, CO: authorize construction, leasing, or modification of major medical facilities at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO, H9787 [17NO]

Benefits: prescription drug discounts for veterans, H3586, H3587 [1JN]

Bennington, VT: Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic staff recipient of Federal Executive Association Federal Employee of the Year Award, E1067 [8JN]

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (H.R. 4608), H6074-H6076 [20JY], E1446 [21JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H369 [4FE]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H1208 [17MR]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (H.R. 4317), H3555-H3557 [1JN]

Claims: reduce backlog of benefit claims (H.R. 1264), E617 [22AP], E1240 [25JN]

———reduce backlog of benefit claims made by troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, H8003 [4OC]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): tribute to staff for efforts on veterans' legislation, H6082 [20JY]

Courts: authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon (H.R. 3936), H6076-H6078 [20JY], H9772-H9787 [17NO], E355 [11MR], E2058 [18NO], E2074 [20NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5041), H6985 [9SE]

Downs, Fred: Points of Light Foundation Daily Points of Light Award recipient, E347 [11MR]

Employment: improve educational assistance programs for apprenticeship or other on-job training (H.R. 1716), H2766 [11MY]

Federal aid programs: provide additional safeguards for benefit recipients who have fiduciaries for receipt and management of benefit payments, E1881 [11OC]

———provide additional safeguards for benefit recipients who have fiduciaries for receipt and management of benefit payments (H.R. 4032), E457 [26MR]

Filipino Veterans Action Day: observance, E447 [24MR]

Funding, H369 [4FE], H3608 [2JN], E261 [26FE]

Health care facilities: require report to Congress on changes or closures in veterans hospitals, H9786 [17NO]

Health care professionals: restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of optometry, E2176 [7DE]

———restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy, E2097 [20NO]

———simplify and improve pay provisions for physicians and dentists and authorize alternate work schedules and executive pay for nurses (S. 2484), H9787-H9793 [17NO], E2058 [18NO], E2074 [20NO]

Homeless: extend authority to make grants to expand or modify existing service programs for homeless veterans (H.R. 4248), H8382-H8384 [6OC], E706 [29AP]

Housing: extend authority to guarantee hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for construction or purchase of homes by veterans (H.R. 4616), E1182 [18JN]

———Grant and Per Diem Homeless Veterans Assistance Program funding, H9786, H9787 [17NO]

Legislative program, H7211-H7213 [15SE]

Mayer, Jim: Points of Light Foundation Daily Points of Light Award recipient, E347 [11MR]

Mental health: provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment program for veterans who experienced sexual trauma or harassment while in military service (H.R. 3849), E243 [26FE]

Narusewicz, Florence: relief (H.R. 710), H10929 [7DE]

Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program: extend (H.R. 5153), E1725 [29SE]

Nurses: establish a pilot program to improve recruitment and retention of nurses (H.R. 4231), H7797-H7802 [29SE], E701 [28AP]

———establish a program to assist States in hiring and retaining nurses at State veterans homes (H.R. 4020), E442 [24MR]

Real estate: authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations, H9785 [17NO]

———authorize entrance into certain major medical facility leases and the transfer of real property subject to certain limitations (H.R. 4768), H7790-H7796 [29SE], E1315 [8JY]

Rural areas: enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (H.R. 3777), H929 [10MR], E355 [11MR]

Saginaw, MI: Aleda E. Lutz Veterans Medical Center funding, E903 [18MY]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (H.R. 4836), H7017, H7018 [13SE], E1393 [16JY]

Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Queens, NY: designate (H.R. 1318), H7018-H7020 [13SE]

Veterans: addition of osteoporosis to list of presumed service-connected diseases for former POWs, H6079, H6080 [20JY]

———benefits funding, H1356 [23MR], H1456 [24MR], H1556, H1557 [25MR], H3171-H3176 [18MY], H3600 [1JN], H3716 [2JN], H3951 [14JN], H4650, H4732 [22JN], H4882-H4886 [23JN], H4896 [24JN], H5073 [25JN], H7046 [13SE], H7565 [23SE], H8172 [6OC], E902 [18MY], E1237 [25JN], E1698 [24SE]

———Gulf War Illness research funding, H4700, H4701 [22JN]

———health care funding, H844 [4MR], H1000 [10MR], H1425, H1426, H1453, H1454, H1465, H1478-H1482 [24MR], H1504, H1545-H1547, H1583 [25MR], H2338 [22AP], H3171-H3176 [18MY], H3256, H3365, H3368 [19MY], H4749, H4750 [22JN], H4768, H4769 [23JN], E470 [29MR]

———health care funding (H.R. 2318), E343 [11MR]

———improve access to health care for rural veterans (H.R. 2379), H992-H997 [10MR], E343, E349 [11MR]

———improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (S. 2486), H9749-H9772 [17NO], E1992 [16NO], E2058 [18NO], E2074 [20NO]

———improve provision of health care, rehabilitation, and related services to veterans, H4746-H4751 [22JN]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, H2766 [11MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4175), H6078-H6080 [20JY], E571 [20AP]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4175), Senate amendment, H9027 [8OC]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses, H1428 [24MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan, H3268, H3279 [19MY], H3449, H3500, H3521 [20MY], E1014 [2JN], E1024 [3JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (H.R. 548), H2230 [21AP], H2411 [28AP]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (H.R. 548), consideration (H. Res. 584), H2768 [11MY]

———make improvements to certain life insurance programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities (H.R. 4229), E739 [4MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H834, H844 [4MR], H4884, H4885 [23JN], E305 [4MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 303), H1197 [17MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 3730), H672 [26FE]

———permit eligible veterans to receive direct access to chiropractic care (H.R. 4051), E489 [31MR]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (H.R. 677), H2789 [11MY]

———tribute to the administration of benefits, E1947 [11OC]

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force: report, E1466 [22JY]

Women: Sexual Trauma Counseling Program funding, H9786, H9787 [17NO]

Remarks in Senate

AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (H. Con. Res. 308), S8802 [22JY]

Armed Forces: improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring, S7294-S7296 [23JN]

———improve the Transition Assistance Program provided for members being discharged, released from active duty, or retiring (S. 2427), S5537-S5539 [17MY]

Benefits: carry out a program of outreach to veterans of World War II and the Korean War on the nature and availability of benefits for veterans (S. 2776), S8915 [7SE]

Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL: designate (S. 2596), S7513 [25JN]

Boise, ID: opening of Idaho State Veteran's Cemetery, S8116 [14JY]

Columbus, OH: transfer administrative jurisdiction of a parcel of real property comprising a portion of the Defense Supply Center (S. 2037), S324 [28JA]

Courts: authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon (H.R. 3936), S11007 [9OC], S11885 [7DE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations, S11759 [20NO]

———making appropriations (S. 2825), S9519 [22SE]

Federal aid programs: require an annual plan on outreach activities (S. 2638), S7939 [12JY]

Health: carry out a demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care (S. 2063), S807-S809 [10FE]

———furnish care for newborn children of women veterans receiving maternity care (S. 2417), S5474 [13MY]

———increase veterans medical care funding through closing of certain tax loopholes, S2530 [10MR]

Health care facilities: evaluation of nurse-managed primary care clinics, S9125 [13SE]

Health care professionals: restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (S. 2743), S8728 [22JY]

———simplify and improve pay provisions for physicians and dentists and authorize alternate work schedules and executive pay for nurses (S. 2484), S6280 [1JN], S10460-S10467 [5OC], S11886 [7DE]

Homeless: establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (S. 2829), S9530 [22SE]

Mental health: tribute to art therapists dealing with veterans, S10688 [7OC]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 401), S8024 [13JY], S8803 [22JY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S197 [22JA], S11824-S11827 [20NO]

Real estate: improve and enhance authorities relative to the management and disposal of real property and facilities (S. 2485), S6286 [1JN], S10997-S11007 [9OC]

States: clarify that per diem payments for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset Medicaid payments (S. 2196), S2720 [11MR]

Veterans: benefits funding, S6749 [15JN], S7160, S7161 [22JN], S7289 [23JN], S7358 [24JN], S9868 [29SE], S10403 [5OC]

———change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (S. 2177), S2441 [9MR]

———eliminate phase-in period for concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits for the severely disabled, S7040-S7042 [18JN]

———health care funding, S69 [21JA], S1901 [1MR], S2673 [11MR], S3789 [6AP], S7134-S7139, S7147-S7152 [22JN], S11423 [17NO]

———health care funding through reductions in certain tax cuts for upper-income individuals, S2411-S2423 [9MR]

———health care funding through reductions in excess profits and assessment of penalties against certain contractors doing business in Iraq, S2679-S2681 [11MR]

———health care funding through reductions in lawyers' fees relative to the tobacco settlement, S2679-S2681 [11MR]

———improve and enhance certain benefits for survivors of veterans, S6952-S6954 [17JN]

———improve and enhance education, housing, employment, medical, and other benefits and improve and extend certain authorities relative to the administration of benefits (S. 2486), S6288 [1JN], S10880-S10892 [8OC], S11195 [11OC], S11885 [7DE]

———improve provision of health care, rehabilitation, and related services to veterans suffering from trauma relating to a blast injury (S. 2524), S6886 [16JN]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 2483), S6279 [1JN], S10458, S10459 [5OC]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan, S7090-S7092 [21JN], S7270 [23JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan, S2586 [10MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (S. 1916), S2538 [10MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S1901 [1MR], S7161 [22JN]

Veterans Day: observance, S11423 [17NO]

Veterans Upward Bound Program: anniversary, S2993 [23MR]

Reports filed

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2484) (S. Rept. 108-357), S9611 [23SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4231) (H. Rept. 108-538), H3872 [9JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Real Property and Facilities Management Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2485) (S. Rept. 108-358), S9722 [27SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5041) (H. Rept. 108-674), H6996 [9SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2825) (S. Rept. 108-353), S9441 [21SE]

Homeless Veterans Assistance Reauthorization Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4248) (H. Rept. 108-534), H3872 [9JN]

National Veterans Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 401), S8473 [20JY]

Nomination of Pamela M. Iovino To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Congressional Affairs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S5949 [20MY]

Nomination of Robert A. Pittman To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Human Resources and Administration: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S10566 [6OC]

Relief of Florence Narusewicz: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 710) (H. Rept. 108-776), H9962 [17NO]

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims at Any Location in Washington, DC, Area and Provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center Near the Pentagon: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3936) (H. Rept. 108-574), H5194 [6JY]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2486) (S. Rept. 108-352), S9386 [20SE]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4175) (H. Rept. 108-524), H3779 [3JN]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 2483) (S. Rept. 108-351), S9386 [20SE]

Veterans Earn and Learn Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1716) (H. Rept. 108-572), H5148 [25JN]

Veterans Medical Facilities Management Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4768) (H. Rept. 108-663), H6898 [8SE]

Statements

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force Recommendations: Dorcas R. Hardy, E1466 [22JY]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act (S. 2486): Senate Amendments, H9759-H9766 [17NO]

Tables

Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care projects and services budget, H7793, H7794 [29SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 308, recognize AMVETS members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day, H6081 [20JY]

H.R. 1318, Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Queens, NY, H7018 [13SE]

H.R. 3936, authorize U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to be at any location in Washington, DC, metropolitan area and support provision of Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center near the Pentagon, H6076 [20JY]

H.R. 3936, Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act, H9772-H9777 [17NO]

H.R. 4175, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H6078 [20JY], H9027 [8OC]

H.R. 4231, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act, H7797 [29SE]

H.R. 4248, Homeless Veterans Assistance Act, H8382 [6OC]

H.R. 4317, Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX, H3555 [1JN]

H.R. 4608, Bob Michel Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Peoria, IL, H6074 [20JY]

H.R. 4768, Veterans Health Programs and Facilities Enhancement Act, H7790 [29SE]

H.R. 4836, Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX, H7017 [13SE]

S. 2037, transfer administrative jurisdiction of a parcel of real property comprising a portion of the Defense Supply Center in Columbus OH, S324 [28JA]

S. 2063, Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care, S808 [10FE]

S. 2177, Military Survivors' Fairness Act, S2442 [9MR]

S. 2196, clarify that Dept. of Veterans Affairs per diem payments for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset Medicaid payments, S2721 [11MR]

S. 2327, clarify that Dept. of Veterans Affairs per diem payments for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset Medicaid payments, S4227 [21AP]

S. 2417, authorize Dept. of Veterans Affairs to furnish care for newborn children of women veterans receiving maternity care, S5474 [13MY]

S. 2427, Veterans' Enhanced Transition Services Act, S5539-S5541 [17MY]

S. 2483, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S6279 [1JN]

S. 2484, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act, S10463-S10465 [5OC]

S. 2484, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act, H9787-H9790 [17NO]

S. 2485, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Real Property and Facilities Management Improvement Act, S6286-S6288 [1JN], S10997-S11003 [9OC]

S. 2486, Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act, S6289-S6291 [1JN], S10880-S10884 [8OC], H9749-H9758 [17NO]

S. 2524, improve provision of health care, rehabilitation, and related services to veterans suffering from trauma relating to a blast injury, S6887 [16JN]

S. 2638, Veterans Benefits Outreach Act, S7939 [12JY]

S. 2743, Veterans Eye Treatment Safety (VETS) Act, S8728 [22JY]

S. 2776, carry out a Dept. of Veterans Affairs program of outreach to veterans of World War II and the Korean War on the nature and availability of benefits for veterans, S8915 [7SE]

S. 2829, Samaritan Initiative Act, S9530-S9533 [22SE]

S. Res. 401, National Veterans Awareness Week, S7842 [8JY], S8803 [22JY]