VETERANS

Addresses

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Anniversary as a Cabinet Agency: President Obama, E713 [19MR]

Harry S Truman Library and Museum Vietnam Veterans Appreciation Events: Robert H. Scales, E2282-E2284 [16SE]

Vietnam War Veterans Recognition: Robert H. Scales, E2545-E2547 [15OC]

Amendments

Benefits: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 407), S6476 [10JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance life insurance, compensation and pension, and burial and memorial benefits for disabled veterans (S. 728), S10227, S10245, S10251 [7OC]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), S11438 [17NO], S11523 [19NO]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), S10376 [13OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11191, S11224, S11231 [5NO], S11240, S11256, S11257 [6NO], S11267, S11268, S11270, S11273, S11295, S11296, S11297, S11298 [9NO], S11313, S11320, S11331, S11334, S11351, S11352 [10NO], S11362, S11363, S11364, S11377, S11378, S11390 [16NO], S11404, S11405, S11406, S11407, S11438 [17NO], H7983, H7984, H7985, H7986, H7987, H7990 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (H. Res. 622), H7958 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (S. 1407), S9685 [22SE]

Analyses

Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (S. 1963): Coburn Amendment to Provide Assistance to Caregivers of Veterans and Improve the Provision of Health Care to Veterans Through Reductions in U.N. Contributions, S11542 [19NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Projects and Leases Authorization (S. 1310), S6848 [19JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11411 [17NO]

Articles and editorials

Backlog of VA Claims in Houston One of Country's Highest, H7974 [10JY]

Credit for Service—Restore Retirement Pay to the Eskimo Scouts, S997 [28JA]

End of the Long March, E1256 [21MY]

Fix This Now—Cut Is No Way To Treat Old Vets, S997 [28JA]

July Suicides Push Corps to Record Pace, H9170 [30JY]

107-Year-Old Robley Rex, S4833 [29AP]

Speeding Truck Bomb, and Shared Act of Courage, H301 [14JA]

Trip to Washington D.C. Became a Memorable Experience for 30 World War II Veterans, S4886 [29AP]

World War II Vet Urges ``Secretary of Peace'', E87 [14JA]

Bills and resolutions

Afghanistan: anniversary of commencement of Operation Enduring Freedom (see H. Res. 802), H10519 [6OC]

African Americans: tribute to Medal of Honor recipients and contributions of Armed Forces members (see H. Res. 185), H2632 [24FE]

Agent Orange Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 248), S8994 [6AU]

Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office, Akron, OH: designate (see H.R. 1852), H4396 [1AP] (see H.R. 2004), H4580 [21AP]

American Legion Day: designate (see S. Res. 260), S9264 [10SE]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 679), H8809 [24JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: extend program for economic recovery payments (see H.R. 3691), H10455 [1OC]

American Veterans Congressional Internship Program: establish (see H.R. 2683), H6154 [3JN]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 3266), H8409 [20JY]

Armed Forces: authorize accelerated payments of educational assistance to certain veterans and members of the Reserve components (see H.R. 4279), H14743 [10DE]

———authorize extended benefits for autistic dependents of certain retirees (see H.R. 2051), H4686 [22AP]

———authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for unremarried surviving spouses and dependents of retired members or veterans who died of service-connected or compensible disability (see H.R. 4403), H15501 [16DE]

———authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see S. 2743), S11205 [5NO] (see H.R. 4051), H12587 [6NO]

———award Atomic Veterans Service Medal to members exposed to ionizing radiation from the testing of nuclear weapons or under other circumstances (see S. 1128), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2553), H6008 [21MY]

———designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 1034), H1518 [12FE]

———eliminate requirement that certain former Reserve members be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits (see H.R. 972), H1158 [10FE]

———eliminate statute of limitations on the award of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1532), H3437 [16MR]

———enhance benefits for survivors of certain former members with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and enhance access to mental health counseling (see S. 772), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 3368), H8959 [28JY]

———ensure members receive hearing screenings before and after deployments and mandate tinnitus be treated by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Auditory Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2506), H5792 [19MY]

———ensure that members separated from active duty receive employment assistance, job training assistance, other transitional services, and a psychological evaluation (see H.R. 1963), H4522 [2AP]

———ensure those killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX, are treated in the same manner as those killed or wounded in combat zones, terrorist attacks, or in a contingency operation (see S. 2807), S11883 [20NO] (see H.R. 4088), H13068 [17NO]

———establish a special review board for certain former members with post-traumatic stress disorder or a traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1701), H4025 [25MR]

———give wounded reservists the option of remaining on active duty during the transition process to continue to receive military pay and allow such members to live at home during transition (see S. 944), S4963 [30AP]

———honor sacrifice of mothers who are members, and support provided by mothers of members and mothers who are spouses of members (see H. Res. 399), H5096 [4MY]

———honor service and achievements of female members and veterans (see H. Res. 868), H11740 [23OC]

———honor service and achievements of female members and veterans, commend those currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and ensure receipt of adequate combat training (see H. Res. 904), H13001 [16NO]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to members and survivors (see H.R. 2699), H6262 [4JN]

———improve and enhance substance use disorder programs for members (see S. 459), S2423 [24FE] (see H.R. 3420), H9205 [30JY]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 667), H493 [23JA]

———improve support and services for members and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and their families (see H. Res. 443), H5666 [14MY]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see S. 572), S3025 [11MR] (see H.R. 1305), H2979 [4MR]

———limit requirements of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive from members subsequently receiving retired or retainer pay (see S. 1008), S5281 [7MY] (see H.R. 2302), H5397 [7MY]

———modify certain retirement pay and grade authorities for services performed after retirement eligibility (see S. 794), S4310 [2AP]

———permanently extend the duration of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage for totally disabled veterans (see H.R. 2774), H6413 [9JN]

———provide a monthly housing stipend for members who have served after September 11, 2001, pursuing education programs offered through distance learning (see H.R. 3467), H9276 [31JY]

———provide an equitable process for recovery of overpayments erroneously paid due to no fault of the members and expand discretion for remission or cancellation of indebtedness (see H.R. 2771), H6413 [9JN]

———provide coverage under the Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance for adverse reactions to vaccinations administered by the Dept. of Defense (see S. 1467), S7639 [16JY]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve (see S. 731), S3897 [26MR] (see H.R. 270), H70 [7JA]

———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 613), H441 [21JA]

———provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see S. 1169), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 1600), H3641 [18MR]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (see H.R. 2990), H7144 [23JN]

———recognize spouses of members who are serving in combat or have served in combat through the presentation of an official lapel button (see H.R. 4043), H12586 [6NO]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 1695), H3834 [24MR]

———repeal sunset of certain enhanced mortgage and mortgage foreclosure protections and authorize the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to pay unpaid balances on guaranteed housing loans (see S. 842), S4513 [21AP]

———revise the process by which a member is retired for disability and becomes eligible for retirement pay (see H.R. 296), H88 [8JA]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay (see S. 342), S994 [28JA] (see H.R. 744), H777 [28JA]

———tribute to meritorious service of aviators shot down over, or otherwise forced to land in, hostile territory yet evaded enemy capture or were captured but subsequently escaped (see H. Res. 925), H13353 [19NO]

———tribute to 139th Airlift Wing, Air National Guard (see H. Res. 699), H9206 [30JY]

Armed Forces Day: observance (see H. Res. 377), H4999 [29AP]

Army: anniversary of Special Operations Command (see S. Res. 384), S13785 [22DE]

Army Community Covenant: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 170), H8959 [28JY]

Aviation: increase amount of educational assistance provided to certain veterans for flight training (see H.R. 3561), H9490 [14SE]

Barry L. Bell Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR: designate (see H.R. 2557), H6009 [21MY]

Bataan Death March: provide additional compensation to survivors (see H.R. 423), H161 [9JA]

Benefits: clarify service treatable as service engaged in combat with the enemy for utilization of non-official evidence for proof of service-connection in a combat-related disease or injury (see H.R. 3998), H12287 [3NO]

———eliminate required reduction in amount of accelerated death benefit payable to certain terminally-ill persons insured under certain military or veterans group life insurance programs (see H.R. 2968), H7084 [19JN]

———increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses (see S. 1118), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2243), H5168 [5MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 407), S2080 [10FE] (see H.R. 1513), H3436 [16MR]

———modify commencement of the period of payment of original awards of compensation for veterans who are retired or separated from the uniformed services for disability (see S. 1016), S5328 [11MY]

———provide individualized notice about available benefits and streamline application processes for the benefits (see S. 1109), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 1902), H4520 [2AP]

Berlin Airlift: anniversary (see H. Res. 398), H5096 [4MY]

Blue Star Families (organization): commend for supporting military families and increasing awareness of the unique challenges of military life (see S. Res. 237), S8765 [4AU]

Buckles, Frank W.: authorize the last surviving veteran of World War I to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon his death (see S. Con. Res. 20), S4807 [28AP]

Budget: reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner (see S. 1613), S8993 [6AU]

Bugles Across America (organization): recognize commitment and sacrifice to honor deceased veterans (see H. Con. Res. 219), H13628 (see H. Con. Res. 219), H14371 [8DE]

California: tribute to Armed Forces members from the Inland Empire region for service in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H. Res. 93), H602 [27JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Weekend of Remembrance event to honor military personnel who have died in service and acknowledge the sacrifice of their families (see H. Con. Res. 171), H9055 [29JY]

Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, IL: provide for joint use, transfer of property and personnel, and joint funding authority between the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see S. 1322), S6938 [23JN]

Cates, Clifton B.: encourage the Navy to name an appropriate ship in honor (see H. Res. 330), H4524 [2AP]

Cemeteries and funerals: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 4045), H12587 [6NO]

———exclude those convicted of certain sex offenses from receiving burial-related benefits and funeral honors available to certain veterans, Armed Forces members, and related individuals (see H.R. 731), H602 [27JA]

———provide support of funeral ceremonies for veterans provided by details that consist solely of members of veterans organizations and other organizations (see H.R. 2486), H5791 [19MY]

Cold War Veterans Recognition Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 900), H12587 [6NO]

Contracts: use Federal supply schedules for purchase of goods or services from small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to meet certain contracting goals (see H.R. 2415), H5664 [14MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish a Veterans Corps program (see S. 606), S3163 [17MR]

———establish Veterans Engaged for Tomorrow (VET) Corps to promote and improve service opportunities for veterans and retired military (see H.R. 1401), H3104 [9MR]

Courts: establish veterans' treatment courts (see S. 902), S4755 [27AP] (see H.R. 2138), H4914 [28AP]

Crime: extend Federal jurisdiction over destruction of veterans' memorials on State or local government property (see H.R. 247), H69 [7JA]

———provide penalties for hate crimes against members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2677), H6154 [3JN]

———provide penalties for the destruction of memorials, headstones, markers, and graves commemorating persons serving in the Armed Forces on private property (see H.R. 430), H161 [9JA]

Dept. of Defense: adopt a screening program to detect mental health conditions acquired on active duty to reduce suicide and discover traumatic brain injuries (see H.R. 2931), H6972 [17JN]

———adopt a screening program to detect mental health injuries acquired during deployment in support of a contingency operation and ultimately to reduce suicide among veterans (see H.R. 1308), H2979 [4MR]

———develop a secure electronic method of forwarding the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty to the appropriate State or local office of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1872, 1872), H4518 [2AP]

———develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 484), H195 [13JA]

———establish medical surveillance system identifying Armed Forces members exposed to chemical hazards from waste disposal in Iraq and Afghanistan and prohibit disposal producing toxic levels (see H.R. 2419), H5664 [14MY]

———establish registries of current and former Armed Forces members exposed to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards and provide health care to veterans exposed to such hazards (see S. 642), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 2389), H5580 [13MY]

———establish searchable database of names and citations of members of the Armed Forces and civilians awarded the Medal of Honor or other medals authorized for the military (see H.R. 666), H493 [23JA]

———establish Veterans to Work program (see H.R. 4058), H12587 [6NO]

———improve and expand suicide prevention and community healing and response training under the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (see H.R. 2836), H6618 [11JN]

———notify members of Armed Forces and State military departments of exposure to potentially harmful materials and contaminants (see H.R. 1657), H3705 [19MR]

———prohibit closure of Fort Monmouth, NJ, notwithstanding Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations (see H.R. 1003), H1248 [11FE]

———prohibit the provision of medical treatment to enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the same facilities as Armed Forces members or Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1042), H1519 [12FE]

Dept. of Labor: authorize appropriations for the Veterans Workforce Investment Program (see H.R. 295), H88 [8JA]

———carry out a grant program to provide reintegration services through programs and facilities that emphasize services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (see H.R. 293), H88 [8JA]

———provide for training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute (see H.R. 1088), H1605 [13FE]

———reauthorize Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (see H.R. 1171), H2833 [25FE]

Dept. of the Army: determine validity of certain Filipinos' claims that they performed military service on behalf of the U.S. during World War II (see S. 68), S41 [6JA]

Dept. of the Interior: make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 1354), H3054 [5MR]

Dept. of Transportation: provide authority to guarantee sureties against loss resulting from a breach of the terms of a bond by disadvantaged business enterprises (see H.R. 2991), H7144 [23JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: acknowledge receipt of medical, disability, and pension claims and other communications submitted by veterans (see S. 1394), S7138 [6JY] (see H.R. 1982), H4579 [21AP]

———acquire a parcel of land adjacent to Beaufort National Cemetery (see H.R. 217), H36 [6JA]

———affirm responsibility to support those veterans with combat wounds or service-connected disabilities (see H. Res. 261), H3641 [18MR]

———allow certain Armed Forces, Public Health Service, and NOAA Corps members to transfer entitlement to Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 3657), H9998 [25SE]

———allow certain Armed Forces members who have served 20 years on active duty to transfer entitlement to Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 3577), H9549 [15SE]

———allow distinction between severity of the loss of a dominant hand and a non-dominant hand for traumatic injury protection under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see S. 347), S1057 [29JA]

———allow for increased flexibility in payments for State veterans homes (see H.R. 4241), H13628 (see H.R. 4241), H14371 [8DE]

———allow reimbursement of travel at a set rate for veterans receiving treatment at health care facilities (see H.R. 3283), H8495 [21JY]

———allow veterans enrolled in the health system the option of receiving covered health services through non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 2405), H5663 [14MY]

———allow veterans to elect to use certain financial educational assistance to establish and operate certain businesses (see H.R. 114), H32 [6JA]

———approve certain education programs under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3813), H11383 [14OC]

———assess feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities (see S. 1495), S7868 [22JY]

———assign a higher priority status for hospital care and medical services provided to certain veterans who are Medal of Honor recipients (see H.R. 1197), H2835 [25FE]

———assist in identification of unclaimed and abandoned human remains to determine if any such remains are eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 2642), H6012 [21MY]

———authorize a major medical facility lease in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 3704), H10456 [1OC]

———authorize a major medical facility project at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA (see S. 509), S2623 [2MR]

———authorize appropriations for program to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (see H.R. 3906), H11711 [22OC]

———authorize certain improvements in the Federal Recovery Coordinator Program (see H.R. 4041), H12586 [6NO]

———authorize construction of a full service veterans hospital in far South Texas (see S. 699), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 1232), H2874 [26FE]

———authorize major medical facility leases (see S. 1717), S9869 [25SE]

———authorize major medical facility projects and leases (see S. 1310), S6845 [19JN]

———carry out a national media campaign directed at homeless veterans and veterans at risk for becoming homeless (see H.R. 2559), H6009 [21MY]

———carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 3885), H11580 [21OC]

———carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas (see H.R. 4048), H12587 [6NO]

———carry out a pilot program to utilize telehealth platforms to assist in treatment of rural veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 2505), H5792 [19MY]

———carry out a training program to provide eligible veterans with skills relevant to the job market (see H.R. 929), H1080 [9FE]

———carry out demonstration projects on alternatives for expanding care for veterans in rural areas (see H.R. 3281), H8495 [21JY]

———carry out pilot program to provide outreach and training to certain college and university mental health centers on the mental health of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans (see H.R. 785), H779 [28JA]

———clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see S. 669), S3609 [23MR] (see H.R. 2547), H6008 [21MY]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see S. 1939), S10777 [27OC] (see H.R. 2254), H5168 [5MY]

———clarify responsibility to verify the veteran status of owners of small business concerns listed in the database maintained by the Dept. (see H.R. 2461), H5711 [18MY]

———conduct a pilot project on using educational assistance funds to defray training costs associated with purchasing certain franchise enterprises (see H.R. 942), H1157 [10FE]

———conduct a pilot project to test feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of certain qualifying work-study activities (see H.R. 1037), H1518 [12FE]

———conduct a study on the acquisition of a parcel of land adjacent to Beaufort National Cemetery (see H.R. 210), H35 [6JA]

———deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see S. 1780), S10434 [14OC] (see H.R. 3787), H11166 [8OC]

———eliminate income eligibility and service-connected disability rating requirements for the veterans beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 2127), H4839 [27AP]

———enhance automobile assistance allowance for veterans (see S. 820), S4311 [2AP]

———enhance life insurance, compensation and pension, and burial and memorial benefits for disabled veterans (see S. 728), S3897 [26MR]

———enhance vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans (see S. 514), S2691 [3MR]

———establish a compensation fund to make payments to qualified World War II veterans on the basis of certain qualifying service (see H.R. 2270), H5306 [6MY]

———establish a grant program to assist veterans in highly rural areas by providing transportation to medical centers (see H.R. 3280), H8494 [21JY]

———establish a grant program to encourage development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing (see H.R. 1170), H2833 [25FE]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless (see H.R. 3073), H7703 [26JN]

———establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in hospitals (see S. 1427), S7317 [9JY]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in Sarpy County, NE, region (see S. 746), S4062 [31MR] (see H.R. 1163), H2631 [24FE]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (see S. 691), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 174), H34 [6JA]

———establish a presumption of service connection for veterans with certain cancers who served in Vietnam and were exposed to certain herbicide agents (see H.R. 3491), H9277 [31JY]

———establish a process for determining whether a geographic area is sufficiently served by the national cemeteries located in that area (see H.R. 1114), H2601 [23FE]

———establish a program to provide readjustment and mental health services to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (see H.R. 3282), H8495 [21JY]

———establish centers of excellence for rural health research, education, and clinical activities (see H.R. 3279), H8494 [21JY]

———establish Committee on Care of Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury (see H.R. 1546), H3525 [17MR]

———establish deadline for decisions on claims for benefits (see H.R. 3087), H7704 [26JN]

———establish enhanced process for funding veterans health care programs and standards for access to health care (see H.R. 1004), H1248 [11FE]

———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health (see S. 1155), S5820 [21MY] (see H.R. 1302), H2979 [4MR]

———establish standards for access to health care (see H.R. 84), H31 [6JA]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 23), H28 [6JA]

———establish Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration (see H.R. 3719), H10518 [6OC]

———exclude amounts received for service-related disabilities from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (see H.R. 3553), H9441 [10SE]

———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for pension benefits (see H.R. 3485), H9277 [31JY]

———expand access to hospital care for veterans in major disaster areas (see H.R. 1075), H1605 [13FE]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans (see H.R. 2583), H6010 [21MY]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 597), S3113 [16MR] (see H.R. 1211), H2873 [26FE]

———expand availability of health care by adjusting the income level for certain priority veterans (see H.R. 449), H162 [9JA]

———expand the capability to provide for the medical care needs of veterans in southern New Jersey (see H.R. 1416), H3145 [10MR]

———expand types of approved education programs under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4320), H14981 [15DE]

———expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished in a non-departmental facility (see S. 404), S2079 [10FE] (see H.R. 1377), H3077 [6MR]

———extend authority for certain qualifying work-study activities for educational assistance programs (see H.R. 3484), H9277 [31JY]

———furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (see S. 1518), S8134 [27JY]

———give priority to unemployed veterans in furnishing hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to certain veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (``Priority 8'') (see H.R. 2830), H6617 [11JN]

———guarantee housing loans for the construction of energy efficient dwellings (see H.R. 4359), H15499 [16DE]

———improve appeals process and establish a commission to study judicial review of the determination of veterans' benefits (see H.R. 4121), H13352 [19NO]

———improve basic educational assistance program (see H.R. 1336), H3053 [5MR]

———improve capacity to recruit and retain physicians in health professional shortage areas and improve provision of health care to veterans in rural areas (see S. 734), S3985 [30MR]

———improve contracting goals and preferences for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 3223), H8184 [15JY]

———improve energy and water efficiencies and conservation (see H.R. 292), H88 [8JA]

———improve laws relative to educational assistance for health professionals (see H.R. 4166), H13385 [1DE]

———improve laws relative to small business concerns and employment assistance (see H.R. 4220), H13627 (see H.R. 4220), H14370 [8DE]

———improve laws relative to specially adapted housing assistance (see H.R. 4319), H14981 [15DE]

———improve outreach programs (see S. 315), S826 [26JA] (see H.R. 32), H29 [6JA] (see H.R. 2257), H5168 [5MY]

———improve quality of care provided to veterans in departmental medical facilities and encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities (see S. 246), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 568), H380 [15JA]

———include a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors on the departmental Internet site (see H.R. 1172), H2833 [25FE]

———include certain active duty service in the Reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 1668), S9326 [14SE] (see H.R. 3554), H9441 [10SE]

———include on the departmental Internet site a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet site and other employment sites and publicize such sites (see H.R. 3685), H10408 [30SE]

———include participation in clean-up operations at Enewetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity (see H.R. 1631), H3704 [19MR]

———increase amount of assistance provided to disabled veterans for specially adapted housing and automobiles (see H.R. 1169), H2833 [25FE]

———increase amount of educational assistance to certain individuals pursuing internships or on-job training (see H.R. 1098), H1606 [13FE]

———increase amount of reporting fees payable to educational institutions that enroll veterans receiving educational assistance (see H.R. 3579), H9670 [16SE]

———increase amount of subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in vocational rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 297), H88 [8JA]

———increase amount payable to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services (see H.R. 1293), H2978 [4MR]

———increase annual amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see S. 2760), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 2504), H5792 [19MY]

———increase assistance for disabled veterans who are temporarily residing in housing owned by a family member (see S. 1753), S10110 [5OC]

———increase educational assistance for certain veterans pursuing a program of education offered through distance learning (see H.R. 950), H1157 [10FE]

———increase maximum amount of veterans' mortgage life insurance available (see H.R. 3575), H9549 [15SE]

———increase payments to certain veterans for certain travel expenses (see H.R. 4073), H13001 [16NO]

———increase rates of survivors' and dependents' educational assistance (see H.R. 3507), H9278 [31JY]

———increase vocational rehabilitation and employment assistance (see H.R. 1821), H4249 [31MR]

———introduce pay-for-performance compensation mechanisms into contracts with community-based outpatient health care clinics (see S. 1302), S6804 [18JN]

———make certain improvements in administration of medical facilities (see H.R. 4062), H12971 [7NO]

———make certain improvements in benefits laws (see H.R. 3949), H12043 [28OC]

———make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (see H.R. 3219), H8183 [15JY]

———make certain improvements in the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4064), H12971 [7NO]

———make certain improvements in the service disabled veterans' insurance program (see H.R. 2713), H6263 [4JN]

———make certain improvements to comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 2735), H6264 [4JN]

———make certain improvements to laws relative to benefits for severely injured veterans (see H.R. 3407), H9205 [30JY]

———modify and update provisions of law relative to nonprofit research and education corporations (see H.R. 2722), H6264 [4JN] (see H.R. 2770), H6413 [9JN]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (see S. 1556), S8681 [3AU]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans (see S. 821), S4311 [2AP] (see H.R. 1335), H3053 [5MR]

———prohibit recovery or collection of charges from a third party for hospital care or medical services provided to a veteran for a service-connected disability (see H.R. 1591), H3640 [18MR] (see H.R. 1658; H. Res. 264), H3705 [19MR]

———provide, without expiration, hospital, medical, and nursing home care for certain Vietnam-era veterans exposed to herbicide and Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2926), H6972 [17JN]

———provide a dental insurance plan for certain veterans and their survivors and dependents (see S. 498), S2558 [26FE]

———provide a housing stipend under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program for individuals pursuing education programs through distance learning (see H.R. 3661), H10069 [29SE]

———provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans buried in State cemeteries (see H.R. 2594), H6010 [21MY]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (see S. 1963), S10850 [28OC]

———provide certain veterans with employment training assistance (see H.R. 1168), H2833 [25FE]

———provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 2769), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 2928), H6972 [17JN] (see H.R. 3337), H8809 [24JY]

———provide for automatic enrollment of demobilizing members of the National Guard and Reserves in health care and dental care programs (see S. 1798), S10520 [19OC]

———provide for automatic enrollment of veterans returning from combat zones into the VA medical system (see H.R. 3441), H9275 [31JY]

———provide for entitlement under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to payment for test preparatory courses (see H.R. 3948), H12043 [28OC]

———provide for Indian veterans health care coordinators (see H.R. 4006), H12287 [3NO]

———provide grants and assistance to States to conduct outreach to veterans on hardship and priority under the outpatient enrollment system (see H.R. 3522), H9279 [31JY]

———provide guidelines for establishment of new national cemeteries (see H.R. 3544), H9396 [9SE]

———provide medical care to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans (see H.R. 2734), H6264 [4JN]

———provide support services to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans (see H.R. 2898), H6903 [16JN]

———provide training, support, and medical care to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans (see H.R. 3155), H7946 [9JY]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 423), S2229 [12FE] (see H.R. 1016), H1517 [12FE]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 804), H11110 [7OC]

———provide veterans certain educational assistance payments through direct deposit (see H.R. 4203), H13519 [3DE]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see S. 1752), S10110 [5OC] (see H.R. 1428), H3337 [11MR]

———reauthorize the small business loan program (see H.R. 294), H88 [8JA]

———reauthorize Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education (see H.R. 2614), H6011 [21MY]

———reduce period of time for which a veteran must be totally disabled before survivors are eligible for certain benefits (see H.R. 2980), H7084 [19JN]

———reimburse certain volunteers who provide funeral honors details at the funerals of veterans (H.R. 3954) (see H.R. 3886), H11580 [21OC]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 535), S2828 [5MR] (see H.R. 775), H779 [28JA]

———require honor guards participating in funerals of veterans in national cemeteries to offer families the option of having a 13-fold flag recitation (see H.R. 2586), H6010 [21MY]

———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see S. 1204), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 1017), H1517 [12FE]

———restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and restore headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons (see H.R. 4044), H12586 [6NO]

———revise certain requirements relative to the pilot program of enhanced contract care authority for health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3103), H7704 [26JN]

———study effects on children of exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of the U.S. and allied military operations in Vietnam (see S. 1940), S10777 [27OC]

———submit quarterly reports on vacancies in mental health professional positions in medical facilities (see H.R. 784), H779 [28JA]

———take responsibility for financing health benefits for disabled veterans and ensure policies do not discourage the purchase of health insurance by such veterans (see H. Res. 249), H3526 [17MR]

———use Federal supply schedules for purchase of goods or services from small businesses owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to meet certain contracting goals (see H.R. 2416), H5664 [14MY]

———waive charges for humanitarian care provided to family members accompanying severely injured veterans receiving medical care and provide assistance to family caregivers (see S. 801), S4310 [2AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see S. 1407), S7192 [7JY] (see H.R. 3082), H7703 [26JN]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (see H. Res. 622), H7945 [9JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve coordination to better provide care to Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 1681), H3833 [24MR]

Disabled: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 66), S41 [6JA]

———allow disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores (see H.R. 108), H32 [6JA] (see H.R. 1818), H4249 [31MR]

———carry out a pilot program on training, certification, and support of family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and Armed Forces members (see S. 543), S2866 [6MR] (see H.R. 2342), H5406 [11MY]

———clarify additional requirements for consideration to be afforded time, place, and circumstances of service in determinations regarding service-connected disabilities (see S. 919), S4807 [28AP]

———clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see S. 1444), S7412 [13JY] (see S. 1452), S7480 [14JY] (see H.R. 952), H1157 [10FE]

———enhance disability compensation for certain disabled veterans with difficulties using prostheses and those in need of regular aid and attendance for residuals of traumatic brain injury (see S. 1015), S5328 [11MY]

Diseases: conduct a joint Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs study on the incidence of breast cancer among Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 3926), H11790 [26OC]

———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. 2573), H6009 [21MY]

Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial: designate (see H.R. 2788), H6537 [10JN]

District of Columbia: authorize Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument (see H.R. 4197), H13519 [3DE]

Domestic policy: improve lives of veterans and their families and provide them with the opportunity to achieve the American dream (see S. 402), S2079 [10FE]

Economy: provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits (see H.R. 746), H777 [28JA]

Education: allow individuals eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance enrolled in an institute of higher education in a State that charges fees in lieu of tuition to use amounts payable for such fees (see H.R. 2474), H5790 [19MY]

———ensure that State approving agencies provide timely responses to applications for approval of courses of education and provide justifications and reviews for disapproval of courses (see S. 1784), S10434 [14OC]

———provide that utilization of survivors' and dependents' educational assistance shall not be subject to certain time limits (see S. 847), S4513 [21AP]

———recognize the importance of teaching elementary and secondary school students about sacrifices that veterans have made throughout history (see H. Res. 897), H12587 [6NO]

———require State approving agencies to approve courses of education that have been accredited and approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association (see S. 1785), S10434 [14OC]

Employment: provide family and medical leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members (see S. 1543), S8557 [30JY] (see H.R. 3403), H9205 [30JY]

Families and domestic relations: continuation of dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouse of a veteran if such spouse remarries after a certain age (see H.R. 809), H920 [3FE]

———provide travel expenses for family caregivers accompanying veterans to medical treatment facilities (see H.R. 2738), H6265 [4JN]

Federal aid programs: expand authorized concurrent receipt of disability pay from the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability (see H.R. 593), H381 [15JA]

———prohibit funding to promote direct deposit of veterans and Social Security benefits until adequate safeguards are established to prevent attachment and garnishment (see S. 1042), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 3366), H8959 [28JY]

Federal employees: establish certain protections for preference eligibles selected for involuntary geographic reassignment (see H.R. 1157), H2631 [24FE]

Fort Sam Houston, TX: tribute to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Memorial Service Detachment unit for performance of military funeral honors for veterans (see H. Res. 916), H13266 [18NO]

George H. O'Brien, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Medical Center, Big Spring, TX: designate (see S. 2751), S11290 [9NO] (see H.R. 4150), H13353 [19NO]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 513), H6265 [4JN]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by Federal, State, and local officials from threat of litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1300), H2979 [4MR]

Hazardous substances: provide health care to veterans exposed in the line of duty to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards (see S. 1779), S10434 [14OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3067), H7703 [26JN]

———prohibit discrimination and acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the uniformed services (see S. 1607), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 466), H194 [13JA]

———recognize orthopedic industry for innovation in providing devices that relieve pain of, and restore mobility to, members of Armed Forces, veterans, and patients from all walks of life (see H. Res. 577), H7145 [23JN]

———terminate all Government-administered health benefits for Members of Congress until comprehensive health care reform is enacted into law (see H.R. 4230), H13628 (see H.R. 4230), H14371 [8DE]

Health care facilities: ensure access to services in at least one Veterans Health Administration full-service hospital in their State or comparable contract services in the State (see S. 239), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 190), H35 [6JA]

Health care professionals: facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums (see S. 1154), S5820 [21MY]

———provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 3199), H8099 [14JY]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6155 [3JN]

Homeless: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see S. 1547), S8557 [30JY]

———expand homeless veterans with special needs grant program to include males with minor dependents and establish program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (see S. 1237), S6542 [11JN]

———improve per diem grant payments for organizations assisting homeless veterans (see H.R. 3796), H11297 [13OC]

House Rules: require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (see H. Res. 225), H3104 [9MR]

Housing: make certain improvements in laws relative to housing (see H.R. 4156), H13353 [19NO]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see S. 1160), S5906 [1JN] (see H.R. 403), H160 [9JA]

———waive housing loan fees for veterans with service-connected disabilities called to active service (see H.R. 2180), H4999 [29AP]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see S. 1337), S6993 [24JN] (see H.R. 2412), H5664 [14MY]

Income: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 546), S2909 [9MR] (see H.R. 303), H88 (see H.R. 333), H89 [8JA]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 811), H920 [3FE]

———temporarily remove the requirement for employers to increase wages for veterans enrolled in on-the-job training programs (see H.R. 4079), H13001 [16NO]

Insurance: increase amount of supplemental insurance available for totally disabled veterans (see H.R. 612), H441 [21JA]

———provide certain veterans an opportunity to increase the amount of Veterans' Group Life Insurance (see H.R. 2379), H5580 [13MY]

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office, Des Moines, IA: designate (see H.R. 3386), H9055 [29JY]

Jibilian, Arthur: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3496), H9278 [31JY]

John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: designate (see H.R. 955), H1157 [10FE]

Kapaun, Emil: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see S. 1794), S10487 [15OC] (see H.R. 3735), H10519 [6OC]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.R. 4234), H13628 (see H.R. 4234), H14371 [8DE]

Krulak, Victor H.: tribute (see H. Res. 79), H485 [22JA]

Laredo Veterans Post Office, Laredo, TX: designate (see H.R. 2325), H5398 [7MY]

Law enforcement officers: increase age limit for appointment as a Federal law enforcement officer for individuals discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions (see H.R. 2970), H7084 [19JN]

Louisiana HonorAir Day: designate (see H. Res. 828), H11383 [14OC]

Major Charles R. Soltes, Jr., O.D. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center, Long Beach, CA: designate (see H.R. 4360), H15499 [16DE]

MASON DE-529 (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp in commemoration of crew (see S. Con. Res. 33), S7779 [21JY] (see S. Con. Res. 34), S7869 [22JY]

Max J. Beilke Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Alexandria, MN: designate (see S. 1483), S7779 [21JY] (see H.R. 3157), H7946 [9JY]

Medicare: provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of critical access hospital designation and exempt beds provided for veterans from certain limitations (see S. 307), S787 [22JA] (see H.R. 668), H493 [23JA]

———provide for a Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustment for certain local areas with VA medical centers and for certain contiguous areas (see H.R. 2686), H6154 [3JN]

———provide payments to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for items and services provided to eligible veterans for non-service-connected conditions (see H.R. 3365), H8959 [28JY]

Memorial Day: restore traditional observance (see S. 70), S41 [6JA]

———urge all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit national cemeteries, memorials, and markers (see H. Res. 360), H4733 [23AP]

Mental health: establish a commission to oversee services for post-traumatic stress and other mental health disorders, the Heroes-to-Healers Program, and grants for mental health provider recruitment (see S. 1429), S7317 [9JY]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits, counseling, and other benefits available to veterans and survivors (see H.R. 2698), H6262 [4JN]

———provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1544), H3525 [17MR]

Merril Lundman Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Havre, MT: designate (see S. 226), S337 [13JA]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 235), S8681 [3AU]

National American Indian Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 1520), S8135 [27JY] (see H.R. 3349), H8872 [27JY]

National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial: rededicate (see S. 2097), S10916 [29OC] (see H.R. 482), H195 [13JA]

National cemeteries: provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment (see S. 1866), S10734 [26OC] (see S. 2096), S10916 [29OC] (see H.R. 761), H778 [28JA]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H161 [9JA]

National Guard: anniversary (see H. Res. 940), H13386 [1DE]

———eliminate inequities in the treatment of National Guard technicians (see H.R. 3345), H8872 [27JY]

———provide for employment and reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time service (see H.R. 1879), H4519 [2AP]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 2632), H6012 [21MY]

National Military Appreciation Month: observance (see H. Res. 328), H4524 [2AP]

———support goals and objectives (see H. Con. Res. 84), H4063 [26MR]

National Military Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 336), S11118 [4NO]

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 36), S8135 [27JY] (see S. Res. 239), S8765 [4AU] (see H. Con. Res. 168), H8707 [23JY]

National Veterans History Project Week: designate (see S. Res. 340), S11205 [5NO] (see H. Res. 866), H11739 [23OC]

National Veterans Wheelchair Games: tribute (see H. Res. 625), H8008 [10JY]

National Wounded Warrior Day: designate (see S. Res. 333), S11118 [4NO]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force (see H. Res. 773), H9961 [24SE]

Office of Special Counsel: enforce employment and unemployment rights of veterans and members of the Armed Forces employed by Federal executive agencies (see H.R. 1089), H1605 [13FE]

Pensions: increase amount of Medal of Honor special pension (see H.R. 394), H160 [9JA]

———match pension amount paid to surviving spouses of veterans who served during a period of war to the pension amount paid to such veterans (see H.R. 2673), H6154 [3JN]

Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor disabled veterans (see H. Con. Res. 114), H4999 [29AP]

———issue veterans health care stamp (see H.R. 2638), H6012 [21MY] (see H.R. 3942), H11868 [27OC]

POW: allow certain former POW with service-connected disabilities to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores (see S. 67), S41 [6JA]

———eligibility of surviving spouses of certain former POW to receive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 819), H920 [3FE]

———improve benefits (see S. 977), S5128 [5MY] (see H.R. 944), H1157 [10FE]

Robley Rex Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, KY: designate (see S. 1493), S7868 [22JY] (see H.R. 3304), H8706 [23JY]

Rural areas: improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas (see S. 658), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 2879), H6806 [15JN]

———improve services for rural veterans (see H.R. 4028), H12456 [5NO]

SBA: establish mentorship and assistance programs designed to help minority, veteran-owned, and woman-owned small businesses operate in the construction industry (see H.R. 3771), H11165 [8OC]

———establish Veterans Business Center program (see S. 2770), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 1803), H4249 [31MR]

———improve preference for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (see H.R. 3363), H8959 [28JY]

———improve services for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 4125), H13352 [19NO]

Senior citizens: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1685), S9554 [17SE]

Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 461), H5891 [20MY]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: provide enforcement of rights afforded under Act (see H.R. 2696), H6262 [4JN]

Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium: encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership (see H. Res. 491), H6075 [2JN]

Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (see S. Res. 320), S10700 [22OC] (see H. Res. 855), H11712 [22OC]

Small business: make service-disabled veterans eligible under the 8(a) business development program (see H.R. 456), H162 [9JA]

Small Business Act: improve small business loan activities (see H.R. 3723), H10518 [6OC]

Social Security: provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see S. 2759), S11344 [10NO] (see H.R. 4054), H12587 [6NO]

Sosa-Camejo, Felix: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2912), H6971 [17JN]

South Charleston, WV: observance of Armed Forces Day (see S. Res. 146), S5372 [12MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of a principal residence by certain current and former servicemembers (see H.R. 309), H88 [8JA]

———allow a refundable credit to military retirees for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 237), H69 [7JA]

———allow an increased work opportunity credit for recent veterans (see H.R. 620), H442 [21JA]

———allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see H.R. 2672), H6154 [3JN]

———allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (see H.R. 2756), H6306 [8JN]

———allow employers a credit against income tax for hiring veterans (see H.R. 1647), H3704 [19MR]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 491), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 1203), H2835 [25FE]

———allow individuals eligible for veterans health benefits to contribute to health savings accounts (see H.R. 2974), H7084 [19JN]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for compensation paid during active military duty (see H.R. 433), H161 [9JA]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for the value of service not performed during active military duty (see H.R. 810), H920 [3FE]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see S. 1366), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 147), H33 [6JA]

———allow the work opportunity credit for certain unemployed veterans (see H.R. 931), H1156 [10FE]

———allow veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 953), H1157 [10FE]

———make all veterans eligible for home loans under the veterans mortgage revenue bond program (see H.R. 2319), H5398 [7MY]

———provide a work opportunity credit to a designated family member of a veteran with a service-connected disability if the veteran is unable to work (see H.R. 3908), H11712 [22OC]

———provide incentives to hire unemployed veterans (see S. 274), S652 [16JA]

———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. 341), H89 [8JA]

Tower of Hope (organization): commend efforts to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day (see S. Res. 115), S4807 [28AP] (see H. Res. 291), H4063 [26MR]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary of first graduating class (see H. Con. Res. 139), H6154 [3JN]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (see S. 263), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 1474), H3400 [12MR]

Urban, Matt: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 181), H9441 [10SE]

Veterans Day: encourage employers to give veterans a holiday (see H. Res. 207), H2980 [4MR]

———encourage greater recognition (see S. Res. 349), S11344 [10NO] (see H. Res. 89), H526 [26JA]

Veterans Health Administration: establish position of Director of Physical Therapy Service and a fellowship program for physical therapists in geriatrics, rehabilitation, and polytrauma care (see H.R. 1036), H1518 [12FE]

VFW Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H6013 [21MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc.: extend legislative authority to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor center (see H.R. 3689), H10455 [1OC]

Vietnamese Conflict: honor the service, courage, and sacrifice of the Seawolves of Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron Three (see H. Res. 188), H2835 [25FE]

———issue a medal to those who died after service as a result of that service (see H.R. 671), H525 [26JA]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see S. Res. 89), S3986 [30MR] (see H. Res. 203), H2925 [3MR] (see H. Res. 234), H3145 [10MR]

William C. Tallent Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Knoxville, TN: designate (see H.R. 402), H160 [9JA]

Winters, Richard D.: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3121), H7740 [7JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon between December 7, 1941 and May 6, 1942 (see H.R. 2598), H6011 [21MY]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to POW at Bataan (see S. 768), S4172 [1AP]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see S. 1695), S9733 [23SE] (see H.R. 3927), H11790 [26OC]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 347), H90 [8JA]

———provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1522), H3437 [16MR]

———tribute to Armed Forces members who gave their lives in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France (see H. Res. 495), H6075 [2JN]

———tribute to Armed Forces members who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France (see H. Res. 259), H3641 [18MR]

———tribute to the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the U.S. Army (see H. Res. 494), H6075 [2JN]

Wreaths Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 358), S11883 [20NO]

Citations

Medal of Honor awarded to Ed W. Freeman, H3410 [16MR]

Creeds

Non-commissioned officers, E2430 [1OC]

Explanations

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act: Senator Akaka, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S10377 [13OC]

Letters

Backlog of disability claims applications at the Houston, TX, VA Regional Office: Representative Cuellar, H7974 [10JY]

Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act: Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H5425 [12MY]

———serveral maritime labor organizations, H5427 [12MY]

———William M. Matz, Jr., National Association for Uniformed Services, H5427, H5428 [12MY]

Berlin Airlift anniversary: Representative Filner, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H12161 [2NO]

———Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), H12161 [2NO]

Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act: Joseph A. Violante, DAV, S11540 [19NO]

Condolences on the death of Justin Bauer: Representative Kissell, H2811 [25FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security report regarding right-wing extremist groups: Representative Burgess, H4682 [22AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs conversion of unused structures into housing with supportive services for homeless veterans: Eric A. Hilleman, VFW, S11404 [17NO]

———several veterans and homeless service organizations, S11403 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects and leases authorization: Eric K. Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S6847 [19JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services: Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), H7975 [10JY]

———Raymond C. Kelley, AMVETS (organization), H7976 [10JY]

———Raymond E. Dempsey, DAV, H7974 [10JY]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H7975 [10JY]

———Steve Robertson, American Legion, H7975 [10JY]

Health care choices for veterans: Raymond C. Kelley, AMVETS, H12556 [6NO]

———Thomas Zampieri, Blinded Veterans Association, H12557 [6NO]

Homes for Heroes Act: several organizations, H6839 [16JN]

Honor service and achievements of female Armed Forces members and veterans: Representative Filner, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H12327 [4NO]

———Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), H12327 [4NO]

Public lands accessibility for disabled persons: Representative Doc Hastings, H3847 [25MR]

Repeal Dept. of Veterans Affairs requirement reducing survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation: Military Coalition, S7751 [21JY]

Tribute to Honor Flight, Inc.: Scott C. Stump, S10732 [26OC]

Tribute to Nolan B. Giere: Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force, S3113 [16MR]

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act: several veterans organizations, H10555 [7OC]

Lists

Douglas MacArthur quotes on the role of the U.S. merchant marine during World War II, H5424 [12MY]

Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes on the role of the U.S. merchant marine during World War II, H5423 [12MY]

Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes on the role of the U.S. merchant marine during World War II, H5423 [12MY]

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 601 World War II veterans, E1647 [7JY]

Schools involved in World War I service learning projects, H3785 [24MR]

World War II veterans flown to Washington, DC, by Honor Flight Bluegrass (organization), S5805 [21MY], S7550 [15JY]

World War II veterans flown to Washington, DC, by Honor Flight South Alabama (organization), E1057 [5MY]

World War II veterans flown to Washington, DC, by Louisiana HonorAir (organization), E1113 [11MY], E1233 [21MY]

Motions

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11368 [16NO], S11409 [17NO]

Notices

Congressional Office of Compliance: proposed rulemaking relative to veterans employment opportunities regulations, S1280 [2FE], H783 [2FE]

Petitions and memorials

Texas: restore presumption of Agent Orange exposure to veterans who served in the inland waterways, territorial waters, and airspace of Vietnam, E2166 [31JY]

———support establishment of a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley, E2145 [31JY]

Poems

``One Shot,'' Albert C. Caswell, E973 [27AP]

``Standing Guard—In Honor of SSG Earl Granville, an American Hero, the Pennsylvania National Guard, the United States Army, 28th ID-1/109th/INF-103rdAR,'' Albert C. Caswell, E2848 [1DE]

``Strong Son of the South,'' Albert C. Caswell, E3014 [15DE]

``This Christmas,'' Albert C. Caswell, E3035 [17DE]

``This Hanukkah,'' Albert C. Caswell, E3055 [17DE]

``What Is a Veteran?'' Margaret Yowell, E2826 [19NO]

Proclamations

Tribute to Carlos M. Easterday: Representative Space, E1230 [21MY]

Tribute to Doris Powell: Representative Space, E2657 [29OC]

Tribute to Lewis Baker: Representative Space, E2660 [29OC]

Tribute to Wayne C. Thompson: Representative Watson, E77 [13JA]

Proposals

U.S. Army suicide prevention, S3543-S3545 [19MR]

Quotations

It's the Soldier: Dennis E. O'Brien, E1259 [21MY]

Regulations

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: Congressional Office of Compliance, S1280-S1369 [2FE], H783-H874 [2FE]

Remarks in House

Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office, Akron, OH: designate (H.R. 2004), H9297, H9298 [8SE]

Alabama (U.S.S.): tribute to former crew members, E2238 [10SE]

Alexander City, AL: anniversary of Bill Nichols State Veterans Home, E2821 [19NO]

———Bill Nichols State Veterans Home recipient of American Health Care Association Quality Award, E2821 [19NO]

Alexandria, LA: tribute to American Legion Post 3, E2271 [15SE]

American Battle Monuments Commission: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor World War I veterans, H5312 [7MY]

American Legion: tribute, H2892 [3MR]

———tribute to Heroes to Hometowns golf tournament, H10075 [30SE]

American Legion Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 679), H9508, H9509 [15SE], E2244 [10SE], E2281 [16SE], E2320 [17SE], E2328 [22SE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on economy, H6977 [18JN]

———impact of stimulus funding on Nevada economy, H8949 [28JY]

American Veterans for Equal Rights, Inc.: participation of Chicago, IL, chapter in salute to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veterans, E2015 [27JY]

America's Life Line Foundation: tribute to Tribute to Our Troops event, H13115 [18NO]

Anderson, Earl G., Jr.: Indianapolis Air Show Executive Committee Indiana Aviator of the Year award recipient, E1600 [26JN]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans, H11121 [8OC]

———establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (H.R. 3266), E2696 [3NO]

Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, H7989, H7990 [10JY]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H7731 [7JY]

Arizona: tribute to Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame inductees, E2670 [29OC], E2810 [19NO]

Arlington National Cemetery: tribute to Army 3d Infantry Regiment continuous guard detail at the Tomb of the Unknowns, H8393 [20JY]

Armed Forces: allow transfer of academic credits earned while serving in Armed Forces between institutions of higher education, H9685 [17SE]

———effect of stop-loss policy on members' morale, H3786 [24MR]

———effect of stop-loss policy on military members' morale, H3698 [19MR]

———ensure members receive hearing screenings before and after deployments and mandate tinnitus be treated by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Auditory Centers of Excellence (H.R. 2506), H5808 [20MY]

———establish a special review board for certain former members with post-traumatic stress disorder or a traumatic brain injury (H.R. 1701), H4106 [30MR], H4756 [27AP], H5450 [12MY]

———facilitate the provision of care and services for members with traumatic brain injury, H3030 [5MR]

———honor service and achievements of female members and veterans (H. Res. 868), H12325-H12327 [4NO]

———honor service and achievements of women members and female veterans (H. Res. 868), E2625 [23OC]

———improve program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001, H8306 [17JY]

———improve support and services for members and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and their families, H6094-H6098 [3JN]

———permanently extend the duration of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage for totally disabled veterans, H8816 [27JY]

———provide an equitable process for recovery of overpayments erroneously paid due to no fault of the members and expand discretion for remission or cancellation of indebtedness (H.R. 2771), E1355 [9JN]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve, H7245 [24JN]

———provide service animals to members receiving medical care in an outpatient status, H7243 [24JN]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, H7221 [24JN], H11127, H11128, H11132 [8OC]

———provide special pays and allowances to certain members and expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (H.R. 2990), H7154-H7166 [24JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (H.R. 1695), E751 [24MR]

———revise the process by which a member is retired for disability and becomes eligible for retirement pay (H.R. 296), E48 [8JA]

———tribute to Montgomery GI Bill benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001, H5106 [5MY]

———tribute to servicemen and veterans, H9715 [17SE], E2258 [14SE]

Armed Forces Day: observance (H. Res. 377), H5530, H5531 [13MY], E1154, E1159, E1160, E1176 [14MY]

Arms Forces (organization): tribute, E2841 [1DE]

Army and Air Force Exchange Service: anniversary, E1269 [2JN]

Association of Former Members of Congress: status of charitable golf tournament benefiting disabled veterans, H6822 [16JN]

Aurora, CO: Fitzsimons Veterans Affairs Hospital funding, H7957 [10JY]

Bakersfield National Cemetery: tribute to first burials, E1631 [26JN]

Bantam, CT: anniversary of American Legion Post 90 ``Veteran of the Month'' program, E2650 [28OC]

Barcikowski, Mary: 2d Congressional District of Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E874 [2AP]

Bay Pines, FL: Bay Pines Hospital recipient of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Robert W. Carey Trophy for Performance Excellence Award, E2645 [28OC]

———Bay Pines VA Healthcare System recipient of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Robert W. Carey Performance Excellence Award, E68 [13JA]

Bayonne, NJ: tribute to Memorial Day parade co-grand marshals, H6158 [4JN]

Benefits: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 1513), H4070-H4072 [30MR], E833 [31MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 407), H7091-H7093 [23JN]

Berlin Airlift: anniversary (H. Res. 398), H5772 [19MY], H12160-H12162 [2NO]

Betz, Charles W.: 2d Congressional District of Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E878 [2AP]

Bill of rights: support, H5588 [14MY]

Borkowski, Richard T.: Cuyahoga County, OH, Joint Veterans' Commission Veteran of the Year Award recipient, E190 [3FE]

Bushman, Allen: Chowchilla, CA, Richard Corbett Brown VFW Post 9896 Distinguished Life Member award recipient, E823 [31MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Weekend of Remembrance event to honor military personnel who have died in service and acknowledge the sacrifice of their families (H. Con. Res. 171), H9244 [31JY]

Centralia, IL: anniversary of VFW Post 2055, E3044 [17DE]

Champaign, IL: tribute to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 601 chapter, E1646 [7JY]

Chicago, IL: tribute to St. Richard Parish salute to veterans celebration, E2372 [25SE]

Clinton, MA: anniversary of James R. Kirby American Legion Post 50, E1631 [26JN]

Colleges and universities: give priority to low-income, nontraditional students, dislocated workers, and veterans when awarding community college grants, H9684 [17SE]

———give priority to veterans when awarding community college grants and allow use of funds for programs that prepare students for careers in veterans administration and energy-related fields, H9687, H9688 [17SE]

———prioritize grants to higher learning institutions that promote activities to increase degree or certificate completion for students who are veterans, H9681, H9682 [17SE]

———require campus veterans resource officers to act as a link between student veterans and Dept. of Veterans Affairs mental health care providers, H9680, H9681 [17SE]

Community service: create a service corps of veterans called Veterans Engaged for Tomorrow (VET) Corps focused on promoting and improving the service opportunities for veterans and retired members of the military (H.R. 1401), E733 [23MR]

Congress: tribute to congressional golf tournament benefiting disabled veterans, H6779 [15JN]

Congressional Black Caucus: anniversary of Veterans Braintrust, E500 [26FE]

———budget priorities, H3092-H3096 [9MR]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: VA Loan Guaranty program regulatory authority, E2966 [11DE]

Corning, NY: tribute to VFW Post 524 Veterans Day ceremony, E2769 [16NO]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish a veterans volunteer corps to help veterans pursue education and employment, process claims, and rural, disabled, and unemployed veterans with transportation needs, H3598 [18MR]

Credit: restrict credit card issuers from making adverse reports to credit rating agencies regarding deployed military service members and disabled veterans, H5035, H5036 [30AP]

Crime: allow imposition of death penalty for certain hate crime offenses and include the elderly, Armed Forces members, and law enforcement officers as hate crime victim categories, H4956, H4957 [29AP]

———provide penalties for hate crimes against members of the Armed Forces (H.R. 2677), H6158 [4JN]

Delran, NJ: anniversary of VFW Post 3020, E2760 [16NO]

Dept. of Defense: assess feasibility and efficacy of providing service members with post-deployment mental health screening, H7373, H7374, H7375 [25JN]

———determine whether use of therapy animals to treat wounded warriors should be expanded to additional facilities, H7362 [25JN]

———encourge efforts to retrieve remains of Armed Forces members killed during World War II Battle of Tarawa Atoll, H7363 [25JN]

———enhance suicide prevention programs, H9170 [30JY]

———Fisher House Foundation funding, H9060 [30JY]

———notify members of Armed Forces and State military departments of exposure to potentially harmful materials and contaminants, E1610 [26JN]

———prohibit disposal of hazardous waste using open-air burn pits during contingency operations of more than one year, H7347, H7348 [25JN]

———report to Congress on use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, H9083 [30JY]

———tribue to Army non-commissioned officers, E2430 [1OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: report regarding right-wing extremist groups, H4553 [21AP], H4590, H4677-H4683 [22AP], H4846 [28AP], H5045 [30AP], H5136 [5MY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding to enforce regulations against veteran's preference in Dept. of HUD financed housing for the elderly built on a Dept. of Veterans Affairs campus or using a VA-enhanced use lease, H8650 [23JY]

Dept. of Labor: authorize appropriations for the Veterans Workforce Investment Program (H.R. 295), E47 [8JA]

———carry out a grant program to provide reintegration services through programs and facilities that emphasize services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children, H4068, H4069 [30MR]

———carry out a grant program to provide reintegration services through programs and facilities that emphasize services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children (H.R. 293), E41 [8JA]

———provide for training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives by National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute (H.R. 1088), H5724, H5725 [19MY]

———reauthorize Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (H.R. 1171), H4067-H4069 [30MR], E829 [31MR]

Dept. of the Interior: make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (H.R. 1354), H3111 [10MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address backlog of disability claims applications at the Houston, TX, VA Regional Office, H7974 [10JY]

———affirm responsibility to support those veterans with combat wounds or service-connected disabilities (H. Res. 261), H3677, H3678 [19MR]

———allow the awarding of sole source contracts to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, H12157, H12158 [2NO]

———anniversary of establishment of the agency as a Cabinet-level department, E713 [19MR]

———authorize a major medical facility lease in Atlanta, GA (H.R. 3704), H10560 [7OC]

———authorize a major medical facility project at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA (S. 509), H12165-H12167 [2NO], E2696 [3NO]

———authorize major medical facility leases (S. 1717), H10559-H10561 [7OC]

———carry out a pilot program to utilize telehealth platforms to assist in treatment of rural veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury (H.R. 2505), H5808 [20MY]

———clarify responsibility to verify the veteran status of owners of small business concerns listed in the database maintained by the Dept., H12157 [2NO]

———comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans funding, H7972 [10JY]

———concerns over possible exposure to HIV at VA hospitals, H3999 [25MR]

———conduct a pilot project to test feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of certain qualifying work-study activities (H.R. 1037), H8036, H8037 [14JY], E1805 [16JY]

———Education and Debt Reduction Program funding, H7983 [10JY]

———establish a compensation fund to make payments to qualified World War II veterans on the basis of certain qualifying service, H8816, H8817 [27JY]

———establish a grant program to encourage development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing (H.R. 1170), H5723, H5724 [19MY]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (H.R. 174), H12168-H12170 [2NO]

———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health, H8817 [27JY]

———establish position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health (H.R. 1302), E548 [4MR]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 23), H5422-H5428 [12MY], E1141 [13MY], E1200 [19MY]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 1211), H7097-H7101 [23JN], E1633 [26JN]

———expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished in a non-departmental facility (H.R. 1377), H4069, H4070 [30MR], E833 [31MR]

———funding, H4383 [1AP], H4878 [28AP]

———improve energy and water efficiencies and conservation (H.R. 292), E44 [8JA]

———improve laws relative to small business concerns and employment assistance (H.R. 4220), H15469 [16DE], E2904 [8DE]

———improve outreach programs, H12159 [2NO]

———improve treatment and services relative to post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and suicide prevention, H1135 [10FE], H1206 [11FE]

———include a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors on the departmental Internet site (H.R. 1172), H7093, H7094 [23JN], E1623 [26JN]

———include participation in clean-up operations at Enewetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity (H.R. 1631), E713 [19MR]

———increase amount of educational assistance to certain individuals pursuing internships or on-job training (H.R. 1098), E1254 [21MY]

———increase amount of subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in vocational rehabilitation programs (H.R. 297), E50 [8JA]

———increase amount payable to veterans for improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of home health services (H.R. 1293), H8818, H8819 [27JY], E547 [4MR], E2033 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

———increase payments to certain veterans for certain travel expenses (H.R. 4073), E2836 [19NO]

———information technology systems and medical and prosthetic research accounts funding, H7957 [10JY]

———investigate alleged employee manipulation of bonus reward system at the Pittsburgh, PA, Veterans Benefits Administration, H7973 [10JY]

———make certain improvements in benefits laws (H.R. 3949), H12152-H12160, H12181 [2NO], E2724 [5NO]

———make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (H.R. 3219), H8813-H8818 [27JY], E2033 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

———make certain improvements to laws relative to benefits for severely injured veterans (H.R. 3407), E2119 [31JY]

———mental health funding, H13554 [8DE]

———modify and update provisions of law relative to nonprofit research and education corporations (H.R. 2770), H8819-H8822 [27JY], E1359 [9JN], E2033 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

———Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events funding, H7984, H7985 [10JY]

———prohibit collection of certain copayments from catastrophically disabled veterans, H8816 [27JY]

———prohibit funding for processing of enhanced use leases at the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, H7990, H7991 [10JY]

———provide a housing stipend under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program for individuals pursuing education programs through distance learning (H.R. 3661), H10436 [1OC]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), H12492 [6NO]

———provide certain veterans with employment training assistance (H.R. 1168), H12149-H12151 [2NO], E2697 [3NO]

———provide guidelines for establishment of new national cemeteries (H.R. 3544), H12168 [2NO]

———provide training, support, and medical care to family members of disabled veterans who serve as caregivers to such veterans (H.R. 3155), H8822-H8825 [27JY], E2033 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), H7094-H7097 [23JN], E1254 [21MY], E1573, E1617, E1630 [26JN]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 804), H10526, H10554-H10559 [7OC], E2499 [8OC]

———quality of health care administered at health care facilities, H7114 [23JN]

———reauthorize the small business loan program (H.R. 294), E45 [8JA]

———reimburse certain volunteers who provide funeral honors details at the funerals of veterans (H.R. 3886), E2674 [29OC]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 775), H4271, H4272, H4274, H4275 [1AP]

———report on use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in departmental medical facilities, H7986, H7987 [10JY]

———State veterans cemeteries construction grants funding, H7986 [10JY]

———take responsibility for financing health benefits for disabled veterans and ensure policies do not discourage the purchase of health insurance by such veterans, H3447 [17MR], H3546, H3613 [18MR]

———VA Ann Arbor, MI, Health System funding, E1733 [13JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H14466, H14473 [10DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), H7960-H7992 [10JY], E1730, E1733, E1742 [13JY], E1764 [14JY], E1772 [15JY], E1857 [21JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (H. Res. 622), H7951-H7960 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), earmark declaration, H7976 [10JY], E1639, E1644, E1649 [7JY], E1680, E1683 [8JY], E1687, E1688, E1690, E1692, E1698, E1703, E1704, E1707, E1708 [9JY], E1713, E1714, E1715, E1716, E1717, E1718, E1719, E1720, E1722 [10JY], E1754 [14JY], E1838 [17JY], E1894 [22JY], E2126 [31JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: report progress toward establishment of a joint virtual lifetime electronic medical record database for Armed Forces members, H7374 [25JN]

Distinguished Flying Cross Society: tribute, E841 [1AP]

Economy: provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits, H5635 [14MY]

Education: allow individuals eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance enrolled in an institute of higher education in a State that charges fees in lieu of tuition to use amounts payable for such fees, H7973 [10JY]

———recognize the importance of teaching elementary and secondary school students about sacrifices that veterans have made throughout history (H. Res. 897), H13397, H13398 [2DE]

———revise maximum educational award formula used to calculate veterans educational benefits received for participating in national service programs, H3590, H3591 [18MR]

El Paso, TX: tribute to veterans, E2754 [9NO]

Employment: job training and job search assistance funding, H1011 [4FE]

———provide family and medical leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members, E2520 [14OC]

Families and domestic relations: provide travel expenses for family caregivers accompanying veterans to medical treatment facilities, H8825 [27JY]

———provide travel expenses for family caregivers accompanying veterans to medical treatment facilities (H.R. 2738), H8034 [14JY]

Flaugher, Jonathan: Fresno City College Citizen Soldier Award recipient, E2915 [8DE]

Fort Sam Houston, TX: tribute to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Memorial Service Detachment unit for performance of military funeral honors for veterans, H12492 [6NO]

Fort Wayne, IN: tribute to Holland Elementary School Veterans Day Recognition Program, H13398 [2DE]

Forty & Eight (organization): tribute, E2318 [17SE]

Foster, Roy: CNN Heroes honoree, E2928 [10DE]

Fox, Robert: Fresno City College Citizen Soldier Award recipient, E2907 [8DE]

GAO: study effectiveness of certain legislation in growing and assisting veteran owned businesses, H5854 [20MY]

Germany: tribute to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Hospital personnel, E2766 [16NO]

Gold Star Mothers Day: observance, E2536 [14OC]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 513), H9247 [31JY]

Gwartney, Don: Chowchilla, CA, Richard Corbett Brown VFW Post 9896 Distinguished Life Member award recipient, E828 [31MR]

Health: ensure national health care reform does not undercut services currently available to Armed Forces members and veterans, H7957 [10JY]

———prohibit discrimination and acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the uniformed services (H.R. 466), H6287-H6289 [8JN], E1207 [19MY], E1395 [12JN]

———terminate all Government-administered health benefits for Members of Congress until comprehensive health care reform is enacted into law (H.R. 4230), H13523 [7DE], E2911 [8DE]

Health care: choices, H12556 [6NO], H12848 [7NO]

———funding, H3698-H3700 [19MR], H4421 [2AP], H6142, H6144 [3JN], H14465, H14466 [10DE]

Health care facilities: ensure access to services in at least one Veterans Health Administration full-service hospital in their State or comparable contract services in the State (H.R. 190), E22 [6JA]

———funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H4134 [31MR]

Health care professionals: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (H.R. 3199), E1760 [14JY]

Heartland Flight Chicago (organization): tribute, E840 [1AP]

Herkimer, NY: tribute to Fallen Stars Memorial Mural, E929 [22AP]

Hill, Arthur: Fresno City College Citizen Soldier Award recipient, E47 [8JA]

Hobart, IN: anniversary of Elks Lodge 1152, E1827 [17JY]

Honor Flight, Inc.: tribute, H12558 [6NO]

Honor Flight Nebraska (organization): tribute, E2817 [19NO]

Honor Flight of Chicago (organization): tribute, E2647 [28OC]

Honor Flight of Southern New Mexico (organization): tribute, E2435 [1OC]

Honor Flight South Alabama (organization): tribute, E1057 [5MY], E2291 [16SE]

Honor Flight South Carolina (organization): tribute, E1027 [30AP], E2774 [16NO], E2801 [18NO]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in tribute to Xhacob LaTorre, H14848 [14DE]

Housing: provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans, E1230 [21MY]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (H.R. 403), H6833-H6840 [16JN], E1499 [18JN]

———waive housing loan fees for veterans with service-connected disabilities called to active service, H8818 [27JY]

Houston, TX: Riverside General Hospital veterans post-traumatic stress disorder funding, H15002 [16DE]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (H.R. 2412), E1158 [14MY], E1327 [4JN]

Independence, MO: tribute to Harry S Truman Library and Museum's Vietnam veterans appreciation events, E2282 [16SE]

———tribute to Harry S Truman Presidential Library Vietnam War veterans recognition event, E2545 [15OC]

Insurance: provide certain veterans an opportunity to increase the amount of Veterans' Group Life Insurance, H8816, H8817 [27JY]

———provide certain veterans an opportunity to increase the amount of Veterans' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 2379), E1132 [13MY]

Inverness, FL: Forty & Eight (organization) National City of the Year honoree, E2622 [23OC]

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office, Des Moines, IA: designate (H.R. 3386), H9507, H9508 [15SE]

Jacobs, Darrel: Phoenix, AZ, VA Health Care Systems Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1332 [8JN]

Japan: evolution of U.S.-Japanese relations since World War II, E1255 [21MY]

Jewish War Veterans (organization): tribute to Buffalo, NY, post, E2629 [26OC]

John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: designate (H.R. 955), H3463, H3464 [17MR]

Johnson, Representative Sam: anniversary of release from POW camp in North Vietnam, H1251 [12FE]

Jonesborough, TN: anniversary of Jonesborough Veterans Park, E2626 [23OC]

Kahoohanohano, Anthony T.: Medal of Honor recipient, E2730 [5NO]

Kaufman County, TX: tribute to Vietnam Memorial Wall of Texas, E2736 [6NO]

Kern, Susan: 2d Congressional District of Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E875 [2AP]

Kingwood, TX: tribute to Creekwood Middle School for service learning project studying World War I survivors, H1276 [12FE]

Korean War Veterans Association: tribute to Cayuga County, NY, chapter for efforts to renovate Veterans Memorial Park, E1165 [14MY]

Lakeland, FL: tribute to veterans at Calvary Baptist Church, E1215 [20MY]

LaMarch, William A.: Upper Peninsula Veteran of the Year award recipient, E2196 [8SE]

Laredo Veterans Post Office, Laredo, TX: designate (H.R. 2325), H6757, H6758 [15JN]

Lawson, Walter M., Jr.: Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame inductee, E2696 [3NO]

Leander, TX: tribute to Greater Leander Chamber of Commerce participation in the Americans Supporting Americans (organization) Adopt-a-Unit program, E2112 [31JY]

———tribute to participation in the Americans Supporting Americans (organization) Adopt-a-Unit program, E2110 [31JY]

Leanes, Denis and Kristy: National Military Family Association National Military Family of the Year award recipient, H14849 [14DE]

Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc.: tribute to launch of Armed Services Advocacy Project, H13270 [19NO], E2675 [2NO]

Louisiana HonorAir Day: designate (H. Res. 828), H12151, H12152 [2NO]

Louisiana HonorAir (organization): tribute, E989 [27AP], E1000 [28AP], E1113 [11MY], E1233 [21MY]

Lybarger, Phil: Chowchilla, CA, Richard Corbett Brown VFW Post 9896 Distinguished Life Member award recipient, E813 [30MR]

Manisitique, MI: anniversary of Elks Lodge 632 Temple, E2197 [8SE]

Marine Corps: tribute to Montford Point Marines, E409 [25FE]

Marine on St. Croix, MN: tribute to Disabled Veterans Rest Camp, E1558 [24JN]

Massapequa, NY: anniversary of American Legion Post 1066, E532 [3MR]

Max J. Beilke Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Alexandria, MN: designate (H.R. 3157), H12167, H12168 [2NO]

Medicare: provide payments to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for items and services provided to eligible veterans for non-service-connected conditions (H.R. 3365), E2122 [31JY]

Memorial Day: observance, H5984, H5985 [21MY], E1246 [21MY]

———urge all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit national cemeteries, memorials, and markers (H. Res. 360), H5726-H5728 [19MY], H5896, H5897 [21MY], E1212 [20MY], E1230, E1253, E1254, E1258, E1262 [21MY], E1341 [8JN]

Merrillville, IN: tribute to Merrillville Rotary Club Veterans Day event, E2682 [2NO]

Miami, FL: dedication of Bruce W. Carter Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, E1076 [6MY]

Mills, Mike: American Patriot Program (organization) American Patriot Award recipient, E2650 [28OC]

Mojave National Preserve: constitutionality of Mojave Desert Cross World War I memorial relative to display of religious symbol on Government land, H10462 [6OC]

Moss, Vern: Chowchilla, CA, Richard Corbett Brown VFW Post 9896 Distinguished Life Member award recipient, E803 [30MR]

Munson's Chocolates (business): tribute, E36 [7JA]

Murphy, NC: tribute to hosting of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall, E2445 [6OC]

Murray Grey Foundation: tribute to partnership with Wreaths Across America (organization) for the Patriots Wreaths Program, H13472 [3DE]

National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial: rededicate (H.R. 482), H3784 [24MR], H5661 [14MY], E180 [3FE]

National cemeteries: provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment, H12158 [2NO]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (H.R. 442), H880 [3FE]

National Guard: anniversary (H. Res. 940), H13527-H13529 [7DE], E2914 [8DE], E2921 [10DE]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (H.R. 2632), H8379-H8381 [20JY], E1866 [21JY], E1904 [23JY], E2004 [24JY], E2382 [29SE]

National Military Appreciation Month: support goals and objectives (H. Con. Res. 84), H5434-H5436 [12MY]

National Military Family Month: observance, E2656 [29OC]

National Park Service: improve cemetery maintenance standards, H7407 [25JN]

National Veterans History Project Week: designate (H. Res. 866), H12163, H12164 [2NO], E2787 [17NO]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force (H. Res. 773), H12148, H12149 [2NO], E2454 [6OC], E2705 [4NO]

Ocala Honor Flight (organization): tribute, H12050 [29OC]

Occoquan, VA: tribute to surviving World War II veterans, E2586 [20OC]

Office of Special Counsel: enforce employment and unemployment rights of veterans and members of the Armed Forces employed by Federal executive agencies (H.R. 1089), H5725, H5726 [19MY], E1218 [20MY]

Ohlman, George: Distinguished Flying Cross medal recipient, H14377 [9DE]

Osage, IA: tribute to American Legion Auxiliary Unit 278, E2106 [31JY]

Pensacola, FL: tribute to Blue Angels Elementary School and Navy Point Elementary School for events recognizing and supporting Armed Forces members and veterans, E2656 [29OC]

Pittman, Hank: Chowchilla, CA, Richard Corbett Brown VFW Post 9896 Distinguished Life Member award recipient, E822 [31MR]

Pleasanton Military Families (organization): tribute, H13074 [18NO]

POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, E2323 [21SE]

Rabun County, GA: tribute to Rabun County Chamber of Commerce Veterans Day event, E2753 [9NO]

Republican Club of Central Pasco (organization): tribute for support of the Fisher House at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, E2621, E2623 [23OC]

Richardson, Gerald: Ogemaw County, MI, Veterans Alliance Ogemaw County Veteran of the Year award recipient, E2718 [4NO]

Riverside County, CA: tribute to Operation Recognition award recipients, E2652 [28OC]

Round Rock, TX: tribute to participation in the Americans Supporting Americans (organization) Adopt-a-Unit program, E2114 [31JY]

Sabin, James: Chowchilla, CA, Richard Corbett Brown VFW Post 9896 Distinguished Life Member award recipient, E819 [31MR]

SBA: allow veterans business centers to receive grants to develop specialized entrepreneurial programs that assist unemployed veterans, reservists, and surviving spouses, H5855 [20MY]

———establish mentorship and assistance programs designed to help minority, veteran-owned, and woman-owned small businesses operate in the construction industry (H.R. 3771), H12987 [16NO]

———establish Veterans Business Center program, H5816, H5845, H5846, H5857, H5858 [20MY]

———establish Veterans Business Center program (H.R. 1803), H8912-H8915 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

———give priority for disadvantaged small businesses outreach grants to underrepresented areas, women, service-disabled veterans, and minority-owned organizations, H7775, H7776 [8JY]

———give priority to veterans applying for New Market Venture Capital Program grants, H12072 [29OC]

———increase loan guarantee on qualifying loans for veteran-owned small businesses, H12105, H12106 [29OC]

Scott, Vanessa: 2d Congressional District of Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E880 [2AP]

Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation: tribute (H. Res. 461), H12164, H12165, H12182 [2NO]

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: clarify that servicemembers and their dependents have a private course of action for violations of their rights, H7337 [25JN]

———provide enforcement of rights afforded under Act, H12159 [2NO]

Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium: encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership (H. Res. 491), H9829-H9831 [23SE]

Shrum, Travis: Tempe, AZ, Mayor's Disability Award recipient for Outstanding Employee of the Year, E1437 [17JN]

Silver Star Families of America (organization): tribute, E1023 [30AP]

Small Business Act: improve small business loan activities, H12076 [29OC]

Snowball Express (organization): tribute, E2574 [20OC]

Social Security: impact of lack of cost-of-living adjustment, E2564 [15OC]

———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (H.R. 4054), E2744 [6NO]

Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery Foundation: tribute to Historical Soldiers' Relocation Project, E1241 [21MY]

St. Paul, MN: anniversary of Gallagher-Hansen VFW Post 295, E3012 [15DE]

Swann, Barbara: 2d Congressional District of Maryland Veterans Advisory Council Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award recipient, E881 [2AP]

``Sweats for Vets'' initiative: tribute, E2646 [28OC]

Tampa, FL: tribute to 307th Bombardment Group reunion, E987 [27AP]

———tribute to James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital Fisher House, E2627 [23OC]

Taxation: allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (H.R. 2756), E1341 [8JN]

———make all veterans eligible for home loans under the veterans mortgage revenue bond program (H.R. 2319), E1100 [7MY]

Texas A&M University: tribute to Corp of Cadets, E1683 [8JY]

Toledo, OH: VA medical facility funding, H7972 [10JY]

Tower of Hope (organization): commend efforts to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day (H. Res. 291), H12162, H12163 [2NO], E790 [26MR], E2696 [3NO]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary of first graduating class (H. Con. Res. 139), H12327-H12330 [4NO]

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: veterans legal services funding, H7985 [10JY]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (H. Res. 89), H12170-H12172 [2NO], E2731 [5NO], E2742 [6NO]

———observance, E2660 [29OC], E2682 [2NO], E2745 [6NO]

VFW Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 483), H8844-H8846 [27JY], H9024 [29JY], E2033 [28JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc.: extend legislative authority to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor center (H.R. 3689), H11176 [13OC], E2570 [16OC]

Vietnamese Conflict: honor veterans on 50th anniversary, E2153 [31JY]

———issue a medal to those who died after service as a result of that service (H.R. 671), E164 [28JA]

Von Rueden, Frederic: Fresno City College Citizen Soldier Award recipient, E50 [8JA]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (H. Res. 234), H3773-H3777 [24MR]

Whiting, IN: anniversary of Whiting American Legion Post 90, E2286 [16SE]

Wilkes County, NC: tribute to VFW Post 1142 Honor Guard, H5720 [19MY]

William C. Tallent Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Knoxville, TN: designate (H.R. 402), H8037-H8039 [14JY]

Wilmot, Michelle: Massachusetts Dept. of Veterans' Services Women Veterans' Network Outstanding Woman Veteran Award recipient, H12368 [5NO]

Wilson, Dale: DAV National Disabled American Veteran of the Year award recipient, H11356 [14OC]

Woodcliff Lake, NJ: tribute to VFW Post 8946 for visits to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, E2923 [10DE]

Woodlands, TX: tribute to Texas Marine Medal of Honor Monument, E2739 [6NO]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day, H6131 [3JN], H6246 [4JN], E1331 [8JN]

———anniversary of Battle of the Bulge, E3019 [17DE]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon between December 7, 1941 and May 6, 1942 (H.R. 2598), H5896 [21MY]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (H.R. 347), H5534-H5538 [13MY], H5654 [14MY], H6282 [8JN], E44 [8JA]

———tribute to Armed Forces members, E898 [21AP]

———tribute to Armed Forces members who gave their lives in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France (H. Res. 495), E1289 [3JN]

———tribute to Armed Forces members who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France, E979 [27AP], E993 [28AP]

———tribute to Armed Forces members who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France (H. Res. 259), H6036-H6038 [2JN], E1328 [4JN]

———tribute to the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the U.S. Army (H. Res. 494), H13392-H13394 [2DE], E2877 [3DE]

Remarks in Senate

Agent Orange Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 248), S9060 [6AU]

Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office, Akron, OH: designate (H.R. 2004), S11300 [9NO]

Alaska: tribute to Alaska Decoration of Honor recipients, S5811 [21MY]

———tribute to Armed Forces, S11313 [10NO]

American Legion Day: designate (S. Res. 260), S9274, S9275 [10SE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on economy, S9174 [9SE]

Appropriations: use economic stimulus funds to hire veterans, at-risk youth, and low-income people for infrastructure projects, S1674 [5FE]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (S. 2743), S11217 [5NO]

———give wounded reservists the option of remaining on active duty during the transition process to continue to receive military pay and allow such members to live at home during transition (S. 944), S4968 [30AP]

———grant full veteran status to Reserve members with certain amount of military service, S7597 [16JY]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (S. 572), S3031 [11MR]

———limit requirements of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive from members subsequently receiving retired or retainer pay (S. 1008), S5292 [7MY]

———provide a dislocation allowance for retired members moving from their last duty station to their designated home and include members placed on the temporary disability retired list, S7749 [21JY]

———provide comprehensive information on benefits to members of Armed Forces and their families, S8856 [5AU]

———provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the retired Reserve, S11308 [10NO]

———provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE, S8024 [23JY]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay, S776-S778 [22JA], S7542 [15JY], S10007-S10009 [1OC], S11021 [3NO]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay (S. 342), S997 [28JA]

———tribute to members from California killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, S13314 [16DE]

Army: anniversary of Special Operations Command, S13873 [23DE]

Benefits: increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses (S. 1118), S5781 [21MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 407), S2083 [10FE], S6476, S6477 [10JN]

Budget: freeze and limit future growth of non-defense and non-veterans spending, S4643-S4645, S4655 [23AP]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner (S. 1613), S9012-S9015 [6AU]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Weekend of Remembrance event to honor military personnel who have died in service and acknowledge the sacrifice of their families (H. Con. Res. 171), S8889 [5AU]

Charleston AFB, SC: tribute to 437th Airlift Wing, S8984 [6AU]

Cody, WY: dedication of Wyoming Veterans Memorial Park World War II memorial, S8985 [6AU]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11191 [5NO]

Crime: establish mandatory minimum sentencing for assault or battery of a U.S. serviceman, an immediate family member, or for knowingly destroying the property of active or retired servicemen, S7684, S7686, S7687 [20JY]

Dept. of Defense: enhance suicide prevention programs, S3542 [19MR]

———improve and expand suicide prevention and community healing and response training under the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, S7445 [14JY]

———report on Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program implementation, S8017 [23JY]

———Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program outreach and reintegration services funding, S10142, S10152 [6OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: report regarding right-wing extremist groups, S4418 [20AP]

Dept. of the Army: determine validity of certain Filipinos' claims that they performed military service on behalf of the U.S. during World War II (S. 68), S69 [6JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities, S11268 [9NO]

———authorize a major medical facility project at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA (S. 509), S7573 [15JY]

———authorize major medical facility leases (S. 1717), S9889 [25SE]

———authorize major medical facility projects and leases (S. 1310), S6847 [19JN]

———clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (S. 669), S3616 [23MR], S10889-S10891 [29OC]

———comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans funding, S11240, S11241 [6NO], S11485 [18NO]

———conduct a pilot project to test feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of certain qualifying work-study activities (H.R. 1037), insert S. 728 language in lieu, S10251 [7OC]

———convert unused structures into housing with supportive services for homeless veterans, S11267 [9NO], S11403, S11404 [17NO]

———enhance ability to recruit and retain health care administrators and providers in underserved rural areas, S11326 [10NO]

———enhance life insurance, compensation and pension, and burial and memorial benefits for disabled veterans (S. 728), S3926 [26MR], S10245-S10251 [7OC]

———enhance vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans (S. 514), S2705 [3MR]

———establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in hospitals, S7255 [8JY]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (S. 691), S3786 [25MR]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, S11321 [10NO], S11525 [19NO]

———expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished in a non-departmental facility (H.R. 1377), S13468, S13469 [18DE]

———expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished in a non-departmental facility (S. 404), S2080 [10FE]

———funding, S2821 [5MR]

———furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (S. 1518), S8136 [27JY]

———improve capacity to recruit and retain physicians in health professional shortage areas and improve provision of health care to veterans in rural areas (S. 734), S3988 [30MR]

———improve outreach programs (S. 315), S833 [26JA]

———improve quality of care provided to veterans in departmental medical facilities and encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities, S11023 [3NO]

———improve quality of care provided to veterans in departmental medical facilities and encourage highly qualified doctors to serve in hard-to-fill positions in such medical facilities (S. 246), S394 [14JA]

———increase annual amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (S. 2760), S11346 [10NO]

———introduce pay-for-performance compensation mechanisms into contracts with community-based outpatient health care clinics (S. 1302), S6816 [18JN]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies, S7697 [20JY]

———permit facilities to be designated as voter registration agencies (S. 1556), S8683 [3AU]

———provide a dental insurance plan for certain veterans and their survivors and dependents (S. 498), S2569 [26FE]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), S10855, S10866 [28OC], S10869 [29OC], S11242-S11245 [6NO], S11271-S11273 [9NO], S11322, S11324 [10NO], S11523-S11533, S11537-S11544, S11551-S11572 [19NO]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), unanimous-consent agreement, S11422 [17NO]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), unanimous-consent request, S11283, S11284 [9NO]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans through reductions in U.N. contributions, S11524-S11533, S11537-S11544, S11551, S11552 [19NO]

———provide benefits to certain Filipino World War II veterans, S1626, S1627 [5FE]

———provide for an apprenticeship and on-job training program under the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (S. 2769), S11361 [16NO]

———provide grants to community-based organizations and State and local government entities to conduct outreach programs to veterans in underserved areas, S11364 [16NO]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), House amendment, S10376-S10378 [13OC]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (H.R. 1016), insert S. 423 language in lieu, S9059 [6AU]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (S. 423), S2232 [12FE], S9058 [6AU]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, S7751 [21JY], S8856 [5AU]

———State veterans cemeteries construction grants funding, S11331 [10NO]

———veterans' homelessness eradication programs funding through reductions in general operating expense account, S11409 [17NO]

———waive charges for humanitarian care provided to family members accompanying severely injured veterans receiving medical care and provide assistance to family caregivers (S. 801), S4350 [2AP], S11262 [9NO], S11544 [19NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11187-S11191 [5NO], S11239-S11241 [6NO], S11265, S11267-S11273, S11283 [9NO], S11313, S11316, S11320-S11322, S11325, S11326, S11331 [10NO], S11361, S11370, S11377-S11379 [16NO], S11395, S11402-S11411 [17NO], S11485 [18NO]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), motion to commit, S11369, S11371 [16NO]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), unanimous-consent agreement, S11334 [10NO]

———military construction and veterans' services across-the-board funding reduction, S11369, S11371 [16NO]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S11313 [10NO]

Disabled: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (S. 66), S69 [6JA]

———carry out a pilot program on training, certification, and support of family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and Armed Forces members (S. 543), S2866 [6MR]

———clarify additional requirements for consideration to be afforded time, place, and circumstances of service in determinations regarding service-connected disabilities (S. 919), S4817 [28AP]

———clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (S. 1444), S7414 [13JY]

Domestic policy: improve lives of veterans and their families and provide them with the opportunity to achieve the American dream (S. 402), S2080 [10FE]

Employment: provide family and medical leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members (S. 1543), S8561 [30JY]

Federal employees: Government agencies employment of veterans, S11316 [10NO]

GAO: review and analyze the military whistleblower reprisal appeals heard by the Boards for the Correction of Military Records, S7769 [21JY]

German Information Center USA: tribute to efforts to commemorate anniversary of Berlin Airlift, S7133 [6JY]

Gold Star Mothers Day: observance, S9727 [23SE], S10431 [14OC]

Gravely (U.S.S.): tribute to christening, S5775, S5790 [21MY]

Health care: funding, S4247, S4266 [2AP], S11316 [10NO]

Health care facilities: ensure access to services in at least one Veterans Health Administration full-service hospital in their State or comparable contract services in the State (S. 239), S390, S391 [14JA]

Health care professionals: facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums (S. 1154), S11361 [16NO]

Homeless: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (S. 1547), S8562 [30JY], S8628 [31JY], S8890 [5AU]

Honor Flight, Inc.: Piedmont, NC, Rotary Club sponsorship of World War II veterans visit to the World War II memorial in Washington, DC, S10774 [27OC]

———tribute, S10732 [26OC]

Honor Flight Bluegrass (organization): tribute, S5805 [21MY], S7550 [15JY]

Honor Flight South Dakota (organization): tribute, S5370 [12MY]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (S. 1337), S7006 [24JN]

Income: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (S. 546), S2911 [9MR]

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office, Des Moines, IA: designate (H.R. 3386), S11300 [9NO]

James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Chicago, IL: designate, S11325 [10NO]

Jefferson, Raymond M.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, unanimous-consent agreement, S6318 [8JN]

John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: designate (H.R. 955), S11300 [9NO]

John T. Noble Trucking (business): tribute to efforts to support creation of Northern Maine Veteran's Cemetery, S5432 [13MY]

Laredo Veterans Post Office, Laredo, TX: designate (H.R. 2325), S8715 [4AU]

Louisiana HonorAir (organization): tribute, S4569 [22AP], S5229 [6MY], S7359 [10JY], S10213 [7OC], S10518 [19OC], S11380 [16NO]

Marion, IL: allegations of malpractice at Marion VA Medical Center, S11023 [3NO]

McEntire Joint National Guard Base, SC: tribute to 169th Fighter Wing, S12006 [30NO]

Medicare: provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of critical access hospital designation and exempt beds provided for veterans from certain limitations (S. 307), S791 [22JA]

Memorial Day: observance, S5781 [21MY]

———restore traditional observance (S. 70), S71 [6JA]

Merril Lundman Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Havre, MT: designate (S. 226), S342 [13JA]

Military Families Appreciation Day: observance, S5279 [7MY]

Muscatine, IA: tribute to American Legion Post 27 World War II Honor Tour of Washington, DC, S4886 [29AP]

National Airborne Day: designate (S. Res. 235), S8700 [3AU]

National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial: rededicate (S. 2097), S11322-S11324, S11326 [10NO]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (H.R. 2632), S8101 [24JY]

National Military Family Month: designate (S. Res. 336), S11130 [4NO]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, S12614 [7DE]

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 239), S8778, S8779 [4AU]

National Veterans History Project Week: designate (S. Res. 340), S11354 [10NO]

Navajo Code Talkers: tribute, S6677 [17JN]

Operation Homefront Georgia (organization): tribute, S825 [26JA]

Pease Greeters (organization): tribute, S9259 [10SE]

POW: allow certain former POW with service-connected disabilities to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores (S. 67), S69 [6JA]

Robley Rex Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, KY: designate (S. 1493), S7887 [22JY]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of San Francisco VA Medical Center, S9178 [9SE]

Senior citizens: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1685), S9354 [15SE], S10406 [14OC], S10473 [15OC]

Shinseki, Eric K.: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S666 [20JA]

South Charleston, WV: observance of Armed Forces Day (S. Res. 146), S5538 [14MY]

Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (S. 491), S2565 [26FE]

———expand eligibility for the employment tax credit for unemployed veterans, S1666 [5FE], S1804 [6FE]

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: improve enforcement (S. 263), S10993 [2NO]

Veterans Day: encourage greater recognition (S. Res. 349), S11354 [10NO]

———observance, S11261, S11262 [9NO], S11306, S11313, S11315, S11316, S11320, S11327, S11335-S11337, S11342 [10NO]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (S. Res. 89), S4008 [30MR]

Women's Equality Day: observance, S8982 [6AU]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day, S6181 [4JN]

———anniversary of Battle of Midway, S6181 [4JN]

———anniversary of Exercise Tiger training mission, S4664 [23AP]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to POW at Bataan (S. 768), S4179 [1AP]

Wreaths Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 358), S12089 [1DE], S13030 [11DE]

Reports

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services, S11241 [6NO]

Reports filed

Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office, Akron, OH: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2004), S11118 [4NO]

Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 23) (H. Rept. 111-99), H5397 [7MY]

Caregiver Assistance and Resource Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3155) (H. Rept. 111-224), H8706 [23JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 622) (H. Rept. 111-195), H7945 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Establishment of Grant Program To Encourage Development of New Assistive Technologies for Specially Adapted Housing: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1170) (H. Rept. 111-109), H5663 [14MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3082) (H. Rept. 111-188), H7703 [26JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1407) (S. Rept. 111-40), S7192 [7JY]

Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1293) (H. Rept. 111-226), H8706 [23JY]

Expand Veteran Eligibility for Reimbursement for Emergency Treatment Furnished in a Non-Dept. of Veterans Affairs Facility: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1377) (H. Rept. 111-55), H4061 [26MR]

Family Caregiver Program Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 801) (S. Rept. 111-80), S9868 [25SE]

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1171) (H. Rept. 111-54), H4060 [26MR]

Include a List of Organizations That Provide Scholarships to Veterans and Their Survivors on the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Internet Site: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1172) (H. Rept. 111-164), H7021 [18JN]

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office, Des Moines, IA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3386), S11118 [4NO]

John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 955), S11118 [4NO]

Laredo Veterans Post Office, Laredo, TX: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2325), S8557 [30JY]

Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1088) (H. Rept. 111-110), H5663 [14MY]

Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1037) (H. Rept. 111-162), H7021 [18JN]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1513) (H. Rept. 111-56), H4061 [26MR]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 407) (S. Rept. 111-24), S6185 [4JN]

Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1089) (H. Rept. 111-111), H5663 [14MY]

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1016) (H. Rept. 111-171), H7083 [19JN]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 423) (S. Rept. 111-41), S7258 [8JY]

Veterans' Insurance and Benefits Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 728) (S. Rept. 111-71), S9132 [8SE]

Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3219) (H. Rept. 111-223), H8706 [23JY]

Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations Enhancement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2770) (H. Rept. 111-225), H8706 [23JY]

Veterans Retraining Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1168) (H. Rept. 111-323), H12197 [2NO]

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 669) (S. Rept. 111-27), S6649 [16JN]

Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3949) (H. Rept. 111-324), H12197 [2NO]

Waive Housing Loan Fees for Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities Called to Active Service: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2180) (H. Rept. 111-163), H7021 [18JN]

Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1211) (H. Rept. 111-165), H7021 [18JN]

Wounded Veteran Job Security Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 466) (H. Rept. 111-118), H5790 [19MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (H. Res. 622), H7951 [10JY]

Statements

Assistance to Caregivers of Veterans and Improve the Provision of Health Care to Veterans Through Reductions in U.N. Contributions: Dept. of State, S11530 [19NO]

Support of Navy Cross Recommendations in the Cases of Jordan Haerter and Jonathan Yale: John F. Kelly, H301 [14JA]

Summaries

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act (H.R. 1016), H10556 [7OC]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11191 [5NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11331 [10NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H7963-H7967 [10JY], H14468-H14472 [10DE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H7731 [7JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 84, support goals and objectives of National Military Appreciation Month, H5434 [12MY]

H. Con. Res. 139, U.S. Air Force Academy first graduating class anniversary, H12328 [4NO]

H. Con. Res. 171, use of Capitol Grounds for National Weekend of Remembrance event to honor military personnel who have died in service and acknowledge the sacrifice of their families, H9244 [31JY]

H. Res. 89, encourage greater recognition for Veterans Day, H12170 [2NO]

H. Res. 234, Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, H3773 [24MR]

H. Res. 259, tribute to Armed Forces members who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France, H6036 [2JN]

H. Res. 291, commend efforts of Tower of Hope (organization) to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day, H12162 [2NO]

H. Res. 360, urge all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit national cemeteries, memorials, and markers for Memorial Day, H5726 [19MY]

H. Res. 377, Armed Forces Day, H5530 [13MY]

H. Res. 398, Berlin Airlift anniversary, H12160 [2NO]

H. Res. 461, tribute to Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation, H12165 [2NO]

H. Res. 483, support goals and ideals of VFW Day, H8844 [27JY]

H. Res. 491, encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership in Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium, H9829 [23SE]

H. Res. 494, tribute to the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the U.S. Army, H13392 [2DE]

H. Res. 513, support goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day, H9247 [31JY]

H. Res. 622, consideration of H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H7951 [10JY]

H. Res. 679, support goals and ideals of American Legion Day, H9508 [15SE]

H. Res. 773, tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force, H12148 [2NO]

H. Res. 804, concur in Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1016, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, H10554 [7OC]

H. Res. 828, Louisiana HonorAir Day, H12151 [2NO]

H. Res. 866, National Veterans History Project Week, H12163 [2NO]

H. Res. 868, honor service and achievements of female Armed Forces members and veterans, H12325 [4NO]

H. Res. 897, recognize the importance of teaching elementary and secondary school students about sacrifices that veterans have made throughout history, H13397 [2DE]

H. Res. 940, National Guard anniversary, H13527 [7DE]

H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act, H5422 [12MY]

H.R. 174, establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region, H12168 [2NO]

H.R. 347, award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army for service in World War II, H5534 [13MY]

H.R. 402, William C. Tallent Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Knoxville, TN, H8037 [14JY]

H.R. 403, Homes for Heroes Act, H6833-H6838 [16JN]

H.R. 466, Wounded Veteran Job Security Act, H6287 [8JN]

H.R. 955, John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA, H3463 [17MR]

H.R. 1016, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, S9059 [6AU], S10376 [13OC], H7094 [23JN]

H.R. 1037, Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans Act, H8036 [14JY]

H.R. 1037, Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act, S10251-S10254 [7OC]

H.R. 1088, Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act, H5724 [19MY]

H.R. 1089, Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act, H5725 [19MY]

H.R. 1168, Veterans Retraining Act, H12149 [2NO]

H.R. 1170, establish a grant program to encourage development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing, H5723 [19MY]

H.R. 1171, Dept. of Labor Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program reauthorization, H4067 [30MR]

H.R. 1172, include a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors on the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Internet site, H7093 [23JN]

H.R. 1211, Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act, H7097-H7099 [23JN]

H.R. 1293, Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act, H8818 [27JY]

H.R. 1377, expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility, H4069 [30MR]

H.R. 1513, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H4070 [30MR]

H.R. 1803, Veterans Business Center Act, H8912 [28JY]

H.R. 2004, Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office, Akron, OH, H9297 [8SE]

H.R. 2325, Laredo Veterans Post Office, Laredo, TX, H6757 [15JN]

H.R. 2632, Korean War Veterans Recognition Act, H8379 [20JY]

H.R. 2770, Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations Enhancement Act, H8820 [27JY]

H.R. 2990, Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act, H7154-H7160 [24JN]

H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11500-S11508 [18NO], H7976-H7983 [10JY]

H.R. 3155, Caregiver Assistance and Resource Enhancement Act, H8822 [27JY]

H.R. 3157, Max J. Beilke Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Alexandria, MN, H12167 [2NO]

H.R. 3219, Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act, H8814 [27JY]

H.R. 3386, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office, Des Moines, IA, H9507 [15SE]

H.R. 3689, extend legislative authority of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor center, H11176 [13OC]

H.R. 3949, Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act, H12152-H12156 [2NO]

S. 66, allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (S. 66), S69 [6JA]

S. 67, allow certain former POW with service-connected disabilities to use Dept. of Defense commissary and exchange stores, S69 [6JA]

S. 68, determine validity of certain Filipinos' claims that they performed military service on behalf of the U.S. during World War II, S69 [6JA]

S. 70, restore traditional observance of Memorial Day, S72 [6JA]

S. 239, Veterans Health Equity Act, S391 [14JA]

S. 307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act, S791 [22JA]

S. 342, treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay, S997 [28JA]

S. 404, Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act, S2081 [10FE]

S. 407, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S6476 [10JN], H7091 [23JN]

S. 423, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, S2232 [12FE]

S. 491, Federal and Military Retiree Health Care Equity Act, S2565 [26FE]

S. 509, Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA, major medical facility project authorization, S7573 [15JY], H12165 [2NO]

S. 514, Veterans Rehabilitation and Training Improvements Act, S2706 [3MR]

S. 543, Veteran and Servicemember Caregiver Support Act, S2867 [6MR]

S. 546, Retired Pay Restoration Act, S2911 [9MR]

S. 669, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, S3617 [23MR]

S. 691, establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region, S3787 [25MR]

S. 728, Veterans' Insurance and Benefits Enhancement Act, S3927-S3930 [26MR]

S. 734, Rural Veterans Health Care Access and Quality Act, S3989-S3991 [30MR]

S. 801, Family Caregiver Program Act, S4350-S4353 [2AP]

S. 919, Clarification of Characteristics of Combat Service Act, S4818 [28AP]

S. 1008, Military Retired Pay Fairness Act, S5292 [7MY]

S. 1302, Veterans Health Care Improvement Act, S6817 [18JN]

S. 1310, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility projects and leases authorization, S6847 [19JN]

S. 1322, Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Act, S6942-S6944 [23JN]

S. 1337, Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act, S7007 [24JN]

S. 1493, Robley Rex Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, KY, S7887 [22JY]

S. 1547, Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness Act, S8562-S8564 [30JY]

S. 1556, Veteran Voting Support Act, S8684 [3AU]

S. 1717, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases, H10559 [7OC]

S. 1717, Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases authorization, S9889 [25SE]

S. 1963, Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act, S11553-S11572 [19NO]

S. Con. Res. 20, Frank W. Buckles, the last surviving veteran of World War I, authorization to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon his death, S4829 [28AP]

S. Con. Res. 33, issue commemorative postage stamp in commemoration of crew of U.S.S. MASON DE-529, S7793 [21JY]

S. Con. Res. 34, issue commemorative postage stamp in commemoration of crew of U.S.S. MASON DE-529, S7891 [22JY]

S. Con. Res. 36, support goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day, S8136 [27JY]

S. Res. 89, Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, S4005, S4008 [30MR]

S. Res. 115, commend efforts of Tower of Hope (organization) to provide assistance dogs to wounded veterans and support goals and ideals of creating a Tower of Hope Day, S4828 [28AP]

S. Res. 146, South Charleston, WV, observance of Armed Forces Day, S5378 [12MY], S5538 [14MY]

S. Res. 235, National Airborne Day, S8689, S8700 [3AU]

S. Res. 237, commend Blue Star Families (organization) for supporting military families and increasing awareness of the unique challenges of military life, S8773 [4AU]

S. Res. 239, support goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day, S8774, S8779 [4AU]

S. Res. 248, Agent Orange Awareness Month, S9046, S9060 [6AU]

S. Res. 260, American Legion Day, S9269, S9275 [10SE]

S. Res. 320, Silver Star Service Banner Day, S10706 [22OC]

S. Res. 333, National Wounded Warrior Day, S11120 [4NO]

S. Res. 336, National Military Family Month, S11120, S11130 [4NO]

S. Res. 340, National Veterans History Project Week, S11221 [5NO], S11354 [10NO]

S. Res. 349, encourage greater recognition of Veterans Day, S11349, S11354 [10NO]

S. Res. 358, Wreaths Across America Day, S11886 [20NO], S12089 [1DE]

S. Res. 384, Army Special Operations Command anniversary, S13790 [22DE]